Talk:Mark Knopfler

message: In the article where it says "...Dire Straits went on a lengthy hiatus, with Knopfler concentrating mainly on film soundtracks. " I was confused as I don't know which Knopfler brother the article is talking about. I suppose the article is talking about Mark but since that is the focus but I think it would be more clear if the article referred to Mark Knopfler as Mark instead of Knopfler since there are two Knopfler brothers in Dire Straits. If i'm off base please let me know. :) MD (talk)  —Preceding comment was added at 00:40, 12 April 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Point of clarity proposal

message: I have on my computer an album where Knopfler played with Dave Edmunds (who had that one hit, "I Hear You Knockin" a cover of some 50s blues song). I do not see this on the discography. Can anyone enlighten me if this is not, in fact, a real album, or if the discography is missing the entry?
Thanks. --67.42.33.65 11:28, 29 May 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I think this is a reference to The Booze Brothers album, which was recorded in 1973 but nor released until 1989. The album is included under "other albums" in discography on the page.Cjc13 (talk) 15:41, 6 March 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Dave Edmunds? 

message: Possibly - the soundtrack to Metroland contains a historical recording of Django, along with MK's music. Zapiens 01:26, 26 July 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: You will need a reference if you wish to include Django Reinhardt as an influence, however, if it's not possible, one can always include the sound of Reinhardt's influence in Knopfler's music in the text.--Leahtwosaints (talk) 10:27, 23 September 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Django Reinhardt as an influence

message: Now that this article has been rate "start" on the assessment scale, I fel we now have something clear to work towards. Do you think we could make a concerted effort to improve this article and raise it to at least B standard, then Good article standard? What areas do you think need improving? I think perhaps these need attention:
*section on musical style - at present restricted to pretty much a list of his guitars
*more information about his personal life
*better-flowing and more informative history of his position in Dire Straits
Those are just a few ideas I've had. Has anyone any more to add? Andrew Spinner 07:56, 6 October 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Improving the quality of this article - a concerted effort

message: There was a weblink to an unofficial fansite that did not work. If someone knows the correct url they can replace it. Anger22  (Talk 2 22) 17:26, 27 January 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Sounds good the link can be replaced when the site is back online. Anger22  (Talk 2 22) 17:30, 27 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Broken weblink removed

message: Is there really any benefit in listing 14 of the times Knopfler has drunk tea on stage? I'm thinking of perhaps cutting the list down to, say, two or three occasions, including the photo-documented occasion. Any thoughts? Andrew Spinner 22:11, 4 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I'd be quite comfortable with getting rid of the entry altogether, or simply a statment that he drinks tea on stage (as opposed to water or vodka). I don't think even a short list of two or three occasions is at all useful, with the possible exception of the first time. Orpheus 03:07, 11 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Duly trimmed. Andrew Spinner 14:04, 2 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Trivia

message: Its length is appropriate for a B class, but I'm leaving its rating at "start" because it appears largely unreferenced. --Bookworm857158367 13:20, 2 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Rating

message: I think shoud be some people that improved his Discography, Cause I can't do it all by myself.
If anyone can help, please help me.
:I've been wondering if it would be worthwhile making a completely separate discography page for Mark Knopfler, similar to that which Brian May has here: Brian May discography. Any thoughts? Andrew Spinner 07:45, 8 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  His Album 

message: In trivia, the paragraph about Al Yankovic's parody reads: "...He also appeared in the music video, playing guitar and performing with Yankovic's backing band." As far as I know, that is not true - from what I remember Al has never met Mark (Mark simply recorded the riff in his own studio and sent it to Al), and after reviewing the video a moment ago I would swear that it is Al's guitarist Jim West in the backing band, not Mark (the other people are Al, Steve Jay, Bermuda and some long-haired keyboardist who is definitely not Mark). The rest of the paragraph is correct but maybe I'm missing something? - Zenith 22:53, 5 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Yankovic's parody 

message: Hello!  I agree, the page needs more work before changing it's status, but it could easily become a GA if we work together.
* Flow- It doesn't completely flow from one paragraph to another.  (I'm a professional editor- trying to work on that). If I change someone's wording, please, don't be upset, revert, or erase it, just leave me a note, we can work it out!
* In the guitar section, I love the admission that MK does use a pick offstage, but whomever placed the link there- you need to email whomever uploaded the You Tube documentary- then you can track down the source in writing.  Links to YouTube are forbidden since A)They are here today, and then "account closed" tomorrow, and B) it sounds like a copyright violation.
* I think MK's notability is proven by the first paragraph.  Why are all the collaboration details (names of far too many celebrities listed, and names of all the movies he scored) up top?  Surely, they belong chronologically or else in a section of their own.  What do you think?  --leahtwosaints (talk) 06:57, 6 March 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I agree that they belong in a different paragraph. No need to use them to try and prove MK's notability - as if he needed such. Andrew Spinner (talk) 15:26, 6 March 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Addressing most topics here and a link to You Tube 

message: Great work on the article! I'm a big fan of MK and have had the luck to see him perform live. Now he has played with another of my favourite guitarists (Sonny Landreth) on the albums South of I-10 and From the Reach. I'd like to add this to the article but not sure the appropriate section (see Eric Clapton discography) so I'd like to hear what others have to say (or suggest) before I go and add a section. --Omnieiunium (talk) 02:55, 18 July 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Guest Appearances

message: The Times, 2 May 2010:
Now Mark Knopfler, the former Dire Straits frontman, has revealed that his musical inspiration came from the less glamorous surroundings of Fife — the home of Jimmy Shand, the traditional Scottish accordionist...  While other guitarists were honing their skills by listening to the blues guitarists of the Mississippi Delta, the 60-year-old said he was in thrall to Scottish dance music. Knopfler, who was born in Glasgow and moved to Tyneside when he was about seven, has credited the music of Shand for giving his compositions a Celtic tinge. “Sometimes people ask me how I make Celtic music. Where does that come from?” said Knopfler. “Growing up in Glasgow, as well as Newcastle, there were always Jimmy Shand records in my grandmother’s home, so the sound of Celtic music always seems familiar to me. Jimmy Shand was a big one for me.” Knopfler, who composed the haunting soundtrack to the 1983 film Local Hero, said that there was a strong musical tradition in his family. His uncle Freddie was a piper with the Black Watch, and was killed in action in France in 1940.
- "When Phil Cunningham Met Mark Knopfler will be broadcast on BBC 2 Scotland at 10pm on Monday, May 10"
--Mais oui! (talk) 05:29, 3 May 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: No idea how that can be used, but trivia sections and plans for events (record releases, tours, etc) should wait until notable refs are available to confirm that such events have occured, merging all info into the text, providing that it is properly referenced. --Leahtwosaints (talk) 00:07, 6 April 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Knopfler says that he was influenced by Scottish dance music 

message: Thanks to Bede735 for catching the screwed-up column formatting from my final edit last night. However, the revert restored quite a bit of uncited material that should not be up on the page.
So I went back and pulled the uncited material back down and fixed the column situation. If there's any more reverting, I'm hopeful that it will be more precise and that we can first have a discussion about whether the sources provided for the restored material are up to WP standards. — Bdb484 (talk) 17:14, 21 November 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: Referenced or not, I don't think the article benefited from having so much material about Knopfler's guitars and equipment. Thanks for removing all of that! What would be good, though, is if some reliable source can be found to support a description of Knopfler's musical style, which was also removed as unreferenced. Binksternet (talk) 19:58, 21 November 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: I'd agree on both points. Information on his playing style is actually why I came to the article in the first place. I'm sure there's something out there, but I'm not as sure that the unsourced material we had up there was accurate. — Bdb484 (talk) 01:04, 22 November 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Revert 

message: Talk:Dire Straits#RfC: Is Mark Knopfler British or English or Scottish?
See you there. Binksternet (talk) 23:48, 13 August 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  British or English or Scottish? Please take part in the RfC 

message: How do you pronounce his surname? Are the K and the P silent? — Kpalion(talk) 14:11, 7 November 2018 (UTC)
replies: text: The K is silent but the P is not. Vorbee (talk) 18:31, 17 November 2018 (UTC)
replies: text: Thank you. — Kpalion(talk) 14:23, 26 November 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Pronunciation 

message: When this article says that Mark Knopfler is left-handed but plays the guitar right-handed, it says "Citation needed". This observation about Mark Knopfler was mentioned on the BBC Radio Four series Loose Ends on November 17, 2018. Vorbee (talk) 18:31, 17 November 2018 (UTC)
thread_title: Citation needed

message: per wp:preserve putting here, i cut from lede, its undue, unsourced, and promotional. 
 He has worked with musicians including B.B. King, Chet Atkins, Chris Botti, John Anderson, the Chieftains, Eric Clapton, Bob Dylan, Elton John, Joan Armatrading, Bryan Ferry, George Jones, Phil Lynott, Donal Lunny, Van Morrison, Steely Dan, Sting, Emmylou Harris and James Taylor, sometimes working as a session musician. 
I guess it is covered somewhere else in the article. Jtbobwaysf (talk) 15:02, 20 February 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  keep 

message: Hello, I would like to request that the pages Mark Knopfler and David Knopfler be changed from "British" to "Scottish". Both were born in Glasgow, Scotland (making them Scottish). Both had immediate family in Scotland and both were raised in Scotland to the age of 3. Mark and David said on XE podcast that they both prefer to be called Scottish rather than British. 2A01:4C8:1489:689:1:2:3FA5:ECB7 (talk) 11:44, 27 March 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: Not done for now: please establish a consensus for this alteration before using the  template. ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 14:19, 27 March 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Semi-protected edit request on 27 March 2022