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Mark Knopfler Discussion => Mark Knopfler Discussion Forum => Topic started by: Love Expresso on June 29, 2009, 08:13:25 PM

Title: GET LUCKY Press information
Post by: Love Expresso on June 29, 2009, 08:13:25 PM

Hi,
thanks to google alerts, I found this german link:
http://www.cypress-agentur.de/fileadmin/pdf/mod_press/MARK_KNOPFLER_Bio_Deutsch_cp1.pdf

I came home from work a few minutes ago, but these are the most important informations:

Get Lucky, a song about a man that MK met when he was 15, who played in a soul band in the winter and worked on a farm in the summer to be on the road all the time: MK admired him a lot...
So Far From The Clyde, an hommage to the era of great steamships...
Border Reiver, about a truck driver and the hard times in the 60`s. Song is called a link to "southbound again" because MK saw all the lorries and trucks
on the A1 in Newcastle (?) and hitchhiked with them...
Monteleone is NOT about the Hotel but about a great first class guitar builder
Piper to the End is about his Uncle Freddie, (Uncle Kingsleys brother), who played pipes at the Tyneside Scottish Brigade and died in France in 1940...
He never knew him but his mother spoke a lot about him...

The album has "unmistakable MK typical british touch with folk and blues influences" whatever that means... It is called a "wahnsinnig" broad spectrum of themes and is "staggering orchestrated"...


Have fun,

LovExpresso

Title: Re: GET LUCKY Press information
Post by: Pottel on June 29, 2009, 09:27:48 PM

dude, 6 pages.
i wanted tp start on it, but i just do not have the time for that now...

Title: Re: GET LUCKY Press information
Post by: Love Expresso on June 29, 2009, 11:57:23 PM

Well, here is the translation I tried. Please remember I am not english spoken, so there might be some mistakes, but I think it is worth it to let you know the concrete news and facts from this very interesting piece. Anybody who has a better idea of some phrases and can correct me is very welcome!
So here is my try:


When the unwritten law was passed that grown/experienced musicians become uninspired through the years, obviously Mark Knopfler paid no attention. Probably he was busy writing new songs, playing concerts

Title: Re: GET LUCKY Press information
Post by: Best Brown Baggies on June 30, 2009, 12:35:43 AM

Thanks for taking the time to translate LE.
It was very interesting.
I'm off to bed now, with the images of the songs in my head. :)

Sweet dreams :)

Cheers   BBB

Title: Re: GET LUCKY Press information
Post by: GennT on June 30, 2009, 11:22:20 AM

Thanks Love Expresso for translating this , I really enjoyed reading it. ;D

Title: Re: GET LUCKY Press information
Post by: dustyvalentino on June 30, 2009, 01:24:38 PM

Quote from: Love Expresso on June 29, 2009, 08:13:25 PM

Monteleone is NOT about the Hotel but about a great first class guitar builder

Thanks for the hard work LE.

You can all apologise to me now for doubting my prediction that this was about guitars. ;)

Title: Re: GET LUCKY Press information
Post by: draad on June 30, 2009, 03:12:40 PM

Really interesting. TY for posting. When I was a kid in Glasgow my dad worked at the Albion factory!

Title: Re: GET LUCKY Press information
Post by: Waterline Man on June 30, 2009, 03:21:46 PM

Thanks LE,
my head is still doing 90,I tend to read things quickly but I read every word of that 3 times :o :o

Title: Re: GET LUCKY Press information
Post by: knopfling on June 30, 2009, 04:10:45 PM

LOV -- Thanks so much for finding and translating this story.
This has me really anticipating this album because I think, for the most part, MK's best works are the ones that deal with his personal experiences (though Telegraph Road is my all-time favorite, and it's not autobiographical).

Title: Re: GET LUCKY Press information
Post by: xxFordiexx on June 30, 2009, 06:13:50 PM

Why than you so much LE....

I am so excited I probably will explode soon  ::)

Bring on September

Title: Re: GET LUCKY Press information
Post by: Love Expresso on June 30, 2009, 10:02:15 PM

You are welcome!
Thinking about "Border Reiver": I remember that already about "Fare Thee Well Northumberland" it was said that this song was connected to
"Southbound Again", thematically. So it seems that this song from 1978 describes a very important time in MK

Title: Re: GET LUCKY Press information
Post by: dustyvalentino on June 30, 2009, 10:38:15 PM

Yeah, surely a single will get played somewhere before too long...

Title: Re: GET LUCKY Press information
Post by: Love Expresso on July 01, 2009, 10:45:14 PM

Hi, folks,

on the MKNews forurm there is a "proper" translation of this press media information done by one forum member (I never heard of). So if you want to compare and maybe geat "the real" thing, just take a look over there! However, I think I nailed it more or less, but it is always good to have work done in a right manner by professionals.

Boy, this song "Border Reiver" starts to fire my imagination, I am really curious how it will sound...

All the best,

LovExpresso

Title: Re: GET LUCKY Press information
Post by: Jules on July 04, 2009, 02:33:44 PM

I sent the pdf files in german to a friend of mine that translated it to spanish, and we put that information in the Spanish City website with a link to the official information

THANKS!!!!!!!

Title: Re: GET LUCKY Press information
Post by: TommyJ88 on July 04, 2009, 09:36:44 PM

Quote from: Love Expresso on July 01, 2009, 10:45:14 PM

Hi, folks,

on the MKNews forurm there is a "proper" translation of this press media information done by one forum member (I never heard of). So if you want to compare and maybe geat "the real" thing, just take a look over there! However, I think I nailed it more or less, but it is always good to have work done in a right manner by professionals.

Boy, this song "Border Reiver" starts to fire my imagination, I am really curious how it will sound...

All the best,

LovExpresso

Thanks for the translation, Love Expresso! You definitely nailed it. In my opinion, your version is "the real thing" and is better than the one at MKNews. I don't speak German, so I can't vouch for the accuracy of either one, but as a native English speaker I can say yours is easier to understand and is a lot more natural (and correct).

The more I read about this record, the more excited I get!

Title: Re: GET LUCKY Press information
Post by: superval99 on July 04, 2009, 09:58:51 PM

Thank you LE.  I can't wait to hear the new album now - I'm sure it will be wonderful!   :)

Title: Re: GET LUCKY Press information
Post by: Love Expresso on July 04, 2009, 10:13:17 PM

 :-*

Love

Title: Re: GET LUCKY Press information
Post by: TryWhistlingThis on July 15, 2009, 05:29:25 PM

Hmmm...sounsd KTGC-ish. I'll be interested to hear the blues influences, this suggests that the album will be more electric than KTGC which was more British folk oriented.

Title: Re: GET LUCKY Press information
Post by: ustas on July 23, 2009, 06:23:48 PM

Official. In English.

Get Lucky press kit

When they agreed the unwritten law that time-honored artists with brilliant track records get less creative as they go on, Mark Knopfler obviously wasn

Title: Re: GET LUCKY Press information
Post by: ustas on July 23, 2009, 06:24:21 PM

Warner Bros press-release

Warner Bros. Records is set to release Mark Knopfler

Title: Re: GET LUCKY Press information
Post by: Love Expresso on July 23, 2009, 06:53:17 PM

Cool. Thank you ustas! So now we have the name of the first single, phantastic news! I hope it won

Title: Re: GET LUCKY Press information
Post by: ustas on July 23, 2009, 07:11:39 PM

Ooops forgot...

Hi-rez photo (well known here) 1,55Mb http://www.mark-knopfler.info/gallery/2009_mark_knopfler.jpg

Title: Re: GET LUCKY Press information
Post by: goldenheart96 on July 23, 2009, 07:32:14 PM

Quote from: ustas on July 23, 2009, 07:11:39 PM

Ooops forgot...

Hi-rez photo (well known here) 1,55Mb http://www.mark-knopfler.info/gallery/2009_mark_knopfler.jpg

GAHHH! Thankyouthankyouthankyou! You just made a silly MK fangirl very happy - and I'm sure I'm not the only girl who's grinning like a Cheshire Cat right now  ;D I guess we still don't know if it's an old promo pic from the 2006 ATRR album or a new one in the same location but anyway MK looks fab!

EDIT: Now that I've taken a CLOSE look at it  ;D I'd say it's a new pic. In the 2006 pics Mark had a stubble, here it's barely noticeable. Plus, I think the shirt is the same he wore a lot during the 2008 tour. And: his belly has grown a little  ;D
LOL, I need a life!

Title: Re: GET LUCKY Press information
Post by: superval99 on July 23, 2009, 07:46:05 PM

Thank you, ustas!   I think it just may be a new picture, but in the same place - it's hard to say, but he most definitely looks amazing!   :P

Thanks also for the official English translation.   I am really looking forward to this new album, so much and I am so pleased that "Remembrance Day" is to be the first single, and for a worthy charity too!   :D   I Can't wait to hear it!   :)

Title: Re: GET LUCKY Press information
Post by: ustas on July 23, 2009, 07:59:21 PM

Quote from: superval99 on July 23, 2009, 07:46:05 PM

I think it just may be a new picture, but in the same place - it's hard to say, but he most definitely looks amazing!   :P

2009 Photo credit: Zoriah

P.S.
2 minutes for Google: http://twitter.com/zoriah

Finished Afghan refugee story on the streets of Paris...now in London shooting Mark Knopflers solo album for Mercury Records.
11:07 AM Jun 11th from web

Title: Re: GET LUCKY Press information
Post by: Love Expresso on July 23, 2009, 09:46:51 PM

Well, me I find myself looking more at the guitar and the VERY nice old sofa to be honest... but MK of course looks great yeah yeah, agreed.  ;D

LovExpresso

Title: Re: GET LUCKY Press information
Post by: superval99 on July 26, 2009, 11:54:49 AM

More Pics!

http://sensibleevents.com/artist-agency/artist.aspx?AID=29ebca42-6e4d-4806-9959-7b5379bd655a&artist=Mark%20Knopfler

Title: Re: GET LUCKY Press information
Post by: Love Expresso on July 30, 2009, 09:45:45 PM

Hi, folks,

today, TK has put the above press information onto MKNews: in english! ;D
I think it is a nice way for this thread to come to an end... After exactly four weeks!

All the best,

LovExpresso

Title: Re: GET LUCKY Press information
Post by: IrisRose on July 31, 2009, 06:22:34 AM

Thank you so much!   Great reading :)

Title: Re: GET LUCKY Press information
Post by: Love Expresso on July 31, 2009, 07:01:56 AM

Is it only me or is a certain "Get Lucky"-thread missing on MKNews? They had seperated it from the other discussion, and there were pretty much posts
in it. Now it is gone?

LovExpresso