3 Chord Trick (Legacy)

[Jules]

See, I love the intro, but I don't think that's why it was a hit. It was a hit because of the riff and the lyrics.

Walk of Life I would argue was a hit because of the keyboard line...

Sent from my Tab2A7-20F using Tapatalk

I recall reading Bicknell saying MK was having fun with a farfisa organ and came up with the famous melody, and that the song was very close to be left out of the record as they consider it as a kind of funny song but not serious enough to be on the record. I can't recall who were the "they" but imagine they had left it out...

About MFN. A song is the sum of all the parts. What made the song famous was the guitar riff and the lyrics, but the intro is also well known, and an important part of it, at least until 1990 that dissapeared for the first time 

[JF]

Yes I'm quite 100% sure that the walk of line organ melody is by Mark
about Industrial disease, I have more doubts, and won't be surprised if Alan gave the idea.
On the contrary, the organ melody at the start of it never rains, seems to come from the guitar line, so by Mark

and what about the sax melody on your latest trick ?....do you think Mark played it on guitar to Brecker ?

[Jules]

Yes I'm quite 100% sure that the walk of line organ melody is by Mark
about Industrial disease, I have more doubts, and won't be surprised if Alan gave the idea.
On the contrary, the organ melody at the start of it never rains, seems to come from the guitar line, so by Mark

and what about the sax melody on your latest trick ?....do you think Mark played it on guitar to Brecker ?

probably.

[Eddie Fox]

I'm positively sure Mark wrote the Walk of Life intro/riff, he's said it himself a couple of times in interviews.

It's tricky territory. When I think of Layla for instance the very first thing that pops up is the guitar riff - but Clapton didn't write that, Duane Allman did. For some reason I don't understand Allman was never credited for that...

[Eddie Fox]

See, I love the intro, but I don't think that's why it was a hit. It was a hit because of the riff and the lyrics.

Walk of Life I would argue was a hit because of the keyboard line...

Sent from my Tab2A7-20F using Tapatalk

I recall reading Bicknell saying MK was having fun with a farfisa organ and came up with the famous melody, and that the song was very close to be left out of the record as they consider it as a kind of funny song but not serious enough to be on the record. I can't recall who were the "they" but imagine they had left it out...

About MFN. A song is the sum of all the parts. What made the song famous was the guitar riff and the lyrics, but the intro is also well known, and an important part of it, at least until 1990 that dissapeared for the first time 

Didn't Mark explain how the intro was created before announcing Sting in the Montserrat concert?

[Jules]

See, I love the intro, but I don't think that's why it was a hit. It was a hit because of the riff and the lyrics.

Walk of Life I would argue was a hit because of the keyboard line...

Sent from my Tab2A7-20F using Tapatalk

I recall reading Bicknell saying MK was having fun with a farfisa organ and came up with the famous melody, and that the song was very close to be left out of the record as they consider it as a kind of funny song but not serious enough to be on the record. I can't recall who were the "they" but imagine they had left it out...

About MFN. A song is the sum of all the parts. What made the song famous was the guitar riff and the lyrics, but the intro is also well known, and an important part of it, at least until 1990 that dissapeared for the first time 

Didn't Mark explain how the intro was created before announcing Sting in the Montserrat concert?

I'm not sure. I think what he told was that Sting happened to be on holydays at Montserrat and he came up at the studio to say Hi and ended singing in MFN.

I read somewhere that Sting was looking for Omar Hakim to play with him but he didn't manage to find him, and when in Montserrat he discovered he was there recording with DS!!! Sting met Omar there and agreed to join his band.

[PensaGhost]

I recall reading Bicknell saying MK was having fun with a farfisa organ and came up with the famous melody

Wrong, it was created by Alan Clark with the contribution of Mickey Mouse and Chewbacca

[Jules]

I recall reading Bicknell saying MK was having fun with a farfisa organ and came up with the famous melody

Wrong, it was created by Alan Clark with the contribution of Mickey Mouse and Chewbacca

I was wondering... If you run away from here again, and after a while come back... Would you name yourself Pensaghost ghost?

[PensaGhost]

I recall reading Bicknell saying MK was having fun with a farfisa organ and came up with the famous melody

Wrong, it was created by Alan Clark with the contribution of Mickey Mouse and Chewbacca

I was wondering... If you run away from here again, and after a while come back... Would you name yourself Pensaghost ghost?

I will ask Alan Clark, he has good ideas

[Jules]

I recall reading Bicknell saying MK was having fun with a farfisa organ and came up with the famous melody

Wrong, it was created by Alan Clark with the contribution of Mickey Mouse and Chewbacca

I was wondering... If you run away from here again, and after a while come back... Would you name yourself Pensaghost ghost?

I will ask Alan Clark, he has good ideas

And if you run away then, you could be the ghost of Pensaghost ghost.

Don't forget to delete all your ghosts posts, ghost.

[PensaGhost]

I recall reading Bicknell saying MK was having fun with a farfisa organ and came up with the famous melody

Wrong, it was created by Alan Clark with the contribution of Mickey Mouse and Chewbacca

I was wondering... If you run away from here again, and after a while come back... Would you name yourself Pensaghost ghost?

I will ask Alan Clark, he has good ideas

And if you run away then, you could be the ghost of Pensaghost ghost.

Don't forget to delete all your ghosts posts, ghost.

You Should Relax

[Jules]

I recall reading Bicknell saying MK was having fun with a farfisa organ and came up with the famous melody

Wrong, it was created by Alan Clark with the contribution of Mickey Mouse and Chewbacca

You should relax too, ghost.

[PensaGhost]

I recall reading Bicknell saying MK was having fun with a farfisa organ and came up with the famous melody

Wrong, it was created by Alan Clark with the contribution of Mickey Mouse and Chewbacca

You should relax too, ghost.

man, I can joke as much as I want and delete my posts as much as I want, none of your business

[Eddie Fox]

See, I love the intro, but I don't think that's why it was a hit. It was a hit because of the riff and the lyrics.

Walk of Life I would argue was a hit because of the keyboard line...

Sent from my Tab2A7-20F using Tapatalk

I recall reading Bicknell saying MK was having fun with a farfisa organ and came up with the famous melody, and that the song was very close to be left out of the record as they consider it as a kind of funny song but not serious enough to be on the record. I can't recall who were the "they" but imagine they had left it out...

About MFN. A song is the sum of all the parts. What made the song famous was the guitar riff and the lyrics, but the intro is also well known, and an important part of it, at least until 1990 that dissapeared for the first time 

Didn't Mark explain how the intro was created before announcing Sting in the Montserrat concert?

I'm not sure. I think what he told was that Sting happened to be on holydays at Montserrat and he came up at the studio to say Hi and ended singing in MFN.

I read somewhere that Sting was looking for Omar Hakim to play with him but he didn't manage to find him, and when in Montserrat he discovered he was there recording with DS!!! Sting met Omar there and agreed to join his band.

He’s kinda vague about the process but he basically says he came up with the idea and would really like to get Sting to sing in it. But as I said before, it’s a process. Mark has the ideas, shows them to the band, gives some directions and voila. At least that’s what happens in general according to the man himself.

[Jules]

I recall reading Bicknell saying MK was having fun with a farfisa organ and came up with the famous melody

Wrong, it was created by Alan Clark with the contribution of Mickey Mouse and Chewbacca

You should relax too, ghost.

man, I can joke as much as I want and delete my posts as much as I want, none of your business

I might had listened a ghost whisper or something