(1) Two pairs of hands

[Robson]

Thank you jbaent

I don't know what Mark was trying to say in this song 

[jbaent]

Lyrics again pointing to be playing in a band?

[Robson]

'Two Pairs of Hands’ would just be a song trying to explain what it’s like coping with all of the info and trying to collate everything when you’re standing in the middle of the stage with a huge band. You’ve got a big audience around you and you’re just trying to process all of this stuff at the same time.’

[dustyvalentino]

All the songs about being in a band come out once he stops playing in a band! (Live anyway)

[Robson]

All the songs about being in a band come out once he stops playing in a band! (Live anyway)

He's still in the band.

[hunter v2.0]

A 'stock' Knopfler tune with some 'stock' licks and a groove straight out of Band-in-a-Box. Lyrically weak. If he's trying to convey the drama and excitement of playing in front of a big crowd, he seriously failed IMO. He might as well have tried to explain how to replace a bin liner.

[Love Expresso]

Agree about the weak lyrics. At least I don't find them interesting in any way or form, let alone "deep"...

Every single song on Tracker f.e. has "deeper" lyrics.

LE

[quizzaciously]

Lyrics again pointing to be playing in a band?

3 songs in a row released about the same topic might be a new world record...

[hunter v2.0]

And from a man who's never looking back  He's on a nostalgia trip.

[Silvertown]

And from a man who's never looking back  He's on a nostalgia trip.

Good point actually.

[dmg]

Agree about the weak lyrics. At least I don't find them interesting in any way or form, let alone "deep"...

Every single song on Tracker f.e. has "deeper" lyrics.

LE

Revised album title:  One Shallow River.

[superval99]

DTRW was a huge disappointment for me.  Yes, there were some songs I liked but not very many compared to the previous album, Tracker, which I still listen to including the bonus songs and consider it to be a masterpiece.   I like what I have heard from the new album so far and I hope it won't be another disappointment.

[hunter v2.0]

The good thing about this album is that it will be considerably shorter than his previous ones because it needs to fit on vinyl. I can appreciate "slow and low-key", in the right moment, but then the album mustn't drag. Shorter running time helps to avoid that.

[dmg]

The good thing about this album is that it will be considerably shorter than his previous ones because it needs to fit on vinyl. I can appreciate "slow and low-key", in the right moment, but then the album mustn't drag. Shorter running time helps to avoid that.

So are you saying we're not getting guitar solos and extra songs due to the vinyl nerds on here? 

[hunter v2.0]

The good thing about this album is that it will be considerably shorter than his previous ones because it needs to fit on vinyl. I can appreciate "slow and low-key", in the right moment, but then the album mustn't drag. Shorter running time helps to avoid that.

So are you saying we're not getting guitar solos and extra songs due to the vinyl nerds on here? 

Blame it on the damn hipsters