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Author Topic: (21) Precious Voice From Heaven  (Read 22689 times)

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Re: (21) Precious Voice From Heaven
« Reply #15 on: August 03, 2022, 03:16:27 PM »
You may be right.

The aforementioned In The Sky is cheesy.

Secondary Waltz is pretty cheesy, although I do like it.

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Re: (21) Precious Voice From Heaven
« Reply #16 on: August 03, 2022, 05:59:03 PM »
So, the title sounds cheesy as hell, but fortunately MK usually has a low cheese count so it should be ok :)

Yes, the cheesiness of it exactly is telling me that this might be a humorous song or something.

Interesting topic, what is the cheesiest song MK has released?

I really struggle to listen to In the Sky. Such a cheesy song and then the sax comes in to drop another huge dollop of fromage on it.

If we discuss collaborations then Voices That Care is by far the cheesiest. That might be the cheesiest record ever released.
cheesiest album is KTGC with a friggin distance....

I have the advantage of being a non-native English speaker, so "In The Sky" works for me as I can ignore the words, and it's not that cheesy to me.

Dream Of The Drowned Submariner is a bit cheesy thanks to this trash delay effect on vocals taken straight from some pop singer next door.

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Re: (21) Precious Voice From Heaven
« Reply #17 on: August 04, 2022, 12:08:40 PM »
You may be right.

The aforementioned In The Sky is cheesy.

Secondary Waltz is pretty cheesy, although I do like it.

"It's the end of the thirties, no time for arties" CHEEEEESSSSSE!

Ah, beat me to it!

I'll raise you:

All That Matters
Whoop De Doo
This Is Us
True Love Will Never Fade
Monteleone
Wherever I Go

and probably some from Privateering I can't recall.
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Re: (21) Precious Voice From Heaven
« Reply #18 on: August 04, 2022, 12:50:52 PM »
As a father I don't find All That Matters cheesy, quite the opposite.

As someone who has been dumped lots of times I don't find Whoop De Doo cheesy either. It might just be my favourite MK solo song.

Don't Crash the Ambulance is pretty cheesy, and makes no sense.
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Re: (21) Precious Voice From Heaven
« Reply #19 on: August 04, 2022, 01:03:26 PM »
You may be right.

The aforementioned In The Sky is cheesy.

Secondary Waltz is pretty cheesy, although I do like it.

"It's the end of the thirties, no time for arties" CHEEEEESSSSSE!

Ah, beat me to it!

I'll raise you:

All That Matters
Whoop De Doo
This Is Us
True Love Will Never Fade
Monteleone
Wherever I Go

and probably some from Privateering I can't recall.

I would argue about most of these! All That Matters is an old-time waltz and almost like a lullaby (I once got a request to teach this song to a man who wanted to sing it for his newborn daughter), so it's cheesy by definition, and not by choice. The same story with Wherever I Go, I think.

Whoop De Doo is a sarcastic song with contrasting laidback music and sad melancholic lyrics. Personally, I'm so into the character that I don't think about the cheesiness of it at all.

True Love Will Never Fade on the surface is the cheesiest song on Earth, I mean, look at the title! But upon closer inspection, you realize how this tattoo might symbolize something like Mark's affection for guitars or music that will never fade, something among those lines. And again, with stellar guitar work on this song, you almost stop thinking about cheesiness.

Monteleone, I already discussed that one. Without knowing the story, about Monteleone, and how guitars are built, the song doesn't make sense.

Anyway, many of Mark's songs ask for a serious suspension of disbelief to accept or rethink the cheesiness of it. It might be not what you think it is is what I'm saying.

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Re: (21) Precious Voice From Heaven
« Reply #20 on: August 04, 2022, 10:01:47 PM »
Our Shangri La wins this contest for me. The cheese of all cheeses.
...Well, he's a big star now but I've been a fan of his for years. The way he sings and plays guitar still bring me to tears...

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Re: (21) Precious Voice From Heaven
« Reply #21 on: August 05, 2022, 07:39:41 PM »
You may be right.

The aforementioned In The Sky is cheesy.

Secondary Waltz is pretty cheesy, although I do like it.

"It's the end of the thirties, no time for arties" CHEEEEESSSSSE!

Ah, beat me to it!

I'll raise you:

All That Matters
Whoop De Doo
This Is Us
True Love Will Never Fade
Monteleone
Wherever I Go

and probably some from Privateering I can't recall.

I would argue about most of these! All That Matters is an old-time waltz and almost like a lullaby (I once got a request to teach this song to a man who wanted to sing it for his newborn daughter), so it's cheesy by definition, and not by choice. The same story with Wherever I Go, I think.

Whoop De Doo is a sarcastic song with contrasting laidback music and sad melancholic lyrics. Personally, I'm so into the character that I don't think about the cheesiness of it at all.

True Love Will Never Fade on the surface is the cheesiest song on Earth, I mean, look at the title! But upon closer inspection, you realize how this tattoo might symbolize something like Mark's affection for guitars or music that will never fade, something among those lines. And again, with stellar guitar work on this song, you almost stop thinking about cheesiness.

Monteleone, I already discussed that one. Without knowing the story, about Monteleone, and how guitars are built, the song doesn't make sense.

Anyway, many of Mark's songs ask for a serious suspension of disbelief to accept or rethink the cheesiness of it. It might be not what you think it is is what I'm saying.

Sorry but I just need to hear some of the lines he uses in most of these songs and I'm reaching for the sick bucket! 

Maybe I preferred his writing when he was a miserable sod like me!  ;D

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Re: (21) Precious Voice From Heaven
« Reply #22 on: August 05, 2022, 08:09:57 PM »
You may be right.

The aforementioned In The Sky is cheesy.

Secondary Waltz is pretty cheesy, although I do like it.

"It's the end of the thirties, no time for arties" CHEEEEESSSSSE!

Ah, beat me to it!

I'll raise you:

All That Matters
Whoop De Doo
This Is Us
True Love Will Never Fade
Monteleone
Wherever I Go

and probably some from Privateering I can't recall.

I would argue about most of these! All That Matters is an old-time waltz and almost like a lullaby (I once got a request to teach this song to a man who wanted to sing it for his newborn daughter), so it's cheesy by definition, and not by choice. The same story with Wherever I Go, I think.

Whoop De Doo is a sarcastic song with contrasting laidback music and sad melancholic lyrics. Personally, I'm so into the character that I don't think about the cheesiness of it at all.

True Love Will Never Fade on the surface is the cheesiest song on Earth, I mean, look at the title! But upon closer inspection, you realize how this tattoo might symbolize something like Mark's affection for guitars or music that will never fade, something among those lines. And again, with stellar guitar work on this song, you almost stop thinking about cheesiness.

Monteleone, I already discussed that one. Without knowing the story, about Monteleone, and how guitars are built, the song doesn't make sense.

Anyway, many of Mark's songs ask for a serious suspension of disbelief to accept or rethink the cheesiness of it. It might be not what you think it is is what I'm saying.

Sorry but I just need to hear some of the lines he uses in most of these songs and I'm reaching for the sick bucket! 

Maybe I preferred his writing when he was a miserable sod like me!  ;D

Hand in Hand was a cheese fest back in the day.
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Re: (21) Precious Voice From Heaven
« Reply #23 on: August 06, 2022, 08:37:39 AM »
I love cheese. In Spain we have fantastic cheese, so that's perfect for me.

Another advantage of being non native English speaker, that expression has no meaning for me.
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Re: (21) Precious Voice From Heaven
« Reply #24 on: August 06, 2022, 01:08:42 PM »
I love cheese. In Spain we have fantastic cheese, so that's perfect for me.

Another advantage of being non native English speaker, that expression has no meaning for me.

Mark would often joke about it during the Hillbillies shows before Your Own Sweet Way calling the Strat the "cheese machine" or such like.  I assumed he was referring to his copious use of the whammy bar.

I love The Urban Dictionary for definitions like this, but people disagree so I think they're stumped here.  My definition would be something that uses a lot of clichés and/or is overly sentimental.

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Re: (21) Precious Voice From Heaven
« Reply #25 on: August 06, 2022, 02:22:21 PM »
I love cheese. In Spain we have fantastic cheese, so that's perfect for me.

Another advantage of being non native English speaker, that expression has no meaning for me.

Mark would often joke about it during the Hillbillies shows before Your Own Sweet Way calling the Strat the "cheese machine" or such like.  I assumed he was referring to his copious use of the whammy bar.

I love The Urban Dictionary for definitions like this, but people disagree so I think they're stumped here.  My definition would be something that uses a lot of clichés and/or is overly sentimental.

That's a good way to put it. By the way, speaking of overly sentimental, why has nobody mentioned Your Latest Trick yet? Sax is like THE king of cheese instruments. This song sounds like an answer to Careless Whisper, which is the king of cheesy songs.

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Re: (21) Precious Voice From Heaven
« Reply #26 on: August 06, 2022, 03:49:05 PM »
The compilation is released on October 7th. Hope we can hear Precious Voice From Heaven sooner.
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Re: (21) Precious Voice From Heaven
« Reply #27 on: August 30, 2022, 11:42:52 AM »
So, the title sounds cheesy as hell, but fortunately MK usually has a low cheese count so it should be ok :)

Yes, the cheesiness of it exactly is telling me that this might be a humorous song or something.

Interesting topic, what is the cheesiest song MK has released?

I really struggle to listen to In the Sky. Such a cheesy song and then the sax comes in to drop another huge dollop of fromage on it.

If we discuss collaborations then Voices That Care is by far the cheesiest. That might be the cheesiest record ever released.

The vocal version of Voices That Care is not great, but the instrumental is a lot better, you hear Mark's guitar more prominently in that version.
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Re: (21) Precious Voice From Heaven
« Reply #28 on: August 30, 2022, 05:34:34 PM »
If we discuss collaborations then Voices That Care is by far the cheesiest. That might be the cheesiest record ever released.

Wow, I totally forgot about that song. I remember downloading it 15+ years ago. Time flies.

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Re: (21) Precious Voice From Heaven
« Reply #29 on: September 08, 2022, 01:05:51 PM »
Franco81:
here is one month left until the 2009-2018 box set comes out. Precious Voice From Heaven is a song
1 rock
2 folk / rock
3 blues / jazz
?

I'm very curious what Guy Fletcher will say:)
« Last Edit: September 08, 2022, 01:14:59 PM by Robson »
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