#OnThisDay in 1949, #MarkKnopfler, British singer-songwriter, guitarist (Dire Straits - "Walk Of Life"; "Sultans Of Swing"; The Notting Hillbillies), and film score composer (Local Hero; Princess Bride), born in Glasgow, Scotland.
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August 12th, 2025 METALLICA, MARK KNOPFLER, QUEENSRŸCHE, CORONER, VADER
Happy 76th birthday to Mark Freuder Knopfler OBE,Born today 12th August 1949
"'I have a style which is probably all wrong. It would be a guitar teacher's nightmare. I hold a guitar like a plumber holds a hammer.'
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Bill Forsyth — „Local Hero“ (1983)
Ein Film aus einer anderen Zeit. Ein Märchen. Über einen Oligarchen, dem es noch genügt hat, die Sterne nur zu beobachten – statt Raketen zum Mars zu schicken. In Schottland. Vielleicht der schönste Film, den Sie dieses Jahr gesehen haben werden. Mit Sicherheit ein lebenslänglicher Lieblingsfilm. (ARD, Wh)
NexxtPress · Bill Forsyth — „Local Hero“ (1983)
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Er ist Weltstar und bezeichnet sich selbst nicht als "Musiker". Warum und was die Geschichte hinter "Sultans of Swing" ist, erfahrt ihr hier:
Current status: I need a waltz.
Mark Knopfler, Before Gas & TV; Get Lucky
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Mark Knopfler, Monteleone.
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#MarkKnopfler in #DireStraits - Telegraph Road
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EX2n2ftbdZU
I fell asleep last night with a suspicion that Mark Knopfler’s lyrics for "One More Matinee" (last track on Sailing to America, 2000) may be sung to the melody of Gilbert and Sullivan’s "Modern Major General" (Pirates of Penzance, 1879).
Reader, my suspicion has been confirmed:
We're proud to be the oldest Ugly sisters in variety
There's not the glamour now You see, what happened to society?
- There's another light bulb gone They don't all answer to the switch
I don't know how we carry on And her, she couldn't care, the bitch!
Ian Anderson’s opinion on Dire Straits and Mark Knopfler
https://rockandrollgarage.com/ian-anderson-opinion-on-dire-straits-and-mark-knopfler/
Rock and Roll Garage · Ian Anderson's opinion on Dire Straits and Mark KnopflerJethro Tull would have never been the same with the multi-instrumentalist, songwriter and vocalist Ian Anderson, who is the only one who was part of all the band’s releases. They became one of the most influential and successful Progressive Rock bands of all time and although their music was focused on this particular genre, Anderson […]
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Gesù arriva come un treno / Leonardo Tondelli, il Post.
Adoro Tondelli, mi fa morire dal ridere con quel suo tenersi sul confine sottile tra religione e umorismo. E non odiatemi, ma a me Bob Dylan non dice nulla.
https://www.ilpost.it/leonardotondelli/2017/07/22/gesu-arriva-come-un-treno/
Il Post · Gesù arriva come un treno
♬〜 Mark Knopfler - The Trawlerman's Song 
Shangri-La
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♬〜 Mark Knopfler - What It Is Sailing to Philadelphia
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♬〜 Mark Knopfler - True Love Will Never Fade Kill to Get Crimson
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♬〜 Mark Knopfler - Boom, Like That Shangri-La
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