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Not the only way Stevens compares unfavourably with Richard Thompson, but RT does a good line in non-joyful, as generally appreciated by English folkies even if
by gnufx 9y ago
Not the only way Stevens compares unfavourably with Richard Thompson, but RT does a good line in non-joyful, as generally appreciated by English folkies even if it isn't a murder ballad.
The Spooky Men, who he may have encountered, certainly maintained their humour after going Sufi <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RqBQFce1I7o> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RqBQFce1I7o>
- moomin 9y agoI think I would have been disappointed if the composer of Withered and Died and End of the Rainbow started thinking everything was awesome after conversion. His miserabilist streak is one of the things I like about him.