toomanyollys wrote: 
There isn't a longer version. Not sure why so many people seem to think there is.

I'd happily be proved wrong on that. This one is 5:36. 

Everybody in my church loves this song...
 

God damn, If I could play 1/100th as good as Knopfler, I could die happy.

What's with fading out the guitar solo before the end?! For a minute I thought I was listening to a commercial FM station!

 Sideorder wrote: 
I agree, 100%!

 
keymaster wrote: 
Which Duke Ellington song is that?

Heh, I like the transition..."They don't give a damn about any trumpet playing band / It ain't what they call rock and roll" leads to a song by Duke Ellington that is full of trumpets.  You're not going to get neat touches like that without someone like Bill in the loop.

 m_logie wrote: 
I agree!

 lerxst wrote: 

Please proceed to the gate. You're UFO is about to depart.

One of the only classic rock radio staples to never get old.

 helgigermany wrote: 
It does when you hear it this many times...please RP, no more! Classic rock radio has already killed it, it doesn't need any more. Gotta be some deeper Dire Straits cuts you can pull out. 

 m_logie wrote: 
This is the longest version there is (5:36)

One of the best songs in rock buisness never gets old.

You cut out the awesome guitar solo at the end again!

 vanmas wrote: 
Totally agree!

 ScottFromWyoming wrote: 
"He plays all the chords"

 djaychicago wrote: 
Agreed.  I've heard this song at least 1500 times since '79, but it seems to be getting better.  I really wasn't much of a Dire Straits fan when they were big for about a decade, and even though it's still played frequently, it sure has aged well compared to some of the new crap I hear in 2012.

 mikerobinson wrote: 
Agreed :)
Especially as it segued into a trumpet playin' band (Duke Ellington). That ain't what they call rock 'n roll! :)

 LizK wrote: 
Still.  

Great song, but I'm very tired of it. I come to RP to hear stuff I don't hear every frickin day on the radio. RP is usually good about playing the more obscure stuff, but not this time.

 Segue wrote: 

And i hope this song is gonna be annoying very often for years to come...

This song is soooo good it puts a spring in my step this summer day...

 

this song is just as annoying as it was 33 years ago. RP has made DS tolerable with other songs but this one is ANNOYING

 romeotuma wrote: 
We need to help romeo out here:

How about these:

This song is so good it makes my scrotum engorge.

This song is so good it makes me wetter than a hound dog swimming in the creek.

This song is so good it makes pi grow to the nth power

This song is so good it rivals a colonic irrigation

This song is so good it causes me to stumble and fall and break my hip

OK, gang, add to this now:

"This song is so good ........"

 

Remember when I was a kid thinking how bad-ass I was sitting in my dad's car and singing along, 'swearing' and everything!

Great album and I got to see these guys at the Bottom Line in the Village *  That was a good venue and show I actually remember - Hey It ain't called sex drugs and rock n' roll for nothing:)

* (also Van Morrison, Eliot Murphy, Bruce (he played there a lot on the way to famous) etc. Btwn CBGB, Tramps, the Peppermint Lounge and later the Knitting Factory, The Ritz, Irving Plaza et al (so many, plus the jazz clubs) it seemed like we were going to shows constantly.