The Medusa Fora

The Pogues join the Chieftains on stage - according to the Guardian this was a key moments in folk and world music:

When Shane MacGowan's rowdy London Irish punks shared the stage of the Brixton Academy with Paddy Moloney's old guard, it seemed to unite two very disparate notions of Irishness. The Chieftains guested on Streams of Whiskey, Drowsy Maggie and Waxie's Dargle, unwittingly acquiring a punk credibility, while the Pogues gained an authentic folk gravitas. It was a cross-generational celebration that transformed Irish identity politics – and helped to make St Patrick's Day the world's wildest party.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2011/ju ... NTCMP=SRCH

Not sure this is the moment I would have picked.

Did you feel you "gained an authentic folk gravitas", Philip?

Christine wrote:The Pogues join the Chieftains on stage - according to the Guardian this was a key moments in folk and world music:

When Shane MacGowan's rowdy London Irish punks shared the stage of the Brixton Academy with Paddy Moloney's old guard, it seemed to unite two very disparate notions of Irishness. The Chieftains guested on Streams of Whiskey, Drowsy Maggie and Waxie's Dargle, unwittingly acquiring a punk credibility, while the Pogues gained an authentic folk gravitas. It was a cross-generational celebration that transformed Irish identity politics – and helped to make St Patrick's Day the world's wildest party.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2011/ju ... NTCMP=SRCH

Not sure this is the moment I would have picked.

Did you feel you "gained an authentic folk gravitas", Philip?

Um, no...........still searching for that, alas.

philipchevron wrote:

Christine wrote:Did you feel you "gained an authentic folk gravitas", Philip?

Um, no...........still searching for that, alas.

Rumour has it that authentic folk gravitas was last seen in an old agricultural worker's cottage in deepest Norfolk...

Some very odd choices throughout that Guardian series, Christine.

On a similar note, for those looking for Jesus, you might try prison. I hear many people find him there.

To be fair, to be ranked up in the top fifty with when the Clancy's mum sent them their jumpers is pretty blooody good.

firehazard wrote:

philipchevron wrote:

Christine wrote:Did you feel you "gained an authentic folk gravitas", Philip?

Um, no...........still searching for that, alas.

Rumour has it that authentic folk gravitas was last seen in an old agricultural worker's cottage in deepest Norfolk...

Some very odd choices throughout that Guardian series, Christine.

It can't be authentic folk gravitas unless a Waterson or a Carthy has dubbed it so!

Shaz wrote:

firehazard wrote:Rumour has it that authentic folk gravitas was last seen in an old agricultural worker's cottage in deepest Norfolk...

It can't be authentic folk gravitas unless a Waterson or a Carthy has dubbed it so!

Indeed. And possibly an old pit worker's terrace in a rundown former mining village somewhere in Yorkshire might be allowed.

firehazard wrote:

Shaz wrote:

firehazard wrote:Rumour has it that authentic folk gravitas was last seen in an old agricultural worker's cottage in deepest Norfolk...

It can't be authentic folk gravitas unless a Waterson or a Carthy has dubbed it so!

Indeed. And possibly an old pit worker's terrace in a rundown former mining village somewhere in Yorkshire might be allowed.

Maybe . . . But only after 150 years and a visit from the English folk mafia to check it out!

Shaz wrote: . . . But only after 150 years and a visit from the English folk mafia to check it out!

I didn't expect the folk inquisition...

No-one expects the folk inquisition! Our chief weapons are beards, real ale and an almost fanatical devotion to Ewan Mccoll!

old barney greyheron wrote:No-one expects the folk inquisition! Our chief weapons are beards, real ale and an almost fanatical devotion to Ewan Mccoll!

*Dons her cape*