A Mark In Time
Mark Knopfler Discussion => Mark Knopfler Discussion Forum => Topic started by: Jules on February 25, 2013, 06:59:10 PM
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01r5vs7 (http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01r5vs7)
Mark Lawson talks to Mark Knopfler, one of the most prolific songwriters of his generation about his early life and influences, the years with Dire Straits and his ...
Next Sunday 20:00 BBC Four
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Thanks for the information, jbaent! Looking forward to seeing it! :)
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Anyone taping?
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Anyone taping?
Yes! :)
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Anyone taping?
Yes! :)
Thank you, Val!!!!!! :)
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This will be great, nice to see MK being taken seriously.
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Doesnt looks strange that in the late years, so many documentaries about Mark Knopfler are made?
The one with Phil Cunningham, A life in song, Guitar Stories and now this one...
In all these years of career almost nothing pr very little, and suddenly, four programmes...
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It takes two to tango. It's not just a question of others wanting to make such programmes but also MK's willingness to participate in them. We don't know whether such programmes were proposed in the past but declined.
You might wish to consider not only why those others want to make these programmes now but also why MK would wish to participate now.
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It takes two to tango. It's not just a question of others wanting to make such programmes but also MK's willingness to participate in them. We don't know whether such programmes were proposed in the past but declined.
You might wish to consider not only why those others want to make these programmes now but also why MK woould wish to participate now.
I think that Mark is much more comfortable with himself and his career these days than he was in the past and he is much more relaxed being interviewed, therefore easier to interview. I remember reading somewhere that back in the 80s he was quite difficult to interview -long silences, etc!
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I think it's that if he was interviewed in DS heyday the show would have been hyped up and advertised to the hilt leading to the over-exposure we all know he hates. Now these are low-profile shows on satellite channels with low viewing figures (I'm guessing here) so he doesn't have to worry about his exposure.
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Now these are low-profile shows on satellite channels with low viewing figures (I'm guessing here) so he doesn't have to worry about his exposure.
The one on Sunday is on BBC4 at 8 pm, therefore peak viewing time, not tucked away on Sky Arts. ;) "A Life in Song" was also on BBC4 and attracted the biggest audience for that particular type of show, according to BBC figures! BBC4 is probably the best music channel, at the moment, especially on Friday nights when there are lots of interesting music related programmes to watch.
He has also appeared twice at Hay-on-Wye, something I couldn't have envisaged happening some years ago! :)
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Now these are low-profile shows on satellite channels with low viewing figures (I'm guessing here) so he doesn't have to worry about his exposure.
The one on Sunday is on BBC4 at 8 pm, therefore peak viewing time, not tucked away on Sky Arts. ;) "A Life in Song" was also on BBC4 and attracted the biggest audience for that particular type of show, according to BBC figures! BBC4 is probably the best music channel, at the moment, especially on Friday nights when there are lots of interesting music related programmes to watch.
He has also appeared twice at Hay-on-Wye, something I couldn't have envisaged happening some years ago! :)
In DS heyday though, the programme would have been picked up by BBC1, BBC2, ITV or C4 and it would have probably been a special of a mainstream music show. Thank god no C5 back then! :lol
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Now these are low-profile shows on satellite channels with low viewing figures (I'm guessing here) so he doesn't have to worry about his exposure.
The one on Sunday is on BBC4 at 8 pm, therefore peak viewing time, not tucked away on Sky Arts. ;) "A Life in Song" was also on BBC4 and attracted the biggest audience for that particular type of show, according to BBC figures! BBC4 is probably the best music channel, at the moment, especially on Friday nights when there are lots of interesting music related programmes to watch.
He has also appeared twice at Hay-on-Wye, something I couldn't have envisaged happening some years ago! :)
In DS heyday though, the programme would have been picked up by BBC1, BBC2, ITV or C4 and it would have probably been a special of a mainstream music show. Thank god no C5 back then! :lol
There was no BBC4 in DS heyday! It began in 2002! ;)
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Now these are low-profile shows on satellite channels with low viewing figures (I'm guessing here) so he doesn't have to worry about his exposure.
The one on Sunday is on BBC4 at 8 pm, therefore peak viewing time, not tucked away on Sky Arts. ;) "A Life in Song" was also on BBC4 and attracted the biggest audience for that particular type of show, according to BBC figures! BBC4 is probably the best music channel, at the moment, especially on Friday nights when there are lots of interesting music related programmes to watch.
He has also appeared twice at Hay-on-Wye, something I couldn't have envisaged happening some years ago! :)
In DS heyday though, the programme would have been picked up by BBC1, BBC2, ITV or C4 and it would have probably been a special of a mainstream music show. Thank god no C5 back then! :lol
There was no BBC4 in DS heyday! It began in 2002! ;)
Of course, there were only four channels. Just testing! ;) If they had all of todays channels back then, it would be on one of the main four channels - that's what I meant! :hmm
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Now these are low-profile shows on satellite channels with low viewing figures (I'm guessing here) so he doesn't have to worry about his exposure.
The one on Sunday is on BBC4 at 8 pm, therefore peak viewing time, not tucked away on Sky Arts. ;) "A Life in Song" was also on BBC4 and attracted the biggest audience for that particular type of show, according to BBC figures! BBC4 is probably the best music channel, at the moment, especially on Friday nights when there are lots of interesting music related programmes to watch.
He has also appeared twice at Hay-on-Wye, something I couldn't have envisaged happening some years ago! :)
In DS heyday though, the programme would have been picked up by BBC1, BBC2, ITV or C4 and it would have probably been a special of a mainstream music show. Thank god no C5 back then! :lol
There was no BBC4 in DS heyday! It began in 2002! ;)
Of course, there were only four channels. Just testing! ;) If they had all of todays channels back then, it would be on one of the main four channels - that's what I meant! :hmm
Yes, it would probably have been on BBC2, but these days BBC4 is, in my view, the main BBC channel for music - it's the one I watch regularly anyway. BBC2 is fine for Jools Holland, though! :)
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Now these are low-profile shows on satellite channels with low viewing figures (I'm guessing here) so he doesn't have to worry about his exposure.
The one on Sunday is on BBC4 at 8 pm, therefore peak viewing time, not tucked away on Sky Arts. ;) "A Life in Song" was also on BBC4 and attracted the biggest audience for that particular type of show, according to BBC figures! BBC4 is probably the best music channel, at the moment, especially on Friday nights when there are lots of interesting music related programmes to watch.
He has also appeared twice at Hay-on-Wye, something I couldn't have envisaged happening some years ago! :)
In DS heyday though, the programme would have been picked up by BBC1, BBC2, ITV or C4 and it would have probably been a special of a mainstream music show. Thank god no C5 back then! :lol
There was no BBC4 in DS heyday! It began in 2002! ;)
Of course, there were only four channels. Just testing! ;) If they had all of todays channels back then, it would be on one of the main four channels - that's what I meant! :hmm
Yes, it would probably have been on BBC2, but these days BBC4 is, in my view, the main BBC channel for music - it's the one I watch regularly anyway. BBC2 is fine for Jools Holland, though! :)
...and the awesome Trasnatlantic Sessions!!
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Now these are low-profile shows on satellite channels with low viewing figures (I'm guessing here) so he doesn't have to worry about his exposure.
The one on Sunday is on BBC4 at 8 pm, therefore peak viewing time, not tucked away on Sky Arts. ;) "A Life in Song" was also on BBC4 and attracted the biggest audience for that particular type of show, according to BBC figures! BBC4 is probably the best music channel, at the moment, especially on Friday nights when there are lots of interesting music related programmes to watch.
He has also appeared twice at Hay-on-Wye, something I couldn't have envisaged happening some years ago! :)
In DS heyday though, the programme would have been picked up by BBC1, BBC2, ITV or C4 and it would have probably been a special of a mainstream music show. Thank god no C5 back then! :lol
There was no BBC4 in DS heyday! It began in 2002! ;)
Of course, there were only four channels. Just testing! ;) If they had all of todays channels back then, it would be on one of the main four channels - that's what I meant! :hmm
Yes, it would probably have been on BBC2, but these days BBC4 is, in my view, the main BBC channel for music - it's the one I watch regularly anyway. BBC2 is fine for Jools Holland, though! :)
...and the awesome Trasnatlantic Sessions!!
Yes, Transatlantic Sessions were on BBC4 too! Another series starting soon! :D
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The live shows are wonderful! Everyone's taste is different, thankfully! ;)
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RADIO TIMES (the BBC's own weekly TV and radio listings magazine, in case overseas AMIT-ers don't know) says that Mark "talks about his early life and his career with Dire Straits", mentions that collaborations include Tina Turner and Bob Dylan, and says Mark is set to embark on another tour.
Yes, maybe MK is more comfortable in his skin these days but perhaps there are other factors at play.
(1) time has passed since the DS heyday and the passage of time smooths and soothes
(2) MK wants to put his own view/memories forward
(3) at a certain age, one's legacy becomes a consideration
(4) MK feels a need to raise his public profile
In case nobody has mentioned it, the MK programme is on twice this coming week (Sunday 3 March and repeated on Friday 8 March). On the Friday, it follows a documentary entitled "The Ballad of Mott the Hoople". The latter has "rare and previously unseen footage". Sadly, there is no mention of this for MK's programme but you can live in hope.
QUICK MODIFICATION #1: A friend of mine, a Mott The Hoople fan, no less (in fact, he once was a roadie for them, as I recall) says he thinks the BBC programme is an edited version of a publicly available DVD. Maybe Mark will issue his BBC4 programme as an extra in a future release.
QUICK MODIFICATION #2: Not on the subject but another of my contacts (who is very keen on Mark's solo concerts and albums) said to me that he wishes PRIVATEERING were a single CD, as he thinks it would have had more impact.
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"In case nobody has mentioned it, the MK programme is on twice this coming week (Sunday 3 March and repeated on Friday 8 March)."
It is on 3 times in fact, as it is also repeated at 00:15 (very early) Monday morning.
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This reply is in reference to twn modification #2 about if Privateering had been a single it would have a much more impact to the album. I totally agreed. It's so much a better song than Red Bud Tree. IMO. As a matter of fact, it's the best song in the album for me. :thumbsup :)
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This reply is in reference to twn modification #2 about if Privateering had been a single it would have a much more impact to the album. I totally agreed. It's so much a better song than Red Bud Tree. IMO. As a matter of fact, it's the best song in the album for me. :thumbsup :)
Regarding twm's modification #2, As I read, I understood that it would have been better to have been a single album rather than a double one. ;)
I love the whole of the album - there are no skippers, but it is quite long and I always have to break off from listening, to attend to other things! I would rather have the two discs than one though and maybe I will have enough time one day to listen to it right through, including the bonus songs, without a break! :)
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Two different styles - celtic and bluesy. Therefore two discs. Apart from that, for me there are a lot of skippers and I wish it was on one disc with a lot of cuts because there is some quality stuff on there being hidden amongst too much fodder.
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This reply is in reference to twn modification #2 about if Privateering had been a single it would have a much more impact to the album. I totally agreed. It's so much a better song than Red Bud Tree. IMO. As a matter of fact, it's the best song in the album for me. :thumbsup :)
Regarding twm's modification #2, As I read, I understood that it would have been better to have been a single album rather than a double one. ;)
I love the whole of the album - there are no skippers, but it is quite long and I always have to break off from listening, to attend to other things! I would rather have the two discs than one though and maybe I will have enough time one day to listen to it right through, including the bonus songs, without a break! :)
superval
Thanks for correcting me . Guess it was too early for me in the morning when I read it. I wasn't quite awake. oops !
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Very good interview, if only for the bit where MK is questioned about brother David and his departure from the band.
Missed the first 15 mins,, but would have liked to have heard a bit more about DS in their prime, but maybe this was covered in the bit I missed.
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Very interesting. I had big fears at the start - the first couple of questions were sidestepped by MK who went into standard mode ("I asked for a piece of paper" etc), but it got much better. I thought Mark Lawson had him on the ropes re DK, but let him off the hook. :)
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Very interesting. I had big fears at the start - the first couple of questions were sidestepped by MK who went into standard mode ("I asked for a piece of paper" etc), but it got much better. I thought Mark Lawson had him on the ropes re DK, but let him off the hook. :)
It would be great to hear a summary of the interview from someone who saw it for those of us who live where it was not broadcast. And that whole DK thing is still a mystery to me. What could possibly have happened to keep two close brothers, both of whom seem to be very nice people, apart for all of these years? Conjectures?
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I enjoyed it verymuch. I think Mark Lawson was a very good interviewer and probed some aspects of MK's life more than others have done before, eg Mark's father and his membership of the Communist Party, Jewishness, Mark's love of the North, especially the North East, etc. I think Marked looked rather uncomfortable when the subject of David was broached and it showed in his body language! A lot of the footage has already been covered on "A Life in Songs" especially the photographs and film clips, but all in all it was very well done. Need to watch it again to take it all in! :)
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You can download the DVD here:
http://tracker.knopflertk.net/torrents-details.php?id=2512
or
http://www.hungercity.org/details.php?id=23906
Thank simonlofc for recording, authoring, and sharing this DVD!
Wishes
Allen
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It's on the BBCs iPlayer, but only in the UK! Hopefully someone will kindly YouTube it, I don't want to download a whole DVD just to hear about the red Strat again!!
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It's on the BBCs iPlayer, but only in the UK! Hopefully someone will kindly YouTube it, I don't want to download a whole DVD just to hear about the red Strat again!!
I watched it last night with an Ipad app which alows you to watch online many of the UK tvs and was very interesting. Obviously many answers that we already know, but as MK was quite nervous, some answers had a kind of fresh thing.
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Due to some reason, I couldn't ues Youtube, so I uploaded the video on a Chinese website, so sorry if the Chinese characters make you upset. Anyway, here it is:
Part 1:
http://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XNTIyMTczNTQ0.html
Part 2:
http://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XNTIyMTc2NjM2.html
Wishes
Allen
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I've got mixed emotions from this interview. On one hand it has some fresh things in it and Lawson did a good job (save for one silly question that needed elaboration), however there was that thing that has cropped up lately that disappoints me. This concerns Marks insistence on railroading himself into being the songwriter and not the guitarist. Never has it been more apparent than in this interview. He even referred to the guitar as "the damned thing."
Interesting to note that he is now willing to talk about his past, including family life whereas up until probably just last year we knew next to nothing about this.
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Thanks Allen ! I have watched it too.
I also have mix feelings. On the one hand, Mark seems to be keen to be honest and to answer everything (too bad he was not asked why he does not play TOL anymore, we might have gotten an answer !); on the other hand, the way he answers about his brother is strange, to say the least. MK is nervous during the whole interview, but especially nervous during this part. Reading between the lines, you understand that although he is embarrassed to say this on TV, his brother did not really meet the grade as a guitar player, and did not want to listen to his elder brother's advice (orders ?), that's why it was tricky... in short, it did go well with Pick because Pick was an experienced drummer who had recorded before; it did go well with John because John was both a decent bass player and a "yes-man"; and it did not go well with David because David was a stubborn inexperienced guitar player.... a bit tough. Is the analogy maded with Mark's first group ("They hated each other") is a way to tell that there was little affection between the two brothers ?
We also learn that money was not the issue. But in a DK interview we know that song credits might have been the issue. Did David actually write some of songs of S/T or Communiqu
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Thanks, Alan. This was great. Lots of old ground covered in this interview, but some nice moments too. I especially liked the insight we gained when MK talked about his father bringing a different perspective to their lives because of his background and how learning about other people's perspectives gives the creative person "another eye". It was also interesting to me to hear that the fifties were described as a drab decade in the UK. For me, as a white child growing up in the U.S., the fifties were all Ozzie and Harriet - a great time to be a kid. Of course, I had yet to learn about the discrimination that was pervasive throughout our country. My "other eye" hadn't come into focus yet!
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From my visits to the USA, I know that it can be difficult for Americans to understand what the situation was like in Britain in the late 1940s and the early 1950s. Though the war in Europe ended in mid-1945, it continued for another year in the Far East and rationing in Britain didn't even end then. There was the blockade of Berlin in the late-1940s and the Korean War in the early 1950s, to both of which Britain contributed. Rationing continued and restrictions were only lifted bit-by-bit as the years went by but did not actually stop until 9 years after the war in Europe had ended. There was a particularly harsh winter in the late 1940s and a major flooding in Eastern England in the early 1950s, both of which adversely affected food supply. Housing was in short supply and many lived in temporary accommodation. A similar situation applied in many parts of mainland Europe but, as much of Britain's war effort had been funded by war loans (mostly from America), Britain had to repay those loans over many years after the war. Those loans were only finally paid back in full about five years ago (I forget the precise year but it was towards the end of the last Labour goverment, so prior to 2010). There were a few years when the economic situation in Britain was so dire that our government had to seek a postponement of that year's repayments.
The 1950s (especially the first half) are regarded as fairly dismal but things became a little brighter towards the end of the 1950s but the bright, explosive and rather uplifting Sixties didn't really start here until late-1962 or early-1963.
This is Philip Larkin's "Annus Mirabilis". People tend to quote its first verse but I rather prefer the last:
S-exual intercourse began
In nineteen sixty-three
(which was rather late for me) -
Between the end of the Chatterley ban
And the Beatles' first LP.
Up to then there'd only been
A sort of bargaining,
A wrangle for the ring,
A shame that started at sixteen
And spread to everything.
Then all at once the quarrel sank:
Everyone felt the same,
And every life became
A brilliant breaking of the bank,
A quite unlosable game.
So life was never better than
In nineteen sixty-three
(Though just too late for me) -
Between the end of the Chatterley ban
And the Beatles' first LP.
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Spamual intercourse. Brilliant. I think Larkin would approve. :)
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Many, many thanks, twm, for the insight into post-war Britain and for also including Philip Larkin's super-amazing "Annus Mirabilis".
And many thanks for our "sex-word" filter... I was howling with laughter at the phrase: "spamual intercourse"...
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Cheers Allen, Chinese yt works for me ! :)
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Sorry about "sexual" instead of "s-exual". i missed that transformation. After a few attenpts to beat the "system", I finally cracked it and have modified my posting.
One of the things I didn't mention were the fogs - or rather the smogs. London had long been noted for its fogs (The Gershwin song, "A foggy day in London town", gives a rathe romantic notion) but smogs were much worse. Smoke mixed with fog produced a yellowish concoction known as smog or, colloquially, a "pea-souper" because it was thick and resembled pea soup in colour. It enveloped you, even got inside houses and, worst of all, got in your lungs, causing respiratory conditions. I suspect that pea-soupers happened in other cities and towns but the one that really grabbed public attention was the one in London at the end of 1952, known colloquially as "The Great Smog". Smog was not only almost impenetrable but also lethal. The number of deaths attributable to the Great Smog has been disputed but we're talking several thousands of people. Eventually, in the mid-1950s, the Clean Air Act was passed by Parliament, requiring the use of smoke-free coal and other fuel sources. It took a while for the benefits of the legislation to resolve the issue fully and, though I lived in outer London, I can recall going to school with a thick scarf round my face and a faint yellowish tinge to the fog.
It was literally and metaphorically a gloomy period.
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Allen THANK YOU for posting the links to the interview with Mark! :clap
I loved watching and listening! ;D
Fieneke
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i really liked this interview, as most of his interviews of late.
also, i had hoped lawson would have asked about their relationship these days.
mark did only mention it was not about money at the time, when i remember Dave's statement he talks about later...
i did not sense nervousness, except that he kept wringing his hands. looked like he was in a decent mood.
a lot of new ground was covered imho
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http://vk.com/video_ext.php?oid=-1623526&id=164958829&hash=7730b3ad610664ac&hd=1
Here is the direct stream on vk.c?m to whole interview done in one piece with high bitrate and without ads at all.
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Finally got round to watching the BBC4 interview. I thought it pretty well done and sensed no nervousness on MK's part at all. He skated around the David Knopfler question but that's about it really.
Was the brief clip of him with Richard Bennett new to you? Ifd so, does this perhaps indicate when the interview took place?
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Loved the interview -- MK did seem to be more generous in his replies than in the past!! I don't see nervousness, as much as I do a general sense of unease. This seems to be present in most of his interviews... no? :hmm
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Finally got round to watching the BBC4 interview. I thought it pretty well done and sensed no nervousness on MK's part at all. He skated around the David Knopfler question but that's about it really.
Was the brief clip of him with Richard Bennett new to you? Ifd so, does this perhaps indicate when the interview took place?
The part where Richard and Mark plays acoustics together is from the last five minuts of A Life In Songs... Filmed backstage somewhere during the GL tour.
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Finally got round to watching the BBC4 interview. I thought it pretty well done and sensed no nervousness on MK's part at all. He skated around the David Knopfler question but that's about it really.
Was the brief clip of him with Richard Bennett new to you? Ifd so, does this perhaps indicate when the interview took place?
The part where Richard and Mark plays acoustics together is from the last five minuts of A Life In Songs... Filmed backstage somewhere during the GL tour.
That coupled with Lawson mentioning the release of the 'new album' with 20 songs ...Privateering...leads me to believe that the interview may have been done this past fall..maybe October or November.
As far as mentioning David goes..he actually seemed at ease when first addressing the idea that brothers don't work out together in bands. I think Mark wanted it to work out...but David just couldn't take direction from 'big brother'. My brothers and I get along just fine..until we try to work on a project together.. :smack.
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I didn't think MK looked nervous in this interview either. There is just always a bit of unease in his body language when he talks about himself. And in reflection, I certainly get that Mark and David realized they could not work together and went their separate ways. What I don't get is that their previously close personal relationship ended when their professional relationship ended. From comments that David has made over the years, he seems to long for a reconciliation but that Mark does not. I can only surmise that in the heat of their professional breakup, comments were made (perhaps comments David now regrets making like the one about Mark being such an odd fellow) that led Mark to believe there wasn't much of a personal relationship to preserve. :'(
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I googled David Knopfler the other day.. the funny thing was in the top ten results was the marvelously satirical Uncyclepedia article on Dire Straits (very entertaining) and also some crackpot who claims to have written all the lyrics on the first DS album (this nutter has a very well produced web page detailing his claims) !! Amazing !
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I googled David Knopfler the other day.. the funny thing was in the top ten results was the marvelously satirical Uncyclepedia article on Dire Straits (very entertaining) and also some crackpot who claims to have written all the lyrics on the first DS album (this nutter has a very well produced web page detailing his claims) !! Amazing !
Aaaahh how the internet has opened another door for all the crackpots. Back in the pre-net days we would have found said nutter on a street corner holding a sign that proclaimed that he was The Messiah..."two men claim they're Jesus..one of them must be wrong" ;)
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Finally got round to watching the BBC4 interview. I thought it pretty well done and sensed no nervousness on MK's part at all. He skated around the David Knopfler question but that's about it really.
Was the brief clip of him with Richard Bennett new to you? Ifd so, does this perhaps indicate when the interview took place?
I think the most enlightening program on the MK/DK bust-up was the BBC's "Brother in Arms" a few years back, in which David, but not Mark, appeared. Muff Winwood and the DS manager had their say, it was pretty clear that MK was pretty dictatorial, and Muff's suggestion of doing a couple of DK's songs on an album went down like a lead balloon. Whether DK was a good enough musician or not I'm not sure, but the personal dynamics between DK & MK seemed to be the nux of the problem.
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it was pretty clear that MK was pretty dictatorial
yes, confirmed in the Oldfield book.
the difference is that John accepted this fact, David not.
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it was pretty clear that MK was pretty dictatorial
yes, confirmed in the Oldfield book.
the difference is that John accepted this fact, David not.
And Pick either...
When he realised the path that DS was following in musical terms and the little he had to do with that (his playing I mean) he decided he had to leave.
The two original members that had their own musical thing, both left the band.
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it was pretty clear that MK was pretty dictatorial
yes, confirmed in the Oldfield book.
the difference is that John accepted this fact, David not.
And Pick either...
When he realised the path that DS was following in musical terms and the little he had to do with that (his playing I mean) he decided he had to leave.
The two original members that had their own musical thing, both left the band.
Yes, in the Oldfield's book, there is an Ed quote about Pick who thought that keyboards took more importance than drums....
There was also the fact that Pick was homesick on tour
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When someone leaves a band there is always many factors that together, makes you take the decision.
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Two different things DK and PW. The first left unwillingly while making the third difficult album proven massive MM, (actually he had recorded some parts and he had his photo taken for the album inner sleeve) while the second left after the no.1 hit album Love ove gold, so actually knowing what he misses. Some friction can be creative in a group, but everybody should accept this fact. DK's rhythm contributions in the first DS albums were fine but MM parts were more demanding. However if you listen to DK's solo efforts, they are keyboard heavy (or anyway heavier that the 2 DS albums). So in a way he might have been responsible for this change of sound, in a way.
As for PW, I think it is a variety of reasons, already mentioned here.
And of course, there are some things that can not be told, for various reasons and we can only speculate. But really I care more about the music.
Thanks Allen for posting1
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Thats not the reason why DK left DS...
Thats the last drop obviously, but DK was very unhappy in DS cause he was a songwritter himself, and after two records and two tours he was very upset with the fact that none of his tracks were even considered by his brother, that now was coproducing the third record, so if he was just a guitar player in the band, now he was even less (considering himself as a songwriter too)
Probably the reason why DK wasn
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It was probably a mixture of a lot of things and it just needed one thing to be the excuse they needed to quit - in DK's case the argument during the MM sessions.
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I saw DK & his band a few years ago, DK often played keys while his mate Harry played some excellent guitar. VG gig; DK spoke warmly, if briefly, about "my brother Mark."
What did Pick do after leaving DS? I went to see a band he was advertised as playing with (the Gary Fletcher band) a couple of years back but he didn't show up and a rather heavy-handed local drummer filled in.
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I love how MK tries to avoid answering the "ever imagined yourself as a rock star" question! :) He ends up answering about success!
I really get his answer about the musicians and the "modern problems" (like downloading). It is just a different kind of obstacle, but artists face obstacles one way or the other.
I love the Rudiger song story!
And his X Factor answer is spot on. (Tried to catch him admitting that he watches it, :lol )
A lithuanian band! :lol
Another intresting question about song control that wasn't anwered in full. Hmmmmm
Brewer's droop story answers the first question somehow!
About DS: A little vehicle for my songs!
About David: I was in a hurry and I knew what I wanted!
All theother answers were incomplete sentences, "his guitar playing was..." etc
The damned thing! Someone already noticed! The time he must have spent to become so good at the guitar!
It keeps life interesting, recording with Bob and Emmy !
Very nice questions and I love the way he answers. Speak volumes, regardless of the incomplete answers. I guess people who like MK, identify with these qualities, and find them in his songs as well.
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Just signed up! I can't view the interview via the links you've posted, unfortunately.. I really want and need to see it, so any other source(s) where to watch it would be highly appreciated!
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Just signed up! I can't view the interview via the links you've posted, unfortunately.. I really want and need to see it, so any other source(s) where to watch it would be highly appreciated!
Welcome Brannstrom! I suppose if you can't access any of the links, the only solution would be to download the interview:
http://tracker.knopflertk.net/torrents-details.php?id=2512
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Just signed up! I can't view the interview via the links you've posted, unfortunately.. I really want and need to see it, so any other source(s) where to watch it would be highly appreciated!
Welcome Brannstrom! I suppose if you can't access any of the links, the only solution would be to download the interview:
http://tracker.knopflertk.net/torrents-details.php?id=2512
Thank you! Very helpful.