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SteveG 
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Posted: August 15 2014 at 15:53 |
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Which folk rockers did you like better: Fairport or Pentangle?
Edited by SteveG - August 15 2014 at 16:07
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Posted: August 15 2014 at 16:41 |
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Pentangle. Great band.
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Posted: August 15 2014 at 22:12 |
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Fairport......due to Sandy Denny and Richard Thompson.
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Posted: August 16 2014 at 02:10 |
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One for Pentangle.
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Hercules
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Posted: August 16 2014 at 02:34 |
Fairport - marginally.
Both great bands.
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Posted: August 16 2014 at 02:54 |
Fairport easily. Liege & Lief is magical 
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Posted: August 16 2014 at 04:16 |
 Xonty wrote:
Fairport easily. Liege & Lief is magical |
Dat!
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Posted: August 16 2014 at 12:11 |
Hercules wrote:
Fairport - marginally.
Both great bands. |
My thoughts as well.
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Posted: August 16 2014 at 13:10 |
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Fairport by a slim margin.
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Posted: August 16 2014 at 19:05 |
Fairport 1967-1970 were superb. Pentangle were also brilliant. Hmmmm yep early Fairport wins.
Another poll would be Sandy Denny vs Jacqui McShee. That would be a tough one as both had voices from heaven.
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Posted: August 16 2014 at 20:06 |
I don't find myself qualified to vote as I'm not very familiar with their works, even though I do listen to a good dose of Brit folk rock every now and then.
BarryGlibb wrote:
Fairport 1967-1970 were superb. Pentangle were also brilliant. Hmmmm yep early Fairport wins.
Another poll would be Sandy Denny vs Jacqui McShee. That would be a tough one as both had voices from heaven. |
In that case I would vote for Sandy because of her writing skills.
Edited by Dayvenkirq - August 16 2014 at 20:08
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Posted: August 17 2014 at 15:28 |
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Pentangle.
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Posted: August 19 2014 at 09:19 |
tszirmay wrote:
Xonty wrote:
Fairport easily. Liege & Lief is magical |
Dat! |
I just wish we could get more "progressive" folks to listen to Richard Thompson in Fairport Convention. It kinda defines the word "progressive", in how different and stylish he is all around.
And "Reynardine" is one of the prettiest things EVER recorded in rock music! Just a shame that we can't even hear it and not be cynical about it, and say it's not progressive. The presentation is so progressive as to be totally alien and out of this world!
However, it is likely that Pentangle would have had a larger influence in the folk circles for its creativity and difference. By comparison, FC almost fits into the folk-rock revival in the 70's a lot more than Pentangle that was around way before that!
Edited by moshkito - August 19 2014 at 09:21
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Posted: August 19 2014 at 22:54 |
moshkito wrote:
tszirmay wrote:
Xonty wrote:
Fairport easily. Liege & Lief is magical |
Dat! |
I just wish we could get more "progressive" folks to listen to Richard Thompson in Fairport Convention. It kinda defines the word "progressive", in how different and stylish he is all around.
And "Reynardine" is one of the prettiest things EVER recorded in rock music! Just a shame that we can't even hear it and not be cynical about it, and say it's not progressive. The presentation is so progressive as to be totally alien and out of this world!
However, it is likely that Pentangle would have had a larger influence in the folk circles for its creativity and difference. By comparison, FC almost fits into the folk-rock revival in the 70's a lot more than Pentangle that was around way before that! |
Hey, Mosh, you and I actually agree on something! Thompson with Fairport was superb. I will have to disagree in part regarding "Reynardine", however. It is perilous, not pretty. The song is an old folktale regarding a "were-fox" who lures a maiden to her death. When Sandy Denny sings the words "his teeth did brightly shine", I still get chills from her sinister intonation.
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Posted: August 20 2014 at 00:02 |
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Fairport Convention
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Posted: August 21 2014 at 02:11 |
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Find the studio recordings of Pentangle a little sterile. Much prefer their live material.
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Posted: August 22 2014 at 00:32 |
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Two great folksters but I gotta go with Fairport all the way, especially when Sandy Denny, Richard Thompson, AND Dave Swarbrick were in the band.
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Fairport Convention Vs. Pentangle
