A Mark In Time
Mark Knopfler Discussion => Mark Knopfler Discussion Forum => Topic started by: xxFordiexx on November 04, 2010, 10:16:07 PM
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Hi all,
Just browsing YouTube and you know what it's like being a knopfler fan, anyway I came across this and I'm sure it's British Grove studios, what do you think?
I know it's not important but the amount of stars who all seem to be recording at Mark's studios is amazing now.
Most recently Jamie Cullam stated it was the best studio around and similar comments from James Blunt.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hoVVwXrAnNA&feature=youtube_gdata_player
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lol, just posted it on guy's forum
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Yep,its deffo BG,I went there before the Hurlingham gig last year - if you didnt know what you were looking for you'd pass it without noticing - maybe thats why its so popular with the stars :o :o
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The sacred and profane....
LE
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This is pretty cool, whatever you think about Take That (and I know Waterline Man is a big fan) they are the biggest act in the UK just now by a long way, I'm quite sure their new album will be the biggest of the year here.
Seems British Grove has a real reputation as the place to be. :)
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I must confess that I quite like Take That this time round lol, I never did when they first come out but no matter what you think, Gary Barlow has an excellent voice and is a pretty good song writer as is Robbie Williams. Oops enough of that now ;) You must appreciate where it's due IMO!
Let's hope there is some space for Mark to start recording again :D
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It seems that British Grove is built in a quite anonymous place. I went there in January (I was actually going to see Michael Jackson, which, of course, did not happen), and when I was 100 meters from the studio I asked an elderly man who was out on a walk if he knew where it was. He had no idea, but he thought that there was some kind of a recording studio in the end of the street we were standing in... He was right :) Luckily enough, Mark was at the studio that day. First I saw Glenn Saggers in the window, and suddendly Mark, his PA Robyn Becker and a little boy came out the front door. It seemed that Mark showed them the way to something, cause he was pointing down the street. Then he smiled and waved to us, before Robyn Becker told us that he was busy, and that we shouldn't be waiting for him... It was anyway a great experience, and I felt really lucky just to get a glimps of him at his studio :)
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It seems that British Grove is built in a quite anonymous place. I went there in January (I was actually going to see Michael Jackson, which, of course, did not happen), and when I was 100 meters from the studio I asked an elderly man who was out on a walk if he knew where it was. He had no idea, but he thought that there was some kind of a recording studio in the end of the street we were standing in... He was right :) Luckily enough, Mark was at the studio that day. First I saw Glenn Saggers in the window, and suddendly Mark, his PA Robyn Becker and a little boy came out the front door. It seemed that Mark showed them the way to something, cause he was pointing down the street. Then he smiled and waved to us, before Robyn Becker told us that he was busy, and that we shouldn't be waiting for him... It was anyway a great experience, and I felt really lucky just to get a glimps of him at his studio :)
This is pretty cool, whatever you think about Take That (and I know Waterline Man is a big fan) they are the biggest act in the UK just now by a long way, I'm quite sure their new album will be the biggest of the year here.
Seems British Grove has a real reputation as the place to be. :)
Yeah thats strange,the same thing happened to me,I asked these guys who worked accross the lane from the studio & they said that they didnt know what was there but that they often saw some people outside the door with musical instruments - I never knew the British secret service had offices there ::) ::) :o
& Dusty believe it or not, I've seen Phil Collins as well :o :o :o Take that tickets went on sale here last week for their gigs next year -
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God knows how the place it bloody massive :)
Seriously I went there purposely too and you would never know it was there. I took some pics on my phone but was just hoping that Mark would pop his head out the window :)
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Chaps - im not trying to be funny when i say this - but to all of you who have been to British Grove 'just in the hope of catching a glimpse of MK' - isnt it a bit R
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Chaps - im not trying to be funny when i say this - but to all of you who have been to British Grove 'just in the hope of catching a glimpse of MK' - isnt it a bit R
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This is a nice story, Jarle, congratulations :D ! And definitely a story that you should have told us immediately after it had happened. This is exactly the stuff we all want to hear. :o Isn't it? ???
What strikes me most is the fact that he was obviously smiling. I think it's hard these days to get an image of him - smiling?
A little jealous...
R
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What strikes me most is the fact that he was obviously smiling. I think it's hard these days to get an image of him - smiling?
R
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I am with Schmonka on this one, seems a strange thing to do to me, but there no harm in it I suppose
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I would love to be there and suddenly the door opens and HE comes out...
I work in a book shop, and once I read that MK had been on holidays with Kitty in the Netherlands, which is not more than 30 kilometers away from my place of work. So I thought wow, maybe they got lost and need a travel map - what if he would come in through this door and asking for one... :lol :lol :lol :lol Probably they would have done so at my day off...
I then realized how very sick that thought alone was and decided not to tell anybody about it. Until today... ;D
LE
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LE, I think we all have had those kind of thoughts and dreams from time to time, I know I have. I have imagined walking down the high street and bumping into MK and what I would do if it happened. Then, unexpectedly, it happened to me and my husband in Newcastle and I will never, ever forget it! :D Oh, I also accidently, literally, bumped into him at Hay-on-Wye too! LOL!
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Chaps - im not trying to be funny when i say this - but to all of you who have been to British Grove 'just in the hope of catching a glimpse of MK' - isnt it a bit R
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Incidentally, Guy lives just around the corner from me and I've met him and Danny Cummings before :)
Perhaps I should've sat outside Guy's on the chance of seeing Mark when he visited ;) lol
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xxFordiexx, Were you at the Inglenook for the Gary Grainger Blues Band gig?
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This is a nice story, Jarle, congratulations :D ! And definitely a story that you should have told us immediately after it had happened. This is exactly the stuff we all want to hear. :o Isn't it? ???
R
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There is nothing rudigerish about going to MKs studio hoping to meet him, its a natural thing to do if in Lononn cos this is MK we are talking about!!!!!! The God of music!!!1
I went and wondered around there a few years ago and made sure i touched the walls thinking of all the magic that has happened in the studio.
A postman went to the door and it opened and in my mind i was hoping MK would step out but it was jsut some bloke!!! Heart skipped a beat for a second though!!!!!
MB
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Nice!
Isn't it great how fast this thread turned into another "fannish" MK-adoring-"slobber-over"-section? :lol :lol Must have something to do with Take that, another band that got people and girls in particular drooling... ;)
Does anybody know what exactly Take that were recording at BG? Only one track or was it just a complete made-up for the journalists? And who is that young guy that Robbie was so pleased to meet again?
LE
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There is nothing rudigerish about going to MKs studio hoping to meet him,
....erm there kind of is! If you had heard MK went shopping at a particular supermarket - would you go out of your way to go to that shop more with the hope of meeting him - i really hope you wouldnt say you would......! ???
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Jarle what a great picture!
Ooohhh whaauww meeting Mark, wouldn
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If you hang around BG for hours "in the rain and the snow", waiting for MK then that is Rudegerish.
If you happen to be in London, go to take a look at BG and MK happens to be there, not Rudegrish.
Nice effort by Robyn to send the autographs too. :)
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Chaps - im not trying to be funny when i say this - but to all of you who have been to British Grove 'just in the hope of catching a glimpse of MK' - isnt it a bit R
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xxFordiexx, Were you at the Inglenook for the Gary Grainger Blues Band gig?
Yeah, sure was :) I got my Brothers in Arms Cd signed while I was there :) I had a chat with Guy and was acting like a real fanboy lol! A friend of mine has played with Guy in a band called the mullberries too :) were youvthere too?
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xxFordiexx, Were you at the Inglenook for the Gary Grainger Blues Band gig?
Yeah, sure was :) I got my Brothers in Arms Cd signed while I was there :) I had a chat with Guy and was acting like a real fanboy lol! A friend of mine has played with Guy in a band called the mullberries too :) were youvthere too?
Yes, I was there too. It would have been nice to meet you. I had a chat with Guy too and also Danny - he shared our chips, LOL! ;D
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xxFordiexx, Were you at the Inglenook for the Gary Grainger Blues Band gig?
Yeah, sure was :) I got my Brothers in Arms Cd signed while I was there :) I had a chat with Guy and was acting like a real fanboy lol! A friend of mine has played with Guy in a band called the mullberries too :) were youvthere too?
Yes, I was there too. It would have been nice to meet you. I had a chat with Guy too and also Danny - he shared our chips, LOL! ;D
Well I never, its a small world isn't it? Yeah it was a great night. My wife came and one of my mates too. I chatted with Guy and he offered me some of his crisps :D.
Do you live local to my neck of the woods then?
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Yes, I enjoyed it, just a pity Gary had an off-night, LOL! ;D No, I don't live in your neck of the woods - I live in Yorkshire. :)
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xxxFordiexxx, Superval and I were also in Brighton for the GL concert of Mark this year. (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v510/Fieneke2/Emoticons/Danceandsing-s.gif)
I hoped we could meet you as well, as we did with other fans! ;D
Fieneke
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Yeah it was a shame for sure :) maybe next time if I pull my finger out :)
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Oh I keep seeing a documentary being advertised about Take That! It definitely shows them in BG, so that's where this clip would be from.
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Everytime I go to London with someone interested in do the "knopflerian tour" or places related with MK, this is one place to visit, always without bothering the studio staff or MK, just to have a quick walk, take some photos, and run to the pub where they use to have their London Pride after the hard day of work.
Last time I was there, someone on a bike stopped, looked at us and told us "Hey, do you know who lives there? It