subgyro
(Cowgary, AB) | | Posted: Mar 25, 2013 - 09:23 | |
Cynaera wrote:Looking at the track listing for this album, it strikes me as funny that "Sultans of Swing" is my least favorite song. To me, all the other songs are far stronger. I especially love "Six Blade Knife" and "Down to the Waterline." Some very edgy, intelligent music coming out of the Knopfler brothers here. (And David Knopfler came out with "Lips Against the Steel" with some very good schtuff on it. Worth buying, if you can find it.) I consider MK to be my personal guitar god, and must say across the entire Dire Straits library the radio singles are almost always my least favorites. When listening to a full album, I'll skip past tunes like "Walk of Life" yet when it comes on a commercial radio station it's still way better than most of the other drivel they've played that day. |
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boober
(KC,Mo) | | Posted: Dec 21, 2012 - 06:44 | |
maxmox wrote:A respectful nod to JJ Cale seems happening here......... great call my man |
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aspicer
(Chicago, IL) | | Posted: Oct 19, 2012 - 13:41 | |
Such a BRILLIANT album! A desert island disc for sure!
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CWKeeney
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...Ahhh. Thank you! This is my favorite song of the album.
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Falcon
(City of Angels) | | Posted: Jun 15, 2012 - 12:19 | |
Thanks RP for playing great tracks from Dire Straits, aside from the standard Sultans of Swing :)
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lily34
(lexvegas) | | Posted: Jun 15, 2012 - 12:14 | |
ohhhh. one of my favorites. thanks, bill!
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maxmox
(Broome, Western Australia) | | Posted: Apr 29, 2012 - 00:46 | |
A respectful nod to JJ Cale seems happening here.........
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Sjaaks
(Horst, Netherlands) | | Posted: Apr 13, 2012 - 00:12 | |
YEAH!! Without knowing it at first i really wanted to hear this song right now.... Wait... wut? Never mind, it's just the utmost PERFECT timing...  10 |
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mcYammer
(Beervana) | | Posted: Mar 12, 2012 - 08:53 | |
Bill!
I am gettin your thread theme here for the last five or six...
(yer a genious!)
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iTuner
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(former member)
(hotel in Las Vegas) | | Posted: Jan 08, 2012 - 18:42 | |
LuvWilloughby wrote:
This is the one that got me back in 1979. Hooked on Knopfler ever since.
romeotuma wrote:
This song is soooo gooood for the ears...
Yes, I know what you mean... love this song...
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Rockit
(Ottawa ON) | | Posted: Nov 22, 2011 - 10:43 | |
 Sweet memories for sure! |
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Stratocaster
(Bermuda) | | Posted: Nov 06, 2011 - 07:20 | |
Outstanding album - great, great song.
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fatcatjb
(Sunny Sacramento) | | Posted: Aug 19, 2011 - 19:46 | |
yikes good c all! It doesn't sound like jj cale, but it DOES have that feel
flatpicker wrote:A real J.J. Cale feel to this.
Which is ok in my books. |
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Zep
| | Posted: Jul 28, 2011 - 07:20 | |
Well... maybe this should be a 10 after all.
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Weblizard
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George_Tirebiter wrote:Hard to believe that this has been around for 32 years. It was welcome relief to the horror  of disco...... 32 years? Holy crap... I've finally hit that age-range when I keep saying, "That's from ___ years ago? What?!" Egad.  |
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Paul_Skybreakers
(Amsterdam, the Netherlands) | | Posted: May 17, 2011 - 03:57 | |
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CasaE
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This is a great song. It really gets me going in the morning.
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Cynaera
(South of Neanderthal) | | Posted: Mar 30, 2011 - 17:21 | |
Looking at the track listing for this album, it strikes me as funny that "Sultans of Swing" is my least favorite song. To me, all the other songs are far stronger. I especially love "Six Blade Knife" and "Down to the Waterline." Some very edgy, intelligent music coming out of the Knopfler brothers here. (And David Knopfler came out with "Lips Against the Steel" with some very good schtuff on it. Worth buying, if you can find it.)
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(former member)
(Boston, MA) | | Posted: Feb 27, 2011 - 05:40 | |
Hmmm...I clicked on the "Buy MP3 from Amazon" and it took me to the "Sultans of Swing - the Very Best of Dire Straits" page (no "Water of Love" there)...  Ah found it thru the search. |
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Dinges,_the_Dude
(under sea-level, N52°22', E4°52') | | Posted: Oct 08, 2010 - 15:28 | |
Felix_The_Cat wrote:reminds me of steely dan somehow...
Maybe in such way that Mark Knopfler played a tune (of which is only used a second or two) on the album "Gaucho" (on "Gaucho" itself, I believe). Reminds me of JJ Cale. That is: the first album resembles JJ Cale quite a lot... |
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glassman
(Nanaimo, British Columbia) | | Posted: Oct 08, 2010 - 15:25 | |
exjunkie wrote:This is a great album. I love "In the gallery" My favorite 2 Dire Straits songs! |
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Tjerome
(West Lebanon, NH, USA) | | Posted: Sep 22, 2010 - 12:55 | |
Brings me back to the days when I made silver flutes in the wooded outback of Vermont. Such fine musicians!
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exjunkie
(My ass is at work but my ears are here.) | | Posted: Sep 22, 2010 - 12:53 | |
This is a great album. I love "In the gallery"
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LastChance
(13,500 feet in the air) | | Posted: Sep 22, 2010 - 12:52 | |
This song still gets to me.
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socalhol
(Seattle) | | Posted: Aug 05, 2010 - 14:36 | |
GREAT set of songs! I never would have thought to put them together, but they work very well. Bill you've got a great talent  Sarah McLachlan - Plenty Hooverphonic - Inhaler Broken Bells - Your Head is On Fire Dire Straits - Water of Love |
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moonajohannes
(Bonn/Germany) | | Posted: Aug 05, 2010 - 14:35 | |
reminds us always of an Interrail - Trip in 1988.
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flatpicker
(Toronto, Canada) | | Posted: Aug 05, 2010 - 14:34 | |
A real J.J. Cale feel to this.
Which is ok in my books.
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Bocephus
(Boulder, CO) | | Posted: Jul 20, 2010 - 13:46 | |
thank gawd...a Dire Straits song not on Brothers in Arms.
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George_Tirebiter
(Phoenix) | | Posted: Jun 18, 2010 - 16:50 | |
Hard to believe that this has been around for 32 years. It was welcome relief to the horror of disco...... |
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