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Mark Knopfler Discussion => Mark Knopfler Discussion Forum => Topic started by: Dutchessy on November 30, 2013, 07:01:01 PM

Title: Top 2000 Radio 2 (Netherlands)
Post by: Dutchessy on November 30, 2013, 07:01:01 PM
Vote for Dire Straits & Mark Knopfler songs in the top 2000! (broadcasted 24/7 from 25dec until 31 dec 23.59)

This were the DS/MK songs from the 2012 list:

11   ?4   Dire Straits   Brothers In Arms   1989
28   ?2   Dire Straits   Sultans Of Swing   1978
49   ?-2   Dire Straits   Private Investigations   1982
73   ?24   Dire Straits   Telegraph Road   1982
215   ?10   Dire Straits   Money For Nothing   1985
306   ?8   Dire Straits   Romeo And Juliet   1980
309   ?32   Dire Straits   Walk Of Life   1986
417   ?124   Mark Knopfler   What It Is   2000
609   ?91   Dire Straits   Tunnel Of Love   1980
670   ?-191   James Taylor & Mark Knopfler   Sailing To Philadelphia   2000
834   ?130   Dire Straits   Why Worry   1985
836   ?139   Dire Straits   On Every Street   1992
1307   ?139   Dire Straits   So Far Away   1985
1421   ?387   Dire Straits   Calling Elvis   1991
1596   ?135   Dire Straits   Water Of Love   1978

It's allowed to choose a list full of DS songs :) Let's bring Brothers in Arms back in the top 10!

You can vote until 6 december 20.00 (Dutch time) Everybody can vote!!

http://stemmen.top2000.nl/#!/index.html?page=1&q=dire%20straits&view=list (Dire Straits filtered)
http://stemmen.top2000.nl/#!/index.html?page=1&q=mark%20knopfler&view=list (Mark Knopfler filtered)

http://stemmen.top2000.nl/#!/index.html?page=1&q=&view=list (complete songlist)
Title: Re: Top 2000 Radio 2 (Netherlands)
Post by: cannibals on November 30, 2013, 11:21:19 PM
Here we go again!!! BIA must be in the top 10 this year!!!!! Everybode vote!!!
I will vote for BIA, TOL and STP...  :wave
Title: Re: Top 2000 Radio 2 (Netherlands)
Post by: H97 on December 01, 2013, 10:43:15 AM
I'm Dutch so I voted all ready. Voted on Telegraph Road, Brothers In Arms and What It Is, my other votes went to other artists :).
Hope BIA will be in the top10 again, would be great!
Title: Re: Top 2000 Radio 2 (Netherlands)
Post by: Dutchessy on December 01, 2013, 02:01:21 PM
The best year was 2005 I think. Then we had Bia on 7, private on 9 and sos on 16.
Title: Re: Top 2000 Radio 2 (Netherlands)
Post by: H97 on December 01, 2013, 03:52:10 PM
The best year was 2005 I think. Then we had Bia on 7, private on 9 and sos on 16.

Ehm... 2005 had BIA on 19, SOS on 28 and Pi on 29 I believe...

2001 was pretty cool though (BIA 7, SOS 10, PI 14), but didn't have many MK/DS songs in the list in total...
Title: Re: Top 2000 Radio 2 (Netherlands)
Post by: Dutchessy on December 02, 2013, 12:29:06 PM
The best year was 2005 I think. Then we had Bia on 7, private on 9 and sos on 16.

Ehm... 2005 had BIA on 19, SOS on 28 and Pi on 29 I believe...

2001 was pretty cool though (BIA 7, SOS 10, PI 14), but didn't have many MK/DS songs in the list in total...

Then it was 2001 :smack
Title: Re: Top 2000 Radio 2 (Netherlands)
Post by: stormbreaker on December 02, 2013, 05:22:48 PM
I voted on almost everything till I reached the vote limit. I didn't manage to vote on WW.
Title: Re: Top 2000 Radio 2 (Netherlands)
Post by: dmg on December 02, 2013, 06:26:09 PM
I voted on almost everything till I reached the vote limit. I didn't manage to vote on WW.

Same here!  Of course, I chose what I thought would be the most popular ones rather than my own favourites to give them a better chance.
Title: Re: Top 2000 Radio 2 (Netherlands)
Post by: Vesper on December 02, 2013, 07:16:11 PM
Here's my list:
http://stemmen.top2000.nl//mijnlijst.html?h=dba2b4939aac364a8ff117b998309cdb#!/index.html?page=1&q=&view=list
Title: Re: Top 2000 Radio 2 (Netherlands)
Post by: H97 on December 02, 2013, 09:05:59 PM
My list: http://stemmen.top2000.nl/mijnlijst.html?h=931cf34b96107ae23a142da5f9892730#!/index.html?page=1&q=&view=list

Sorry, not just MK & DS  :wave ;)
Title: Re: Top 2000 Radio 2 (Netherlands)
Post by: cannibals on December 03, 2013, 08:21:35 PM
http://stemmen.top2000.nl/mijnlijst.html?h=64396dec9ca4400a3e35378f9409aa58#!/index.html?page=1&q=&view=list

My list  :wave
Title: Re: Top 2000 Radio 2 (Netherlands)
Post by: Dutchessy on December 03, 2013, 11:34:22 PM
And mine:

http://stemmen.top2000.nl/mijnlijst.html?h=b5a392b0ba138d9590690d039a987d43#!/index.html?page=1&q=&view=list (http://stemmen.top2000.nl/mijnlijst.html?h=b5a392b0ba138d9590690d039a987d43#!/index.html?page=1&q=&view=list)
Title: Re: Top 2000 Radio 2 (Netherlands)
Post by: Pottel on December 04, 2013, 08:25:31 PM
my list..
http://stemmen.top2000.nl/mijnlijst.html?h=8620de5b3111e3f234d765eb4b8f6adc#!/index.html?page=1&q=&view=list
Title: Re: Top 2000 Radio 2 (Netherlands)
Post by: ingridswing on December 05, 2013, 03:20:11 PM
And my list: always a hard job to do, but it's a duty  :D

http://stemmen.top2000.nl/mijnlijst.html?h=a4144805e64a86f6fc7dd95e6877f069#!/index.html?page=1&q=&view=list
Title: Re: Top 2000 Radio 2 (Netherlands)
Post by: dmg on December 05, 2013, 03:34:50 PM
What are you guys doing!  You can't vote for any songs that are going to challenge Mark's ones or you'll be contributing to their beating. ???
Title: Re: Top 2000 Radio 2 (Netherlands)
Post by: Dutchessy on December 06, 2013, 09:03:11 AM
Today it's the last day for voting... Please vote!! You can vote until 20.00 tonight!
Title: Re: Top 2000 Radio 2 (Netherlands)
Post by: stormbreaker on December 09, 2013, 09:28:24 PM
Why do Matthijs van Nieuwerkerk and Leo Blokhuis never make a point of MK in the Top 2000 a GoGo? I watch every episode and I never see anything of DS or MK. You do see lots of diffrent musicians, sometimes even musicians who have only one time succes and you will never hear again, in Holland we call that a 'mayflie'.
Title: Re: Top 2000 Radio 2 (Netherlands)
Post by: H97 on December 10, 2013, 08:54:55 AM
Why do Matthijs van Nieuwerkerk and Leo Blokhuis never make a point of MK in the Top 2000 a GoGo? I watch every episode and I never see anything of DS or MK. You do see lots of diffrent musicians, sometimes even musicians who have only one time succes and you will never hear again, in Holland we call that a 'mayflie'.
They mostly combine that with an interview with that artist and most of the times it's hard to get a big star doing such a thing :)
Title: Re: Top 2000 Radio 2 (Netherlands)
Post by: H97 on December 23, 2013, 05:32:24 PM
The list was published today:

11 Brothers In Arms
21 Sultans Of Swing
52 Telegraph Road
66 Private Investigations
195 Money For Nothing
276 Romeo And Juliet
306 Walk Of Life
400 What It Is
540 Tunnel Of Love
582 Sailing To Philadelphia
823 On Every Street
947 Why Worry
1278 So Far Away
1551 Calling Elvis
1632 Water Of Love
Title: Re: Top 2000 Radio 2 (Netherlands)
Post by: dmg on December 23, 2013, 05:58:47 PM
Interesting that WOL falls 1326 places behind WOL!  Do people have no taste???
Title: Re: Top 2000 Radio 2 (Netherlands)
Post by: Justme on December 23, 2013, 06:30:14 PM
Interesting that WOL falls 1326 places behind WOL!  Do people have no taste???

Fact.
Title: Re: Top 2000 Radio 2 (Netherlands)
Post by: dmg on December 23, 2013, 08:22:28 PM
Interesting that WOL falls 1326 places behind WOL!  Do people have no taste???

Fact.

Says a lot, doesn't it;  popular doesn't necessarily mean good.
Title: Re: Top 2000 Radio 2 (Netherlands)
Post by: Justme on December 23, 2013, 08:41:34 PM
There is a proverb that translates like this:

Eat sh*t, millions of flies can't be wrong.

 ;D
Title: Re: Top 2000 Radio 2 (Netherlands)
Post by: nababo on December 23, 2013, 08:52:03 PM
Interesting that WOL falls 1326 places behind WOL!  Do people have no taste???

Fact.

Says a lot, doesn't it;  popular doesn't necessarily mean good.

Or maybe we are being so hard on this song. I'll launch a campaign: "Free Walk of Life"! Let the music proceed on its path to eternity!
 8)
Title: Re: Top 2000 Radio 2 (Netherlands)
Post by: Justme on December 23, 2013, 08:53:59 PM
 ;D
Title: Re: Top 2000 Radio 2 (Netherlands)
Post by: dmg on December 23, 2013, 09:00:02 PM
If I thought for one moment you were being anything but sarcastic Nababo, I would recommend your dismissal from the forum!
Title: Re: Top 2000 Radio 2 (Netherlands)
Post by: nababo on December 23, 2013, 09:08:44 PM
If I thought for one moment you were being anything but sarcastic Nababo, I would recommend your dismissal from the forum!

I was only joking. But in fact we have to forever deal with the awful truth that WoL is soooo popular outside of our world. So, when people get to know that I like Dire Straits and happen to mention WoL, I don't dare to say that it's hated for the massive majority of real fans. I just follow the walk of life...
Title: Re: Top 2000 Radio 2 (Netherlands)
Post by: dmg on December 23, 2013, 11:37:12 PM
If I thought for one moment you were being anything but sarcastic Nababo, I would recommend your dismissal from the forum!

I was only joking. But in fact we have to forever deal with the awful truth that WoL is soooo popular outside of our world. So, when people get to know that I like Dire Straits and happen to mention WoL, I don't dare to say that it's hated for the massive majority of real fans. I just follow the walk of life...

I know.  It's sad that most people are familiar with Walk but have never heard songs like Water. :disbelief
Title: Re: Top 2000 Radio 2 (Netherlands)
Post by: ingridswing on December 24, 2013, 11:16:54 AM
And no newer songs in the list either  >:(  :'(
Title: Re: Top 2000 Radio 2 (Netherlands)
Post by: dmg on December 24, 2013, 12:39:36 PM
And no newer songs in the list either  >:(  :'(

Again, proving these type of lists are just a popularity contest.
Title: Re: Top 2000 Radio 2 (Netherlands)
Post by: Dutchessy on December 24, 2013, 08:04:38 PM
And no newer songs in the list either  >:(  :'(

Again, proving these type of lists are just a popularity contest.

But its so awsome to hear the full Tunnel Of Love and Telegraph Road on the radio!!! Quite a rare occasion i think. So really enjoyable on high volume! I'm always looking forward to it.
Title: Re: Top 2000 Radio 2 (Netherlands)
Post by: dmg on December 25, 2013, 12:42:06 AM
And no newer songs in the list either  >:(  :'(

Again, proving these type of lists are just a popularity contest.

But its so awsome to hear the full Tunnel Of Love and Telegraph Road on the radio!!! Quite a rare occasion i think. So really enjoyable on high volume! I'm always looking forward to it.

Wow!  Never thought I'd hear that. 

I remember this year on holiday in Switzerland a man in a convertible had the roof down and had TR coming out the speakers full blast.  I never suspected for a moment a radio show would play it but he seemed taken away with it!
Title: Re: Top 2000 Radio 2 (Netherlands)
Post by: JF on December 26, 2013, 09:55:14 AM
About Walk of life, I agree it's not the best song written and composed by Mark, but I like it, as it's the song that made me liked his music

and I think (no offence intended, noone referred  in particular  :)) that sometimes the "I don't like WOL" thing is a bit of snobbism.

Often, songs that are big hits  became the "worst" songs if you read die hard fans, and almost for all artists.

you know, fans prefer to say that they like the less known songs, it's more "cool"


Of course, while WOL has been my fav one for about 3 months back in summer 88, it has changed and I like much more songs like TR, RATR, Tunnel, It never rains, In the gallery, SHS, WDYWYG, OUATITW, WWE, WII, STP, etc...

BUT I must admit that I like very much walk of life, So far away, Money for nothing,etc... in the same way I like very much songs like Money, another brick in the wall, stairway to heaven, hey joe, sweet home alabama, europa, you really got me, my generation, smoke on the water, walk on the wilde side, proud mary, jumping jack flash, let it be, and the list can go on and on...

it's a little bit like some movies you know. At first they are the best movies ever made, but since many people go see it, it becames some standard blockbusters...

Why a song should become worse because it's aired every time on radio ?

Does the success change a work of art ? :)
(thinking in general of course, I don't mean that WOL is a piece of art  ;D)
Title: Re: Top 2000 Radio 2 (Netherlands)
Post by: cannibals on December 27, 2013, 02:28:11 PM
And no newer songs in the list either  >:(  :'(

Again, proving these type of lists are just a popularity contest.

But its so awsome to hear the full Tunnel Of Love and Telegraph Road on the radio!!! Quite a rare occasion i think. So really enjoyable on high volume! I'm always looking forward to it.

You will have to wait untill 30 dec, somewhere between 02:00 and 03:00   :(  they will play TOL
TR will be on the radio 31 dec 18:00 and 19:00  :clap :clap
www.radio2.nl to listen on the internet.  :wave

Title: Re: Top 2000 Radio 2 (Netherlands)
Post by: xxFordiexx on December 30, 2013, 01:49:01 PM
About Walk of life, I agree it's not the best song written and composed by Mark, but I like it, as it's the song that made me liked his music

and I think (no offence intended, noone referred  in particular  :)) that sometimes the "I don't like WOL" thing is a bit of snobbism.

Often, songs that are big hits  became the "worst" songs if you read die hard fans, and almost for all artists.

you know, fans prefer to say that they like the less known songs, it's more "cool"

Well said and I agree. WOL is a classic feel good boogie woogie rock n roll number. Don't care what anyone thinks, it always gets people up rocking. Classic Tune :)


Of course, while WOL has been my fav one for about 3 months back in summer 88, it has changed and I like much more songs like TR, RATR, Tunnel, It never rains, In the gallery, SHS, WDYWYG, OUATITW, WWE, WII, STP, etc...

BUT I must admit that I like very much walk of life, So far away, Money for nothing,etc... in the same way I like very much songs like Money, another brick in the wall, stairway to heaven, hey joe, sweet home alabama, europa, you really got me, my generation, smoke on the water, walk on the wilde side, proud mary, jumping jack flash, let it be, and the list can go on and on...

it's a little bit like some movies you know. At first they are the best movies ever made, but since many people go see it, it becames some standard blockbusters...

Why a song should become worse because it's aired every time on radio ?

Does the success change a work of art ? :)
(thinking in general of course, I don't mean that WOL is a piece of art  ;D)
Title: Re: Top 2000 Radio 2 (Netherlands)
Post by: Dutchessy on January 01, 2014, 11:59:57 PM
And no newer songs in the list either  >:(  :'(

Again, proving these type of lists are just a popularity contest.

But its so awsome to hear the full Tunnel Of Love and Telegraph Road on the radio!!! Quite a rare occasion i think. So really enjoyable on high volume! I'm always looking forward to it.

You will have to wait untill 30 dec, somewhere between 02:00 and 03:00   :(  they will play TOL
TR will be on the radio 31 dec 18:00 and 19:00  :clap :clap
www.radio2.nl to listen on the internet.  :wave

I know, i've heard them all :)