Mark Knopfler - "Postcards from Paraguay" Live Berlin (2007):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EPDLjw15gVA

I've got over 1,500 albums and Shangri-La is at least in my top 20, if not my top 10.  It's a timeless album with great stories, the excellent musicianship you expect from MK and beautifully honest production.  This is a great song, but not even among the best on the album, IMO.  Live, MK is even better.  "Song for Sonny Liston" from this album absolutely smokes live even when it's just MK on vocals and guitar, acoustic bass and brushed drums.

Even better, Shangri-La is available on SACD with the standard stereo mix in super hi-fidelity and a really fun 5.1 surround mix.  HIGHLY recommended.

-Synth80s

 drtjdel wrote: 
  Well, I guess she's OK if you're into, you know, female javelin throwers from Paraguay. btw, I'm posting this because it's relevant to the thread of comments about the, er, music, yah, that's it . . . I think.

Just about to go home after a day's work, but now this one kicks in.... Oh well, then i'll stay another couple of minutes...

9

Very knice.

love love this

 choiceimage wrote: 
ditto!

Nice!!

Another tasty treat from Mr. K.

 MJMJ wrote:  HAHAHAHAHA!  Check your speakers.

sounds like he's singing "fwom Pawaguay"

 drtjdel wrote: 
CONFIRMED! Thanks for making my day.

A little too low key for me, but it's still Knopler. 
By the way, I am guessing the song alludes to Butch & the Kid... southern Bolivia & Paraguay.

http://brokeinbolivia.blogspot.com/2009/04/legend-butch-cassidy-sundance-kid.html

 drtjdel wrote: 
Yowsah!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Did you get a look at that javelin thrower  (female) from Paraguay at the Bejiing Games? Holy GAWD! Smoooooooookin caliente! The human form! Google 'extremely hot javelin thrower from Paraguay'.

SIMPLY GREAT!

Am I crazy or is there a hint of Johnny Cash in here? In any case, I liked this enough to login specifically to rate it.

kaz wrote:

Context. Relativity. Everything has merit, even if it's only when considered in context, relative to various factors. Muhammad Ali isn't knocking out people in the ring anymore, but he's still relevant and important in what he's doing nowadays.

ChardRemains wrote:
i'm younger than you and i'm enjoying me some Mark Knopfler, you grumpy old fart.

Mark burst onto the scene as a leader and enjoyed several years as a rare talent... now it's considerably later and he needs to produce music on its on merit.
On its own this is not special.

ChardRemains wrote:

Thanks for these beautifully misrepresentative words about my generation.

dharmanavy wrote:

Beautifully put. I couldn't agree more. I feel the same way about Tom Petty.

ChardRemains wrote:

Eh? Im not so old, this is good, feel how the lead tells the story as much as the words...

It's amazing that there are so many differing opinions on this album. When an artist breaks away to discover their own signature they should be applauded for at least having the guts to try.

Well this album is a definite break from the Dire Straits sound that doesn't mean it can not and does not stand on it's own merits. Mark Knopfler is an amazing musician and writer. After putting together a solo career that focused more on the instrumental textures he has left that almost completely behind. Instead we find him subdued, sometimes dark but always alive with stories. Every song takes us on a journey through a land that we could never really imagine. "Boom, Like That" is a first-person monologue in the voice of Ray Kroc, the man behind McDonalds. "Song for Sonny Liston" is a story about the famed boxers brush with the underworld.

I could continue, but why? This album, and Mark Knopfler deserve our attention. With little fanfare a true Troubadour is emerging.

Sorry, quite like this.

Good taste is its' own reward!

ChardRemains wrote:
Young twerp