6/1/2023 0 Comments Mark knopfler 2019![]() I think we started playing better as the tour progressed, but the thing you have to watch on a long tour is overplaying. In Europe in particular, we’ve had some really good crowds which take the gig to a higher level. We had plenty of time off in between legs and we tried to change things around a bit by playing different songs on different nights. Having just returned to London from Dire Straits’ massive world tour, Mark happily reports that: “It was a lot better organised than the Brothers In Arms tour. That was a real lesson to me and I think you can hear it on the last album.” ![]() Now, that’s my kind of music! Rave On was bigger and better, even though there were only three instruments, and it was just bursting with life and joy. ![]() “The jukebox played Rave On by Buddy Holly immediately afterwards,” he continues, “and to me, it just totally eclipsed Telegraph Road and blew it into the weeds. As he sings in On Every Street: “Every victory has a taste that’s bittersweet”. Perhaps surprisingly, he sees things very differently. “I remember sitting in a bar listening to Telegraph Road,” says Mark Knopfler, “and I thought to myself: ‘What a lifeless bunch of old toss this is!’” As a highly respected and successful musician, Knopfler is more entitled than most to heartily congratulate himself on his achievements. This interview was originally published in 1993.
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