I got called out of retirement to salvage a $2mil. nightmare back in June and have been crabby for months. This album made me smile for the first time in awhile. Thank You.
A couple of old songs from them came across my music stream and I remarked how good they were... I now have a channel of their stuff, and I'll be damned if they didn't make some really good music I never heard before!
Their first 2 albums were released in Europe months before they were released in the USA. The BBC played an album at midnight their time which was 6pm my time. Dad a very good Ham radio and I would record the transmission. If it was good I would copy it to cassette. I was rocking to the first two albums before they were released here. It freaked out my friends when it was released.
I never did like Dire Straits because all I'd ever heard before was their comercial shit like Sultans of Swing, then one day back in the early 90s I walked into a friend's house and he had this album on. I could not believe it was Dire Straits. When I left his place I headed straight over to the music shop and bought the tape (or CD, I don't remember).
I wish I had appreciated Dire Straits back in the early days as much as I do now.
Don't count out Sultans of Swing or Money For Nothing. They're both amazing songs if you listen to them critically. They were popular for a good reason.
I think their brilliance was way overlooked in the day.
I wasn't really into their style of music when they first got airplay here in the States and I still don't really care for those two songs. All of their songs that I really really like, I've never heard on the radio.
I got called out of retirement to salvage a $2mil. nightmare back in June and have been crabby for months. This album made me smile for the first time in awhile. Thank You.
ReplyDeleteA couple of old songs from them came across my music stream and I remarked how good they were... I now have a channel of their stuff, and I'll be damned if they didn't make some really good music I never heard before!
ReplyDeleteMy neighbors don't appreciate it so much.
ReplyDeleteAgreed!
ReplyDeleteThe title song is the best on the album, and it has a lot of competition.
ReplyDeleteTheir first 2 albums were released in Europe months before they were released in the USA. The BBC played an album at midnight their time which was 6pm my time. Dad a very good Ham radio and I would record the transmission. If it was good I would copy it to cassette. I was rocking to the first two albums before they were released here. It freaked out my friends when it was released.
ReplyDeleteI don't think I've ever heard any of these. I like Dire Straights! Where the hell have I been?!
ReplyDeleteI never did like Dire Straits because all I'd ever heard before was their comercial shit like Sultans of Swing, then one day back in the early 90s I walked into a friend's house and he had this album on. I could not believe it was Dire Straits. When I left his place I headed straight over to the music shop and bought the tape (or CD, I don't remember).
DeleteI wish I had appreciated Dire Straits back in the early days as much as I do now.
DeleteDon't count out Sultans of Swing or Money For Nothing. They're both amazing songs if you listen to them critically. They were popular for a good reason.
I think their brilliance was way overlooked in the day.
I wasn't really into their style of music when they first got airplay here in the States and I still don't really care for those two songs.
DeleteAll of their songs that I really really like, I've never heard on the radio.