01-09-2014, 06:28
already been posted on MD by me, but here it is again for anyone who cant be bothered looking for it...
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DIRE STRAITS "making movies" 1980.cd & vinyl #6Aust, #4UK, #19US
what do this album and Springsteen's "born to run" have in common?
1. Roy Bittan of the E-Street Band plays piano on the album
2. Jimmy Lovine who engineered "born to run" produced this one
3. "romeo and juliet's" main riff is a slowed down version of "jungleland's" intro from Born To Run.
this is the first album in a hat-trick of glorious classic albums from the Straits, and like the other two,Love Over Gold & Brothers In Arms, it cant be faulted from music through lyrics and on to production.
the opening three tracks swing between rock,jazz,blues and dare i say it classical music with ease through a combined total of tweny one minutes of playing time. tracks four to six are slightly shorter in length but tend to stay within the confinds of rock, with a bit of blues thrown in for good measure on "hand in hand". the final track, "les boys" is the worst song on the album but still manages to rate "**", and that is only because it just doesnt seem to fit on the album with ease,it appears to be tacked on at the end.
i just find it amazing that Mark Knopfler cannot read or write music and has never taken a guitar lesson in his life, yet knows his way around a fret board with the ease of the great guitarists like Clapton.
worst track: les boys
best track: romeo and juliet
tracks:
1. tunnel of love*** #54UK, #62Aust
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8GWY0ahBM8c live
2. romeo and juliet*** #8UK
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=64vvX6-d_JY live
3. skateaway*** #31US, #37UK
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9IVojgL2zmQ live
4. expresso love*** #39US
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3B4JofIIWaY live
5. hand in hand***
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G4SHr_EJGI4 audio
6. solid rock*** #56US
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FIhOqB6Hbjg live
7. les boys**
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=neBIzWZDaP4 audio
3s=6
2s=1
1s=0
rating: 2.8
![[Image: 313WYcEuCLL._SL500_AA300_.jpg]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/313WYcEuCLL._SL500_AA300_.jpg)
DIRE STRAITS "making movies" 1980.cd & vinyl #6Aust, #4UK, #19US
what do this album and Springsteen's "born to run" have in common?
1. Roy Bittan of the E-Street Band plays piano on the album
2. Jimmy Lovine who engineered "born to run" produced this one
3. "romeo and juliet's" main riff is a slowed down version of "jungleland's" intro from Born To Run.
this is the first album in a hat-trick of glorious classic albums from the Straits, and like the other two,Love Over Gold & Brothers In Arms, it cant be faulted from music through lyrics and on to production.
the opening three tracks swing between rock,jazz,blues and dare i say it classical music with ease through a combined total of tweny one minutes of playing time. tracks four to six are slightly shorter in length but tend to stay within the confinds of rock, with a bit of blues thrown in for good measure on "hand in hand". the final track, "les boys" is the worst song on the album but still manages to rate "**", and that is only because it just doesnt seem to fit on the album with ease,it appears to be tacked on at the end.
i just find it amazing that Mark Knopfler cannot read or write music and has never taken a guitar lesson in his life, yet knows his way around a fret board with the ease of the great guitarists like Clapton.
worst track: les boys
best track: romeo and juliet
tracks:
1. tunnel of love*** #54UK, #62Aust
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8GWY0ahBM8c live
2. romeo and juliet*** #8UK
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=64vvX6-d_JY live
3. skateaway*** #31US, #37UK
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9IVojgL2zmQ live
4. expresso love*** #39US
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3B4JofIIWaY live
5. hand in hand***
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G4SHr_EJGI4 audio
6. solid rock*** #56US
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FIhOqB6Hbjg live
7. les boys**
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=neBIzWZDaP4 audio
3s=6
2s=1
1s=0
rating: 2.8
"BTO....Bachman,Turner,Overweight
They were big in the 70s....for five minutes,on a Saturday,after lunch..." - Me 2014.
They were big in the 70s....for five minutes,on a Saturday,after lunch..." - Me 2014.