A Mark In Time
Mark Knopfler Discussion => Almost Straits => Topic started by: Jules on September 08, 2011, 02:06:49 PM
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http://www.dare2mag.com/interview/2011/alan-clark-of-the-straits/#.TmihjbYbJjk.twitter (http://www.dare2mag.com/interview/2011/alan-clark-of-the-straits/#.TmihjbYbJjk.twitter)
Alan Clark:
After our hugely successful Albert Hall gig we realised we couldn
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Regardless of the band name I think this is a good direction but they will need to have a good writer and a great melodist.
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I think this is a step too far - playing their own songs under The Straits name! I did see it coming, though, because obviously they would have run out of material eventually! Is there a decent songwriter amongst them, I wonder? Alan Clark, maybe? ::)
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I would like that they decide to release material that was left from Dire Straits album, if they can, so the real spirit of putting together this band would have sense, but write new material and release it as "The Straits", nonsense.
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Well this will settle once and for all just how much influence Alan Clark had on all those classic Dire Straits records. Can't wait to hear. :)
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Hmhh....
Please dont use the name "The Straits" then...Come up with something else...
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People only go to see them to hear the oldies. If they stop playing them and start playing their own then they'll be playing to empty halls!
Name change needed too; no longer a tribute band.
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May I suggest a name: "The dire" . It is a completely different name and can't spoil the surprise for the already numerous fans.
But yes it is a good thing to record your own material. And in case MK decides to guest appear, we will have an informal reunion. And the sales to go with it...
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I'm of course not wild about the concept behind The Straits. I don't think they are evil exploiters, but there's just this gut feeling that something is entirely right.
That aside, I must say that what I like about the whole enterprise is that they are trying really hard to interact or being present, as it were, by using YouTube, giving interviews, etc. That's of course done to generate interest, but that's fine by me. How I'd wish Mark and his management would take a bit more interest in communicating with his fans!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GBBteNz4n2I
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Oh boy, they are looking older than MK ever did... I was watching this clip and thought, hey, if they had come together to found a totally new band, with own stuff, with some of the old Dire Straits members, but under a totally own sign, an own NAME, they would have had my fullest respect. Mark maybe even had paid them a visit or had invited them to record in his studio. This seems so much like "I need money and I don't know what else I should do so let's plunder this band where I was a member from... who cares about what the fans of DS/MK and MK himself think about it..."
Sorry, I better bring not up this complex again, but that was just what I felt seeing this clip.
LE
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This strikes me as similar to when members of the ELO decided to carry on without Jeff Lynne and very (un)imaginatively called themselves ELO part 2- I think they released a couple of albums that didn't make a huge impression and some ex-members of ELO continue to tour as a sort of tribute band. All a bit sad really.
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It is my opinion that ELO was a band much like DS in the respect that it was mainly driven by one man the talented Jeff Lynne. But it would be a shame to put everybody in the same basket. I mean some times this talent overshadows all the other members' talents. Deep Purple has managed to work without Blackmore or Gillan, Pink Floyd without Syd or later Waters, Queen without Mercury and Doors without Morrison (do not laugh), even Monty Pythons without Cleese, Velvet underground without John Cale , Janis and the holding co, even without Janis ;) ;) ;)
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pink floyd without waters or barrett is no comparison to those other bands. David Gilmour was as much the soul of pink Floyd, (especially musically) as those two.
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Maestro, I beg to differ. As much as I love Gilmour I find all the post Wall work rather inferior. But I have to note that even the solo Waters albums were inferior, and I preferred the Rogerless Floyd. I guess it was the special Alchemy and creative struggles between the talented members that brought us their best work. Because Floyd without Gilmour's vocals and guitars are not that Pink. But Waters' composition gave them the extra edge, the extra layers needed to go back again and again for more.
And of course without Syd, and with the addition of Gilmour it was a different band altogether. But it is such a long talk...
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WOW. this is S-A-D. :-\
It's a free country and all but hearing these guys without Mark is just bizarre.
More squeezing some cash out of a product than art...
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WOW. this is S-A-D. :-\
It's a free country and all but hearing these guys without Mark is just bizarre.
More squeezing some cash out of a product than art...
Actually they are more than enjoyable, if you go to enjoy the show without prejudices...
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WOW. this is S-A-D. :-\
It's a free country and all but hearing these guys without Mark is just bizarre.
More squeezing some cash out of a product than art...
The Band went out and played without Bob, exactly the same situation.
here fishy fishy
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WOW. this is S-A-D. :-\
It's a free country and all but hearing these guys without Mark is just bizarre.
More squeezing some cash out of a product than art...
The Band went out and played without Bob, exactly the same situation.
here fishy fishy
Same for Tom Petty and the heartbreakers...
;D
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Well Velvet Underground did it after Lou left for almost an album, and even a Fleetwood Mac US tour was scheduled without MacVie or Fleetwood. And I've got a whole lot more examples but it really doesn't worth it. Either you believe it and give them a chance or not. But Dusty I've got to hand it to you you are an irony expert, really the tongue breaking bones!
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boring.... ::)
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The Band was a band BEFORE they played with Dylan. They had come together, one by one, to back an old rocker called Ronnie Hawkins and then set off in their own right. They made one or two singles and, at the time they were "found" by Dylan, they had a three-month residency playing a club in New Jersey. Not as big-time, perhaps, but a cohesive, experienced and well-honed band before the flood.
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The Band was a band BEFORE they played with Dylan. They had come together, one by one, to back an old rocker called Ronnie Hawkins and then set off in their own right. They made one or two singles and, at the time they were "found" by Dylan, they had a three-month residency playing a club in New Jersey. Not as big-time, perhaps, but a cohesive, experienced and well-honed band before the flood.
If you highlight under my post, you'll see I was having a bit of fun. :)
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The Band was a band BEFORE they played with Dylan. They had come together, one by one, to back an old rocker called Ronnie Hawkins and then set off in their own right. They made one or two singles and, at the time they were "found" by Dylan, they had a three-month residency playing a club in New Jersey. Not as big-time, perhaps, but a cohesive, experienced and well-honed band before the flood.
If you highlight under my post, you'll see I was having a bit of fun. :)
Genius Dusty
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pink floyd without waters or barrett is no comparison to those other bands. David Gilmour was as much the soul of pink Floyd, (especially musically) as those two.
Pink Floyd was a mixture between the lyrics of Roger Waters with the music arrangements of David Gilmour, and sometimes the other way around, both were Pink Floyd. PF without Roger was ok because Gilmour is a master, but something was really missing at the lyrics.
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The boys of "The Straits" should be applauded for writing and recording their own, if they do. But they better change their name if they want any credibility.
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Yeah, what about "Straitaway" for example...
LE
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Alan and the others boys
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Alan and the others boys
A friend of mine suggested "Phil and the Palmers" when attending the show at the RAH...
Quite funny!
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Les boys could be a great name indeed. ...ok, I think they should just stop it here. Please.
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How about the Boot Marks?