1wolfy
(Mission Viejo California) | | Posted: Apr 12, 2013 - 13:22 | |
I wish I could turn up the volume of just the horns in this song
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hugogdt
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Not the best song of the album, and even though a great song. I agree, all this CD is good vibrations ...
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timelessart
(London,ON) | | Posted: Nov 22, 2012 - 00:58 | |
I bought this CD at least 4 times. Every time some one "borrowed" it from me I replaced it. I never got it back. I love this CD. It has a great vibe.
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jeremyleo
(Canada's Capital City) | | Posted: Oct 25, 2012 - 12:10 | |
Theme from 'Breaking Bad' kind reminds me of this.
My fav off Brother in Arms. I love the groove.
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somli
(Orlando) | | Posted: Sep 21, 2012 - 07:34 | |
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Talula
(Connecticut) | | Posted: Aug 04, 2012 - 05:30 | |
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richlister
| | Posted: Jul 19, 2012 - 05:55 | |
bc wrote:I think Calexico wrote this song.
Then they put it in a time machine and sent it back 20 years.
Thankfully, they sent it to Dire Straits and not Def Leppard.
You're welcome.
Apparently, Def Leppard declined the offer they were too busy working on a project having just returned from post apocalyptic 2045 to be bothered about Calexico. |
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Tippster
(Washington, DC) | | Posted: Jun 17, 2012 - 16:16 | |
Arguably my favorite song. Period.
Unbelievably great guitar work on this - even better than on "Brothers in Arms."
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bc
(It's everything. Location, Location, Location.) | | Posted: Apr 12, 2012 - 15:22 | |
I think Calexico wrote this song.
Then they put it in a time machine and sent it back 20 years.
Thankfully, they sent it to Dire Straits and not Def Leppard.
You're welcome.
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PA1749
(Room 106) | | Posted: Mar 30, 2012 - 11:47 | |
This entire album is a time machine that takes me back to my senior year in high school. If I only knew then...
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Alastair
(Glossop, Derbyshire, England) | | Posted: Jan 27, 2012 - 03:23 | |
Dire Straits most under-rated song. Sounds like they were lying in hammocks when they recorded it.
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mcnab
(Australia) | | Posted: Jan 10, 2012 - 23:56 | |
daveshel4 wrote:
Totally — I've always thought of track 4, "Your Latest Trick" as the ultimate speaker auditioning song because of the range of sounds (and it's a good song too)
Funny you should say that - when I went shopping for a good set of hi-fi speakers 15 years ago I brought this CD along with me and used "Your Latest Trick" as one of the test tracks. Great song on a great album. |
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bluedot
(Long Beach, CA) | | Posted: Jan 10, 2012 - 23:26 | |
h8rhater wrote:
I'm amazed at your commentary. You are clearly an artist and not merely a technician but I do understand your unpopularity.
Haha, good point... |
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bluedot
(Long Beach, CA) | | Posted: Jan 10, 2012 - 23:22 | |
MiracleDrug wrote:this was SO well recorded...
excellent observation. |
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abbey_normal
| | Posted: Nov 08, 2011 - 11:45 | |
Once I have a sound system sorted in my current car, I put this track on. I think it's a great test track.
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Cynaera
(Kenneth's Frequency) | | Posted: Sep 06, 2011 - 13:39 | |
 Little-known factoid: The National Steel (Reso-phonic) guitar was invented by John Dopyera in Los Angeles in the mid-1920's for playing Hawaiian and Jazz music. When the electric guitar was invented in the 1930's, the National Steel guitar fell out of favor. Dopyera also invented the Dobro. Amazing what you can learn from the Internet, innit? It adds one more layer to the saga of why I love Dire Straits and the National Steel guitar...  |
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megaboogieman
(Russia, Gulag Archipelago) | | Posted: Sep 06, 2011 - 13:30 | |
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MiracleDrug
(Earth) | | Posted: Sep 06, 2011 - 13:28 | |
this was SO well recorded...
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daveshel4
(Seattle) | | Posted: Jul 21, 2011 - 16:23 | |
Dave_Mack wrote:This is beautiful song from an awesome album. When I got my first CD player, my first CD was Aqualung, an all-time fave album, but the CD sounded terrible with tons of noise. Not long after that, fortunately, "Brothers in Arms" came out — digitally recorded! Now THAT'S what I was hoping for. So clean, you can turn it up to maximum volume and it's totally noiseless. I used it for auditioning speakers for years.
Totally — I've always thought of track 4, "Your Latest Trick" as the ultimate speaker auditioning song because of the range of sounds (and it's a good song too) |
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bluecshells
(Texas) | | Posted: May 19, 2011 - 08:42 | |
Love this....great music. Love you RP!
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CoYoT51
(Lima, Perú) | | Posted: May 03, 2011 - 13:58 | |
Welly wrote:I'll never forget this being the last song played on the sound system before David Bowie took the stage on tour. This sounded unbelievable on a giant sound system that was very clear, as the lights slooooooowly went down.
David Bowie + Dire Straits!!! What a GODLIKE mix. Great moment you lived there. |
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Dave_Mack
(Kicking out the jams) | | Posted: Mar 17, 2011 - 08:13 | |
This is beautiful song from an awesome album. When I got my first CD player, my first CD was Aqualung, an all-time fave album, but the CD sounded terrible with tons of noise. Not long after that, fortunately, "Brothers in Arms" came out — digitally recorded! Now THAT'S what I was hoping for. So clean, you can turn it up to maximum volume and it's totally noiseless. I used it for auditioning speakers for years.
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gabrielle7nt
(Under DRM's Desk) | | Posted: Mar 17, 2011 - 08:10 | |
sirdroseph wrote:Always been my favorite Straits tune!  Me too. |
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cohifi
(Denver) | | Posted: Feb 13, 2011 - 23:38 | |
Pinging: Cynaera wrote:Echoing Johnny_Wave, too - Great tune, great album. Something about that floating National Steel guitar just makes me shiver in awe... I fear that should I ever have the honor to hold one, I'd prolly drop it and it would shatter, and there'd go my chances at a hereafter... Mark Knopfler is one of my top five guitarists, and this album/CD is one of my all-time favorites.  |
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Raechel
| | Posted: Nov 11, 2010 - 10:42 | |
This sounds like the sountrack from Legend. Go Tim!  |
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swinghamer
(live music capital of the world gone mile high city) | | Posted: Oct 26, 2010 - 12:12 | |
this song (read: album) just never gets old
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Cynaera
(South of Neanderthal) | | Posted: Aug 23, 2010 - 19:47 | |
bachbeet wrote:Yet another excellent song from an excellent album.
Echoing Johnny_Wave, too - Great tune, great album. Something about that floating National Steel guitar just makes me shiver in awe... I fear that should I ever have the honor to hold one, I'd prolly drop it and it would shatter, and there'd go my chances at a hereafter... Mark Knopfler is one of my top five guitarists, and this album/CD is one of my all-time favorites. |
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Johnny_Wave
(California, baby) | | Posted: Aug 07, 2010 - 22:57 | |
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bachbeet
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Yet another excellent song from an excellent album.
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Sjaaks
(Horst, Netherlands) | | Posted: Jul 07, 2010 - 02:02 | |
bubink wrote:Someday I *will* see this band live.... Quite a bold statement there... Especially since Dire Straits broke up in 1995. The possibility of MK visiting your place isn't too small, but you'll have to wait till his next album release, he's now in Europe and almost finished with his "Get Lucky" tour... If you ever get to see him, don't expect him to play this song or any of the other less known Dire Straits songs, normally he only plays the well known songs, the "hits". Sultans Of Swing, Romeo And Juliet, Money For Nothing etc. |
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