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Re: 3 Chord Trick (Legacy)
« Reply #210 on: December 28, 2017, 02:02:18 PM »
See, I love the intro, but I don't think that's why it was a hit. It was a hit because of the riff and the lyrics.

Walk of Life I would argue was a hit because of the keyboard line...

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I recall reading Bicknell saying MK was having fun with a farfisa organ and came up with the famous melody, and that the song was very close to be left out of the record as they consider it as a kind of funny song but not serious enough to be on the record. I can't recall who were the "they" but imagine they had left it out...

About MFN. A song is the sum of all the parts. What made the song famous was the guitar riff and the lyrics, but the intro is also well known, and an important part of it, at least until 1990 that dissapeared for the first time  ;D
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Re: 3 Chord Trick (Legacy)
« Reply #211 on: December 28, 2017, 02:15:16 PM »
Yes I'm quite 100% sure that the walk of line organ melody is by Mark
about Industrial disease, I have more doubts, and won't be surprised if Alan gave the idea.
On the contrary, the organ melody at the start of it never rains, seems to come from the guitar line, so by Mark

and what about the sax melody on your latest trick ?....do you think Mark played it on guitar to Brecker ?

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Re: 3 Chord Trick (Legacy)
« Reply #212 on: December 28, 2017, 02:19:15 PM »
Yes I'm quite 100% sure that the walk of line organ melody is by Mark
about Industrial disease, I have more doubts, and won't be surprised if Alan gave the idea.
On the contrary, the organ melody at the start of it never rains, seems to come from the guitar line, so by Mark

and what about the sax melody on your latest trick ?....do you think Mark played it on guitar to Brecker ?

probably.
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Re: 3 Chord Trick (Legacy)
« Reply #213 on: December 28, 2017, 02:23:09 PM »
I'm positively sure Mark wrote the Walk of Life intro/riff, he's said it himself a couple of times in interviews.

It's tricky territory. When I think of Layla for instance the very first thing that pops up is the guitar riff - but Clapton didn't write that, Duane Allman did. For some reason I don't understand Allman was never credited for that...
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Re: 3 Chord Trick (Legacy)
« Reply #214 on: December 28, 2017, 02:27:10 PM »
See, I love the intro, but I don't think that's why it was a hit. It was a hit because of the riff and the lyrics.

Walk of Life I would argue was a hit because of the keyboard line...

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I recall reading Bicknell saying MK was having fun with a farfisa organ and came up with the famous melody, and that the song was very close to be left out of the record as they consider it as a kind of funny song but not serious enough to be on the record. I can't recall who were the "they" but imagine they had left it out...

About MFN. A song is the sum of all the parts. What made the song famous was the guitar riff and the lyrics, but the intro is also well known, and an important part of it, at least until 1990 that dissapeared for the first time  ;D

Didn't Mark explain how the intro was created before announcing Sting in the Montserrat concert?
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Re: 3 Chord Trick (Legacy)
« Reply #215 on: December 28, 2017, 02:30:39 PM »
See, I love the intro, but I don't think that's why it was a hit. It was a hit because of the riff and the lyrics.

Walk of Life I would argue was a hit because of the keyboard line...

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I recall reading Bicknell saying MK was having fun with a farfisa organ and came up with the famous melody, and that the song was very close to be left out of the record as they consider it as a kind of funny song but not serious enough to be on the record. I can't recall who were the "they" but imagine they had left it out...

About MFN. A song is the sum of all the parts. What made the song famous was the guitar riff and the lyrics, but the intro is also well known, and an important part of it, at least until 1990 that dissapeared for the first time  ;D

Didn't Mark explain how the intro was created before announcing Sting in the Montserrat concert?

I'm not sure. I think what he told was that Sting happened to be on holydays at Montserrat and he came up at the studio to say Hi and ended singing in MFN.

I read somewhere that Sting was looking for Omar Hakim to play with him but he didn't manage to find him, and when in Montserrat he discovered he was there recording with DS!!! Sting met Omar there and agreed to join his band.
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Re: 3 Chord Trick (Legacy)
« Reply #216 on: December 28, 2017, 02:47:51 PM »
I recall reading Bicknell saying MK was having fun with a farfisa organ and came up with the famous melody

Wrong, it was created by Alan Clark with the contribution of Mickey Mouse and Chewbacca
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Re: 3 Chord Trick (Legacy)
« Reply #217 on: December 28, 2017, 02:49:40 PM »
I recall reading Bicknell saying MK was having fun with a farfisa organ and came up with the famous melody

Wrong, it was created by Alan Clark with the contribution of Mickey Mouse and Chewbacca

I was wondering... If you run away from here again, and after a while come back... Would you name yourself Pensaghost ghost?
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Re: 3 Chord Trick (Legacy)
« Reply #218 on: December 28, 2017, 03:03:04 PM »
I recall reading Bicknell saying MK was having fun with a farfisa organ and came up with the famous melody

Wrong, it was created by Alan Clark with the contribution of Mickey Mouse and Chewbacca

I was wondering... If you run away from here again, and after a while come back... Would you name yourself Pensaghost ghost?

I will ask Alan Clark, he has good ideas
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Re: 3 Chord Trick (Legacy)
« Reply #219 on: December 28, 2017, 03:04:53 PM »
I recall reading Bicknell saying MK was having fun with a farfisa organ and came up with the famous melody

Wrong, it was created by Alan Clark with the contribution of Mickey Mouse and Chewbacca

I was wondering... If you run away from here again, and after a while come back... Would you name yourself Pensaghost ghost?

I will ask Alan Clark, he has good ideas

And if you run away then, you could be the ghost of Pensaghost ghost.

Don't forget to delete all your ghosts posts, ghost.
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Re: 3 Chord Trick (Legacy)
« Reply #220 on: December 28, 2017, 03:17:13 PM »
I recall reading Bicknell saying MK was having fun with a farfisa organ and came up with the famous melody

Wrong, it was created by Alan Clark with the contribution of Mickey Mouse and Chewbacca

I was wondering... If you run away from here again, and after a while come back... Would you name yourself Pensaghost ghost?

I will ask Alan Clark, he has good ideas

And if you run away then, you could be the ghost of Pensaghost ghost.

Don't forget to delete all your ghosts posts, ghost.

You Should Relax
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Re: 3 Chord Trick (Legacy)
« Reply #221 on: December 28, 2017, 03:21:37 PM »
I recall reading Bicknell saying MK was having fun with a farfisa organ and came up with the famous melody

Wrong, it was created by Alan Clark with the contribution of Mickey Mouse and Chewbacca

You should relax too, ghost.
You might get lucky, now and then

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Re: 3 Chord Trick (Legacy)
« Reply #222 on: December 28, 2017, 03:28:01 PM »
I recall reading Bicknell saying MK was having fun with a farfisa organ and came up with the famous melody

Wrong, it was created by Alan Clark with the contribution of Mickey Mouse and Chewbacca

You should relax too, ghost.

man, I can joke as much as I want and delete my posts as much as I want, none of your business
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Re: 3 Chord Trick (Legacy)
« Reply #223 on: December 28, 2017, 03:36:09 PM »
See, I love the intro, but I don't think that's why it was a hit. It was a hit because of the riff and the lyrics.

Walk of Life I would argue was a hit because of the keyboard line...

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I recall reading Bicknell saying MK was having fun with a farfisa organ and came up with the famous melody, and that the song was very close to be left out of the record as they consider it as a kind of funny song but not serious enough to be on the record. I can't recall who were the "they" but imagine they had left it out...

About MFN. A song is the sum of all the parts. What made the song famous was the guitar riff and the lyrics, but the intro is also well known, and an important part of it, at least until 1990 that dissapeared for the first time  ;D

Didn't Mark explain how the intro was created before announcing Sting in the Montserrat concert?

I'm not sure. I think what he told was that Sting happened to be on holydays at Montserrat and he came up at the studio to say Hi and ended singing in MFN.

I read somewhere that Sting was looking for Omar Hakim to play with him but he didn't manage to find him, and when in Montserrat he discovered he was there recording with DS!!! Sting met Omar there and agreed to join his band.

He’s kinda vague about the process but he basically says he came up with the idea and would really like to get Sting to sing in it. But as I said before, it’s a process. Mark has the ideas, shows them to the band, gives some directions and voila. At least that’s what happens in general according to the man himself.
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Re: 3 Chord Trick (Legacy)
« Reply #224 on: December 28, 2017, 03:44:19 PM »
I recall reading Bicknell saying MK was having fun with a farfisa organ and came up with the famous melody

Wrong, it was created by Alan Clark with the contribution of Mickey Mouse and Chewbacca

You should relax too, ghost.

man, I can joke as much as I want and delete my posts as much as I want, none of your business

I might had listened a ghost whisper or something
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