I have always been a massive Mark Knopfler fan, but I hadn't heard this song until recently. It features MK's usual superb guitar playing, IMO no-one can make a Les Paul cry like MK! Song written and sung by Jimmy Nail. Even if I'm not from northern England, this song invokes a sense of nostalgia in me. What a superb piece of songwriting and guitar playing!
In all my years I've never seen the like. It has to be more than a hundred sea miles and he brings us up on his tail. That's seamanship, Mr. Pullings. My God, that's seamanship!
I have always been a massive Mark Knopfler fan, but I hadn't heard this song until recently. It features MK's usual superb guitar playing, IMO no-one can make a Les Paul cry like MK! Song written and sung by Jimmy Nail. Even if I'm not from northern England, this song invokes a sense of nostalgia in me. What a superb piece of songwriting and guitar playing!
Yay! You are now an honorary Geordie Semmern....Wey aye man!
This is the folk singer Bob Fox with his own version of 'Big River' and the folk tune 'Waters of Tyne' (Sting has also recorded the song, but I can't stand him and think he's a pretentious tw*t...lol. The Police were good though.), I posted this on another thread a while back. It's a sad song of lament, often sung with a female vocal and the words changed accordingly...beautiful IMO. A bit of banter about the Shipyards on Tyneside closing etc before the song, begins at 1.40. My dad was a Shipwright at Swan Hunters yard and worked on HMS Illustrious and the Flagship HMS Ark Royal, so it means a lot to me.
Knopfler is a great guitarist, a very expressive player indeed. Also a Toon fan so whats not tae love? Here he is playing 'Romeo and Juliet' in London, love this version. Must be getting soft and sentimental in me auld age.
Good stuff Biggles, I have the Night in London concert DVD
Another good song for you northerners is this one: 5:15 a.m.
In all my years I've never seen the like. It has to be more than a hundred sea miles and he brings us up on his tail. That's seamanship, Mr. Pullings. My God, that's seamanship!
