Talk:Freak folk
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[edit] freak folk
What are some characteristics of freak folk? The article lists artists associated with the genre, but that doesn't give a specific idea of what is considered "freak folk." Blackmorningsun 18:51, 4 May 2007 (UTC)
[edit] History?
Bands from the 1960s like the Holy Modal Rounders and Pearls Before Swine were using the term freak folk in their heyday --scruss (talk) 04:28, 22 November 2007 (UTC)
the godz and the fugs also. it's not new. i was really surprised reading this article that it's considered a new coinage.
[edit] Fecal Detritus
Completely made-up terms on Urban Dictionary have better definitions than this fecal detritus of an article.--Perceive (talk) 08:48, 17 December 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Animal Collective
Do Animal Collective really fall into this genre?
==Animal Collective== ---No. I really don't think they do. From what I've heard; freak-folk is often driven by acoustic guitars, possibly including chord arrangements, an a lot of voice work, evoking an acoustic sound, an intimist atmosphere, and a natural feel. On the other hand, animal collective (and their derivatives such as panda bear, avey tare; or similar gigs such as dan deacon or grizzly bear) can be defined by an extremely experimental pop music. The core base of the sound comes from the sixties psychodelic rock sound found in bands like beach boys, the beatles, xtc. It also inherits the whole feel of the elephant six collective/label who also had an electronic, layer-driven, multi-sampled approach to pop music (see olivia tremor control, the sunshine fix, pipes you see, pipes you don´t).
Regarding kimya dawson i'm not sure where can it be categorised, but i don't think it fits the freak folk. kimya dawson and adam greem (and the two of them in moldy peaches) have mixed folk with heavy doses of pop, rock, orquestal arrangements, an the lyrics are primarly ironical, cynical or just plain joke with lots of references to popular culture. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 190.138.0.49 (talk) 00:30, 18 February 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Nu-Folk
Surely Freak Folk is the same genre as Nu-Folk. Perhaps these articles should be merged.
