Dire Straits, 1st Album Magic

[dmg]

I always thought that the magic in that record, also in Communiqué and partially on MM and LOG was that those songs were very worked live before they got to the studio. All the songs in the first record were played live on many mamny many concerts, also the songs from the second record, except for Communiqué, that is said to be written while in Nassau, also some songs in Making Movies were played live at the end of the 79 tour (at least Les Boys and Solid Rock) and also TR and the instrumental segment of Private Investigations were played live many times during the previous tour, but that didn't happened with BIA nor with OES, that were songs that arrived very naked to the rehearsals prior to the recording sessions and arranged while being recorded, the same magic wasn't there, probably because the songs were just born.

Everything is correct. But the question remains: why didn't Mark sing this line in the studio?

Could be he simply forgot and was happy with the cut so decided to keep it as is.

[Marijn]

At least that didn't change with the OES record..
"New Orleans.... the other planet, with other life upon it."

[wayaman]

Many thanks James.   I was watching it today and when it came to Southbound Again there was an extra line or so that wasn't on either my original cassette or my 1996 CD :

"That woman's with her lover boy, never want to see her face no more"

Could it have been on the vinyl, perhaps?  Does anyone know?

I might be wrong but, I think there are other songs with missing lyrics in the recorded version but included in the lyrics... Could be "setting me up"?

I'm not sure but it kinda rings a bell to me.

[Robson]

Many thanks James.   I was watching it today and when it came to Southbound Again there was an extra line or so that wasn't on either my original cassette or my 1996 CD :

"That woman's with her lover boy, never want to see her face no more"

Could it have been on the vinyl, perhaps?  Does anyone know?

I might be wrong but, I think there are other songs with missing lyrics in the recorded version but included in the lyrics... Could be "setting me up"?

I'm not sure but it kinda rings a bell to me.

No. In Settin Me Up, the lyrics match what Mark sings. There are no extra lines.

[dmg]

Many thanks James.   I was watching it today and when it came to Southbound Again there was an extra line or so that wasn't on either my original cassette or my 1996 CD :

"That woman's with her lover boy, never want to see her face no more"

Could it have been on the vinyl, perhaps?  Does anyone know?

I might be wrong but, I think there are other songs with missing lyrics in the recorded version but included in the lyrics... Could be "setting me up"?

I'm not sure but it kinda rings a bell to me.

No. In Settin Me Up, the lyrics match what Mark sings. There are no extra lines.

Remember, there's a whole extra verse in the demo version.

[dustyvalentino]

I always thought that the magic in that record, also in Communiqué and partially on MM and LOG was that those songs were very worked live before they got to the studio. All the songs in the first record were played live on many mamny many concerts, also the songs from the second record, except for Communiqué, that is said to be written while in Nassau, also some songs in Making Movies were played live at the end of the 79 tour (at least Les Boys and Solid Rock) and also TR and the instrumental segment of Private Investigations were played live many times during the previous tour, but that didn't happened with BIA nor with OES, that were songs that arrived very naked to the rehearsals prior to the recording sessions and arranged while being recorded, the same magic wasn't there, probably because the songs were just born.

Everything is correct. But the question remains: why didn't Mark sing this line in the studio?

Maybe it got a bit close to the bone. I don’t really want to get into tabloid style speculation but I assume this refers to a situation with his first wife…

[superval99]

I always thought that the magic in that record, also in Communiqué and partially on MM and LOG was that those songs were very worked live before they got to the studio. All the songs in the first record were played live on many mamny many concerts, also the songs from the second record, except for Communiqué, that is said to be written while in Nassau, also some songs in Making Movies were played live at the end of the 79 tour (at least Les Boys and Solid Rock) and also TR and the instrumental segment of Private Investigations were played live many times during the previous tour, but that didn't happened with BIA nor with OES, that were songs that arrived very naked to the rehearsals prior to the recording sessions and arranged while being recorded, the same magic wasn't there, probably because the songs were just born.

Everything is correct. But the question remains: why didn't Mark sing this line in the studio?

Maybe it got a bit close to the bone. I don’t really want to get into tabloid style speculation but I assume this refers to a situation with his first wife…

That crossed my mind too.

[Robson]

Me too:) But I didn't have the courage to write.