Hooray for Mark Knopfler!

Andy Volk · Post by **Andy Volk** » 13 Sep 2006 7:53 am

I certainly didn't intend to get into pointless who's better territory, just expres a critical opinion re preference. Steinar's post pretty much aligns with my opinion.

Andy Sandoval · Post by **Andy Sandoval** » 13 Sep 2006 10:48 am

I think they're both great guitarists with their own unique signature sounds and had the roles been reversed with Mark playin along on a Clapton tune I don't think he would've been able to out do Clapton or even wanted to.
Andy, I hear where your comin from bro.

Mark Eaton · Post by **Mark Eaton** » 18 Sep 2006 4:06 pm

I love 'em both-but forced to choose just one for my starting lineup-I'd go with Knopfler.

I got into it with a guy on another forum a couple of years ago, who's take was that Richard Thompson was way better than Knopfler in that style of playing-and that Thompson was the guitar player tha Knopfler WISHES he could be.

I think Thompson is great too-but that comment was WAY over the top!

Another guy on a different forum said he thought that Knopfler was overrated-but he also admitted that he hasn't followed his career that closely. Geez-why even write a comment like that when you haven't put the time into listening to the man?

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Mike Shefrin · Post by **Mike Shefrin** » 18 Sep 2006 5:20 pm

Apples and oranges. Over and over again.

Mike Perlowin RIP · Post by **Mike Perlowin RIP** » 19 Sep 2006 2:53 am

I fail to understand why you guys are making comparisons and trying to decide who's better. They are both great players. Why not just enjoy their music and forget all this other stuff?

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Barry Blackwood · Post by **Barry Blackwood** » 19 Sep 2006 6:54 am

Amen, Mike ....

Mark Eaton · Post by **Mark Eaton** » 19 Sep 2006 8:05 am

Its all pretty benign and harmless, boys.

Sort of an internet music forum version of baseball fans sitting around in a bar with beer and pretzels discussing "who is the best shortstop?"

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Webb Kline · Post by **Webb Kline** » 19 Sep 2006 1:52 pm

Mike P:[They are both great players. Why not just enjoy their music and forget all this other stuff?]

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In a nutshell.

Mark is the king of less-is-more, Eric is the king of emotion. Critique doesn't really have much of a place outside of music school.

Heartfelt playing will stay with you for a lifetime, whereas most great technical prowess is erased from our memory not long after the solo is over.

EC's solo in Old Love on the Crossroads concert made me cry the first 3 or 4 times I listened to it. The only other guitarist who has ever done that to me is the one I am fortunate enough to share the stage with.

Mark K's Sultan solo is also one of the most memorable. Phenomenal tone, incredibly tasteful, said so much with so little, and was right from the heart.

Mike Shefrin · Post by **Mike Shefrin** » 19 Sep 2006 2:00 pm

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Its all pretty benign and harmless, boys.
Sort of an internet music forum version of baseball fans sitting around in a bar with beer and pretzels discussing "who is the best shortstop?"<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

Fair enough. That's true. It just seems to get to be like comparing apples and oranges after awhile. Nothin wrong with that I guess. I enjoy both Eric and Mark equally just as I enjoy both Bach and Scarlatti equally.

Andy Volk · Post by **Andy Volk** » 19 Sep 2006 2:58 pm

Without a critical opinion, I might as well roll up in a ball and watch re-runs of That 70s Show.

Mike Shefrin · Post by **Mike Shefrin** » 19 Sep 2006 5:41 pm

That sounds like a fate worse than death.

Peter Dollard · Post by **Peter Dollard** » 20 Sep 2006 9:56 am

I'm surprised no one has mentioned where the signature guitar hook for Layla came from... well it was actually two people. Go listen to the intro of Albert King's "Born Under a Bad Sign"... it is almost identical and thank Duane Allman for remembering it and suggesting it to Eric as a good hook for the song....Peter[This message was edited by Peter Dollard on 20 September 2006 at 10:57 AM.]