bad moments onstage

[Dutchessy]

He makes a very big mistake in Brothers in Arms during BIA tour in 85 or 86... Don't know which concert, but it's almost even terrible as Chicago 2001

[dmg]

He makes a very big mistake in Brothers in Arms during BIA tour in 85 or 86... Don't know which concert, but it's almost even terrible as Chicago 2001

Brussels 27.05.85, near the very start of the tour and also during the opening solo of TOL from Bilbao 01.06.85 probably the only two mistakes from the entire wonderful BIA tour!

[holaknopfler]

I think this is a weird discussion..
MARK=GUITARIST.
What are guitarist doing? Yes! They sometimes make a mistake, and Mark does too.
For me he is the best guitarist in the whole world, so who bothers if he makes a mistake?

Lars.

[dustyvalentino]

I actually think he makes less mistakes than a lot of guitarists, mainly because he usually plays exactly the same thing every night. 

[Love Expresso]

Hmmm..

I remember another show 1996 where Richard took the wrong instrument before starting "A night in summer long ago" and Mark "spoiled" the tension of
what song's coming next by telling him "No, Richard, that

[holaknopfler]

I actually think he makes less mistakes than a lot of guitarists, mainly because he usually plays exactly the same thing every night. 

Well, you have a point there haha:P
He should change the set more often if you ask me.

[Pottel]

lars, do not take it too seriously, it is just about bad moments onstage, no bashing of a great guitar player.
anyways, i got a floyd bootleg with that exact title, and it is a great listen, it collects the moments of rain pouring down onstage in atlanta 1994 and all instruments crashing one after the other (hence the tile "Rail Like hell" based on the original Floyd song "Runn Like Hell") and it goes on with shows in the early 70ies where the whole pa broke down for shorter or longer periods and it includes the famous legendary bad moment where roger waters gets so pissed off with the constant lighting of fireworks and shouting for top 40 songs during the quiter moments of the show that he beckons a fan to the stage and then,...spits at him, that was the point of no return for the band, and the wall album (building a wall between band and audience) would follow.
those moments are not negative, they can actually be great fun.

[dmg]

Well there was Badalona 2001 when during Bonaparte the power to the amps went down or I think it was Werchter 1981 when some of the lights went out on stage.  Didn't they also lose power to the amps during Rudiger in Zaragoza 2005, perhaps no bad thing!

[knopfling]

At Chicago 2006 ATRR tour, there were all kinds of problems with the sound, and Richard's bazouki feed didn't work until halfway through DWB. MK kept apologizing. When they couldn't get Richard's sound, MK decided to start the song anyway.

Also, Salt Lake 2005, MK messed up the words on TR. He forgot the words for a second on the "used to like to go to work, but they shut it all down" verse. But he covered it up so well, most people didn't notice. It's my favorite song, so I did notice.
The next day, I got to meet much of the band in Las Vegas. I was talking with Glenn Worf about it, and he said he was quite surprised MK forgot the words, and he said MK was really mad at himself after the concert. Glenn and I then began talking about it being surprising MK doesn't make more mistakes as he's doing sometimes complicated lyrics with impressive guitar playing. Glenn sounded like he's quite an MK fan. Glenn was extremely nice and talked to me for about 5 minutes.

[IrisRose]

I love him, warts and all, as Val says.   They make him human.    Well, the 'sausages' moment . . . .  But anyone can lose it.   I have.   

[ds1984]

Also, Salt Lake 2006, MK messed up the words on TR.

You mean 2005 or 2008 or it wasn't TR...

The bad moment I recall was "ATRR" show in Paris Le Zenith. I was front row seated but some people at the start of the show got from the back and seated in front of us. No big deal in itself but a small group on the right started to be quite heavily drunk and badly behaved like making LOUD phone calls while the band played.

In the same venue in 2001, on one of the two shows played there, Mark's National was muted during the entire intro of TR.

[dustyvalentino]

No big deal in itself but a small group on the right started to be quite heavily drunk and badly behaved like making LOUD phone calls while the band played.

Hate stuff like this. Couldn't believe it when I read this:

http://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/Article.aspx/1523342

[knopfling]

ds1984 -- yes, 2005.

[Love Expresso]

Steve Earle? Galway Girl...

Hmmmmm... great song!

Sorry to be OT. Just two weeks ago I had to watch P.S. I love you, and there in that movie it is an important song - and I must admit the whole scene
really gave me goosebumps...

But where were we... ahmmm.... MK, yes, yes,

he

[dustyvalentino]

Steve Earle? Galway Girl...

Hmmmmm... great song!

Sorry to be OT. Just two weeks ago I had to watch P.S. I love you, and there in that movie it is an important song - and I must admit the whole scene
really gave me goosebumps...

But where were we... ahmmm.... MK, yes, yes,

he