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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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Love them or loathe them?
They were my first memory of watching M T V with "Money for nothing."
I also love brothers in arms, Romeo and Juliet.
So fabbers what are you favourite Dire Straits songs?   |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Has to be "the Sultans of Swing" 
Yes that one too, how could I forget!  "
Seriously lol, i adore Dire Straits, love all their stuff from " Tunnel of love" to "Private Investigations"
Great band, which now thanks to you i will have to listen to  |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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"Has to be "the Sultans of Swing"
Yes that one too, how could I forget! Seriously lol, i adore Dire Straits, love all their stuff from " Tunnel of love" to "Private Investigations"
Great band, which now thanks to you i will have to listen to "
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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one of my best pals had brothers in arms played at his funeral all the way through i thought of the yrs and tears we had working together , was not a great fan of them but this song was def meant for him , still miss him , slep tight pal x |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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"one of my best pals had brothers in arms played at his funeral all the way through i thought of the yrs and tears we had working together , was not a great fan of them but this song was def meant for him , still miss him , slep tight pal x "
Brothers in arms is a fantastic song has a lot of meaning for me too. |
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"Love them or loathe them?
They were my first memory of watching M T V with "Money for nothing."
I also love brothers in arms, Romeo and Juliet.
So fabbers what are you favourite Dire Straits songs? "
LOVE them. Got the brothers in arms album on my car's hardrive... brilliant to drive to. |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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"Love them or loathe them?
They were my first memory of watching M T V with "Money for nothing."
I also love brothers in arms, Romeo and Juliet.
So fabbers what are you favourite Dire Straits songs?
LOVE them. Got the brothers in arms album on my car's hardrive... brilliant to drive to. "
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"The one that sings about bowery bums
Bowery bums? 
Just Googled it... called Your Latest Trick
Hmm not heard that one may have to u tube it. "
Great track! |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Mark Knopfler is one of my most favourite guitarist, his solo on Sultans of Swing is fantastic! Although I look at the video for "Money for Nothing" and how crap the graphics are nowadays haha |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Telegraph road. I worked out that at the right speed, I could listen, and of course play air guitar, drive from my work place to the local Tesco's and hear that guitar section right the way to the end |
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By *aucy3Couple
over a year ago
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"Brothers in arms and the mans too strong  "
My two favourite dire strait tracks.
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I swear upon my life
Your sister gave me diamonds
And I gave them to your wife.
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Someday you'll return
To your valleys and your farms
And you'll no longer burn
To be brothers in arms.
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Kitty walked down the aisle to Romeo and Juliet. They are my favourite band, although each album has certain great tracks in my opinion the best album for complete content had to be making movies. An album of love songs in different contexts, my favourite being tunnel of love closely followed by hand in hand which was our exit song at our wedding. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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met him afew years ago the cafe we were in was the shop he bought his first guitar from years ago. love all thre stuff. esp the nottinghill billys album. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Why would you "loathe" them.
Not liking I can understand. Not to your taste also. Not your type of music perhaps. But why loathe.
Why loathe anyone with undoubted talent. And the ability to write songs that mean something to people.
Why loathe people that create....not replicate or copy.
Is it simply because they became on if the biggest bands in the world....
And for a change try youtubing "I'm the fool" by Mark Knopler...
Or for the best ever knees up....try the live version of Going Home the theme from Local Hero
Loathe....never.. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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They are one of the very best and most talented bands ever from the UK. Mark Knopfler was the first musician to make me want to pick up the guitar.
For anyone to loathe them doesn't merit a response. If you dont like the music it's not your loss but it's not mine either lol |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"We think knopfler is a great guitarist... And whilst not liking some of his later stuff(lacking drama).....
Some of the tracks mentioned are absolutely epic..."
I do agree with you and I sympathise for Knopfler at the same time, he's probably left no stone unturned for himself - like Clapton (google the picture for his new album 'Old Sock', he doesnt even care anymore).
I checked some of Knopfler's new stuff and it was like his weaker old stuff before Straits split up. 'Cleaning My Gun' was a decent track though. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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'Private Investigations' was the track which got my attention, as it was so different to anything else in the singles chart at the time.
But I much prefer the kind of 'back to basics' stuff that Mark Knopfler is doing now, |
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By *phroditeWoman
over a year ago
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"Love them or loathe them?
They were my first memory of watching M T V with "Money for nothing."
I also love brothers in arms, Romeo and Juliet.
So fabbers what are you favourite Dire Straits songs? "
I love Brothers in Arms - one of my top favs. I also love Sultans of Swing |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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I love Dire Straits, Mark Knopfler has a beautiful guitar tone.
I can't count the number of bands I was asked to join when I was a kid because I could play the solo to Sultans Of Swing... |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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Just listening to walk of life.
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, tryin to make it pay
he got the action got the motion
Oh yeah the boy can, dedication, devotion
Turning all the night time into the day.
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By *ubbles55Couple
over a year ago
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For us it's Tunnel of Love and Going Home, having said that we will listen to and enjoy all Dire Straits songs and music.
Have a listen to Mark Knopfler's Down with Bonaparte for something different if you haven't already done so. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Dire Straits were not "toff rock" they were working class and hence the name Dire Straits, they came from harsh times in the North.
PS - sorry if got anyone else barred for 24 hours for forwarding my link. The moderators here can go suck a bag of dicks for that! |
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"Dire Straits were not "toff rock" they were working class and hence the name Dire Straits, they came from harsh times in the North.
PS - sorry if got anyone else barred for 24 hours for forwarding my link. The moderators here can go suck a bag of dicks for that!"
Suck a bag of dicks..... The images that conjures....
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Dire Straits were not "toff rock" they were working class and hence the name Dire Straits, they came from harsh times in the North.
PS - sorry if got anyone else barred for 24 hours for forwarding my link. The moderators here can go suck a bag of dicks for that!
Suck a bag of dicks..... The images that conjures....
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I'm an artist, I'm all for the word pictures lol |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Anyone else think that "Dire Straits" and "Chris Rea" should get together and call themselves "Dire/Rea"?"
Funny you mention that, me and my brother liked both in the late 80's and used to say that joke repeatedly to anyone that hadnt heard it ten times already lol |
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"Dire Straits were not "toff rock" they were working class and hence the name Dire Straits, they came from harsh times in the North.
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No, they come from good backgrounds and are mostly university, private school educated..
I was referring to their style and content though not there backgrounds.. |
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By *ost SockMan
over a year ago
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Weird one for me.
They were the first band I ever saw live - I was 16 around the time of Brothers in Arms. Played Alchemy Live to death for about three years around that time.
I never thought BiA was that good even back then when they were my favourite band - i remember the thrill of getting the cassette when it came out and being really disappointed. Yeah, the title track is very atmospheric, but I always hated So Far Away, Walk of Life and, yep, Money for Nothing.
Then got into loads of other types of music and thought they were tedious beyond for 25 years. Although I knew Knopfler was a great guitar player, I got bored with the whole guitar wizard thing (and I used to teach guitar!)
Had a slight urge to play the early stuff again in recent times and must dig out my Alchemy cassettes.
Will steer clear of BiA though - can't see me changing my mind on that one!
Funny thing, music and changing tastes!
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Brothers In Arms is still a great album.
'Sultans of Swing' on Alchemy Live is fucking awesome.
Saw them live on the On Every Street tour, and was a bit disappointed. |
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By *eordiesCouple
over a year ago
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Great Band, love just about all their songs.
I saw the band with Charles and Diana (not sitting next to them, but they were fairly close by, Diana getting right into it) at Wembley arena in 1984. This was where Sting came on stage to sing on I want my MTV.
Great show !!!
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I've been revisiting their discography this last week. Although there's plenty of filler, their classics are classics for a reason.
I'm being thoroughly earwormed by 'Tunnel of Love' at the moment. |
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