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Re: Prog Synch Listen: Dire Straits, TONIGHT Friday 14th July @ 9pm
Posted: 14 Jul 2017, 21:12
by C
She's a film director now in Tunisia (not sure where the smudges on her face come from)
She still looks good at nearly 60
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Re: Prog Synch Listen: Dire Straits, TONIGHT Friday 14th July @ 9pm
Posted: 14 Jul 2017, 21:12
by Nancy
Mark Knopfler is a wonderful storytelling lyricist. And some people criticize his voice, but I think it fits the songs perfectly.
Re: Prog Synch Listen: Dire Straits, TONIGHT Friday 14th July @ 9pm
Posted: 14 Jul 2017, 21:13
by soundchaser
A little tear, if you please.
Beautiful and sad.
Re: Prog Synch Listen: Dire Straits, TONIGHT Friday 14th July @ 9pm
Posted: 14 Jul 2017, 21:13
by Nancy
C wrote:She's a film director now in Tunisia (not sure where the smudges on her face come from)
She still looks good at nearly 60
.
I wouldn't have guessed a day over 45...
Re: Prog Synch Listen: Dire Straits, TONIGHT Friday 14th July @ 9pm
Posted: 14 Jul 2017, 21:13
by kath
the music on this closing section is just so fucquin ace (as it is throughout the song)
Re: Prog Synch Listen: Dire Straits, TONIGHT Friday 14th July @ 9pm
Posted: 14 Jul 2017, 21:14
by kath
soundchaser wrote:A little tear, if you please.
Beautiful and sad.
ya
Re: Prog Synch Listen: Dire Straits, TONIGHT Friday 14th July @ 9pm
Posted: 14 Jul 2017, 21:14
by soundchaser
C wrote:She's a film director now in Tunisia (not sure where the smudges on her face come from)
She still looks good at nearly 60
.
Well, a toast to her.
Re: Prog Synch Listen: Dire Straits, TONIGHT Friday 14th July @ 9pm
Posted: 14 Jul 2017, 21:14
by Nancy
soundchaser wrote:Side 1 of Love Over Gold, is the absolute peak for me
Side 2, not so much.
I have a sick, twisted love for Industrial Disease. It's pure joy to me.
Re: Prog Synch Listen: Dire Straits, TONIGHT Friday 14th July @ 9pm
Posted: 14 Jul 2017, 21:15
by kath
great sense of variety in the way this thing is sequenced
Re: Prog Synch Listen: Dire Straits, TONIGHT Friday 14th July @ 9pm
Posted: 14 Jul 2017, 21:15
by kath
soundchaser wrote:C wrote:She's a film director now in Tunisia (not sure where the smudges on her face come from)
She still looks good at nearly 60
.
Well, a toast to her.
indeed
and a toast to love, even if the time is wrong and it is out of joint
Re: Prog Synch Listen: Dire Straits, TONIGHT Friday 14th July @ 9pm
Posted: 14 Jul 2017, 21:16
by kath
the band is soooooo together on this
Re: Prog Synch Listen: Dire Straits, TONIGHT Friday 14th July @ 9pm
Posted: 14 Jul 2017, 21:17
by soundchaser
A nice bit of Springsteen inspiration...just like The Boomtown Rats.
Re: Prog Synch Listen: Dire Straits, TONIGHT Friday 14th July @ 9pm
Posted: 14 Jul 2017, 21:17
by kath
such a fluid feel, building up, building down... toro toro taxi
Re: Prog Synch Listen: Dire Straits, TONIGHT Friday 14th July @ 9pm
Posted: 14 Jul 2017, 21:18
by soundchaser
Oh, I've got to turn the record over in a minute.
Very old school. Two of my sons are into making movies.
Re: Prog Synch Listen: Dire Straits, TONIGHT Friday 14th July @ 9pm
Posted: 14 Jul 2017, 21:18
by C
kath wrote:and a toast to love, even if the time is wrong and it is out of joint
spot on kath
Spot on
x
Re: Prog Synch Listen: Dire Straits, TONIGHT Friday 14th July @ 9pm
Posted: 14 Jul 2017, 21:18
by kath
soundchaser wrote:A nice bit of Springsteen inspiration...just like The Boomtown Rats.
didn't that springsteen producer dude do this one?
Re: Prog Synch Listen: Dire Straits, TONIGHT Friday 14th July @ 9pm
Posted: 14 Jul 2017, 21:19
by soundchaser
Great sound and production, of course.
Re: Prog Synch Listen: Dire Straits, TONIGHT Friday 14th July @ 9pm
Posted: 14 Jul 2017, 21:19
by C
The band are so tight!
Making movies - on location
Great robust stuff!
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Re: Prog Synch Listen: Dire Straits, TONIGHT Friday 14th July @ 9pm
Posted: 14 Jul 2017, 21:20
by C
All night long
A stunningly well produced album
Slipping and a sliding
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Re: Prog Synch Listen: Dire Straits, TONIGHT Friday 14th July @ 9pm
Posted: 14 Jul 2017, 21:20
by Nancy
I would like to see them do one last tour... never got to see them back in the day. But I don't think Mark is interested, and if he's happy doing what he's doing good for him.