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Scaring the pedestrians for a minute
Crossing up progress driving on the grass
Leaving just enough room to pass
Sunday driver never took a test
Oh yeah, once upon a time in the west
Yes it's no use saying that you don't know nothing
It's still gonna get you if you don't do something
Sitting on a fence that's a dangerous course
Oh, you could even catch a bullet from the peace-keeping force
Even the hero gets a bullet in the chest
Oh yeah, once upon a time in the west
Mother Mary your children are slaughtered
Some of you mothers ought to lock up your daughters
Who's protecting the innocenti
Heap big trouble in the land of plenty
Tell me how we're gonna do what's best
You guess once upon a time in the west
Oh yeah, once upon a time in the west
Oh yeah, once upon a time in the west
Oh yeah, once upon a time in the west
Once upon a time in the west
MK could have spared the world of the hookup with the Poilce person, but, hey, no-one's perfect.
The older I get the more I appreciate Dire Straits. And I'm only 40 now. How will this end?
I'm 74 - it doesn't end ... I'll take it with me 😉
I'm sure Mr. Knopler et al rely on your rating.
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Oh No! Some anonymous stranger (that can't speeel...) on the internet doesn't like my comment! Oh, Woe is me! LOL
A rare 10 from me...
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This whole station is a big problem for me. A song comes on that I like, and then I start scrolling through the comments...and then realize I'm at work and have work to do. Throw in a track like this and the memories come flooding back thinking about the good ole days...okay. Back to work.
So Very True!
What doesn't? ; )
a long motorcycle ride in the twisties . . . but some afterwards to celebrate would be in order
This one calls for whiskey.
What doesn't? ; )
At least I'm consistent! :)
tour, at the Tower Theater in Philadelphia, circa 1975 if memory serves.
My buddy and I even managed to grab a couple abandoned seats in the 3rd
row during intermission. It was epic. The two brothers created such a
unique sound with their uniquely subtler guitar riffs. Mark Knopfler
continues to dazzle to this day.
Look after the king of R n R please
tour, at the Tower Theater in Philadelphia, circa 1975 if memory serves.
My buddy and I even managed to grab a couple abandoned seats in the 3rd
row during intermission. It was epic. The two brothers created such a
unique sound with their uniquely subtler guitar riffs. Mark Knopfler
continues to dazzle to this day.
I don't know how I joined this club formally, but as a member, I can concur.
PREACH!!
right...back to work.
tour, at the Tower Theater in Philadelphia, circa 1975 if memory serves.
My buddy and I even managed to grab a couple abandoned seats in the 3rd
row during intermission. It was epic. The two brothers created such a
unique sound with their uniquely subtler guitar riffs. Mark Knopfler
continues to dazzle to this day.
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I flat out love this song, and so many others of his. I wish Bill would play the next three songs on the album (News/Where Do You Think You're Going/Communique) in sequence, just like he does DSoM.
That is an ear worm I have had since I first heard the song.
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What about "Money For Nothing"?
Are you sure that's a word?
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A S'MOTH is a campfire treat, where you sandwich a moth between graham cracker and chocolate, and toast over an open fire.
Are you sure that's a word?
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And again. Bill needs to get the animal to a dog training if it keeps on going like this.
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Hey, Bill! Was the dog barking at the postman?
I A G R E E
But wait, that would mean I'm ... uh ... aw, crap.
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great - even though the Quality and musical craftmansship of the dire straits and later the soloworks of mark knopfler were always great.
the class and Quality of the first two and a half dire straits album was never matched up to again.
Dire Straits at its most classic. I will never forget being introduced to the (then) entire Dire Straits collection by my Leicester-born chemistry teacher as a freshman in HS. It is ageless!
Sweet! I was just feeling nostalgic when I commented before - I had forgotten how much better 8-tracks sounded than cassettes of that era. My dad was a classical music fan and had invested in a good tape recorder, so I recorded my own, too. The blank tapes came in their own cardboard sleeve and we taped them together to make holders for our glove boxes. You could get the maximum number of tapes in there that way. When I moved on to cassettes. Maxell tapes were the only ones that would stand up to Gulf Coast heat, so they were the only ones I'd buy. Most of my friends thought I was a bit of a nut about my tapes, so it's fun to meet someone who remembers them the way I do. I'm not surprised that there are still some alive in the world - that's neat. Cheers!
Nakamichi Dragon for me. Soooo goood
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This accords with all laws of man and nature.
Please tell me your AudioVox was an 8-track. Please?
It was! My buddies and I had so many 8-tracks and such decent systems in car and at home that we held out till the early '80s... Cassettes were too new and too few, and most weren't sturdy enough to last long at all. In fact, when we did get around to buying the new cassette decks, we immediately dubbed the music from the crappy factory tapes onto a rugged TDK or Maxell and did our own album artwork for it — always fun with a good buzz on. Auto-Reverse wasn't common, either. One thing about 8-tracks was that you could plug it in and just let the whole album go by; you did, if it was Floyd, The Cars, The Who, Dire Straits, The Doors, Tom Petty... In March of '90 I saw where a lot of the old 8-track tapes had ended up: in all the divey bars and munchie cafes of Thamel, Kathmandu!
Sweet! I was just feeling nostalgic when I commented before - I had forgotten how much better 8-tracks sounded than cassettes of that era. My dad was a classical music fan and had invested in a good tape recorder, so I recorded my own, too. The blank tapes came in their own cardboard sleeve and we taped them together to make holders for our glove boxes. You could get the maximum number of tapes in there that way. When I moved on to cassettes. Maxell tapes were the only ones that would stand up to Gulf Coast heat, so they were the only ones I'd buy. Most of my friends thought I was a bit of a nut about my tapes, so it's fun to meet someone who remembers them the way I do. I'm not surprised that there are still some alive in the world - that's neat. Cheers!
Please tell me your AudioVox was an 8-track. Please?
It was! My buddies and I had so many 8-tracks and such decent systems in car and at home that we held out till the early '80s... Cassettes were too new and too few, and most weren't sturdy enough to last long at all. In fact, when we did get around to buying the new cassette decks, we immediately dubbed the music from the crappy factory tapes onto a rugged TDK or Maxell and did our own album artwork for it — always fun with a good buzz on. Auto-Reverse wasn't common, either. One thing about 8-tracks was that you could plug it in and just let the whole album go by; you did, if it was Floyd, The Cars, The Who, Dire Straits, The Doors, Tom Petty... In March of '90 I saw where a lot of the old 8-track tapes had ended up: in all the divey bars and munchie cafes of Thamel, Kathmandu!
Agreed.
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Including the stuff RP IS playing I hope
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Yes, I too was thinking how well this and most other Dire Straits has aged.
No cheesy synth sounds to distract you; just tasty playin'.
Nothing wrong with that. I'm 40 myself and I just logged in to this website just to make sure this one has a 10 from my side.
I remember it was 20 years ago when this song taught me that everything I thought I knew about the superiority of the CD over everything else was a load of BS. I heard this on vinyl and everything became clear.
Now, 20 something years later I have two records of this :-)
Brass.
I'm with you! Homemade fireball whiskey! (Throw red hots, atomic fireball jawbreakers, or hot Tamales candy in and let it dissolve. I used Tamales for this batch—the cinnamon stuff is the outer layer, so when the red has all come off, sift the candy insides out and toss'em. Just as good as the spendy stuff—way cheaper, and it doesn't have anti-freeze in it. (Google it)
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Well, I'll agree with y'all — kinda. It's definitely good to smoke something by, that's for sure!
Sing it brother
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Fugi wrote:
This is not a song of its time
This and most of their song is songs of all the time humans will exist.
Just wondered.
btw, love everything he's done.
In the Dire Straits days he often used a few different Fender guitars with minimal gain and moderate reverb — seemingly the same settings on about 85% of his electric guitar recordings to this day. Also his finger-picking style is distinctive, as noted previously. Many guitarists vary their sound settings and guitars for different recordings but he seldom seemed interested in doing so.
Just wondered.
btw, love everything he's done.
He often used a few different Fender guitars (especially in the Dire Straits days) with minimal gain and moderate reverb — seemingly the same settings on about 85% of his electric guitar recordings. Also his finger-picking style is distinctive, as noted previously. Most guitarists vary their sound settings and guitars for different recordings but he seldom seems interested in doing so.
Just wondered.
btw, love everything he's done.
Mark doesn't play with a pick. He gets a warm, plucking sound by using his fingertips.
Just wondered.
btw, love everything he's done.
This is not a song of its time
This and most of their song is songs of all the time humans will exist.
Los Twangers — Back To Sonora
Dire Straits — Once Upon A Time In The West
Nice Sonic Similarities.....
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Please tell me your AudioVox was an 8-track. Please?
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Ditto, ditto, ditto. His Strat makes it all.
The good, the bad, and the virtuoso.
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Strange... The difference between the two is huge IMO. The Alchemy version has way more distortion on the guitar and Terry Williams' panic drumming doesn't even come close to the very subtle drums of Pick Withers in this version.
Putting all of that aside, Knopfler puts an additional extra minutes of improvising to Alchemy's rendition.
Anyway, both versions are fantastic, but not quite alike if you ask me...
10
there will never be a song by Mark Knopfler that doesn't instantly scream this is Mark Knopfler.
I have trained my kids to tell me this is Mark Knopfler when I ask.