Huge F&S fan here. I love their take on Mozart’s 4th horn concerto, it’s really very clever. And Flanders’ rhymes in Misalliance are so witty: “… Bindweed” with “…mind; we’d” and “… entwined; we’d” for example. And when things get a bit excessive in HiFi Corner, I’m reminded of their Song of Reproduction. Just the sort of thing I need when the world gets too depressing.
I’m sure I could pick several songs by Sandy Denny for this thread, but Fotheringay is not only a ‘hauntingly beautiful’ song, it includes some fiendishly difficult, but simple sounding, guitar accompaniment too.
The Titfield Thunderbolt is currently available on iPlayer. You get a sense from that of what feelings inspired the song, though that film was over a decade before Beeching. A very talented duo, I’ve got a F&S compilation CD where they even take a sideswipe at hifi enthusiasts. Tsk tsk!
