Back in those days there was kind of a culture war going on between the rockers and the folkers. Additionally, there was kind of a civil culture war within the folk movement. We used to argue long into the night about what constituted "true" folk music, the other forms being considered "modern" or "commercial" folk music. This led to what was called "the "folkier than thou attitude", which Peter Paul And Mary spoofed in the following classic. During one of those discussions it occurred to me that rock is technically a form of folk music. I mean, folk music is the music of the common people, and rock is about as common as it gets. This did not win me any points with either the folkers or the rockers but, to this day, I still believe that being right is more important than being popular.
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