A Mark In Time
Mark Knopfler Discussion => Mark Knopfler Discussion Forum => Topic started by: man of mystery on August 05, 2009, 01:03:01 PM
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Hi all,
Does anyone have an electronic copy of the above-mentioned article? (I saw dustyvalentino referred to it in one of the threads - do you have it?) I read it years ago, and I remember there being some "interesting" pieces in it, amongst others Phil Palmer calling Mark Knopfler "an ogre" and Ed Bicknell saying "It [the OES concerts] gets boring after the third number". Would like to read that again.
Cheers,
man of mystery
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Hi man of mystery. Welcome to the best MK forum in the world! I hope you stick around and join in the discussion.
I do indeed have it, I'll get it uploaded some time. :)
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Thanks, man!
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That sounds interesting! I once read an Dire Straits article with a Phil Palmer interview where he complains about rehearsing the show ten weeks in the hot summer - because he thought he COULD play. Calling MK an "ogre" has a heavy quality for a Dire Straits member, I never knew that... I presume you will
put it in the "News Articles" sub forum, Dusty??
LovExpresso
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Yeah, it's an interesting article. It's important to put in context. Vox was the glossy magazine version of the NME, a "cooler than thou" music paper that has always derided DS. So it was never going to be a complimentary article. But PP is indeed quoted as calling MK an ogre, and there's also details of DS having tocancel shows in Australia because of poor ticket sales.
For me, it just underlines how unhappy MK was during that time. You could really see a weight off his shoulders in 96 with the solo album and tour.
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Thanks for the info, Dusty.
I think Kitty Aldridge changed his life. I think she gave him and his life a new direction. He really looked quite arrogant and not happy around the whole OES tour. He played great nevertheless. And the album On Every Street is underestimated. Just look how many quite negative, cynical song lyrics are on it.
Fade to black, When it comes to you, My parties, You and your friend.... all about negative feelings and things. Blues is ok and can be great musical wise,
but for his private life I think it was not his best year.
LovExpresso
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His marriage was splitting up then wasn't it? But I think there was just too much pressure, not least because MK and JI had financed the album and tour themselves and stood to lose a lot of money if it was a failure.
I know many people want a return to DS, but I think it worked out for the best. The music was good, but MK looks pretty silly with his gray hair sticking out of his headband on the OES tour.
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I was just Googling Phil Palmer a bit and found this interview: http://www.performing-musician.com/pm/apr09/articles/philpalmer.htm Great stuff. But check out this hilarious bit:
“We’d been on tour for two months or so in the US and were really suffering the American food, which was bland and always the same,” recalls Palmer. “One night, we ended up in Toronto, I think it was, and someone in the catering company found a Marks & Spencer there and bought a thousand pork sausages. So the caterers made this classic English dish of bangers with English mustard and mashed potatoes with fried onions and vegetables, and everybody was drooling. When we came to the gig venue, everybody launched into this massive heap of sausages, but Mark being Mark, he decided that he would have his food after the show and asked the caterers to set a plate aside and keep it warm.
“While we were on stage, somebody found his reserved meal and pinched one of the sausages. I still have this image of Mark coming off the stage and going to the caterers with his headband still on, and then screaming at the caterers because his sausages had gone and there were no more left to replace it. He got the whole crew one by one into his dressing room, without even changing shirt, questioning them about the missing sausages. It was a serious situation, because he was saying, ‘Whoever ate my sausages, he is going home.’ It was a total Spinal Tap moment. He never found out who it was. The next day, to try and make light of the situation, the road crew made a set list with titles like ‘Romeo And Sausage’, ‘Sausages For Nothing’ and so on, but that did not go down too well. It took several days before the whole thing calmed down!”
I'm just dying here... HAHA! Sausages for Nothing!
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Well, ::)
there are some things about MK I better not want to know, it seems...
(In Germany we have the new word "fremdsch
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Brilliant story. Yes, I've always been under the impression that MK had a dark side... BUT! I thinkit has pretty much disappeared from the solo years onwards.
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Yeah, he seems much more at peace with himself. Considering the stress he was facing during the OES tour and at home, it's actually not so strange that he could go ballistic over a sausage. Anything can trigger you when you're going through rough times. But in isolation, the story is funny ;D
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"Who ate my sausage?" T-Shirt for 2010?
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ds1984,
he will point at you and wipe you out of the venue... And then you will end on YouTube in the clip "Mark Knopfler and the sausage incident" Just kidding...
I wonder what Guy would answer if this story was posted in his forum (I will not do!!) He should be aware of it if it should be true. But he would probably say: "RRRRubbish""
LovExpresso
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Well, ::)
there are some things about MK I better not want to know, it seems...
(In Germany we have the new word "fremdsch
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Well, ::)
there are some things about MK I better not want to know, it seems...
(In Germany we have the new word "fremdsch
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Yes, I remember the dentist story. It was on the morning Breakfast news and I couldn't wait to buy the newspaper (if The Sun can be called a NEWSpaper!) to see what all the fuss was about.
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Well, I hadn't heard the dentist story, but I did once lose a bet with a Glasgow Rangers fan (scum) and went to the bank and got
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ds1984,
he will point at you and wipe you out of the venue... And then you will end on YouTube in the clip "Mark Knopfler and the sausage incident" Just kidding...
I wonder what Guy would answer if this story was posted in his forum (I will not do!!) He should be aware of it if it should be true. But he would probably say: "RRRRubbish""
LovExpresso
We could ask Guy if it is him who ate the sausage in 1992 but he had a great alibis being on stage with Mark at the time of the outrage ;D
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@Dusty
;D
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GREAT story about the sausage.!
I've still got the Sun newspaper article about the dentist. ;D
Cheers BBB
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The "sun" >:( >:( >:(
Us Liverpool fans refuse to buy that trash after their reports on Hillsborough>:(
I never heard about the dentist incident before,but then again if you were living in the sticks in the 80's it wouldnt exactly be breaking news :o The sausage incident is funny,you can just picture MK like a school teacher with everyone lined up against the wall ;D ;D
One concert - $1,000,000
A sweaty headband - $1
5 sausages - priceless.
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One concert - $1,000,000
A sweaty headband - $1
5 sausages - priceless.
LOL.
Sounds like your winning Paul Crockford caption win. ;)
Cheers BBB
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GREAT story about the sausage.!
I've still got the Sun newspaper article about the dentist. ;D
Cheers BBB
We need a scan!
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Must`ve been nice sausages! Compliments to the cook....
Can anyone compile a links thread to good interview transcripts? For instance, i think Ingo has all 3 Guitar Player Interviews linked on his blog.
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One concert - $1,000,000
A sweaty headband - $1
5 sausages - priceless.
LOL.
Sounds like your winning Paul Crockford caption win. ;)
Cheers BBB
I own the copyright so no one is to nick it for next years competition :o ;D
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I didnt know about Sausage-gate till i read it here!! ;D
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I didnt know about Sausage-gate till i read it here!! ;D
sausage-gate ;D
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Well, I hadn't heard the dentist story, but I did once lose a bet with a Glasgow Rangers fan (scum) and went to the bank and got
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Sausage-Gate - The Musical
(Scene: Dressing room. Crowded. Much buzzing. Tense atmosphere.)
And now everybody (to the tune of 'Old Pigweed'):
Who nicked my sausage
from the kitchen
Was it you
Who nicked my sausage
<Mark to innocent cook nearby>*I SAID, SCREW THE STEW!*
I close my eyes
For just a minute
What do you do
who nicked my sausage
<Mark stops singing>AH, SCREW THIS! WAS IT YOU?? I SWEAR, IF I FIND OUT, I'LL DIP YOU IN BATTER AND DEEP-FRY YOU! AAAGHHH! WHERE'S ED? EEE-DDD!!
(Next: Sausages for nothing, and chips for free)
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Hi, dmg,
first of all welcome on this forum. I am certainly not one of the founders or otherwise "official", but nevertheless you chose the right place to be for
Knopfler-nuts.
Dustyvalentino is a guy we all know for his intelligent, funny, cool, striking and direct, sometimes cynical posts - I am sure nobody here wants to miss him.
But of course, in the sense of the word, you are right, scum IS rude, but when you read the whole thread and get also a feeling for the way people
talk and tick here, you hopefully won
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Well, I hadn't heard the dentist story, but I did once lose a bet with a Glasgow Rangers fan (scum) and went to the bank and got
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Well, I hadn't heard the dentist story, but I did once lose a bet with a Glasgow Rangers fan (scum) and went to the bank and got
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Welcome dmg! Take no notice of Dusty, it's his time of the month... ;D
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Seriously dmg, don't take offence at anything I post, it's just my sense of humour.
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Dusty, please don't tell me you're a Celtic Fan!!! :o :o
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Nah, Aberdeen. :)
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ouch, now it all becomes clear to me... :-X
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Welcome dmg! Take no notice of Dusty, it's his time of the month... ;D
LOLLOLLOLLOLLOLLOL ;D
Seriously, we strongly discourage abusive posts toward one another--name calling, sarcastic and mean comments, accusations--just general nastiness. But we have been very proud to allow all posters the freedom to express opinions just about anything. Ask Pottel, even profanity has been permitted here. Calling some athlete 'scum' does not constitute abuse. It's an honest opinion expressed in direct language. It is anyone's right to challenge another's opinion here, but we do try to be decent to one another. So if I want to call ex-President Clinton a philandering dirtbag here, I may. But I should not call Dusty a stupid ignorant and ugly mofo. And I wouldn't.
That's the difference, I think. Rollergirl's comment and my use of it are in good fun and I'd bet a sackful of pennies, or a sausage-- that he would laugh when he sees it.
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But I should not call Dusty a stupid ignorant and ugly mofo.
Hey! I'm not ugly.
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but mofo and ignorant??
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but mofo and ignorant??
;D ;D
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(http://file045a.bebo.com/11/large/2008/05/16/14/2063256533a7750033371l.jpg)
Nice Legs.
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(http://file045a.bebo.com/11/large/2008/05/16/14/2063256533a7750033371l.jpg)
Nice Legs.
Well, I have been working out! Wonder where Dusty managed to get hold of that picture of me. I was only asking the policeman if he would see me across the busy road! ;)