A Mark In Time
Mark Knopfler Discussion => Mark Knopfler Discussion Forum => Topic started by: Pottel on February 18, 2011, 05:13:31 PM
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listening to "his latest flame" from 1998.07.27 in ronnie scotts, i noticed Mark has rarely sounded more metallic then on that one, and i gotta say i love it!
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I agree with you. If you're going to do the surf/Shadows/Ventures thing, you might take it all the way.
An amazing album with that kind of guitar sound mixed with Cuban rhythms is Mambo Sinuendo with Manuel Galban and Ry Cooder (I keep mentioning this fellow ...). But I'm digressing. Let's stick to Mark's sound.
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listening to "his latest flame" from 1998.07.27 in ronnie scotts, i noticed Mark has rarely sounded more metallic then on that one, and i gotta say i love it!
The one from Birmingham Ronnie Scott's 15.6.98 is pretty good too! Nice close-up of Mark's fingers! :)
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For what it's worth - five of my favorite MK electric guitar sounds, off the top of my head and in no particular order:
- Lead on In the Gallery
- Lead on Smooching from Local Hero
- Lead on Tunnel of Love (Alchemy)
- Lead on You and Your Friend (On the Night)
- Lead on Telegraph Road (Basel)
[Tech talk: 4 out 5 of these sounds - Strat in positions 2 and 4 ... In my opinion, no other sound defines Mark's guitar sound better than that.]
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Ok, he is my take:
Ride Across The River (Studio)
The Long Highway (Studio)
My Claim To Fame (Studio)
Tunnel Of Love (Alchemy/Studio)
Sultans Of Swing (Alchemy)
The first three are my all time favourite guitar sounds. For my absolutely typical Mark. Love it.
LE
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Strat tone was best on Making Movies.
Les Paul tone was best on Golden Heart.
End of discussion. :)
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As Jackal mentioned "Smooching" I must also put my hand up for that sound. So mellow and relaxed, it just wants to make you dream....
My favourite track on the local hero cd.
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One of the more odd sounds was Boom, Like That, especially live. It sounded fabolous, loved those solos.That guitar certainly had the bite and Mark used it to great advantage.
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One of the more odd sounds was Boom, Like That, especially live. It sounded fabolous, loved those solos.That guitar certainly had the bite and Mark used it to great advantage.
And the funny thing is, it's a really cheap guitar! I bought one for
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One of the more odd sounds was Boom, Like That, especially live. It sounded fabolous, loved those solos.That guitar certainly had the bite and Mark used it to great advantage.
And the funny thing is, it's a really cheap guitar! I bought one for
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As Jackal mentioned "Smooching" I must also put my hand up for that sound. So mellow and relaxed, it just wants to make you dream....
My favourite track on the local hero cd.
The local hero - wild theme live version from On the night/sultans of swing very best of...
Great guitar sound on that one.
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Strat tone was best on Making Movies.
Les Paul tone was best on Golden Heart.
End of discussion. :)
You are absolutely right, Dusty. :)
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One of my favorites, from the very beginning, (i have listened to and liked it right from the start, so it is not a left over that became favorite when i got bored of the rest), is "It never rains". The magnificent built up at the end, the interplay between the guitar and the organ, it is like diving into the darkest, grieving part of his soul. The wah-wah(?) he uses is a rare case, in all their recorded history and it must be one of the oddest additions to their records in general. Also the almost "noir" Planet of the New Orleans, has a similar, chilling feeling but with a much cleaner production and the interplay is mostly between the pedal steel and his MK2 guitar, while the keyboards are creating an after hours, empty streets, raining city, much like a Bryan Ferry background in his Bete noir album. Marvelous.
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Strat tone was best on Making Movies.
Les Paul tone was best on Golden Heart.
End of discussion. :)
I'm a newbie here but long time guitar player and MK fan, and I agree completely!
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Strat tone was best on Making Movies.
Les Paul tone was best on Golden Heart.
End of discussion. :)
I'm a newbie here but long time guitar player and MK fan, and I agree completely!
Welcome to the best Mark Knopfler forum in the world Knopflertone!
For future reference, I am ALWAYS right. ;)
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@knopflertone.
Hello Knoplertone and welcome to the forum. You truly are a member of the greatest MK forum in the galaxy. Only the A-century has a close enough forum, but the feedback won't arrive to earth until 2150, if people are still living or earlier if they have discovered the way to get these emails faster. Oh, and Dusty is always right. And i am always left.
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just whatching the a night in london show (MEX version) and am blown away (again) by Je Suis Desol
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Yeah, the Je Suis Desol
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"Water of Love" from Vaison was pretty stunning too! :)
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Vaison is aboslutely sublime, it's a shame the A Night in London concert missed some central songs from the tour and then got butchered for the DVD release.