A Mark In Time
Mark Knopfler Discussion => Mark Knopfler Discussion Forum => Topic started by: tobi777 on October 30, 2020, 07:56:13 PM
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Anyone heard the new song "PS Please" by Sir Cliff?
https://youtu.be/1gUgZwD7p1g (https://youtu.be/1gUgZwD7p1g)
The guitar sounds very much like MK to me.
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I'd be surprised to find out he's not ;)
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Anyone heard the new song "PS Please" by Sir Cliff?
https://youtu.be/1gUgZwD7p1g (https://youtu.be/1gUgZwD7p1g)
The guitar sounds very much like MK to me.
A great find! Definintely sound like MK though EXTREMELY strange there was no any news and his name isn't mentioned. Like, yeah, I had Bonnie Tyler, The Bellamy Brothers, Sheila Walsh, The Piano Guys, Albert Hammond and this strange session musician, who likes to record guitar for people via email in his recording studio...
There's a slight possibility of a session musician being told "record it with Mark Knopfler sound", but it's unlikely. But still, possible.
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The song 'PS Please' on Cliff's new album released today, tells the story of a father leaving letters for his daughter to read after his premature death, it also features Mark Knopfler on guitar. #CliffRichard
Cliff Richard twiter
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The song 'PS Please' on Cliff's new album released today, tells the story of a father leaving letters for his daughter to read after his premature death, it also features Mark Knopfler on guitar. #CliffRichard
Cliff Richard twiter
Wow, that's quite a sad song premise actually! And great to see this great news on the quote from Twitter instead of Mark's website :lol
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Sad song, but MK sounds like he’s doing early DS. What a great sound.
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Good song, great sound!
I bet it wasn't cold in the studio when Mark did his part! ;D
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Yep. Great song. Thank you guys.
MK's playing is also very cool. Like in the old days.
Cannot believe it is from 2020 ;D
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Prefect example of the very tasteful guitar that Mark is still capable of and absolutely perfect for the song.
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Love the lead guitar. And it also features a well known drummer!
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A lot of it musically reminds me of Sailing to Philadelphia, really good guitar from Mark too.
The musicians involved with this track:
Strings: Amy Stanford
Bass: Chris Dodd
Vocals: Cliff Richard
Strings: Clifton Harrison
Strings: Daisy Spires
Strings: Dunja Lavrova
Strings: Eleanor Stanford
Keyboards: Graham Harvey
Drums: Ian Thomas
Assistant: Jamie McEvoy
Additional Producer: Jochem van der Saag
Instrument Programmer: Jochem van der Saag
Synthesizer: Jochem van der Saag
Vocal Co-production: Jorge Vivo
Mastering Engineer: Keith Bessey
Strings: Laura Stanford
Backing Vocals: Laura Vasiliou
String Orchestra: London Symphonic Rock Orchestra
Electric Guitar: Marcus Bonfanti
Pro-tools Editor: Marcus Locock
Lead Guitar: Mark Knopfler
Vocal Engineer: Nick Valentin
Strings: Paloma Deike
Strings: Phillipa Mo
String Arranger: Rupert Christie
Engineer, Producer: Rupert Christie
Instrument Programmer: Rupert Christie
Pro-tools Editor: Sam Burden
Backing Vocals: Shean Williams
Acoustic Guitar: Simon Johnson
Assistant Engineer: Tom Archer
Composer: Matt Prime
Composer: Seye Adelekan
Composer: Timothy Woodcock
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Great find! Classic STP lick at 1:30.
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Great song. Superb playing by MK; as others have said a very STP era sound. Nice to hear a strat for a change rather than the LP.
I’m not a Cliff fan but he’s back on form with this. Not bad for an 80 year old. :thumbsup
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Great song. Superb playing by MK; as others have said a very STP era sound. Nice to hear a strat for a change rather than the LP.
I’m not a Cliff fan but he’s back on form with this. Not bad for an 80 year old. :thumbsup
And great to hear them together, Mark and the guy who brought the first Fender Stratocaster in the UK!
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Not really a Cliff fan, but this is a nice song and MK's guitar is gorgeous! I wonder if he's also on other tracks. :think
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A lot of it musically reminds me of Sailing to Philadelphia
yes, that's why he called MK
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Mark's guitar sounds so brilliant. :thumbsup Reminds you of the old days of DS. Wish he will play like this on the new album, as well.
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Beautiful song.
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Very nice! And such sad lyrics.. Makes me think of all the dads out there who for different reasons don't get to see their children :-[
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Prefect example of the very tasteful guitar that Mark is still capable of and absolutely perfect for the song.
I would agree with this but always feel it's a waste to get Mark Knopfler and not give him more to do. A bland song with some fills isn't of much interest and rather a waste.
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Prefect example of the very tasteful guitar that Mark is still capable of and absolutely perfect for the song.
I would agree with this but always feel it's a waste to get Mark Knopfler and not give him more to do. A bland song with some fills isn't of much interest and rather a waste.
Yes, somebody needed to say that. And it's not about moaning, and of course it's much better than inviting Mark to play rhythm guitar. To be honest, I barely listen to Mark's guitar collaborative tracks. I love when he's singing or 'do more' like, for instance, in this track:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KI4SSZ6k_3Q
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I'm not a Cliff fan by any stretch, but this track with MK is rather good - it's so reminiscent of StP.....lovely Strat sound as ever....
Good to see that it was Ian 'Ianto' Thomas on drums too!
Dont suppose MK is on any more of Sir Harry's new album?
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Prefect example of the very tasteful guitar that Mark is still capable of and absolutely perfect for the song.
I would agree with this but always feel it's a waste to get Mark Knopfler and not give him more to do. A bland song with some fills isn't of much interest and rather a waste.
To be fair, this time his playing is much more prominent than during the last couple of times. It's unmistakably MK, you hear it from the first moments, and that's more he offered in many other contributions.
LE
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Prefect example of the very tasteful guitar that Mark is still capable of and absolutely perfect for the song.
I would agree with this but always feel it's a waste to get Mark Knopfler and not give him more to do. A bland song with some fills isn't of much interest and rather a waste.
With all respect I disagree.
I would use the artist analogy. The painter creates a piece and chooses appropriate colours.
You and I as critics may feel it's bland, of dislike it for any number of reasons but it doesn't invalidate the choices.
Yes this song is very middle of the road, but if I were going to take the concept of loss/premature death and write, arrange, record, mix, and master a song for Cliff Richard to sing then this would be the perfect example 😉
You've got some very prominent musicians on this particular recording, do you think a 5 minute drum solo, or a 7 minute string quartet bridge would be appropriate? 😀
Sorry DMG, I'm half joking really 😀 and it could have done with a little bit of extra mark as a final full stop but his contribution certainly wasn't wasted and it is one of the better 'mail in' things I've heard in recent times, but I admit, I'm a sucker for cheesy emotion.
Please don't ever play Mike and the Mechanics living years anywhere near me unless you want floods of tears 😀😂
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I'm sure Mark only does what Cliff and the producer ask him to do, and he plays for the song, that is what he has done to my ears, I think it's a good contribution from Mark.
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Prefect example of the very tasteful guitar that Mark is still capable of and absolutely perfect for the song.
I would agree with this but always feel it's a waste to get Mark Knopfler and not give him more to do. A bland song with some fills isn't of much interest and rather a waste.
I think it never is a waste when Mark picks up his guitar and starts playing.
There is always something magical about it - even when he is doing a short one like this. I love it!
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I watched the performance of the song on "Songs of Praise" yesterday and I'm pretty sure Cliff was miming. He had a band with him, but if they were actually playing, they did a good job, but the guitar sounded less obvious to my ears. :think
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Beautiful song, bravo Cliff.
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They've just played it on Ken Bruce's BBC Radio 2 show, with Ken commenting on MK in the background.I think he's actually a a fan of Mark, and would probably play more of him if he could. Lovely to hear some new guitar work, though
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Prefect example of the very tasteful guitar that Mark is still capable of and absolutely perfect for the song.
I would agree with this but always feel it's a waste to get Mark Knopfler and not give him more to do. A bland song with some fills isn't of much interest and rather a waste.
With all respect I disagree.
I would use the artist analogy. The painter creates a piece and chooses appropriate colours.
You and I as critics may feel it's bland, of dislike it for any number of reasons but it doesn't invalidate the choices.
Yes this song is very middle of the road, but if I were going to take the concept of loss/premature death and write, arrange, record, mix, and master a song for Cliff Richard to sing then this would be the perfect example 😉
You've got some very prominent musicians on this particular recording, do you think a 5 minute drum solo, or a 7 minute string quartet bridge would be appropriate? 😀
Sorry DMG, I'm half joking really 😀 and it could have done with a little bit of extra mark as a final full stop but his contribution certainly wasn't wasted and it is one of the better 'mail in' things I've heard in recent times, but I admit, I'm a sucker for cheesy emotion.
Please don't ever play Mike and the Mechanics living years anywhere near me unless you want floods of tears 😀😂
Living Years - LOVE that! :'( :'( :'( :'( :lol :lol :lol :lol
Seen Carrack at the Festival Theatre last year. Great show.
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Prefect example of the very tasteful guitar that Mark is still capable of and absolutely perfect for the song.
I would agree with this but always feel it's a waste to get Mark Knopfler and not give him more to do. A bland song with some fills isn't of much interest and rather a waste.
With all respect I disagree.
I would use the artist analogy. The painter creates a piece and chooses appropriate colours.
You and I as critics may feel it's bland, of dislike it for any number of reasons but it doesn't invalidate the choices.
Yes this song is very middle of the road, but if I were going to take the concept of loss/premature death and write, arrange, record, mix, and master a song for Cliff Richard to sing then this would be the perfect example 😉
You've got some very prominent musicians on this particular recording, do you think a 5 minute drum solo, or a 7 minute string quartet bridge would be appropriate? 😀
Sorry DMG, I'm half joking really 😀 and it could have done with a little bit of extra mark as a final full stop but his contribution certainly wasn't wasted and it is one of the better 'mail in' things I've heard in recent times, but I admit, I'm a sucker for cheesy emotion.
Please don't ever play Mike and the Mechanics living years anywhere near me unless you want floods of tears 😀😂
Living Years - LOVE that! :'( :'( :'( :'( :lol :lol :lol :lol
Seen Carrack at the Festival Theatre last year. Great show.
Yep, definitely one of THE Great British voices....
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That was a nice surprise. The song might be a little "light" for the subject matter, but overall I think it was pretty good. Nice to hear some proper Strat tones from Mark again; it's really been a while. As others mentioned, it sounds a bit like the sound from the STP era, but it also reminds a bit of the Schecter sound in the 80s. Say what you will, in my book Mark will always be a Strat man.
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That was a nice surprise. The song might be a little "light" for the subject matter, but overall I think it was pretty good. Nice to hear some proper Strat tones from Mark again; it's really been a while. As others mentioned, it sounds a bit like the sound from the STP era, but it also reminds a bit of the Schecter sound in the 80s. Say what you will, in my book Mark will always be a Strat man.
he's now a Kemper man ::)
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That was a nice surprise. The song might be a little "light" for the subject matter, but overall I think it was pretty good. Nice to hear some proper Strat tones from Mark again; it's really been a while. As others mentioned, it sounds a bit like the sound from the STP era, but it also reminds a bit of the Schecter sound in the 80s. Say what you will, in my book Mark will always be a Strat man.
I know what you mean, Mark, was always known as a Strat player, but with his solo work he has heavily leaned towards the Les Paul, with a diversion of the Pensa between DS and solo, I have always considered him a Strat player first, but he really is a cross between the 2, after all he wanted the Pensa to be a cross between the two.
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That was a nice surprise. The song might be a little "light" for the subject matter, but overall I think it was pretty good. Nice to hear some proper Strat tones from Mark again; it's really been a while. As others mentioned, it sounds a bit like the sound from the STP era, but it also reminds a bit of the Schecter sound in the 80s. Say what you will, in my book Mark will always be a Strat man.
I know what you mean, Mark, was always known as a Strat player, but with his solo work he has heavily leaned towards the Les Paul, with a diversion of the Pensa between DS and solo, I have always considered him a Strat player first, but he really is a cross between the 2, after all he wanted the Pensa to be a cross between the two.
He was a Strat man during the late 70's, then he changed to the Schecters early 80's which were Strat alike but he started to add other kind of guitars, including LP during the BIA tour, then added Pensa Shur as main guitar at the 90's, and on 1996 he was mainly a LP man, from then, he was using all kind of guitars, but mainly a mix between LP and Strats...
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Yes, I know all that, but I mean for the general music public, he was thought of as a Strat player.
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in this article, I tried to sum up his MAIN guitars through the years.
not an exhaustive list, but the main ones, and a global view on different eras
https://textes-blog-rock-n-roll.fr/mark-knopfler-70-ans-et-toutes-ses-grattes/
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The performance from Songs of Praise;
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r96WVPiK76E
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The performance from Songs of Praise;
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r96WVPiK76E
Great song, totally in MK style I have to say. A perfect choice for a lead guitar player from Sir CR :wave
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His miming is a lot better than MK's, who really sucks at it and doesn't even try. Probably a compliment to both of them.
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Was it playback or were the band actually playing? :think If so they did a good job!
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Was it playback or were the band actually playing? :think If so they did a good job!
The guy with the blue guitar does a fantastic job. I've watched it twice, and it's remarkable how well-rehearsed he is.
edit: the sound is a bit different from the Spotify release, but that's mostly EQ and compression, it's the same take.
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Nice song! Some Redbud Tree licks in it