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Re: On The Night
« Reply #45 on: July 13, 2021, 06:36:46 PM »
Marks things the opposite, that only the very best will go through...

That's why Heavy Fuel was included in the album
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Re: On The Night
« Reply #46 on: July 13, 2021, 06:40:51 PM »
Marks things the opposite, that only the very best will go through...

That's why Heavy Fuel was included in the album
I was taking in terms of redention of the song, not about the value of the song itself.
You may not like Heavy Fuel, and I don't either, but if Mark wrote it and found it fit to be played live, he certainly does not agree with us...

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Re: On The Night
« Reply #47 on: July 13, 2021, 06:45:49 PM »
Marks things the opposite, that only the very best will go through...

That's why Heavy Fuel was included in the album
I was taking in terms of redention of the song, not about the value of the song itself.
You may not like Heavy Fuel, and I don't either, but if Mark wrote it and found it fit to be played live, he certainly does not agree with us...

I like Heavy Fuel actually, I am a rock guy, even if it's clearly inferior to all the other melodies

My point is that there's no way to justify those major songs were left out
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Re: On The Night
« Reply #48 on: July 13, 2021, 07:32:08 PM »
That performance of You and Your Friend is amazing, if anyone wants to know how Mark Knopfler plays the Blues, play them that, the tone of the guitar, his touch on the fret board, the emotional licks, the control of the bends, it has everything.

I agree! Absolutely perfect performance. You can listen to this song on repeat and never get tired of it. There is some kind of flow you can't resist, when you know what I mean.
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Re: On The Night
« Reply #49 on: July 13, 2021, 09:38:19 PM »
That performance of You and Your Friend is amazing, if anyone wants to know how Mark Knopfler plays the Blues, play them that, the tone of the guitar, his touch on the fret board, the emotional licks, the control of the bends, it has everything.

I agree! Absolutely perfect performance. You can listen to this song on repeat and never get tired of it. There is some kind of flow you can't resist, when you know what I mean.


I also like Brothers In Arms quite a bit from OTN. Back in the day, I used to program my CD player to play YAYF and BIA on repeat on late evenings :)

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Re: On The Night
« Reply #50 on: July 14, 2021, 11:28:35 AM »
Marks things the opposite, that only the very best will go through...

That's why Heavy Fuel was included in the album
I was taking in terms of redention of the song, not about the value of the song itself.
You may not like Heavy Fuel, and I don't either, but if Mark wrote it and found it fit to be played live, he certainly does not agree with us...

I like Heavy Fuel actually, I am a rock guy

My point is that there's no way to justify those major songs were left out

It's pretty easy to justify, they didn't want a double album as that would hurt sales, and they didn't want the same tracks as Alchemy.
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Re: On The Night
« Reply #51 on: July 14, 2021, 04:36:08 PM »
Marks things the opposite, that only the very best will go through...

That's why Heavy Fuel was included in the album
I was taking in terms of redention of the song, not about the value of the song itself.
You may not like Heavy Fuel, and I don't either, but if Mark wrote it and found it fit to be played live, he certainly does not agree with us...

I like Heavy Fuel actually, I am a rock guy

My point is that there's no way to justify those major songs were left out

It's pretty easy to justify, they didn't want a double album as that would hurt sales, and they didn't want the same tracks as Alchemy.

that doesn't make any sense

it's more or less like when Guy said they wanted to release a RAH official recording but they didn't cause RAH fees were too high
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Re: On The Night
« Reply #52 on: July 14, 2021, 04:51:42 PM »
What doesn't make sense?

Double albums sell less than single albums because they cost more.

Pretty simple really.
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Re: On The Night
« Reply #53 on: July 14, 2021, 05:09:39 PM »
Privateering didn't cost more :)
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Re: On The Night
« Reply #54 on: July 14, 2021, 08:18:50 PM »
What doesn't make sense?

Double albums sell less than single albums because they cost more.

Pretty simple really.

financially maybe, artistically it's grotesque, are we talking about art or simply a financial company





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Re: On The Night
« Reply #55 on: July 14, 2021, 09:59:04 PM »
Privateering didn't cost more :)

That's because they were pirate copies.  ;)
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Re: On The Night
« Reply #56 on: July 14, 2021, 11:00:16 PM »
 :)
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Re: On The Night
« Reply #57 on: July 15, 2021, 10:48:51 AM »
What doesn't make sense?

Double albums sell less than single albums because they cost more.

Pretty simple really.

financially maybe, artistically it's grotesque, are we talking about art or simply a financial company

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Re: On The Night
« Reply #58 on: July 15, 2021, 11:18:10 AM »
What doesn't make sense?

Double albums sell less than single albums because they cost more.

Pretty simple really.

financially maybe, artistically it's grotesque, are we talking about art or simply a financial company

Record companies are, companies.

They look for their finances, not for the art.
You might get lucky, now and then

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Re: On The Night
« Reply #59 on: July 15, 2021, 08:45:12 PM »
What doesn't make sense?

Double albums sell less than single albums because they cost more.

Pretty simple really.

financially maybe, artistically it's grotesque, are we talking about art or simply a financial company

Record companies are, companies.

They look for their finances, not for the art.

First I really doubt a complete On The Night would sell less, actually the exact opposite, the best art is the best way to sell more

Second MK is not Goldman Sachs' CEO, he should care about releasing the best art possible first and in any case
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