Dire Straits

[Annabel]

I managed to watch Later with Mark Knopfler last night that I recorded last Friday from BBC4. Great show. Even my DH watched some of it. Couldn't recognise the songs from the intros but never mind.

[WalshFan88]

It's just my nature to share information and give details. I can't help being knowledgeable on certain things.

[Freypower]

I managed to watch Later with Mark Knopfler last night that I recorded last Friday from BBC4. Great show. Even my DH watched some of it. Couldn't recognise the songs from the intros but never mind.

That show eventually became the video/DVD A Night In London. The track listing is as follows:

Darling Pretty
Walk Of Life
Imelda
Father & Son
Golden Heart
Rudiger
Cannibals
Je Suis Desole
Last Exit To Brooklyn
Romeo & Juliet
Done With Bonaparte
A Night In Summer Long Ago
Brothers In Arms
Going Home
Are We In Trouble Now

Much of this is from the first solo album, Golden Heart.

[Annabel]

Thanks for that.

[Freypower]

I'm only doing this because other members have posted photos of their other favourite musicians & also because although the avatar has been nice it will be gone in two days.

Dire Straits era (now you know why I got excited when I saw the photo of Joe in the same shirt):



'Right Now' (er... before he had to sit down to perform)!



I just like this one a lot:



Songs I am really enjoying at the moment: Silvertown Blues, Marbletown, So Far From The Clyde, Hill Farmers Blues, Why Worry (as always).

[sodascouts]

Well, I have to say I'll be happy to once again see Glenn's face next to your posts. Mark Knopfler is not exactly a looker (although very talented, of course).

[Freypower]

Well, I have to say I'll be happy to once again see Glenn's face next to your posts. Mark Knopfler is not exactly a looker (although very talented, of course).

Well, it was only one week and only because both Troubadour & Prettymaid had other people as avs & I thought 'why shouldn't I'? As to 'not exactly a looker' I guess not in the conventional sense but that doesn't bother me.

[sodascouts]

No need to defend your choice, FP. I wasn't trying to chastise you and I'm sorry you took it that way. You can have whoever you want as your avatar, of course, for however long you like.

Still, I can't be blamed for preferring to look at Glenn, can I? Ah well, perhaps such things are better left unsaid.

Let me do penance by posting a video for my favorite Dire Straits song:

[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vZxVC0GB838[/ame]

[Freypower]

No need to defend your choice, FP. I wasn't trying to chastise you and I'm sorry you took it that way. You can have whoever you want as your avatar, of course, for however long you like.

Still, I can't be blamed for preferring to look at Glenn, can I? Ah well, perhaps such things are better left unsaid.

Let me do penance by posting a video for my favorite Dire Straits song:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vZxVC0GB838

Of course not; most of the time I prefer to look at Glenn too; but I wanted a minor variation for a week.

Walk of Life- great video!!!

[Freypower]

I found this photo yesterday but it's copyright so I will take it down soon, of Mark with a guitar made by a man called John Monteleone who works in the tradition of the great Italan violin makers.



There is a song on Get Lucky called Monteleone which is about these guitars (Monteleone means 'Lion Mountain'.

Off the top of my head at the moment my top 20 Dire Straits songs are as follows:

1. Romeo & Juliet
2. Brothers In Arms
3. Tunnel Of Love
4. Sultans Of Swing
5. Skateaway
6. Why Worry
7. Industrial Disease
8. Wild West End
9. Ride Across The River
10. Money For Nothing
11. Solid Rock
12. Theme From Local Hero (Going Home)
13. Expresso Love
14. The Man's Too Strong
15. Your Latest Trick
16. Walk Of Life
17. On Every Street
18. In The Gallery
19. So Far Away
20. Water Of Love

Most of those are either from Making Movies or Brothers In Arms.

Now for solo songs. I've never done this or even thought about it much.

1. Why Aye Man
2. Sailing To Philadelphia
3. What It Is
4. Silvertown Blues
5. The Trawlerman's Song
6. 5.15 A.M.
7. Song For Sonny Liston
8. Prairie Wedding
9. Done With Bonaparte
10. In The Sky
11. Boom, Like That
12. Donegan's Gone
13. Raglan Road (this is not an official release)
14. So Far From The Clyde
15. Fare Thee Well Northumberland
16. Marbletown
17. El Macho
18.The Last Laugh
19. Heart Full Of Holes
20. Postcards From Paraguay

Those are mostly from Sailing To Philadelphia & Shangri-La.

I stumbled across Raglan Road having already been familiar with Van Morrison's version, but this is just gorgeous (if you love MK that is).

[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zftcuVQDcNM[/ame]