Alan Clark: "We'd love a DS reunion but Mark Knopfler is busy"

[peterromer]

Of course its possible IF Mr. Knopfler want it to, but he does not. But possible yes. If MK and the band decided to do so, he can play whatever and how he wants to play it. Just like others bands that mature over time. So would DS also sounds different than the last time they played.

 

[PensaGhost]

Dire Straits keyboard player Alan Clark: “When Mark Knopfler first played Money For Nothing to the band, there was no ‘I Want My MTV’... the idea was mine”
By Daniel Griffiths
First Published 8 hours ago

https://www.musicradar.com/amp/news/alan-clark-dire-straits-piano-keyboards-synths-hammond?fbclid=IwAR0yajXAaTss71keE8GsHVFbRpFeZYJ3hplsl0MzASOVwiRSpESnWEV5gQc

[knopflertom]

„ “There are one or two people who I won’t mention who - probably out of an insecurity - can come on like that, but I just deal with them. “ Intetesting answer concering hierarchy when working with stars like Knopfler, Dylan etc.. 

[hunter]

Just read the interview. He's just too full of himself. Don't like him.

[knopflertom]

Just read the interview. He's just too full of himself. Don't like him.

Me neither…

[PensaGhost]

why are you all complaining ?

after 40 years we discovered all songs were written by AC and not MK

[TheTimeWasWrong]

Dire Straits keyboard player Alan Clark: “When Mark Knopfler first played Money For Nothing to the band, there was no ‘I Want My MTV’... the idea was mine”
By Daniel Griffiths
First Published 8 hours ago

https://www.musicradar.com/amp/news/alan-clark-dire-straits-piano-keyboards-synths-hammond?fbclid=IwAR0yajXAaTss71keE8GsHVFbRpFeZYJ3hplsl0MzASOVwiRSpESnWEV5gQc

This is just getting sad.

[Jules]

why are you all complaining ?

after 40 years we discovered all songs were written by AC and not MK

Really?

Lol

[Robson]

Self-irony:)

[rmarques821]

Clark is a brilliant pianist, no doubt.

"Me, I, Me, I... I did this, I did that, I came up with this, this was my idea..."

He is also brilliant at licking his own ass.

[wakeywakey]

The,almost,hatred, here for AC is rather sad.
He certainly made (major?)contributions to songs on LOG onwards and deserves credit for that.
You could easily make a case for him being the band member who had the (second) most influence on DS songs and for that I'm grateful.
I also quite like Backstory:)

[the visitor]

The,almost,hatred, here for AC is rather sad.
He certainly made (major?)contributions to songs on LOG onwards and deserves credit for that.
You could easily make a case for him being the band member who had the (second) most influence on DS songs and for that I'm grateful.
I also quite like Backstory:)

As I've written before whilst MK is credited as sole writer of the whole catalogue of DS songs, whilst legally that might be the case, I find it very hard to believe others didn't strongly influence song composition, and elements that we know and love.  It's entirely possible Alan Clark had a massive role in the intro to MFN, it is after all synth led and you only have to listen to those parts on Local Hero where there are synth solo tracks to draw parallels.  I would say he probably doesn't help himself in how bluntly he communicates things but there isn't really another way to say 'I did it' is there.  Interesting to see whether there is any reaction from other band members on this.

[quizzaciously]

The,almost,hatred, here for AC is rather sad.
He certainly made (major?)contributions to songs on LOG onwards and deserves credit for that.
You could easily make a case for him being the band member who had the (second) most influence on DS songs and for that I'm grateful.
I also quite like Backstory:)

As I've written before whilst MK is credited as sole writer of the whole catalogue of DS songs, whilst legally that might be the case, I find it very hard to believe others didn't strongly influence song composition, and elements that we know and love.  It's entirely possible Alan Clark had a massive role in the intro to MFN, it is after all synth led and you only have to listen to those parts on Local Hero where there are synth solo tracks to draw parallels.  I would say he probably doesn't help himself in how bluntly he communicates things but there isn't really another way to say 'I did it' is there.  Interesting to see whether there is any reaction from other band members on this.

So the legitimate question would be, where Alan's own "Money For Nothing"? then? It's easy to be creative with songwriters like MK, it matters what they can bring on their own. Besides, I'm pretty sure MK himself have had a lot of moments where he would help other people with writing songs without any credits given. Even the latest release by Dion, he said Mark helped him with the arrangement and all. So my thinking still and always will be that session musician's job or band member job is to come up with little ideas. Intros and outros is not a big idea, it's more like a finishing touch. Telegraph Road is another story... But then again, I'm sure if that was such a giant input, MK would give credits where it belongs. The big idea and most of the song is still his.

[Jules]

It is true that the way Alan says he contributed to this or that is most of the times not the best way.

It is also true that lot of people seems to be paid for the MK army and are patiently waiting for someone to say any little thing that seems like offending his Knopfler religion and shot them to death.

I found it as ridiculous or even more than the way Alan says he contributed to this or that because at least, Alan is only telling what he did, the others are defending someone who doesn't need it in a quite fanatical way.

[dustyvalentino]

No problem with Alan here, does anyone think MK wrote that synth intro?

The only reason Alan is having to say this is because John (or more accurately his ghost writer) made yet another error in his book.