Dire Straits - When It Comes To You (Live in Nîmes, France / 1992 / Visualiser)

[dustyvalentino]

Again, as usual a lot of speculation to support people's impression of MK.

Indeed, as well as feeling sorry for him we also have one poster who thinks he was unlucky!

[Chris W]

Ha, Ha 

[rmarques821]

I'm amazed also people feel so sorry for Mark and feel he hasn't been appreciated enough.
The guy never needs to work again. He's a multi-millionaire. He's widely regarded as a guitar god, even by many of his peers (Clapton etc).

I don't think that we are sorry for Mark.
He made a life as a musician.
Very, very sucessfull musician.
Worked hard and built an empire for his own.

Mark could be the coolest guy in town.
He have all the artistic and speech freedom.
Instead of it, looks like that he hates to be an artist.

Most of our complain about DS is that, it reached the very limit as a product. There is a lot of things that could be released that could made the fans happier. As Ed said, MK's music is 100% supported by his die-hard fans (or something like that)

Even John seems to be much polited about his storyes.

To say that Mark hates to be an artist must be one of the most bizarre and insane statements I've ever read in this forum. And all because he doesn't want to release old Dire Straits crap any longer.

[quizzaciously]

Again, as usual a lot of speculation to support people's impression of MK.

Indeed, as well as feeling sorry for him we also have one poster who thinks he was unlucky!

Yeah, Mark got soooooo lucky when the worst tour, worst album (in his own words), divorce, death of his band and death of his father all happened within months from each other, and everybody and their mom thought he was an a-hole. Damn, I'd want to be in his shoes. So lucky. Boy, what a happy time. Give me two, give me two now. Obviously, "luck" is very subjective.

[hunter v2.0]

Mark doesn't hate to be an artist. He just could do without the fame bit, which he has stated one million times.

[hunter v2.0]

Again, as usual a lot of speculation to support people's impression of MK.

Indeed, as well as feeling sorry for him we also have one poster who thinks he was unlucky!

Yeah, Mark got soooooo lucky when the worst tour, worst album (in his own words), divorce, death of his band and death of his father all happened within months from each other, and everybody and their mom thought he was an a-hole. Damn, I'd want to be in his shoes. So lucky. Boy, what a happy time. Give me two, give me two now. Obviously, "luck" is very subjective.

None of the things you mention have anything to do with luck or lack of luck. Apart from the death of his father - which was sad, but something that everyone has to experience - everything else was the result of Mark's own choices. (OK, I'm speculating about the divorce, but anyone who's been or is married knows it takes two to tango ...)

[dustyvalentino]

Again, as usual a lot of speculation to support people's impression of MK.

Indeed, as well as feeling sorry for him we also have one poster who thinks he was unlucky!

Yeah, Mark got soooooo lucky when the worst tour, worst album (in his own words), divorce, death of his band and death of his father all happened within months from each other, and everybody and their mom thought he was an a-hole. Damn, I'd want to be in his shoes. So lucky. Boy, what a happy time. Give me two, give me two now. Obviously, "luck" is very subjective.

Well, for all but one, maybe two of those situations, the old saying "you make your own luck" comes to mind.

[Chris W]

Yeah, Mark got soooooo lucky when the worst tour, worst album (in his own words), divorce, death of his band and death of his father all happened within months from each other, and everybody and their mom thought he was an a-hole.

Again of lot of that is very overdramatic and not factual.

[Chris W]

None of the things you mention have anything to do with luck or lack of luck. Apart from the death of his father - which was sad, but something that everyone has to experience - everything else was the result of Mark's own choices. (OK, I'm speculating about the divorce, but anyone who's been or is married knows it takes two to tango ...)

Yes, pretty much everything except the death of his father. It also wasn't 'the worst tour' or 'worst album'.
I'm sure Mark was very happy with OES, it just wasn't as big a hit as BIA. I'm sure Mark regretted agreeing to the tour once it became a reality, but at the same time it netted Mark and John millions and they walked out to 25,000-60,000 people screaming adulation most nights.

[hunter v2.0]

Re the OES album, Mark said during interviews at the time that that album he actually could listen to, whereas the previous DS albums made him feel uncomfortable. I could imagine his opinion of it now would be very different.

[Robson]

Not necessarily, It's still his favorite DS album.

[dustyvalentino]

He reintroduced On Every Street on recent tours so presumably it wasn't too triggering.

Or maybe that was just the bad luck of hiring a saxophonist and needing songs that he could play.



Poor MK, what an unlucky bastard. If he fell into a bucket of tits he'd come out sucking his thumb.

[hunter v2.0]

Hahahaha!

[Chris W]

Or maybe that was just the bad luck of hiring a saxophonist and needing songs that he could play.

More like pedal steel.

[dona74]

Am I the only one who finds CW's posts extremely annoying and evidently full of irritation towards the person the forum is dedicated to?