McCartney Times

When you hear Mark Knopfler described as a lyrical guitarist, it probably almost seems like an oxymoron. Words and sound are two separate entities which combine to create a song, distinct art forms which, at the very least, exist in parallel universes – or do they? Because the thing is, when it comes to Knopfler’s artistry, they are joined together with an intrinsic intertwining that no one can tear apart. That obviously served him to stardom with the Dire Straits, but it also helped him conceive songs in the most unimaginable circumstances.The night was December 8th, 1980, when from one street corner in New York, the entire world fell into silence. John Lennon had been murdered outside his apartment, and aside from the terrifying reasons behind why his killing was brought about, the overarching feeling across every stretch of the globe was that music would never be the same. One man, one songbook, but a completely otherworldly sonic odyssey under his thumb – all of it gone in an instant, only ever to be commemorated, and never extended.

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Source: The song Mark Knopfler wrote the night John Lennon was killed