The Straits Charity in RAH?

[Jules]

Terry Kilburn is not managing The Straits at all.

I

[Knut]

I liked Sultans, and WoL was very, very nice! Watched the youtube clips I'll definately grab a ticket if these guys come to Oslo! That said, I hope they'll add some rarities later...

I don't get why people whine about those "mistakes" etc. I'd rather have a f'ed up, "new" version of a song, rather than listening to parts that have been played to death already.

Not sure how relevant this is, but I use to listen to this clip alot (been a Springsteen fan just as long as I've been a Knopfler fan, hehe ): - probably countless mistakes, but it totally made the show something special! In a good way, of course The version of Sultans was different than what we're used to, but a good attempt at refreshing some solos deserves some credit.

How cool wouldn't it be if MK added 1 or 2 "wild cards" in the setlist for the next tour? Even without perfect playing I bet most guys here would love to hear Imelda or Boom, Like That or Golden Heart etc one more time. If you want perfection, listen to the albums!

[Love Expresso]

That seemed to be a very cool tour indeed! 
However, Mk doesn't need a teleprompter to date - which might be explained by his static set lists of course. To me, the perfection of a MK set is significant. I would go for the same set list from the last leg of the GL tour anytime compared with a set that would have some rare, but bad or unrehearsed played stuff...

LE

[dustyvalentino]

You can call me a cynic, but I won't be surprised if soon after the "one off" charity show we get an announcement along the lines of

Due to the incredible success of their gig at The Royal Albert Hall, and massive demand from fans, The Straits are pleased to announce that they will be playing at a number of music festivals throughout Europe this summer, starting with...

www.cornburyfestival.com

Anybody want next week's lottery numbers as well?

[dustyvalentino]

I would go for the same set list from the last leg of the GL tour anytime compared with a set that would have some rare, but bad or unrehearsed played stuff...

I wouldn't. I'm not really aware of any "bad" music released by MK, and we keep being told that these are the best musicians in the world. I'm sure that's true. So surely they could cope with some varied sets?

[superval99]

I'm just sceptical that it could turn out to be "the thin end of the wedge" and I feel there could be a hidden agenda!  We'll see soon enough!

Hmmmm!   I thought so! 

[Jules]

A hidden agenda?

What I see its a lot of free time...

[Jules]

A friend of mine uploaded his recording of the show

http://www.archive.org/details/TheStraits

Before you download it, I must say that he

[Slavi]

A friend of mine uploaded his recording of the show

http://www.archive.org/details/TheStraits

Before you download it, I must say that he

[jakehadlee]

It's a no brainer. Freedom of speech wins every single time.

You got to fight to keep this one alive.

I used to be part of the an extremely popular forum called Strat-Talk for years. Recently I made one comment about the death of Osama (nothing outrageous, just a 'hope the world is a better place blah blah') - the post was quickly deleted. I made a post asking why my post was deleted and used the phrase "what happened to free speech" - I was then banned and my status says "banned forever!" and the reason given was "continually questioning the actions of Moderators".

Well, I was outraged to say the least, but have decided that any forum with those draconian and limited rules isn`t worth the time of day. And therefore is a poorer place. Might as well watch Play School.

Please keep this forum alive with a members right to have an opinion and a point of view.

That's funny - I had exactly the same problem on Strat Talk's sister site TDPRI, for exactly the same phrase.

Someone had a post pulled for talking about relicing (a banned topic at the time) and I very politely said I thought that rather than banning topics they should just make sure no-one is offensive when they talk about them then made a joke, with a smiley, about freedom of speech.

Next thing, I get this incredibly pompous email telling me I'm banned until I read the rules and apologise!! The guy who runs it said: "It's my forum and there's no freedom of speech here" - completely missing the point that a good forum belongs to its members.

I read the rules, there was nothing about asking a question about moderators actions and I was buggered if I was going to apologise.

I used to use the forum a lot but it's incredibly cultish, priggish and cliquey. Shame, as there are some very interesting musicians on there and good stuff to download.

Naturally enough I simply re-registered under a different name (and I use a proxy server so they can't block that either) and now simply read and download stuff - but I've no wish to be part of that community anymore.

Rant over!! ;-)

[Slavi]

As for me I don't feel free to share my opinion here.
I don't feel a respect from many people if my opinion is different from theirs.
I don't feel the freedom of speech on AMIT...
I even feel fear every time I read this topic and to post here...
 
There are people on AMIT who try to manipulate and force other member's opinion.
I'm not surpised btw - it's the same old story everywhere...and there are offenders here to who use the fact that this forum is more free and they feel free to abuse...

I even once deleted my account here because I was offended by some memebers. My opinion then was that we must share the bootlegs for free and not exactly trading them. Somebody asked me to come back  

I think the Moderators here DO a great job running this forum and I'm sure it's not an easy job at all...

The problem is when people abuse the free speech and think it's their own trade mark but not for the others especially the once with different point of view 

[Jules]

I felt exactly the same that Slavi in some terms. This forum was created because people was "tired" of the rules of MKNEWS forum.

Well, I love the freedom of speech, but in some other terms, I dont see many things that makes this one better, specially in the terms that Slavi mentioned. You can be free to say what you want, but you should respect others opinion, and dont tell "it smells like sh*t" as if doesnt matter to behave at all (and this is just a tiny example).

I

[Slavi]

I'm not leaving too....
Will try to stop this violation - I think this topic is a shame - and is offensive to MK too not for his old mates only. 

[superval99]

As for me I don't feel free to share my opinion here.
I don't feel a respect from many people if my opinion is different from theirs.
I don't feel the freedom of speech on AMIT...
I even feel fear every time I read this topic and to post here...

But Slavi, I notice that, lately, you have been taking full advantage of freedom of speech on this forum - more than most, in fact!   

[Slavi]

As for me I don't feel free to share my opinion here.
I don't feel a respect from many people if my opinion is different from theirs.
I don't feel the freedom of speech on AMIT...
I even feel fear every time I read this topic and to post here...

But Slavi, I notice that, lately, you have been taking full advantage of freedom of speech on this forum - more than most, in fact!   

It's not a big deal Val if you feel bad...