Dire Straits Appreciation Thread

[TheBig3]

Originally Posted by Trollheart

Then why are you asking the question??

I read a lot of music discussions, criticism, etc. I didn't realize my personal friend group needed to be heavily into classic rock.

[Guybrush]

Originally Posted by bob_32_116

I like that. Hadn't heard it before.

I'd say either or both of the guys had been listening to Jimmy Webb's song The Highwayman, which is very similar in style.

They probably both knew Jimmy Webb, though I do find Mark Knopfler's style to be confident enough not to think of him as a mimic.. of course there are usually similarities in style to predecessors in any genre.

[bob_32_116]

Originally Posted by Guybrush

They probably both knew Jimmy Webb, though I do find Mark Knopfler's style to be confident enough not to think of him as a mimic.. of course there are usually similarities in style to predecessors in any genre.

It's certainly not mimicking Webb's song, or plagiarising it in any way. What reminded me of it so strongly was firstly, the past tense narration "I was...", "I did such-and-such...", and secondly the two narrators, which reminded me of the well-known version by The Highwaymen in which Johnny, Waylon, Willie and Kris take turns with the verses.

This kind of lyric structure is often a feature of folk. Like you, I prefer Knopfler when he sounds folky, not so much when he's bluesy. That's probably because I am not the world's greatest blues fan in the first place.

[Trollheart]

Originally Posted by TheBig3

I read a lot of music discussions, criticism, etc. I didn't realize my personal friend group needed to be heavily into classic rock.

Of course they don't. The point I was making was that you made a comment asking something which you then admitted you knew nothing about. I just wondered why you asked it and then shrugged off the answer, like me saying why is west coast rap not better known and you saying it is and me saying well I don't listen to west coast rap. Makes no sense. If you're not familiar with something why make a comment like you did?

As for MK, I personally was bored ****less with STP, sorry. I find his best material outside of DS can be found in movies, of which he has done a lot.

[DianneW]

Guybrush, when it comes to good music......never enough....

Great listening to all of those and going to use some of them as a Mark Knopfler thread on another place I hang about.

[Tubeileh]

So far only listened to their first album. Sultan of Swing was great, but the rest felt very bland. Sucks too because I really tried liking the album, since the cover art is probably one of the best i've ever seen

[SGR]

Originally Posted by Tubeileh

So far only listened to their first album. Sultan of Swing was great, but the rest felt very bland. Sucks too because I really tried liking the album, since the cover art is probably one of the best i've ever seen

Check out Love Over Gold if you feel inclined. A step up from their debut.

[Tubeileh]

Originally Posted by SGR

Check out Love Over Gold if you feel inclined. A step up from their debut.

Yep, that song was rather promising. I have a couple other albums by them queued up. First I got work myself through the New Order discography first. But yeah, love their guitar. Heard many guitar solos before but this is something new, idk how they do it.

[SGR]

Originally Posted by Tubeileh

Yep, that song was rather promising. I have a couple other albums by them queued up. First I got work myself through the New Order discography first. But yeah, love their guitar. Heard many guitar solos before but this is something new, idk how they do it.

Love me some New Order. Don't know how familiar with them you are, but it's rather easy to skip their post '80s output. If you do that though, just make sure you don't miss out on this gem from their '93 album, Republic.

[Tubeileh]

New Order is incredible. Just bought Power Lies & Corruption and my fingers are already itching to buy Brotherhood. Age of Consent got to be a top 10 all time song for me, and also just discovered Bizarre Love Triangle. I've just never heard anything like them before, the combo between Summers voice, the rock/punk roots, and reimagined with the electronic experimentation, incredible. Also got a interesting yet also unfortunate backstory with the whole joy division thing.

Yeah no worries, I'm gonna go through their whole discography, so I won't miss it. However, not been a big fan of Technique, even though I see it praised a lot.