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[Love Expresso]

That's a good question but it seems they DO reach many people or a US tour would not commencing.
It is only that they are not clear about it by purpose and maybe WANT people to believe they are the original band. I would not go. But I am sure Benny would. He seems to like them.

LE

[dmg]

That's a good question but it seems they DO reach many people or a US tour would not commencing.
It is only that they are not clear about it by purpose and maybe WANT people to believe they are the original band. I would not go. But I am sure Benny would. He seems to like them.

LE

Joking aside, it would be interesting to find out their market.  I would reckon it is a younger generation who have heard of DS but aren't heavyweight fans and haven't been to concerts of the real deal.  I doubt Knopfler fans would attend these, except perhaps on their first tour, merely out of curiosity.

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Used to love that little bald guy on The Benny Hill Show that he'd slap on the head!

[Love Expresso]

So...

Everytime DSl go on tour and interviewed, being asking the SAME questions, giving the SAME answers, they reach new low levels of low point in their behaviour.... I'd like to see that scale to measure it because everytime they reach the lowest point and then the lowest and again the lowest... Wow. I'm amazed. And always telling the same thing, they reach a lowest point saying and doing the same...

Forgive me but... Booooring

This forum is basically about always the same in every aspect. Sad but true.

LE

[Love Expresso]

That's a good question but it seems they DO reach many people or a US tour would not commencing.
It is only that they are not clear about it by purpose and maybe WANT people to believe they are the original band. I would not go. But I am sure Benny would. He seems to like them.

LE

Joking aside, it would be interesting to find out their market.  I would reckon it is a younger generation who have heard of DS but aren't heavyweight fans and haven't been to concerts of the real deal.  I doubt Knopfler fans would attend these, except perhaps on their first tour, merely out of curiosity.

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Used to love that little bald guy on The Benny Hill Show that he'd slap on the head!

Maybe we are too critical anyway and people just have a good time.

LE

[Jules]

I always say that I enjoyed The Straits at the Rah, and I know about others that enjoyed them even they went with prejudice. In the end they just enjoyed the music.

By the way, I wasn't calling Eddie boring, but the topic, that comes again and again and always the same (like when we moan about Mk setlists), actually I find Eddy's post quite interesting, except this one's

And also I like to discuss with LE. Man, sometimes I think you're Spanish or Latino, like Eddie and I, lol

[MK-47]

So...

Everytime DSl go on tour and interviewed, being asking the SAME questions, giving the SAME answers, they reach new low levels of low point in their behaviour.... I'd like to see that scale to measure it because everytime they reach the lowest point and then the lowest and again the lowest... Wow. I'm amazed. And always telling the same thing, they reach a lowest point saying and doing the same...

Forgive me but... Booooring

Why do you feel the need to say that it's boring? Just ignore it no matter how often it comes up.

It's boring to me as well, but why not talk about it? It would be a lot better if there was nothing to talk about.

[Jules]

So...

Everytime DSl go on tour and interviewed, being asking the SAME questions, giving the SAME answers, they reach new low levels of low point in their behaviour.... I'd like to see that scale to measure it because everytime they reach the lowest point and then the lowest and again the lowest... Wow. I'm amazed. And always telling the same thing, they reach a lowest point saying and doing the same...

Forgive me but... Booooring

Why do you feel the need to say that it's boring? Just ignore it no matter how often it comes up.

It's boring to me as well, but why not talk about it? It would be a lot better if there was nothing to talk about.

And why not telling you find it boring?

When we moan about the Mk setlists is not problematic to say it's boring...

I find that there are several ways of measuring what is correct to say depending the subject... Quite subjective and unfair

[Love Expresso]

It seems we have to live with this or these Bands. So it will be a topic in the future for sure. MK could have done something against it in being more responsible with the Dire Straits heritage. But he left it alone and showed no interest in it. I said it once already but if you see what Queen fans get out of the history of the band in form of special Editions, boxsets, Blu-ray and stuff it is really sad to see this great band Dire Straits ending like this.

LE

[MK-47]

And why not telling you find it boring?

When we moan about the Mk setlists is not problematic to say it's boring...

I find that there are several ways of measuring what is correct to say depending the subject... Quite subjective and unfair

Because it doesn't contribute in any kind of way to the discussion.

I'm sorry to say but even if the topic of discussion may be boring, it's even more so to see someone commenting on it being boring.

[Jules]

And why not telling you find it boring?

When we moan about the Mk setlists is not problematic to say it's boring...

I find that there are several ways of measuring what is correct to say depending the subject... Quite subjective and unfair

Because it doesn't contribute in any kind of way to the discussion.

I'm sorry to say but even if the topic of discussion may be boring, it's even more so to see someone commenting on it being boring.

That's exactly what happens when we moan about Mk setlists. But for any unknown reason it doesn't work the same way you are telling with this topic. People moan about the moaners and tell it's boring and, it looks ok in that case...

It's very curious.

[MK-47]

That's exactly what happens when we moan about Mk setlists. But for any unknown reason it doesn't work the same way you are telling with this topic. People moan about the moaners and tell it's boring and, it looks ok in that case...

It's very curious.

You're right, it should work the same way with that topic as well. I don't know why it doesn't, but it should.

[Eddie Fox]

Wow, that escalated pretty quickly. Just to make myself clear, my problem with these tribute bands is the fact they pretend to be what they aren't. I think it's a serious matter and wouldn't be surprised if Mark and John met to discuss it. Perhaps it is a boring subject but it doesn't change the fact that what they do is disgusting. Marco talking as if he was the new DS's frontman and pretending to be Mark's successor is actually painfully cringeworthy, I feel sorry for the dude, but using Mark's legacy to make money is just inappropriate.

[Robson]

Wow, that escalated pretty quickly. Just to make myself clear, my problem with these tribute bands is the fact they pretend to be what they aren't. I think it's a serious matter and wouldn't be surprised if Mark and John met to discuss it. Perhaps it is a boring subject but it doesn't change the fact that what they do is disgusting. Marco talking as if he was the new DS's frontman and pretending to be Mark's successor is actually painfully cringeworthy, I feel sorry for the dude, but using Mark's legacy to make money is just inappropriate.

Exactly. And it's annoying.

I thought once that it would never happen.
The heritage of dIRE sTRAITS is ... No words. A curtain of silence.