English Folk

[Calva dosser]

Yes, I listened to Country Life the other night, but it was on a slightly scratchy video stream, so I couldn't make out all the words. It certainly did seem precisely as you describe it. I shall continue to listen, and recommend without fear of flaming.

 

[Roadkill]

Country Life

Working in the rain, cutting up wood
Didn't do my little brother much good
Lost two fingers in a chain saw bite
All he does now is drink and fight
Sells a bit of grass, hots up cars
Talks of travel; never gets far
Loves his kids but left his wife
An everyday story of country life.

And the red brick cottage where I was born
Is an empty shell of a holiday home
Most of the year there’s no-one there
The village is dead and they don’t care
Now we live on the edge of town
Haven't been back since the pub closed down
One man’s family pays the price
For another man’s vision of country life

My old man, he's eighty four
His generation won the war
He left the farm forever when
They only kept on one in ten
Landed gentry, county snobs
Where were you when they lost their jobs?
No-one marched or subsidised
To save a way of country life

Silent fields, empty lanes
Drifting smoke, distant flames
Picture postcard hills on fire
Cattle burn in funeral pyres
Out to graze they look so sweet
We hate the blood but love the meat
Buy me a beer I’ll take my knife
Cut you a slice of country life

If you want cheap food then here’s the deal
Family farms are brought to heel
Hammer blows of size and scale
Foot and mouth the final nail
The coffin of our English dream
Lies out on the village green
While agri barons *CAP in hand
Strip this green and pleasant land
Of meadow, woodland, hedgerow, pond; what remains gets built upon
No trains, no jobs, no shops, no pubs
What went wrong?
What went wrong?

(Show of Hands)

 

[ViolentPanda]

And what has this got to do with the thread. If you are going to moan at me, you have to include everyone else who strays from the thread.

It's relevant to the thread, you twat.

I.E. It's hardly surprising you like a song you believe expresses English nationalist sentiments when you're an English nationalist yourself.

See the relevance?

Fuck me, but G-d seems to have put a lot of people with brains primarily made up of monkey jism on this board lately.

 

[TomPaine]

I noticed a post saying "fake West country accents" I think you'll find they are Devon lads, Phil Beer I think is the name of the violinist, mother comes from Cornwall. The choir that sings in the Roots song is the Cornish fishermans choir, so it's not a bunch of fake middle Englanders .
I like it though, the video for Roots is the single version, but the more folky version is on the album and just as good!

 

[beesonthewhatnow]

blah, load of old toss. This lot are much better:

http://www.myspace.com/therealhorseplay

Just listening now, if you like this you'll love Deaf Shepherd

 

[weepiper]

Just listening now, if you like this you'll love Deaf Shepherd

I am fully aware of their work

Mr weepiper plays fiddle in this band:http://www.myspace.com/cantriphq