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Author Topic: Special Q & A with Ed Bicknell - DISCUSSION THREAD  (Read 15459 times)

Offlinewayaman

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Special Q & A with Ed Bicknell - DISCUSSION THREAD
« on: September 05, 2024, 01:45:29 PM »
Thanks Ed for all these answers. Very informative and funny at the same time. It would make a great book as many others stated in the forum, guess it would be difficult to speak about certain things but hey, that's why editors are in the business!

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Re: Re: Special Q & A with Ed Bicknell - THE ANSWERS
« Reply #1 on: September 05, 2024, 02:16:48 PM »
Wow! Fantastic read, fantastic memories. Thank you Ed, thank you Dusty:)
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Re: Re: Special Q & A with Ed Bicknell - THE ANSWERS
« Reply #2 on: September 05, 2024, 02:30:15 PM »
Thanks again to Ed for answering our questions, a few thoughts I have had after reading them. After saying he saw dozens of songs in Mark's little black and and about 20 song for Love Over Gold, Mark must be even more prolific than we thought!! I wonder how many songs are recorded and sitting in an archive somewhere?
I love the fact that Ed sent Private Dancer to Prince, a very bold move on his part ;D It would be have been amazing to hear what Prince could/would have done with it, maybe he did do something with it, Prince has a huge unreleased archive.
Mark playing on Michael Jackson's Bad :o wow, that would have been something, I wonder if Mark would have had been willing to do it? if not for the reasons Ed said. Jackson must have really liked guitar music and players, asking Mark, and using Slash and Eddie Van Halen and Jennifer Batton, he even called Mike Oldfield in the mid 80's.
« Last Edit: September 05, 2024, 02:43:32 PM by qjamesfloyd »
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Re: Re: Special Q & A with Ed Bicknell - THE ANSWERS
« Reply #3 on: September 05, 2024, 02:36:18 PM »
Damn, there go some last perceptions I was trying to hold onto out of the window  :lol
Love people who actually dare to speak out in interviews!

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Re: Re: Special Q & A with Ed Bicknell - THE ANSWERS
« Reply #4 on: September 05, 2024, 03:06:31 PM »
Can someone please elaborate on this sentence?

A part of one of Ed´s answers.
 
"The DSE are almost as good as the real thing, really tremendous and MK gets the bloody PRS!"

Does he mean DSL (Dire Straits Legends) and that it annoys MK so much he has sort of bleeding ;)
Cheers Peter

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Re: Re: Special Q & A with Ed Bicknell - THE ANSWERS
« Reply #5 on: September 05, 2024, 03:11:21 PM »
Dear Ed, thank you for taking the time to answer our questions. It has been a pleasure, a lot of fun and a lot of learning at the same time. This is a historic moment here at AMIT. Thank you for this unique opportunity!  :clap
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Re: Re: Special Q & A with Ed Bicknell - THE ANSWERS
« Reply #6 on: September 05, 2024, 03:11:56 PM »
Can someone please elaborate on this sentence?

A part of one of Ed´s answers.
 
"The DSE are almost as good as the real thing, really tremendous and MK gets the bloody PRS!"

Does he mean DSL (Dire Straits Legends) and that it annoys MK so much he has sort of bleeding ;)

PRS:

https://www.prsformusic.com/

ie MK makes money every time they play.

And they used to be called DSE. I think. It’s difficult to keep up, Alan kept falling out with people.
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Re: Re: Special Q & A with Ed Bicknell - THE ANSWERS
« Reply #7 on: September 05, 2024, 03:15:58 PM »
Thanks, Ed for answering my stupefyingly long question and it's actually a perfect answer, I expected nothing less from you. You've left no stone unturned, bravo!

The upbringing, growing together and life experience is exactly what I wanted to see in your answer. But I also have to comment on one thing...

The thing MOST people are getting wrong about me is that I think of MK as some kind of a living God. That's simply not true. I believe in the presumption of innocence, and every man or woman is equally smart and important to me UNLESS they prove me otherwise.

And I actually praise Ed left and right, I praise everybody, and yes, I praise Mark left and right because I strive to see only the good in people. It's obvious everybody has their skeleton in the closet, everybody goes to the toilet, and as we say in Russia, "everybody masturbates how he wants".

I'm not interested in the dark side of people, I'm only interested in their good side. That's why I do my best to be "Mark's advocate" here and sometimes seem like a brainwashed fanboy.

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Re: Re: Special Q & A with Ed Bicknell - THE ANSWERS
« Reply #8 on: September 05, 2024, 03:42:26 PM »
Can someone please elaborate on this sentence?

A part of one of Ed´s answers.
 
"The DSE are almost as good as the real thing, really tremendous and MK gets the bloody PRS!"

Does he mean DSL (Dire Straits Legends) and that it annoys MK so much he has sort of bleeding ;)

Thanks Dusty  :thumbsup

PRS:

https://www.prsformusic.com/

ie MK makes money every time they play.

And they used to be called DSE. I think. It’s difficult to keep up, Alan kept falling out with people.
Cheers Peter

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« Reply #9 on: September 05, 2024, 04:40:39 PM »
Many many thanks Ed !

and yes I confirm : Tommy Mandel is credited on the LP/CD/Cassette booklets but NOT on the video. A bit weird isn't it ?

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Re: Re: Special Q & A with Ed Bicknell - THE ANSWERS
« Reply #10 on: September 05, 2024, 04:48:24 PM »
Hi,

I can't find a correct translation for Ed's line about EC : "Lives down the street for me but never has any sugar in, cheap sod."

Can someone turn this sentence into simple english ?
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Re: Re: Special Q & A with Ed Bicknell - THE ANSWERS
« Reply #11 on: September 05, 2024, 05:05:24 PM »
Hi,

I can't find a correct translation for Ed's line about EC : "Lives down the street for me but never has any sugar in, cheap sod."

Can someone turn this sentence into simple english ?

HAHAHA.
Imagine Ed with a empty cup knocking on Eric's door asking for some sugar. But he never get it.

In other words. Eric never waves to Ed.

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Special Q & A with Ed Bicknell - DISCUSSION THREAD
« Reply #12 on: September 05, 2024, 05:38:55 PM »
Dedicated thread for discussion of all the questions and answers.

Questions only in the question thread please and the answers thread will be locked and stickied so it can be preserved for reference. :)
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Re: Re: Special Q & A with Ed Bicknell - THE ANSWERS
« Reply #13 on: September 05, 2024, 05:39:14 PM »
Hi,

I can't find a correct translation for Ed's line about EC : "Lives down the street for me but never has any sugar in, cheap sod."

Can someone turn this sentence into simple english ?

Means they live close from each other but they don't visit the other.

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Re: Special Q & A with Ed Bicknell - DISCUSSION THREAD
« Reply #14 on: September 05, 2024, 05:41:20 PM »
Sorry, not sure if I understood it correctly.  I am one of those who already had a question answered by Ed. Am I allowed to ask another one (because of the extended time frame).
Thanks!

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« Last Edit: September 05, 2024, 05:45:58 PM by Love Expresso »
I don't want no sugar in it, thank you very much!

 

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