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Author Topic: "Get Lucky" - Track by track  (Read 80272 times)

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Re: "Get Lucky" - Track by track
« Reply #90 on: August 16, 2009, 08:35:43 PM »

I think Hard Shoulder is great as is Monteleone (even though it's essentially Heart Full of Holes part 2). The strings really compliment and expand his sound.

You Can't Beat The House is half arsed full stop. It sounds like the sort of thing that he would have thrown away on a B side ten years ago. I'd be interested to see what the 3 extra tracks on the deluxe set are like in the light of that.

I really like Monteleone. Much better track than Heart Full of Holes IMO, and not particularly similar apart from that one line of melody and the fact that they are both mid-tempo waltzes.
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Re: "Get Lucky" - Track by track
« Reply #91 on: August 16, 2009, 09:13:54 PM »


 The Car Was The One 4:02

In the summer of
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And she's sitting in her Lusso, in the early morning sun.

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Re: "Get Lucky" - Track by track
« Reply #92 on: August 16, 2009, 10:05:24 PM »
More useful info, thanks again.

If you could explain Cleaning My Gun next, that would be great.  ;)

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Re: "Get Lucky" - Track by track
« Reply #93 on: August 16, 2009, 10:16:02 PM »
As I didn't listened to the whole album yet, I'm afraid I can't help right now. Is it just me  ;) or is anyone thinking too, that unscrambling the lyrics of MK is really interesting?!


If you could explain Cleaning My Gun next, that would be great.  ;)
EDIT: Ok, I figured that out - late but finally.  Being not a native speaker, I tend to get the drift slowly ;D
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Re: "Get Lucky" - Track by track
« Reply #94 on: August 16, 2009, 10:45:38 PM »

I think Hard Shoulder is great as is Monteleone (even though it's essentially Heart Full of Holes part 2). The strings really compliment and expand his sound.

You Can't Beat The House is half arsed full stop. It sounds like the sort of thing that he would have thrown away on a B side ten years ago. I'd be interested to see what the 3 extra tracks on the deluxe set are like in the light of that.

I really like Monteleone. Much better track than Heart Full of Holes IMO, and not particularly similar apart from that one line of melody and the fact that they are both mid-tempo waltzes.

Yes, Monteleone is much better than Heart Full of Holes but I still think it could be tagged onto the end of that song as a coda and no-one would notice they were two different songs.


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Re: "Get Lucky" - Track by track
« Reply #95 on: August 16, 2009, 10:52:20 PM »
Just have to agree to disagree! I think Monteleone is a much more lush and happy sounding song, each to their own.  :)
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Re: "Get Lucky" - Track by track
« Reply #96 on: August 17, 2009, 09:41:56 PM »
Seriously if I ever met MK I would snap all his plectrums in half.

Awesome idea! You take the plectrums, I rip out all his whammy bars  ;D



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Re: "Get Lucky" - Track by track
« Reply #97 on: August 17, 2009, 10:48:41 PM »
Cleaning my gun is the only song that I like the less...I think it doesn
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Re: "Get Lucky" - Track by track
« Reply #98 on: August 18, 2009, 04:11:29 PM »
Seriously if I ever met MK I would snap all his plectrums in half.

Awesome idea! You take the plectrums, I rip out all his whammy bars  ;D




Ha...I know this. House Episode 'Alone'  ;D

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Re: "Get Lucky" - Track by track
« Reply #99 on: August 21, 2009, 02:01:04 PM »
After listening to the tracks in my car it's growing on me. There are some beautiful songs on it, also some boring ones inmy opinion, but I will give them some more time  :)

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Re: "Get Lucky" - Track by track
« Reply #100 on: August 21, 2009, 02:02:29 PM »
Some of the songs are really getting under my skin... in the past few days I've had Piper Till The End, The Car Was the One and Remembrance Day stuck in my head at various points.

The only song that I haven't really got into so far is Gas and TV.
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Re: "Get Lucky" - Track by track
« Reply #101 on: August 21, 2009, 02:18:46 PM »
I also wake up with the tune of Remembrance Day. Get Lucky is one of my faves too.

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Re: "Get Lucky" - Track by track
« Reply #102 on: August 21, 2009, 02:26:33 PM »
Some of the songs are really getting under my skin...

GL must be a classic to be getting under that skin ;) ;D ;D :o
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Re: "Get Lucky" - Track by track
« Reply #103 on: August 21, 2009, 03:02:28 PM »
GL must be a classic to be getting under that skin ;) ;D ;D :o

lol, fortunately it's pretty thick... not as much of it as you have though. ;)
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Re: "Get Lucky" - Track by track
« Reply #104 on: August 21, 2009, 03:04:39 PM »
Ok...ive relented and ended up listening to it......

The only "skipper" so far is 'You cant beat the house' - the rest....oh yes....i like! ;D
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