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Mark Knopfler Discussion => Mark Knopfler Discussion Forum => Topic started by: El Macho on February 17, 2015, 10:08:31 PM

Title: Van Morrisson : Duet with Mark Knopfler
Post by: El Macho on February 17, 2015, 10:08:31 PM
March will be a rich month concerning MK !
http://duets.vanmorrison.com/
MK & VM duet : Irish Heartbeat   :D
Album release : March 24th
but the duet with MK will be released on March 10th
http://consequenceofsound.net/2015/02/van-morrison-announces-new-album-duets-re-working-the-catalogue/
Title: Re: Van Morrisson : Duet with Mark Knopfler
Post by: yontwocrows on February 17, 2015, 10:12:06 PM
Superb  :thumbsup
Title: Re: Van Morrisson : Duet with Mark Knopfler
Post by: foma on February 17, 2015, 10:31:36 PM
Wow, can't wait actually!
Title: Re: Van Morrisson : Duet with Mark Knopfler
Post by: foma on February 17, 2015, 10:34:44 PM
Isn't his website says you'll get 4 bonus tracks if you pre-order the album, rather than it will be released on 10 March?
Title: Re: Van Morrisson : Duet with Mark Knopfler
Post by: jbaent on February 17, 2015, 11:42:12 PM
Isn't his website says you'll get 4 bonus tracks if you pre-order the album, rather than it will be released on 10 March?

I understand that if you preorder the album you will get that 4 tracks on 10 march as an advance, and that 4 tracks are not bonus, they are in the record.
Title: Re: Van Morrisson : Duet with Mark Knopfler
Post by: Bluebird on February 17, 2015, 11:50:22 PM
There already has been a song "irish Heartbeat" (Title track) on Van Morrison's album "Iris Heatbeat" in 1988 together with The Chieftains.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irish_Heartbeat
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UT0YgMnSXR8

Bluebird
Title: Re: Van Morrisson : Duet with Mark Knopfler
Post by: jbaent on February 17, 2015, 11:58:21 PM
There already has been a song "irish Heartbeat" (Title track) on Van Morrison's album "Iris Heatbeat" in 1988 together with The Chieftains.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irish_Heartbeat
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UT0YgMnSXR8

Bluebird

Is that song. This new record is a collection of his old songs but in duets format.
Title: Re: Van Morrisson : Duet with Mark Knopfler
Post by: El Macho on February 18, 2015, 12:22:55 AM
The Chieftains replaced by McGoldrick/McCusker ?  :smack
Title: Re: Van Morrisson : Duet with Mark Knopfler
Post by: foma on February 18, 2015, 12:47:14 AM
The Chieftains replaced by McGoldrick/McCusker ?  :smack


Exactly my thoughts! Could Van be this mysterious famous guy from Guy's forum he talked about?
Title: Re: Van Morrisson : Duet with Mark Knopfler
Post by: Ar (aka Enlight) on February 18, 2015, 03:14:51 AM
Great song ( the entire Irish Heartbeat album with the Chieftains is one of mine favs. )
Can't wait for this release , will Mark do any vocals ( i guess with a duet it will) and how does his guitar playing fits in this version of the song?

Still the best LIVE cover of this song IMO is done by the man who introduced Dire Straits @ the Nelson Mandela gig in 1988 ".....with a tear in either eyes,,,, " by yes indeed Billy Connolly , wait until the Uilleann pipes marches in , this version will be hard to beat  :think

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tECCs35WVCI
Title: Re: Van Morrisson : Duet with Mark Knopfler
Post by: cannibals on February 18, 2015, 09:46:30 AM


Exactly my thoughts! Could Van be this mysterious famous guy from Guy's forum he talked about?
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Hmm that is possible, perhaps we can ask him :think :think :think
Title: Re: Van Morrisson : Duet with Mark Knopfler
Post by: Ar (aka Enlight) on February 18, 2015, 02:48:10 PM
co-producers Don Was and Bob Rock are great mixing engineers themselves.
Although the album was recorded in his home town of Belfast and London in the United Kingdom over the last year, using a variety of musicians and fresh arrangements. .......Maybe the London part was done by Guy?
Title: Re: Van Morrisson : Duet with Mark Knopfler
Post by: jakehadlee on February 20, 2015, 09:41:11 PM
Cool - probably my two favourite artists
Title: Re: Van Morrisson : Duet with Mark Knopfler
Post by: jbaent on February 21, 2015, 09:54:48 PM
co-producers Don Was and Bob Rock are great mixing engineers themselves.
Although the album was recorded in his home town of Belfast and London in the United Kingdom over the last year, using a variety of musicians and fresh arrangements. .......Maybe the London part was done by Guy?

Guy made a quite hard comment about the mix of the song in which MK sings with Van Morrison, the second time I read that kind of comments about other colleagues work, first time was with the last Bap Kennedy record.
Title: Re: Van Morrisson : Duet with Mark Knopfler
Post by: LoveExpresso on February 21, 2015, 09:59:13 PM
Yes you are right about that. Had forgotten that and it's not nice in both cases. It seems only BG is able to deliver superior stuff when it comes to mix and sound...

LE
Title: Re: Van Morrisson : Duet with Mark Knopfler
Post by: holaknopfler on February 21, 2015, 10:08:05 PM
He deleted it today
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Post by: Maroretto on March 06, 2015, 01:27:21 AM
Ladies and Gentlemen Van morrison and David...ops Mark Knopfler  ;D

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=920604394645870&set=o.370475329670230&type=2&theater
Title: Re: Van Morrisson : Duet with Mark Knopfler
Post by: foma on March 06, 2015, 01:54:20 AM
Wow. Quality is pretty shitty, but thanks! I barely recognized Mark in this one. But I definitely want it in proper quality.
Even in this version I can't actually understand Guy's attitude about mixing. Seems like very good job on this side.
Title: Re: Van Morrisson : Duet with Mark Knopfler
Post by: surferboy on March 06, 2015, 06:22:12 AM
Thanks for posting!
Title: Re: Van Morrisson : Duet with Mark Knopfler
Post by: border_reiver on March 06, 2015, 08:32:48 AM
Seems to be in a very high key for MK.

But I like it, even if it's slow ;)
Title: Re: Van Morrisson : Duet with Mark Knopfler
Post by: Vesper on March 06, 2015, 11:49:23 PM
Much better quality ;)

https://beta.prx.org/stories/143479

(first song)
Title: Re: Van Morrisson : Duet with Mark Knopfler
Post by: foma on March 06, 2015, 11:54:35 PM
Much better quality ;)

https://beta.prx.org/stories/143479

(first song)

Thank you! So much better. But Mark is still is unrecognizable. I think this is in truth just a too high key for him. Somewhere towards the end of the song Mark sings second voice in his ultrasound register actually.
Title: Re: Van Morrisson : Duet with Mark Knopfler
Post by: pete_w on March 07, 2015, 11:49:29 AM
Don't know if I like this tune or not. Lot of stuff going on with banjo, horns, various vocals, electric lead guitar, Mark struggling in the key. Seems a bit unfocused the whole thing.
Title: Re: Van Morrisson : Duet with Mark Knopfler
Post by: dmg on March 07, 2015, 12:12:25 PM
Not bad at all.  Nothing special but it does have some sort of pace about it and as such isn't sleep inducing.
Title: Re: Van Morrisson : Duet with Mark Knopfler
Post by: holaknopfler on March 07, 2015, 12:41:22 PM
Great tune! Like it!  :D
Title: Re: Van Morrisson : Duet with Mark Knopfler
Post by: border_reiver on March 07, 2015, 12:58:53 PM
Not bad at all.  Nothing special but it does have some sort of pace about it and as such isn't sleep inducing.

Agreed, it rises throughout the song and the ending is quite powerful. But again, a totally wrong key for MK.
Title: Re: Van Morrisson : Duet with Mark Knopfler
Post by: superval99 on March 07, 2015, 02:12:28 PM
I like it!    :thumbsup
Title: Re: Van Morrisson : Duet with Mark Knopfler
Post by: foma on March 07, 2015, 03:01:54 PM
As Mark said in his recent interview, the singer is always right. In this case the singer is clearly Van :lol
Title: Re: Van Morrisson : Duet with Mark Knopfler
Post by: straitsway75 on March 07, 2015, 03:30:45 PM
Great song, I like it  :clap :clap :clap
Title: Re: Van Morrisson : Duet with Mark Knopfler
Post by: Marnix on March 10, 2015, 07:45:15 PM
The song is now on the official Van Morrisson YT channel:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_oPb2Ma9z2M
Title: Re: Van Morrisson : Duet with Mark Knopfler
Post by: nababo on March 10, 2015, 10:10:01 PM
Great tune!
A very good guitar work and Mark's voice is not that bad, considering he's singing along one of the world top singers!
Title: Re: Van Morrisson : Duet with Mark Knopfler
Post by: Shai on March 12, 2015, 04:23:41 PM
To me, the singing is a bonus! The guitar work is superb!

Saul
Title: Re: Van Morrisson : Duet with Mark Knopfler
Post by: ds1984 on March 22, 2015, 08:17:32 PM
Yes you are right about that. Had forgotten that and it's not nice in both cases. It seems only BG is able to deliver superior stuff when it comes to mix and sound...

LE

After thinking that Guy was too much politicaly correct when he has one ounce of balls it turns in "he not nice to write this"  :hmm

I like when Guy express opinion even if I disagree with them, this is far more interesting than the usual stuff.
Title: Re: Van Morrisson : Duet with Mark Knopfler
Post by: jakehadlee on March 22, 2015, 09:43:15 PM
Really like it. Yes, it's at the top of MK's range but his whole vocal schtick is singing like he's fighting for control and I think the timbres of their voices work beautifully together.

As for Guy's comments on the mix - I can only assume he's never listened to any classic Van Morrison. It's mixed *exactly* like a 70s Van Morrison, presumably deliberately.  I'll make him the allowance that he's too young to know better - except he's older than me!
Title: Re: Van Morrisson : Duet with Mark Knopfler
Post by: Marijo58 on March 22, 2015, 10:42:03 PM
I simply love their two voices and this song has also a fantastic melody!!!