A Mark In Time
Mark Knopfler Discussion => Mark Knopfler Discussion Forum => Topic started by: quizzaciously on September 14, 2019, 05:12:38 PM
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So that's the day, September 14th. Can't believe it's been 10 years already, what a great album. Memories, memories, memories...
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It's still a crime that a masterpiece like Before Gas and TV was never played live.
Absolute blasphemy
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A very important album for me.
I think after 10 years You Can't Beat The House should be on Privateering.
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I think its my favourite solo album.
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Although I think STP is his best, GL is the most important to me. I remember very clearly when the song Get Lucky was released and when the whole album was leaked. I had it on my phone when we were on holiday in August. For this reason I don’t put it on too often, it really touches me and brings back a lot of emotional memories. Wonderful record and amazing tour, he was really on fire the second night in Amsterdam, I still listen to the recording every now and then, superb R&J.
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There is something about the tones on that album, the actual air or space. Its simply beautiful and unsurpassed by Mark since.
It's also one of his few solo albums that I can play back to back, over and over with zero skipping...
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Very nice items from this album.
Boxset great with dices, poker chips etc.
Nice design on Border Reiver Promo CD.
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With Shangri-La the best sounding MK record for me. Especially drums.
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His last really completely good album. Before he started to produce quantity over quality. A record very dear to me.
LE
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Yes, this album was a breath of fresh air. Before that we had Shangri-La, which is great, but extremely laidback, and then there was Kill To Get Crimson, which has a number of highlights, but which is very quiet. Too quiet for my liking. Then I heard Border Reiver for the first time. Crisp and uptempo. I hoped for more songs like that on Get Lucky, but all in all it's a very good MK solo album. So Far From the Clyde, I think, is my favorite. Reminds me a lot of Brothers in Arms.
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I'm using those poker chips still everyday.
Joking aside. This could be my favourite solo record. Yeah, it sounds airy - that seems the right word....
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I remember that originally Remembrance Day was supposed to be on the album Kill To Get Crimson.
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A very dear album to me. 2008 was the year I started getting interested in MK again, after I kind of forgot about him since 1992. I woke up 2 months too late for the KYGC tour, had to wait for the GL tour - and what a tour ! Despite is back ache, Mark delivered fantastically !
And what an album ! I remember listening to Piper over and over, what a masterpiece , the album version is so good, better than live I think for once.. I loved the melancholia of before gaz and TV, the energy of Border Reiver, the power of So far from the Clyde... Only regret is that the album was only 11 songs, the other had to be fetched somehow, with stupidities like "only available on a deluxe box only available in Zimbabwe on 31st February" which I find tiring...
Anyway, yeah can't believe it has been 10 years. Wonderful memories...
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I wrote an article (in french) about it on my blog
https://textes-blog-rock-n-roll.fr/il-y-a-10-ans-mark-knopfler-sortait-get-lucky/
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A very dear album to me. 2008 was the year I started getting interested in MK again, after I kind of forgot about him since 1992. I woke up 2 months too late for the KYGC tour, had to wait for the GL tour - and what a tour ! Despite is back ache, Mark delivered fantastically !
And what an album ! I remember listening to Piper over and over, what a masterpiece , the album version is so good, better than live I think for once.. I loved the melancholia of before gaz and TV, the energy of Border Reiver, the power of So far from the Clyde... Only regret is that the album was only 11 songs, the other had to be fetched somehow, with stupidities like "only available on a deluxe box only available in Zimbabwe on 31st February" which I find tiring...
Anyway, yeah can't believe it has been 10 years. Wonderful memories...
I think I missed the Zimbabwe edition. What bonus song was on that one? Montemugabe? So Far From the Zambezi?
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Yes, I love GL too. There are many beautiful songs on the album and the Get Lucky tour is still my favourite of all of the tours. MK's playing was terrific and I'm still listening to the downloads, without any skipping, from Manchester, Brighton and Bournemouth. :)
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Possibly his last great album, Privateering being particularly poor. A number of skippers for me on this one though but on the other hand a number of true classics:
Border Reiver
Remembrance Day
So Far from the Clyde
Piper To the End
None of the bonus tracks are of note.
The tour was a disappointment and I felt it was where mark lost his inspiration during his soloing. Any of his solos were played much the same from this point onward. Much was said about his performances in 2008 (being below those of 2005) but at least he was trying new things in each show, however from the GL tour I was always feel it was a turning point.
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And apparently this record had a song that is very good called "bonfire night" that was left out and shelved.
I recall Guy telling it was a gemm.
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And apparently this record had a song that is very good called "bonfire night" that was left out and shelved.
I recall Guy telling it was a gemm.
Same as Back In The Day then on DTRW? Doubt it gets a release, but who knows... Wasn't Secondary Waltz in the plans during the 90's before appearing in 2007?
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Secondary Waltz is on Golden Demos but it's a completely different version.
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And apparently this record had a song that is very good called "bonfire night" that was left out and shelved.
I recall Guy telling it was a gemm.
Same as Back In The Day then on DTRW? Doubt it gets a release, but who knows... Wasn't Secondary Waltz in the plans during the 90's before appearing in 2007?
There was another called gem from STP titled "bonafide" also shelved forever. It was even considered for the stp tour despite the fact it wasn't released...
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Great album but the "super deluxe" box to get the bonus songs was a shame.
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And apparently this record had a song that is very good called "bonfire night" that was left out and shelved.
I recall Guy telling it was a gemm.
Same as Back In The Day then on DTRW? Doubt it gets a release, but who knows... Wasn't Secondary Waltz in the plans during the 90's before appearing in 2007?
There was another called gem from STP titled "bonafide" also shelved forever. It was even considered for the stp tour despite the fact it wasn't released...
There were more titles.
Two Skinny Kids
It's Been A While
Cold Turkey
You Note Even Gone
Don't Mean A Thing
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Although I think STP is his best, GL is the most important to me. I remember very clearly when the song Get Lucky was released and when the whole album was leaked. I had it on my phone when we were on holiday in August. For this reason I don’t put it on too often, it really touches me and brings back a lot of emotional memories. Wonderful record and amazing tour, he was really on fire the second night in Amsterdam, I still listen to the recording every now and then, superb R&J.
Exactly like my story, makes me think it's better to release an album in August. I mean, what a great month to release an album! For many countries it's still warm outside, it's still worth going on vacation, the sky is amazing, trees are green. September? Not so much... I was so happy that I got my hands on this album earlier than the actual release date. Because the memories are just insane!
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For me, the month has nothing to do with it, if it's Mark Knopfler, I'm buying it, whatever the month.
But, I also can't believe 10 years have gone by since this album, and me seeing Mark in Brighton. Aswell as the great songs already mentioned, I would also mention the emotional Monteleone, a fantastic tribute song.
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For me, the month has nothing to do with it, if it's Mark Knopfler, I'm buying it, whatever the month.
But, I also can't believe 10 years have gone by since this album, and me seeing Mark in Brighton. Aswell as the great songs already mentioned, I would also mention the emotional Monteleone, a fantastic tribute song.
Also, "Before Gas & TV". A wonderful song! :)
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For me, the month has nothing to do with it, if it's Mark Knopfler, I'm buying it, whatever the month.
But, I also can't believe 10 years have gone by since this album, and me seeing Mark in Brighton. Aswell as the great songs already mentioned, I would also mention the emotional Monteleone, a fantastic tribute song.
I've always felt that to be one of his self-indulgent pieces and pretty crap at that. He'd have been better off sending it to Monte personally. The world doesn't need to know.
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For me, the month has nothing to do with it, if it's Mark Knopfler, I'm buying it, whatever the month.
But, I also can't believe 10 years have gone by since this album, and me seeing Mark in Brighton. Aswell as the great songs already mentioned, I would also mention the emotional Monteleone, a fantastic tribute song.
I've always felt that to be one of his self-indulgent pieces and pretty crap at that. He'd have been better off sending it to Monte personally. The world doesn't need to know.
I always found the lyrics great as they are about the connection between crafting and art. Plus maybe I am the only one but I always found a certain other sexual level in them. But that's just me maybe. ;D
LE
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For me, the month has nothing to do with it, if it's Mark Knopfler, I'm buying it, whatever the month.
But, I also can't believe 10 years have gone by since this album, and me seeing Mark in Brighton. Aswell as the great songs already mentioned, I would also mention the emotional Monteleone, a fantastic tribute song.
I've always felt that to be one of his self-indulgent pieces and pretty crap at that. He'd have been better off sending it to Monte personally. The world doesn't need to know.
I always found the lyrics great as they are about the connection between crafting and art. Plus maybe I am the only one but I always found a certain other sexual level in them. But that's just me maybe. ;D
LE
I remember Monteleone playing and walzing around the room with my husband on the day the album was released! ;D
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For me, the month has nothing to do with it, if it's Mark Knopfler, I'm buying it, whatever the month.
But, I also can't believe 10 years have gone by since this album, and me seeing Mark in Brighton. Aswell as the great songs already mentioned, I would also mention the emotional Monteleone, a fantastic tribute song.
I've always felt that to be one of his self-indulgent pieces and pretty crap at that. He'd have been better off sending it to Monte personally. The world doesn't need to know.
Songs like that do nothing for me either. Musically it's pretty and well-crafted (as usual), but that's it. Lyrically it's a nice, albeit sappy, tribute to a living luthier legend, but rather irrelevant for most people:
The chisels are calling
It's time to make sawdust
Steely reminders of things left to do
Monteleone
A mandolin's waiting for you
My finger plane's working
Gentle persuasion
I bend to the wood and I coax it to sing
Monteleone
Your new one and only will ring
Monteleone
Your new one and only will ring
The rain on the window
The snow on the gravel
The seasons go by to the songs in the wood
Too quick or too careless
It all could unravel
It so easily could
The chisels are calling
It's back for an encore
Back to the shavings that cover the floor
Monteleone
A call for more
Monteleone
A call for more
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So, is this the greatest looking boxset of the MK albums m? The others are of course very nice too, but with the dices, poker chips, poker chip style CD etc. my vote would still go go the GL boxset.
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Do you think there will be an 'anniversary' edition released? :lol
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Do you think there will be an 'anniversary' edition released? :lol
Of course!
LOL
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Oooooh GL, still very much playing this fabulous, special album..... SFFTC, BG&TV, RD - just amazing!!!
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Nice topic. Can't believe it's been ten years. Time flies by...
Great album with great songs and, to me, featuring the best band Mark had ever assembled, with Matt Rollings on piano and Danny on the drums.
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A very nice album indeed, an excellent production and pretty songs, the bonus songs are also magnificent, I remember that piano intros of "Time in the sun" or the harpsichord in the intro of "Home boy", the melodies and the atmosphere in general of these songs really moved me, it could have been on a Straits album, good memories.
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When I heard this record for the first time I thought that it was probably his best, a perfect mix of songs, all of them excellent, maybe with the exception of "you can't beat the house" that sounded very different in style, but it didn't bother me much.
The bonus tracks from that record, in my opinion, were minor songs, and from all his records, probably the worst bonus tracks released ever.
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When I heard this record for the first time I thought that it was probably his best, a perfect mix of songs, all of them excellent, maybe with the exception of "you can't beat the house" that sounded very different in style, but it didn't bother me much.
The bonus tracks from that record, in my opinion, were minor songs, and from all his records, probably the worst bonus tracks released ever.
I agree, jbaent. Although I really love GL, I always skip "You can't beat the house" and I feel that it should have been on the Privateering album. It just didn't seem to fit in somehow. Also the bonus songs were pretty poor imo too.
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When I heard this record for the first time I thought that it was probably his best, a perfect mix of songs, all of them excellent, maybe with the exception of "you can't beat the house" that sounded very different in style, but it didn't bother me much.
The bonus tracks from that record, in my opinion, were minor songs, and from all his records, probably the worst bonus tracks released ever.
I agree, jbaent. Although I really love GL, I always skip "You can't beat the house" and I feel that it should have been on the Privateering album. It just didn't seem to fit in somehow. Also the bonus songs were pretty poor imo too.
I thought early bird was a decent track, amusing, and a lovely slap round the face for a certain well known music mogul!
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When I heard this record for the first time I thought that it was probably his best, a perfect mix of songs, all of them excellent, maybe with the exception of "you can't beat the house" that sounded very different in style, but it didn't bother me much.
The bonus tracks from that record, in my opinion, were minor songs, and from all his records, probably the worst bonus tracks released ever.
I agree, jbaent. Although I really love GL, I always skip "You can't beat the house" and I feel that it should have been on the Privateering album. It just didn't seem to fit in somehow. Also the bonus songs were pretty poor imo too.
I thought early bird was a decent track, amusing, and a lovely slap round the face for a certain well known music mogul!
Yes, "Early bird" was great, I always forget about it...
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When I heard this record for the first time I thought that it was probably his best, a perfect mix of songs, all of them excellent, maybe with the exception of "you can't beat the house" that sounded very different in style, but it didn't bother me much.
The bonus tracks from that record, in my opinion, were minor songs, and from all his records, probably the worst bonus tracks released ever.
I agree, jbaent. Although I really love GL, I always skip "You can't beat the house" and I feel that it should have been on the Privateering album. It just didn't seem to fit in somehow. Also the bonus songs were pretty poor imo too.
I thought early bird was a decent track, amusing, and a lovely slap round the face for a certain well known music mogul!
There is something about "Early Bird" that sounds a bit like "Broken Bones", but I agree it is better than the other bonus songs.
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When I heard this record for the first time I thought that it was probably his best, a perfect mix of songs, all of them excellent, maybe with the exception of "you can't beat the house" that sounded very different in style, but it didn't bother me much.
The bonus tracks from that record, in my opinion, were minor songs, and from all his records, probably the worst bonus tracks released ever.
I agree, jbaent. Although I really love GL, I always skip "You can't beat the house" and I feel that it should have been on the Privateering album. It just didn't seem to fit in somehow. Also the bonus songs were pretty poor imo too.
I thought early bird was a decent track, amusing, and a lovely slap round the face for a certain well known music mogul!
There is something about "Early Bird" that sounds a bit like "Broken Bones", but I agree it is better than the other bonus songs.
Early Bird has a much better melody in my opinion...