A Mark In Time
Mark Knopfler Discussion => Mark Knopfler Discussion Forum => Topic started by: qjamesfloyd on February 22, 2022, 09:34:39 AM
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Mark has added his support and signature to Roger Waters guitar, he is sending it to Kurdish singer Nudem Durak who has been jailed for 19 years in Turkey for singing in her native language. Find out more below:
https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/w/pink-floyd-musician-joined-noel-gallagher-and-others-demanding-release-kurdish-singer
This is the first time I have heard of Mark being connected to Roger Waters, like he has a connection to the other 3 members of Pink Floyd.
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A noble cause by the looks of things. Sadly I doubt the guitar will make it to her.
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This is the first time I have heard of Mark being connected to Roger Waters, like he has a connection to the other 3 members of Pink Floyd.
Not really a connection, but I remember RW said in an interview he thought 'The Division Bell' sounded like a DS-record (in a negative way). Must admit, Coming Back To Life and Lost For Words have a Knopfler touch.
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This is the first time I have heard of Mark being connected to Roger Waters, like he has a connection to the other 3 members of Pink Floyd.
Not really a connection, but I remember RW said in an interview he thought 'The Division Bell' sounded like a DS-record (in a negative way). Must admit, Coming Back To Life and Lost For Words have a Knopfler touch.
Maybe that's why i love those songs
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I suppose they could be, Gilmour's intro to Coming Back To Life is amazing, and I could hear Mark doing that.
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Eric Clapton says in his bio he would go hunting with Mark and Roger all together quite regularly back in the day
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This is the first time I have heard of Mark being connected to Roger Waters, like he has a connection to the other 3 members of Pink Floyd.
Not really a connection, but I remember RW said in an interview he thought 'The Division Bell' sounded like a DS-record (in a negative way). Must admit, Coming Back To Life and Lost For Words have a Knopfler touch.
I remember a chronicle about Division bell that said something like :
_ A great day for freedom sounds like Queen
- Take it back sounds like U2
- Coming back to life sounds like DS
- Lost for wods sounds like Springsteen
not exactly words "sounds like", but those artistes were the ones in comparison
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I would add Cluster One sounds like Mike Oldfield.
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Eric Clapton says in his bio he would go hunting with Mark and Roger all together quite regularly back in the day
Roger was also the name of his manager, Roger Forrester.
In many pages of his book is difficult to know when he's talking about Waters and when he's talking about his manager as he just says Roger to refer to both.
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I remember a chronicle about Division bell that said something like :
_ A great day for freedom sounds like Queen
- Take it back sounds like U2
- Coming back to life sounds like DS
- Lost for wods sounds like Springsteen
not exactly words "sounds like", but those artistes were the ones in comparison
Interesting, I'd say that of those four Division Bell tracks the similarity between Coming Back To Life and DS is one of two I can hear - I can't say A Great Day For Freedom reminds me of Queen in any way (was the author thinking of a specific song?), and the song Lost For Words reminds me most of is Pink Floyd's own Wish You Were Here. I also agree with Take It Back sounding like U2, with the caveat that The Edge's guitar in songs such as Where The Streets Have No Name was quite possibly inspired by Gilmour's sound on Run Like Hell so to some extent it was also derived from earlier Pink Floyd.
Roger comparing The Division Bell to DS, even if intended as an insult, would rank as one of his kinder comments on the album - if I remember rightly on another occasion he described as it as 'absolute nonsense from beginning to end!'
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I get that people like it in its own right but really it bears no comparison to classic Floyd.
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I would add Cluster One sounds like Mike Oldfield.
i LOVE Cluster one....
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I get that people like it in its own right but really it bears no comparison to classic Floyd.
heathen! where's my tar and feathers!!
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Eric Clapton says in his bio he would go hunting with Mark and Roger all together quite regularly back in the day
Roger was also the name of his manager, Roger Forrester.
In many pages of his book is difficult to know when he's talking about Waters and when he's talking about his manager as he just says Roger to refer to both.
He says Waters
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I get that people like it in its own right but really it bears no comparison to classic Floyd.
+1000 :thumbsup
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I can't say A Great Day For Freedom reminds me of Queen in any way (was the author thinking of a specific song?)
no specific song was quoted
But those melodic lines above piano, that kind of chords progression, and that solo in the end, all those ingredients reminds me of Queen classic style not a particular song (maybe a little bit Lily of the valley) but an atmopshere that makes me think to Queen : I'd say "weighty" in french, not sure if is the right word in english
the song Lost For Words reminds me most of is Pink Floyd's own Wish You Were Here.
yes indeed. But the end of melodic lines reminds me of Independance day by the boss
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Hello guys! Reading your discussion here I remembered something interesting....
Roger Waters had his first concert in my home town Sofia in August 2013. I was there of course and as always went to the venue (a big football stadium) some hours earlier. We were let in the stadium an hour before the concert to start, and they played the WHOLE Brothers In Arms album in the stadium and when it finished they played it for the second time till Roger was about to go on stage. I discovered BIA was played also on many concerts of RW tour this year. It was very logical to me back then because Roger’s tour was against the war and BIA album was the most significant symbol to show the RW tour meaning.
So I don’t think RW has any bad thoughts about DS/MK albums...
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Hello guys! Reading your discussion here I remembered something interesting....
Roger Waters had his first concert in my home town Sofia in August 2013. I was there of course and as always went to the venue (a big football stadium) some hours earlier. We were let in the stadium an hour before the concert to start, and they played the WHOLE Brothers In Arms album in the stadium and when it finished they played it for the second time till Roger was about to go on stage. I discovered BIA was played also on many concerts of RW tour this year. It was very logical to me back then because Roger’s tour was against the war and BIA album was the most significant symbol to show the RW tour meaning.
So I don’t think RW has any bad thoughts about DS/MK albums...
Hello Slavi, great to read you again!
I think that Roger Waters made a reference to BIA in comparation with "A momentary lapse of reason" as both records were digitally recorded and they both sound artificial.
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Great to have you back Slavi!
Roger Waters is quite a feisty character, funny to watch.
https://www.pinkfloydz.com/interviews/roger-waters-interviewarticle-q-magazine-november-1992/
This is an amazing intervew.
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Hello guys! Reading your discussion here I remembered something interesting....
Roger Waters had his first concert in my home town Sofia in August 2013. I was there of course and as always went to the venue (a big football stadium) some hours earlier. We were let in the stadium an hour before the concert to start, and they played the WHOLE Brothers In Arms album in the stadium and when it finished they played it for the second time till Roger was about to go on stage. I discovered BIA was played also on many concerts of RW tour this year. It was very logical to me back then because Roger’s tour was against the war and BIA album was the most significant symbol to show the RW tour meaning.
So I don’t think RW has any bad thoughts about DS/MK albums...
Hello Slavi, great to read you again!
I think that Roger Waters made a reference to BIA in comparation with "A momentary lapse of reason" as both records were digitally recorded and they both sound artificial.
Hi jbaent! The concert I mentioned was actually “The Wall” concert with no other songs played. They broadcasted on the wall a lot of soldiers photos with their names, age, countries, places they were at war. It was thematically connected with BIA song and album.
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Great to have you back Slavi!
Roger Waters is quite a feisty character, funny to watch.
https://www.pinkfloydz.com/interviews/roger-waters-interviewarticle-q-magazine-november-1992/
This is an amazing intervew.
Thank you, Dusty! Nice reading 😃
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Hi Slavi! Great to hear from you again! :wave