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Author Topic: Do you listen to Tracker anymore ?  (Read 22814 times)

OfflineTJ

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Re: Do you listen to Tracker anymore ?
« Reply #15 on: April 23, 2015, 06:58:25 PM »
Listening to it just about every day.  The last MK album I listened to this much was Shangri-La.  No skippers for me really, Mighty Man was at first but is growing on me.  I do skip Long Cool Girl sometimes.

I particularly enjoy the 3 song stretch of Basil-River Towns-Skydiver.
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Re: Do you listen to Tracker anymore ?
« Reply #16 on: April 23, 2015, 07:23:47 PM »
I'm listening everyday to Tracker. The only skipper for me is Mighty Man, just after the intro. To me it is a versatile collection of songs. Simple lyrics switch to words with deeper meaning. Sure, there could be more guitar work. But, to me, it is something of a 5* menu. The quantities/courses may be tiny, but that keeps you anticipating every note to cherish...
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Re: Do you listen to Tracker anymore ?
« Reply #17 on: April 24, 2015, 12:58:44 AM »
Every evening after work on the way back home.  Mighty Man is often skipped.
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Re: Do you listen to Tracker anymore ?
« Reply #18 on: April 24, 2015, 01:40:57 AM »
Couple of weeks without Tracker now. Just because I hugely over-over-over-listened it right from 10th of March.
But my Deluxe Box is on its way, so I believe I'll get more weeks of listening for it very soon. I miss Chuck Ainlay.

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Re: Do you listen to Tracker anymore ?
« Reply #19 on: April 24, 2015, 02:14:08 AM »
Still can't stop listening to all of it and also playing along to it on the guitar either.....

It most certainly gets better and better..... espeically as it has a few more guitar licks in it than the last few albums albeit very sparse licks!!
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Re: Do you listen to Tracker anymore ?
« Reply #20 on: April 24, 2015, 06:20:22 AM »
After about a week of repeated listening a month ago, i've stopped listening to it. Just a tad bit too mellow for me.  Still loveeee Mark's voice though :)

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Re: Do you listen to Tracker anymore ?
« Reply #21 on: April 24, 2015, 07:14:09 AM »
I listen to it every day.  I have the CD in my car, and I get a little frustrated that my drive to work is too short for any real listening.   ::)
So I go for long runs so I can hear it in its entirety.   ;)
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Re: Do you listen to Tracker anymore ?
« Reply #22 on: April 24, 2015, 02:35:10 PM »
Listening to it on the bus and train. And still surprised by a few tracks and skip a few others.
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Re: Do you listen to Tracker anymore ?
« Reply #23 on: April 25, 2015, 01:42:42 AM »
Not much to be honest, my favourite is still easily Get Lucky.

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Re: Do you listen to Tracker anymore ?
« Reply #24 on: April 25, 2015, 02:01:21 AM »
Not much to be honest, my favourite is still easily Get Lucky.

Wow, I listened Get Lucky in its entirety yesterday, and also thought that it's my favourite album.

Anybody knows why we listen Tracker not-so-much these days? Even the box won't restore my love for it  :think

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Re: Do you listen to Tracker anymore ?
« Reply #25 on: April 25, 2015, 02:15:46 AM »
Before Gas and TV is sublime, all his other celtic stuff pales into insignificance for me.

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Re: Do you listen to Tracker anymore ?
« Reply #26 on: April 25, 2015, 03:25:45 PM »
I find myself listening to other music than Tracker now. It has had it's first run. Don't wanna overplay it.

Now begins the phase where I want to be pleasantly surprised by the live versions. Get them on one stick or two to hear them all over again. And then eventually I'll return to the album again listening to those who were left out from the tour.

Lastly, there will be skippers and those which are added to my personal MK favourites playlist.

Every album has it's own life cycle. The best ones cling on and the other will be there whenever they are needed  :)
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Re: Do you listen to Tracker anymore ?
« Reply #27 on: April 25, 2015, 08:01:12 PM »
I find myself listening to other music than Tracker now. It has had it's first run. Don't wanna overplay it.

Now begins the phase where I want to be pleasantly surprised by the live versions. Get them on one stick or two to hear them all over again. And then eventually I'll return to the album again listening to those who were left out from the tour.

Lastly, there will be skippers and those which are added to my personal MK favourites playlist.

Every album has it's own life cycle. The best ones cling on and the other will be there whenever they are needed  :)

Very true.  The live versions are, mostly, the best versions anyway and I seldom listen to any of the albums. 
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Re: Do you listen to Tracker anymore ?
« Reply #28 on: April 26, 2015, 10:00:17 PM »
I will reiterate - the Emperor's New Clothes. :-) Thats what it is to me. :-[ I have wonderd for a few years is this the beginning of the end? (rhetorical question). It's hard to try and like something for the sake of it. It just doesnt do it for me - I just don't get it. I am of the opinion that the lyrics belong in a poetry book. 

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Re: Do you listen to Tracker anymore ?
« Reply #29 on: April 27, 2015, 03:33:25 PM »
I find myself listening to other music than Tracker now. It has had it's first run. Don't wanna overplay it.

Now begins the phase where I want to be pleasantly surprised by the live versions. Get them on one stick or two to hear them all over again. And then eventually I'll return to the album again listening to those who were left out from the tour.

Lastly, there will be skippers and those which are added to my personal MK favourites playlist.

Every album has it's own life cycle. The best ones cling on and the other will be there whenever they are needed  :)

Very true.  The live versions are, mostly, the best versions anyway and I seldom listen to any of the albums.

Only live versions for me too !  Is there such a thing like a bad version of a live version :hmm.

 

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