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| Tweet Topic Started: Thursday, 11. May 2017, 12:23 (653 Views) | |
| qjamesfloyd | Thursday, 11. May 2017, 12:23 Post #1 |
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Guy has stated that they have this week done some guitar work for the band The Killers, that should be exciting. For those not in the know, The Killers are known to be fans of Mark as they has recorded a version of Romeo & Juliet for there 2007 album Sawdust. |
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| qjamesfloyd | Friday, 19. May 2017, 07:35 Post #2 |
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The new album from The Killers is currently being mixed, so hopefully we should be able to hear Mark's contribution in the next few months. |
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| qjamesfloyd | Sunday, 11. June 2017, 05:33 Post #3 |
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The new album from The Killers is to be release 20th September 2017. Still no news on Mark's contribution yet. |
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| qjamesfloyd | Friday, 30. June 2017, 12:43 Post #4 |
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The song Mark plays on is called "Have All The Songs Been Written?" |
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| suprlinda | Friday, 30. June 2017, 14:19 Post #5 |
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I found a YouTube sample of it. It was played in concert last summer. Unfortunately, it is only just under 2 minutes long, and the very end of the song - the lead singer and a piano. With only that amount, it is hard to imagine what Mark's addition does to it. Have All The Songs Been Written? |
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| qjamesfloyd | Saturday, 1. July 2017, 05:24 Post #6 |
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I will resist the temptation to listen to that and wait until I hear the final version with Mark :) Should be worth a listen though. |
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| Stanko | Saturday, 1. July 2017, 18:58 Post #7 |
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I will also :P |
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| suprlinda | Thursday, 3. August 2017, 12:01 Post #8 |
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Hi, all. I noticed a mention of the Killers' album that Mark contributed to. The release date has been changed slightly from the 20th to the 22nd of September. Also, it was mentioned that both the track that Mark appears on and the album title are the same, Have All The Songs Been Written? |
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| qjamesfloyd | Thursday, 3. August 2017, 13:05 Post #9 |
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Thanks for the update Linda. |
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| superval99 | Thursday, 3. August 2017, 14:52 Post #10 |
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Amazon has the album title as "Wonderful, Wonderful" . |
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| suprlinda | Thursday, 3. August 2017, 19:51 Post #11 |
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Thanks for the correction, Val. It had appeared to be from a site that would have the right album name, but you are right. The Killers' website also has Wonderful, Wonderful. |
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| qjamesfloyd | Saturday, 5. August 2017, 08:39 Post #12 |
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Also, the song is 4:09 long. |
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| qjamesfloyd | Thursday, 21. September 2017, 16:17 Post #13 |
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Just a quick reminder, this album is released tomorrow, so we get to hear some new Mark Knopfler guitar playing :rockon: |
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| qjamesfloyd | Monday, 25. September 2017, 07:01 Post #14 |
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Review of Have All The Songs Been Written: The songs starts with some gentle keyboard, and Brandon Flowers sings the first line which is the song title, about 35 seconds in, you get to hear a guitar lick, and it is without doubt Mark Knopfler :rockon: the sound is so distinctive. Mark continues to play some lovely bluesy guitar phrases as Brandon sings. At 1:30 the tempo increases and some subtle programmed drums are introduced. Guy has stated Mark is playing his new Signature Les Paul prototype no.1 2:34 in and the whole band join in with real drums and rhythm guitars, and multiple voices, and it gets bigger at 3:30 with Mark playing lovely guitar all over it :rockon: with the sound of Mark Knopfler bringing it to a close. To me this firstly is a classic song from The Killers, very much in their style, and when you add the wonderful wonderful (Pun intended) guitar of Mark Knopfler into the mix, it is great. I am really liking this track, and I can understand why they wanted Mark to play on it. |
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