I see. So you don't like them either.
What a lovely interview Dusty. Thank you. This being almost 40 years ago, however I can relate to the way it is conducted and their full and uniquely real and passionate replies, more than the interviews with contemporary artists, that many things are lost between the political correctness and toned down attitudes.
Having read the interview, I must confess that MK is very diplomatic on many subjects. He does not follow up on the claim Burnett makes for either Bono or Springsteen being able or unable to deliver on a big stadium and on the drummer reference, although I know that MK has said elsewhere that "a drummer is good if he is better than no drummer at all", or something to that effect, he actually says this:"KNOPFLER: [Grins and nods] I can’t tell you what it is to hear that. I can’t tell you. " So we can't tell either, we can only assume.
Other nice things from this interview is that although he agreed to play on the Orbison album, apparently he never did, probably due to Orbison's untimely death, that he doesn't like playing in big stadiums, that he has some Infidel roughs that sound incredible and we must find them, that he somehow co-produced "when he returns" and that his being in total control while producing is interpreted differently by each musician.
I like Mr. Whitten's take and I agree with it, that a lot of great music (and art in general) is made through conflict. It is a creative process, and it either produced unique things, that a person on his own wouldn't come up with, or breaks the band apart.
