Official lyrics (**SPOILER**)

[superval99]

I am far from understanding what they all are about, but I guess that lyricallywise, this album is very dark, angry, bitter and has almost the feel of judgement day. I find nothing uplifting, beautiful or just positive.
Seems he has indeed become quite grumpy..

Sky and Water, Privateering part 2? About the Mutiny on the Bounty? Mutiny once more...

LE

I agree with you. The other day i reader all lyrics and the general feeling was like negative portraits or bad feelings, I don't know how to describe... Like if I wasn't reader Peter Gabriel lyrics instead of MK's...

OES had pretty depressing lyrics too!   Of course MK knew that it was the end for DS, also his marriage was ending and he was tired of the whole touring thing!  Who could blame him for writing such lyrics at that time!      A very good album emerged, though!   

[Jules]

I am far from understanding what they all are about, but I guess that lyricallywise, this album is very dark, angry, bitter and has almost the feel of judgement day. I find nothing uplifting, beautiful or just positive.
Seems he has indeed become quite grumpy..

Sky and Water, Privateering part 2? About the Mutiny on the Bounty? Mutiny once more...

LE

I agree with you. The other day i reader all lyrics and the general feeling was like negative portraits or bad feelings, I don't know how to describe... Like if I wasn't reader Peter Gabriel lyrics instead of MK's...

OES had pretty depressing lyrics too!   Of course MK knew that it was the end for DS, also his marriage was ending and he was tired of the whole touring thing!  Who could blame him for writing such lyrics at that time!      A very good album emerged, though!   

I'm fan of Ryan Adams and there is a say about him, something like "the saddest and miserablest it's his life, the better his records are". And it's more or less true. When he was on drugs and having a bad personal time he did his best records until today and his recent records while his marriage was falling down are the best in years...

[JF]

I didn'tpay attention to the lyrics because of my poor understanding, but if you say that lyrics are bitter like on the OES album, it would fit my musical impression...

[JF]

I love floating away.
there's indeed a female singing the "floating away" line, along with Mark
I didn't pay much attention because there were other female singing on oher songs, so I thougt it was the same girl
But now I am listening to it again, and indeed it sounds like Ruth Moody ! strange that she sing only two words, two or three times in the song
there are also "ouh" background vocals

laid back song; it makes me thinks to Blood and water and Someday (on the JJ cale tribute)
very nice piano and synth licks, and guitar of course

[Jules]

I love floating away.
there's indeed a female singing the "floating away" line, along with Mark
I didn't pay much attention because there were other female singing on oher songs, so I thougt it was the same girl
But now I am listening to it again, and indeed it sounds like Ruth Moody ! strange that she sing only two words, two or three times in the song
there are also "ouh" background vocals

laid back song; it makes me thinks to Blood and water and Someday (on the JJ cale tribute)
very nice piano and synth licks, and guitar of course

According to the credits, it's Imelda May

11.Floating Away 5.02

Richard Bennett, Guitar
Ian Thomas, Drums
Imelda May, Background Vocalist
Glenn Worf, Bass Guitar
Mark Knopfler, Guitar, Vocals
Jim Cox, Piano
Danny Cummings, Percussion
Guy Fletcher, Synthesizer

[Love Expresso]

Maybe it was a Tracker left-over with Ruth but used now.

LE

[Jules]

Maybe it was a Tracker left-over with Ruth but used now.

LE

It's the Canadian team that manage the official site, in going to bet they copied and pasted the format from tracker songs and they forgot to delete the "featuring Ruth Moody" from Wherever I Go.

[Love Expresso]

You said so already  but JF also is pretty sure that it is indeed Ruth's voice.

LE

[Jules]

You said so already  but JF also is pretty sure that it is indeed Ruth's voice.

LE

And Guy, who produced the record, says Ruth is not in the record. MK, who plays, sings and produced the record says Imelda sung in a couple of times, and the credits says Imelda sings in that song...

What should I believe?

 

[Jules]

You said so already  but JF also is pretty sure that it is indeed Ruth's voice.

LE

I knew you would ask Guy, LOL

Well done. I hope you are lucky and get answers to both questions...

[skydiver]

Guy has said many times that he is not involved in the marketing of Mark's releases.
Maybe it would be better to put these kind of questions and complaints to the management instead of bothering Guy.
I don't want to criticize anybody here, I am just very sorry for Guy.

[Love Expresso]

I am aware of that, thought about it and decided to ask him nevertheless as I think a correct Marketing without mistakes is of interest for him.

LE

[Jules]

I always believed that it's a big nonsense that MK official site is settled in Canada and run by Canadians as they are not only very far from MK main office in the UK but also in a different time, but what is the biggest nonsense ever is that all that is sold from the offial website is dispatched from Canada, including the presale tickets that sometimes jump the ocean twice before they get to your house...

A fan living next door to MK management office that buy presale from them would have their tickets sent to Canada from the UK, next to his house, and then from Canada to the UK again, for example...

[JF]

Yes I said it "sounds" like Ruth, but of course I can't be sure, it's just two words you know, and blended with Mark's voice...

[markie]

Hello good evening,

Thank you very much  i am very pleased! While I'm listening to Baby Right Now  with Emmy Lou Harris,!!!