"In a dressing room with the rain coming down wondering what you're doing in some strange town".........He cant help but be a lyricist, brilliant and he didn't even realise it..
There were Tom Cruise, Patrick Swayze, the boys from Beverley Hills 90210, New Kids On The Block, Axl Rose and Bono but Mark Knopfler was the sexiest man alive in 1991.
@@annetteturner5972 He’s living proof that you can be ugly and sexy at the same time. With a gap between his teeth, a big nose and a receding hairline, Mark Knopfler nevertheless made Dire Straits the biggest band of the 1980s. In the early 1990s they did a lap of honour and quietly retired. We will never see or hear another band quite like them again. It makes me said in the nicest possible way.
The way a person looks is the least interesting thing about them. Elvis Presley made Rock'n'roll sexy, but it's talent that sells, and the Colonel sold it, probably too much. Mark Knopfler has talent in spades. It always sells.
@@bloodmoon1956 He was old, bald and ugly in the 1980s but he was still able to build the biggest band in the world! He took Dire Straits out for a lap of honour in the early 1990s and then quit super stardom altogether. If that isn't sexy then what is?!
I never saw Dire Straits live, but I did get an On Every Street tour poster framed for my birthday one year. However, I have seen Mark Knopfler and his post-Dire Straits band five times between 2001 and 2019 in Germany and Ireland. This man wrote the soundtrack of my life, and I do not and never will get tired listening to him and his fabulous band.
I brought my sister to her first ever Rock gig and my one and only Straits gig of On Every Street as Mark mentioned the First on that last tour. The Calling Elvis riff kicked off for a minute with the stage and audience in darkness until boom , the chord opens and then a while later I never forget being dazzled by a spotlight reflecting of Marks Strat pickguard, a Divine moment!😂 🎸
As much as the interviewer seemed to be on MK's case about the scale of the tour, having read John Illsley's account of things, it was the question most on my mind - why did they push it so hard? Kinda blows my mind, remembering how much I was listening to Dire Straits as a kid (and continued to do so ever since) and yet was pretty oblivious to just how massively popular they were globally. Thanks for uploading this video. Seems rare to see Mark so relaxed and speakeasy in an interview setting.
Sadly after this album and tour they did disband! I was lucky enough to see them in Cardiff arms park! Love this album On every street! And Jeff porcaro on drums makes it even better!
Feel free to export the video and put in an editor and cut out what you don't want :) I don't own the copyright. I just hit record on a VCR about 27 years and then put it up here otherwise it would have never have been seen again. I know people have already copied this and even put their own watermark on it.
@@JordanBlue1 Mark Knopfler and Dire Straits did not use Coke. Sure, they drank and they probably smoked grass but they were not drug addicts. They didn't miss any concerts and were never late for concerts. They never had a reputation as drug users. Their music and success was too important to them.
Mark Freuder Knopfler (Glasgow, Escocia, 12 de agosto de 1949) es un músico de sesión, guitarrista, productor discográfico, cantante y compositor escocés. Antes de su carrera como músico, trabajó de periodista y dio clases en la universidad.
He was born in Scotland, but moved to Newcastle upon Tyne when he was 7, and considers himself a Geordie, the name of people from that region. His mother was from Newcastle and his father was Hungarian Jewish. So he hasn't any Scottish blood in him, just an accident of birth.
Mark Knopfler Glasgow born, Traces of his original Glasgow accent here. By the time he did Parkie that was lost. Come on, Mark, ye canny firget yer auld hame!
+NlHILIST Scottish ? His mom is English, father east European who happened to be working in Scotland when he was born, lives in London with an English wife - I'd say he has chosen not to be Scottish.
I was going to say that, but I checked the replies first, so it wouldn't be repeated. Mark considers himself a Geordie. I really am tired of Scots trying to claim him as their own. They already have a lot of wonderfully talented people, so back off.
Mr. K used to drink like a fish for a while, but I don't think he ever consumed anything of questionable legality. Maybe the odd doobie once in a blue moon, if that. You can't play that well if you're always ripped. To Mark, a 'joint' is a bar you play your music in, not something you smoke.
Mark does not look wasted! Why would you even say that??? Based on everything I have read, he was not a junkie; did not use hard drugs. His music was too important to him. I agree with Devil's Offspring.
"In a dressing room with the rain coming down wondering what you're doing in some strange town".........He cant help but be a lyricist, brilliant and he didn't even realise it..
There were Tom Cruise, Patrick Swayze, the boys from Beverley Hills 90210, New Kids On The Block, Axl Rose and Bono but Mark Knopfler was the sexiest man alive in 1991.
Talent, intelligence, humour, that is what is so attractive in MK
@@annetteturner5972 He’s living proof that you can be ugly and sexy at the same time. With a gap between his teeth, a big nose and a receding hairline, Mark Knopfler nevertheless made Dire Straits the biggest band of the 1980s. In the early 1990s they did a lap of honour and quietly retired. We will never see or hear another band quite like them again. It makes me said in the nicest possible way.
The way a person looks is the least interesting thing about them. Elvis Presley made Rock'n'roll sexy, but it's talent that sells, and the Colonel sold it, probably too much. Mark Knopfler has talent in spades. It always sells.
@@zoltanrudolf well,I’m partial to a man with a big nose .😉 love Mark.
@@bloodmoon1956 He was old, bald and ugly in the 1980s but he was still able to build the biggest band in the world! He took Dire Straits out for a lap of honour in the early 1990s and then quit super stardom altogether. If that isn't sexy then what is?!
I never saw Dire Straits live, but I did get an On Every Street tour poster framed for my birthday one year.
However, I have seen Mark Knopfler and his post-Dire Straits band five times between 2001 and 2019 in Germany and Ireland. This man wrote the soundtrack of my life, and I do not and never will get tired listening to him and his fabulous band.
I brought my sister to her first ever Rock gig and my one and only Straits gig of On Every Street as Mark mentioned the First on that last tour.
The Calling Elvis riff kicked off for a minute with the stage and audience in darkness until boom , the chord opens and then a while later I never forget being dazzled by a spotlight reflecting of Marks Strat pickguard,
a Divine moment!😂 🎸
Great interview! MK was way more talkative and animated than usual. I'm addicted to his voice.
Lmao Mark knopler could have been my English teacher 😁
Just finished reading John Illsley's wonderful autobiography "My Life in Dire Straits" - all these old interviews started to make proper sense!
As much as the interviewer seemed to be on MK's case about the scale of the tour, having read John Illsley's account of things, it was the question most on my mind - why did they push it so hard?
Kinda blows my mind, remembering how much I was listening to Dire Straits as a kid (and continued to do so ever since) and yet was pretty oblivious to just how massively popular they were globally.
Thanks for uploading this video. Seems rare to see Mark so relaxed and speakeasy in an interview setting.
Dire Straits always did huge tours.
I had been watching his latest interview, not surprised to know he had grace and humility even back in the glorious days of Dire Straits.
Don't know when this was recorded, but our Marks face has filled out somewhat, and he's doing his own thing
Sadly after this album and tour they did disband! I was lucky enough to see them in Cardiff arms park! Love this album On every street! And Jeff porcaro on drums makes it even better!
Totally agree! And Manu Katché as well on drums.
Mark Knopfler um grande talento! ❤
What I learnt from this interview is that someone has an original tapes to the Sydney thank you Australia New Zealand Concert. Publish them!!!
How the times have changed, Sydney is lucky to get 2 nights in a world tour from any band these days and Sydney is Australias biggest market.
"More of the same only better"....Good name for a tour.🙂
Thanks for posting this vid.
Ray Martin is a flog. Knopfler Genius
Q burno verlo ❤❤❤❤
Can't the video be edited to crop out the bits of the interviewer some...I just want to see/hear Mark Knofler speak!
Feel free to export the video and put in an editor and cut out what you don't want :) I don't own the copyright. I just hit record on a VCR about 27 years and then put it up here otherwise it would have never have been seen again. I know people have already copied this and even put their own watermark on it.
Ooooooooh an ashtray
lol...he still has that nervous nose wiping thing
Coke
@@JordanBlue1 Mark Knopfler and Dire Straits did not use Coke. Sure, they drank and they probably smoked grass but they were not drug addicts. They didn't miss any concerts and were never late for concerts. They never had a reputation as drug users. Their music and success was too important to them.
@@JordanBlue1 Pepsi
@@JordanBlue1 no he didn’t partake actually. Not ever. On the road we laughed that it was always a cup of tea and the occasional booze.
Eejit. 🙄🙄
@@karenwoo9068 ok Karen, keep pretending.
obnoxious interviewer, great interviewee
Mark Freuder Knopfler (Glasgow, Escocia, 12 de agosto de 1949) es un músico de sesión, guitarrista, productor discográfico, cantante y compositor escocés. Antes de su carrera como músico, trabajó de periodista y dio clases en la universidad.
He was born in Scotland, but moved to Newcastle upon Tyne when he was 7, and considers himself a Geordie, the name of people from that region. His mother was from Newcastle and his father was Hungarian Jewish. So he hasn't any Scottish blood in him, just an accident of birth.
So, mystery solved?... Ray Martin put this idea in his head, and soon enough dire straits was disbanded?
Peccato ero innamorata di Mark
Mark Knopfler Glasgow born, Traces of his original Glasgow accent here. By the time he did Parkie that was lost. Come on, Mark, ye canny firget yer auld hame!
+NlHILIST Scottish ? His mom is English, father east European who happened to be working in Scotland when he was born, lives in London with an English wife - I'd say he has chosen not to be Scottish.
Not forgetting he grew up in Newcastle!
No, his accent is geordie not scottish.
I was going to say that, but I checked the replies first, so it wouldn't be repeated. Mark considers himself a Geordie. I really am tired of Scots trying to claim him as their own. They already have a lot of wonderfully talented people, so back off.
He looks wasted.
chairmanmeow1973 you're right, he was a junky back then, little known fact
@Art Is Pain from where that fact that he was a junky once?
Mr. K used to drink like a fish for a while, but I don't think he ever consumed anything of questionable legality. Maybe the odd doobie once in a blue moon, if that. You can't play that well if you're always ripped. To Mark, a 'joint' is a bar you play your music in, not something you smoke.
Mark does not look wasted! Why would you even say that??? Based on everything I have read, he was not a junkie; did not use hard drugs. His music was too important to him. I agree with Devil's Offspring.
Jet lag