Song Review: Mark Knopfler - “Ahead of the Game”
Mark Knopfler looks back on “Ahead of the Game.”
The (presumably) autobiographical rockabilly track announces the April 12 arrival of One Deep River. It’s three verses and a bridge - no chorus - and finds Knopfler singing in a laconic, road-weary voice and playing subdued licks over the steady beat of a snare.
And I can’t tell you one thing new/about playing for the door/some of my dreams back there, too/with the sawdust on the floor/we’re worn out and weary, all of us/but we know why we came/banged up and battered like this old bus/staying just ahead of the game, he sings.
Knopfler, of course, won the game with Dire Straits. But this unadorned brand of music - the kind that marked that band’s initial recordings and Knopfler’s subsequent solo work - suits him best.
Grade card: Mark Knopfler - “Ahead of the Game” - B+
2/6/24
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HERE IS MY ACTUAL SUBMISSION FOR VARIGOWEEK hosted by @aziraphalesbookkeeper
The royal science team counts as family
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Don’t worry I can’t take a hint, no need to even say words. Actions speak volumes, silence is louder than a child’s scream.
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dyed my hair red. not so I can be crowley for halloween but it was so I could be crowley for halloween.
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Could I use your Vanessa art as my wallpaper?Specifically the one where she has rainbow hair dye in?
Sure go right ahead! We all love dyed hair Vanessa
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It's 1982 -> hey girl hey is not a common english phrasing in this time period -> stoats learned human 20 years ago when they first got irradiated but haven't talked to humans since -> stoat and human linguistic patterns evolved differently -> stoat linguistics evolved hey girl hey decades before human linguistics did
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If we are calling people who genuinely are excited to play a game that is part of an extremely influential novel from their childhood "terfs" or "transphobic" because of the author, alright, okay. Then these I guess also have to be true.
1. If you have ever owned an apple product, you support sweat shop labour
2. If you are a fan of bloodborne, call of cthulu, or have read/purchased/enjoyed anything by H.P. Lovecraft, you are racist
3. If you enjoy Shakespear, and have anything in regards to him, you support pedophilia
4. If you ever supported the far cry series, you support workplace abuse.
5. Ever purchased anything made/owned by Disney? Not only are you racist, you're homohobic too!
Before you say 'it is different.' No, it's not.
Now if you excuse me, I'm going to enjoy being a wizard while still supporting my friends and family in the transgender community.
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(spoilers) "I'm sorry Kel... I'm sorry for yelling at you..."
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