Now this song is just bad ass, I dont get any other response.

So nice to hear on this dreary, rainy day.....Thanks....

Another daily dose of Mr. MTV.

Double de-clutching, hence the lyric about "heel and toe".

The Beeb re-ran the Mark Knopfler bio/documentary, plus a great Jools Holland hosted live session, a couple of weeks ago. Magic stuff as he explained some of the influences to his songs.

 nagsheadlocal wrote: 
I've never heard of it referred to as a gear selector over here - only gear lever. With those old crash boxes, timing the change has to be impeccable and you should double de-clutch for every change.

Nice tune too.

 Misterfixit wrote: 
No, not really

 Misterfixit wrote: 
It is certainly reminiscent of that tune, but that melody's a lot older than "Ghost Riders..."  Like "Johnny I Hardly Knew Ye", "When Johnny Comes Marchin' Home", etc.  Apparently, Mr. Knopfler seldom strays far from the "roots music" vein.

"Crash box and lever" - priceless. As the owner of an antique British auto, I can attest there's a reason they call it the "gear selector" rather than a "shifter" - and you do have to lever it into gear at times.

I love Knopfler's observations of his culture and the everyday people around him. 

 Byronape wrote: 

 dave216j wrote:
Or maybe Mark has the Google too?

 Misterfixit wrote: 
Yes! And nice to see you back on the RP Road again, my friend!

Melody recycled from "Ghost Riders in the Sky"

 ubuntourist wrote: 

For a minute I was thinking Leo and Kate embracing on the Titanic.

8 > 9

Great documentary on the beeb about Knopfler the other day. He even smiled a couple of times.

 imklammer wrote: 
Brilliant! Thanks very much for that. It's so like Knopfler to write so lyrically and movingly about such mundane things. He could sing about a phone directory and have tears in listeneners eyes. A master of songwriting and the guitar, whom I'm only really appreciating now that I've heard his non-chart stuff on RP. This is a fine album, right enough, and very influenced by Scottish musical styles and instruments. The song about the ship going to its graveyard is particularly moving.

 Baby_M wrote: 

Thanks, this is a fantastic page - it amazes me to see how many details Mark Knopfler recalled to infuse his music with, it's really rich story-telling to be able to generate so much care, thought, and nostalgia for such a specific physical piece and moment in time, and reading the page brought that to better light.

This is good country.

 Baby_M wrote: 

Thanks, this is a fantastic page - it amazes me to see how many details Mark Knopfler recalled to infuse his music with, it's really rich story-telling to be able to generate so much care, thought, and nostalgia for such a specific physical piece and moment in time, and reading the page brought that to better light.

 Baby_M wrote: 
More about the truck here.

Love the flute!

13-09-05 by ~Spiner
Antonio G ©2005-2010 ~Spiner

13-09-05

yep, this is my fave of the series because of the expression

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 imklammer wrote: 
*facepalm*

Thanks I needed that.

 vit wrote: 
C- , must study harder

The Reiver was a model of truck manufactured by Albion Motors of Scotstoun, and their badge emblem was the rising sun. The reference to any badass angry thieves is indirect at best, and explains why the lyrics reference a truck driver and his truck, as in:
   
   Three hundred thousand on the clock and plenty more to go
   Crash box and lever, she needs the heel and toe
   She's not too cold in winter but she cooks me in the heat
   I'm a six foot driver but you can adjust the seat

   etc, etc

See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albion_Motors

 ubuntourist wrote: 
Bluegrass music evolved from the dance music and ballads from those who immigrated to the states from Ireland, Scotland and England. The design for the banjo originated in Africa. Rich roots, indeed.

Not one of my favorite MK songs, but even my least faves are still 6+, with most being 9 or 10 in my book.

8 on this one.

how about "When i get to the border" by R.Thompson after this?

Country Celtic? ;-)  Fun.

i don't know what it is about Mr. Knopfler's music, but i always love it.

Sounds like incidental music to Titanic...