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Author Topic: The Quiet Man  (Read 2937 times)

Offlinedustyvalentino

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Re: The Quiet Man
« Reply #45 on: November 12, 2024, 02:45:32 PM »
Lols. Loving the twisted arguments for making MK cool, reminds me of this:



Believe me, as someone who was a fan throughout the 1990s, MK was NOT cool then!
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Re: The Quiet Man
« Reply #46 on: November 12, 2024, 05:54:55 PM »
I was a fan throughout the 90s as well, I remember that as well.
Nirvana was "cool", REM was "cool", the Red Hot Chili Peppers were "cool". MK wasn't.
But I don't care, in my view he's still one of the coolest cats in music, and always will be.
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Re: The Quiet Man
« Reply #47 on: November 12, 2024, 11:26:25 PM »
“The Red Hot Turds” as MK called them in a grumpy OES tour moment.
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Re: The Quiet Man
« Reply #48 on: November 15, 2024, 02:12:45 PM »
“The Red Hot Turds” as MK called them in a grumpy OES tour moment.

He did? I'd love to see that in context.

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Re: The Quiet Man
« Reply #49 on: November 15, 2024, 02:22:47 PM »
“The Red Hot Turds” as MK called them in a grumpy OES tour moment.

He did? I'd love to see that in context.

Search Vox on the forum, I scanned the magazine a while back.
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Re: The Quiet Man
« Reply #50 on: November 15, 2024, 02:30:29 PM »
I was 15 when I discovered Dire Straits (in 1991), and "cool" was the very first word that came to mind. That word is used in various ways (often just meaning "great"), but I always thought Mark was cool in the original sense of the word. I remember seeing him on stage during the On Every Street tour, and he was the epitome of coolness: Just standing there playing all that incredible stuff and barely raising an eyebrow, seemingly immune to any kind of bullshit, not bothered by anything or anyone, a superior being that has seen it all, and so obviously in a league of his own that he had no need whatsoever to show off. That's how he played, that's how he sang and behaved.

Of course his kind of music and style was way out of fashion back then already (not sure it ever was in fashion at all), but cool it was. Most definitely.

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Re: The Quiet Man
« Reply #51 on: November 15, 2024, 02:31:29 PM »
“The Red Hot Turds” as MK called them in a grumpy OES tour moment.

He did? I'd love to see that in context.

Search Vox on the forum, I scanned the magazine a while back.

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Re: The Quiet Man
« Reply #52 on: November 15, 2024, 02:56:13 PM »
I have to confess that when I read The Quiet Man as a title for a new thread I got I bit frightened...
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Re: The Quiet Man
« Reply #53 on: November 15, 2024, 06:58:29 PM »
“The Red Hot Turds” as MK called them in a grumpy OES tour moment.

Were there any un-grumpy OES tour moments?  :lol
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Re: The Quiet Man
« Reply #54 on: November 15, 2024, 07:04:33 PM »
I was 15 when I discovered Dire Straits (in 1991), and "cool" was the very first word that came to mind. That word is used in various ways (often just meaning "great"), but I always thought Mark was cool in the original sense of the word. I remember seeing him on stage during the On Every Street tour, and he was the epitome of coolness: Just standing there playing all that incredible stuff and barely raising an eyebrow, seemingly immune to any kind of bullshit, not bothered by anything or anyone, a superior being that has seen it all, and so obviously in a league of his own that he had no need whatsoever to show off. That's how he played, that's how he sang and behaved.

Of course his kind of music and style was way out of fashion back then already (not sure it ever was in fashion at all), but cool it was. Most definitely.

I agree all the way!  :thumbsup
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Re: The Quiet Man
« Reply #55 on: November 15, 2024, 10:58:38 PM »
From my point of view MK lost all coolness (if he ever had any) on the day he decided to make his headband a signature thing. His outfits from 1985 on were the opposite of cool. And his hair. His voice back in those days however was the coolest thing on earth.

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Re: The Quiet Man
« Reply #56 on: November 16, 2024, 03:12:59 AM »
LE your point of view on this issue is the opposite of what I always thought. For me, the moment he put on the headband was great and cool. It made him stand out and was rock'n'roll. Mark visually looked definitely better than he did during the 82/83 tour.The MFN video would have been impossible without all that. He's an icon of those years. All this stimulated my imagination that I wanted to have and had such an armband myself :) It was a fantastic time for DS for MK and I will always defend iconic headbands. They were great
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Re: The Quiet Man
« Reply #57 on: November 16, 2024, 01:08:47 PM »
LE your point of view on this issue is the opposite of what I always thought. For me, the moment he put on the headband was great and cool. It made him stand out and was rock'n'roll. Mark visually looked definitely better than he did during the 82/83 tour.The MFN video would have been impossible without all that. He's an icon of those years. All this stimulated my imagination that I wanted to have and had such an armband myself :) It was a fantastic time for DS for MK and I will always defend iconic headbands. They were great

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Re: The Quiet Man
« Reply #58 on: November 16, 2024, 01:32:25 PM »
He’s never been perceived as cool in the UK. Popular but not cool. I went to his official youtube channel the other day and watched the MFN video from the Princes Trust where Sting as wailing like he’s in pain. It’s funny because the stage is full of major rockstars and the only 2 in stage gear are The most flamboyant and the least flamboyant (Elton John and MK). The rest are just wearing normal clothes. I found it rather ironic.

 

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