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Originally Posted by Necromancer
As far as being good musicians..Maybe? Far better band than Velvet Underground musically as a band in my opinion, but the vocals of (Mark Knopfle) Dire Straits are nothing but a cheap generic version of Lou Reed's style and sound.
I personally never cared for either.
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I come down hard on the Dire Straits because of the boring commercial direction they gradually went into after starting out with a decent rootsy rock Dylan style sound. Sure they`re great musicians but a great band needs far more than great musicians. Also, given that I really don`t like either Dylan or Springsteen I`m probably never ever going to be enamoured by a band that sounds like either of them.
Velvet Underground were never great musicians and despite never being much of a fan, they still rank as one of the most influential artists ever, I mean the amount of artists that have covered their material is impressive. Saying all that though, I only ever liked one of their albums
White Light/ White Heat anyway.