CyberHippie Posted November 25, 2004 Report Share Posted November 25, 2004 Yay, or nay? I recenlty got "Brothers in Arms" and I think it still holds up as a great album. Nothing heavy and jammin', just some nice simple tunes. Just heard Knopfler's new single "Boom like that", very similar type sound. I dig it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
secondtube Posted November 25, 2004 Report Share Posted November 25, 2004 yay Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcO Posted November 25, 2004 Report Share Posted November 25, 2004 nay. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdamH Posted November 25, 2004 Report Share Posted November 25, 2004 yay. Mark Knopfler at least gets a ya in my books even though their videos were ridiculous and stupid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pootie Tang Posted November 25, 2004 Report Share Posted November 25, 2004 sh!t Yeah...c'mon "Money for nothing", still one of the best riff's ever played, Knopler is a genius, smoother on the guitar that silk people say.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StoneMtn Posted November 25, 2004 Report Share Posted November 25, 2004 I've generally been undecided on these guys. Mark Knopfler is an absolute genius guitarist, and Twistin' By the Pool a is pretty cool song. Overall, thouhgh, I generally find them quite boring. Nay. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meggo Posted November 25, 2004 Report Share Posted November 25, 2004 yay. i think mark knoplfer is a great guitar player. i even liked the song he put out a few years ago... "what it is" or whatever it was? heheh... his voice always reminds me a bit of bob dylan. "down to the waterline" ain't half bad in my books either. and walk of life. they have a bit of a corny taste but still good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
purple foot Posted November 25, 2004 Report Share Posted November 25, 2004 don't know much of dire straight but hell yeah based on the sultans of swing alone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Booche Posted November 25, 2004 Report Share Posted November 25, 2004 Yay, ya-arseholes. Love Over Gold is one of the most fantastically quiet albums I have ever heard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Photogeek Posted November 25, 2004 Report Share Posted November 25, 2004 I give them a yay based on the song Brothers in Arms alone...of course Money for Nothin' almost cancels that one out...anybody remember the song Mark Knopfler did for (I think) the Princess Bride? He played guitar with a really cheesy singer...gotta say I remember really liking that song back in the day...'course it was the mid-eighties... :: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimmyB Posted November 25, 2004 Report Share Posted November 25, 2004 Hey Trev, I love Dire Straits! And I have been on a big Mark Knopfler kick lately with the release of his latest solo album "Shangri-La." The album is good, though not as good as Knopfler's classic 2000 release "Sailing To Philadephia." Also watched Dire Straits set at Live Aid on the recently released "Live Aid" 4 DVD set. Everything about their set is great, minus those eighties clothes! Why did Knopfler wear those headbands? Unfortunately I never saw Dire Straits live. But one of the best concerts I have ever witnessed was Mark Knopfler's solo show at Massey Hall a couple of years back. I was front row with a smile on my face the whole night. Knopfler is one of the most powerful guitarists I have ever seen live. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
questcequecest? Posted November 25, 2004 Report Share Posted November 25, 2004 YAY! i have a short sbd show from houston '83. awesome!! i'd love to send out copies, but i got no blanks.. perhaps i'll resurrect this thread one fine day. why worry? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CyberHippie Posted November 25, 2004 Author Report Share Posted November 25, 2004 Interesting that ya'll comment on Knopfler's guitar work. I honestly hadn't really noticed. It's his vocals that catch my attention. I'll have to listen for his guitar, and maybe check out that 2000 solo album. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bouche Posted November 25, 2004 Report Share Posted November 25, 2004 I've always loved Dire Straits. When I first started playing guitar, I learned "walk of life" with a couple of guys from school. The keyboardist blew me away when he did that keyboard riff in that tune. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhishyK Posted November 25, 2004 Report Share Posted November 25, 2004 I absolutely love the first, self-titled album "Dire Straights". I still listen to it all the time. It's great. My favorite tune is "In the Gallery" - do any of you guys know that one? Not only great guitar playing, but solid, solid grooves too. Love it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGoodRev Posted November 25, 2004 Report Share Posted November 25, 2004 Also watched Dire Straits set at Live Aid on the recently released "Live Aid" 4 DVD set. Everything about their set is great, minus those eighties clothes! Why did Knopfler wear those headbands? Man I am a big Police fan but there is ample footage out there of them in the most ridiculous getups...painful to watch sometimes. But they rock. Also, yay to Dire Straits. Hate to be a poser by bringing up the big hit, but Sultans of Swing is an awesome example of Knopfler's tasteful and overall extremely excellent guitar playing. All on that red Strat...his clean playing sometimes reminds me of a lot of Clapton's clean work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimmyB Posted November 26, 2004 Report Share Posted November 26, 2004 I absolutely love the first, self-titled album "Dire Straights". I still listen to it all the time. It's great. My favorite tune is "In the Gallery" - do any of you guys know that one? Not only great guitar playing, but solid, solid grooves too. Love it. I know the song "In the Gallery" well and the album too. My favorite off their debut (spelt "Straits" not "Straights") is obviously "Sultans of Swing" but I also love the aforementioned songs and the album opener "Down to the Waterline" and "Wild West End" and "Six Blade Knife" and heck the whole album is great! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonyak Posted November 26, 2004 Report Share Posted November 26, 2004 Mark Knopfler is one of the great overlooked guitarists.. he's awsome.. Money for nothing is an awesome riff.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swan Posted November 26, 2004 Report Share Posted November 26, 2004 Brothers in Arms is one of my favorite videos of all time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Musicface Posted November 26, 2004 Report Share Posted November 26, 2004 I love 'em but interestingly they are one of my wife's most hated bands. She can't stand Knopfler's voice. - M. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MuleMomma Posted November 26, 2004 Report Share Posted November 26, 2004 Hey Phishy K - I was also gonna spout the praises of the first album, an alltime classic and one I periodically have to dig out of hiding to listen to...man, that whole haunting beginning with "Down to the Waterline", "Water of Love" and "Setting Me Up". And talk about living vicariously through other people, a couple dear friends of mine had made a spontaneous decision while in the UK back in '85(?) to suddenly fly to India, and while enroute, flying into the sunrise, the only western music on the flight was one station programmed with Dire Straits first album on a loop, for 12 hours or something crazy. Now, every time I listen to the album, I kind of envision flying into the sunrise to an exotic location (hope they don't mind me telling that story, 'cause I love it). A couple of other memories come to mind as well. Possibly a couple folks remember Dire Straits opening for Stevie Ray Vaughan at Massey Hall (or maybe the Danforth Music Hall) on one of Stevie's early trips to Toronto (or was it the other way around). And on one of Eric Clapton's tours (Maple Leaf Gardens perhaps the day after Phish played the Masonic Temple/Sonic Temple/Concert Hall), Mark Knopfler was the second guitar player. Seemed to me, there was so much potential for an outright manic guitar-jam packed show, but alas, the songs seemed pretty much true to their album sound...ah well :: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hamilton Posted November 26, 2004 Report Share Posted November 26, 2004 I'll give them 60% yay, 40% nay. They've got a lot of decent tunes, and Knopfler is a great player... but they've also recorded more than a handful of awful songs, too. First album is the best one, methinks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcO Posted November 26, 2004 Report Share Posted November 26, 2004 It's not that I really dislike them - Knopfler is, unquestionably, a *fantastic* player - and I agree that "Love Over Gold" is a minor masterpiece. I just find them a little too soul-less, a little too polished, a little too shiny clean. So, maybe I'll go with hamilton's 60/40 equation, but in favour of the "nay" at 60%. Like eating at a fancy restaurant in a major city center, the experience is notable but ultimately forgettable when compared to the street meat you had in one of the ethnic enclaves the day before. fu©k, I love to see myself type. type type type yak yak yak. shuttup MarcO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Velvet Posted November 26, 2004 Report Share Posted November 26, 2004 Yy all the way. Knopfler is one of the tastiest guitarists around, and he writes damn good music besides. In a rare insight, booche tells us: "Love Over Gold is one of the most fantastically quiet albums I have ever heard." and he's right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
questcequecest? Posted December 10, 2004 Report Share Posted December 10, 2004 YAY! i have a short sbd show from houston '83. awesome!! i'd love to send out copies, but i got no blanks.. perhaps i'll resurrect this thread one fine day. why worry? the day has come. i'll bring a few copies to the lanc tonight. ask me for one, if you'd like.. Band: Dire Straits Date: August 17, 1985 Location: Houston, Texas Source: Pre-FM SB > cdr > cdr > shn Time: 66:59 1. Ride Across The River (10:24) 2. Espresso Love (6:40) 3. One World > Romeo And Juliet (15:22) 4. Private Investigations (8:06) 5. Why Worry (5:02) 6. Walk Of Life (4:09) 7. Two Young Lovers (5:32) 8. Sultans Of Swing (11:44) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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