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Down To The Waterline Dire Straits (1978) Buy CD Buy MP3 |
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maxmox Apr 23, 2013 - 15:40 | Lo and behold, a DS song follows Lucinda Williams in this rotation. Bill must've heard what I heard..... |
kcar Apr 16, 2013 - 23:58 | audiophelia wrote: This has to be my favorite of all Dire Straits songs! :) Oh mi GOSH, they play Dire Straits here? (Mark K. nods appreciatively, pockets bulging with royalties from RP). Right with ya, audiophelia. |
mojcamojca77 Apr 16, 2013 - 23:52 | Lazarus wrote: What a great song... when this album came out, it blew our minds... we were mindless after that... this whole album is incredible ... :-) I agree so much! what a music! and what a time, when we listened it on LP:-) |
hugogdt Apr 16, 2013 - 23:52 | This is actually one of my favorite songs of Dire Straits, thanks Bill for bringing this guitar sounds back from my childhood! |
kingart Mar 16, 2013 - 13:10 | Only one problem with that cut: it's about 15 minutes too short. |
Lazarus Mar 16, 2013 - 13:10 | What a great song... when this album came out, it blew our minds... we were mindless after that... this whole album is incredible ... |
Sjaaks Feb 13, 2013 - 04:10 | And how about Pick Withers, the best drummer Knopfler ever played with! The man really had a feel for great rhythms and very tastful fill-in's! Anyway, still a 9! |
Lazarus Jan 19, 2013 - 10:14 | Cynaera wrote: Upon further analysis, the reason this song, and Knopfler/Dire Straits in general, makes me happy is because of the imagery. Listening to the words, with the music as a backdrop, pulls me into whatever world a particular song encompasses. To me, it's all about the vision painted by the artist - Dire Straits has always been incredible at painting a worldscape in which we listeners are included. How we respond - how we view what we're given - is left up to us. I sorta love that about Dire Straits. Well, and their music is pretty cool, too. Miss you Cynaera... love this song... we be dancing... |
cyesp Dec 12, 2012 - 11:02 | For me, Indelibly connected with the cold desert of NW New Mexico. In late-1978 I had taken my first job out of college in Farmington. The first Dire Straits album and the Talking Heads More Songs About... were constantly on my turntable and in my car's cassette deck on the drive to work through the desert. I was only there 4 months, but anytime these songs come on I am taken back to those desert sunrises. |
Imkirok Dec 12, 2012 - 10:54 | Cynaera wrote: Upon further analysis, the reason this song, and Knopfler/Dire Straits in general, makes me happy is because of the imagery. Listening to the words, with the music as a backdrop, pulls me into whatever world a particular song encompasses. To me, it's all about the vision painted by the artist - Dire Straits has always been incredible at painting a worldscape in which we listeners are included. How we respond - how we view what we're given - is left up to us. I sorta love that about Dire Straits. Well, and their music is pretty cool, too. That is/was the wonder of DS and Mark Knopfler. He could take a simple picture or everyday event (i.e. In the Gallery) and weave a story around it that makes you feel like you are there and living it. |
Imkirok Dec 12, 2012 - 10:53 | janep wrote: Knopfler's voice was so bright. It still is. His voice and guitar playing are both outstanding. One of my all-time favorite artists. |
janep Dec 03, 2012 - 16:23 | Knopfler's voice was so bright. It still is. |
westslope Dec 03, 2012 - 15:20 | You know, if the piece gets former member/Romeo dancing, it usually works for me too. |
milipili Aug 31, 2012 - 08:25 | These guys really have style |
(former member) Jul 14, 2012 - 21:06 | We be dancing... love this song... |
willmcnaught May 12, 2012 - 10:59 | damn good stuff! |
aspicer Feb 07, 2012 - 08:58 | Unbelievable album - one of the best ever made IMHO! |
(former member) Jan 22, 2012 - 18:06 | This song is soooo good my nipples get hard when I hear it... |
pixelpeda Nov 20, 2011 - 06:14 | Cynaera wrote: Upon further analysis, the reason this song, and Knopfler/Dire Straits in general, makes me happy is because of the imagery. Listening to the words, with the music as a backdrop, pulls me into whatever world a particular song encompasses. To me, it's all about the vision painted by the artist - Dire Straits has always been incredible at painting a worldscape in which we listeners are included. How we respond - how we view what we're given - is left up to us. I sorta love that about Dire Straits. Well, and their music is pretty cool, too. you say it! as near to beautiful painting as little else. |
Deadwing Nov 20, 2011 - 06:14 | Love it! |
