A Mark In Time
Previous Tours => 2013 Privateering World Tour => Topic started by: Rkd on July 30, 2013, 01:37:19 AM
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As I reflect on the concerts I attended and listen to the sticks, I have been thinking about my favorite songs this tour. For me, it is a tie between the Father and Son/Hillfarmer medley (how clever was the person who thought to put those two songs together!) and the beautiful and haunting Haul Away. Would love to hear what everyone else's favorites were.
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Not ready to decide, but I think Farber and Son/Hill farmers blues is also my favoriete. Maybe you can Ad a poll. All songs played are in another toreador, so you can use them for a poll
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Not ready to decide, but I think Farber and Son/Hill farmers blues is also my favoriete. Maybe you can Ad a poll. All songs played are in another toreador, so you can use them for a poll
My first vote goes to a very old song: Telegraph ! Played the way i love it...
I was actually bored with Haul Away (sorry) but delighted with DOTDS... So beautiful. Too bad it was played only 4 times...
KOG with Ruth was another highlight. Only 16 times... Can't understand.
Paraguay was a lovely surprise, I adore this song.
IDUAD was great, not as much as in 2006 but still.
I totally agree with FAS/HFB.
Going Home with sax was fab !
Speedway was really great.
Would love to rate YTC, this should be #1, but playing it only 3 times is a disgrace...
I came to like the song Privateering after a initial "bore" feeling.
I even come to like CBC and IUTC live.
WII was quite nice too.
MT was a bit too long but I liked the "fairy tale" ending.
Only thing is...
Death to Sonny !!!!!
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My 2 favorites are " Diamond" and " Paraguay" They both happen to be one of my favorites from the albums also. I've heard every other song from previous tours, but never " Diamond" and " Paraguay" . So they are gems for me.
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I personnaly love Song For Sonny Liston, the middle half improvised solo gets better and better every tour !
My other favorites : KOG, YTC but why didn't they get played more often ?
Gator blood evolved during the tour and the latest versions are really great !
Speedway and HFB are always among my favourites !
I get bored with WII, Marbletown, RAJ, SOS (yes, played a few times is OK for me), TR (if only he could play another DS tune instead, like PI or TOL...) and SFA (even my wife who loves DS and not so much MK solo thinks it's the weakest song of the set).
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I personnaly love Song For Sonny Liston, the middle half improvised solo gets better and better every tour !
My other favorites : KOG, YTC but why didn't they get played more often ?
Gator blood evolved during the tour and the latest versions are really great !
Speedway and HFB are always among my favourites !
I get bored with WII, Marbletown, RAJ, SOS (yes, played a few times is OK for me), TR (if only he could play another DS tune instead, like PI or TOL...) and SFA (even my wife who loves DS and not so much MK solo thinks it's the weakest song of the set).
Actually I agree with the middle half improvised solo for SFSL, but I just hate the "song" as a whole...
Gator Blood is ok, but not my favourite, I'm not moved by it.
Getting bored with TR ??? this is utter blasphemy ! :p although, should it be replaced with TOL (not PI), I will forgive the replacement wholeheartily.
Agree with RAJ and SFA, tired of them.
WII could be great but live it is always lacking something, nothing could be the studio version so far. And the flute does not help...
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Privateering
F&S
HFB
IDUAD
Haul Away
Postcards
SAN
Going Home
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Yon Two Crows (although I didn't hear it live)
Gator Blood
Postcards From Paraguay
I Dug Up A Diamond
I Used To Could (with Nigel Hitchcock)
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Not ready to decide, but I think Farber and Son/Hill farmers blues is also my favoriete. Maybe you can Ad a poll. All songs played are in another toreador, so you can use them for a poll
My first vote goes to a very old song: Telegraph ! Played the way i love it...
I was actually bored with Haul Away (sorry) but delighted with DOTDS... So beautiful. Too bad it was played only 4 times...
KOG with Ruth was another highlight. Only 16 times... Can't understand.
Paraguay was a lovely surprise, I adore this song.
IDUAD was great, not as much as in 2006 but still.
I totally agree with FAS/HFB.
Going Home with sax was fab !
Speedway was really great.
Would love to rate YTC, this should be #1, but playing it only 3 times is a disgrace...
I came to like the song Privateering after a initial "bore" feeling.
I even come to like CBC and IUTC live.
WII was quite nice too.
MT was a bit too long but I liked the "fairy tale" ending.
Only thing is...
Death to Sonny !!!!!
I agree on nearly everything here herlock. As always........ ;)
I still don't feel that WII works played live. The album version is much better. More speedy and more guitar based. Would like another opener.
My favorite song on this tour is Father And Son/ Hillfarmers Blues :clap
The weakest song must be SFA, Played so many nights. Why ? :disbelief
I'm one of those who think that Sultans should be played every night. Really missed that song at both my shows ;D
Submariner......my fave on the album....... only played few times.........should have been there from day one...........I like the live version pretty much too :thumbsup
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I'm not the right person to choose fav songs of this tour, as I didn't attend any show, haven't got any stick yet, and I can't say I have listened enough stuff on YT, but all I can say is I agree about WII. the studio version is THE version.
some TR end solos are great.
And I love band introduction on postcards with each instrument coming in after each other (reverse of Portobello Belle 83, when each instrument was left out after each musician introduction), but I'm listening to 2007 stuff last days, and Postcards was fabulous druing KTGC promo tour, beacuse no flute and more guitar based, with some licks never heard again after these showcases.
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I'm not the right person to choose fav songs of this tour, as I didn't attend any show, haven't got any stick yet, and I can't say I have listened enough stuff on YT, but all I can say is I agree about WII. the studio version is THE version.
some TR end solos are great.
And I love band introduction on postcards with each instrument coming in after each other (reverse of Portobello Belle 83, when each instrument was left out after each musician introduction), but I'm listening to 2007 stuff last days, and Postcards was fabulous druing KTGC promo tour, beacuse no flute and more guitar based, with some licks never heard again after these showcases.
Yes, too much flute in many of the songs now. Sometimes I miss the good old guitar based Mark Knopfler :-X
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Too much flute and cittern !
I listened to TR Lyon 2005 this morning...wooowww.... wonderful !
About cittern : a MK guitar solo would have been more appropriated in 5.15 than John's cittern, or is it Ravi Shankar's ghost ? ;D
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I wish I could say without hesitation Yon Two Crows or Redbud Tree ...
So, same as usual for me :
#1 Marbletown (still my special although the 2013 extension kills the tempo. )
#2 Telegraph road
#3 Hill Framer's blues (only HFB , no F&S please)
Postcards was a good core song, fresh and full of life.
Back to Tupelo / KOG / YTC / BIA : not enough played to be rated as favorite song of the tour.
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About cittern : a MK guitar solo would have been more appropriated in 5.15 than John's cittern, or is it Ravi Shankar's ghost ? ;D
Strange, I always thought Ravi Shankar played the sitar! :think ;)
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Sitar is from Guy, synth..
LE
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Strangely enough was the final part of TR every time the highlight for me. Having so many times heard it and still excited. Electrifying guitar sound, simply great played by Mark. As well as a final part of Marbletown (thank you Mike!). Change from slow to speedy and powerfully part has a specially effect on me.
With surprising ease I rediscovered this time "I dug up a diamond" and "Back to Tupelo".
Beautifull KoG in Frankfurt - Mark with beautifull new blue Pensa/ DotDS with Nigel on clarinet in Stuttgart / Seattle with Ruth in London. I love them all.
CBC/Gator Blood/IUtC(with Nigel!)/PfP- nice tunes to have fun and to dance to. Love it!
Bonaparte is gone! Yippee! Hopefully the next candidate to be dropped - Sonny ;D
I like OShLa und SFA very much, but definitely don't missing BiA.
And reversed, although I never haven't had intense emotions for SoS I missed it sometimes at the concerts.
I realized, that when I get it - I am bored. When I don't get it - I am missing it. HUH. Complicated :think
HFB and SaN were always my big favs. But this time they weren't so intoxicating as bevore. Maybe to many time heard, maybe becouse of replacement of Danny on the drums.
I hope to hear RTree and especiall YTC next time, just as it happened with "Cleaning my Gun" for me. Don't catch it during GL tour, but this year. Happy!
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From Guy's forum... A real scandal...
Q:Hi Doc, Is there any particular reason Yon Two Crows was only played a few times only at the beginning of the tour? Thx!
A:Yes. Mark didn't fancy it.
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From Guy's forum... A real scandal...
Q:Hi Doc, Is there any particular reason Yon Two Crows was only played a few times only at the beginning of the tour? Thx!
A:Yes. Mark didn't fancy it.
That is interesting! It's what we all suspected, but nice to have the confirmation.
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From Guy's forum... A real scandal...
Q:Hi Doc, Is there any particular reason Yon Two Crows was only played a few times only at the beginning of the tour? Thx!
A:Yes. Mark didn't fancy it.
That is interesting! It's what we all suspected, but nice to have the confirmation.
It makes sense but it's not a surprise :disbelief
Mark has always a couple of strange decisions we can't understand. :hmm
Not the first , not the the last.