December 19, 200322 yr I dunno, I like his guitar sound. Can't put my finger on what exacty I like about it, I just do. None of that string-mastrurbation-in-front-of-the-mirror s***.
December 19, 200322 yr He does a Widespread panic song that I love.... Or maybe Widespread Panic does a song of his???
December 19, 200322 yr Author He does a Widespread panic song that I love.... Or maybe Widespread Panic does a song of his??? What song? I haven't followed his solo career if any, but the early Dire Straits? Me likey.
December 19, 200322 yr it was the lead single i think off of his last album... travelin' light. I think it would play on loading his webpage... I just went it doesn't anymore.. and It's not on an album. They used to play it on XRT alot last year.
December 19, 200322 yr What song? I haven't followed his solo career if any, but the early Dire Straits? Me likey. USELESS TRIVIA FACTOID alert: First album in music history to sell one million copies? Dire Straits, Brothers in Arms.
December 19, 200322 yr Author USELESS TRIVIA FACTOID ALERT: First album in music history to sell one million copies? Dire Straits, Brothers in Arms. First MTV video......
December 19, 200322 yr Just FYI 1. Video Killed The Radio Star - The Buggles 2. You Better Run - Pat Benatar 3. She Won't Dance With Me - Rod Stewart 4. You Better You Bet - The Who 5. Little Suzie's On The Up - PhD 6. We Don't Talk Anymore - Cliff Richard 7. Brass In Pocket - Pretenders 8. Time Heals - Todd Rundgren 9. Take It On The Run - REO Speedwagon 10. Rockin' The Paradise - Styx
December 19, 200322 yr Just FYI 1. Video Killed The Radio Star - The Buggles 2. You Better Run - Pat Benatar 3. She Won't Dance With Me - Rod Stewart 4. You Better You Bet - The Who 5. Little Suzie's On The Up - PhD 6. We Don't Talk Anymore - Cliff Richard 7. Brass In Pocket - Pretenders 8. Time Heals - Todd Rundgren 9. Take It On The Run - REO Speedwagon 10. Rockin' The Paradise - Styx Glad i didn't have MTV back then... the videos sucked.... Oh wait.. they played videos on MTV back then...
December 19, 200322 yr Glad i didn't have MTV back then... the videos sucked.... Oh wait.. they played videos on MTV back then... The thing is, MTV has ALWAYS sucked, from Day 1 til today. When they played videos, 90% of the videos were s***. When they did Headbanger's Ball, 90% of the videos were s***. When they did cartoons, 90% of the cartoons were s***. Now that they do reality TV almost exclusively, 99.9999999999% of the reality shows are s*** ( I enjoyed "The Real Ring" - also known as Tough Enough ).
December 19, 200322 yr I dunno, I like his guitar sound. Can't put my finger on what exacty I like about it, I just do. None of that string-mastrurbation-in-front-of-the-mirror s***. And I do agree, Mark Knopfler has a nice guitar tone. Not all tweedleedeedlee like the Eddie Van Halen School Of RAWK.
December 19, 200322 yr Author And I do agree, Mark Knopfler has a nice guitar tone Where would you rank him?
December 19, 200322 yr Where would you rank him? I dunno, that's hard for me to say, because I'm not a HUGE fan of his music. I like his style and his tone, but not too many of his songs. "Sultans Of Swing" was one I really liked, and one other one - I think it was called "Making Movies"(?), but stuff like "Walk Of Life" and "Money For Nothing" made me want to rip my own ears off. I think he's a great guitarist, though.
December 19, 200322 yr What about John Hiatt... I went to a free show of his while I was in Colorado this summer... I've always liked the guy, but not enough to pay for a concert and have to deal with the s*** around here, trying to get to and from Ravinia.
December 19, 200322 yr Author I think he's a great guitarist, though Yeah, that's what I meant. The guy is not much a singer, he's almost talking into the mic. Lyrics are ok at best, but suit the style. How would you chatacterize Dire Straits, in terms of genre? I don't know, I think Money For Nothing/MTV thing is campy as hell. Of course I wasn't around (no s***!) to hear it ran into the ground on the radio/TV (I hate what overexposure does to music, period.) I also like Lady Writer, again primarily because of his guitar/talking. Brothers in Arms guitar refrain is kinda good, too. The Saxophone part on Your Latest Trick is not bad as well. Walk of Life was a HUGE hit overseas, with very Huey Newton blue-collar appeal.
December 19, 200322 yr Walk of Life was a HUGE hit overseason, with very Huey Newton blue-collar appeal. Wasn't Huey Newton a Black Panther??? I think you meant Huey LEWIS. And as far as genre, I'd throw Dire Straits in the same pond as the Pretenders, Tom Petty, and that ilk...."adult alternative", maybe??? Lady Writer was another good Dire Straits song - I forgot about that one.
December 19, 200322 yr Author Wasn't Huey Newton a Black Panther??? I think you meant Huey LEWIS Same difference. You know when you spell "overseas" as "overseason", f***ing baseball has fried your brian.
December 20, 200322 yr The song "Brothers In Arms" was great, imo. I saw Mark Knopfler and Chet Atkins perform together on TV once. Just the two of them, sitting on stools, playing their guitars. It was really enjoyable to watch and listen. To those of you not familiar with Chet Atkins, he was argueably the greatest country guitarist that ever lived.
December 20, 200322 yr Say what you will about Mark but remember That little f***** got his own jet airplane That little f***** he’s a millionaire I saw them in concert with the Cars. Man that show really sucked. The Cars were rooted in one place the entire time and Dire Straits stage show wasn't much better. Thankfully the tunes were popular and fun at the time. Now I'm rummaging through my LPs. You know, Dire Straits was pretty good.
December 20, 200322 yr Author That little f***** got his own jet airplane That little f***** he’s a millionaire Little f***** with the earrings and the makeup....." What kind of a sick and perverted out-of-context-rip-outer-and-twist-arounder are you mister?! He tried to expose hate in society and turn it upside down and disarm it and s***, and all he gets in return is jealosy-fueled ridicule....Have people no shame!
December 20, 200322 yr Author I saw Mark Knopfler and Chet Atkins perform together on TV once. Just the two of them, sitting on stools, playing their guitars. When Chet, Knopfler and Clapton got together in Mandella sessions, what a guiltar clinic that must have been!
December 20, 200322 yr Say what you will about Mark but remember That little f***** got his own jet airplane That little f***** he’s a millionaire I saw them in concert with the Cars. Man that show really sucked. The Cars were rooted in one place the entire time and Dire Straits stage show wasn't much better. Thankfully the tunes were popular and fun at the time. Now I'm rummaging through my LPs. You know, Dire Straits was pretty good. IIRC, I think the lyrics for Money For Nothing came from the grumblings of a worker at an appliance shop that Knopfler visited. There was a video on the television, or a musical performance anyway, and the old man was grousing about "how easy those musicians got it". So "the opinions expressed in those lyrics are not necessarily those of Mark Knopfler or Dire Straits". Why do I remember that s***, and yet I can't remember how to repair half the equipment I work on at my job??? And I can definitely see where Dire Straits could blow in concert. Even in the video-enhanced concert footage in their music videos, they looked dull.
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