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OfflineEl Macho

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Re: Favourite songs?
« Reply #60 on: August 30, 2012, 12:50:01 PM »
After having listened to Privateering a few times, I have several favourites !
Among the blues tracks :
- Bluebird
- Miss you blues
- Today is okay (MK writes fucking good songs about Sonny Liston !!!)
Among the other tracks
- The dream of the submariner
- Go Love
- Yon two crows
- Radio city serenade

A masterpiece !
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Re: Favourite songs?
« Reply #61 on: August 30, 2012, 01:06:05 PM »
Mine are, in no particular order:

Redbud Tree
Miss You Blues
Go, Love
Seattle
Dream Of The Drowned Submariner
Bluebird

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Re: Favourite songs?
« Reply #62 on: August 30, 2012, 01:19:09 PM »
May as well list mine (as if anyone's interested ;)):

Haul Away (yes it's grown on me)
Miss You Blues (don't know why this very average number tickles me, it just does)
Corned Beef
Hot Or What
Yon Two Crows
Radio City (love the way MK strums the National at the end just to put his signature on it)
Bluebird
Dream Of the...
Today Is Okay
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Re: Favourite songs?
« Reply #63 on: August 30, 2012, 05:09:57 PM »
My favourits are: (No order)

Haul Away
Miss You Blues(love the intro)
Corned Beef City
Go, Love
Yon Two Crows
Kingdom Of Gold
Radio City Serenade
I Used To Could
Dream Of The Drowned Submariner
Privateering
Redbud Tree

Skippers are:
Don't Forget Your Hat
Hot Or What

The rest is okay! (Seattle, Got To Have Something, Gator Blood, Bluebird, Blood And Water, Today Is Okay, After The Beanstalk)

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Re: Favourite songs?
« Reply #64 on: August 30, 2012, 06:04:41 PM »
Today is "After the beanstalk" the song that I
Love over gold, mind over matter

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Re: Favourite songs?
« Reply #65 on: August 30, 2012, 06:11:03 PM »
My five favs are:

- Redbud Tree
- Miss You Blues
- Corned Beef City
- Yon Two Crows
- Radio City Serenade
Love over gold, mind over matter

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Re: Favourite songs?
« Reply #66 on: August 30, 2012, 06:12:52 PM »
« Last Edit: August 30, 2012, 06:15:49 PM by dmg »
"I'm playing all the right notes, but not necessarily in the right order."

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Re: Favourite songs?
« Reply #67 on: August 30, 2012, 11:43:54 PM »
haul away just opened itself to me. nice one!!
any Knopfler, Floyd or Dylan will do....

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Re: Favourite songs?
« Reply #68 on: August 31, 2012, 11:40:50 AM »
Glad to hear they did put some time to the songs. Recording ~40 songs may result in lots of "unfinished" or "underproduced" stuff, but here it doesn't feel like it at all. The title track, Radio City and Drowned Submariner are good examples I think.

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Re: Favourite songs?
« Reply #69 on: August 31, 2012, 12:51:51 PM »
I avoided the snippets, so today I've had two proper listens - I must say I was initially skeptical, didn't want to get my hopes too high, but I love half the songs instantly (in a mellow relaxed way) and another quarter I like!

The many standard blues beats left me cold at first. But as I sit here listening to Today Is Okay, I think they will define the feel and sound of the CD. Overall it's quite thematic and nothing stands out as too jarring or out of place.
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Re: Favourite songs?
« Reply #70 on: August 31, 2012, 02:18:59 PM »
This is my first post after finding the forum :)

Overall great album. Prefer disc 1 to disc 2.

Yon two crows is for me the standout track on the album. Love the melody/feel, build up, metpahor lyris between crows and trying to make a hard living. Instrument interludes also sound incredible. One of the best MK songs in recent times imho.

Most of the other tracks on disc 1 are excellent.

Offlinechris

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Re: Favourite songs?
« Reply #71 on: August 31, 2012, 02:38:20 PM »
The snippets didn't promise too much. The album is quite fantastic.

My absolute favourite is "Dream Of The Drowned Submariner". First, when I heard the snippets, I was quite excited about all those new, beautiful songs. When it came to DOTDS I felt like I was electrified. I stopped from one second to the other in my motion and didn't move for seconds. It was like a little shock.

Now I'm listening to the full version. Can't describe it; it is like kind of being hypnotised of that song.

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Re: Favourite songs?
« Reply #72 on: August 31, 2012, 02:55:55 PM »
This album is just sooooooo stunning!!! OMG! Mark is totally on fire on pretty much every track..... the Blues stuff is amazing too... lol  I can't wait for the tour now!
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Re: Favourite songs?
« Reply #73 on: August 31, 2012, 06:49:11 PM »
On fire? We must have a different definition of "on fire".

I've listened to the album a few times, and I'm already bored.

Sorry.

OfflineEddie Fox

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Re: Favourite songs?
« Reply #74 on: August 31, 2012, 07:06:00 PM »
The snippets didn't promise too much. The album is quite fantastic.

My absolute favourite is "Dream Of The Drowned Submariner". First, when I heard the snippets, I was quite excited about all those new, beautiful songs. When it came to DOTDS I felt like I was electrified. I stopped from one second to the other in my motion and didn't move for seconds. It was like a little shock.

Now I'm listening to the full version. Can't describe it; it is like kind of being hypnotised of that song.

Felt exactly the same! As I said yesterday, I purchased a copy from a Brazilian online store but it won't arrive til Sep 13 so yes, I downloaded it... Since I couldn't listen to it at work I burnt a copy and had my first listen during my ride back home. I got mesmerised. Didn't even care about the traffic jam that held me up for 2 (!!!) hours. No skippers. Lots of favorites, Dream of the Drowned Submariner is one of the most beautiful things ever written imho.
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