On my second cup of coffee (Do you like folk music?)
By The Horse
@TheHorse (220275)
Walnut Creek, California
April 23, 2016 12:11pm CST
I'm on my second cup of coffee, and trying to decide what to do next. I think I'll put my dishes in the dishwasher and do some laundry. Already did my progress note from yesterday, and have only a few papers to grade.
When I make reference to my second cup of coffee (as I often do), I have a song by that name playing in my head. It's by Gordon Lightfoot, and it's from the 1970s, when the Canadian singer-songwriter was at his peak.
Do you like folk music? It's what I grew up on, and even though I'm playing mostly Country and Western Swing right now, folk is what I like best. I love the sound of jingly jangly acoustic guitars.
Do you have a "favorite" genre of music? Have you heard this song before? I'm sure @FourWalls has, but have you? I hope you'll give it a listen. The subject matter is always love lost and such like, but I still consider it to be "happy music."
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@marguicha (223802)
• Chile
23 Apr 16
I love folk music, but not what you would call folk music. As I belong to another culture, folkmusic for be is the music from my countryfolks or latin american folkmusic.
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@ElusiveButterfly (45940)
• United States
23 Apr 16
I like most genres of music. Brought up on country, which I didn't care for at the time, but now really enjoy listening too. Even the old twangy stuff my mother listened to is now amongst my favorites.
The only thing I don't listen to is rap. Not my kind of music. Hip Hop is catchy, but I also do not listen to it.
Love the music of the 70's. My 11th grade English teacher introduced many of us to folk music. It was a genre that I didn't know of but enjoyed thanks to her.
Amongst my faves are Simon and Garfunkel, The Beatles, The Guess Who, Patsy Cline, Willie Nelson, Johnny Cash, just to name a few.
I am not a collector of music. I keep the songs in my mind. When I hear them on the radio, I crank it up and sing along.
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@ElusiveButterfly (45940)
• United States
23 Apr 16
@TheHorse never heard of him. Oh well, no great loss for me.
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@TheHorse (220275)
• Walnut Creek, California
23 Apr 16
@ElusiveButterfly He was trained as a poet and a musician. Wasn't just a posturing idiot.
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@toniganzon (72532)
• Philippines
23 Apr 16
I don't really have a favourite genre of music. I just like to listen on whatever's playing on the radio.
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@toniganzon (72532)
• Philippines
24 Apr 16
@TheHorse I don't usually focus on the music. When it's on I'm usually doing something else. So I don't really mind what's playing on the radio.
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@allknowing (137818)
• India
24 Apr 16
I like country music and my favourite is 'country roads'
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@cmoneyspinner (9219)
• Austin, Texas
24 Apr 16
Yes I do like folk music and especially Gordon Lightfoot. WOW! Thanks for the throwback! As for favorite genre? Too many to pick from. Just as long as it makes me happy and/or gets me through a rough patch in my life. Music is medicine as well as entertainment.
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@FourWalls (69033)
• United States
24 Apr 16
I did a presentation at the country music conference a few years ago in which I began by pointing out that the line between "folk music" and "country music" was rather blurry for decades. In fact, if you look at Hank Williams' obituaries in the papers in 1953 you will see he was called a "hillbilly singer" and a "folk singer" interchangeably. I think things changed in the 60s when country went pop and folk went electric.
And you know I love Gord. 
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@FourWalls (69033)
• United States
24 Apr 16
@TheHorse -- Contrary to what Jeff Foxworthy thinks, country and western are two different types of music. 
@crazyhorseladycx (39509)
• United States
23 Apr 16
what?? ya mean ya load dishwashers'n do laundry? mercy...the fella here'll not do either. e'en if'n ya try to bribe him with a cookie ;)
country 'n bluegrass's where my roots're, but i enjoy most genre's 'xcept that weird schtuff where's all they do purty much's scream. i kinda like to hear the words'r't be completely devoid'f 'em entirely.
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@Marilynda1225 (83103)
• United States
23 Apr 16
when you mention folk music I always think of peter, paul & mary. I'm not a big fan of folk but I do love country music
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@TheHorse (220275)
• Walnut Creek, California
23 Apr 16
Peter Paul and Mary was earlier (to me). I never really got to know their music. If you listen to this Lightfoot song you'll hear the Country influence. I enjoy some older straight Country music, but not the modern stuff so much.
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@just4him (317238)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
24 Apr 16
I haven't heard that song before, but it is a good one. When it comes to folk music, about the only song that comes to mind is the Train They Call the City of New Orleans. I think that falls in this category. My favorite genre for music is Christian.
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@fishtiger58 (29820)
• Momence, Illinois
24 Apr 16
I'm not sure I have heard this song but am going to listen to it now. I love that old time rock and roll the best. Have you ever listened to Leo Kottke he is a really good guitarist.
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@TheHorse (220275)
• Walnut Creek, California
24 Apr 16
@fishtiger58 Yep, I have this album. I'm listening to the song you posted as I write. I hope you inspire others to seek out his albums. Slow Circle and Turning Turning Back remain my favorites. I actually perform Children's Dance now and then. Shadowfax is cool too. Do you like Michael Hedges as much as I do? More percussive, but still beautiful.
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@fishtiger58 (29820)
• Momence, Illinois
24 Apr 16
@TheHorse Oh yes we love Alex Degrassi as well. I love many of the Windham Hill artists.
The first song is by Alex Degrassi I also love Shadowfax.
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@DeborahDiane (40321)
• Laguna Woods, California
24 Apr 16
Yes, I love that song. I think I grew up on a lot of the same folk music you did ... Joan Baez, Judy Collins, Rod McKuen. (I loved his "Art of Catching Trains")
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@teamfreak16 (43418)
• Denver, Colorado
23 Apr 16
I've never heard that particular Lightfoot song. Good stuff.
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@AlisaHong1988 (24)
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24 Apr 16
soundtracks are my taste.a mixture of classical and popular style.sometimes I were obsessed to a film for it's music,like hans zimmer'composition.
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@mininifty (38)
• Belmont, Michigan
25 Apr 16
I like folk music, I have never heard the Second Cup of Coffee song, but I enjoy folk. Most days I prefer electronic music (especially ambient, soothing electronic, though dance music is good on my more uppity days), but folk is good. I actually am familiar with a variant of folk music called "filk music", which is usually folk music with a sci-fi theme, such as an acoustic guitar-accompanied song about Star Wars. Do any of you folk fans know about filk music? It's the variant of folk performed at sci-fi conventions; it doesn't always have a sci-fi theme, but that of course is what will go best at such a convention.
