Hey everyone:
NPR's front page today had a link to Folk Alley's Top 100 Essential Folk Songs, and NPR is also streaming it online. Lots of good tunes on there.
Here's the link via NPR.
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/stor ... 068&ps=bb3
Thoughts?
Folk Alley's Top 100 Essential Folk Songs
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Re: Folk Alley's Top 100 Essential Folk Songs
I'm pleased that Woody Guthrie is at the top of the list and appears 4 times total. There does seem to be one glaring omission .....but, then again, this list seems to be bent towards very traditional songs.....
It's all subjective......and it's all good.....(even Dylan says so.)
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It's all subjective......and it's all good.....(even Dylan says so.)
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Re: Folk Alley's Top 100 Essential Folk Songs
...but then Karen which song would you choose????
It'd be a difficult call to make or would it?
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It'd be a difficult call to make or would it?
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Jela,
Well, even though they are ALL essential to me, ....if I had to pick just one it would be "3000 Miles".
How 'bout you?
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Well, even though they are ALL essential to me, ....if I had to pick just one it would be "3000 Miles".
How 'bout you?
KarenZ
Richard + Jela wrote:...but then Karen which song would you choose????
It'd be a difficult call to make or would it?
Jela
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Re: Folk Alley's Top 100 Essential Folk Songs
I think.....
Personal Favorite - Angel in Manhattan
Sentimental favorite - Welcome Home to Maine
Favorite to listen to with my wife - Home
Original Favorite - Eighteen
But for the NPR 100.......
3000 Miles
Personal Favorite - Angel in Manhattan
Sentimental favorite - Welcome Home to Maine
Favorite to listen to with my wife - Home
Original Favorite - Eighteen
But for the NPR 100.......
3000 Miles
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What a pleasure to have PotatoPicker back in our midst.....and hope he stays for a long while....
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Re: Folk Alley's Top 100 Essential Folk Songs
I think.....
ok along the same lines as potato picker...
Personal Favorite - Speed of Trees or Maria's Beautiful Mess
Sentimental favorite - Words
Favorite to listen to with my (boyfriend)- Home (this house is just an address you're my home)
OR
Maria's Beautiful Mess (he laughs at me because even on the cd i mimic when EP switches from playing with a pick to finger picking...)
Original Favorite - Maria's Beautiful Mess
But for the NPR 100.......
either 3000 miles or The World Aint Slowin Down (although I don't really enjoy either of them because they are his "popular" songs they are his "essential" songs)
ok along the same lines as potato picker...
Personal Favorite - Speed of Trees or Maria's Beautiful Mess
Sentimental favorite - Words
Favorite to listen to with my (boyfriend)- Home (this house is just an address you're my home)
OR
Maria's Beautiful Mess (he laughs at me because even on the cd i mimic when EP switches from playing with a pick to finger picking...)
Original Favorite - Maria's Beautiful Mess
But for the NPR 100.......
either 3000 miles or The World Aint Slowin Down (although I don't really enjoy either of them because they are his "popular" songs they are his "essential" songs)
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It is nice to have a little bit of time from work (which is insane) and coaching both baseball and softball this spring and summer (which makes me insane - this weekend both teams are playing in tournaments and I need my clone badly.......) to hang out here a little.
Getting the itch for another show - thinking a little Harbor Cruise is in order
But I love this topic, even if the Folk Alley people have whiffed here...... And I can't just choose one, so I thought, you know there is a song that I just love to listen to, there is one that really tugs at my personal heartstrings in a special way, there's one I like to listen to with someone else - a special someone, or family, or... there's the one that really hooked me in the first place for whatever reason... and there's the one I think says something about him and his music to the world.
I'll bet I could think of 5 more categories easily, but these 5 work for me.
Getting the itch for another show - thinking a little Harbor Cruise is in order
But I love this topic, even if the Folk Alley people have whiffed here...... And I can't just choose one, so I thought, you know there is a song that I just love to listen to, there is one that really tugs at my personal heartstrings in a special way, there's one I like to listen to with someone else - a special someone, or family, or... there's the one that really hooked me in the first place for whatever reason... and there's the one I think says something about him and his music to the world.
I'll bet I could think of 5 more categories easily, but these 5 work for me.
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Can tell I was exhausted when I wrote my list...... couldn't even count all the way to Eighteen ????????
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