Lot's happening with The Straits...

[holaknopfler]

Alan once also said

[junkiedoll]

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[Jarle]

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[Silvertown]

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[Jules]

I'd say that Alan wanted to say that they had their role in the band too, not that MK wasnt important. Actually to play as The Straits, MK is not important at all as they are playing his songs with at least two musicians that used to play them, and even helped to create the arrangements of the MK songs.

And they can't be Dire Straits without MK.

Its a bit tricky comment by Alan, but I got it right from the first time.

[Jules]

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[junkiedoll]

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[Jules]

Thats your opinion, and I strongly disagree. You choose to be mad about him. I choose to enjoy this new chance that they give me as i never saw Dire Straits live, and thanks to MK, i will never see.

I enjoy what lasts of the band, one side I have the leader, guitar, singer and songwriter, and other side I have a band with two ex members keeping the legacy, that MK ignores (and its entitled to do it) alive and kicking. You are the one that chooses to be angry, i choose to enjoy them.

You choose to interpretate his words as an insult, i choose to go deeper instead and understand what he really means, instead of being angry about whatever it looks like an attack to MK.

I win.

But everybody is free to choose.

[junkiedoll]

Thats your opinion, and I strongly disagree. You choose to be mad about him. I choose to enjoy this new chance that they give me as i never saw Dire Straits live, and thanks to MK, i will never see.

I enjoy what lasts of the band, one side I have the leader, guitar, singer and songwriter, and other side I have a band with two ex members keeping the legacy, that MK ignores (and its entitled to do it) alive and kicking. You are the one that chooses to be angry, i choose to enjoy them.

You choose to interpretate his words as an insult, i choose to go deeper instead and understand what he really means, instead of being angry about whatever it looks like an attack to MK.

I win.

But everybody is free to choose.

I am sorry, for me thats not a matter of choose or interpretation, this is a matter of facts. Of course you are entitled to enjoy the straits, this is not my cup of tea; but about statements from Clark is no matter of choose or a matter of how to understand, it is so obvious, you must be kidding if you don

[Jules]

Good for you.

[junkiedoll]

Good for you.

Why good for me? Also this strange category I don

[foma]

Why, oh God, why they made this solo Communique version? Where on Earth MK done something like that? Well, it's OK with one verse, but the whole song?! I even don't talk about the riff played so completely wrong. This band certainly not in the DS standards of perfection, and THAT is strange part when Clark saying 'All cover bands are bad'. C'mon Alan, make your cover band not so bad first, then talk!

I just can't listen a group where only keys and sax represented at wanted level. The only door that The Straits and Legends opened up for me it's -- man, you have to write your own material.

[Rkd]

You can't help but have empathy for Chris White when he says "it's tough out there" at about the 1:20 mark of this YouTube clip and then explains that with The Straits they are greeted enthusiastically every time.



Empathy aside, however, as Val said (unless The Straits morph into their own thing) it is a dead-end road. Certainly these fine musicians can ply their talents as they like, but, for me, I see it as rather tragic that they feel a need to be attempting to rekindle DS's glory days. I think MK understands that the past is the past and conducts himself with a pioneering dignity that is true to himself. I know that MK's wishes and some of his fans wishes don't mesh, but he's the one who needs to do what is right for him.

My wish for The Straits, especially Chris who seems like a nice guy, is that they find their own way to success without riding on the talent of MK.

[superval99]

I wonder what happened with the album they were recording with their own material - seems a long time ago since it was mentioned.   

[vgonis]

I bet it will come. And it will be sold at their concerts. But as I've said, nowadays it is a tricky situation getting noticed even with brilliant songs. Let's hope they serve such.