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Bip Roberts posted:Dire Straits is way better than U2 as they are not trash. U2 have taken a massive nosedive in the effort department, their early stuff was good, now it's just pop poo poo. Running low on cash guy's lets churn some crap out for some quick cash..
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Micheal Mann respects the straits https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yNb5wCAuo3c
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JazzPaws posted:U2 have taken a massive nosedive in the effort department, their early stuff was good, now it's just pop poo poo. Running low on cash guy's lets churn some crap out for some quick cash.. i don't think u2 has run out of cash since 1982
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Feb 2, 2015 16:29
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dire straits songs has good atmosphere, whatever that means.
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Feb 2, 2015 16:54
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lilljonas posted:My dad had available choices for car music when I grew up: Dire Straits, and The Pogues. As a dad who is currently inflicting both of these on his daughter you absolutely correct. Knofler also did a Granddad Rock album with Chet Akins, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tIKt_WQHia8
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Feb 2, 2015 17:28
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I cry to "Why Worry" every time I hear it if I'm even the tiniest bit drunk. Dire Straits own
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Not a Children posted:I cry to "Why Worry" every time I hear it if I'm even the tiniest bit drunk. Dire Straits own
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Feb 2, 2015 19:21
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holy poo poo, a man who can make clean electric bluesy folky stuff sound excellent and not contrived as all hell dire straits are the poo poo, mark knopfler is the poo poo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=owKfw0WDo-o
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Feb 2, 2015 19:41
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Telegraph road is really good
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the man's too strong is a terrific song plus their album communique is the best sounding thing on 8 track, ever
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Amused to Death posted:Telegraph road is really good Love Over Gold is probably their strongest album IMO
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"In time we will either look back on Dire Straits as a better version of Sting & The Police or a worse version of U2." This might be the most wrong sentence ever typed on this forum. The Police own. U2 are boring as hell, and Dire straight had a few good songs and the rest? zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz Mark Knofler or however thats spelled is a pretty amazing guitarist though, but he just seems attracted like a fly to a lightbulb to boring music.
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Riosan posted:Love Over Gold is probably their strongest album IMO I'd agree with this. I probably should have put in the OP that a lot of their studio stuff didn't translate well to radioplay because their songs were between six and 14 minutes long and you ended up losing either a verse or a solo which sort of ruined the song. Love Over Gold is almost entirely prog-rock and if they'd squeezed Private Dancer in there it would have been mind-bending. duck monster posted:"In time we will either look back on Dire Straits as a better version of Sting & The Police or a worse version of U2." I'm not saying I agree with it or that it's fair. Some people apparently think it's the height of coolness to height Dire Straits, that's all. Butt Wizard fucked around with this message at 21:27 on Feb 2, 2015 |
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Feb 2, 2015 21:25
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Brothers in Arms was like one of the first CDs I ever bought It's good man
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Butt Wizard posted:I'd agree with this. I probably should have put in the OP that a lot of their studio stuff didn't translate well to radioplay because their songs were between six and 14 minutes long and you ended up losing either a verse or a solo which sort of ruined the song. Love Over Gold is almost entirely prog-rock and if they'd squeezed Private Dancer in there it would have been mind-bending. That's an interesting thought re:prog rock, because they're not typically ever in lists of the best prog rock bands, despite killing on 10+ minute songs. See: easily 3/4 of the Alchemy live album. I guess they get passed over because of no references to wizards and celebral concepts (Genesis with Peter Gabriel) or Lord of the Rings (Led Zeppelin on occasion).
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Jimlit posted:Micheal Mann respects the straits this was a good episode. how can you not post Money for Nothing video? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lAD6Obi7Cag this thread is now redeemed. Minorkos posted:i like the song "money for nothing"
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Feb 2, 2015 21:32
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post the most recent dire straits / mark knopfler song you've listened to
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Feb 3, 2015 05:09
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dire straits is loving excellent pot smoking music
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SpaceAceJase posted:post the most recent dire straits / mark knopfler song you've listened to https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T1mUOnwi-68
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Riosan posted:Love Over Gold is probably their strongest album IMO "But it's only five songs!" not mentioned, under-appreciated: My Parties  Your Latest Trick  Les Boys  How Long 
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Feb 3, 2015 05:35
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Brothers in Arms is one of my favorite albums and I didn't know about all this Knopfler solo stuff I am going to consume it now.
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The only good Dire Straits song is Walk of Life https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k9_VOy7VipQ My son was born recently, so maybe I'm just becoming infected?
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Feb 3, 2015 05:42
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Dad rock is a myth anyway. The Beastie Boys have been "Dad rock" for at least 15 years now.
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Network42 posted:The only good Dire Straits song is Walk of Life dang I love that song (not a dad)
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Attitude Indicator posted:dire straits songs has good atmosphere, whatever that means. it means this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lz1TlJGLzqs
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Monkey Fracas posted:Brothers in Arms was like one of the first CDs I ever bought probably because it was the first album released on cd, or very close to it, meant to showcase the awsome sound of COMPACT DISC! E: Brothers in Arms was among the first albums recorded on digital equipment due to Knopfler pushing for improved sound quality.[32] The album's title track is reported to be the world's first CD single. The album is listed in the Guinness Book of World Records as the first compact disc to sell a million copies,[33] and has been credited with helping to popularise the CD format
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KennyLoggins posted:this was a good episode. Because Sting got given a writing credit and thus it's not a pure Dire Straits song, what are you some sort of philistine
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Attitude Indicator posted:probably because it was the first album released on cd, or very close to it, meant to showcase the awsome sound of COMPACT DISC! Ha ha didn't know this- picked it up cheap in a used music place when I was young and wound up really liking it
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the correct assessment of this band is that they are a better Steely Dan that doesn't suck rear end also Mark Knopfler straight rules
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My dad bought tickets to see Mark Knopfler at the Albert Hall and couldn't go, so he gave me the tickets instead. That's my excuse. Half way through the set he sat down on the drum riser and told an anecdote about Chet Atkins whilst drinking a cup of tea 
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dad gay. so what is gonna be pissed
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So Brothers in Arms is new at Number 8 on the Radio 1 UK Top 40 Album charts for some reason. Did all the UK goons just suddenly go out and decide to buy a 30 year old album because of this thread? http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/chart/albums
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New Knopfler album is about to drop. discuss plz.
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Hey OP, did you know Pharrell Williams used to be Nate Dogg?
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I've never understood this. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uLquz4Iz-30
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Tace Vim posted:I'm pretty sure it's "chips for free" it's dicks money for nothing dicks for free
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Mark Knopfler is a godly guitar player. I got to see him live during the "Sailing to Philadelphia" tour. The show started off fairly low-key but the emotion kept building and building until I was hallucinating huge steam ships crossing the ocean on their way to Ellis Island. Epic poo poo. That being said, he does have a little Eric Clapton Syndrome, where a stellar guitarist tends to wind up in snoozeville without someone to light a fire under their rear end. He's done some stuff that's so laid back it's almost laid out.
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song = money for nithing: i ahve been having some problems tracking down their loving lyrics and i think they are talking about some kind of *clicks for free* or *schticks for free* any help would be fintastic
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The Tao Jones posted:That being said, he does have a little Eric Clapton Syndrome, where a stellar guitarist tends to wind up in snoozeville without someone to light a fire under their rear end. He's done some stuff that's so laid back it's almost laid out. I saw one reviewer describe one of his album as being so laid back he was on the verge of just putting out blank CDs. Not quite sure what to make of the new album. There's four really solid tunes in there, but it doesn't feel like the complete package that Get Lucky was, despite it being longer by about three songs.
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