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Dire Straits — Sultans Of Swing
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BillG
Posted: May 12, 2013 - 11:32
 
 toomanyollys wrote:
What's with fading out the guitar solo before the end?! For a minute I thought I was listening to a commercial FM station!
 
There isn't a longer version. Not sure why so many people seem to think there is.

I'd happily be proved wrong on that. This one is 5:36. 

Lazarus
(Bethany)
Posted: Apr 11, 2013 - 10:14
 

Everybody in my church loves this song...
 

richlister
(Here, there, pretty much everywhere.)
Posted: Feb 21, 2013 - 01:58
 
God damn, If I could play 1/100th as good as Knopfler, I could die happy.

toomanyollys
Posted: Feb 21, 2013 - 01:57
 
What's with fading out the guitar solo before the end?! For a minute I thought I was listening to a commercial FM station!

meoD8
Posted: Feb 07, 2013 - 14:45
 
 Sideorder wrote:
One of the only classic rock radio staples to never get old.
 
I agree, 100%!

meoD8
Posted: Feb 07, 2013 - 14:43
 
 
keymaster wrote:
Heh, I like the transition..."They don't give a damn about any trumpet playing band / It ain't what they call rock and roll" leads to a song by Duke Ellington that is full of trumpets.  You're not going to get neat touches like that without someone like Bill in the loop.
 
Which Duke Ellington song is that?



keymaster
Posted: Jan 20, 2013 - 18:25
 
Heh, I like the transition..."They don't give a damn about any trumpet playing band / It ain't what they call rock and roll" leads to a song by Duke Ellington that is full of trumpets.  You're not going to get neat touches like that without someone like Bill in the loop.

Axelito
(France)
Posted: Jan 07, 2013 - 06:42
 
 m_logie wrote:
You cut out the awesome guitar solo at the end again!
 
I agree!

megaboogieman
(Russia, Gulag Archipelago)
Posted: Jan 07, 2013 - 06:39
 

I like their stuff. Anything they play is great! Those were the days...



25demayo
(dreaming of an asado)
Posted: Dec 20, 2012 - 09:46
 
 lerxst wrote:
Great song, but I'm very tired of it. I come to RP to hear stuff I don't hear every frickin day on the radio. RP is usually good about playing the more obscure stuff, but not this time.
 

Please proceed to the gate. You're UFO is about to depart.

Sideorder
(Portland, OR)
Posted: Dec 20, 2012 - 09:44
 
One of the only classic rock radio staples to never get old.

mdnlsn
Posted: Dec 20, 2012 - 09:43
 
 helgigermany wrote:
One of the best songs in rock buisness never gets old.
 
It does when you hear it this many times...please RP, no more! Classic rock radio has already killed it, it doesn't need any more. Gotta be some deeper Dire Straits cuts you can pull out. 

BillG
Posted: Dec 10, 2012 - 10:56
 
 m_logie wrote:
You cut out the awesome guitar solo at the end again!
 
This is the longest version there is (5:36)

helgigermany
(Germany)
Posted: Dec 06, 2012 - 21:43
 
One of the best songs in rock buisness never gets old.

m_logie
Posted: Nov 08, 2012 - 09:02
 
You cut out the awesome guitar solo at the end again!

asiaSF
Posted: Nov 08, 2012 - 08:58
 
 vanmas wrote:
Too much Dire Straits or Mark Knopfler on RP is my opinion...
 
Totally agree!

boober
(KC,Mo)
Posted: Nov 05, 2012 - 12:10
 
 ScottFromWyoming wrote:
 
"He plays all the chords"

treatment_bound
(Duluth to Madison)
Posted: Oct 26, 2012 - 18:35
 
 djaychicago wrote:


Funny how much more I appreciate the guitar work on this song today compared to when it first came out I'm '78... A true classic.
 
Agreed.  I've heard this song at least 1500 times since '79, but it seems to be getting better.  I really wasn't much of a Dire Straits fan when they were big for about a decade, and even though it's still played frequently, it sure has aged well compared to some of the new crap I hear in 2012.

stevendejong
Posted: Sep 17, 2012 - 03:15
 
 mikerobinson wrote:
Awesome song, but boo to RP for cutting out the amazing guitar solo at the end.
 
Agreed :)
Especially as it segued into a trumpet playin' band (Duke Ellington). That ain't what they call rock 'n roll! :)

ScottFromWyoming
(Powell)
Posted: Sep 06, 2012 - 10:37
 


LizK
(Houston, Texas)
Posted: Aug 16, 2012 - 15:39
 
 LizK wrote:
Love This.. {#Jump}
 
Still.   {#Cool}

lerxst
(A Planet in the Solar Federation)
Posted: Aug 16, 2012 - 15:39
 
Great song, but I'm very tired of it. I come to RP to hear stuff I don't hear every frickin day on the radio. RP is usually good about playing the more obscure stuff, but not this time.

Sjaaks
(Horst, Netherlands)
Posted: Aug 03, 2012 - 03:08
 
 Segue wrote:
this song is just as annoying as it was 33 years ago. RP has made DS tolerable with other songs but this one is ANNOYING
 

And i hope this song is gonna be annoying very often for years to come... {#Cheers}

(former member)
(hotel in Las Vegas)
Posted: Jul 05, 2012 - 12:34
 


This song is soooo good it puts a spring in my step this summer day...

 

Segue
(Almost Paradise)
Posted: Jul 05, 2012 - 12:32
 
this song is just as annoying as it was 33 years ago. RP has made DS tolerable with other songs but this one is ANNOYING

Misterfixit
(Nashville)
Posted: Jun 14, 2012 - 14:20
 
 romeotuma wrote:


This song is soooo good it puts a spring in my step this winter day...

 
 
We need to help romeo out here:

How about these:

This song is so good it makes my scrotum engorge.

This song is so good it makes me wetter than a hound dog swimming in the creek.

This song is so good it makes pi grow to the nth power

This song is so good it rivals a colonic irrigation

This song is so good it causes me to stumble and fall and break my hip

OK, gang, add to this now:

"This song is so good ........"

 

tuttle99
Posted: Jun 14, 2012 - 14:19
 
Remember when I was a kid thinking how bad-ass I was sitting in my dad's car and singing along, 'swearing' and everything! {#Cowboy}

LizK
(Houston, Texas)
Posted: Jun 14, 2012 - 14:16
 
Love This.. {#Jump}

Bobert_ParkCity
(Park City Utah)
Posted: Jun 03, 2012 - 17:21
 
Great album and I got to see these guys at the Bottom Line in the Village *  That was a good venue and show I actually remember - Hey It ain't called sex drugs and rock n' roll for nothing:)

* (also Van Morrison, Eliot Murphy, Bruce (he played there a lot on the way to famous) etc. Btwn CBGB, Tramps, the Peppermint Lounge and later the Knitting Factory, The Ritz, Irving Plaza et al (so many, plus the jazz clubs) it seemed like we were going to shows constantly.

djaychicago
(In a far, far better place)
Posted: Jun 03, 2012 - 17:15
 
 railroadwail wrote:
What a great talent.  You gotta love the Pogues!
 



Indeed a great talent. Funny how much more I appreciate the guitar work on this song today compared to when it first came out I'm '78... A true classic.

seadog68
Posted: Jun 03, 2012 - 17:10
 
The best of the straits!!!

railroadwail
(Deep in Penn's Woods)
Posted: May 31, 2012 - 19:15
 
What a great talent.  You gotta love the Pogues!

railroadwail
(Deep in Penn's Woods)
Posted: May 31, 2012 - 18:47
 
 SinisterDexter wrote: Wait, who doesn't like the original post? 
 romeotuma wrote:
This song is soooo good my nipples get hard when I hear it.

romeotuma, you're new catch phrase is getting really tiring, really fast.

 



(former member)
(hotel in Las Vegas)
Posted: May 31, 2012 - 18:46
 
 helgigermany wrote:
Still a ten!
 
I agree...  this song is wonderful...

 

gjeeg
(Syracuse, New York)
Posted: May 31, 2012 - 18:45
 
This is one of those timeless works such that I still recall
 - every time I hear it - where I was when I first heard it;
1978, at work, on an office radio.
It was like, "Holy shit. Who is this?"
Imprinted, for all time.

railroadwail
(Deep in Penn's Woods)
Posted: May 31, 2012 - 18:44
 
Yes, Bill.  Another good segue, and this is what I know about you from years of listening to RP: You love Mark K and so do I. 'They don't give a damn about any trumpet playing band."

Tippster
(Washington, DC)
Posted: May 31, 2012 - 18:43
 
 vanmas wrote:
Too much Dire Straits or Mark Knopfler on RP is my opinion...
 
It's too bad you're forced to listen to this free website.  Vibes, Bro.

Euskadita
(MX)
Posted: May 13, 2012 - 19:57
 
The quote of this song "It ain't what they call rock n' roll" simply excellent!

helgigermany
(Germany)
Posted: May 02, 2012 - 23:27
 
Still a ten!

Hr-Rosendahl
(Skælskør Denmark)
Posted: Apr 15, 2012 - 12:59
 
Reminds me of my youth.

Great song!

vanmas
(Leiden, Netherlands)
Posted: Apr 12, 2012 - 02:18
 
Too much Dire Straits or Mark Knopfler on RP is my opinion...

SinisterDexter
Posted: Mar 18, 2012 - 04:46
 
 romeotuma wrote:
This song is soooo good it puts a spring in my step this winter day...
 
{#Sunny}

(former member)
(hotel in Las Vegas)
Posted: Mar 11, 2012 - 11:11
 


This song is soooo good it puts a spring in my step this winter day...

 

ansugon
(Mirkwood)
Posted: Feb 29, 2012 - 14:05
 
Saw them play in a university basketball arena on their first U.S. tour in '78.  Another walk down memory lane: I always crank up the volume when I hear this.  This is keeping me awake to get through the end of the workday  Thanks RP.
{#Bananajam}


SinisterDexter
Posted: Feb 26, 2012 - 15:06
 
 romeotuma wrote:
This song is soooo good my nipples get hard when I hear it.

romeotuma, you're new catch phrase is getting really tiring, really fast.


LizK
(Houston, Texas)
Posted: Feb 26, 2012 - 15:05
 
 TuneAgeWhereWoof wrote:
Here we go again.  Gosh, its the RP AM DJ crew!  Hey let's hear some songs that are so overplayed they make our audience puke!  That's creativity, right?  
 
Go away.  Far, far away.   {#Razz}

(former member)
(hotel in Las Vegas)
Posted: Feb 08, 2012 - 17:04
 
 Byronape wrote:

That sounds enormously painful.
 


This song is soooo good my nipples get hard when I hear it...

 



snitramc
(earth)
Posted: Feb 08, 2012 - 17:03
 
 ozzie1313 wrote:
No doubt Dire Straits was great, but Knopfler's ongoing solo career is what elevates him to a '10' as a writer and guitarist.
 
Couldn't agree with you more.


Byronape
("post-capitalist wreckageville")
Posted: Feb 08, 2012 - 17:02
 
 romeotuma wrote:


In punk yoga be doubled!
 
That sounds enormously painful.

wirefixer
(Fullerton, CA)
Posted: Feb 08, 2012 - 17:02
 
Will never get tired of this song. Never ever!