 Wag The Dog OST (1998) [ larger cover art ] |
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| motobecane | Posted: Feb 07, 2013 - 18:09 Hadn't heard this before. Quite nice! Yes, fellow listeners, there is no such thing as too much Knopfler! |
| shakitten (Trying to get back into a good dream) | Posted: Dec 07, 2012 - 01:03 Cynaera wrote: Wish I possessed even half that ability. I can sit on the can. I can produce what the normal human body usually produces while sitting on the can. I can't write music of any sort, much less something that gets recognition. I'd say that even if that WAS how this song was written, it's pretty far above anything you or I could produce in any of our more mundane functions. Um, and there's never extra toilet paper in our house, so I steal the single-ply stuff from gas stations.  God, I miss her. |
| mrtuba9 (most likely near Normal) | Posted: Aug 03, 2012 - 06:36 mfair1 wrote: I loved it the first time I heard it knowing it was the master. I actually bought the album (basically the only way to get the song). I agree - there are some other real nice tracks on there. Wanna arrange a download (hope that doesn't get me banned :) jk |
| mfair1 | Posted: Mar 29, 2012 - 11:17 I loved it the first time I heard it knowing it was the master. I actually bought the album (basically the only way to get the song). I agree - there are some other real nice tracks on there. |
| Sjaaks (Horst, Netherlands) | Posted: Jan 26, 2012 - 01:52 jptl wrote: I'm a Knopfler fan but this is the first time hearing this instrumental. Very nice. You should check out his Soundtrack catalog... This (Wag The Dog) but also others are really respectable, like "Local Hero", "Cal" and "A Shot At Glory". There are lots of instrumentals on those soundtracks. I remember sometimes listening to Dire Straits and thinking by myself, it would be nice to just hear the music without him singing. I don't mind him singing of course but sometimes his guitar sings better than any singer ever could... Anyway, it's worth checking it out! |
| Cynaera (In a hammock under my own vine and fig tree.) | Posted: Nov 23, 2011 - 14:16 Byronape wrote: While I'm getting a bit burned out on Knopfler, I can appreciate his genius. This just sounds like it was written while he was on the can using a bic pen and some extra toilet paper. Wish I possessed even half that ability. I can sit on the can. I can produce what the normal human body usually produces while sitting on the can. I can't write music of any sort, much less something that gets recognition. I'd say that even if that WAS how this song was written, it's pretty far above anything you or I could produce in any of our more mundane functions. Um, and there's never extra toilet paper in our house, so I steal the single-ply stuff from gas stations. |
| jptl (Potomac, MD) | Posted: Nov 23, 2011 - 14:09 I'm a Knopfler fan but this is the first time hearing this instrumental. Very nice. |
| terrapin52 (Terrapin Station, SC) | Posted: Nov 23, 2011 - 14:08 The lead guitar sounds a lot like Dire Straights, but the drums and bass in this song sound like a horrible polka. |
| Byronape (Snorkeling in the River Styx) | Posted: Aug 20, 2011 - 23:46 While I'm getting a bit burned out on Knopfler, I can appreciate his genius. This just sounds like it was written while he was on the can using a bic pen and some extra toilet paper. |
| cohifi (Denver) | Posted: Aug 20, 2011 - 23:46 jlind wrote: I was about to make a Wag the Dog comment (just watched it last weekend and imeadiatly recognized it) but I guess that's where it's from! 9ish |
| jlind (Chicago, IL) | Posted: Jul 20, 2011 - 15:03 I was about to make a Wag the Dog comment (just watched it last weekend and imeadiatly recognized it) but I guess that's where it's from! |
| Carlo9151 (Trieste) | Posted: May 18, 2011 - 08:09 hearing background music while I'm doing other things. But when they play Knopfler, I immediately start listening |
| fredriley (Nottingham, UK) | Posted: May 18, 2011 - 08:05 A bit dull for Knopfler, of whom I'm quite a fan. It's basically background music written to order, a bit like the soundtrack to Local Hero. You can tell that he's not expressing any feeling in it. No' bad, but not a patch on his real music, and goes in one ear and out the other leaving little trace of its passing. Still, that's so often the case with movie soundtracks, with a few notable exceptions. |
| jeremyleo (Canada's Capital City) | Posted: May 18, 2011 - 08:04 Have not heard this before - unmistakably Knopfler. Very nice. |
| ron_st (Victoria, BC) | Posted: May 03, 2010 - 11:34 Nice song. Very Knopfler/Dire Straits'ish |
| nalle (Malmo, Sweden) | Posted: May 03, 2010 - 11:31 Boooooring. |
| MojoJojo (Indianapolis, IN USA) | Posted: May 03, 2010 - 11:30  I thought I had all his stuff. Guess not! |