"Get Lucky" - Track by track

[goldenheart96]

Wow,
thanks to everyone who was busy translating, Jeroen and Miriam!!
There are some lines which I really think are among the best ones MK has ever written. I think being able to read Mark Knopflers lyrics alone is a good
reason to speak english!

I really think a lot of MK's lyrics are more insightful than some of my English classes at university ever were. It's amazing how much you can learn about history. Also, his ability to weave music and words together in a way that it creates an atmosphere which perfectly fits to the story, the general perception of life during the time in which it takes place and the characters he created is astounding and a fantastic literary quality. LE mentioned "Get Lucky" earlier, that one is a good example. You really see that simple but happy farmer guy walking down the street, sun shining, happiness all the way. My personal favourite is 5:15 am. One of the best short stories I have ever read and which makes me wish MK would write a novel someday. If only all those people complaining how boring MK's music has become and that the ol' Dire Straits days were more entertaining would realise this.

[Love Expresso]

Fully agreed here about 5.15 am! Masterpiece. Alone the what I call "time-tunnel" sequence, when he jumps back in time a hundred years and shows us what REALLY was important to the people at the Tyne is awesome... Oh, could talk about it for (p)ages, but this is not the right thread...

LE

[superval99]

Jeroen, I hope you don't mind if I fill in a few gaps:

On your maypole green
See the winding morrismen
Angry Alfie, Bill and Ken
Waving hankies, sticks and ?
All the earthen roofs

Standing at the crease
The batsman takes a look around
The boys are fielding on homeground
The steeple sharp against the blue
When I think of you

Sam and Andy
Jack and John
Charlie, Martin
Jamie, Ron
Harry, Stephen
Will and Don
Matthew, Michael
On and on

We will remember them, etc....

Time has slipped away
The Summer sky to Autumn yields
A haze of smoke across the fields
Let's sup and fight another round
And walk the stubbled ground

When November brings
The poppies on Remembrance Day
When the vicar comes to say
May God bless them every  one
Lest we forget our sons

We will remember them, etc...

[JeroenvG]

Jeroen, I hope you don't mind if I fill in a few gaps:

Your English is much better then mine. But I wasn't far from the right lyrics.

I did study English but there are so many words I don't know. Thanks for the filling in.

[TommyJ88]

A resonable decision, Pottel, as long as it's not because we discussed the unreleased tracks. I see you changed the reasoning - good! 

Yes, good decision Pottel. I was worried when I read we couldn't discuss the new songs! Hopefully next time only the nasty posts will be deleted instead of the whole topic...there were some interesting posts on that thread.

In case anyone is interested here are my thoughts on the songs after listening non-stop since Tuesday:

Border Reiver: The introduction is (in my opinion) the most beautiful thing MK has done in years, maybe since the Golden Heart album. Very Celtic. Then the band kicks in and it's a great foot-tapping, up-tempo song. It's the most catchy track he has recorded in years and I agree with the person who said it sounded like a sequel to What It Is. This is the one GL song I keep humming and it's probably his best opening song for an album since What It Is. In fact, Border Reiver has gone straight to my list of "all-time favourite MK songs". This would have been my choice for the first single and it would be a great shame if it didn't get played live. I don't think I'd describe it as a rocker, but it has so much more energy than anything on his last few albums. This should get people up and dancing if it's played live.

Hard Shoulder: Not a favourite but it's growing on me. This is one of the few that could easily fit on KTGC. It kinda reminds me of A Place Where We Used To Live. I already rather like it and it gets better every time I listen to it. Mark plays with a plectrum on this one.

You Can

[emilianomk]

someone can write me the lyrics of hard shoulder please?
thanks

[Darling Pretty]

O.K.

Which canadian guy did which mistake on which homepage???
 

[Love Expresso]

@TommyJ88:

Great post! Completely agree with almost everything. You describe the feeling that I had during the "Tuesday-Two-Hour-Late-Night-Free-Show" very exactly.

I looove "Before Gas & TV and long for hearing it again. I had hoped for a song in the style of "Fare Thee Well Northumberland" with its epic build-up,
and here it is. Also "Border Reiver" is very catchy. And the lyrics of "Piper to the End" are REALLY touching. When I heard him sing "this has been a day to die on/ now the day is almost gone/here the pipes will lay beside me/silent with the battle drum I really had a very strong emotion - and the lyrics gave me the feeling that they were more than just lyrics. Sounds maybe absurd but it was like with great... poetry. You feel it somewhere in your stomach, it is a direct sensation in the truest sense of the word. Thanks to the good translation work in this thread I remember again the lines in "So Far From The Clyde", and that song struck me immediately, too. He has a way with maritime themes.

But "Get Lucky" for me stands above all, at the moment. "You win some" is sung so nice, his voice in this song is so warm and friendly and chilled -
I didn

[joanzimm]

Wow, I missed out!  I can't believe so many of you have heard the entire album already!  I will wait ....... I have no choice   I've waited this long, what's another month.  From reading your posts, it sounds like there are some great songs.  I would expect no less from MK!!!!

[TommyJ88]

someone can write me the lyrics of hard shoulder please?
thanks

Hard Shoulder

I've got latches for windows
handles for doors
grinders and scrapers
and sanders for floors

rake for the gravel
chains for the snow
always got the shovel
you never know

I never thought you'd go

man's broken down
man's broken down
on the slip road
got a slip load
and it's a hard shoulder
to cry on

hacksaws and hammers
brushes and mop
and I've got the ladders
up on the top

if something needs doing
I always say
you want it done
the proper way

I need you to stay

man's broken down
man's broken down
on the slip road
got a slip load
and it's a hard shoulder
to cry on

give me a minute
we'll be going again
sound as a bell
right as rain
right as rain

and it's a hard shoulder
to cry on
to cry on

[localhero1986]

The leak on the internet seems to become a real issue. Maybe it's just a promotional thing to make more people buy the deluxe edition! Just kidding. Can't imagine someone really paid no attention putting valuable information online.

[pjh3121]

You could easily tag Monteleone onto the end of Heart Full of Holes and nobody would notice, they sound so alike. The strings are a nice addition, though. 

[Best Brown Baggies]

Is there anyone left like me, who hasn't even listened to Get Lucky yet?
It's driving me mad. Don't know how long i can hang on.

I find myself pacing around the house like an expectant father waiting for the new MK album to be born.!!!!

I need some help.!!!!!!!

I've even tried repeatedly listening to KTGC over and over again, just to listen to see if i'd missed a tiny bit of guitar or something. I've also been listening to the 'A Shot At Glory' soundtrack, purely because some people have said that some of the tracks sound a bit similar just to get me through.

Am i stupid, or should i just give in.?

Cheers   BBB

[dustyvalentino]

Is there anyone left like me, who hasn't even listened to Get Lucky yet?

I've listened to the song Get Lucky, but not the whole album.

[Rollergirl]

Is there anyone left like me, who hasn't even listened to Get Lucky yet?

I've listened to the song Get Lucky, but not the whole album.

Same here. I am enjoying the wait, it's part of the fun I think. I think I have changed my mind about the box, I'll buy it and listen to the album for the first time on vinyl.... can't beat that...