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A Night in London is a live concert video by Mark Knopfler released on VHS tape and Laserdisc in 1996 by PolyGram Music and on DVD in 2003 by Universal Music. The setlist includes songs from Knopfler's first solo album, Golden Heart, along with well-known Dire Straits numbers and film themes composed by the artist. [1]
The music video for "Money for Nothing/Beverly Hillbillies*" was done in the same style as the original and is featured in Yankovic's 1989 feature film UHF. However, several concepts were parodied. In the opening of the original video, a skinny, computer-generated man (who "lip syncs" Sting's vocals) is watching television.
One Deep River is the tenth solo album by British musician Mark Knopfler. It was released on 12 April 2024. [1] [2] [3] On 5 February, Knopfler released a behind-the-scenes video on YouTube of him and the band at work on the album. Guy Fletcher, John McCusker, Michael McGoldrick and Greg Leisz are shown to be part of the band. [4]
Mark Freuder Knopfler OBE (born 12 August 1949) is a Scottish musician. He was the lead guitarist, singer and songwriter of the rock band Dire Straits from 1977 to 1995. He pursued a solo career after the band dissolved, and is now an independent artist.
"This Is Us" is a song written by Mark Knopfler and performed in duet with Emmylou Harris. It was released as the first single from the 2006 duet album All the Roadrunning, as a promo CD single like previous single "All the Roadrunning" (which was actually the single released for the compilation Private Investigations, despite giving the title to the album released in 2006).
Originally, Mark Knopfler was not at all enthusiastic about the concept of the music video. MTV, however, was insistent on it. Director Steve Barron, of Rushes Postproduction in London, was contacted by Warner Bros. to persuade Knopfler to relent. Describing the contrasting attitudes of Knopfler and MTV, he said:
"Calling Elvis" is a song written by Mark Knopfler and performed by British rock band Dire Straits. It first appeared on the final studio album by the band, On Every Street (1991). It was released in August 1991 by Vertigo and Warner Bros. as the first single from that album, peaking at number 21 in the United Kingdom, and reaching the top 10 ...
The song's music video features American actor-comedian Randy Quaid who plays as the band's roadie who is messing around the venues where the band performs and even fantasizes himself as the band's singer Mark Knopfler.