I've never really got...../Well have a listen to this then.......

not_the_dj

ddlooping said:

@randomhandclaps, you broke the rule. :P

I'd give him the benefit of the doubt. Looks like the first vid was posted while he was writing his.

ddlooping

Ok then, I've unFacepalmed you.

EricTheWeary

IanSavage;12119" said:

EricTheWeary said:

If anyone wants to post a Mark Knopfler track that doesn't want to make me poke myself in the eye with a broken biro I will give it a go. I get that he is a distinctive and skilled guitarist and have watched documentaries about him, read the Guitarist interviews,etc, but the songs are so bloody lifeless.

I will grant Money for Nothing as a truly great guitar riff but it is attached to a horrible production and a hateful lyric.



If anyone is up to the challenge I shall check back in later ( insert smiley, as I haven't found out where they are yet and hate change).





You CAN'T not like this song, it's physically impossible. 

got a not available for mobile message on the link but found another version, which I'm assuming is pretty much the same. I didn't hate it but my first thought is that there is a good 3 minute song in there stretched out by some moody bollocks. I will come back to it and see if it grows on me.

EricTheWeary

randomhandclaps;12121" said:

I've always though this made Mark Knopfler a passable budget range Gilmour.  Not phenomenal but certainly not as grating as his contrived Chet Atkins tribute. 

I know that's an example of why I don't like him so have given up on the opening bars ( does he do any songs without moody intros? ).

randomhandclaps

No-one could call the endless annoyance of Walk Of Life's intro moody - it put's me in a mood, but moody it is not.

EricTheWeary

And before I go eat my tea apologies to @randomhandclaps and @iansavage as I feel this may come across as ungrateful. Its not, honest.

ICBM

EricTheWeary said:

If anyone wants to post a Mark Knopfler track that doesn't want to make me poke myself in the eye with a broken biro I will give it a go. I get that he is a distinctive and skilled guitarist and have watched documentaries about him, read the Guitarist interviews,etc, but the songs are so bloody lifeless. I will grant Money for Nothing as a truly great guitar riff but it is attached to a horrible production and a hateful lyric. If anyone is up to the challenge I shall check back in later ( insert smiley, as I haven't found out where they are yet and hate change).

If you don't like Tunnel Of Love then there is no hope, but give it a try...

Or possibly Telegraph Road

These two songs are Knopfler's greatest in my opinion.

I agree about most of his stuff post-Alchemy. I don't like Money For Nothing, or most of the Brothers In Arms album apart from the title track, and I don't really like his solo stuff. (The last Dire Straits album is more like a Knopfler solo album too in my opinion.)

Apart from him, I agree with everyone posted on the thread so far. In fact, I really don't get "guitarists", I think. I listen to music as a complete entity, and I don't really care for hearing someone play their instrument as an end in itself.

VimFuego

eric, try this

 

not_the_dj

The rule guys! Read the rules! ;-) (although you're right about Telegraph Road, but Eric won't like the moodiness ;-) )

not_the_dj

Who was that? Grrr

rpr

Got about 2 minutes into that Dire Straits vid and that was enough for me.  I remember years and years ago,a mate and myself were very stoned and once got right into the Makin' Movies album . Somehow managed to convince ourselves it was a cross between The Psychedelic Furs, the Only ones and Television... Deary me >:D<

EricTheWeary

I had a facepalm for not liking MK. I only just found out today that's not a sexual thing.
I think part of the problem with impressing someone with a YouTube clip is that it has to be a bit whizz bang all dancing elephants and maybe MK doesn't do that. Perhaps all that moody bollocks just has to grow on you.

monquixote

OK I'll play. 

Richie Kotzen 

I only know him as a bloke who has a really nice sig Tele, but to my knowledge I don't think I've heard him play. (Unless he's in a famous band I didn't know about)

not_the_dj

monquixote said:

OK I'll play. 

Richie Kotzen 

I only know him as a bloke who has a really nice sig Tele, but to my knowledge I don't think I've heard him play. (Unless he's in a famous band I didn't know about)

He was in Poison for a brief spell...but not during the urmm, 'classic' period ;-)

IanSavage

monquixote said:

OK I'll play. 

Richie Kotzen 

I only know him as a bloke who has a really nice sig Tele, but to my knowledge I don't think I've heard him play. (Unless he's in a famous band I didn't know about)

I LOVE Kotzen's 'What Is' album...

monquixote

not_the_dj said:

He was in Poison for a brief spell...but not during the urmm, 'classic' period ;-)

I refuse to believe Poison have a "classic period"

rpr

never really got Prog, although I do have a soft spot for some king Crimson, 

dindude

Can I add Roy Buchanan. Don't really know any of his stuff, I remember not loving the little that i heard, i remember a scratchy tone and dodgy bends. What am I missing.

VimFuego

John Martyn. For some reason I've never clicked with his stuff. I love all his contemporaries; bert jansch, ralph mctell and so on.

not_the_dj

John Martyn eh...Is posting the Whistle Test performance of "May You Never" too obvious?