A Mark In Time
Previous Tours => 2010 Get Lucky Tour => Topic started by: Localhero on June 09, 2010, 08:06:04 AM
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aaaaah nice! My first DS concert was at the POPB. Takes me back!
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I'll be there !! I'll try to keep you guys posted with my Iphone.
Told my wife that for this time only, I would have no mercy whatsoever regarding timings, that no delay would be tolerated, that the trip would be organized in a military style, and that she'd better leave work at 5.00pm SHARP, so that we get a chance to be at Bercy at 6.00pm for ticket collection :D Better wait than be late... and if I could, by chance, catch up with Guy or somebody with the band, that would be great !
The venue is huge (17,000 seats), and is (in)famous for traffic jams and parking problems (700 lots... and the concert is sold out... oops...). I have pre-reserved 2 lots, just in case !
Who else is coming ? Can we catch up ? I will try to be at gate 35 around 6.00pm.
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wow herlock, that sounds exciting.
pls keep us updated indeed (not the parking lot thing, the show!!)
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I will be there
Please note that 17 000 is the no seat capacity. Tonight configuration is toward 12 000, approx 1.5 Paris Zenith or 6 Paris Olympia.
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aaaaah nice! My first DS concert was at the POPB. Takes me back!
Same for me ! And they played TOL ;D
I wish I could be there tonight. I didn't get lucky with that one. The train would arrive 10 minutes too late. :'(
But I will do "all" the other french dates
A lot of people will enjoy tonight. ;D
MK is so rare in France.
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aaaaah nice! My first DS concert was at the POPB. Takes me back!
Same for me !
what date? I think it was there on 25th April 1992. (I know it's 1992, I am 99% it's April but the day could be wrong).
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According to http://www.neck-and-neck.com/library/diary/diary07.html
DS did a 7 nights residency back at the POPB from 24th to 30th April 92 - they already had a first run on 3-4-5 october 1991
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aaaaah nice! My first DS concert was at the POPB. Takes me back!
Same for me !
what date? I think it was there on 25th April 1992. (I know it's 1992, I am 99% it's April but the day could be wrong).
Sorry, it can't be the same. Mine was the first OES show in Paris, 3 October 1991.
It's good to remember that Paris and France used to be an important part of the tour ... These days are gone. :disbelief
Now it's really one quick stop and if can't do it on that day, you don't have a second chance ...
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I assume that due to past experience of high level of temperature Mark is more entitled to play one big Bercy than two days at the average sounding Zenith.
But we also have some very sweet nice and good sounding venue in Paris, a week residency at the Olympia for example would be great.
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Will be there with my tallest daughter (6 years old) and my father : 3 generations !
So bad that Yolande can't come, she has to stay at home.
Big big love and big kisses to her. I still hope we will do at least one show this year together, maybe N
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Will be there with my tallest daughter (6 years old) and my father : 3 generations !
So bad that Yolande can't come, she has to stay at home.
Big big love and big kisses to her. I still hope we will do at least one show this year together, maybe N
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Setlist info please ;D ;D
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I know only one for now: Sultans Of Swing ;D
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I know only one for now: Sultans Of Swing ;D
I thought you were going to say Done With Bonaparte ;D
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According to Isaac
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Ah, I just read it, too! :o Not my favourite song but nice to know it was played again!!
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Setlist same as london but anislo i/o gl/m. Fantastic show
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Hmm, don't think ANISLA works live. Would be disappointed not to hear GL or even Monteleone for that one. Looks like the "rockier" setlist with CMG and WAM gets played at standing venues. Makes sense I suppose.
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I will post a detailed review later, but i sware taht the word disapppointed will not be part of it
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Here is my review.
As promised, I won't bother you with the details on how difficult it was to get there - let's focus on the show itself.
I was there with three ladies (my wife and two friends). We were at row 9 in the floor of this huge venue (12,000 seats, full house), meaning that we were very close from the stage. The band came just after 9.00pm. They all looked very fresh, smiling and cheering. Mark greeted the crowd with a
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Thank you very much! Best review so far in my opinion, every word really to the point. Liked your sentence "Mark had done it again
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Nice to have a Simfy recording of "A Night..." though.
Now we are just missing Remembrance Day, Going Home and Wild Theme. :)
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... and "Our Shangri-La".
Actually we have nice versions of these, except for "Remembrance day" - not sure it will be played outside the US though.
OSL: great version on the RLRR DVD/CD with Emmylou
Wild theme: On the night DVD/ SoS compilation CD / Passalong 2005 recordings
Going Home: Alchemy, A night in London
I would be more interested in:
-The resurrection of Postcards from Paraguay, the only missing highlight from the 2008 tour
-So Far from The Clyde, which was rehearsed according to Guy... any hope ?
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Seems like Paris could make the "must have" list..... ;D
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Thank you very much! Best review so far in my opinion, every word really to the point. Liked your sentence "Mark had done it again
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... and "Our Shangri-La".
Actually we have nice versions of these, except for "Remembrance day" - not sure it will be played outside the US though.
OSL: great version on the RLRR DVD/CD with Emmylou
Wild theme: On the night DVD/ SoS compilation CD / Passalong 2005 recordings
Going Home: Alchemy, A night in London
I would be more interested in:
-The resurrection of Postcards from Paraguay, the only missing highlight from the 2008 tour
-So Far from The Clyde, which was rehearsed according to Guy... any hope ?
Secondary Waltz from 08 as well. In fact, although I don't really like the song I wouldn't mind having a soundboard of True Love Will Never Fade, just for JM's cittern intro. :)
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thanks for your very nice review!
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Herlock - Thank you for your wonderful review! Your thoughts about the set-list et al completely reiterated exactly how I felt at my first concert in Dublin, namely that what he plays doesn't matter one jot! It is all swept away by the excitement of being close to MK and the amazing music that is being played before us! He truly is magic! :D :P
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Charognards ? I thought the move towards the stage was rather calm... I was more irritated by the constant whistling and yelling...
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Listening how MK is singing A NIGHT IN SUMMER you can say he is really in pain!!!!!
;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
I wonder why he is screaming like that when he can just sing the sweet melody instead...
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herlock, thanks for a very entertaining read. You have a knack with the style of writing. I thoroughly enjoyed reading your review. Agreed with LE that it was the best so far. ( we should have a seperate thread that we can compile fans' reviews from every show, I think that will be a fun way to remember the shows, we can even vote which is the best!)
Agreed totally with your thoughts at the end of the review. It doesn't matter what MK plays, it's the magical 2 hrs or so moment of being in his presence that makes it feel like it's an eternal bliss which we can only hope we can experience each and every single day in lives. Well, at least, we have the experience and the memories to cherish.
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no
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Hello Yolande
Bises
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Hello Yolande
Bises
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I forgot to write in English ;D
congratulation for the future birth :D
your daughter has been happy to attend the concert last night and have a little gift ;D
Rodolphe
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I know only one for now: Sultans Of Swing ;D
I thought you were going to say Done With Bonaparte ;D
Did I already mention I LOVE that song? ;D Oh Dutchessy, go ahead, kill me again! :lol :lol :lol
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I know only one for now: Sultans Of Swing ;D
I thought you were going to say Done With Bonaparte ;D
Did I already mention I LOVE that song? ;D Oh Dutchessy, go ahead, kill me again! :lol :lol :lol
BOEM, KADENG!
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Listening how MK is singing A NIGHT IN SUMMER you can say he is really in pain!!!!!
;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
I wonder why he is screaming like that when he can just sing the sweet melody instead...
May I respectfully disagree. I love the way he sings ANISLO - very powerful. And as far as screaming is concerned, there is still a long way to go before reaching Bono's standards ;)
For years, Mark was reproached that he was mumbling inaudible lyrics - and now that, at last, his voice becomes loud and clear, we would complain as well ?
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Listening how MK is singing A NIGHT IN SUMMER you can say he is really in pain!!!!!
;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
I wonder why he is screaming like that when he can just sing the sweet melody instead...
May I respectfully disagree. I love the way he sings ANISLO - very powerful. And as far as screaming is concerned, there is still a long way to go before reaching Bono's standards ;)
For years, Mark was reproached that he was mumbling inaudible lyrics - and now that, at last, his voice becomes loud and clear, we would complain as well ?
Herlock, I totally agree with you. Saying screaming is disrespectful to Mark, he did a great job on ANISLO. I know that everyone can express there one opinion that for sure. :) But, if we compare MK to Bono, Mark sings so much better! :D
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I have to say, after watching the you tube clip of 'A night in summer', i love the way he sings it. Very powerful & very clear.
He sings with so much more clarity now, whereas he always used to mumble.
I've enjoyed watching his facial expressions on this tour as well. Not only when he sings, but when he is talking between songs.
Cheers BBB
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I was surprised the way he did sing it - very unusual but interesting.
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It would be interesting to hear him sing R&J in this way!!!! ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
Cheers BBB
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I have to say, after watching the you tube clip of 'A night in summer', i love the way he sings it. Very powerful & very clear.
He sings with so much more clarity now, whereas he always used to mumble.
I've enjoyed watching his facial expressions on this tour as well. Not only when he sings, but when he is talking between songs.
Cheers BBB
Agreed! What a beautiful version of Summer Long Ago :D I'll hope he plays it in Amsterdam or Oberhausen ;)
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I know only one for now: Sultans Of Swing ;D
I thought you were going to say Done With Bonaparte ;D
Did I already mention I LOVE that song? ;D Oh Dutchessy, go ahead, kill me again! :lol :lol :lol
*ouch* ;D
BOEM, KADENG!
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someone post the full setlist yet??
Border Reiver What It Is Sailing To Philadelphia Coyote Prairie Wedding Hill Farmer's Blues Romeo And Juliet Sultans Of Swing Done With Bonaparte A Night In Summer Long Ago Marbletown Speedway At Nazareth Telegraph Road Brothers In Arms So Far Away Piper To The End
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Yesterday I sent: same as London except ANISLA i/o GL/M. A more concise way to say it, did'nt want to kill my fingers on the Iphone :)
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someone post the full setlist yet??
Border Reiver What It Is Sailing To Philadelphia Coyote Prairie Wedding Hill Farmer's Blues Romeo And Juliet Sultans Of Swing Done With Bonaparte A Night In Summer Long Ago Marbletown Speedway At Nazareth Telegraph Road Brothers In Arms So Far Away Piper To The End
You missed "Oe Oe Oe" after R&J. I lost my voice on it as I gave all what I could and Mark finally did it - badly - but he did it!
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You missed "Oe Oe Oe" after R&J. I lost my voice on it as I gave all what I could and Mark finally did it - badly - but he did it!
:D yes you're right. That was an hilarious moment. Mark was a bit reluctant, that was not of great musical quality but that was fun and helped the mood :)
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Here is my review (I am late but no time before with work and the kids), forgive my english :
(http://www.local-hero.org/images/documents/rebecca_bercy.jpg)I was there with my tallest daughter, my father and a good friend of mine. Let's go to Bercy : the excitment to go a gig, to meet again known faces (most of them have also used the mk.com presale), to get my daughter to a "rock" concert. We enter, she has her eyes largely opened : wow Bercy is big !
It's hard to describe the sensation of happiness to be at the first row, 3 metres away from the stage, when there are 12000+ people behind you :D - the four seats on the right on the pic taken by John (see John's diary : here (http://www.local-hero.org/php/ontour2/voirinfoconcert.php?idtour=20100&date=2010/06/09)).
A girl told us the gig will be recorded and available the day after, ok ok I told her that I know all about that and that I already put links to simfylive on my website :D
Glenn came down from the stage and made a sign to my daughter to offer her a MK pick. Hmmmm thanks Glenn, the evening starts very well !
I've found the opening part from Kate Walsh average, well boring. It was annoying because it has delayed the beginning of the gig for one hour, and my girl was then already a little bit tired and she wanted to see Mark.
21:00, lights off, the band take the stage. Mark speaks in french. The audience is hot, everybody is standing up to welcome them. First song and my girl claps, sings and dances. Cool, she loves it ! :p
Mark eplained why he was seated on stage : his doctor told him to avoid disco dancing, walking, running, but that he can make some cycling, some "bicyclette" said then Mark in french. Funny.
The setlist was "standard", I admit I would have loved a Cleaning My Gun, like the day before. We at least have succeded to make them "play" Oe oe oe under the "pressure" of the audience, right before SOS (so only 4 musicians on stage, I would have prefered the full band, especially Matt as my favourite version of "Oe oe oe" is from Lille 2005 with his jazzy piano part). It's fun because one week before the gig I had shown this one to my girl and she loved to sing it.
Then a rarity on this tour : A night in summer long ago, but Mark's voice was not at its top :(
Well, a good gig, but not perfect, Mark was lacking some inspiration on his solos, making some errors at the bad moment (but is there a good one for them ?).
Such seats offer us to clearly admire the wonderful guitars of Mark (I love the Pensa and the National), but also the way of playing all of the musicians (excepted Matt almost unvisible behind his organ because of the height of the stage). As in 2008 I have enjoyed lloking at John, for example while he was playing guitar and having a great time on Coyote (loved his sound on that song).
During the gig many musicians were giving smiles to my daughter, especially Danny.
She had made drawings at home that she wanted to give to Mark, I was really wondering how we could do that ! And then there was the "bulls race" to the stage, after Marbletown. I ran (hmmm, only 3 meters) to try to get a place just behind the barrier so that my girl could see Mark very close. At the end of TR, while they had the "beer break", I thought it was the right time for the drawings. I have put her standed on the barrier, she has her drawings in her hands. We make signs to Mark, to the musicians that the drawings are for Mark. They smile and Matt understands and comes to take them. We won't know if they have taken a look at them, but my daughter was really happy then (and me more and more exhausted to hold her in my arms, TR is a long song, but there were 3 others coming).
But at the end of the gig there was a surprise. Mark made a sign to Danny, who "ran" to get his drum sticks. I had understood what will happen : Danny was going to offer the drum sticks to my daughter. Big mistake, Danny have put them in Mark's hands who came in front of ther, bending himself and giving them in her little hands, with big smile and sign (you can see a video of that moment on my website).
Thanks Mark for taking attention to kids. She had stars in her eyes, and I thought there were 12000 people jealous.
I would say that because of my girl requiring a lot of attention, I was not "in" the concert at 100%, I was not concentrated on the music as usual. So my feelings are not
I have finished the gig totally exhausted (it was hot inside) after having my girl for such a long time in my arms.
For that evening to be perfect I was missing :
* my wife Yolande
* some more inspiration from Mark on his solos (I forgive the mistakes)
* and a little "Local Hero" to close the gig like in 1985, 1991/1992, 1996, 2001, 2005 and 2008.
I now hope that my wife and I will be able to do Bilbao, and maybe N
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Nice story. :)
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Added : I had forgotten to speak about those idiots (not many but they make so much noise) shouting their live (it's my birthday), song titles during the songs. No respect at all for the musicians. I had one shouting and whistling very loud, just in my right ear : I stayed calm but was not very friendly with such stupid guys.
I didn't notice that... BTW i've shouted just once... Mark I love you !! He said "Merci " ! that was a cute answer lol
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Added : I had forgotten to speak about those idiots (not many but they make so much noise) shouting their live (it's my birthday), song titles during the songs. No respect at all for the musicians. I had one shouting and whistling very loud, just in my right ear : I stayed calm but was not very friendly with such stupid guys.
I didn't notice that... BTW i've shouted just once... Mark I love you !! He said "Merci " ! that was a cute answer lol
Awwwww :)
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my review is here... http://pagesperso-orange.fr/markknopfler/Mark_Knopfler/Concerts_2_2/Pages/Paris_9th_June_2010.html (http://pagesperso-orange.fr/markknopfler/Mark_Knopfler/Concerts_2_2/Pages/Paris_9th_June_2010.html)
My internet provider is updating its server... so my website may have some mistakes ( gaps missing things...)
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my review is here... http://pagesperso-orange.fr/markknopfler/Mark_Knopfler/Concerts_2_2/Pages/Paris_9th_June_2010.html (http://pagesperso-orange.fr/markknopfler/Mark_Knopfler/Concerts_2_2/Pages/Paris_9th_June_2010.html)
My internet provider is updating its server... so my website may have some mistakes ( gaps missing things...)
Thanks for sharing, nice read! Need to finish my Frankfurt review, too, before I'm off to Hamburg ;D
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Your daughter was one LUCKY girl !!!! Bravo !!! I'm happy for her. Amazing that you captured it at the right moment.
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French friends, please, what did MK say just before Border Revier?
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He said "Bonsoir Paris ! Comment
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He said "Bonsoir Paris ! Comment
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Merci ?/?
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Hard to hear, but I think he said "merci beaucoup" (thank you very much).
Don't expect to hear great philosophical talks in French, I think he only knows the very basic tourist language and was just trying to be nice :) I also noticed that he speaks much less in non-english speaking countries during band intros and others, probably he feels more comfortable sharing long stories with native speakers... he's not always easy to understand.
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He knows more than basic tourist language !
I saw him on RTL 2 interview in 2004... He didn't needall the translation to reply (in english)
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He knows more than basic tourist language !
I saw him on RTL 2 interview in 2004... He didn't needall the translation to reply (in english)
Sure, he is a rennaissance man, an educated reader and a writer, he probably understands more. But what I mean is that he is not comfortable enough to speak large sentences.
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You're right...
I would have said timidity also, maybe, (that's the way I feel it)
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Here is the money for nothing part in Coyote as well...
@ 4.36
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Money for Nothing riffs are great, but I guess MK doesn't want to have Money for Nothing voice any more, a little bit too high for him to sing now? Just my two cents.
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Here is the money for nothing part in Coyote as well...
@ 4.36
You're right !!! I did not notice this before. A bit slow, but recognizable. Thanks to you I won't buy another concert (unless someone tell me that the denmark concert has a soooo much better MFN riff !.
So we got the TOL part in HFB, the MFN part in Coyote. When do we get an OES part in PW ? :D
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Here is the money for nothing part in Coyote as well...
@ 4.36
Woah, was there and haven't noticed that !!!
I didn't like Coyote from the album, but this live version is enjoying me a lot :P
It has some Imelda spirit and tempo from 96.
And @ 5:05-5:13 reminds me something too ;)
So after a bit of TOL, a bit of MFN, what's next ???
I love how Mark speaks in french at the end of Coyote, especially his "Merci" @ 6:25. His accent is then perfect.
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Yeah, Same for me, did not like Coyote first time, but now live it has little to envy to "Cleaning My Gun"...
And now that I listen to the album more, I think TRG is really a great album.
I would give the following marks to the solo albums now:
- TRD: 18/20
- STP: 17/20
- GL: 17/20
- KTGC: 15/20
- GH: 15/20
- SL: 14/20
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also, did anyone notice the complete different intro of Richard on the ukulele with Marbletown??
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also, did anyone notice the complete different intro of Richard on the ukulele with Marbletown??
Pottel, it
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also, did anyone notice the complete different intro of Richard on the ukulele with Marbletown??
Pottel, it
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oooh, you know what i mean..now back to the song ;D
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Marbletown is awsome in Paris... as well as Speedway... Telegraph... Sultans... Border... Piper... I have replaced London with Paris on my Iphone.
But maybe I am just -slightly- biased, towards my country and the very concert I attended :-))
Nonetheless, having purchased and listened to London-Antwerp-Frankfurt-Luxembourg-Paris-Helsingborg, I really feel that Paris was a really good one (lack of WAM notwithstanding).
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got them all on your iphone now?
add middelfart to that, and oslo,......then you will be able to judge :-)
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got them all on your iphone now?
add middelfart to that, and oslo,......then you will be able to judge :-)
nope, th
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got them all on your iphone now?
add middelfart to that, and oslo,......then you will be able to judge :-)
nope, th
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the second london gig and the last were the best imho...
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Pottel, the best one was the first ;D ;D ;D ;D