seadog68
| | Posted: Jun 03, 2012 - 17:10 | |
The best of the straits!!!
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railroadwail
(Deep in Penn's Woods) | | Posted: May 31, 2012 - 19:15 | |
What a great talent. You gotta love the Pogues!
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railroadwail
(Deep in Penn's Woods) | | Posted: May 31, 2012 - 18:47 | |
SinisterDexter wrote: Wait, who doesn't like the original post? romeotuma wrote:This song is soooo good my nipples get hard when I hear it. romeotuma, you're new catch phrase is getting really tiring, really fast. |
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(former member)
(hotel in Las Vegas) | | Posted: May 31, 2012 - 18:46 | |
helgigermany wrote:Still a ten! I agree... this song is wonderful... |
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gjeeg
(Syracuse, New York) | | Posted: May 31, 2012 - 18:45 | |
This is one of those timeless works such that I still recall
- every time I hear it - where I was when I first heard it;
1978, at work, on an office radio.
It was like, "Holy shit. Who is this?"
Imprinted, for all time.
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railroadwail
(Deep in Penn's Woods) | | Posted: May 31, 2012 - 18:44 | |
Yes, Bill. Another good segue, and this is what I know about you from years of listening to RP: You love Mark K and so do I. 'They don't give a damn about any trumpet playing band."
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Tippster
(Washington, DC) | | Posted: May 31, 2012 - 18:43 | |
vanmas wrote:Too much Dire Straits or Mark Knopfler on RP is my opinion... It's too bad you're forced to listen to this free website. Vibes, Bro. |
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Euskadita
(MX) | | Posted: May 13, 2012 - 19:57 | |
The quote of this song "It ain't what they call rock n' roll" simply excellent!
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helgigermany
(Germany) | | Posted: May 02, 2012 - 23:27 | |
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Hr-Rosendahl
(Skælskør Denmark) | | Posted: Apr 15, 2012 - 12:59 | |
Reminds me of my youth.
Great song!
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vanmas
(Leiden, Netherlands) | | Posted: Apr 12, 2012 - 02:18 | |
Too much Dire Straits or Mark Knopfler on RP is my opinion...
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SinisterDexter
| | Posted: Mar 18, 2012 - 04:46 | |
romeotuma wrote:This song is soooo good it puts a spring in my step this winter day...  |
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(former member)
(hotel in Las Vegas) | | Posted: Mar 11, 2012 - 11:11 | |
This song is soooo good it puts a spring in my step this winter day...
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ansugon
(Mirkwood) | | Posted: Feb 29, 2012 - 14:05 | |
Saw them play in a university basketball arena on their first U.S. tour in '78. Another walk down memory lane: I always crank up the volume when I hear this. This is keeping me awake to get through the end of the workday Thanks RP.  |
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SinisterDexter
| | Posted: Feb 26, 2012 - 15:06 | |
romeotuma wrote:This song is soooo good my nipples get hard when I hear it. romeotuma, you're new catch phrase is getting really tiring, really fast. |
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LizK
(Houston, Texas) | | Posted: Feb 26, 2012 - 15:05 | |
TuneAgeWhereWoof wrote:Here we go again. Gosh, its the RP AM DJ crew! Hey let's hear some songs that are so overplayed they make our audience puke! That's creativity, right? Go away. Far, far away.  |
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(former member)
(hotel in Las Vegas) | | Posted: Feb 08, 2012 - 17:04 | |
Byronape wrote:
That sounds enormously painful.
This song is soooo good my nipples get hard when I hear it...
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snitramc
(earth) | | Posted: Feb 08, 2012 - 17:03 | |
ozzie1313 wrote:No doubt Dire Straits was great, but Knopfler's ongoing solo career is what elevates him to a '10' as a writer and guitarist.
Couldn't agree with you more. |
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Byronape
("post-capitalist wreckageville") | | Posted: Feb 08, 2012 - 17:02 | |
romeotuma wrote:
In punk yoga be doubled!
That sounds enormously painful. |
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wirefixer
(Fullerton, CA) | | Posted: Feb 08, 2012 - 17:02 | |
Will never get tired of this song. Never ever!
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Sjaaks
(Horst, Netherlands) | | Posted: Dec 07, 2011 - 02:47 | |
Apart from MK being my musical hero, i have to say that Pick Withers is by far the best drummer that ever played with him. Maybe not technically, but he has a certain style i really love. The drums of Pick on the first two DS albums and especially in Sultans of Swing always stood out for me, excellent subtle work. After the subtle drums of Pick came Terry Williams, the man's on crack when drumming. Major over the top fill-ins, constant open hi-hat and way too loud. He couldn't even stay in tempo. After Terry Williams i believe Mark switched drummers a couple of times, but all were better than Terry's massive wall of drums. In Knopfler's solo career he started with Chad Cromwell who now drums with Neil Young i believe. Also a very talented drummer who knows what a song needs and always drumming with the right dosage. Nowadays Danny Cummings drums for Mark. He was one of the percussionists in the late Dire Straits era (>1990). But as a drummer i'd say mediocre at best. A shame, because a great drummer is just as important as any other instrumentalist if you ask me... Just sayin'...  |
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LizK
(Houston, Texas) | | Posted: Nov 26, 2011 - 09:54 | |
Love this.
Feb 26 '12 - Yes, definitely, I love this
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ozzie1313
| | Posted: Nov 26, 2011 - 09:51 | |
No doubt Dire Straits was great, but Knopfler's ongoing solo career is what elevates him to a '10' as a writer and guitarist.
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misterbearbaby
(Marina del Rey, California) | | Posted: Nov 23, 2011 - 10:56 | |
In 1978 I had a real good job and went out to buy a real good HiFi- I hauled this record around to all the stereo shops to listen to equipment- its an excellent recording and sounded so fine on those zillion-dollar all-McIntosh stacks. It was a blast!
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fredriley
(Nottingham, UK) | | Posted: Nov 23, 2011 - 10:37 | |
Misterfixit wrote:For the longest time I thought this song was about bi-sexual men who dressed in turbans and peacock feathers. I was mistaken.
 I think you need experience of the UK pub music scene to fully appreciate this song. My Dad played loads of pubs and I occasionally tagged along, and this song reminds me of those times. |
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TuneAgeWhereWoof
| | Posted: Nov 23, 2011 - 10:35 | |
Here we go again. Gosh, its the RP AM DJ crew! Hey let's hear some songs that are so overplayed they make our audience puke! That's creativity, right?
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cdysthe
(Round Rock, TX and Oslo, Norway) | | Posted: Nov 05, 2011 - 11:38 | |
Love the album cover and all those songs. They came into my life quietly and got stuck on all mix-tapes and compliations I've created up through the years. Too good for ring tones! :)
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ziakut
(A place with air, water and chocolate.) | | Posted: Oct 25, 2011 - 19:15 | |
Love Dire Straits, Love Mark Knopfler...BUT....This song should stay a distance way behind all of the other beautiful music MK does. This, with the exception of that brilliant guitar solo, seems like filler a.m. radio stuff compared to all the other less heard stuff he does. Still...this is a good tune. Just tired of it.
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Xstar
(Florence, Kentucky) | | Posted: Sep 21, 2011 - 04:22 | |
Holy crap you did cut the end of the song!  Time for you to splice in another version of this epic song B&L!  |
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kuntumut
| | Posted: Sep 21, 2011 - 04:22 | |
yeah
mikerobinson wrote:Awesome song, but boo to RP for cutting out the amazing guitar solo at the end. |
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