A Mark In Time
Previous Albums => Get Lucky (2009) => Topic started by: Dutchessy on August 15, 2010, 02:18:02 PM
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One year ago...
get lucky was leaked. I was on holiday in switzerland when it happened. On a crappy internet connection in the mountains. As one of the lucky ones that evening I got the whole album... (needless to say, but I bought the deluxe edition too)
And I listened... Again... Again... Put it on my mp3player, went to bed and listened... And again...
The remaining 2 weeks I listened the whole day again and again. During the mountain hikes, when i crossed glaciers and the trips by car through tunnels and valleys.
It Sounded so perfectly.
now... Exactly one year after...
I am in switzerland again, listening to get lucky while writing this story. Therefore I felt the need to write this.
It is definately my nr 1 solo album by mark, maybe because of this story and the memories.
It was for me the best tour too. I saw 5 top concerts and met new fans from this forum. I met guy fletcher and scored a signature of mark on my get lucky cover. Perfect!
I am curious to next summer... Switzerland again? Maybe listening to leaked tracks of a new mk album while standing on top of the mountains... New memories...
Who knows? I'll hope so.
It took me the whole album to write this little story on my mobile phone. The last solo of piper is starting... One more time my thoughts go back...
One year...
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Nice story. I remember getting two leaked songs before they got things sorted out but I'm sure MK won't mind as it's precisely stories and memories like these that he writes his wonderful music for. ;)
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I remember that Guy was writing how "upset" MK was about this. I also remember that tuesday night.. Song after song came up, I remember the goosebumps I got when I heard "Before Gas & TV" for the first time (a song that isn't obviously that popular...) and also the track "Get Lucky" itself.
It was like christmas and birthday on the same day...
Let's hope we will hear about new recordings before this year ends, that would mean everything is in the right order...
LE
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Quality was too crap for me, I waited till it leaked on TPB.
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Quality was too crap for me, I waited until the real thing came out
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I don't get it, quality was top. Superb on my ipod...
But not the reactions i was looking for :P
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I don't get it, quality was top. Superb on my ipod...
But not the reactions i was looking for :P
I'm really not a quality snob and I don't buy into the whole "Oh my god, it must be lossless" stuff, 320 MP3 or even 192 usually sounds fine to me. But the inital leak from the website was, what, 128, something like that? I listened to the first few bars of Border Reiver then turned it off, it sounded noticably awful.
Anyway, will give my real response about the album later when I have more time, will be interesting to go back and read the review I posted after my first listen.
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When it comes to bootlegs I listen to on my ipod or computer, I don't know the difference between a lossless and and less lossless version.. ;D
But the difference between Ipod and proper hifi is astronomical....
Anyway, I will also come back later and comment on topic
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My hifi has been in storage for two years. :(
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I must admit that I don't listen to the album very much these days, but when I was on holiday, recently, I listened to GL again quite a lot and realised that I still love it very much. I'm even getting to like YCBTH more, even though I don't think it fits in very well.
As for bootlegs, I also only listen to them on my computer and MP3 player and they sound fine to me, whether lossy or lossless - I can't tell the difference. The Simfy recordings that I have sound fine to my ears too! :)
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Everything I listen go through my HiFi amp and loudspeaker but I am from an old generation.
Just that when I first listened GL, I known it was coming from a 64 kbps leaked source so I would not mind about it knowing that the CD version would come up a few month later. And the pleasure to hear that Mark did stretch the guitar again was much more than the low Q of the sound. The last two studio solo efforts had let me in a state of a "it's over" that GL was actualy a good surprise.
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Everything I listen go through my HiFi amp and loudspeaker but I am from an old generation.
a generation with ears? ;D
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My hifi has been in storage for two years. :(
Dig it out! Or won't Mrs Valentino let you? :(
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My hifi has been in storage for two years. :(
Dig it out! Or won't Mrs Valentino let you? :(
We've just moved house and I'm putting the foot down and insisting that it comes out of retirement. :)
Don't think she'll let me put my signed DS poster up though. :(
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Everything I listen go through my HiFi amp and loudspeaker but I am from an old generation.
a generation with ears? ;D
I am afraid I have no ear anymore after listening (to much too loud) music on a walkman :(
But on a Hi Fi, lossy Hi Hat recording definitively does not sound the same as on lossless.
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And I listened... Again... Again... Put it on my mp3player, went to bed and listened... And again...
The remaining 2 weeks I listened the whole day again and again. During the mountain hikes, when i crossed glaciers and the trips by car through tunnels and valleys.
OK, my story now. It's exactly the opposite as yours. I loved it so much that I didn't want to listen to it while doing other things (like cycling to work or working, or doing the washing up or whatever). I didn't put it in a box (ipod or computer) (only recently) and only listened when I had nothing else to do and there was nobody at home (on CD or vinyl on a proper hifi of course ;) ).
Great tour too, saw 3 shows (which is a LOT for me) and had a great time at all of them!
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I couldn't resist and got the album when it leaked. I really tried not to but I couldn't. I must admit I was a little disappointed at first but then I got a text message from someone (you know who you are) that brought me back to reality. And I started to listen. I mean, really listen... I burned the leaked audio on a CD and then copied that CD on a cassette tape so I could listen to it in the car (yes, the car I drive is a little older). And I always listened to GL on my way to work... I went to quite a few concerts at an ampitheater last August/September for my (now former) newspaper, and later I also went to the theatre a lot. GL was always playing while I was driving. Whenever I hear some GL song at home on my stereo, I see the exact point of the highway in my mind which I passed while that specific song was playing :)
The late summer of 2009 was a nice time and the GL songs are closely connected with that. I still love the album, not only because of that. It's my fav right after STP, and it only has two skippers, "The Car Was The One" and - sometimes - "Before Gas & TV".
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I was invited to a birthday barbecue on tuesday that August, and I was looking forward to that. Then, on monday (I think?) , the album leaked, and I was already thinking about some excuses for not to go. But some of my best friends were there and when I said "The new MK album has leaked today" someone said, "So we will not see ya for the next months??:lol". I only thought that I had to work on my public image... ;D
I remember humming "Before Gas & TV" the whole next day. And translating some of the lyrics was really hard sometimes... (So Far From The Clyde).
I tried to enjoy the first few days (and did!) because I learned that this time has really become precious in my life: The first moments and days with new MK songs. Before getting used to them. And with this album, it was immediately a great experience.
LE
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Hi Folks,
This is my first post here, and I figured this was as good a place as any to start.....
I heard about "Get Lucky" being released in the autumn of '09, and added it to my 'To Buy' list. I either didn't hear about it being leaked, or didn't care (I can't recall which).
Then in December I was shopping for Christmas presents and finally picked up "Get Lucky" as a gift to myself. Came home and played it several times from start to finish over the next couple of days, then signed on to MKdotcom because of the 'exclusive content' feature advertised on the disc.
The bonus turned out to be lame, but I posted on the forum there and over the past year I've made some great new friends. Eventually that has led me here.
"Get Lucky" is not my favourite MK solo album - currently that's a toss-up between "Sailing to Philadelphia" and "Shangri-La" - but I do like GL a lot. I find his records grow on me over time. I wasn't too excited about "Kill To Get Crimson" at first either, but now I love it!
Anyway, looking forward to chatting with some of you about Mark and his music.
Cheers,
3Pints
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Hey,
welcome here, 3Pints! 8)
I like your avatar a lot, looks ... fresh! ;D
I am sure you will find a lot of stuff to chat about at this place, almost everybody that used to be on "that" forum (well, almost everybody..) hangs around at this great place, at the best MK forum in the whole wide world!
LE
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Hi 3 Pints! Nice to see you! I'm glad you made it here and hope you will find friends here too, just as I did on MK.com! ;)
LE, It was MKNews we used to hang out at, not to be confused with MK.com! ;D
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Oh, did we? :lol
Anyway, no offence meant, it was good at those times, it seems I indeed forgot about MK.com... But as long as we are all here, everything is ok...
I had a look and it is indeed a great community over there, but one forum is enough for me.
LE
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Welcome 3Pints! Oh yes, I remember the 'exclusive content' , very exclusive indeed (everybody is excluded from it!)
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Oh, did we? :lol
Anyway, no offence meant, it was good at those times, it seems I indeed forgot about MK.com... But as long as we are all here, everything is ok...
I had a look and it is indeed a great community over there, but one forum is enough for me.
LE
AMIT and MK.com are both great forums, but quite different to eachother. There are things on AMIT that are not on MK.com and vice versa, so a more rounded view of everything MK can be gained from being a member of both. :) One of the main differences is probably that AMIT is mainly a European forum, whereas MK.com is largely US/Canadian.
I agree we all had a lot of fun in the old days on MKNews Forum, but there is hardly anybody posting there these days!
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About "Get Lucky" the album - I'm more in love with it than ever these days and listen to it more and more! I have stopped rationing myself and there isn't even a glimmer of boredom setting in! ;D
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One of the main differences is probably that AMIT is mainly a European forum, whereas MK.com is largely US/Canadian.
I never noticed that difference! Interesting. Thanks for pointing it out!