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I just heard a song from Knopfler's new album. Rather than a Youtube link I'll paste the lyrics. The song is about a historical event (I knew nothing about it). Like many of Knopfler's songs you could practically make a movie from it. The movie The Founder was from a book but only because one of the writers or producers heard "Boom Like That" and decided it needed to be a movie. There are quotes in the movie taken directly from the song.
I'm only posting the lyrics to this song because when I read the last two lines, it just blew me away with respect to what a talented songwriter he must be. The song is called Tunnel 13
In the Siskiyou Mountains, the old railroad winds
Through the golds of the maples and the green of the pines
Up to Tunnel 13, the Southern she climbs
And three bandits waiting with evil in mind
The D'Autremont brothers had chosen their road
Chosen to live by a criminal code
Word was the mail car was loaded with gold
The brothers had heard it, or had maybe been told
They wanted no witnesses, that was a fact
The brothers were bent on a barbarous act
Gold there was none, only sadness and tears
And the law coming after them year after year
Three bandits, hearts filled with resentment and hate
Killed mail clerk Elvyn Daugherty, engineer Sydney Bates
With shotgun and pistols, they were panicking when
They killed brakeman Coyle Johnson and fireman Marvin Seng
Robbing and looting is as old as the hills
They're still jumping freight trains with crowbars and drills
A hundred years later in Downtown LA
They rob the Union Pacific damn near every day
Four good men lay murdered in the dogwoods and pines
Leaving widows and children and heartbreak behind
Tunnel 13 is the place in the song
Where the beautiful redwood for my guitar came from-
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6 hours ago, Tiberius said:
Written language
And by extension, music.
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If there ever was an All Star band, this one has to be it (certainly wins for quantity).
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This is a charity benefit song for teen cancer. If you're not familiar with the song, it is from the soundtrack to Local Hero and Knopfler often plays it as the final encore in his concerts. I think the list of contributors qualifies as impressive.
QuoteFull list of contributors: Joan Armatrading, Jeff Beck, Richard Bennett, Joe Bonamassa, Joe Brown, James Burton, Jonathan Cain, Paul Carrack, Eric Clapton, Ry Cooder, Jim Cox, Steve Cropper, Sheryl Crow, Danny Cummings, Roger Daltrey, Duane Eddy, Sam Fender, Guy Fletcher, Peter Frampton, Audley Freed, Vince Gill, David Gilmour, Buddy Guy, Keiji Haino, Tony Iommi, Joan Jett, John Jorgenson, Mark Knopfler, Sonny Landreth, Albert Lee, Greg Leisz, Alex Lifeson, Steve Lukather, Phil Manzanera, Dave Mason, Hank Marvin, Brian May, Robbie McIntosh, John McLaughlin, Tom Morello, Rick Nielsen, Orianthi, Brad Paisley, Nile Rodgers, Mike Rutherford, Joe Satriani, John Sebastian, Connor Selby, Slash, Bruce Springsteen, Ringo Starr and Zak Starkey, Sting, Andy Taylor, Susan Tedeschi and Derek Trucks, Ian Thomas, Pete Townshend, Keith Urban, Steve Vai, Waddy Wachtel, Joe Louis Walker, Joe Walsh, Ronnie Wood, Glenn Worf, Zucchero.
And, in a great honour, the track opens with Jeff Beck’s final recording.
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For those too young to have had the opportunity to see 1980's concerts, here is one to show you what they were like. A lot of depth. They even have a little game of Name That Tune worked in from 1:27 until 3:23.
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I swear the songs that don't quite make the cut on a Mark Knopfler album other than as bonus tracks are still some of the most well written and played songs to be heard. I just stumbled across another one.
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Two of the greatest guitarists ever, two of the greatest singers, Michael McDonald on the keys. It was only one song but I’d call this a supergroup.
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It's just 15 seconds of a coming attraction. Pause the video toward the end to see the list of players.
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I chose this place to call my own
The only grace I've ever known
I never tire of legends grown
We dream too much and time has flown
Eiledon, I will be there
Eiledon, my dream is there
So let me fill my children's hearts
With heroes' tales, and hope it starts
A fire in them so deeds are done
With no vain sighs for moments gone -
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You took a look at me
I took a look at you
Now I just can’t see
What a man’s supposed to doLong, cool girl
I like to say her name
Long, cool girl
With a showgirl frame -
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A long time ago came a man on a track
Walking thirty miles with a sack on his back
And he put down his load where he thought it was the best
He made a home in the wilderness -
I stumbled across an impressive piano cover of a song I consider among the best compositions I've ever heard from a contemporary artist. I posted the original too in case you haven't heard it. This is not Jimmy Page but Happy Birthday to Jimmy Page.
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Darlin' oh darlin'
Won't you come back my way
It's been ever so lonely
Since you went away
My heart is a breakin'
I miss your sweet face
My arms are an achin'
For your sweet embrace -
in addition to the video, Zombie by The Cranberries is very sad but has a rock sound.
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Twenty-two years we've sung the word
Since nineteen thirty-one
Amen, I say amen
Now the young folk want to praise the Lord
With guitar, bass and drums, amen
Well I'll never get tired of Jesus
But it's been a heavy load
Carrying His precious love
Down a long dirt road
We're a long way from home
Just let's pay the man and go
Baloney again -
An underrated band’s most underrated song:
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When I leave this world behind me
To another I will go
And if there are no pipes in heaven
I'll be going down belowIf friends in time be severed
Someday we will meet again
I'll return to leave you never
Be a piper to the end -
Tony Gwynn. When he started I could pretty much only watch him against the Mets and Braves but followed the box scores. As time went on games were easier to watch.
If I counted Bills players there would be too many to list.
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