Most underrated DS/MK songs

[stratmad]

Sailor was on my list, too! :-)

[Knopflerfan]

Les Boys.  Great melody and lyrics.  So many either misinterpret it or don't take it seriously because of the subject matter, but it's a really good song IMHO.  He just doesn't bother with melodies like this now.

LB - Not for me thankyou! I think MK was desperate for two album fillers what with 'Solid Rock' too. Melody wise, MK has produced far better than LB...

[ds1984]

How can be 'Solid Rock' a filler as it was already performed live before the album was recorded and remained on the setlist up to their last tour ?

[Love Expresso]

The way the album version was recorded indeed sounds like a filler. Live and also as demo version it sounded and was worked out much better. Solid Rock Live was always great but the album version was and still is  a skipper for me. Same as Les Boys by the way because of the cliché overkill in the lyrics...

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[Robson]

Making Movies is full of contrasts. How is this possible? It starts with an earthquake and ends with a song from a completely different world.

[stratmad]

Making Movies is full of contrasts. How is this possible? It starts with an earthquake and ends with a song from a completely different world.

Yes, it is full of contrasts, but that's somehow the case with almost every DS/MK album, I think. The most consistent ones are maybe DS, LOG, and later STP and KTGC.
Les Boys doesn't fit in with the whole record, both the music and the topic are very different. I guess he's always been experimenting with very different styles, going from one phase to the next, whether it's a waltz, a twist or a polka.

[Robson]

I think Communique is also coherent.

[stratmad]

Yes, that's true. My bad. I forgot that album because I hardly ever listen to it. 

[privinvest]

Maybe we should define "underrated" first:

not known enough? by public at large? by the critics/media? radios? spotify?
not appreciated enough? not talked about enough? by hardcore fans?  by the critics? fellow musicians?
and finally by MK himself by not playing in concerts, not including in compilations, not mentioning in interviews etc

[Peter1981]

Hand in hand, no doubt. Never played live, but it’s a killer tune!

[Knopflerfan]

How can be 'Solid Rock' a filler as it was already performed live before the album was recorded and remained on the setlist up to their last tour ?

Cos the album version of Solid Rock is a skipper for me - it sounds a jumbled mess, live versions however are pretty good.