Folk Cup 2019 Round 6 Match 8 *Mike Boom 5- Jumper K 11*

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Folk Cup 2019 Round 6 Match 8 *Mike Boom 5- Jumper K 11*

Postby never/ever » 07 Nov 2019, 10:21

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Joni Mitchell - Cold Blue Steel And Sweet Fire






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Eivor - Trollabundin

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Re: Folk Cup 2019 Round 6 Match 8

Postby toomanyhatz » 07 Nov 2019, 22:43

Soprano sax is not a folk instrument, and while I like Joni, that's the period during which she was really trying to convince us that she's strayed very, very far from her folk roots. I'd have voted for it in the jazz cup.

B is, I'm guessing, typical of whatever the hell it is, but it's pretty cool. And again, I have strong opinions about how to define that four-letter word that starts with 'F'.
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Re: Folk Cup 2019 Round 6 Match 8

Postby Flower » 08 Nov 2019, 12:44

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Re: Folk Cup 2019 Round 6 Match 8

Postby Mike Boom » 08 Nov 2019, 15:18

Sax ? JUDAS!

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Re: Folk Cup 2019 Round 6 Match 8

Postby T. Berry Shuffle » 08 Nov 2019, 22:02

A: Not my thing
B: Native American drumming meets ice witches.

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Re: Folk Cup 2019 Round 6 Match 8

Postby Jumper K » 09 Nov 2019, 10:31

Put me down for the Ice Witches.
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Re: Folk Cup 2019 Round 6 Match 8

Postby never/ever » 09 Nov 2019, 11:24

Go the Ice Witches!


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Re: Folk Cup 2019 Round 6 Match 8

Postby C » 09 Nov 2019, 16:11

I have about 5 or 6 Joni albums but am not a big fan.

Originally from For the Roses I think

Very pleasant

Eivor I have not heard of - is that a band or a person?

It initially reminded me of Enya/Clannad which is certainly not a bad thing

Then the New Age sounds came in which I wasn't sure about.

But no harm done - it worked well for my old ears.

Yes, I enjoyed it more than Joni

So B has it

B has it

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Re: Folk Cup 2019 Round 6 Match 8

Postby C » 09 Nov 2019, 16:15

toomanyhatz wrote:Soprano sax is not a folk instrument


The sax is a descendent of the very folky clarinet. It's all in the mind. If you play the notes in a folky way then it becomes a folk instrument...

Off the top of my head Fairport, Home Service, The Albion Band and Steeleye Span all have used saxes.

If I recall David Bowie played alto sax on one of the latter's albums - Now We Are Six
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Re: Folk Cup 2019 Round 6 Match 8

Postby C » 09 Nov 2019, 16:24

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toomanyhatz wrote:Soprano sax is not a folk instrument


The sax is a descendent of the very folky clarinet. It's all in the mind. If you play the notes in a folky way then it becomes a folk instrument...

Off the top of my head Fairport, Home Service, The Albion Band and Steeleye Span all have used saxes.

If I recall David Bowie played alto sax on one of the latter's albums - Now We Are Six
[I can't recall the track title]







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Hatz - apologies if you are talking specifically about the soprano sax - I may have jumped in too soon.

It's still worthy of further discussion though






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Re: Folk Cup 2019 Round 6 Match 8

Postby Purgatory Brite » 09 Nov 2019, 21:55

B


A strange choice of Joni Mitchell song, from the period when she was moving away from her folkie roots.

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Re: Folk Cup 2019 Round 6 Match 8

Postby Nick Danger » 10 Nov 2019, 14:14

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Re: Folk Cup 2019 Round 6 Match 8

Postby Darkness_Fish » 10 Nov 2019, 16:47

A sounds quite folky to me, it's by no means the furthest digression from folk that we've had in this cup. Certainly, it isn't very jazzy. It's quite good, too, with bonus points for not really having a chorus.

B's a more adventurous and original pick though. The over-production and over-use of echo tries to ruin what sounds an interesting piece of music under it all. It really does veer a bit close to new-age candle soundrack, or "ethnic" interlude in the Eurovision song contest, but there's something interesting there.
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Re: Folk Cup 2019 Round 6 Match 8

Postby Spock! » 10 Nov 2019, 21:28

Never quite understood the adulation some feel for Joni, and my elder sister crooning 'I've looked at love from... endlessly and drippily tthroughout the summer of '69 or '70 or '71 - dear God, she went on and on in a tiresome fashion didn't help. When it comes down to it, I don't really like the nasal tone of Joni's voice.



Eivor is much more one of my things.



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Re: Folk Cup 2019 Round 6 Match 8

Postby fange » 11 Nov 2019, 10:53

Interesting picks, folks, well done. A less obvious Joni pick with a lot to like versus, well, B. For digging a bit deeper...


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Re: Folk Cup 2019 Round 6 Match 8

Postby trans-chigley express » 12 Nov 2019, 10:19

B was a little too new agey and polished and kind of washed over me a little but it wasn't bad by any means.
I like some Joni in small does and this track worked for me, sax and all.

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Re: Folk Cup 2019 Round 6 Match 8

Postby Hightea » 12 Nov 2019, 19:10

A - love Joni, you peeps are delusional. Although not sure how folkie this is, its still a nice tune.

B- I liked be very tribal sounding, liked the whole drum sound.

tough call I'll give it to Joni due to all the hate for her.

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Re: Folk Cup 2019 Round 6 Match 8

Postby Neige » 13 Nov 2019, 20:11

I prefer Värttinä when it comes to Scandi-folk...

Not my Joni pick at all, but still nice.

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Re: Folk Cup 2019 Round 6 Match 8

Postby The Fish » 14 Nov 2019, 06:03

Much as I love Joni, I have qualms as this is more jazzy Joni than folky Joni, although you could almost set For The Roses as some kind of transition point. However didn't like B much so

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Re: Folk Cup 2019 Round 6 Match 8

Postby never/ever » 14 Nov 2019, 09:08

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