New David Knopfler Interview

[Rkd]

The melancholy nature of some of David's responses makes me feel for him.

http://www.buffalonews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20130501/GUSTO/130509908/1010

[Pottel]

just weddings and funerals...With that said, Knopfler added that he respects his brother

[Pottel]

interesting...

[dannr1]

Same old story..

[ds1984]

More peaceful than he used to be.

[Josef]

The last album they made together was "Making Movies".  Anyone can hear the change in the output after that album.

[dmg]

The last album they made together was "Making Movies".  Anyone can hear the change in the output after that album.

David left during the MM sessions and was never actually involved with the recording of the album.  Even in the first two albums Mark Played rhythm guitar too on the albums and David was hardly heard at all.

[Josef]

The writing and composition of the music changed completely.

[dmg]

The writing and composition of the music changed completely.

The idea was to get longer compositions to sustain a full length concert without fillers like Nadine from other artists or using unreleased songs or b-sides. 

Mark was also into the idea of songs with long instrumental passages at the time and ones with room for improvisation like TOL, which are perfect for the live performance.  These songs were few and far between on the first two albums.

Another factor was producer Jimmy Iovine who introduced a more rock element into their music rather than recording the band raw and, of course bringing in Alan Clark to make it a bigger band.

[JF]

Yes it became a little bit "prog-rock", and I think That Alan Clark had an important impact on compositions.

early 80ies were not really the ideal era for prog-rock. bands like Yes, Genesis, King Crimson ditched the long intrsumental passages, and the trendy music at that time was disco or punk-cold-wave music, so I always wondered how such albums like LOG or Alchemy with long guitar solos made big hits while the "dominating" music at this time was the exact opposite : synths, "FM-calibrate" shorts songs, etc...

[fingerpicker]

There is no comparison from David Knopfler to Mark Knopfler.  Mark Knopfler IS Dire Straights and a great guitar player and superior writer as well as singer ..David K would never have been noticed if it wasn't for his brother.  The proof is in his(DK) solo material.  Just being truthful, I don't mean to sound cruel but the music speaks for itself. When I listen to Mark K., the music brings me to many places emotionally.  When I listen to DK, the music seems like he's trying to prove something and even trying to get out of his brothers shadow not to mention he sounds like a bad imitation of Mark K.  He(DK) contributed very little to Dire Straits as a rhythm guitar player.

[Brunno Nunes]

"There is no comparison from David Knopfler to Mark Knopfler.  Mark Knopfler IS Dire Straights and a great guitar player and superior writer as well as singer ..David K would never have been noticed if it wasn't for his brother.  The proof is in his(DK) solo material.  Just being truthful, I don't mean to sound cruel but the music speaks for itself. When I listen to Mark K., the music brings me to many places emotionally.  When I listen to DK, the music seems like he's trying to prove something and even trying to get out of his brothers shadow not to mention he sounds like a bad imitation of Mark K.  He(DK) contributed very little to Dire Straits as a rhythm guitar player. "

I've never seen something so stupid here as these words!
Congratulations!!!!

[Pottel]

when yu make such a bold statement in your 2nd only post here Brunno, then i would love to hear the reason why you think so.
I am also not entirely happy with fingerpickers' statement, even though parts of it are somehow "true"
so, pls, share with us why you think so.

[herlock]

I personnally think that DK had a lot of courage and should be respected for that.
No doubt that his is way less talented than his brother is - he himself acknowledged it many times !
As much as I respect John Illsley's total loyalty towards Mark, I think leaving the band and therefore renouncing the (already obvious then) fame and glory that would come with it, was a courageous move.
DK simply wanted to do his own music - and not live in his brother's shadow, as bright a shadow as it was, and he put his words into real action. Both brothers said that fame was a four-letter word and that nothing good was attached to it - but David really lived the statement, whereas Mark just said it... after becoming famous.
For those of you who know French and French litterature, I would like to quote Cyrano de Bergerac: "Ne pas monter bien haut, peut-

[Pottel]

Aaahh Bergerac, where I was only a month ago....