ccs009@ucdavis.UUCP (Dennis Michaels) (08/29/85)
I'm interested in what all of you in net-land think of Dire
Straits' latest efforts, Thats right any and all comments appreciated.
Personally, I like the album very much. The use of horns and sax
gives the album an added dimesion to the blues style guitar of Mark Knopfler.
Several songs are reminiscent of earlier works, notably 'Walk on Life' reminds
me (musically) of 'industrial disease' with its up beat bouncy keyboards. The
other songs ( mainly side two ) remind me of the jazz/blues fusion I used to
hear when I worked in a tiny jazz club years ago, with the smooth rhythms and
crying saxophone. With the exception of a few songs ( money for nothing, so far
away, and walk on life ) the album adheres to this style.... is this the latest
style for the band? or Do YOU think it is a logical departure from their more
recent works ( Love over gold, making movies ...... )?
Post followups, reply, flame on as you wish, but there has got to be more
than one reason the album is the no. 1 seller this week ( according to
KZAP 98.5 FM Sacramento ) Let's hear from you ....
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> > I'm interested in what all of you in net-land think of Dire > Straits' latest efforts, Thats right any and all comments appreciated. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Dennis Michaels @ University of California, Davis > ...ucbvax!ucdavis!harpo!ccs009 > * * * > U.S.Mail: 609 Anderson Rd # 151 * * * * > Davis , CA 95616 * * * ** * > _________ ___^___ . * ** * * * * * > . \________| ==_______== * * @ * ** * ** > \\ / /~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~* @KB@ * ** * > . \\___/_/_ . * * * @* * * > . /_______|-( * * * * * Here's what I think. I wish they hadn't released "Money for Nothing" as a single with video. Then maybe I could have gotten tickets to their concert. The songs I like best are the Dylanesque "Your Latest Trick", the poppy "Walk of Life," and the big chartbuster MTV hit "MFN". On the whole, I figure I've listened to Side 1 about twice as often as I've listened to Side 2. --Mr. Blore, the DJ who would not die ... udenva showard