tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060605.post4830510273723833988..comments2024-03-26T15:57:13.443+00:00Comments on On An Overgrown Path: Here is my (English) song for the askingUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060605.post-27517329118964275132011-11-07T13:26:38.221+00:002011-11-07T13:26:38.221+00:00I knew the Warlock pseudonym info, though not the ...I knew the Warlock pseudonym info, though not the Joe Boyd tidbit. Thank you.Gavin Plumleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08367649538228383713noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060605.post-81365435025504427292011-11-05T10:27:52.176+00:002011-11-05T10:27:52.176+00:00I agree wholeheartedly that a niche market appeal ...I agree wholeheartedly that a niche market appeal is by no means a bad thing. The best music is always made by those who aren't afraid of not appealing to everyone. I just wanted to acknowledge that I'm aware of Andy Partridge's somewhat limited appeal. Not everyone loves "No Thugs in Our House" as much as I do.<br /><br />I'm a bit embarrassed to say I don't know Peter Warlock, but I'll give him a listen soon.CC44https://www.blogger.com/profile/12702672764087929949noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060605.post-59371814071196470022011-11-05T08:36:10.803+00:002011-11-05T08:36:10.803+00:00Gavin, there is another reason why Peter Warlock s...Gavin, there is another reason why Peter Warlock sits comfortably on this path.<br /><br />Joe Boyd called his management company Witchseason productions as a nod towards the popularity of occultism in the late 1960s. <br /><br />Peter Warlock was, of course, the pseudonym adopted by Philip Heseltine in 1916. The surname Warlock (ie sorcerer) was prompted by Heseltine's interest in occultism.Pliablehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10616598845886342325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060605.post-72534342542863386092011-11-05T08:28:12.625+00:002011-11-05T08:28:12.625+00:00Oooh Pliable... you're so good at bucking the ...Oooh Pliable... you're so good at bucking the trend, but then you go in for another 'great' list. But, not being entirely resistant to these things, I hope that Warlock's Welsh blood doesn't put him out of the running...Gavin Plumleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08367649538228383713noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060605.post-45453154766173779772011-11-05T07:26:26.818+00:002011-11-05T07:26:26.818+00:00Thanks for that nomination CC44.
"...though ...Thanks for that nomination CC44.<br /><br />"...though I'm the first to admit that his is a niche market."<br /><br />I don't see that as a problem at all. In fact I would suggest that music is simply an agglomeration of niche markets. Things would work a lot better if we accepted that instead of endlessly chasing non-existent mass markets.<br /><br />http://www.overgrownpath.com/2010/11/classical-music-and-mass-market-fallacy.htmlPliablehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10616598845886342325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060605.post-80224819585822409392011-11-05T05:02:40.944+00:002011-11-05T05:02:40.944+00:00Stephen Sondheim made a compelling case against Co...Stephen Sondheim made a compelling case against Coward's work in "Finishing the Hat", though I admittedly wasn't a big fan to being with. I would put the work of Andy Partridge in XTC miles ahead of Mr. Coward's, though I'm the first to admit that his is a niche market.CC44https://www.blogger.com/profile/12702672764087929949noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060605.post-36082966888722285592011-11-04T18:07:42.857+00:002011-11-04T18:07:42.857+00:00As does Roger Quilter.As does Roger Quilter.JMWhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09520926883774598349noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060605.post-21030195894621418392011-11-04T15:56:16.388+00:002011-11-04T15:56:16.388+00:00Peter Warlock deserves a nomination for one of the...Peter Warlock deserves a nomination for one of the greatest English songwriter of the twentieth century, although technically he was Anglo-Welsh. <br /><br />http://www.peterwarlock.org/SONGS.HTMPliablehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10616598845886342325noreply@blogger.com