Frasi di Mark Knopfler
Mark Knopfler
Data di nascita: 12. Agosto 1949
Mark Freuder Knopfler è un chitarrista, cantautore, compositore di colonne sonore e produttore artistico britannico.
In origine noto soprattutto per essere stato il fondatore e il leader carismatico del gruppo rock Dire Straits , dopo lo scioglimento della band ha proseguito la propria carriera come solista. Il musicista britannico ha suonato occasionalmente in altri gruppi, tra cui il collettivo The Notting Hillbillies, e al fianco di altri artisti affermati, quali Bob Dylan, Eric Clapton, Emmylou Harris e Chet Atkins, in molti casi prestando la propria opera come turnista. Ha inoltre curato la produzione artistica di alcuni lavori dello stesso Bob Dylan, di Tina Turner, di Willy DeVille e di Randy Newman; è anche l'autore delle colonne sonore di parecchi film, tra cui Local Hero, Cal, La storia fantastica, Ultima fermata Brooklyn, Sesso & potere e Metroland.
Knopfler è annoverato tra i principali esponenti del rock: si distingue per il suo inconfondibile stile chitarristico, per la sua particolare tecnica che non prevede l'uso del plettro e per la carica poetica dei suoi testi. In virtù dei suoi contributi artistici, gli sono stati conferiti tre dottorati honoris causa in musica oltre all'onorificenza di Ufficiale dell'Ordine dell'Impero Britannico.
Personaggio modesto e riservato, lontano dalle logiche commerciali del music business, è stato definito «l'uomo tranquillo del rock»: prima di raggiungere la notorietà, ha conseguito la laurea in letteratura inglese e ha lavorato come insegnante.
Frasi Mark Knopfler
„The caretaker was crucified for sleeping at his post
They're refusing to be pacified, it's him they blame the most.
The watchdog's got rabies, the foreman's got the fleas.
And everyone's concerned about Industrial Disease.
There's panic on the switchboard, tongues are tied in knots.
Some come out in sympathy, some come out in spots.
Some blame the management, some blame the employees.
And everybody knows it's the Industrial Disease.“
— Mark Knopfler
Industrial Disease
„Here comes Johnny singing oldies, goldies
Be-Bop-A-Lula, Baby What I Say
Here comes Johnny singing I Gotta Woman
Down in the tunnels, trying to make it pay.
He got the action, he got the motion
Oh yeah the boy can play.
Dedication, devotion
Turning all the night time into the day.“
— Mark Knopfler
Walk of Life
„Now look at them yo-yo's, that's the way you do it
You play the guitar on the MTV.
That ain't workin', that's the way you do it.
Money for nothin' and chicks for free.
Now that ain't workin', that's the way you do it
Lemme tell ya them guys ain't dumb.
Maybe get a blister on your little finger;
Maybe get a blister on your thumb.“
— Mark Knopfler
Money for Nothing, written with Sting
„Two men say they’re Jesus, one of them must be wrong.“
— Mark Knopfler
Industrial Disease
„She gets rock n roll, a rock n roll station
And a rock n roll dream.
She's making movies on location.
She don't know what it means.
But the music make her wanna be the story.
And the story was whatever was the song, what it was.
Rollergirl don't worry.
D. J. plays the movies all night long.“
— Mark Knopfler
Skateaway
„Getting crazy on the Waltzers, but it's the life that I choose.
Sing about the sixblade, sing about the switchback and a torture tattoo.
And I been riding on a ghost train where the cars they scream and slam,
And I don't know where I'll be tonight but I'd always tell you where I am.“
— Mark Knopfler
Tunnel of Love, written with Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II
„All the late night bargains have been struck
Between the satin beaus and their belles.
Prehistoric garbage trucks
Have the city to themselves
Echoes and roars, dinosaurs
They're all doing the monster mash.
And most of the taxis, most of the whores
Are only taking calls for cash.I don't know how it happened
It all took place so quick.
But all I can do is hand it to you
And your latest trick.“
— Mark Knopfler
Your Latest Trick
