Sultan of Swing
March 8th, 2005 | Published in Music | 14 Comments
And to think I nearly missed the show. But thankfully, I saw sense at the last moment! Then I nearly lost my way negotiating the maze of North Bangalore.
Finally, after a few frantic phone calls, I managed to get on track. I could hear the roar from the crowds as I neared the grounds. I missed a couple of songs in the beginning, but it was a small price to pay to listen to the legend himself.
Just to watch him change his guitars was enough. And he played some of the all-time Dire Straits favourites including Sultan of Swing, Brothers in Arms, Money for Nothing and a few from his solo albums. And it was over all too quickly! Man, Mark Knopfler absolutely rocked!
March 8th, 2005 at 11:34 am (#)
lucky you!! :p
looks like ur Auli trip was quite nice.. the snow blanket that it looks like! :)
March 8th, 2005 at 11:35 am (#)
n now am convinced that the travel bug has bitten u hard.. u coming all the way up north.. from down south!! :)
March 8th, 2005 at 12:38 pm (#)
dis makes me feel more sad, i missed him when he came here(mumbai).
March 8th, 2005 at 2:10 pm (#)
wow..!! looks like Knopfler rocked b’lore BIG time.. sure missed this one..!!
March 8th, 2005 at 5:06 pm (#)
Wow…lucky you! But why HASN’T anyone told him that Chennai is an equally good place to have a gig?
March 8th, 2005 at 5:30 pm (#)
I envy you.
March 8th, 2005 at 8:53 pm (#)
“What an amazing guy!”
I’ll grant you this much: you have a knack for tastefully, and colossally, understating things. :)
March 8th, 2005 at 11:13 pm (#)
Belated birthday wishes Anita :)
March 10th, 2005 at 5:38 pm (#)
twilight: yes, the travel bug is rather infectious!
nandhish: yes, probably missed a good opportunity!
chicuado: you sure did!
ravi: strangely, no one ever goes to chennai. i am not sure why either. maybe the chennai folks will have clue as to why their city is avoided…
retisaint: well, i didn’t want to sound too over the board either. you know i like to maintain some kind of an equilibrium!
thanks shobha.
March 11th, 2005 at 6:43 am (#)
I’m insanely jealous. Oh, and happy birthday too.
March babies rock!
March 12th, 2005 at 3:42 pm (#)
Wow — brings back memories of being a student at college — I went to see Dire Straits in my college refectory — price: £2.50. It was the year before they became global supergroup. For many years afterwards — Brothers In Arms album was the “reference CD” that people purchased with their CD players — which was a brand new technology at the time!
March 13th, 2005 at 7:36 am (#)
i seriously envy you for livng in such a wonderful place… it is times like this i feel like shit for ending u in this unknown corner…
lucky you… u made it to the show…
March 16th, 2005 at 4:36 pm (#)
thanks tom! but you must have gotten a chance to watch him sometime? :) ps: march babies definitely rock. a very belated happy birthday to you too!
jag: in your college? wow! that would have been something! was this very long ago? :)
praneet: and which corner would that be?
March 20th, 2005 at 3:06 pm (#)
Damn You! I cant believed I missed this concert. Ah, well it was only simple home economics that prevented me from getting there!
Nice shot of the ticket!