A Mark In Time
Mark Knopfler Discussion => Almost Straits => Topic started by: superval99 on January 30, 2014, 12:19:56 PM
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Don't know if anyone has seen this show, but they perform songs from some of the classic rock bands, including DS. Here is Telegraph Road:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z-ygQngotis&lc=CkrXsQ9CTeEk-1-89qCe9lkjXdlHmM7xyGFFmUXLU3A
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I like that. Actually I listened it from the start to the end, which never happened with The Straits, Strats, Starts, Rats, Stars, Stratas, etc.
I think the whole trouble of most cover-bands is OVER-thinking about MK songs. I can't explain this, but overthink is the right word.
These guys just really PLAYS THE SONG, without pretending anything, without overthink, but with concentration on their sound. I like that!
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Yes they stick pretty close to the album version, which works perfectly well, much better than almost anything from Mark since 2008.. this guitarist plays very good and unpretentious which I like very much. And like foma, watching this felt a lot better than all that AC/JS crap...
Didn't check: Do they have any other MK stuff in their programme?
LE
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Here is their website:
http://www.theclassicrockshow.com/the-band/howie-g
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I like that. Actually I listened it from the start to the end, which never happened with The Straits, Strats, Starts, Rats, Stars, Stratas, etc.
I think the whole trouble of most cover-bands is OVER-thinking about MK songs. I can't explain this, but overthink is the right word.
These guys just really PLAYS THE SONG, without pretending anything, without overthink, but with concentration on their sound. I like that!
+10000
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I was very pleasantly surprised when I heard this version of TR. It was played very close to the album version, but the guitarist didn't try to emulate MK either vocally or in mannerisms - it was just a good, honest rendition of TR. I enjoyed it very much. :)
Here's MFN:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CYblDcNo1Nc
I liked it that they ran the DS video as they performed! :thumbsup
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All of your posts I agree with (to an extent), especially the guitar sound on TR - but why do it? If you are going to do a version perhaps your own interpretation is best; at least you are showing some improvisation or that you are capable of rearranging a song. To copy to the extent that the song is almost an exact replica is something I don't see the point in. Is he just arrogantly saying "look everybody, I can do it too."
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All of your posts I agree with (to an extent), especially the guitar sound on TR - but why do it? If you are going to do a version perhaps your own interpretation is best; at least you are showing some improvisation or that you are capable of rearranging a song. To copy to the extent that the song is almost an exact replica is something I don't see the point in. Is he just arrogantly saying "look everybody, I can do it too."
I know what you mean, dmg, but this is essentially a show, playing lots of bands' music as faithfully as possible to the albums. I don't think MK would have a problem with this, like he has with The Straits, because there doesn't seem to be a hidden agenda. In fact, he may even be amused by it ;)
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(http://www.oneverybootleg.nl/books_bluehighway_MK.jpg)
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Foma, where is that from? Never heard that quotation.. :hmm
LE
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Foma, where is that from? Never heard that quotation.. :hmm
LE
It's taken from the booklet of the CD Marbletown by Blue Highway. Here's the cover to which Mark refers
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KKJpMBgcqCA
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Thanks!
Nice version!
LE
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I've seen these guys and they are excellent musicians and do a very good show. They play TR very well, but there's just something wrong with singing Dire Straits in a "rawk!" voice! ;-)
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nice version.
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Loved the music, hurt by the voice. Need a husky one, that more narrates than sings.
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Loved the music, hurt by the voice. Need a husky one, that more narrates than sings.
One just like MK's in fact! :)
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;D
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A very good version but still misses that extra something that Mark brings to the sound. Pretty good though :)
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I enjoied. The guitar playing it's not the mirrored copy, the player misses some licks, but the overall version is very listenable.