@rabman010 I was thinking the same thing .There is also a well known photograph of a young Bert Jansch (side face) that looks like Mark Knopfler in his early Dire Straits days.Knopfler ,Bell and Jansch ,now that is a fine trio of guitarists !
"Hey Mark, could I have an audition for the band?"
"The band? Oh, well, no you couldn't. Firstly, because you're crap and secondly, because the band isn't really together anymore. I'm here to subliminally plug my latest album, On Every Street - you may have heard the new single earlier, Calling Elvis, which incidentally is available through all well known musical retail outlets now, by the way. It's a Mark Knopfler solo album really. The Dire Straits bits is Capitol and Warner Bros. doing".
@davidsan01 A Momentary Lapse of Reason is a David Gilmour solo album with members of Pink Floyd appearing on it along with the band name. In much the same way, On Every Street is a Mark Knopfler solo effort that uses the band name Dire Straits for two resons: Alan Clark, John Illsley and Guy Fletcher played on it, and because the brand name made a lot of money before. It's a very good album, but it sounds more Mark Knopfler than Dire Straits.
@azapro911 ABSOLUTE RUBBISH on both counts!!!!! On Every Street IS credited as a Dire Straits album and is no way a MK solo album and to say it sounds more like a solo album by him is way off the mark. Have you actually heard any of his solo stuff compared to Dire Straits material? On Every Street has that Dire Straits sound, where's his MK solo material sounds totally different. AND Obscurred by Clouds is another Pink Floyd album full stop, i.e. all members had input into the material on it!
@davidsan01 I agree that it was not Mark's absolute intention to make it a solo album, but that's how it wound up coming across. And I agree that it doesn't sound EXACTLY like a Knopfler solo - merely that it sounds CLOSER to Knopfler than Dire Straits. Mark's style is much more country than Dire Straits were, a lot of acoustic going on there and it's great to listen to. But people have always said that OES lacks a certain something from a Dire Straits record. I merely believe that's the answer.
@rsspyderscott Mark Knopfler didn't want to bring back Dire Stratis. Not truely, not in his heart like he wanted it before. It was never the same for him after the stress of Bothers in Arms. He did it because his mates and his record company wanted it. He was much more interested in making music to suit his personal style more than Dire Straits - not that there's anything wrong with that. His own sound, while still very good, is more subdued than that of DS. It showed in OES.
@lliissbbooaa Precisely and the reason for that is that Dire Straits fans bought it expecting a Dire Straits record, but they didn't quite get one, even if the brand name was on the tin. A lot of people have ripped my head off here for daring to suggest that it's not a 100% true blue Dire Straits album, but I simply cannot turn around and say that it sounds like one, because it just doesn't. It's more of a Knopfler solo-DS hybrid. My original comment was tongue-in-cheek, but it unleashed Hell...
I like the way the presenters weren't up their own asses like today. Its a proggie about technology first and foremost and not about their personalities which is a template that tv broadcasting needs to re-adopt. I'd get my tv license back if this was the standard today.
It's a neat gimmick, but it would probably set you back the price of a real Stratocaster. I've never seen one of these in person, and I've worked in a great music store for almost 9 years, so I don't think it ever took off. It's a bit like the Line 6 Variax I suppose, even though that just emulated different instruments. Did this come out in the 90's? I ask because Mark looks really young and "On Every Street" was released I think in '91.
never mind the guitar-another clip showing Mark Knopfler as the brilliant guitarist that he is and as well as a funny, modest and totally passionate person!!!
i remember those guitars in the shop . this was all before the internet ofcourse , youtube , backingtrackdotcom and tab sites make it soooooo accesable to give it a serious go .
Personnaly i don't think it will make it alot easier, maybe a little time saved not having to go find and open a chart/book somewhere. The scales/chords/notes still ultimately need to be memorized and internalized in order to become a fluent player....maybe if they invent something that can move your fingers for you?! LOL
I got the impression that what he meant was that would-be guitarists often quit in frustration because learning to really play is hard to do, so here's a device that'll make it easier. I think he meant their careers end in the bedroom in the sense that they never really took off in the first place.
@EJRocky Well... You buy yourself a guitar, play on it in your bedroom, find out that playing on it is way to hard and you decide to stop playing while you're in your bedroom... That's pretty much how a guitarists' career end in the bedroom... Can't see the problem really...
@EJRocky Probably playing that way. Playing guitar sitting at the end of your bed can seriously damage your back... xD, really. You better catch a chair.
its a fender copy, and they make them nowadays, the modelling is called the Line 6 Variax. you can get a modded one to make it have a flashing fretboard on it.
i love guitarists like mark,dave gilmour ,steve rothery e.t.c.who make it look so easy,but to actually play their stuff,well it'd be easier facing off against a grizzly bear with nothing more to defend yourself with,but harsh language!!!great guitarists all of them!!!
what was this, like a commercial????? Funny how the guitar didn't really catch on (at least I assume so; I've never seen one in my life and I've seen plenty of guitars)
If all the lights were on i would start to cry and i wouldn't be able to see the chords through my tears :') made me laugh so much ... Legend
thealmightycommenter 4 days ago 2
You can just tell mark thinks it's a piece of shit
PaceFalm 1 month ago 3
rock guitar comes to mind.... S**t I wish I was in at the outset
freddielaker2 1 month ago
got to love that "noodling" stuff :)
ivanbulic 2 months ago
mark looks little like eric bell here lol
rabman010 2 months ago
@rabman010 I was thinking the same thing .There is also a well known photograph of a young Bert Jansch (side face) that looks like Mark Knopfler in his early Dire Straits days.Knopfler ,Bell and Jansch ,now that is a fine trio of guitarists !
TheHumbuckerboy 2 weeks ago
May I have an audition with the band? Er, no..Lol
mrsqonk 4 months ago
"Hey Mark, could I have an audition for the band?"
"The band? Oh, well, no you couldn't. Firstly, because you're crap and secondly, because the band isn't really together anymore. I'm here to subliminally plug my latest album, On Every Street - you may have heard the new single earlier, Calling Elvis, which incidentally is available through all well known musical retail outlets now, by the way. It's a Mark Knopfler solo album really. The Dire Straits bits is Capitol and Warner Bros. doing".
azapro911 5 months ago
@azapro911 are you sure? i'd check you're facts first, i have the album and the other band members are credited!
davidsan01 4 months ago
@davidsan01 A Momentary Lapse of Reason is a David Gilmour solo album with members of Pink Floyd appearing on it along with the band name. In much the same way, On Every Street is a Mark Knopfler solo effort that uses the band name Dire Straits for two resons: Alan Clark, John Illsley and Guy Fletcher played on it, and because the brand name made a lot of money before. It's a very good album, but it sounds more Mark Knopfler than Dire Straits.
azapro911 4 months ago
@azapro911 ABSOLUTE RUBBISH on both counts!!!!! On Every Street IS credited as a Dire Straits album and is no way a MK solo album and to say it sounds more like a solo album by him is way off the mark. Have you actually heard any of his solo stuff compared to Dire Straits material? On Every Street has that Dire Straits sound, where's his MK solo material sounds totally different. AND Obscurred by Clouds is another Pink Floyd album full stop, i.e. all members had input into the material on it!
davidsan01 4 months ago
@davidsan01 I agree that it was not Mark's absolute intention to make it a solo album, but that's how it wound up coming across. And I agree that it doesn't sound EXACTLY like a Knopfler solo - merely that it sounds CLOSER to Knopfler than Dire Straits. Mark's style is much more country than Dire Straits were, a lot of acoustic going on there and it's great to listen to. But people have always said that OES lacks a certain something from a Dire Straits record. I merely believe that's the answer.
azapro911 4 months ago
@azapro911 what drug are you on muppet
rsspyderscott 2 months ago
@rsspyderscott Mark Knopfler didn't want to bring back Dire Stratis. Not truely, not in his heart like he wanted it before. It was never the same for him after the stress of Bothers in Arms. He did it because his mates and his record company wanted it. He was much more interested in making music to suit his personal style more than Dire Straits - not that there's anything wrong with that. His own sound, while still very good, is more subdued than that of DS. It showed in OES.
azapro911 2 months ago
@azapro911
OES was not loved by fans!
lliissbbooaa 1 month ago
@lliissbbooaa Precisely and the reason for that is that Dire Straits fans bought it expecting a Dire Straits record, but they didn't quite get one, even if the brand name was on the tin. A lot of people have ripped my head off here for daring to suggest that it's not a 100% true blue Dire Straits album, but I simply cannot turn around and say that it sounds like one, because it just doesn't. It's more of a Knopfler solo-DS hybrid. My original comment was tongue-in-cheek, but it unleashed Hell...
azapro911 1 month ago
@azapro911
I agree!
lliissbbooaa 1 month ago
5:18 that was so cheesy
ifuckdinosaurs 6 months ago
knopfler's a cool guy. i would love to hear more about what the songs mean or what inspired them on the sub menus of dvd's.
saplondon09 6 months ago
Ha ha, Gibson must have seen this video and not understood Knopflers advice!
davey1272250 7 months ago
I like the way the presenters weren't up their own asses like today. Its a proggie about technology first and foremost and not about their personalities which is a template that tv broadcasting needs to re-adopt. I'd get my tv license back if this was the standard today.
maccagrabme 8 months ago
05:00
fantastic!!
ddss7 9 months ago
@ddss7 one of his best "off the cuff" licks ever I think
magicelliotth 5 months ago
LOL!!! So obvious Mark thinks it's shite. Such a polite guy.
chooseyourblues 10 months ago 4
Wow I like that guitar!!! xD
redstratocaster1942 11 months ago
It's a neat gimmick, but it would probably set you back the price of a real Stratocaster. I've never seen one of these in person, and I've worked in a great music store for almost 9 years, so I don't think it ever took off. It's a bit like the Line 6 Variax I suppose, even though that just emulated different instruments. Did this come out in the 90's? I ask because Mark looks really young and "On Every Street" was released I think in '91.
Guy9998 11 months ago
I fucking hate these stupid things. Learn to fucking play the guitar. Don't be lazy.
kevoishere1 11 months ago
mark is to modest hes dying to say what a pile of shite hehehehe
redfenderguy 1 year ago
JESUS CHRIST.
Remembered this from when I was about 5. It never left my head, I remember to this day Mark's total disdain for the device
Random as fuck and just as funny to find it here.
OneBigRetard 1 year ago
Or you could stop being a lazy twat and learn them.
thspamed 1 year ago
I guess this never took off really...
sirgerry 1 year ago
A chord book is better.
pienivla 1 year ago
never mind the guitar-another clip showing Mark Knopfler as the brilliant guitarist that he is and as well as a funny, modest and totally passionate person!!!
awaliwu 1 year ago
how abotu take thetime to learn to play
tylerg24716 1 year ago
Crap invention of the month lol
georgeman2468 1 year ago
Anybody knows which guitar is that one with lightning dots?
Benhind 1 year ago
Its a Fret light guitar, google fretlight. they sell them in the U.S.
MarkLittleVai 1 year ago
@MarkLittleVai Dont get it confused with 'fleshlight' when googling lol
Punk1984Rock 1 year ago
give him a piece of wood with a rope and mark will be however extra
intchinkawa 1 year ago
i remember those guitars in the shop . this was all before the internet ofcourse , youtube , backingtrackdotcom and tab sites make it soooooo accesable to give it a serious go .
isitcosimblack 1 year ago
I appreciate the intention of ur post, but, dude, leave us learners something to work with!
pavotibio 1 year ago
it all ends very sahhhdly... love him
marcisgreatAA 1 year ago
mark could play any guitar and make it sing...
ddn2y 1 year ago
Wow, Mark Knopfler was terribly bad at the end
hkimon 1 year ago
I get a tootbrush that has one light, i`m going to like that. awesome!
live2ride123 1 year ago
lol at that light emitting diode thing
Tamablecoolwhip 2 years ago
Whoa!! Briefcase of FIRE!!!!
mecotterill 2 years ago
This was invented in the early 1990s - and what do we end up with? Guitar Hero
mecotterill 2 years ago 5
@mecotterill yeah we did LOL
dergrossen 1 year ago
I think that MK can play whatever he wants, even a block of wood without strings :-) Great video!
glasgowsailors 2 years ago 2
Brilliant!
Never seen this before - thanks SO much for posting!
snackleforkofemir 2 years ago
Funny
theincredibleiannune 2 years ago
That makes learning guitar a lot easier yet you still need to put a lot of effort into it.
Mark is just awesome, great technique and a great sense of humor
Chronologo 2 years ago
Personnaly i don't think it will make it alot easier, maybe a little time saved not having to go find and open a chart/book somewhere. The scales/chords/notes still ultimately need to be memorized and internalized in order to become a fluent player....maybe if they invent something that can move your fingers for you?! LOL
vracan 2 years ago
Any change for getting an audition for the band?
For the band?
No... no...
habbopassload 2 years ago 7
that was epic!
Chronologo 2 years ago
wUT yEAR wAS tHIS dUNN ?
Franquay 2 years ago
Early 90's
DogSwede1 2 years ago
How on earth do guitarists' careers END in the bedroom?! O.o
EJRocky 2 years ago 25
Yes probably, but hopefully with a girl on top of them instead of the guitar tho!
chezruss 2 years ago 4
Keith Richards will.
bigyellowtaximan 2 years ago
@EJRocky
I got the impression that what he meant was that would-be guitarists often quit in frustration because learning to really play is hard to do, so here's a device that'll make it easier. I think he meant their careers end in the bedroom in the sense that they never really took off in the first place.
VerilyTY 1 year ago
@EJRocky Basically he is saying that they never take off...
richardbirch2007 1 year ago
@EJRocky Obviously he's talking about all the failed guitarists that never leave the bedroom before giving up on the guitar.
bastardoi 1 year ago
@EJRocky he means it never leaves the bedroom ....
people give up... so thats the end
tommystros 1 year ago
@EJRocky If you play like Howard here, you don't get far.
CornedBeefSurprise 1 year ago
@EJRocky when the man dies, wise guy.
Cushniee 8 months ago
@EJRocky Well... You buy yourself a guitar, play on it in your bedroom, find out that playing on it is way to hard and you decide to stop playing while you're in your bedroom... That's pretty much how a guitarists' career end in the bedroom... Can't see the problem really...
PinoKakelkip 6 months ago 4
@EJRocky Maybe if they die in their sleep? :p
magicelliotth 5 months ago
@EJRocky Probably playing that way. Playing guitar sitting at the end of your bed can seriously damage your back... xD, really. You better catch a chair.
redstratocaster1942 2 months ago
scottisacunt, I salute you.
fossilisedmuso 2 years ago 3
shite investment- I'm out
scottisacunt 2 years ago 23
mark has such a f*cking good technique!!
live2ride123 2 years ago 5
its a fender copy, and they make them nowadays, the modelling is called the Line 6 Variax. you can get a modded one to make it have a flashing fretboard on it.
SGwizard1 2 years ago 2
are you sure ?
I cant find it ...
Tommekens 2 years ago 2
I WANT ONE LIKE THIS!
sakiltxo 2 years ago 2
i love guitarists like mark,dave gilmour ,steve rothery e.t.c.who make it look so easy,but to actually play their stuff,well it'd be easier facing off against a grizzly bear with nothing more to defend yourself with,but harsh language!!!great guitarists all of them!!!
racefaceec90 2 years ago 5
Lol! Great analogy! All fantastic players.
Guy9998 2 years ago 2
Mark is always so fun to listen to =D
"I got a toothbrush its got one light,, and I'm getting to like that"
DogSwede1 3 years ago 2
Your damn right about that he always cracks me up
fenderpaman16 3 years ago 5
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fenderpaman16 3 years ago
Awsome!! :D
Kristalyviz 3 years ago
i dont do the strat its a fender
bobodd5 3 years ago
Wooow thanks for the help mark.
KarloR27 3 years ago 3
any one got a good tab for calling elvis intro ?
loly1969 3 years ago
I love that lick. It's so good to play. Good for warm up w00t!
PeeNoYaKo 3 years ago
have u got a tab for it ?
loly1969 3 years ago
Nope. Lol, maybe you can use one. I think theres a lesson here in youtube somewhere.
PeeNoYaKo 3 years ago
if u can play surely u can write down a tab ,pl pl
be nice
ta
loly1969 3 years ago
cool stuf thanks the last part whas funy:-D
norwayfinland 3 years ago
what was this, like a commercial????? Funny how the guitar didn't really catch on (at least I assume so; I've never seen one in my life and I've seen plenty of guitars)
ShadoPrey 3 years ago
what guitar is this?
TheBJKiD 3 years ago
No, this was a BBC programme called 'Tomorrows World' that used to show gadgets and technology. The chap on there is called Howard Stableford.
organicpaul 2 years ago 2
LMAO! do i have any chance aidtuioning? lol. Amazing.
jackosn0863 3 years ago
great great stuffffffff
rasnv 3 years ago 2
Wow, thanks for sharing! Never seen this before 8-)
goldenheart96 3 years ago
Calling Elvis
dany4kin 3 years ago
what song is it?
kingofmods15 3 years ago