Dutch radio 2 phone interview with Mark!!

[nababo]

All he said was this:

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[Jules]

John Illsley was good enough for the band, thats clear.

From all the bassist that MK had, I would choose probably Marcus Cliffe, I liked a lot his playing.

[dustyvalentino]

Alan Clark is a deluded, bitter fool. So he really thinks The Straits are better than Alchemy era DS?

What a clown.

Anyhoo, Ian Thomas is a better drummer on record than Danny but neither come close to Chad, go and listen to something like El Macho and try to argue. 

[Love Expresso]

Anyhoo, Ian Thomas is a better drummer on record than Danny but neither come close to Chad, go and listen to something like El Macho and try to argue. 

I second that. Couldn't have said it any better.

LE

[Jules]

Chad is by far the best drummer MK had as a solo artist, but on live shows he sometimes was too heavy... but absolutly great in studio.

[a visitor]

I don't in any way endorse what Alan is saying. Some of the things he's been saying come across as exceedingly cocky, for instance this on his website, a reply to an email that he posted:

Jules: glad you like those chords at the end of Romeo and Juliet, and yes, it is very clever how they change the key from F and end the song in the key of E. But Mark didn't write them; I did. That arrangement of the song is mine too.

Obviously Jules thought Mark was the brain behind that arrangement and that it was very clever. Clearly Alan was the arranger (if we take him at his word), but I think there are slightly more subtle ways of getting the message across!

I've listened to quite a few of the The Straits clips on YT, and to me it sounds as they don't get it grooving. At times, it even seems they don't keep the beat. So I don't know what's going on here.

[a visitor]

Speaking of drummers, I still have a soft spot for Pick. Then again, I'm a great fan of the early DS stuff. Pick plays with the Gary Fletcher Band, and he sounds great. There's a clip somewhere of a tour diary with the GFB, and in the middle of it, Pick has a drum solo. Blew me away. I'll see if I can find it.

[a visitor]

Here it is. At about 5.30 minutes:

They are rehearsing at about 4.40. They sound great. Must check them out more in-depth.

[dustyvalentino]

He was paid a good wage to come in and write parts that would fit the song. He should get over it.

[JF]

Anyhoo, Ian Thomas is a better drummer on record than Danny but neither come close to Chad, go and listen to something like El Macho and try to argue. 

I second that. Couldn't have said it any better.

LE

+10

[nababo]

Anyhoo, Ian Thomas is a better drummer on record than Danny but neither come close to Chad, go and listen to something like El Macho and try to argue. 

I second that. Couldn't have said it any better.

LE

+10

It would be nice to hear Omar Hakim reproducing live what he did on BiA; from all the subsequent drummers who playd with MK, in my opinion he has the most similarities with Pick.

[Jules]

Omar Hakin is playing drums in the "Bring on the night" Sting

[Rail King]

I don't in any way endorse what Alan is saying. Some of the things he's been saying come across as exceedingly cocky, for instance this on his website, a reply to an email that he posted:

Jules: glad you like those chords at the end of Romeo and Juliet, and yes, it is very clever how they change the key from F and end the song in the key of E. But Mark didn't write them; I did. That arrangement of the song is mine too.

Obviously Jules thought Mark was the brain behind that arrangement and that it was very clever. Clearly Alan was the arranger (if we take him at his word), but I think there are slightly more subtle ways of getting the message across!

I've listened to quite a few of the The Straits clips on YT, and to me it sounds as they don't get it grooving. At times, it even seems they don't keep the beat. So I don't know what's going on here.

Sorry, I didn't mean to say you were endorsing what Alan Clark said. I know you don't. It just made me mad for a moment, and I really  think he's ... well, you know. It must be hard to be an ex-member of a world famous band, and I can understand that he's proud of having contributed some chord changes to SOS (although I prefer the shorter, earlier and later versions of the song by a million), but to go and scream "that was me! that was me!" is just plain ridiculous. Go get a life, Alan. Or maybe write some songs of your own, if you can (and if someone wants to hear them).

[Rkd]

Alan Clark is a deluded, bitter fool. So he really thinks The Straits are better than Alchemy era DS?

Maybe Alan suffers from little man syndrome. 

[Jules]

Put yourself in the role... You have created important parts of songs that are a success, but you dont have any credit.

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