Teenage Cancer Trust /Buddy Holly Fundation charity project

[Jules]

Do this make it the longest Mark Knopfler recording since Telegraph Road?

In the sky or follow the ribbon?

[Robson]

Do this make it the longest Mark Knopfler recording since Telegraph Road?

In the sky or follow the ribbon?

They are shorter 

[quizzaciously]

I think that Guy must had a very problematic time having so many guitar solos from so many different players to mix... wow, how do you choose which one goes where? Imagine each of them played 12 excellent solos, but you have to choose one, and where do you mix that one?

Wow, the size of this project is big, even more difficult to record a whole record with less say 12 songs, that would give you more room to everybody, but mix all those people's solos in a 9 minutes song? challenging!

According to the snippet, it could be some solos played at the same time in this "trade licks" fashion, which is not the best solution, but works I guess. How else you can put so many guitar players on one 9-minute track anyway? And apparently, including a big input from Jeff Beck, who died before the track was released, that's how long it took to make.

[El Macho]

I read in this French article that Mark , Bruce , Andy Taylor, Joan Jett sing. Do you think MK wrote lyrics for this special version of Going Home ?
https://www-nostalgie-fr.cdn.ampproject.org/v/s/www.nostalgie.fr/amp/mark-knopfler-monte-un-incroyable-supergroupe-pour-un-single-caritatif-70249821?amp_js_v=0.1#webview=1&cap=swipe

[Robson]

I read in this French article that Mark , Bruce , Andy Taylor, Joan Jett sing. Do you think MK wrote lyrics for this special version of Going Home ?
https://www-nostalgie-fr.cdn.ampproject.org/v/s/www.nostalgie.fr/amp/mark-knopfler-monte-un-incroyable-supergroupe-pour-un-single-caritatif-70249821?amp_js_v=0.1#webview=1&cap=swipe

 

[Jules]

I read in this French article that Mark , Bruce , Andy Taylor, Joan Jett sing. Do you think MK wrote lyrics for this special version of Going Home ?
https://www-nostalgie-fr.cdn.ampproject.org/v/s/www.nostalgie.fr/amp/mark-knopfler-monte-un-incroyable-supergroupe-pour-un-single-caritatif-70249821?amp_js_v=0.1#webview=1&cap=swipe

LOL

That would be so great 😃

[El Macho]

Guy’s fast answer !

Hi Guy
I read in an article that MK, Bruce S and others sing in Going Home ? Did Mark especially write lyrics for this 9 minutes long version of Going Home ?
Thanks ?

There are no lyrics in Going Home. No-one is singing, just wailing

[dustyvalentino]

So even The Wailers are on the record.

Truly an amazing line up.

[JF]

So even The Wailers are on the record.

Truly an amazing line up.

 

[Beryl]

Obviously I'm nobody but this looks like a great way to raise money for a great cause but musically speaking I hope the results are not as atrocious as they seem right now. Hundreds of leaks just thrown in. Are we having a list of authors of the licks with the exact minute they appear? A bunch of covers from Buddy Holly or even some blues numbers with two or three people in each one would have been a lot more promising thing from a musical point of view and probably a lot easier for Guy to get on tape and mix.

[ds1984]

Remember that it is just a charity single.

If absolutly nothing had leaked before there would not have been some sort of deception after months of expectations.

An simple and fun thing to do for everybody involved, Guy's excepted.

[quizzaciously]

Remember that it is just a charity single.

If absolutly nothing had leaked before there would not have been some sort of deception after months of expectations.

An simple and fun thing to do for everybody involved, Guy's excepted.

Yes, I think this is a perfect example of how expectations can ruin the whole experience. Personally, I don't expect it to be a masterpiece I'll play on repeat. If you have a few flowers it's great, but when you stack up dozens and dozens of flowers and lock them in a small room, it can be a little bit toxic for your senses... 65 people on the record can be fun only in one case — if it's a philharmonic orchestra and not 60 soloists. Anyway, I want to be wrong, and not in a hurry to hear this single. I wish it to be amazing, raising tons of money and millions of views and listens on all the platforms.

[Jules]

I'm not really much looking forward to this now that is just Going home with 60 people playing, I'll probably have it some listenings but would forget it very soon, as happened with that Bob Harris benwfic single of "Stand by me" also with many people playing on it. Was curious the first listening, I played it a couple more to spot everyone playing or singing but lost the interest very quickly.

If it is a whole record of versions of Buddy Holly played by those people I would had it on repeat on my car cd player for a month or two as it would offer many songs, but just a song, that's going to be boring very quickly.

But as it's a charity thing, I bought all formats, it's a good cause.

[KnopfleRick]

I don't think this record is meant to be played on every radio station day after day to reach the top of the charts.
It's just a wonderful way to raise money for these young people who so desperately need it to hopefully soon can lead the healthy lives they deserve.
We should deeply thank Mark and Guy and all the musicians involved for their commitment as well as the people who are willing to buy this record to help raise much money for this project.
I have already ordered my copy!

[Jules]

Yes, I'm totally in for the charities.

I think it would sold great as probably fans of each musician would buy a copy, that's good news