Mark Knopfler & James Taylor


You know that feeling you get when certain songs play. Songs like Wichita Lineman, White Bird, Nights in White Satin, etc.

There’s another one that’s about the Mason Dixon line of all things. It ‘gets’ me every time.


Mark Knopfler & James Taylor  Sailing to Philadelphia
Here’s a link:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OrLdKYRBOEE
What songs ‘Get’ you every time?

 

 

 

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Knopfer is brilliant, having written this after reading Pynchon, which for a Brit (or anybody) is, more than impressive. Taylor, on the other hand . . . let's just say that of all the great artists who gave poor Jimmy a break, Knopfler came closer than Carole King, Joni Mitchell, or Elvis Costello ever did to getting his money's worth. Taylor sings an almost plausible Mason in his first verse, despite pronouncing "society" more in the Philly way than the Bristol way, then falls apart. The only thing Taylor ever touched that I would touch myself. If not for the great Knopfler. 

Boom, Like That - Knopfler

When You're A Free Man - Moody Blues

Third World Man - Steely Dan

Under My Skin - Sinatra

Tell Me What I Gotta Do - Al Jarreau

The Night They Drove old Dixie Down, Long Black Veil -  The Band

New Speedway Boogie - The Dead

Country Comforts - Rod Stewart

And It Stoned Me - Van Morrison

Omie Wise - Pentangle

All That You Dream - Little Feat

For A Dancer -  Emmylou & Linda Tuscon Sessions

Kit Carson - Bruce Cockburn

James Taylor- Shower the People. Especially the version where Arnold McCuller is performing the vocal solo.