Mark and David

[Rail King]

I just read this interview with David Knopfler (German): http://www.general-anzeiger-bonn.de/news/interviews/Meister-der-intimen-Stimmung-article546366.html

And I wonder what must have happened between the two brothers. Among other things, David claims that "Mark always was a strange character". He says they don't see each other anymore. And when the interviewer says: "That's sad.", he just says: "Not really".

Now, to treat your brother as if he didn't exist (or to be treated by your brother like you didn't exist) surely IS sad. The two of them must have a serious problem, and I wonder if we'll ever find out what it is.

[superval99]

This is an old article, but once again that old theme keeps cropping up and David is only too happy to talk about Mark in a not-so-nice way!  In any case it is a sad situation.

[Mona Dee]

I thought meanwhile they solved their difficulties of Dire-Straits-Times...but the article ist from Oct. 2011, so it seems to be still the old problems...very sad

[Love Expresso]

Fact is that Mark never says a bad thing about David, while David does about Mark at every single possible occasion. So the question is who really is the "strange character"..... 

LE

[dmg]

One wonders if even at serious times like MK's motorbike accident if it ever pulls them together...  I mean surely he visited him in hospital.

[Rkd]

I have followed DK on his Twitter site from time to time and he is always highly critical of the US. I know, I know, we are a mother lode for criticism over here, but DK always strikes me as a pinecone up your arse kinda guy! (Sorry if this is inappropriate, but he sorta sends me round the bend.)

[foma]

Pretty same situation with me and my brother. We don't see each other for about 10 years now. You just can't choose your brother, what can I say. Anyway, I think even if we want to start conversation, there will be not so much to say. C'est la vie!

[Jules]

Fact is that Mark never says a bad thing about David, while David does about Mark at every single possible occasion. So the question is who really is the "strange character"..... 

LE

I recall an article from 2000, when STP promo where MK was supposedly talking in a very very angry way about David. I recall something like "He was living of charity (MK was probably talking about the DS rights David still had at that moment from the years he was in the band) but its a very expensive charity and that has to end"

I say supposedly because that article was very rare and a bit suspicious.

[Rail King]

JBaent, I'd love to see that article if it is still around somewhere. I have a hard time imagining that Mark would keep his brother from getting well-earned money (that is, money made from the first two Dire Straits records, which were of course featured on the "Sultans" compilation). I'm wondering how that all went. You can't just "re-arrange" copyrights, either you have them or you don't. Really curious.

By the way, I always wondered if "Pay to Play" was about David.

[Rail King]

"Everybody pays", I meant.

[dmg]

JBaent, I'd love to see that article if it is still around somewhere. I have a hard time imagining that Mark would keep his brother from getting well-earned money (that is, money made from the first two Dire Straits records, which were of course featured on the "Sultans" compilation). I'm wondering how that all went. You can't just "re-arrange" copyrights, either you have them or you don't. Really curious.

By the way, I always wondered if "Pay to Play" was about David.

David's hardly on poverty row though, is he?  Seems like he's playing the sympathy card.

[Pottel]

who said on here that DK's tour was promoted on the MK official site? i looked but could not find it...
as someone higher up mentioned, you cannot simply "rearrange" copyrights?

[rudiger]

everything can be re-arranged but of course not unilaterally. If someone is willing to waive his rights, of course, he will do it only after satisfactory financial arrangements

[rudiger]

who said on here that DK's tour was promoted on the MK official site? i looked but could not find it...

It's still on MKNews:

DAVID KNOPFLER TOUR: During October David Knopfler and Harry Bogdanovs will be doing a number of acoustic gigs in Germany plus one in Switzerland. For dates, etc, click here. (24/06/12)

[Pottel]

surely that would not happen if mark does not approve?