[Music] Sir Mark Knopfler. Please.

[dangull]

I liked a lot of their stuff, telegrath road, sultans of swing,Romeo and Juliet, brothers and arms etc
Great guitar player, but not the best singer around.

 

[studio150]

He has an OBE and should be happy with that. There are far more musicians who would be more worthy of a knighthood.

 

[DavidinSouthampton]

Not a plea,i can,t do this can you ? Or maybe you would prefer Sir/Dame Hilary Nobody for 12 years government service in Malta,must be a hard life.

Firstly, the honours system is not something tgat catches my imagination.

Secondly, other musicians who have received knighthoods have been notable for charitable work - Eric Clapton, Elton John. I am not aware of MK being similarly active.

 

[atfc village]

A no from me very droll .

 

[GT49er]

Great guitar player, but not the best singer around.

Actually a very great guitar player, probably worth the honour (if anyone is - I've got my doubts about the honours system, as have many) for that alone. Singing maybe not that great, but his songwriting is good.

Firstly, the honours system is not something that catches my imagination.

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Nor me. But there again, probably like you, there is not a cat in hell's chance of getting close enough to a knighthood to bother about it.

Secondly, other musicians who have received knighthoods have been notable for charitable work - Eric Clapton, Elton John. I am not aware of MK being similarly active.

Like you, I am not aware of it either - but I also suspect that, like you, there are a whole lot of things of which I am not aware.

 

[GT49er]

Some years ago the brother of a workmate of my brother took a pub in Watford. His wife was/is a relative of MK and a local group were booked to play. It transpired that it was MK and Dire Straits who went on to play most of their latest LP which was Brother in Arms. Apparently they wanted to play and agreed the gig for free provided it was not advertised as being Dire Straits.

Led Zep used to do similar before a major tour in a country pub somewhere up in the country behind Worthing, I'm told.

 

[bWize]

I’d underrated him, the music of Dire Straits in the main not my thing, then a couple of months back I heard the song Brothers in Arms at the very end of the brilliant tv series The Americans. Studio or live .... an astonishing song, vocals and sensitive guitar play.

Had very similar experience with that song recently. Have heard lots on the radio over the years and my parents would play Dire Straits on and off, but wasn't until I was in the zone at home a few months back playing that song on some proper speakers that I realised just how ****ing good it is! Very deep and soul touching track! Sultans of swing is another master piece.

 

[Perfidious Albion]

Wonderful guitarist and I loved Dire Straits. However, he has not done much of note since then . I saw him on stage a few years back when he supported Bob Dylan. Knopfler's set was musically fine but I found it somehow boring and wooden.
I do not really see the value of knighthoods for the arts and entertainers. I'd rather honour lifesaving doctors , paramedics and the like.

 

[W3 BHA]

Wonderful guitarist and I loved Dire Straits. However, he has not done much of note since then . I saw him on stage a few years back when he supported Bob Dylan. Knopfler's set was musically fine but I found it somehow boring and wooden.
I do not really see the value of knighthoods for the arts and entertainers. I'd rather honour lifesaving doctors , paramedics and the like.

Well, it depends how you measure it. He did the soundtrack album for Local Hero, made a great album with the Notting Hillbillies, another with Chet Atkins and an absolute stormer with Emmylou Harris. He has made a number of very good solo albums but, of course, they don't attract that much attention as being able to play an instrument and hold a note (even though he doesn't have the greatest voice in the world) doesn't rank very highly in what passes for music nowadays!

 

[dazzer6666]

Actually a very great guitar player, probably worth the honour (if anyone is - I've got my doubts about the honours system, as have many) for that alone. Singing maybe not that great, but his songwriting is good.

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Nor me. But there again, probably like you, there is not a cat in hell's chance of getting close enough to a knighthood to bother about it.


Like you, I am not aware of it either - but I also suspect that, like you, there are a whole lot of things of which I am not aware.

A quick google chucks up a whole load of charitable things he’s done........

 

[DavidinSouthampton]

A quick google chucks up a whole load of charitable things he’s done........

In my original post which started this part of the debate, I mentioned Elton John and Eric Clapton as musicians who have been knighted. ERIC CLAPTON HAS NOT BEEN KNIGHTED. He has a CBE. He deserves a knighthood far more than Knopfler, if only for being around for a good 10 years more.

And I googled to that Knopfler too has done charitable work, but Elton John's in particular is far more high profile, and I would think Clapton's too - the Crossroads foundation for example.

 

[dazzer6666]

In my original post which started this part of the debate, I mentioned Elton John and Eric Clapton as musicians who have been knighted. ERIC CLAPTON HAS NOT BEEN KNIGHTED. He has a CBE. He deserves a knighthood far more than Knopfler, if only for being around for a good 10 years more.

And I googled to that Knopfler too has done charitable work, but Elton John's in particular is far more high profile, and I would think Clapton's too - the Crossroads foundation for example.

Agreed......I wasn’t suggesting Knopfler deserved anything based on it, just pointing out that finding some detail of his charity work wasn’t that difficult