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Just read the interview. He's just too full of himself. Don't like him.
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 GriffithsFirst Published 8 hours ago https://www.musicradar.com/amp/news/alan-clark-dire-straits-piano-keyboards-synths-hammond?fbclid=IwAR0yajXAaTss71keE8GsHVFbRpFeZYJ3hplsl0MzASOVwiRSpESnWEV5gQc
why are you all complaining ?after 40 years we discovered all songs were written by AC and not MK
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:)
Quote from: wakeywakey on December 24, 2021, 06:09:02 AMThe,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.