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Scrumpy and Western refers humorously to music from England's West Country that fuses comical folk-style songs, often full of double entendre, with affectionate parodies of more mainstream musical genres, all delivered in the local accent/dialect. The name, taken from the title of the 1967 Scrumpy & Western EP by Adge Cutler and the Wurzels, refers to scrumpy, strongly alcoholic cider produced in the West Country; it is a play on the American genre of country and western music.
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| dbo:abstract | Scrumpy and Western refers humorously to music from England's West Country that fuses comical folk-style songs, often full of double entendre, with affectionate parodies of more mainstream musical genres, all delivered in the local accent/dialect. The name, taken from the title of the 1967 Scrumpy & Western EP by Adge Cutler and the Wurzels, refers to scrumpy, strongly alcoholic cider produced in the West Country; it is a play on the American genre of country and western music. Styles vary by band or musician, and very few are known outside their native county. The main exceptions to this are the Wurzels (originally "Adge Cutler and the Wurzels"), a Somerset group who had a number one hit in the UK Singles Chart with "The Combine Harvester" in 1976. This followed an earlier UK hit single with "Drink Up Thy Zider", an unofficial West Country anthem, especially among supporters of Bristol City Football Club. This gained notoriety when the BBC refused to play its B-side song, "Twice Daily", due to concern about the unseemly subject matter (a shotgun wedding). "Combine Harvester" itself was a reworded version of Melanie's "Brand New Key". Other songs borrowed the style and made fun of the themes of Country and Western, and other US and British popular music. Other artists whose music is Scrumpy and Western in flavour include The Yetties from the village of Yetminster in Dorset, The Golden Lion Light Orchestra from Worcestershire, Fred Wedlock, Who's Afear'd (also from Dorset), the Skimmity Hitchers (who rose from the ashes of Who's Afear'd), the Surfin Turnips (more punky folk), Trevor Crozier, the Yokels (from Wiltshire), Shag Connors and the Carrot Crunchers, and the Pigsty Hill Light Orchestra. (en) Scrumpy and Western är den lättsamma benämningen på musik från Englands West Country som kombinerar humoristiska sånger av folkmusikkaraktär, ofta med dubbelbottnad betydelse, med ömsint parodi på populärmusikgenrer, allt besjunget på någon West Country-dialekt. Benämningen, som hämtats från och skiva från 1967, alluderar till , det vill säga cider med hög alkoholhalt från West Country. Stilen varierar mellan de olika musikgrupperna och musikerna och mycket få är kända i någon större utsträckning utanför sin hemtrakt. De främsta undantagen är The Wurzels (ursprungligen Adge Cutler and the Wurzels), en musikgrupp från Somerset som fick en förstaplats på listorna med sången Combine Harvester år 1976. Denna gavs ut efter en tidigare succélåt, Drink Up Thy Zider, en inofficiell "nationalsång" för West Country, särskilt bland supportrar till Bristol City Football Club. Sången blev beryktad när BBC vägrade spela skivans B-sida och sången "Twice Daily", med hänvisning till att textinnehållet som syftade på tvångsgifte. Combine Harvester var i sig en omskriven version av Melanie Safkas Brand New Key. Fler sånger lånade denna stil och drev i sitt innehåll med traditionell Country and Western-tematik och amerikansk och brittisk populärmusik. Bland andra artister som influerats av Scrumpy and Western in flavour märks från byn Yetminster i Dorset, från Worcestershire, , (också Dorset), (vilka uppstod ur Who's Afear'd då dessa upphört), (folkmusik med punkinfluenser), , (från Wiltshire), , och . (sv) |
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| rdfs:comment | Scrumpy and Western refers humorously to music from England's West Country that fuses comical folk-style songs, often full of double entendre, with affectionate parodies of more mainstream musical genres, all delivered in the local accent/dialect. The name, taken from the title of the 1967 Scrumpy & Western EP by Adge Cutler and the Wurzels, refers to scrumpy, strongly alcoholic cider produced in the West Country; it is a play on the American genre of country and western music. (en) Scrumpy and Western är den lättsamma benämningen på musik från Englands West Country som kombinerar humoristiska sånger av folkmusikkaraktär, ofta med dubbelbottnad betydelse, med ömsint parodi på populärmusikgenrer, allt besjunget på någon West Country-dialekt. Benämningen, som hämtats från och skiva från 1967, alluderar till , det vill säga cider med hög alkoholhalt från West Country. (sv) |
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