A Mark In Time
Mark Knopfler Discussion => One Deep River / The Boy => Topic started by: Jules on January 30, 2024, 12:01:37 PM
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Your Leading Man
The greenkeeper rolls himself a smoke
And watches her walk by
Tall and poised and beautiful
Let's out a sigh
Down in the allotments
They put their plants in pots
Go home to watch some Wimbledon
Doze off to snooker shots
And I'm flying
Through the starry night
High over distant lands
And I dream you're lying in my arms
And I'm your leading man
Your leading man
Darling, I'm your leading man
Muggy garden centres
Stuffy afternoons
Teapots, cup and saucers
Sugar, milk and spoons
Bottles go back on doorsteps
Tools go back in sheds
They clear away the dishes
Get ready for their beds
And I'm flying
Through the starry night
High over distant lands
And I dream you're lying in my arms
And I'm your leading man
Your leading man
Darling, I'm your leading man
Well the caretaker steals glances
As she waits outside the school
Tall and poised and beautiful
Elegant and cool
And now the kids are spilling out
Laughing and chattering
Home for tea and fame tv
And a quiet night in
And I'm flying
Through the starry night
High over distant lands
And I dream you're lying in my arms
And I'm your leading man
Your leading man
Darling, I'm your leading man
Your leading man
Darling, I'm your leading man
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The greenkeeper rolls himself a smoke
And watches her walk by
Tall and poised and beautiful
Let's out a sigh
Down in the allotments
They put their plants in pots
Go home to watch some Wimbledon
Doze off to snooker shots
And I'm flying
Through the starry night
High over distant lands
And I dream you're lying in my arms
And I'm your leading man
Your leading man
Darling, I'm your leading man
Muggy garden centres
Stuffy afternoons
Teapots, cup and saucers
Sugar, milk and spoons
Bottles go back on doorsteps
Tools go back in sheds
They clear away the dishes
Get ready for their beds
And I'm flying
Through the starry night
High over distant lands
And I dream you're lying in my arms
And I'm your leading man
Your leading man
Darling, I'm your leading man
Well the caretaker steals glances
As she waits outside the school
Tall and poised and beautiful
Elegant and cool
And now the kids are spilling out
Laughing and chattering
Home for tea and fame tv
And a quiet night in
And I'm flying
Through the starry night
High over distant lands
And I dream you're lying in my arms
And I'm your leading man
Your leading man
Darling, I'm your leading man
Your leading man
Darling, I'm your leading man
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A nice track but not one I would instantly go to...
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Reminds me of Eastbound Train in terms of topic, except ET is so much more fun.
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Pretty nice overall. Rare outro solo by Mark.
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Beautiful, loved it. 9 bonus songs and so much variety. Brilliant. Taking the 21 songs I've heard together, this his most DS collection of the solo career possibly. Strong OES links, due to pedal steel maybe.
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Reminds me of Eastbound Train in terms of topic, except ET is so much more fun.
I'm still trying to understand the setting... Some middle-class family, golf, tea, planting flowers in allotments, kids at school?
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Nice little tune, and lovely playing by Mark on the Strat.
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Too long and boring! Sorry! I may change my mind after more listenings.
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Too long and boring! Sorry! I may change my mind after more listenings.
Boring?? It's only you and dmg that have mentioned the boring word - I just don't get it especially with this album....
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Really loving this song, especially the So Far Away chord slides. A relative of Your Perfect Song.
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Reminds me of Eastbound Train in terms of topic, except ET is so much more fun.
I'm still trying to understand the setting... Some middle-class family, golf, tea, planting flowers in allotments, kids at school?
He's talking about what all the "ordinary" people are doing while he's flying about in his private jet on tour, but he still wishes he was with Kitty.
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Reminds me of Eastbound Train in terms of topic, except ET is so much more fun.
I'm still trying to understand the setting... Some middle-class family, golf, tea, planting flowers in allotments, kids at school?
He's talking about what all the "ordinary" people are doing while he's flying about in his private jet on tour, but he still wishes he was with Kitty.
Or rather how Kitty goes about her daily life (garden centers, picking up the kids, etc.) while Mark is away. The gardenkeeper, caretaker, etc. get to see her beauty. (Tall ... cool - long, cool girl), not Mark, who is away. And that he wants to be her leading man - a connection to Kitty's former career as an actress?
I feel like we're getting a snapshot of the Knopfler household here.
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Reminds me of Eastbound Train in terms of topic, except ET is so much more fun.
I'm still trying to understand the setting... Some middle-class family, golf, tea, planting flowers in allotments, kids at school?
He's talking about what all the "ordinary" people are doing while he's flying about in his private jet on tour, but he still wishes he was with Kitty.
Or rather how Kitty goes about her daily life (garden centers, picking up the kids, etc.) while Mark is away. The gardenkeeper, caretaker, etc. get to see her beauty. (Tall ... cool - long, cool girl), not Mark, who is away. And that he wants to be her leading man - a connection to Kitty's former career as an actress?
I feel like we're getting a snapshot of the Knopfler household here.
Agree on the others see her beauty, but he also says "they" so I think he is speaking about others in those bits.
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Updated with lyrics, thanks Knopflerfan
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Some post seems to have disappeared in this thread. Or have you started a new one?
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Some post seems to have disappeared in this thread. Or have you started a new one?
No, this one is the original, but Knopflerfan duplicated all the LP bonus threads to include the lyrics, instead of using the original ones, so most of the bonus tracks have duplicated threads, the original ones that I created, and the ones created after by Knopflerfan.
I suggest to the mods to merge them.
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Some post seems to have disappeared in this thread. Or have you started a new one?
No, this one is the original, but Knopflerfan duplicated all the LP bonus threads to include the lyrics, instead of using the original ones, so most of the bonus tracks have duplicated threads, the original ones that I created, and the ones created after by Knopflerfan.
I suggest to the mods to merge them.
Done
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Some post seems to have disappeared in this thread. Or have you started a new one?
No, this one is the original, but Knopflerfan duplicated all the LP bonus threads to include the lyrics, instead of using the original ones, so most of the bonus tracks have duplicated threads, the original ones that I created, and the ones created after by Knopflerfan.
I suggest to the mods to merge them.
Done
Great work!
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Very nice guitar. Do I hear echoes of So Far Away?:)
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Yes! see my earlier post on page 1 of this thread. Very much so.
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Really loving this song, especially the So Far Away chord slides. A relative of Your Perfect Song.
Yes! :)
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Aaaand... after three listens this one is now stuck in my head!
It's interesting how songs that appear unremarkable at first listen can go on to become favourites.
Now, if we weren't already huge MK fans and we weren't struck by a song at first listen we wouldn't keep going back for more.
I wonder if I listened to the new Taylor Swift album multiple times I would start getting favourites from that one ???
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Aaaand... after three listens this one is now stuck in my head!
It's interesting how songs that appear unremarkable at first listen can go on to become favourites.
Now, if we weren't already huge MK fans and we weren't struck by a song at first listen we wouldn't keep going back for more.
I wonder if I listened to the new Taylor Swift album multiple times I would start getting favourites from that one ???
Taylor Swift??? Who is he??
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Aaaand... after three listens this one is now stuck in my head!
It's interesting how songs that appear unremarkable at first listen can go on to become favourites.
Now, if we weren't already huge MK fans and we weren't struck by a song at first listen we wouldn't keep going back for more.
I wonder if I listened to the new Taylor Swift album multiple times I would start getting favourites from that one ???
I wonder what it is about. Pot Smoking?
LE
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Aaaand... after three listens this one is now stuck in my head!
It's interesting how songs that appear unremarkable at first listen can go on to become favourites.
Now, if we weren't already huge MK fans and we weren't struck by a song at first listen we wouldn't keep going back for more.
I wonder if I listened to the new Taylor Swift album multiple times I would start getting favourites from that one ???
I wonder what it is about. Pot Smoking?
LE
My interpretation:
He's talking about what all the "ordinary" people are doing while he's flying about in his private jet on tour, but he still wishes he was with Kitty.
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Thank you.
Thematically, the So Far Away echo indeed makes sense as it would be a similar setting (being away on tour/work, missing her) but loaded with much more love and less making out on the telephone ;D
LE
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Maybe this song was written by Mark a long time ago when he was still on tour ;)
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Reminds me of Eastbound Train in terms of topic, except ET is so much more fun.
I'm still trying to understand the setting... Some middle-class family, golf, tea, planting flowers in allotments, kids at school?
He's talking about what all the "ordinary" people are doing while he's flying about in his private jet on tour, but he still wishes he was with Kitty.
Or rather how Kitty goes about her daily life (garden centers, picking up the kids, etc.) while Mark is away. The gardenkeeper, caretaker, etc. get to see her beauty. (Tall ... cool - long, cool girl), not Mark, who is away. And that he wants to be her leading man - a connection to Kitty's former career as an actress?
I feel like we're getting a snapshot of the Knopfler household here.
Agree on the others see her beauty, but he also says "they" so I think he is speaking about others in those bits.
:thumbsup
On my first listen I would thought of a bum travelling in his dreams, like an one in ragpicker's dream lol
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As an non-native, with each new song you always get to learn few new words. This one includes: poized, doze off, muggy, saucers, and spilling out (in the term of people). I love that part too.
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As an non-native, with each new song you always get to learn few new words. This one includes: poized, doze off, muggy, saucers, and spilling out (in the term of people). I love that part too.
You should already have learned spilling out 24 years ago. :)
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As an non-native, with each new song you always get to learn few new words. This one includes: poized, doze off, muggy, saucers, and spilling out (in the term of people). I love that part too.
You should already have learned spilling out 24 years ago. :)
Yes, but it was until today I realized it's not the beverages they spill out as they leaving the dens drunk, written in a witty poetic way, but themself in a very literal way. :smack I missed that one!
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Mark's storytelling is on point as always