SPOILERS: John Illsley will publish a book about Dire Straits

[quizzaciously]

Final Cover?

Streange cover, with MK doing a strange expression and David drinking so his face can't be seen...

Looks like they tried extra hard to find the worst DS picture and I think they succeeded, also why this period? John was in all of them, so why early stuff?

[qjamesfloyd]

Hardly inspiring photo for a book about such an important band.

[Jules]

Also there is a book with a very similar cover already

[KnopfleRick]

Final Cover?

Streange cover, with MK doing a strange expression and David drinking so his face can't be seen...

Exactly my thoughts when I saw this for the first time.
Mark and David look like the least important persons in the band. Can't believe this will be the final cover. 

[the visitor]

I think it is quite an appropriate photo.  This book is, after all, about John Illsley, so it makes sense he is the focal point in the photo.  To be fair, he didn't even need to include the rest of the band on the cover, it could have been a massive picture of just his face !

[Robson]

Yes. The cover is not bad. But there should be dIRE sTRAITS 

[dustyvalentino]

I don't give a crap about the cover. I'll judge the book by the contents. If only there was some sort of saying or phrase I could use here to get my point across.

[Stanko]

 

[quizzaciously]

Quentin Tarantino released his first book, it's a novel based on his latest movie, and I have a feeling that this was a major mistake. With all due respect, this book feels just like a glorified movie script... Anyway, that's why, I think, Mark steers himself so far away from writing books, he just doesn't want to release something like this.

https://www.amazon.com/Once-Upon-Time-Hollywood-Novel/dp/0063112523

[Robson]

Thank you for the information Pavel:)

There are a lot of interesting photos on John Illsley's website. Maybe they will be in the book I can't wait.

[dustyvalentino]

Quentin Tarantino released his first book, it's a novel based on his latest movie, and I have a feeling that this was a major mistake. With all due respect, this book feels just like a glorified movie script... Anyway, that's why, I think, Mark steers himself so far away from writing books, he just doesn't want to release something like this.

https://www.amazon.com/Once-Upon-Time-Hollywood-Novel/dp/0063112523

Is there any way in which MK and QT are comparable?!

[quizzaciously]

Quentin Tarantino released his first book, it's a novel based on his latest movie, and I have a feeling that this was a major mistake. With all due respect, this book feels just like a glorified movie script... Anyway, that's why, I think, Mark steers himself so far away from writing books, he just doesn't want to release something like this.

https://www.amazon.com/Once-Upon-Time-Hollywood-Novel/dp/0063112523

Is there any way in which MK and QT are comparable?!

I'm not comparing them at all, I just point out the fact that Mr. Tarantino, who is famous for making movies, has written a book which is basically a movie script with decent typography. And Mark, who is famous for writing lyrics for songs... And writing prose is not something that could go really well, and he also said it just like this. He said his prose would be like a note to the milkman or something.

[ds1984]

Quentin Tarantino released his first book, it's a novel based on his latest movie, and I have a feeling that this was a major mistake. With all due respect, this book feels just like a glorified movie script... Anyway, that's why, I think, Mark steers himself so far away from writing books, he just doesn't want to release something like this.

https://www.amazon.com/Once-Upon-Time-Hollywood-Novel/dp/0063112523

Is there any way in which MK and QT are comparable?!

I'm not comparing them at all, I just point out the fact that Mr. Tarantino, who is famous for making movies, has written a book which is basically a movie script with decent typography. And Mark, who is famous for writing lyrics for songs... And writing prose is not something that could go really well, and he also said it just like this. He said his prose would be like a note to the milkman or something.

Remember that Mark was a journalist, he knows how to write prose.
That is just another excuse not to publish a book.

[quizzaciously]

Quentin Tarantino released his first book, it's a novel based on his latest movie, and I have a feeling that this was a major mistake. With all due respect, this book feels just like a glorified movie script... Anyway, that's why, I think, Mark steers himself so far away from writing books, he just doesn't want to release something like this.

https://www.amazon.com/Once-Upon-Time-Hollywood-Novel/dp/0063112523

Is there any way in which MK and QT are comparable?!

I'm not comparing them at all, I just point out the fact that Mr. Tarantino, who is famous for making movies, has written a book which is basically a movie script with decent typography. And Mark, who is famous for writing lyrics for songs... And writing prose is not something that could go really well, and he also said it just like this. He said his prose would be like a note to the milkman or something.

Remember that Mark was a journalist, he knows how to write prose.
That is just another excuse not to publish a book.

But how journalism and prose are connected? Journalists usually write short articles or sometimes, rarely, long reads. And Mark said that journalism, writing short articles helped him to put a lot of meaning into few words, which is exactly the case with songs, as opposed to prose where you can go on forever.

[Love Expresso]

MK has "a way with words". There is not one formula to write prose and one to write in a journalistic style. I have no doubt that MK could write something that would be a good read. His accurate and pedantic character never shines more than in every single word of his lyrics. It's awesome and there is a lot of work and thought in every syllable. It's just that you need to dive deeper into characters, times and places to make it good literature, let alone a proper novel. Songs are miniatures, much smaller and shorter than any short story and cannot be divided from and  judged without the musical level. It's a question of energy and devotion that it needs to dive into a novel's world, not one of skills when it comes to MK.

A work like John's would be no problem for MK to write. It would be better than anything from a paid journalist or ghost writer.

In my personal opinion, MK's lyric writing is more unique and more outstanding than his guitar playing. Many of his lyrics stand the test with poetry.

LE