On The Night - Ridiculously Bad???

[2manyguitars]

Here is my chronicle :

https://textes-blog-rock-n-roll.fr/il-y-a-30-ans-sortait-le-live-on-the-night-de-dire-straits/

nothing new for you, but I put a link to this discussion 

I really enjoyed it, merci!

Thanks Dusty, some interesting thoughts there...

[Robson]

Here is my chronicle :

https://textes-blog-rock-n-roll.fr/il-y-a-30-ans-sortait-le-live-on-the-night-de-dire-straits/

nothing new for you, but I put a link to this discussion 

Also worth mentioning is the great album cover by Roger Ressmeyer. The huge radio telescope dishes of the Very Large Array (VLA), situated on the plains of San Agustin 50 miles west of Socorro, New Mexico.

[dustyvalentino]

Respectfully disagree about it being a great album cover. It's just a random picture of satellite dishes, doesn't really mean anything to me.

[dustyvalentino]

That said. the VLA is featured in the movie 2010: The Year We Make Contact.

I used to like that film as a kid. In my view it works on its own as a stand alone movie but suffers in comparison to 2001: A Space Odyssey. Strangely, it seems the film is completely forgotten these days, I never see it on TV. Last time I saw it was on VHS over 30 years ago...

[JF]

Respectfully disagree about it being a great album cover. It's just a random picture of satellite dishes, doesn't really mean anything to me.

+1
that's why I didn't mention it in my chronicle

[quizzaciously]

Respectfully disagree about it being a great album cover. It's just a random picture of satellite dishes, doesn't really mean anything to me.

+1
that's why I didn't mention it in my chronicle

But it sort of stand out from the crowd of your typical live album covers. As usual for Mark, it obviously doesn't contain any faces, even on the back side you only have a shot of musicians from behind. And I welcome any Astronomy allusions in the word of music since they literally broadcasted this music into the cosmos, and it's still travelling somewhere down the (space) road, almost immortalised in a way.

[Robson]

Respectfully disagree about it being a great album cover. It's just a random picture of satellite dishes, doesn't really mean anything to me.

+1
that's why I didn't mention it in my chronicle

But it sort of stand out from the crowd of your typical live album covers. As usual for Mark, it obviously doesn't contain any faces, even on the back side you only have a shot of musicians from behind. And I welcome any Astronomy allusions in the word of music since they literally broadcasted this music into the cosmos, and it's still travelling somewhere down the (space) road, almost immortalised in a way.

Exactly! The photo may be random but I like it very much. Photography is not random if it starts to tell us our personal story.

[dustyvalentino]

I prefer BiA and OES where there is a guitar. I think the solo albums, for the most part, have upped the game as well in terms of overall design quality (the last one being a notable exception).

[jbaent]

I agree that OTN cover is pretty random and even is a nice picture it doesn't make sense at all.

[Robson]

I prefer BiA and OES where there is a guitar. I think the solo albums, for the most part, have upped the game as well in terms of overall design quality (the last one being a notable exception).

[Klaus74]

This is a cool pic of Mark in the studio in front of, now vintage, Hi-Fi-Studio-components. Cool to see such technical devices. 

[iorch82]

I still don't understand what happened with Planet of New Orleans. It got misteriously dropped on the tour's second leg, yet it showcased the band at its best, with some really ambitious playing by MK.

I have the theory that Mark was not really comfortable with these chord changes and some of the nights it was kind of a hit or miss, the solo didnt' allowed his "autopilot" mode. There's kind of a higher error rate on the recordings - just check these last Bercy renditions -  and MK is not known for making mistakes. Still, the fresher tune, really well suited for the 9 piece band.

[rmarques821]

I still don't understand what happened with Planet of New Orleans. It got misteriously dropped on the tour's second leg, yet it showcased the band at its best, with some really ambitious playing by MK.

I have the theory that Mark was not really comfortable with these chord changes and some of the nights it was kind of a hit or miss, the solo didnt' allowed his "autopilot" mode. There's kind of a higher error rate on the recordings - just check these last Bercy renditions -  and MK is not known for making mistakes. Still, the fresher tune, really well suited for the 9 piece band.

Same situation with Silvertown Blues in 2019

[dmg]

I still don't understand what happened with Planet of New Orleans. It got misteriously dropped on the tour's second leg, yet it showcased the band at its best, with some really ambitious playing by MK.

I have the theory that Mark was not really comfortable with these chord changes and some of the nights it was kind of a hit or miss, the solo didnt' allowed his "autopilot" mode. There's kind of a higher error rate on the recordings - just check these last Bercy renditions -  and MK is not known for making mistakes. Still, the fresher tune, really well suited for the 9 piece band.

Same situation with Silvertown Blues in 2019

I think Silvertown is different; that one involves some playing and singing at the same time and it doesn't really come off as it does on the album.

[TheTimeWasWrong]

I still don't understand what happened with Planet of New Orleans. It got misteriously dropped on the tour's second leg, yet it showcased the band at its best, with some really ambitious playing by MK.

I have the theory that Mark was not really comfortable with these chord changes and some of the nights it was kind of a hit or miss, the solo didnt' allowed his "autopilot" mode. There's kind of a higher error rate on the recordings - just check these last Bercy renditions -  and MK is not known for making mistakes. Still, the fresher tune, really well suited for the 9 piece band.

Same situation with Silvertown Blues in 2019

PONO is way trickier than Silvertown, harmonically speaking. Silvertown is in a very well known key for Mark, he was just under-rehearsed and out of form.