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Title: Interview in german Spiegel
Post by: Kris-b on January 12, 2019, 11:20:42 AM
In german magazine  Spiegel there is a nice interview with Mark today.
Title: Re: Interview in german Spiegel
Post by: Pottel on January 12, 2019, 12:27:49 PM
In german magazine  Spiegel there is a nice interview with Mark today.
Sorry for the quick pic. Am in a restaurant(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190112/d1869acca0f66f767ae3565d420065cd.jpg)(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190112/35d38cc12d2ff69823b6a207f0824561.jpg)(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190112/08b565b1f72ab1ed28d0f908741b61ea.jpg)

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Title: Re: Interview in german Spiegel
Post by: Pottel on January 12, 2019, 12:31:45 PM
Here he says that his mum died in October.

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Title: Re: Interview in german Spiegel
Post by: Pottel on January 12, 2019, 12:34:38 PM
Also explicitly that ed sold his share. Good interview this!!

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Title: Re: Interview in german Spiegel
Post by: Kris-b on January 12, 2019, 12:45:10 PM
The part with the motorcycling made me worried a bit!
Title: Re: Interview in german Spiegel
Post by: jbaent on January 12, 2019, 12:47:48 PM
Is there any digital version of it and / or in English?
Title: Re: Interview in german Spiegel
Post by: superval99 on January 12, 2019, 12:48:00 PM
I would love to read the interview in English.  Is it possible to translate it somehow?   Sad that both Mark and Guy's mother died recently.
Title: Re: Interview in german Spiegel
Post by: Pottel on January 12, 2019, 12:59:48 PM
The part with the motorcycling made me worried a bit!
How do you mean?

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Title: Re: Interview in german Spiegel
Post by: Kris-b on January 12, 2019, 01:16:25 PM
The part with the motorcycling made me worried a bit!
How do you mean?

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Worried that he might have another accident!
Title: Re: Interview in german Spiegel
Post by: Kris-b on January 12, 2019, 01:17:59 PM
Is there any digital version of it and / or in English?
There is a digital version but you have to subscibe to the magazine.
Title: Re: Interview in german Spiegel
Post by: skydiver on January 12, 2019, 01:22:46 PM
Thanks for posting the pics of the interview!
Is the link to the video at the end of the article a visual version of the printed interview?
Title: Re: Interview in german Spiegel
Post by: Kris-b on January 12, 2019, 01:28:59 PM
Thanks for posting the pics of the interview!
Is the link to the video at the end of the article a visual version of the printed interview?
No, a bit from Good on you son and from the interview in his studio about the new songs, about two and a half minutes.
Title: Re: Interview in german Spiegel
Post by: skydiver on January 12, 2019, 01:31:53 PM
Thanks for posting the pics of the interview!
Is the link to the video at the end of the article a visual version of the printed interview?
No, a bit from Good on you son and from the interview in his studio about the new songs, about two and a half minutes.
Thanks for the info, I was secretly hoping for some new footage out of BG...
Title: Re: Interview in german Spiegel
Post by: Love Expresso on January 12, 2019, 01:49:04 PM
Quote from: Pottel link=topic=6649.msg135055#msg13505l5 date=1547292705
Here he says that his mum died in October.

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Sad. But turning 70 this year also means having been blessed with his living Mum for all his life so far, knowing how precious and important his parents were to him.

Also, another of those rare occasions for him and David to forcibly meet springs to mind automatically. David mentioned nothing about it so far via social media.

Coinciding with the pass away of Guy's Mum so close is indeed another sad moment.

Very interested to read about his absolute book favourite and being astonished  (but then again, not) to find out that it is such a special classic one. He never fails to surprise me. In these things.

I guess it's his first interview for the "Spiegel". Had hope for it for many years. And it turned out to be a very good one indeed.

LE
Title: Re: Interview in german Spiegel
Post by: Pottel on January 12, 2019, 02:05:19 PM
Quote from: Pottel link=topic=6649.msg135055#msg13505l5 date=1547292705
Here he says that his mum died in October.

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Sad. But turning 70 this year also means having been blessed with his living Mum for all his life so far, knowing how precious and important his parents were to him.

Also, another of those rare occasions for him and David to forcibly meet springs to mind automatically. David mentioned nothing about it so far via social media.

Coinciding with the pass away of Guy's Mum so close is indeed another sad moment.

Very interested to read about his absolute book favourite and being astonished  (but then again, not) to find out that it is such a special classic one. He never fails to surprise me. In these things.

I guess it's his first interview for the "Spiegel". Had hope for it for many years. And it turned out to be a very good one indeed.

LE
Also funny to read about his fascination with the, let's say, contested sächsischen dialekt

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Title: Re: Interview in german Spiegel
Post by: Love Expresso on January 12, 2019, 02:08:12 PM
Indeed. Guess it's a minority opinion all in all ... :lol

LE
Title: Re: Interview in german Spiegel
Post by: Kris-b on January 12, 2019, 02:12:31 PM
Reading that his father read the Spiegel I wonder if Mark and his siblings learned german.
Title: Re: Interview in german Spiegel
Post by: Pottel on January 12, 2019, 02:19:01 PM
Reading that his father read the Spiegel I wonder if Mark and his siblings learned german.
Missed that, did it really say that in the interview?

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Title: Re: Interview in german Spiegel
Post by: Kris-b on January 12, 2019, 02:23:33 PM
Reading that his father read the Spiegel I wonder if Mark and his siblings learned german.
Missed that, did it really say that in the interview?

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After writing about his mother!
Title: Re: Interview in german Spiegel
Post by: Love Expresso on January 12, 2019, 02:54:25 PM
He says his father was interested in everything German and that they always  had the "Spiegel" at home and that Mark still remembers the typical orange, the typography of the title and that he loved the thin paper... smelling Fender catalogues came to my mind  ;D.

He also said his Mother was 92
when she died and that she had had a good life.

About Ed, he is not so friendly.

"He sold his stake. All I know that being our former Manager, he had the right to do it. So he realizes the stuff. Apparently he needed cash, for whatever reason. He has no other job, maybe because of that."

LE
Title: Re: Interview in german Spiegel
Post by: rmarques821 on January 12, 2019, 03:02:52 PM
Started learning German a few months ago, but still not able to read this  :'(
Title: Re: Interview in german Spiegel
Post by: Love Expresso on January 12, 2019, 03:07:07 PM
About the "Scottish thing": "Mel Gibson made a terrible movie "Braveheart", full of construed contrasts for people with very little brains... I never had time for flag waving nationalists."

LE
Title: Re: Interview in german Spiegel
Post by: Pottel on January 12, 2019, 03:08:19 PM
He says his father was interested in everything German and that they always  had the "Spiegel" at home and that Mark still remembers the typical orange, the typography of the title and that he loved the thin paper... smelling Fender catalogues came to my mind  ;D.

He also said his Mother was 92
when she died and that she had had a good life.

About Ed, he is not so friendly.

"He sold his stake. All I know that being our former Manager, he had the right to do it. So he realizes the stuff. Apparently he needed cash, for whatever reason. He has no other job, maybe because of that."

LE
Not exactly unfriendly either

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Title: Re: Interview in german Spiegel
Post by: Love Expresso on January 12, 2019, 03:10:45 PM
About books: He also suggests "Meadowland" from John Lewis-Stempel and tells about its content, being perfect for people living the country. Or the forest.

LE
Title: Re: Interview in german Spiegel
Post by: quizzaciously on January 12, 2019, 03:21:27 PM
Mark always seems to have much better interviews with non English speaking part of the world.
Title: Re: Interview in german Spiegel
Post by: Kris-b on January 12, 2019, 03:27:12 PM
Mark always seems to have much better interviews with non English speaking part of the world.
Perhaps they have the more interesting questions.
Title: Re: Interview in german Spiegel
Post by: superval99 on January 12, 2019, 03:34:11 PM
Also his most favourite book, "The Blue Flower" by Penelope Fitzgerald about Friedrich von Hardenberg, pseudonym Novalis.  He says it is only a little book, but a classic and perhaps the best novel he has read.
Title: Re: Interview in german Spiegel
Post by: skydiver on January 13, 2019, 10:00:44 AM
To be precise, he said that "The Blue Flower" is one of his most favorite books, not the most favorite.
Title: Re: Interview in german Spiegel
Post by: MK_live on January 13, 2019, 10:36:58 AM
Can somebody post a picture of the cover please. I am interested to buy the magazine and this way am sure to buy the right one. Thanks!
Title: Re: Interview in german Spiegel
Post by: superval99 on January 13, 2019, 10:48:11 AM
To be precise, he said that "The Blue Flower" is one of his most favorite books, not the most favorite.

Apologies!    As you will note, the vital word for "one of" is not clear in that part of the text, due to it being on a fold and shiny!   ;)
Title: Re: Interview in german Spiegel
Post by: Markus on January 13, 2019, 11:20:38 AM
Can somebody post a picture of the cover please.

Look at "DER SPIEGEL 3/2019" -> http://www.spiegel.de/spiegel/print/index-2019-3.html
Title: Re: Interview in german Spiegel
Post by: Love Expresso on January 13, 2019, 11:22:10 AM
Can somebody post a picture of the cover please. I am interested to buy the magazine and this way am sure to buy the right one. Thanks!

It's Der Spiegel Nr.3/12.01.2019.  I am sure that will do. It's not a music magazine but a news magazine.

LE
Title: Re: Interview in german Spiegel
Post by: MK_live on January 13, 2019, 12:30:24 PM
Thanks very much, all clear now. Just bought a copy on the German Ebay.
Title: Re: Interview in german Spiegel
Post by: skydiver on January 13, 2019, 01:21:22 PM
To be precise, he said that "The Blue Flower" is one of his most favorite books, not the most favorite.

Apologies!    As you will note, the vital word for "one of" is not clear in that part of the text, due to it being on a fold and shiny!   ;)

please, no apologies needed. I am not pedantic. But since I think Mark & literature will be one of the topics we'll be discussing more intensively in the future, I thought to put it right here. Well-read people (like Mark) usually don't have that one book but quite a lot of "most favorite" ones.
Title: Re: Interview in german Spiegel
Post by: superval99 on January 13, 2019, 02:37:40 PM
To be precise, he said that "The Blue Flower" is one of his most favorite books, not the most favorite.

Apologies!    As you will note, the vital word for "one of" is not clear in that part of the text, due to it being on a fold and shiny!   ;)

please, no apologies needed. I am not pedantic. But since I think Mark & literature will be one of the topics we'll be discussing more intensively in the future, I thought to put it right here. Well-read people (like Mark) usually don't have that one book but quite a lot of "most favorite" ones.

As you probably are aware, I am English and for a couple of years attended German evening classes, which I enjoyed enormously, but sadly my local council eventually decided not to fund them anymore.   I began to try to teach myself from then on by reading and translating as much German as I could and this is what I did with the Knopfler interview in Der Spiegel.   I could understand quite a lot of what I read, as far as I could see, because a lot of the text was blurred, but I only referred to a translator when I didn't recognise a word, or phrase.

We English are often accused of being lazy with foreign languages, as opposed to other nationalities who, generally, are very good at English and I have always applauded people for whom English isn't their first language, especially on this forum.   I never cease to be impressed with their grammar and spelling for instance and wouldn't dream of correcting anyone.

I remember going to a restaurant in Austria a while ago to reserve a table for dinner and as soon as I began to talk, the proprietor stopped me and said I had no need to speak German, because they spoke perfect English.   So, we are damned if we do and damned if we don't!
 

Title: Re: Interview in german Spiegel
Post by: skydiver on January 13, 2019, 03:07:15 PM
It's a pity the local council didn't fund your evening classes anymore. Have you ventured into German literature?
Title: Re: Interview in german Spiegel
Post by: superval99 on January 13, 2019, 03:12:49 PM
It's a pity the local council didn't fund your evening classes anymore. Have you ventured into German literature?

Not yet!    I'm still at the stage of reading German Knopfler reviews and suchlike, because that's what I am interested in and if one is very interested in a particular subject it makes it much less like hard work!    ;D    BTW  Are you German or from a German speaking country?
Title: Re: Interview in german Spiegel
Post by: quizzaciously on January 13, 2019, 03:54:03 PM
As you probably are aware, I am English and for a couple of years attended German evening classes, which I enjoyed enormously, but sadly my local council eventually decided not to fund them anymore. I began to try to teach myself from then on by reading and translating as much German as I could and this is what I did with the Knopfler interview in Der Spiegel. I could understand quite a lot of what I read, as far as I could see, because a lot of the text was blurred, but I only referred to a translator when I didn't recognise a word, or phrase.

We English are often accused of being lazy with foreign languages, as opposed to other nationalities who, generally, are very good at English and I have always applauded people for whom English isn't their first language, especially on this forum. I never cease to be impressed with their grammar and spelling for instance and wouldn't dream of correcting anyone.

I remember going to a restaurant in Austria a while ago to reserve a table for dinner and as soon as I began to talk, the proprietor stopped me and said I had no need to speak German, because they spoke perfect English. So, we are damned if we do and damned if we don't!

I was watching this documentary on Scandinavia the other day and there was some Swedish people speaking crystal clear, 100% perfect Russian. I was completely astonished! A if they were born there. Not only our language isn't the easiest one to learn, they also know theirs, too (Swedish, Norwegian for instance AND English). So yeah, I always admire people like this.
Title: Re: Interview in german Spiegel
Post by: quizzaciously on January 13, 2019, 04:06:00 PM
By the way, speaking of mothers, I was watching the recent David Gilmour doc and towards the end of it there was a whole segment about his mother. In it, he was asked wether he miss her or not, he thought about it for a while and said "No". How come he won't miss his own ma? :think
Title: Re: Interview in german Spiegel
Post by: peterromer on January 13, 2019, 04:48:54 PM
About the "Scottish thing": "Mel Gibson made a terrible movie "Braveheart", full of construed contrasts for people with very little brains... I never had time for flag waving nationalists."
LE

So Mr. Knopfler thinks I have a little brain because I love the movie "Braveheart" Interesting   ;)
Title: Re: Interview in german Spiegel
Post by: Robson on January 13, 2019, 05:52:31 PM
I like much too. Beautiful music, but the film does not tell a true story. Thanks for the interview. Can anyone translate from German?
Title: Re: Interview in german Spiegel
Post by: Eddie Fox on January 13, 2019, 06:13:40 PM
By the way, speaking of mothers, I was watching the recent David Gilmour doc and towards the end of it there was a whole segment about his mother. In it, he was asked wether he miss her or not, he thought about it for a while and said "No". How come he won't miss his own ma? :think

Perhaps he meant he’s come to terms with her loss?
Title: Re: Interview in german Spiegel
Post by: Pottel on January 13, 2019, 06:45:45 PM
By the way, speaking of mothers, I was watching the recent David Gilmour doc and towards the end of it there was a whole segment about his mother. In it, he was asked wether he miss her or not, he thought about it for a while and said "No". How come he won't miss his own ma? :think
He spoke about that as well. Is a great docu. Imagine that with mk

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Title: Re: Interview in german Spiegel
Post by: rmarques821 on January 13, 2019, 07:12:02 PM
Reading that his father read the Spiegel I wonder if Mark and his siblings learned german.

I don't think Mark speaks German, but he certainly knows a few words. If I am not mistaken, during the concert at Rockpalast, he used to thank the audience with "danke schön!".
Title: Re: Interview in german Spiegel
Post by: Pottel on January 13, 2019, 07:42:27 PM
Reading that his father read the Spiegel I wonder if Mark and his siblings learned german.

I don't think Mark speaks German, but he certainly knows a few words. If I am not mistaken, during the concert at Rockpalast, he used to thank the audience with "danke schön!".
Oh he knows more then that

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Title: Re: Interview in german Spiegel
Post by: PensaGhost on January 13, 2019, 07:50:41 PM
By the way, speaking of mothers, I was watching the recent David Gilmour doc and towards the end of it there was a whole segment about his mother. In it, he was asked wether he miss her or not, he thought about it for a while and said "No". How come he won't miss his own ma? :think

Perhaps he meant he’s come to terms with her loss?

not really, he is very harsh in more than 1 sentence
Title: Re: Interview in german Spiegel
Post by: jbaent on January 14, 2019, 08:40:49 AM
By the way, speaking of mothers, I was watching the recent David Gilmour doc and towards the end of it there was a whole segment about his mother. In it, he was asked wether he miss her or not, he thought about it for a while and said "No". How come he won't miss his own ma? :think

Perhaps he meant he’s come to terms with her loss?

not really, he is very harsh in more than 1 sentence

Yes, Gilmour kind of says that something happened between him and his mother, and they didn't had a good relationship.
Title: Re: Interview in german Spiegel
Post by: Pottel on January 14, 2019, 09:02:06 AM
By the way, speaking of mothers, I was watching the recent David Gilmour doc and towards the end of it there was a whole segment about his mother. In it, he was asked wether he miss her or not, he thought about it for a while and said "No". How come he won't miss his own ma? :think

Perhaps he meant he’s come to terms with her loss?

not really, he is very harsh in more than 1 sentence

Yes, Gilmour kind of says that something happened between him and his mother, and they didn't had a good relationship.
Indeed, when quoting stuff like that, it is always good to quote the full thing. Anyways, this documentary was amazing, absolute recommendation

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Post by: quizzaciously on January 14, 2019, 10:27:39 PM
By the way, speaking of mothers, I was watching the recent David Gilmour doc and towards the end of it there was a whole segment about his mother. In it, he was asked wether he miss her or not, he thought about it for a while and said "No". How come he won't miss his own ma? :think

Perhaps he meant he’s come to terms with her loss?

not really, he is very harsh in more than 1 sentence

Yes, Gilmour kind of says that something happened between him and his mother, and they didn't had a good relationship.
Indeed, when quoting stuff like that, it is always good to quote the full thing. Anyways, this documentary was amazing, absolute recommendation

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Well I've seen the documentary, but still these words genuinely surprised me. You can have a bad relationship with someone, but to get to the point of answering that you don't miss that person is strange to me. Especially when this person is actually your mother for Mark's sake! Creative people are strange.
Title: Re: Interview in german Spiegel
Post by: hunter on January 15, 2019, 09:51:08 AM
Seems like a nice interview. I may get a copy or just buy the digital version. I had German from when I was 13 to 18, but that's a long time ago now.
Title: Re: Interview in german Spiegel
Post by: Pottel on January 15, 2019, 10:22:38 AM
By the way, speaking of mothers, I was watching the recent David Gilmour doc and towards the end of it there was a whole segment about his mother. In it, he was asked wether he miss her or not, he thought about it for a while and said "No". How come he won't miss his own ma? :think

Perhaps he meant he’s come to terms with her loss?

not really, he is very harsh in more than 1 sentence

Yes, Gilmour kind of says that something happened between him and his mother, and they didn't had a good relationship.
Indeed, when quoting stuff like that, it is always good to quote the full thing. Anyways, this documentary was amazing, absolute recommendation

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Well I've seen the documentary, but still these words genuinely surprised me. You can have a bad relationship with someone, but to get to the point of answering that you don't miss that person is strange to me. Especially when this person is actually your mother for Mark's sake! Creative people are strange.
His mom was not "the loving kind"
He was put on boarding school from age 5 and theY did not bother to get him out for three terms, including Xmas. His brother was even only 4. Watch the whole thing. He did not hate her, but not exactly loved her either. Do not speculate about situations you are not privacy to, just my two cents

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Title: Re: Interview in german Spiegel
Post by: Eddie Fox on January 16, 2019, 11:26:04 AM
As soon as I have some free time I'll watch this doc, sounds interesting.

I didn't know about his mother issues, that's sad. Yeah, not every mum is the loving kind, that's for sure. I'm blessed to have a lovely one but I do know people who can't say the same and whose stories go far beyond Gilmour's in terms of lack of maternal love. If she didn't provide him with what you should expect from your mother I don't blame him for not missing her.
Title: Re: Interview in german Spiegel
Post by: Pottel on January 16, 2019, 11:34:56 AM
As soon as I have some free time I'll watch this doc, sounds interesting.

I didn't know about his mother issues, that's sad. Yeah, not every mum is the loving kind, that's for sure. I'm blessed to have a lovely one but I do know people who can't say the same and whose stories go far beyond Gilmour's in terms of lack of maternal love. If she didn't provide him with what you should expect from your mother I don't blame him for not missing her.
The documentary is AWESOME
Do report back

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Title: Re: Interview in german Spiegel
Post by: Justme on January 16, 2019, 05:10:24 PM
You may find the documentary here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uc8CPJItAIk (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uc8CPJItAIk)
Title: Re: Interview in german Spiegel
Post by: superval99 on January 16, 2019, 05:35:14 PM
I have seen it before, but I watched again this afternoon and it reminded me of how much I enjoyed it!   David is very like his mother, especially when she is old - something about the eyes!    ;)
Title: Re: Interview in german Spiegel
Post by: qjamesfloyd on January 16, 2019, 06:32:33 PM
I think I remember Guy saying that he and Mark have visited David's houseboat studio.
Title: Re: Interview in german Spiegel
Post by: Pottel on January 16, 2019, 09:12:08 PM
I think I remember Guy saying that he and Mark have visited David's houseboat studio.
Yep, in reply to a question of mine

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Title: Re: Interview in german Spiegel
Post by: Kris-b on January 26, 2019, 10:04:46 AM
http://www.dnn.de/Region/Mitteldeutschland/Dulig-schlaegt-Mark-Knopfler-fuer-Saechsischen-Verdienstorden-vor
A saxon minister wants that Mark receives an orden for upkeeping the saxon dialect!
Title: Re: Interview in german Spiegel
Post by: Pottel on January 26, 2019, 10:54:13 AM
http://www.dnn.de/Region/Mitteldeutschland/Dulig-schlaegt-Mark-Knopfler-fuer-Saechsischen-Verdienstorden-vor
A saxon minister wants that Mark receives an orden for upkeeping the saxon dialect!
Too funny

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