Playtime Deluxe and Fleetwood Mac

[Tobben]

Couldn’t find this mentioned anywhere else..

I knew I had heard this melody somewhere else.. of course it’s blues. But did Mark just wrote new lyrics to this song?

Rolling man by Fleetwood Mac...



Tobben

[JF]

I would say that both riff/melody are inspired by the classic "Crosscut saw"

[Robson]

Does anyone remember what Mark said before this song?

[Jarle]

Does anyone remember what Mark said before this song?

[Jules]

Guy said in its forum that Playtime deluxe was a new song that sounds like an oldie...

It's not the first time MK gets the melody of an existing song and put his lyrics (miss you blues, Oklahoma ponnie's...).

[Robson]

It is true. And this is marked in the booklet of the album Privateering and Tracker. But he did not say anything at the concert 

[ds1984]

Right, the song is not that original but the performance was refreshing.

[Rail King]

Wow – identical indeed, even the rhythm switch in the middle. Nothing wrong with that - Dylan does it all the time - as long as you give credit where credit is due. Which I'm sure Mark would do, like he did with Miss You Blues or Oklahoma Ponies, if this song should end up on an album. Hearing this now, thought, I doubt it will. Maybe as a bonus track.

Personally, I love song traditions being carried on like this – but only because I know that Mark can deliver original stuff, too. As long as I get both, I'll be happy.

[Love Expresso]

It has a certain taste, a negative one.. He just could have played Crosscut Saw... does anyone think it is really a new MK song now just because of his pretty stupid lyrics? There is absolutely no difference..

LE 

[Eddie Fox]

I wonder what ourselves would say if someone recorded Sultans of Swing changing the lyrics. Because, you know, that's what Mark did there.

[JF]

I wonder what ourselves would say if someone recorded Sultans of Swing changing the lyrics. Because, you know, that's what Mark did there.

using an old blues which is in "common domain" is a different thing than using an original "recent" song imho

[Robson]

Exactly. Thank you Tobben for Rollin Man Fleetwood Mac. I remembered that Thyme Wild Mountain written by Francis McPeake (A Shot At Glory) is marked on the album and of course The Mist Covered Mountains - trad. (Local hero)

[dmg]

I wonder what ourselves would say if someone recorded Sultans of Swing changing the lyrics. Because, you know, that's what Mark did there.

Good point.  I also agree with LE and certainly hope this does NOT appear on the new album.  I have always admired Mark for the very fact he wrote and performed all his own songs and Miss You Blues is already one blot too many.  He must have drawers full of old tunes, melodies and lyrics so I don't understand his reasoning for the likes of MYB or this.

[Robson]

But there have never been covers on his albums. Miss You Blues and Oklahoma Ponies are not cover songs

[dmg]

But there have never been covers on his albums. Miss You Blues and Oklahoma Ponies are not cover songs

Mark sings different lyrics to fit someone else's tune and that's my point - they weren't his songs. Just the same way Dire Straits Legacy play cover songs.