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Dire Straits — The Man's Too Strong
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rdo
(DC)
Posted: Feb 23, 2013 - 13:39
 
This is one of the few Dire Straits songs I like.  They just don't do it for me.   I like bands that tear out my insides and dip them in burning hot acid.

richardgold
Posted: Feb 08, 2013 - 07:27
 
There is great energy in the Radio Paradise Force today.

boober
(KC,Mo)
Posted: Jan 23, 2013 - 06:11
 
 Hyperemesis wrote:
One of the best. Peter Gabriel ♥
 
Huh?

Hyperemesis
Posted: Nov 06, 2012 - 05:29
 
One of the best. Peter Gabriel ♥

capandjudy
(Huntington, WV)
Posted: Nov 06, 2012 - 05:04
 
 Stratocaster wrote:
BTW, this was the first Compact Disc I ever bought, in 1986.
 
Yeah, I did also. I bought a CD player at what was then Circuit City and got this disc to test it out. Ironically, I heard this on vinyl at a friend's house who had a high end audio system and the vinyl blew the CD away in an AB comparison. 

coding_to_music
(Beantown)
Posted: Oct 21, 2012 - 04:18
 
 TJS wrote:
No question in my mind that this is a 10.
 
I second that emotion

hikerted
Posted: Aug 03, 2012 - 19:53
 
 rdo wrote:
Palin 2016!
 

Paladin, Paladin. Where do you roam?
 
Paladin 2013!
 



rdo
(DC)
Posted: Jul 18, 2012 - 17:03
 
Palin 2016!

TJS
(Bradley, Il)
Posted: Jul 03, 2012 - 08:52
 
No question in my mind that this is a 10.

lily34
(lexvegas)
Posted: Jun 01, 2012 - 12:18
 
love this track...

ziakut
(The Windy City)
Posted: May 16, 2012 - 08:37
 
Not as keen on this album as I am with MK's more recent solo stuff...but it's still damn good.

daodot
(Munich, Germany)
Posted: Mar 30, 2012 - 01:22
 
this song makes me crying for happiness!

Limpopoking
(The Parish of St. Alfonzo)
Posted: Feb 11, 2012 - 05:12
 
Good song from a gooood album

eauliv
Posted: Jan 26, 2012 - 15:57
 
Jadore

Stratocaster
(Bermuda)
Posted: Jan 26, 2012 - 15:57
 
BTW, this was the first Compact Disc I ever bought, in 1986.

coding_to_music
(Beantown)
Posted: Jan 26, 2012 - 15:57
 
so good

jt1
Posted: Nov 24, 2011 - 04:22
 
Thanks for reminding me of an album I once loved, and for some unknown reason I seem to have neglected for many years.

Stratocaster
(Bermuda)
Posted: Oct 23, 2011 - 14:22
 
Crisp, tight, melodic, stops me in my tracks.  This album and their first (named 'Dire Straits' but everyone calls it 'Vertigo') are masterpieces, IMHO.

As a guitar player, I have strived for his tone.  Unsuccessfully. 

kcar
Posted: Aug 05, 2011 - 15:06
 
 papaman wrote:
On Cheney -

Most self-help books, religions and life mentors deliver the same basic message:

1. Don't be a Dick.
2. If you are a Dick, Stop!
3. If you can't stop, then be the best Dick you can be.
 
If you substitute "biggest" for "best" in rule 3, you've pretty much summed Dick up. 



claire_k
(mainland Europe)
Posted: Aug 05, 2011 - 15:05
 
 sirdroseph wrote:


Oh I disagree, this album is not only their best, but one of the best albums of the 80's!
 
{#Dance}


sirdroseph
(Yes)
Posted: Jul 21, 2011 - 04:52
 
 CoYoT51 wrote:
Not their best song, not their best album... but wooaaahhh... still strong!
What a great band they were!{#Notworthy}
 

Oh I disagree, this album is not only their best, but one of the best albums of the 80's!

Cynaera
(South of Neanderthal)
Posted: Jun 19, 2011 - 12:34
 
 LastChance wrote:
I thought this comment area was to talk about music. . . 
Welcome to the ever-progressive world of RadioParadise. {#Lol} Sometimes, I think everyone's comments should automatically be prefaced with, "...But I digress..." (Only halfway serious here, since today, I'm not taking anything seriously.)


1wolfy
(Mission Viejo California)
Posted: Jun 03, 2011 - 14:50
 
I've got it on Vinyl form  rbigelo wrote:
I still have the original, digitally-mastered CD of "Brothers in Arms" on my 'top shelf' plus the digital edition. It is right there alongside "Love Over Gold."
 



vit
Posted: Apr 17, 2011 - 09:01
 
 Cynaera wrote:
I never really attributed this song to one particular person - I sort of figured it was a metaphor for Satan, or politics in general.  I was young and stupid, though - I just loved the SONG and didn't read much into it. That gorgeous National Steel guitar (I know something about it, but I can't remember what, at this point - I think it has something to do with Mike Nesmith, late of The Monkees.)

Ack.  Love Mark Knopfler, (has anyone heard his brother David's song, "Whispers of Gethsemane"?  It's from an album called "Lips Against the Steel" I think that's the title - it was pulled from the market before I could latch onto it, but it was rather phenomenal...)

"Brothers In Arms" is everything an audiophile could hope for in a CD, in my opinion.

 
Yeah I think this was the second CD I ever listened to (After Digital Domains, some CD that was just a mix of different cool sounds to show off the purity of CD sound). My brother had blown a huge amount on a giant Pioneer stereo system with speakers as big as the monolith in 2001 a Space Odyssey, and a few of us sat (basically between the two speakers) in his dorm room and listened to this CD. It might be a little dated now but at the time it was just the best damn CD in the world, from lyrics to composition to production. Of course I didn't know any of that then, I just new it was cool.


rbigelo
(Spanish Town)
Posted: Apr 17, 2011 - 08:03
 
I still have the original, digitally-mastered CD of "Brothers in Arms" on my 'top shelf' plus the digital edition. It is right there alongside "Love Over Gold."

Papernapkin
(Mountain View, CA)
Posted: Apr 17, 2011 - 08:01
 
 Carl wrote:
Hate to possibly derail the political rants, but this was one of the first three CDs I got in 1984, when CDs were pretty new, and it's still one of my favorites. (The others were Barbra Streisand, The Broadway Album, and The Sheffield Track/Drum Record.)
 
Time to move on.

CoYoT51
(Lima, Perú)
Posted: Apr 01, 2011 - 09:49
 
Not their best song, not their best album... but wooaaahhh... still strong!
What a great band they were!{#Notworthy}

Ahnyer_Keester
(Chicago Il)
Posted: Apr 01, 2011 - 09:29
 
 canoeing wrote:
kickass tune
 
Twice.


canoeing
(Canada)
Posted: Mar 16, 2011 - 20:49
 
kickass tune

SuperWeh
(8°41'36.49, 115° 9'34.58)
Posted: Oct 10, 2010 - 12:40
 
at the end of this song I always want to hear "can't get no sleeves for my records"

fast_eddie
Posted: Sep 08, 2010 - 11:55
 
 coolpeople_rule wrote:


Easy Fast Eddie...what you mean to say is, "Knopf it off already!"  {#Roflol}
 
Amen!


dwhayslett
(Pawleys Island, SC)
Posted: Sep 08, 2010 - 11:54
 
 fast_eddie wrote:
Enough with the Mark Knopfler
 
You can't even see "enough with" from here.


coolpeople_rule
(Winter wonder land)
Posted: Sep 08, 2010 - 11:47
 
 fast_eddie wrote:
Enough with the Mark Knopfler
 

Easy Fast Eddie...what you mean to say is, "Knopf it off already!"  {#Roflol}

fast_eddie
Posted: Sep 08, 2010 - 11:43
 
Enough with the Mark Knopfler

ziggytrix
(Dallas, TX)
Posted: Jul 22, 2010 - 07:38
 
Last weekend my uncle tried to tell me Money For Nothing was Dire Straits' only good song.

I tired to tell him it's not even their best song!  If only I'd had RP at my disposal (no internet up there), I could have just shown him this tidy list of awesome DS songs! 

Cynaera
(South of Neanderthal)
Posted: May 19, 2010 - 15:43
 
I never really attributed this song to one particular person - I sort of figured it was a metaphor for Satan, or politics in general.  I was young and stupid, though - I just loved the SONG and didn't read much into it. That gorgeous National Steel guitar (I know something about it, but I can't remember what, at this point - I think it has something to do with Mike Nesmith, late of The Monkees.)

Ack.  Love Mark Knopfler, (has anyone heard his brother David's song, "Whispers of Gethsemane"?  It's from an album called "Lips Against the Steel" I think that's the title - it was pulled from the market before I could latch onto it, but it was rather phenomenal...)

"Brothers In Arms" is everything an audiophile could hope for in a CD, in my opinion.


sirdroseph
(Tokyo)
Posted: May 19, 2010 - 15:26
 
Always loved this song, assumed it was about Nixon, anyone know if was about anyone in real life?{#Stupid} BTW solid 9!

Sjaaks
(Horst, Netherlands)
Posted: Mar 17, 2010 - 07:02
 
 papaman wrote:

This is neither a long political rant nor does it have the obligatory picture of one 'Dick Cheney'.  I'm afraid your comment may fail to rise above the political clatter.  I will help you out with some incendiary words...long live Dick Cheney!
 

Hmmmmm, i believe you quoted the wrong post.... {#Think} {#Lol}

ckcotton
Posted: Mar 01, 2010 - 18:20
 
Bravo.... a few said this was their first CD.. mine was Sting- Dream of the Blue Turtles... incase anyone was wondering :)

Carl
(The Summit City)
Posted: Feb 13, 2010 - 16:47
 
Hate to possibly derail the political rants, but this was one of the first three CDs I got in 1984, when CDs were pretty new, and it's still one of my favorites. (The others were Barbra Streisand, The Broadway Album, and The Sheffield Track/Drum Record.)


papaman
(Downstate New Mexico)
Posted: Feb 01, 2010 - 15:59
 
 Sjaaks wrote:
A great example of a time that Mark Knopfler was completely fed up with drums.... This song doesn't need drums and seems just as powerful... What a guy!

9
 
This is neither a long political rant nor does it have the obligatory picture of one 'Dick Cheney'.  I'm afraid your comment may fail to rise above the political clatter.  I will help you out with some incendiary words...long live Dick Cheney!



Sjaaks
(Horst, Netherlands)
Posted: Jan 13, 2010 - 06:17
 
A great example of a time that Mark Knopfler was completely fed up with drums.... This song doesn't need drums and seems just as powerful... What a guy!

9

fredriley
(Nottingham, UK)
Posted: Nov 27, 2009 - 11:07
 
 daigoro wrote:
God, how do some of you people even function?

Bush the Bogeyman is gone! 



God, how do some people find the time to write long political rants on a radio station discussion board? Moreoever, rants only applicable and indeed understandable by folk in one country. Rant away by all means, but keep it a bit briefer next time, please. And those who reply, please don't keep quoting the goddamn picture!

Oh, and the song refers to war criminals all over, not just one or two individuals in that class. Please try to see the wood rather than the trees. And do enjoy the sounds, which are, as ever with Mark Knopfler, classily smooth.



papaman
(Downstate New Mexico)
Posted: Nov 18, 2009 - 12:50
 
On Cheney -

Most self-help books, religions and life mentors deliver the same basic message:

1. Don't be a Dick.
2. If you are a Dick, Stop!
3. If you can't stop, then be the best Dick you can be.



PeteyGreens
(Frederick, MD)
Posted: Nov 11, 2009 - 11:41
 
 PeteyGreens wrote:
Find another place to voice your ignorant comments, Diagoro.  In fact, find another radio station.  I'm sure Rush needs another moron as a listener.

 



PeteyGreens
(Frederick, MD)
Posted: Nov 11, 2009 - 11:39
 
 daigoro wrote:   
God, how do some of you people even function?

Bush the Bogeyman is gone!

Live in the now!

By the way, doesn't it bother you that, for all the Cheney/Blood for Oil/Halliburton talk, Al Gore is actually worth MORE than Cheney today, even though Gore was pretty much bankrupt after the 2000 election?

How does a politician become worth over $100 million dollars in a few short years when your only talent is, well...not having any talent?

Anyway, Obama seems to have spent more than the entire Iraq War in just a few months, and just wait for the bill after a couple of years. You know, I looked up that 'Oil for Clunker' program. What a joke! This is supposed to save the planet? You can trade in a 2.5L Volvo Station wagon and have Mr. Taxpayer cough up $3500 towards your brand new V8 6.2L Chevy Camaro! No surprise. Probably like the other legislation this administration has kicked upstairs without reading it.

Yes, Bush was a terrible President. But he's gonna look like George Washington next to Obama after he bankrupts this country and turns the dollar into so much toilet paper. Come talk to me again when unemployment is crowning 15%.

 Bone wrote:
The man in the picture is neither 'too big', 'too strong', nor is he the antihero that is sung of in this tune... if anything:

"I swear upon my life, your sister gave me diamonds... and I gave 'em to your wife." 

might be appropriate for this smirking turd.
That track is among my favorite of the album.

 papaman wrote:
This reminds me of someone:


 
 
 


j7
Posted: Nov 11, 2009 - 11:14
 
Oh Last Chance or Bone....Did you HAVE to put that monster's face on this sacred site?????
Is there a way to remove these gigantic pictures of the massive asshole of history and his sick perverted "smile"??



flatpicker
(Toronto, Canada)
Posted: Nov 11, 2009 - 11:14
 
This is such a fantastic song.
One of the greatest albums of all time!


tom-kenna
(pompano beach)
Posted: Sep 09, 2009 - 10:37
 
'smirking turd' LOL With all due respect to the office. Truly the perfect description of our former vice president.


LastChance
Posted: Sep 09, 2009 - 10:37
 
I thought this comment area was to talk about music. . .


 daigoro wrote:
God, how do some of you people even function?

Bush the Bogeyman is gone!

Live in the now!

By the way, doesn't it bother you that, for all the Cheney/Blood for Oil/Halliburton talk, Al Gore is actually worth MORE than Cheney today, even though Gore was pretty much bankrupt after the 2000 election?

How does a politician become worth over $100 million dollars in a few short years when your only talent is, well...not having any talent?

Anyway, Obama seems to have spent more than the entire Iraq War in just a few months, and just wait for the bill after a couple of years. You know, I looked up that 'Oil for Clunker' program. What a joke! This is supposed to save the planet? You can trade in a 2.5L Volvo Station wagon and have Mr. Taxpayer cough up $3500 towards your brand new V8 6.2L Chevy Camaro! No surprise. Probably like the other legislation this administration has kicked upstairs without reading it.

Yes, Bush was a terrible President. But he's gonna look like George Washington next to Obama after he bankrupts this country and turns the dollar into so much toilet paper. Come talk to me again when unemployment is crowning 15%.

 Bone wrote:
The man in the picture is neither 'too big', 'too strong', nor is he the antihero that is sung of in this tune... if anything:

"I swear upon my life, your sister gave me diamonds... and I gave 'em to your wife." 

might be appropriate for this smirking turd.
That track is among my favorite of the album.

 papaman wrote:
This reminds me of someone: