Dire Straits legend Knopfler says (motorcycle) accident shaped his music

Yahoo Asia News ^ | Saturday March 5, 12:34 AM (go figure)

[martin_fierro]

Dire Straits legend Knopfler says accident shaped his music

Dire Straits legend Mark Knopfler said Friday that a motorcycle accident two years ago had shaped his music and made him cherish the present.

Knopfler broke his collarbone and six ribs in a near-fatal accident in 2003 when his motorbike collided with a car in central London. His 2004 hit "Shangri-La" has references to the accident.

"Everybody has their own ideas of Shangri-La ... I tried to teach myself to enjoy the present, enjoy the now," Knopfler, the songwriter and Dire Straits lead guitarist, told a news conference the night before the first of two concerts in India.

"(Music) helped me get the most out of every situation. You realize that everything changes," he said.

Knopfler will play Saturday in Bombay, India's entertainment capital, and on Monday in the southern Indian city of Bangalore.

He said his trip would not include a visit to the Taj Mahal, but he planned to make up for it.

"I will come back with my family and do it. I am determined to do it," he said.

One of the world's most respected guitarists, Knopfler, 55, has written a series of hit songs, including "Love Over Gold," "Sultans of Swing," "Romeo and Juliet" and "Brothers in Arms." In 1999, Knopfler was made an officer of the Order of the British Empire.

[martin_fierro]

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boom, like that

i’m going to san bernardino
ring-a-ding-ding
milkshake mixers
that’s my thing, now
these guys bought
a heap of my stuff
and i gotta see a good thing
sure enough, now
or my name’s not kroc
that’s kroc with a ‘k’
like ‘crocodile’
but not spelled that way, yeah
it’s dog eat dog
rat eat rat
kroc-style
boom, like that

the folks line up
all down the street
and i’m seeing this girl
devour her meat, now
and then i get it, wham
as clear as day
my pulse begins to hammer
and i hear a voice say:
these boys have
got this down
oughtta be a one of these
in every town
these boys have
got the touch
it’s clean as a whistle
and it don’t cost much
wham, bam
you don’t wait long
shake, fries
patty, you’re gone
and how about that
friendly name?
heck, every little thing
oughtta stay the same
or my name’s not kroc
that’s kroc with a ‘k’
like ‘crocodile’
but not spelled that way, now
it’s dog eat dog
rat eat rat
kroc-style
boom, like that

you gentlemen
ought to expand
you’re going to need
a helping hand, now
so, gentlemen
well, what about me?
we’ll make a little
business history, now
or my name’s not kroc
call me ray
like ‘crocodile’
but not spelled that way, now
it’s dog eat dog
rat eat rat
kroc-style
boom, like that

well we build it up
and i buy ‘em out
but, man they made me
grind it out, now
they open up a new place
flipping meat
so i do, too
right across the street
i got the name
i need the town
they sell up in the end
and it all shuts down
sometimes you gotta
be an s.o.b.
you wanna make a dream
reality
competition?
send ‘em south
if they’re gonna drown
put a hose in their mouth
do not pass ‘go’
go straight to hell
i smell that
meat hook smell
or my name’s not kroc
that’s kroc with a ‘k’
like ‘crocodile’
but not spelled that way, now
it’s dog eat dog
rat eat rat
kroc-style
boom, like that

[tacticalogic]

Got a Mark Knoffler CD on my desk right now.

Mark Knoffler and Chet Atkins, Neck and Neck.

[Cagey]

KRAMER (shouting over the cycle's engine): Hey! You ever been in an accident?

BIKER: About five years ago. I was going down this very road. Same time of day, going about the same speed I'm going now...there was a rock in the road. Couldn't have been more than a pebble. Never really saw it! Lost control of the bike, went flyin' about a hundred feet - came down right on my head. Cracked it wide open! Blood and stuff was just splattered all over the road, there...I broke every bone in my face. Hey, you know, when they found me, my eyes were hanging out of their sockets? Yeah, they pronounced me dead at the scene. I was in a coma for...well, they told me about a year...said I'd be a vegetable for life. Yeah, but I showed 'em. Ever since then I always wear a helmet! Lean!

[martin_fierro]

Yeah, I know, the song is a dig at McDonald's.

But the title seemed appropriate.

[pissant]

His solo effort, Sailing to Philadelphia is one of the finest albums in the last 10 years!!

[wizr]

Bikes 'n geetarrs jus' seem ta go together.

[Tribune7]

I just checked the lyrics. Some Englishman wrote a rock song about drawing the Mason-Dixon line?

[Clemenza]

Dire Straits: Makers of some of the most BORING music of the past century.

[j_tull]

Dire Straits: Makers of some of the most BORING music of the past century.

If you believe this, I can only assume that you've never heard Telegraph Road, Fade to Balck, or On Every Street.

[j_tull]

Balck=Black, of course

[j_tull]

"If you wanna run cool, you got to run on heavy, heavy fuel."

[dd5339]

Mark Knopfler ping....

Semper Fi

[Vic3O3]

Guess I'll have to check out more of his post-Dire STraits works...I miss DS.

[TiGuy22]

Excellent album!