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matthew
21-10-2006, 10:26 pm
what r ppls favourite songs??
i cant choose one really its between something might happen. brixton leaves or this could be my last day
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Guinness
21-10-2006, 10:36 pm
Low
theriverside
21-10-2006, 10:55 pm
maps or low. I'm not sure
Stephen
22-10-2006, 2:58 am
Either:
Love Is A Series Of Scars
Low
Ballad Of A Broken Man
Scarlett
Somethings Make Your Soul Feel Clean
Last Night I Nearly Died
Freewheel.
In other words, I have no idea...
But probably Love Is A Series Of Scars.
arginite
22-10-2006, 10:46 am
I seem to have daily favs, the most recent favs being:
John Lennon Love
Quiet Revolutionaries
You Don't Slow Me Down
Ballad of A Broken Man
but the one I can never get out of my head is :
Love is A Series of Scars, so I guess that must be my fav! If I had to pick one and thats really tough.
matthew
22-10-2006, 11:06 am
im really glad no1 else can pick a song apart from guiness... although he added low to my list... hmmm the not knowingness
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aarons
22-10-2006, 5:43 pm
Closer To The Start
Fintan
22-10-2006, 5:46 pm
Hmmmm...I'm going to have to think about this one. I love different ones for different reasons, some songs make me think of certain situations etc...
Don't Breathe
Something Might Happen
Love is a Series of Scars
Brixton Leaves
Everybody wants a Little Something
and Slip of a Girl makes me smile!
Hey Mattchoo............Closer to the start is my favourite too :)
thesneakybandit
23-10-2006, 9:27 am
this could be my last day...
rusty66
23-10-2006, 9:16 pm
^^
at the moment, snap!
thesneakybandit
24-10-2006, 3:05 am
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Lazarus
24-10-2006, 11:57 am
love is a series of scars
Guinness
30-10-2006, 12:07 am
Salvation Tambourine... What a fcuking belter!
Sorry I just had to get that out there.... it was boiling up inside!
matthew
30-10-2006, 9:56 am
every time i listen to a different song it grows on me a wee bit more!! i love them all!
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very_special
30-10-2006, 12:59 pm
Salvation Tambourine... What a fcuking belter!
Totally Guinness, when I first heard 'Salvation Tambourine' on ATL I almost shat myself :P
Can't sit still during the song!
Tartanscott
04-11-2006, 6:30 pm
I like portrait
I'm with Guinness on this- I'd have to say Salvation tambourine- is really rocks live, eh? Love No Cover Up too....
It's v. difficult to choose a favourite as I love them all but if I had to narrow it down to four, I'd say, "Salvation Tambourine" the beat is amazing in that one. "No Cover Up" (obviously...) "Love Is a Series of Scars", "Something might happen" (love the piano in the second chorus) and "Freewheel". (amazing vocals) Damn. That's five isn't it! :roll:
Guinness
10-11-2006, 5:48 pm
Lets face it guys.
You can't accually pick a favourite Duke song.
They are all equally as good as each other and depending on what mood your in be it a sad day, happy day, confused day or otherwise you will pick a song which suits that moment of your life!
^
Yep I'm in 100% agreement about that. Took the words right out of my mouth. :)
Guinness
24-11-2006, 3:59 pm
"You don't slow me down"
Is my choice of the day. For those of you who are lucky enough to have a person very close to you at this time... listen to the words and think about them. Especially the line "You kiss me with little wings, I love your skin on my skin..."
It is truely a moment of magnificant beauty!
arginite
24-11-2006, 5:04 pm
"You kiss me with little wings, I love your skin on my skin..."
Those lines just blew me away when I heard them. SO wonderful.. ahhh memories :D
I remember feeling all of that (cant believe i remember that far back in my old age). Never the same eh :)
Guinness
24-11-2006, 5:17 pm
OLD AGE????
I won't say what your age is... but for the main man's names sake... you arn't THAT old!
arginite
24-11-2006, 5:29 pm
a) im pushing on like.... no spring chicken like :P
b) all I really meant was thats its a hell of a long time since that rang true.. but amazing how those lyrics bring it all back, even now!!!
Guinness
24-11-2006, 5:42 pm
You sound like your from Belfast... Like Like Like!
:P
arginite
24-11-2006, 5:45 pm
You sound like your from Belfast... Like Like Like!
:P
BAH!! thats sooooo a Cork thing, like!
Guinness
24-11-2006, 5:50 pm
A Cork thing is saying "so" after every sentance...
Isn't that right so? :P
You sound like your from Belfast... Like Like Like!
:P
BAH!! thats sooooo a Cork thing, like!
I have to agree I have friends from Cork and it most definitely is a Cork thing. Like. :wink: :P
At the moment it has to be "This Could Be My Last Day", simply because when I went to see Duke Special in Brighton on 17 Feb, me and hubby got to hear Duke rehearse the harmonies for this with the guest female singer for nearly an hour before the late night concert, in the bar!! :smt041 :mrgreen: :smt023 Not that I'm bragging or anything ....... :wink:
mickoc
08-03-2007, 7:53 am
"No Cover Up" for me when listening to SFTDF. Live though I was completely stunned by his rendition of This Could Be My Last Day at my last Duke gig, absolutely spellbinding! :)
Freewheeler
24-03-2007, 3:17 pm
Portrait - both the SFTDF version and also the live version.
Fantastic.
Will
Shelly
24-03-2007, 4:40 pm
Portrait or John Lennon Love - depending what mood I'm in
Maggie S
24-03-2007, 5:26 pm
Loads:
Maps
Drink to Me Only With Thine Eyes
Stumble and Fall
Portrait
I Think I am Losing You
Quiet Revolutionaries
I Let You Down
Kill Me Quickly Please
Ballad of a Broken Man
Salvation Tambourine
No Cover up
There are probably more but i love them all so it's hard! You can't pick a favourite it's actually not possible!
very_special
24-03-2007, 8:00 pm
Loads:
Maps
Drink to Me Only With Thine Eyes
Stumble and Fall
Portrait
I Think I am Losing You
Quiet Revolutionaries
I Let You Down
Kill Me Quickly Please
Ballad of a Broken Man
Salvation Tambourine
No Cover up
There are probably more but i love them all so it's hard! You can't pick a favourite it's actually not possible!
'Maps' and 'Stumble and Fall' are covers though :roll:
theriverside
24-03-2007, 9:16 pm
Loads:
Maps
Drink to Me Only With Thine Eyes
Stumble and Fall
Portrait
I Think I am Losing You
Quiet Revolutionaries
I Let You Down
Kill Me Quickly Please
Ballad of a Broken Man
Salvation Tambourine
No Cover up
There are probably more but i love them all so it's hard! You can't pick a favourite it's actually not possible!
'Maps' and 'Stumble and Fall' are covers though :roll:
Covers they may be but in particular "maps", surely Duke has made it his own!!
very_special
25-03-2007, 4:52 pm
Covers they may be but in particular "maps", surely Duke has made it his own!!
I believe he makes all the covers his own especially those transposed from guitar. Surely though they would more more suited to a thread named 'favourite duke covers'?
:roll:
theriverside
25-03-2007, 6:44 pm
I believe he makes all the covers his own especially those transposed from guitar. Surely though they would more more suited to a thread named 'favourite duke covers'?
:roll:
Fair and valid point !!
Maggie S
25-03-2007, 7:26 pm
Covers or not they are still brilliant. I hate Razorlight and I love Duke's version of Stumble and Fall so its one of my fav's. And Maps is just amazing. But if you had to pick 3 songs to play for someone to convert them to a fan of his which ones would you choose?
thesneakybandit
25-03-2007, 8:14 pm
1. no cover up
2. salvation tambourine
3. john lennon love (live)
very_special
25-03-2007, 9:48 pm
Yep those 3 would certainly do the trick :wink:
'Portrait', from experience, seems to win people over also.
arginite
25-03-2007, 11:56 pm
Argh sure I change my mind about this faster than the myspace profile changes ;)
I have a top 10 maybe, and the supreme spot changes depending on my mood.
This week i 'as been mostly eating Bourbon biscuits... errrr I mean.. listening to 'Careless Heart'.
Other top 10 duke-choons include:
Worst At the Best of Times (which I made a special request for lately woohoo)
Regarding the Moonlight in Eastbourne
John Lennon Love
Ballad of a Broken Man
Love is a Series of Scars
Maggie S
27-03-2007, 6:23 pm
I would definitely play Portrait as it did the trick for me. Ballad of a Brokan Man or No Cover Up and Salvation Tambourine.
wallymcb
04-04-2007, 2:07 am
Hmmm probably Everybody wants a little something.
ruairi
23-04-2007, 10:56 pm
Wouldn't it be easier to make a list of Duke songs that AREN'T favourites?
My top two (favourites) are WAKE UP SCARLETT and THIS COULD BE MY LAST DAY (especially the extended live version), though I heard QUIET REVOLUTIONARIES for the first time at the ULU two months ago and it's still stuck in my head.
johnservice
10-05-2007, 2:41 am
Well, Portrait was the song that first converted me into a believer in the powers of the Duke, although whenever i first heard the SFDF version on ATL last August, I hated it. Got used to it after a few listens and it probably my favourite track along with No Cover Up. It and This Could Be My lat day r right up there with Hallelujah as one of the most moving songs I've ever heard.
Definitely Salvation Tambourine and Something might happen. Last Night I nearly died will always be one of my favourites too. :)
Salvation Tamborine really hit me at first like someone pouring a bucket of cold water over my head, but the when I saw him at Sheffield you could cut the air with a knife when he played This could be my last day, it was paralisingly beautiful like you were the only one in the room and he was singing to you. I think it is the closest my friend has ever had to an outerbody experience. It totally messed her up for about half an hour. Even driving home over the Snake Pass it was almost like she was on planet semibreve-equalls-crotchet. It was a fantastic gig and a beautiful ride home :D over the moors, stars were out and a white hare crossed our path (see the Seth Lakeman song The White Hare).
Loop
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guyphenix
28-05-2007, 8:16 pm
His cover of ash's "Shinning light" live on ATL :D awesome!
Hello! Well Ooh I love them all but I especially like no cover up and Portrait! :D X
groovelands
06-06-2007, 11:21 pm
His cover of ash's "Shinning light" live on ATL :D awesome!
I would have to agree with this, its definitely one of my top three, although I have to admit to a love/hate relationship with it - its frustratingly short at 2 and a half minutes, so it usually ends up on endless repeat :(
Actually, Now Ive changed my Mind, I like shining Light and This could be my last day now! I think My shuffle knows what I like it keeps playing them! :D X
lime-inside
13-06-2007, 3:42 pm
Salvation Tambourine, it just really stands out for me. I love the use of megaphone in smaller shows and it was just amazing at the ulster orcastra gig.
Cruel Valentine
13-06-2007, 5:24 pm
I'd agree with Salvation Tambourine, as well as, of course, Freewheel, Wake Up Scarlett and This Could Be My Last Day.
His cover of Stumble and Fall is amazing too :D
A Cork thing is saying "so" after every sentance...
Isn't that right so? :P
Oh my god, no way!!
As a Cork native I have to say we say 'like' at the end of everything!!
I never once end my sentences with 'so' that'd just be odd like ;)
Hmm favourite songs - I have always had a soft spot for Portrait and Slip of a girl (purely due to paul ;) ). have been loving No Cover Up live recently and John Lennon love.
Guildford Ghost
14-06-2007, 3:22 am
And dashing up quickly on the inside...
CLOSER TO THE START (CD version or live acoustic - both are fantastic)
my favourite changes daily :) at the moment it's low, freewheel and duke's rendition of maps...all three beaucse of the memories they conjure...freewheel is probably my ultimate tho, as its the song that made me a duke fan three years ago! xxxxxxxxx
Scarlett
06-07-2007, 10:45 am
It changes almost weekly, but my favourite at the moment is "This could be my last day."
Geordie
06-07-2007, 12:28 pm
This Could Be My Last Day* for me, although I'm currently listening to the From Clare To Here cover on repeat!
*spookily enough, 8th September is my birthday.
Tori79
10-07-2007, 5:37 pm
At this minute in time I would have to say my favourite song is No cover up, but i also like him doing Come Thou Fount of every blessing even though he didnt write that one.
He is a fabulous song writer
Stephen
10-07-2007, 11:28 pm
Still "Something Things Make Your Soul Feel Clean" for me, or "Regarding The Moonlight In Eastbourne".
Lets face it guys.
You can't accually pick a favourite Duke song.
They are all equally as good as each other and depending on what mood your in be it a sad day, happy day, confused day or otherwise you will pick a song which suits that moment of your life!
Totally agree with Conor, all the months ago.
My iTunes says that my faves are:
"Kill me Quickly Please" is top with 161 plays
"John Lennon Love" with 145 and
"Careless Heart with 129.
Katie
11-07-2007, 10:04 am
I've got about 4/5 tops that I jump between depending on my mood! Wld include Regarding the Moonlight..; Careless Heart; Worst at the Best.. on a fairly regular basis though, with some others appearing at certain moods hehe! Yeah Conor is spot on.
Digital_Grey
04-10-2007, 3:26 pm
What I really like about Songs of the Deep Forest is that it is an ALBUM not a load of songs just thrown together.
It's how things used to be done, while it is very diverse and rounded it feels like a body of work from one artist. Of course that's because most pop acts are all made by sound enigeering teams and five producers on the one album while some shallow little bitch (male or female) squeaks into a mike while thinking about whether or not they'll get into Heat magazine this week.
Fair play to Duke, bring on the revolution and pray the populace wakes up to see Simon Cowell for the parasite on music that he is.
FTFairy
04-10-2007, 3:47 pm
What I really like about Songs of the Deep Forest is that it is an ALBUM not a load of songs just thrown together.
It's how things used to be done, while it is very diverse and rounded it feels like a body of work from one artist. Of course that's because most pop acts are all made by sound enigeering teams and five producers on the one album while some shallow little bitch (male or female) squeaks into a mike while thinking about whether or not they'll get into Heat magazine this week.
Fair play to Duke, bring on the revolution and pray the populace wakes up to see Simon Cowell for the parasite on music that he is.
I agree with everything you just said:D
Guildford Ghost
04-10-2007, 4:02 pm
Ooh, we don't see the word 'bitch' on this forum very often. You slag.
FTFairy
04-10-2007, 4:16 pm
I didn't write it. If I did I would have phrased it differently. I just agree with the general point of the post.
GirlAnachronism
04-10-2007, 5:33 pm
Ok now i'm going to write my definite favourites having listened to all of them enough times to last a lifetime!:D
In no particular order:
Somethings Make Your Soul Feel Clean
Portrait
No Cover Up
Ballad of a Broken Man
Salvation Tambourine
Where Have All the Lovers Gone
I Let You Down
Quiet Revolutionaries
OLGDTT
Love Is A Series of Scars
Glimmer Girl.
TCBMLD is absolutely amazing live. So powerful and emotional.
I go through phases on this one... my current fav though is what is commonly thought to be called "Out of Control". I only have a live recording of it but something about that song that I really really love.
Maggie
04-10-2007, 9:01 pm
My favourite is Regarding the Moonlight in Eastbourne. Its just amazing, wonderful, stupendous... I can't adequately explain why its my favourite - I just can't explain the way it makes me fell
Guildford Ghost
04-10-2007, 11:50 pm
I go through phases on this one... my current fav though is what is commonly thought to be called "Out of Control". I only have a live recording of it but something about that song that I really really love.
Hi Katie. I have an mpeg of this on YouTube I made at Aldershot in May. Certainly, according to the setlist, it has the huge title of ALL THIS HAPPINESS IS OUT OF CONTROL.
I agree it's a good one. I particularly like the lyrics. ;)
Jacqui
05-10-2007, 10:57 am
Hello all - this song is on YouTube listed as Duke Special- Aldershot 10th May. This version was with Beth Rowley. The song is called 'All this Happiness' and we did it in 4 part harmony at the Wed. Empire show but I don't think anyone did a video of it!
Katie
05-10-2007, 12:33 pm
Hi Katie. I have an mpeg of this on YouTube I made at Aldershot in May. Certainly, according to the setlist, it has the huge title of ALL THIS HAPPINESS IS OUT OF CONTROL.
Just watched that thanks. Did you start recording in the middle of the song? Just wondering because what we heard in Galway back in 2006 had much more to the song than this. I must say while the arrangement with Beth et al is lovely, I much prefer just Duke on his own for this one. I'll post the recording somewhere later for ye.
Thanks for that though, interesting to see how the performances grow over time!
Jacqui
05-10-2007, 3:46 pm
Yes,the performances grow and change over time - I find it so interesting that a song can be so different depending on the arrangement. This breathes life into every performance.
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Thanks for that though, interesting to see how the performances grow over time!
old git
05-10-2007, 4:22 pm
I go through phases on this one... my current fav though is what is commonly thought to be called "Out of Control". I only have a live recording of it but something about that song that I really really love.
I thought everyone had forgot about this. I still love it and have always used the 'title' as my signature.
Guildford Ghost
05-10-2007, 5:01 pm
Hi Jacqui - just going by what was written on my copy of the setlist wot I nicked after the Aldershot gig, which did indeed have the full title on it.
When you say the Wednesday Empire gig... do you mean in Belfast or the one you did a few days later in Shepherd's Bush? I presume you mean the former, which I wasn't at, as I don't remember hearing it live more than once.
Katie - Nope, recording started about three or four seconds in. The camera takes about 30 seconds to power up and to press buttons to make mpegs once it's on. I turned the camera on as soon as people started walking onto the stage. I was in fact literally arm's length from Pete throughout the gig, which is why the picture's so good.
Shall I do an embed to make life easier? OK.
OLYGw9F8Bic
You'll need to turn the sound way down, as it's very loud!
GirlAnachronism
05-10-2007, 5:12 pm
Thanks for the link! I had forgotten about about that song. I read the title and was like "I know that song". I clicked play and it hit me!:D He did it at Vicar Street, it is excellent. And also, i forgot Careless Heart in my favourites. How could i?!
old git
05-10-2007, 5:18 pm
The Galway (original) recording that Katie has is a better version of the song in my opinion.
very_special
05-10-2007, 6:17 pm
The Galway (original) recording that Katie has is a better version of the song in my opinion.
I think I prefer the 'original' too :) The lyrics appear to be way different also...
To be fair I should wait until I hear a clearer version before passing judgement :rolleyes:
Jacqui
05-10-2007, 11:56 pm
Oops I made a wee mistake- the title on the music I've got from the Wed. Empire show is 'This Happiness'. I'm not surprised at all if there are different versions as the Duke had to make up a new solo section for that show.
Blimey I've just become a Duke Specialist, you see I do talk too much!
Favouite Duke song at the moment - Closer to the Start.
Hi Jacqui - just going by what was written on my copy of the setlist wot I nicked after the Aldershot gig, which did indeed have the full title on it.
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This is DEF my favourite version of this song.. from a Galway gig last year
http://www.katiecrowley.com/uploads/Duke/mp3/Out%20of%20Control.mp3
PS: http://www.katiecrowley.com/uploads/Duke/mp3/ Couple of random recordings up there from a good while ago that I forgot to take down if anyone wants to raid....
berniecasserley
06-10-2007, 12:49 pm
[QUOTE=Katie;26434]This is DEF my favourite version of this song.. from a Galway gig last year
http://www.katiecrowley.com/uploads/Duke/mp3/Out%20of%20Control.mp3
Didn't expect to be blubbering this early on a Saturday but that did it !!
That was just amazing ... I love the other version , just the title line repeated in ever rising voice .... but the tone ( never quite expresses what I really mean or feel) pathos , honesty of his voice in that just cuts me to the quick.
Regains composure.... who's dueting on Worst at the best of times ?
Regains composure.... who's dueting on Worst at the best of times ?
Havent listened/checked in ages but im presuming what i have up there is with version with Iain Archer, who co-wrote the song as far as I know.
Jacqui
06-10-2007, 4:21 pm
Wow, that's a totally different way of expressing the same song - I can see why it was initially 'Out of Control'- how intimate and beautiful a performance. I can't believe that he mentioned Strandtown 'cos that's where I live.
On the night the choir rehearsed it Duke was kind enough to explain some of the thoughts behind it. It came from a comment a friend made regarding ultra keen bible-belt christianity in the southern United States.
It was likened to a great big lovely whipped ice cream in a cone. It looks beautiful but tends to press down into the cone i.e. everybody is funnelled in to be the same - anyone not towing the party line is disapproved of. If you don't agree exactly on every point you are branded - a communist? -a radical? - a free thinker? - an artist? and that's even if you are a Christian already. (Dear D.S. I hope I haven't made a hash of that explanation!)
[QUOTE=Katie;26434]This is DEF my favourite version of this song.. from a Galway gig last year
http://www.katiecrowley.com/uploads/Duke/mp3/Out%20of%20Control.mp3
Didn't expect to be blubbering this early on a Saturday but that did it !!
That was just amazing ... I love the other version , just the title line repeated in ever rising voice .... but the tone ( never quite expresses what I really mean or feel) pathos , honesty of his voice in that just cuts me to the quick.
this could be my last day (is especially meaningful to me)
Brixton
01-12-2007, 12:33 am
God a real tough one, think would have to say " Closer to the start" or I really really like " I feel for you" such a class arrangement!!!! Oh very hard to pick one!!!!
niamhs
01-12-2007, 10:15 am
i havent stopped listening to no cover up :)
but for some reason roght now it's Feet In The Sky.
Are we including Booley? If so then it's currently Patrick Moore.
Normally though it's Don't Breathe.
I asked my iTunes which my most listened to Duke song was...
It said Kill me quickly, please.
But in no particular order I would say...
This could be my last day.
Kill me quickly, please
All this happiness (or whatever its called now)
I think I'm losing you and
And it stoned me (Van cover)
Fabulouso.
jamesgranahan
04-12-2007, 8:49 pm
This is DEF my favourite version of this song.. from a Galway gig last year
http://www.katiecrowley.com/uploads/Duke/mp3/Out%20of%20Control.mp3
PS: http://www.katiecrowley.com/uploads/Duke/mp3/ Couple of random recordings up there from a good while ago that I forgot to take down if anyone wants to raid....
Thanks so much for those Katie!!!
Especially the cover of 'Martha'. I was at the Olympia that night. My first Duke Special gig. Brings back some good memories! Thanks again!
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