1990-1994:13 folk-country-related songs

Sorry for double-posting. As said, one does not need to listen through the playlist to vote. I should have thought to suggest at the time of posting that one suggest their own choice of track off any of these albums. For instance, I chose the Big Country tracks, which I actually dislike, because I wanted to compare those to Swans tracks with some similar countryish folk vibes. Big Country are Scottish, but damned if it does not sound American and like total Americana to my ears on that album (and they have American themes running though those albums).

That first John Frusciante track I posted is not folk, but the album has folk qualities, and I just damn well love it! The second of his does present another side, can even hear the lyrics paper being turned over. It's a simple and lovely song to me a la Red Hot Chile Peppers (of which he was a member). While I had heard music of his, I found this by doing a search, and I now have love delving into his music (worth making this poll for me for that).

Hitler Is Kalki is to me such a trip, I know David Tibet's vocals would not be to most tastes, and I don;t always appreciate them. I do find listening to the word in a song like The Teeth of the Winds of the Sea to be interesting. He is an unusual person.

Nice to see Dead Can Dance's Black Sun with a vote, although I must admit that I am a little sad that whomever that was decided against posting. The joy of this site is in connecting with people here and sharing our common interests and exploring each other's interests, at least for me in large part. If I respond back, and I do that partially as courtesy and to show my appreciation in topics as I hope to be responded to when I post in other people's topics, and sometimes just to joke around or offer a different perspective or come up with a different strategy for comparison like with the impetus for this poll. Anyway, I have tended to favour the first four DCD albums, but especially since Paul's DCD topic where we list albums and songs (my kind of topic as we can share, explore and discuss each other's specific and more general favourites) I got to really appreciate Aion and Into The Labyrinth and I love these songs. Black Moon was not even my choice in his topic but I went back and this song's brilliance hit me really hard. My favourite topics often do get me exploring discographies more and reevaluating music.

People here who know me know my tastes quite well know that I am fan of The Wicker Man (both the original film and its soundtrack) so it was hard to resist posting this version of a song used in it.

As for the Swans, which perhaps has got to much attention from me at this forum, I have various tracks I especially appreciate from White Light, and that quite upbeat one was partially because I thought it would work fairly well against Big Country, And with Love of Life which I have not listened to nearly as much, It was so good, I think, to do a Jarboe one (that period of Swans is Michael and Jarboe, and I think that was a very special time for Swans and this the period for which I often recommend to people who think they hate Swans for certain qualities found in the earliest albums and in The Seer and the like).

I see Loreena has a vote, and I have not become very familiar with her music despite her being such a big name that I have known of and heard some music by for 30 years or so. I remember Ken here being an admirer as well as some other posters. Beautiful voice but I'm not that into the Celtic kind of new agey scene any more (I used to love Clannad and Enya when I was in my late teens and early 20s, but my tastes shifted).

And I'm happy to hear about other folk or folk-related albums of the time. Please suggest some "better" choices for 1990 to 1994 both from the albums that are represented and from the period.

Thanks to all who take the time to consider the choices if they respond or not. It sincerely is appreciated. PA forum members can be a very affable bunch and that means a lot to me. And I know how much effort it can be to respond to such topics (I spent well over an hour on someone's poll listening and commenting the other day) so any effort is super appreciated and listening though is not expected for ones with many choices like this (in this case I would not, in full, just listen to enough of each to see if it appeals, and then listen to those that do seem to appeal properly when possible, but we all have no shortage of music to listen to I assume).

Edited by Logan - August 25 2023 at 10:27

^ Thanks very much Hiram, it is greatly appreciated (and I really like reading so many of your posts). The Big Country tracks/albums here are quite antithetical to my tastes ultimately and Loreena McKennitt doesn't really interest me here, but all the others are liked/loved by me. John Frusciante was my big take-away from doing this as I knew too little of him (I love various RHCP) but came across his name for these albums with some minor research and I love this music! He's my player of the poll and putting this together was well-worth it for the discovery. I will be looking into more of his music.

Edited by Logan - August 25 2023 at 11:59