Mark visits German TV show March 27th

[Justme]

yes. we spent 3 days with this "strange" video (as Expresso so nicely and respectful said)
no intention to win.
but fun.
it´s in the talenthouse gallery right now.

thx 

I wouldn't call it strange. It touches me somehow and that isn't a bad thing. And I see that you put a lot of thought and effort into shooting these scenes. I'll look into the ways how I can vote for your video. Good luck!

[JohnRossEwing]

thx ;-)

final decision in this contest is ... the master himself.

you can log in at talenthouse / or follow it on markknopfler.com and then you can vote for the videos

some very nice films there i must admit, i have my personal favourite and it would be a great winner for this contest.

but i wanted to tell this "teddy" story, Mark would say: i didn´t produce it for the charts or awards ... ;-)

[JohnRossEwing]

short update:
spoke with someone who was in the studio in Bremen.
said, very small room and the instruments were quite loud, and no earphones here for Mark.

for me, i like this bit "raw" sound. there is another audience clip in youtube recorded by a smartphone, and you can hear that the drums (as Mr. Thomas is not really a beginner) are strong ...
so - more a "dirty" club gig. but i like. nothing i would name "bad"

[Shai]

Also, the audience was dead. No excitement over the fact that they were lucky to be at MK's first live performance EVER of what I believe will be the opening song of the concerts.

Saul

[IrisRose]

Thanks for the links and that great history, JRE.    I never get tired of hearing What it Is.     Are you DogSwede1 who puts up all those great MK videos on youtube?   I've spent more hours than I should admit to watching and listening.    If you are DogSwede, many many thanks.    And also thanks to ShangriLa who devotedly uploads onto the youtube AMIT channel.   

[Pottel]

just for your info about Mark and (TV) Shows:

i met Mark 3 times in my life

1. on every street tour, i had backstage passes for Europe Tour
the closest was in Olympia Stadion München, Open Air 92
at this time he was a Rockstar, security all around - he was a Star - i think he was more nervous to this time than today, as he smoked before the gig and a lot (!)  of people around him ..


2.
the sailing to philadelphia album:
to this time i was director and author of "harald schmidt show" in germany
it was one of my wishes that he perfoms at this show, and it happened someday
i have the complete rehearsal (around 1,5h) of "what it is" on a digi beta tape
he wanted to get the perfect sound in the studio, and it took its time
in this show there is a great moment
in the rehearsel of the whole show something great happened:
Mark entered the stage.
there was a Band called "Helmut Zerlett band" - it was our Showband.
In this Band Mel Collins was playing Sax since years
Mark saw him and shout: "OMG - this is Mel Collins!" The had a lot of to talk.

It was the one and only act in the history of this Show (!!) where the Show had a break, the audience had to leave the studio that Mark were able to do another soundtest (!!) - addicted to be perfect i would say.

ironic thing: there was a buzzing of an amplifier all over the song, you hear it quite from the beginning. still i have all sounds and tracks of this live gig on tape.

i think i was 3 years everyday in the room of the editor in chief of this Show, Manuel Andrack, and said to him: please invite MK to the Show, he is at Letterman with every new album, he must be in Germany´s Late Night too.

So believe it or not, this live act is born by me for a big part:

the live act is here:



3.
i met him at "Bambi" Award in Hamburg
he was playing there "Boom like that"
i did a documentary of this Show.
he played half playback.
it was the time right after the accident. i was able to talk with him on stage.
i said to him: don´t break your bones again.
he said to me: promised. british humor.

everytime i met him, he was quite shy, but never nervous. not at all.
sometimes this artists are tired, yes, everyone who travels a lot knows: every luxury can´t avoid that you are tired when you travel.

in the case of yesterday:
don´t interpretate too much:
the light of this show was ... not very nice for an artist.
i say this as a professional filmmaker and photograph.
there are 2 lights from the ground - normally you use those light to give a dramatic evil character in theatre or film.
and studio light is very hard always.
the mix of the song is not state of art, but there is very less time for all.


and yes, with 65 you are not 20.
but i had the solid impression that he enjoyed the song, especially the 2nd half.

he is not nervous. not really. believe me.  but he wants to speak in / with his songs, not so much in interviews.

i will see Mark on 31May in Salem. Looking forward. Indeed.

that´s all from me. promised.

i have heard the mel collins story before, cannot remember where it was. maybe from you in another discussion? anyways, nice post.

[Knopflerfan]

Also, the audience was dead. No excitement over the fact that they were lucky to be at MK's first live performance EVER of what I believe will be the opening song of the concerts.

Saul

They were all deaf, that's why they didn't react to the master!!!

No seriously more life in a morgue me thinks, mind you the nice blonde seemed quite happy!!

[Marijo58]

Also, the audience was dead. No excitement over the fact that they were lucky to be at MK's first live performance EVER of what I believe will be the opening song of the concerts.

Saul

They were all deaf, that's why they didn't react to the master!!!

No seriously more life in a morgue me thinks, mind you the nice blonde seemed quite happy!!

True Knopflerfan, i noticed the pretty blonde woman too!! She was thrilled!!! The rest of the audience was indeed deaf I think!! lol

[superval99]

The interview, which was recorded yesterday is available now.
Nothing new, but nice to watch.
Switch to the middle of the programme.

http://www.ardmediathek.de/tv/buten-un-binnen-Regionalmagazin/buten-un-binnen-vom-28-M%C3%A4rz/Radio-Bremen-TV/Video?documentId=27365758&bcastId=967552

Many thanks Caroline!   I managed to download it too!   

[Pottel]

16:40 is where it starts.
blondie was REALLY into mark. good to see..

[JohnRossEwing]

another view


no, i don´t agree.
if you know the guests there ...
the man with the glasses sometimes in front of camera is Peer Steinbrück, politician - he is a huge Knopfler Fan (told this several times in interviews in germany) and just enjoyed the song without jumping and clapping. later he says how he loves Sailing to Philadlphia.
The guy eating did clap loud at the end - but had an interview before and it was a deep interview and maybe he just was hungry - i see 1000 people eating and drinking during concerts.
some visitors are clapping during whole song. the 2 women having fun in the round - so what you expect. it´s not a Knopfler concert ... after the song and interview they talked more about Mark btw in a positive way.

[dustyvalentino]

I personally thought he played and sound fine, maybe I'm easily pleased.

I am starting to get concerned though that people are getting angry on this forum everytime someone is critical of MK.

One of the reasons we set up this forum was to be free to express our opinions. I would hate to think that people are being pressured into holding back on what they really think, even though I usually disagree.

Oh and I love LE'sLE's Cliff Barnes/Ray Krebbs lines, hilarious!

[LoveExpresso]

The musical act in such talkshows seems to have something of a "break" for the guests, so they do not have to expect to be asked something suddenly by the hosts. These kind of shows often try to reach some interaction between the guests. So during Mark's playing they maybe felt a little like taking a deep breath, have a drink, eat something etc.
I thought he was very well received from the audience, already at the beginning of the show when the guests were announced, there was some excited jubilation noticeable.

He was guest already two times, and as a guest sitting the full two hours (with simultanous dolmetcher in his ear) he seemed somewhat unhappy and not too relaxed. This time, he was more announced as a "top star" and the highlight of the show.

LE

[JohnRossEwing]

I personally thought he played and sound fine, maybe I'm easily pleased.

I am starting to get concerned though that people are getting angry on this forum everytime someone is critical of MK.

One of the reasons we set up this forum was to be free to express our opinions. I would hate to think that people are being pressured into holding back on what they really think, even though I usually disagree.

Oh and I love LE'sLE's Cliff Barnes/Ray Krebbs lines, hilarious!

yes. Expresso Love (our l´amor weekly paperman from portugal) is really a funny person, so creative. He knows Dallas. That´s pretty hilarous. Indeed. But he forgot to call me Bobby, Lucy, Jock, Miss Ellie ...
Bit disappointed. Maybe he is still shocked about Mark´s bad perfomance. Forgiven.

[dustyvalentino]

So you guys are both German, was Dallas big in Germany?