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Re: What is everyone's least favorite MK songs?
« Reply #60 on: March 04, 2013, 12:28:30 AM »
I remember singing All that matters to my oldest son on the day he was born, and it's still true, him and his brother are all that matters. :)

Love and happiness has a similar message.
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Re: What is everyone's least favorite MK songs?
« Reply #61 on: March 12, 2013, 09:57:23 AM »
Hey Nababo, being a father is one of the best experiences in life. Best wishes for a safe delivery! It's all that matters.

As for songs, I only chose "One world". I have many skippers now, but when I was buying the DS albums little by little with my lunch money, I always listened to them from beginning to end, without skipping. So I can't quite put my finger on the ones that just wore off, from heavy playing and over listening(Except WOL, Heavy Fuel, the Bug and Calling Elvis, which were skippers after only a couple of years, so probably dislike them) . That is why I couldn't vote for any solo songs. I have doubts if I have heard them enough to let them sink in. But truth be told from all songs, I could never stand One world, right from the start.
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Re: What is everyone's least favorite MK songs?
« Reply #62 on: March 12, 2013, 03:29:48 PM »
Hey Nababo, being a father is one of the best experiences in life. Best wishes for a safe delivery! It's all that matters.

Thanks, Greek man! She's expected to be here at the end of May, beggining of June. I'll let you know.
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Re: What is everyone's least favorite MK songs?
« Reply #63 on: March 12, 2013, 05:52:47 PM »
Hey Nababo, being a father is one of the best experiences in life. Best wishes for a safe delivery! It's all that matters.

As for songs, I only chose "One world". I have many skippers now, but when I was buying the DS albums little by little with my lunch money, I always listened to them from beginning to end, without skipping. So I can't quite put my finger on the ones that just wore off, from heavy playing and over listening(Except WOL, Heavy Fuel, the Bug and Calling Elvis, which were skippers after only a couple of years, so probably dislike them) . That is why I couldn't vote for any solo songs. I have doubts if I have heard them enough to let them sink in. But truth be told from all songs, I could never stand One world, right from the start.

well I like One world. I know many people find it the worse song by MK (Dusty ?), but I must admit I like it.
Maybe lyrics are weak,but no matter for me, I like the funky-bluesy mood, with that dirty tone, a stratish drived tone, not that overused les paul tone.
BTW Mark played Jack Sonni'strat on it :
http://www.mk-guitar.com/2012/06/08/guitar-and-amp-used-for-the-solos-on-one-world/

And... I like Walk of life too...

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Re: What is everyone's least favorite MK songs?
« Reply #64 on: March 12, 2013, 09:38:40 PM »
always liked one world, never understood the general aversion
any Knopfler, Floyd or Dylan will do....

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Re: What is everyone's least favorite MK songs?
« Reply #65 on: March 12, 2013, 09:55:53 PM »
When it comes to taste it is strictly personal. There's so many worlds, so many different suns  but we have got one world, but we prefer to go to Mars.
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Re: What is everyone's least favorite MK songs?
« Reply #66 on: March 13, 2013, 04:12:02 PM »
I am used to hate WOL but it is more the way it is played than the song itself.
The Mandela Concert version with Eric's blazing soli sound just awesome.
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Re: What is everyone's least favorite MK songs?
« Reply #67 on: March 13, 2013, 06:26:14 PM »
always liked one world, never understood the general aversion
+1
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Re: What is everyone's least favorite MK songs?
« Reply #68 on: March 13, 2013, 08:33:45 PM »
always liked one world, never understood the general aversion
+1
Best bass playing in a DS record

For sure it is Tony Levin playing on it, not "then broken thumb"John!

Listen to the live version and see the difference...
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Re: What is everyone's least favorite MK songs?
« Reply #69 on: March 13, 2013, 09:32:49 PM »
One world is in fact a blues or Rhythm and blues/soul song. Both lyrics and its stracture. I don't much care about lyrics on BiA album anyway, they are by far the weakest in DS discography(I quite like the lyrics of YLT). So I would really like to see it transformed in its original form, and not with this instrumentation and production. I know it is only personal taste,I don't try to convince anyone, but when I try to be more objective about the quality of some songs of my favourite artists, I always ask myself this question: Would I even notice or listen this song if it was recorded from an unknown artist? I know that all in all the question  is very subjective, but it is the best thing I can come up,
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Re: What is everyone's least favorite MK songs?
« Reply #70 on: March 13, 2013, 10:16:13 PM »
I am used to hate WOL but it is more the way it is played than the song itself.
The Mandela Concert version with Eric's blazing soli sound just awesome.
Mandela is my fav WOL version too

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Re: What is everyone's least favorite MK songs?
« Reply #71 on: March 13, 2013, 10:17:40 PM »
always liked one world, never understood the general aversion
+1
Best bass playing in a DS record

For sure it is Tony Levin playing on it, not "then broken thumb"John!

Listen to the live version and see the difference...

Agree, Didn't like the live versions

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Re: What is everyone's least favorite MK songs?
« Reply #72 on: March 14, 2013, 06:28:26 PM »
always liked one world, never understood the general aversion
+1
Best bass playing in a DS record
For sure it is Tony Levin playing on it, not "then broken thumb"John!

Listen to the live version and see the difference...

Agree, Didn't like the live versions

The live versions were great  ;D It sounds a bit empty on the record with only one guitar and not much of rhytm except for that funky bass. The live versions were very powerful.

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Re: What is everyone's least favorite MK songs?
« Reply #73 on: March 14, 2013, 07:11:37 PM »
The live versions were great  ;D It sounds a bit empty on the record with only one guitar and not much of rhytm except for that funky bass. The live versions were very powerful.

Nevertheless, I think he could get some fancy notes on his guitar
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Re: What is everyone's least favorite MK songs?
« Reply #74 on: March 14, 2013, 07:49:53 PM »
The live versions were great  ;D It sounds a bit empty on the record with only one guitar and not much of rhytm except for that funky bass. The live versions were very powerful.

Nevertheless, I think he could get some fancy notes on his guitar

The lead licks on the album One World is great for sure. Would have like a separate rhytm guitar though.

 

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