Lot's happening with The Straits...

[Rkd]

"We play most of the songs that people are starved to hear, songs that mean so much to them," he said. "But when I put this band together, I had no intention of being a cover band. I view this as an extension, a continuation of Dire Straits." Alan Clark


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[superval99]

"We play most of the songs that people are starved to hear, songs that mean so much to them," he said. "But when I put this band together, I had no intention of being a cover band. I view this as an extension, a continuation of Dire Straits." Alan Clark


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Their repertoire is finite though!   

[Rkd]

Obviously Alan views Dire Straits as his band. Personally, I don't agree with him!

[foma]

[superval99]

MK will still be writing wonderful songs and performing them, long after "The Straits" have bored people with the same old stuff!  It's a dead-end job! 

[holaknopfler]

MK will still be writing wonderful songs and performing them, long after "The Straits" have bored people with the same old stuff!  It's a dead-end job!

Totally agree with you superval! And maybe there will come a reunion with MK, no one knows. As long as there are plans for touring and a new album I am much more excited about that!

[Golden Art]

I saw The Straits last month in Bradford and i have to say they were brilliant, i left the show smiling after meeting Alan and Chris and were buzzing about the whole show for days. . . . I havent had that feeling after seeing a MK show since 1996.

[dmg]

I saw The Straits last month in Bradford and i have to say they were brilliant, i left the show smiling after meeting Alan and Chris and were buzzing about the whole show for days. . . . I havent had that feeling after seeing a MK show since 1996.

I think it's the songs that really get people going in the audience and the atmosphere is what stays with you after the gig.  Also if there is good energy from the stage, then that transfers to the audience.  Recently, Mark's shows have been getting slower paced due to the new songs with less energy and with the inclusion of songs that some audience members won't even know then it's no surprise that there's little buzz from Mark's shows these days.  How many songs these days really get you off your feet apart from TR?

[Jules]

In my case, when I look at the left and saw Alan Clark playing those keyboards parts that were so important parts of the songs of my life... That was magic.

[Throttle]

Recently, Mark's shows have been getting slower paced due to the new songs with less energy and with the inclusion of songs that some audience members won't even know then it's no surprise that there's little buzz from Mark's shows these days. 

You know, last summer I took my friend along with me to the gig. She's never seen MK before and had a faint idea of him and his music at all. We just had a rest there, where the concert took place.
She was highly elated over that show and liked everything in general, but namely Marbletown became a real revelation to her, she was just fascinated by the playing of guys. And it was by no means boring, quite the contrary, - superbly.
Such is the opinion of unbiased spectator.

[junkiedoll]

I saw The Straits last month in Bradford and i have to say they were brilliant, i left the show smiling after meeting Alan and Chris and were buzzing about the whole show for days. . . . I havent had that feeling after seeing a MK show since 1996.

And what does this (subjective) observation have to do with the devastating, even cruel, statements of Clark??

[superval99]

Recently, Mark's shows have been getting slower paced due to the new songs with less energy and with the inclusion of songs that some audience members won't even know then it's no surprise that there's little buzz from Mark's shows these days. 

You know, last summer I took my friend along with me to the gig. She's never seen MK before and had a faint idea of him and his music at all. We just had a rest there, where the concert took place.
She was highly elated over that show and liked everything in general, but namely Marbletown became a real revelation to her, she was just fascinated by the playing of guys. And it was by no means boring, quite the contrary, - superbly.
Such is the opinion of unbiased spectator.

I, also, took people to see some of MK's gigs, one in 2010 and the other in 2013.  In both cases they had never seen an MK show before and both were blown away by the musicianship throughout, especially Marbletown.

[superval99]

I saw The Straits last month in Bradford and i have to say they were brilliant, i left the show smiling after meeting Alan and Chris and were buzzing about the whole show for days. . . . I havent had that feeling after seeing a MK show since 1996.

And what does this (subjective) observation have to do with the devastating, even cruel, statements of Clark??

Just one of the reasons that I will never attend a Straits concert! 

From the very first time I ever heard MK's voice and guitar, it meant everything to me, so if he's not there, it means nothing.  It was always about MK!

[ds1984]

Alan once also said

[foma]

Alan once also said