A Mark In Time

Mark Knopfler Discussion => Mark Knopfler Discussion Forum => Topic started by: Robson on January 08, 2018, 04:09:39 PM

Title: Dire Straits 1979 Documentary
Post by: Robson on January 08, 2018, 04:09:39 PM: A great document.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6uChQ_25mFw
Title: Re: Dire Straits 1979 Documentary
Post by: quizzaciously on January 08, 2018, 04:19:47 PM: Quote from: Robson on January 08, 2018, 04:09:39 PM
A great document.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6uChQ_25mFw

Yeah, makes you think why John was (and still is) so important for all the DS guys. He drove cars, he played bass, he paid for things. Da man!
Title: Re: Dire Straits 1979 Documentary
Post by: JF on January 08, 2018, 04:26:28 PM: Quote from: quizzaciously on January 08, 2018, 04:19:47 PM
Yeah, makes you think why John was (and still is) so important for all the DS guys. He drove cars, he played bass, he paid for things. Da man!

Yes and in the Oldfield book, he says he did also cooking !
Title: Re: Dire Straits 1979 Documentary
Post by: Jules on January 08, 2018, 04:40:24 PM: I wonder if it exists just in English... I can't stand not listening to what they are really saying.
Title: Re: Dire Straits 1979 Documentary
Post by: Robson on January 08, 2018, 04:45:00 PM: "I wonder if it exists just in English... I can't stand not listening to what they are really saying"

Exactly:)
Title: Re: Dire Straits 1979 Documentary
Post by: Ingo on January 08, 2018, 06:02:54 PM: It is in fact only available in German. This is because it was produced by BR (Bayrischer Rundfunk - bavarian broadcasting) for German TV, and not a translation of e.g. a BBC documentary, like the Arena special.

I am not sure when and where eactly it was filmed. Obviously in London and in the US, but possibly also some parts in Germany. Should be January/February '79, the US part seems to be from late March '79 I guess.

The rehearsal of Down to the Waterline might be from January 4 (where our date list says rehearsal in Greenwich). Strange that the greenish 'black volume knob' pickguard is on the maple neck Strat here, as it was on the rosewood Strat both before (December '78 UK tour) and after (on the February '79 gigs the maple neck Strat had the white pickguard without the black knob) - and it was on the maple neck Strat again from March '79 until late 'November '79.
Title: Re: Dire Straits 1979 Documentary
Post by: Jules on January 08, 2018, 06:57:47 PM: It exists a version in Spanish / English as well. If a Spanish TV bought it and broadcasted at the time, I guess any UK TV would had broadcasted it too, as you know, the band is British LOL
Title: Re: Dire Straits 1979 Documentary
Post by: Lis on February 17, 2018, 04:40:35 AM: Just wondering if that is Mark at 14:36. Looks like it could be him from behind? Profile is a maybe...
Title: Re: Dire Straits 1979 Documentary
Post by: JF on February 17, 2018, 10:54:06 PM: Quote from: Lis on February 17, 2018, 04:40:35 AM
Just wondering if that is Mark at 14:36. Looks like it could be him from behind? Profile is a maybe...

when we see his profile, I Think it's not Mark