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Author Topic: (8) Lights of Taormina (6:09)  (Read 64838 times)

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Re: (8) Lights of Taormina (6:09)
« Reply #90 on: November 05, 2015, 02:28:56 AM »
MK is deciding, Guy said that in his forum a couple of times

Guy isn't consistent with his explanations.   This is a reply to a query about setlists from yesterday:

"I generally decide the set and run it past MK".
Guy's response must be tongue-in-cheek!  But I was surprised by this reply, as I think many people may take it seriously.  It is tongue-in-cheek, right?
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Re: (8) Lights of Taormina (6:09)
« Reply #91 on: August 13, 2021, 04:43:13 AM »
This lovely song still stuns!
I still get a 'lump in the throat' when I hear the opening few bars of this.......So incredibly moving and I'm one who would have loved to have heard this Live as there was so much potential with it....
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Re: (8) Lights of Taormina (6:09)
« Reply #92 on: August 13, 2021, 11:17:44 AM »
I have loved this song from the first time I heard it, very atmospheric lyrically, and I like Mark's slide work too.
Knopfler, Oldfield and Gilmour is all the guitar I need.

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Re: (8) Lights of Taormina (6:09)
« Reply #93 on: August 13, 2021, 02:14:24 PM »
I have loved this song from the first time I heard it, very atmospheric lyrically, and I like Mark's slide work too.

Indeed the atmosphere from this track is mind blowing...
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Re: (8) Lights of Taormina (6:09)
« Reply #94 on: January 12, 2024, 12:56:19 PM »
Adding to the Dylan links perceived in this songs, just listened to "Red River Shore" from the Time Out of Mind sessions, very reminiscent of this one as well

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Re: (8) Lights of Taormina (6:09)
« Reply #95 on: January 13, 2024, 02:17:51 PM »
Adding to the Dylan links perceived in this songs, just listened to "Red River Shore" from the Time Out of Mind sessions, very reminiscent of this one as well

Wow, a great observation. The arrangement is nearly identical. This can't be a coincidence, or MK and BD are brothers from different mothers.

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Re: (8) Lights of Taormina (6:09)
« Reply #96 on: January 13, 2024, 02:39:40 PM »
I'm currently reading Howard Sounes' book Down The Highway: The Life Of Bob Dylan. Probably the best Bob Dylan biography. And of course I'm waiting for MK-related accents:)
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Re: (8) Lights of Taormina (6:09)
« Reply #97 on: January 13, 2024, 04:03:02 PM »
Yes, I can hear it too in that song. Also, on the Time Out if Mind Sessions is another MK link, Dylan does a version of The River is Wide, which Mark did an instrumental version of.
Knopfler, Oldfield and Gilmour is all the guitar I need.

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Re: (8) Lights of Taormina (6:09)
« Reply #98 on: April 26, 2024, 01:42:02 PM »
I love the lyrics and imagery they generate, but I can't get past the amount of slide present on this song; it just feels too "twangy" to me

 

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