A Mark In Time
Mark Knopfler Discussion => Mark Knopfler Discussion Forum => Topic started by: Jackal on October 24, 2011, 09:04:43 PM
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Just watched So Far Away from Luxembourg, and it sounds so great. That's just one of the songs that HAS to have that 80s style, not that half-assed Hank Marvin style Mark has copied lately. The ultimate reference for me is Wembley 85: The guitar, the synths and the backing vocals. Watching the clip from Lux, I just realized there are lot of backing vocals; John, Jim, Mike and Guy, and immediately you get that BAND feeling.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2hVKG9wFelk
BUT: How about some lady vocals? I know Guy said that Mark's songs aren't really suited for female vocals, but I don't know. The lovely Katie Kissoon and Tessa Niles (did I have a crush on her in my teens ...) sounded great on Money For Nothing at Knebworth:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dlPjxz4LGak
What do you think?
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Hmmm Tessa Niles...
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Hmmm .... :-*
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I will not repeat my sermon about the Wembley 85 show ;D but coincidentally I think that this is the best So Far Away ever - even better than the famous Calypso version... but that was not the question..
I had the feeling last night at Oberhausen that they used to do more backing vocals with Matt being in the band... Not only because of that it is a big loss that he is not there anymore...
Why Worry from 1985 is another nice example of great backing vocals - six men around two microphones - sounding very nice.
So....
what was the question again? :lol
LE
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So....
what was the question again? :lol
How about some chicks in the band? ;D
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So....
what was the question again? :lol
How about some chicks in the band? ;D
Yeah, but they don't need to sing do they? Topless dancers! :P
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Ehem ehem
Look at the thread subject, Dmg...
;D
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Now now gentlemen, we don't want our female fans complaining about sexism.
They should be spending all their time in the kitchen instead.
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was it tessa who was feeling kinda "chilly" (lol, got it, lol...) during the knebworth show?
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was it tessa who was feeling kinda "chilly" (lol, got it, lol...) during the knebworth show?
I think that's where MK hung up his orange jacket!
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was it tessa who was feeling kinda "chilly" (lol, got it, lol...) during the knebworth show?
I think that's where MK hung up his orange jacket!
+1
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I think that's where MK hung up his orange jacket!
I'm not going there ...
But speaking of orange jacket - or salmon pink - it takes GUTS to wear a salmon pink suit. Not to mention Eric's candy-floss pink (is that a color?) suit. Yikes. Illsley's crumpled blue suit with a SHORT jacket isn't exactly classy either.
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What do you think?
I think the Knebworth 1990 performance is pretty dull and boring honestly and there were many MK solo tour performances in the years after that were better.
I remember buying the 2 DVD set of Knebworth '90 years back and being pretty disappointed with the festival as a whole. The lineup was a cast of "leftovers" of defunct bands from the 70s and 80s that were past their peak by 1990. The whole event struck me as very dry....I just never liked it.
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What do you think?
I think the Knebworth 1990 performance is pretty dull and boring honestly and there were many MK solo tour performances in the years after that were better.
I remember buying the 2 DVD set of Knebworth '90 years back and being pretty disappointed with the festival as a whole. The lineup was a cast of "leftovers" of defunct bands from the 70s and 80s that were past their peak by 1990. The whole event struck me as very dry....I just never liked it.
But what do you think as in "what do you think about Mark having female background vocals in the band"?
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What do you think?
I think the Knebworth 1990 performance is pretty dull and boring honestly and there were many MK solo tour performances in the years after that were better.
But it was worth it for "I Think I Love You Too Much" alone! :P
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I actually liked the performance. Some slightly different arrangements and great guitar sound.
Original question: I don't like female backing singers in general and certainly can't even imagine them in most of Mark's songs. Backing a female lead would sound okay I think but even with EC I think it sounds a bit weird.
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on Guy's forum a couple of years ago
Q: last tour with Emmylou the voices from MK and Emmylou where great togheter : so maybe there could be some female background singers on the next tour to cheer things up or is that a stupid thought?
A: Mark's music doesn't lend itself to female vocal parts (except Rudiger), besides, I do any girl parts
I agree, no need female backing vocals with MK, thanks (unless it's me, I would do a great job ;D )
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Backing vocals with MK? Definitely a NO from me! :)
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You ladies just say no because your jealous ;D
But seriously - I don't think female backing singers would be appropriate for all his songs, but for some I think they would add an extra great dimension.
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You ladies just say no because your jealous ;D
Hell yeah! ;D
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What do you think?
I think the Knebworth 1990 performance is pretty dull and boring honestly and there were many MK solo tour performances in the years after that were better.
I remember buying the 2 DVD set of Knebworth '90 years back and being pretty disappointed with the festival as a whole. The lineup was a cast of "leftovers" of defunct bands from the 70s and 80s that were past their peak by 1990. The whole event struck me as very dry....I just never liked it.
But what do you think as in "what do you think about Mark having female background vocals in the band"?
Not the worst thing to happen in music, but I don't particularly care for it. :)
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Knebworth was my first international show with DS that I watched live - on TV. It was a fabulous experience knowing that you watch live from the TV (actually I think there were a couple more songs performed not on the DVD or CD issue), so I can't really count as a reliable observer. But I think that even the not so imaginative EC solos are not that bad, and the chance to see so many people and a new song was great. And I adore the female back up singers, they add to the general feeling, If they are in the nude and cleaning at the same time, it is even better. But of course for good measure male singers can be also in the nude. Strangles have done it, why not MK who is a better musician after all. It is all about music, isn't it? Give it all to the crowd.