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Originally Posted by jj
no need, it's the promo track at his myspace site, just click
http://www.myspace.com/aengusfinnan
i'm not crazy about any of the versions, maybe i'm just not a fan of the song...i do like the vocal echo on last verse of the finnan version though (jenny whitely?)
at one time you could hear his Lightfoot tribute recording and the entire Fool's Gold album mp3s at www.aengusfinnan.com but it's all disappeared...the fools gold track really needed a supporting video, imo...but he said the funding had all dried up...he's a fine photographer
back to Lightfoot, i prefer the 'original' TWIF arangement/recording |
ooooh yeah VERY nice rendition by Aengus
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My point here being (in referring to the various renditions) is along the line of what Fretkllr writes, "This is a spiritual song from the American folk music catalog and it's been around for so long that there are countless versions with variations on the lyrics, melody, and harmonic structure."
Some of the versions...it may be easier to pick out similarities to TWIF, than on others -where I'd be hard-pressed to. There are many, many other traditional folk songs that follow similar structures in the melodies, cadence, etc. jj - mentioned Greensleeves and I've added a few others here as examples.
So in response to Jim's post/observation...I too hear the similarities to TWIF and Wayfaring....as is in accordance with the genre of traditional folk music.
Gordon's later more commercial i.e., in structure....contemporary songs naturally become less similar to the traditional folk genre. And as we know...whether it be his earlier works or the later transcend all else
in par with his genius/skills/creativity/talents -his work continued to flourish, etc.