 Shangri-La (2004) [ larger cover art ] |
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| peter_james_bond (Lunenburg, NS) | Posted: Jul 29, 2009 - 12:59 Bazooka wrote: Can I interest anyone into a cocktail? Wow, you pour big drinks....sure it's about that time.  Cheers. |
| jagdriver (Tunin' in from the aptly-named Grass Valley, CA) | Posted: Jul 29, 2009 - 12:59 instanes wrote: I, on the other hand find Shangri-La to be some of his best work. If you were going to buy one MK CD, this would be the one.  If you're limited to one, it's Golden Heart FTW. But why not have 'em all? |
| Bazooka (Mountain View, CA USA) | Posted: Jun 27, 2009 - 18:34 Can I interest anyone into a cocktail? |
| On_The_Beach (Vancouver, Canada) | Posted: May 26, 2009 - 23:13 Makes JJ Cale sound like Motorhead! Actually I like it, but DAMN this is a sleepy tune. |
| kazuma (Austin, TX) | Posted: Jan 19, 2006 - 19:29 Nice organ in the background. |
| Atombender (Frankfurt, Germany) | Posted: Jan 05, 2006 - 06:13 Mellow... yes! Good sliding stuff... I listen to it again tonight after work. Will wind me down for sure. BTW: Check out the Shangri-La movie (from the 30s) - really cool movie that made me think a lot about my life :-) |
| drtjdel (saratoga, ca) | Posted: Nov 22, 2005 - 13:54 Sometimes it's Ok to write a mellow tune. Like this. |
| drtjdel (saratoga, ca) | Posted: Nov 22, 2005 - 13:54 Sometimes it's Ok to write a mellow tune. Like this. |
| Gribnif | Posted: Oct 24, 2005 - 07:53 moriendi wrote: Makes me feel like travelling ...
Makes me feel like sleeping. This song is totally lacking in... well, everything. I don't think you could have a more boring song if you tried. At least if somebody like Chris Isaac was singing there would be some vocal interest. |
| moriendi (the winterland) | Posted: Sep 17, 2005 - 10:54 Makes me feel like travelling ... |
| fahartle | Posted: Sep 10, 2005 - 03:51 All hail MK!! |
| mxdcec | Posted: Aug 26, 2005 - 07:12 A really nice song. |
| pyxxel (Dublin, Ireland) | Posted: Aug 26, 2005 - 07:11 Zukiwi wrote:   |
| jameyp (New York) | Posted: Aug 02, 2005 - 13:45 I have to give a big thanks to RP (yet again) for introducing (or in this case, re-introducing) me to great artists. This song is so great-- i love it! ran right out and got the album. |
| Zukiwi (Montreal) | Posted: Jul 27, 2005 - 14:55 |
| winter (hither and yon (mostly yon)) | Posted: Jun 05, 2005 - 23:01 Perfect for winding down a pleasant night after a successful day. How I do love RP! Thanks again, Bill! |
| instanes (In my mind and the Kingdom of Byron, MN) | Posted: May 29, 2005 - 17:50 Spliff wrote: I am a big Knopfler fan. I have all his CDs and picked this up the first week of release. I have listnened to it many times and find it weak compared to his other creations. The last several songs are almost boring. The songs RP plays off of Shangi-la are the better ones, but not a great CD by any means.
I, on the other hand find Shangri-La to be some of his best work. If you were going to buy one MK CD, this would be the one. |
| laozilover (Left of Chicago & up) | Posted: May 22, 2005 - 07:02 I heard "Postcards from Paraguay" on RP one time, and, based on that, decided this was a "must have album"  now I have it, and I think I was right! ;) this also led me to backtrack and get "The Ragpickers Dream" and "Golden Heart". Does that make me a Knopflerite?!?   |
| DaGmaing (Land of the free NH) | Posted: May 07, 2005 - 15:42 I have to agree, this sounds just like dire straits. I gonna try the Album. |
| notfadeaway (earlybob land) | Posted: Apr 30, 2005 - 11:02 SMOOOOTH! |
| diane (seacoast, nh, usa) | Posted: Apr 23, 2005 - 00:18 RichardPrins wrote:  Come on, Mark, please tell me getting older is not making your music sedate. This is like Dire Straits Goes |
| RichardPrins (Limbo) | Posted: Mar 28, 2005 - 07:31 |
| Spliff (Mountain Home, AR) | Posted: Mar 24, 2005 - 15:40 I am a big Knopfler fan. I have all his CDs and picked this up the first week of release. I have listnened to it many times and find it weak compared to his other creations. The last several songs are almost boring. The songs RP plays off of Shangi-la are the better ones, but not a great CD by any means. |
| jagdriver | Posted: Mar 24, 2005 - 15:40 Mark can do no wrong, in my book. Just wish he'd tour the states once awhile., esp. N. CA. |
| moomatz (San Diego) | Posted: Mar 24, 2005 - 15:29  |
| greg6494 (St. Louis) | Posted: Mar 17, 2005 - 09:22 Not to start a flame war with any ParrotHeads, but this is what Jimmy Buffett wishes he could sound like. Perfect stuff for hanging out in the ocean breeze with a cocktail located nearby. |
| archrrone (Erie, CO) | Posted: Mar 02, 2005 - 15:31 Love it. |
| jbtidwell (Atlanta, GA) | Posted: Mar 02, 2005 - 15:26 This whole CD is awesome -- the stories he can tell! the second song "Boom, Like That" is getting a lot of commercial air play here - after listening to it a few times I realized that he is singing about Ray Kroc and how he 'started' McDonald's... very cool! |
| PJay | Posted: Feb 23, 2005 - 03:11 Darkmatter wrote: I'd rather hear "Shangri-La" with the Rutles than this. :p
I'd rather hear the Shangri-La's. :puke: |
| Darkmatter (Sweden) | Posted: Feb 23, 2005 - 03:07 I'd rather hear "Shangri-La" with the Rutles than this. :p |
| PJay | Posted: Feb 23, 2005 - 03:07 Bill should rename RP to "The Eclectic Mark Knopfler and Peter Gabriël Oeuvre Mix Station". I hear these dudes waaaaay to often.  |
| Drummer4soul (Auburn, CA) | Posted: Feb 17, 2005 - 16:04 japanmoran wrote: You can never have too much Knopfler. I am in total agreement. Knofler is one of my favorite. So smooth and creamy. Yum.  |
| bubble_headed_beach_blond (flapping hard to keep up) | Posted: Feb 17, 2005 - 16:01 hmmm ... that beginning sounds just like led zeppelin |
| Roverfish (Tucson, AZ - Thanks for visiting, please drive through!) | Posted: Feb 15, 2005 - 21:28 Marr wrote: Hey, let's hear it for physicsgenius. The "1" he just gave this song officially pushed his high to low ratings ratio to 1 to 6.5. Clearly such hard work and diligence at giving out so many ones deserves something?
The boot would be my suggestion. Nice song from Knopfler. |
| Marr (Houston) | Posted: Feb 08, 2005 - 09:47 physicsgenius wrote: On the contrary. Hey, let's hear it for physicsgenius. The "1" he just gave this song officially pushed his high to low ratings ratio to 1 to 6.5. Clearly such hard work and diligence at giving out so many ones deserves something? |
| physicsgenius | Posted: Feb 08, 2005 - 09:30 japanmoran wrote: You can never have too much Knopfler.
On the contrary. |
| japanmoran (Colorado Springs, CO) | Posted: Feb 08, 2005 - 09:29 You can never have too much Knopfler. |
| MsJudi (Houston, TX) | Posted: Feb 02, 2005 - 22:46 Sounds a little like Eddie Rabbit. |
| skindy (Albany, NY) | Posted: Jan 28, 2005 - 07:57 Mmm, wonderful... makes me feel all is right with the world. |
| jlopezj (Barcelona) | Posted: Jan 28, 2005 - 07:55 The guy gets it better and better as years go by. |
| bubble_headed_beach_blond ('ear n 'air) | Posted: Jan 26, 2005 - 20:07 this rivals my fave until today, 'fade to black.' (it's a long sordid story best told over a tall glass of gosling's and lime) |
| Cyclehawk (Athens GA) | Posted: Jan 22, 2005 - 17:41 Picked this up a month or so ago and have found it to be an incredible disk packed with great tunes throughout. I'd rank it up there among his best work. Over the years MK has put together a very impressive catalog going back to the Dire Straits days. A rare performer who's really put out consistently good music for a long time. |
| ecorunner (Harrisburg, PA) | Posted: Jan 13, 2005 - 14:07 This is just incredible stuff from Mark Knopfler. Absolutely beautiful. Must go buy this one now. :) |
| ChardRemains (Pepperland) | Posted: Jan 13, 2005 - 14:05 lovely. |
| steeler (teetering on the abyss) | Posted: Dec 28, 2004 - 08:25 BluEyes wrote: So fluid and mellow....moves right through me. (in a good way)
Apt description of most everything by Mark Knopfler |
| Pyro (Between a rock and a hard place) | Posted: Dec 22, 2004 - 14:57 stevebeaver wrote: I've liked each of the cuts off this record that RP has played. Have to pick this one up. Thanks, RP!
It's a great disk. |
| BluEyes (Shasta) | Posted: Dec 20, 2004 - 15:58 So fluid and mellow....moves right through me. (in a good way) |
| stevebeaver (Fairfax, VA) | Posted: Dec 13, 2004 - 13:02 I've liked each of the cuts off this record that RP has played. Have to pick this one up. Thanks, RP! |