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It's raining in the park but meantime
South of the river you stop and you hold everything
A band is blowing Dixie double four time
You feel alright when you hear that music ring
Well now you step inside but you don't see too many faces
Coming in out of the rain to hear the jazz go down
Competition in other places
Ah but the horns, they blowing that sound
Way on down south, way on down south, London town
You check out Guitar George, he knows all the chords
Mind, he's strictly rhythm, he doesn't want to make it cry or sing
Yes, and an old guitar is all he can afford
When he gets up under the lights to play his thing
And Harry doesn't mind if he doesn't make the scene
He's got a daytime job, he's doing alright
He can play the honky tonk like anything
Saving it up for Friday night
With the Sultans, with the Sultans of Swing
And a crowd of young boys, they're fooling around in the corner
Drunk and dressed in their best brown baggies and their platform soles
They don't give a damn about any trumpet playing band
It ain't what they call rock and roll
Then the Sultans, yeah, the Sultans they play Creole
Creole
And then the man, he steps right up to the microphone
And says at last, just as the time bell rings
"Goodnight, now it's time to go home"
Then he makes it fast with one more thing
"We are the Sultans, we are the Sultans of Swing"
we old
Yeah, you may be right - But we sure as heck had all the best bands didn't we!!!
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Especially in FLAC through great equipment! Thanx RP!
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This is 45 years old. How the absolute F&^k is this 45 years old?
we old
queen should be in there somwhere
A LOT of bands belong there. It is a big list. It is difficult to pick any one band.
To known the new messiah, you must listen The War on Drugs !
Dire Straits is well their godfather ^^
queen should be in there somwhere
This is both a song and a historical document, back to the days when every other pub had live music of highly varying quality. Now pubs are overrun with TV showing football and live music is a sad rarity:(
Sadly very true
Thanks for playing.
Immediate volume turn-up, rating +0 (cuz it's already at a 10) - Long Live RP and RIP to my dad who LOVED this song and created fond memories of this while he lived in CDA ID.
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This song may have gotten a lot of radio play, but it's still a great song from a great band led by the magnificent Mark Knopfler.
Yes! And the live version from "Alchemy" is even better!
Anyways...years later, the anger has subsided....it's still there mind you, but far less mindless...still, best I can manage is a 7...but don't bug me about it....
funny..the highest ranking with 8.7 as far as I have seen. Anything higher?
Pink Floyd, The Beatles, Jiminy Hendrix, Beethoven all have 9+ songs here.
*Edit as of 5/1/22*
There are 11 tunes on RP now with an average rating greater than 9.0:
Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here - 9.2 *
Pink Floyd - Shine On You Crazy Diamond - 9.2 **
Jimi Hendrix - All Along The Watchtower - 9.1
Pink Floyd - Time - 9.1 ***
Beethoven - Moonlight Sonata - 9.1
The Beatles - A Day In The Life - 9.1
Pink Floyd - Us and Them ⇒ Eclipse - 9.1 ****
Jimi Hendrix - Little Wing - 9.1
Vivaldi - The 4 Seasons: Summer - 9.1
Bach - Toccata in D minor - 9.1
Beethoven - Symphony No.5 - Allegro Con Brio - 9.1
* my #2 all-time favorite song
**this is the first track of the album (parts I-V) coming in at 13:38; the final track of the album is parts VI-IX, and comes in at 12:28. which is not listed on the song title; final track of the album is parts VI-IX
*** my #1 all-time favorite song
**** all of side B after "Money" (Us and Them, Any Colour You Like, Brain Damage, Eclipse) and brilliant of BillG to combine these 4 "songs" into one (FCC be damned!)
Long Live RP and all the music played here, highly rated or otherwise!!
A tune that more cover bands would have played...but they couldn't. Knopfler is amazing
It's good to love your wife's enjoyment.
It is almost impossible to overplay this song. Kind of like Gimme Shelter and You Can Call Me Al.
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sonymagellan wrote:
To known the new messiah, you must listen The War on Drugs !
Dire Straits is well their godfather ^^
Pub Rock for the WIN!!
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To known the new messiah, you must listen The War on Drugs !
Dire Straits is well their godfather ^^
I sing in what might best be labeled a "Dad Band" even though we rarely play out, and the lineup is in constant flux. More of a bunch of middle-aged men who enjoy playing music together. One of the guitar players has this song dialed in. So, in addition to being a great song and fun to listen to, it is even more fun to perform!
More French please, although I don't understand a word.
I've heard this a million times and it still does it for me. Very few songs meet that standard.
Still superb.
Me too:-).
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Howzabout "Six Blade Knife" for a change?
bump
thanks RP!
me too..!
Edit: I always enjoy looking at the ratings distribution. For this particular track, I get a kick out of the folks that disrupt the curve in the 3 range. It's like there's just enough people that think it's sufficiently "Ho Hum" to cause a ratings blip for a track that almost everyone else agrees is "Most Excellent" or better.
This is by far my favorite DS song. Got me hooked on the band way back in junior high, then Telegraph Road really opened my mind to the power of story telling through music.
Howzabout "Six Blade Knife" for a change?
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The Deer Hunter, Midnight Express, Coming Home.......and then, how can I NOT mention Grease, Superman, Animal House, Invasion of the Body Snatchers, Up in Smoke, and for chrissakes, CONVOY....they may not be great to you, but Grease and Animal House are a part of my youth (and that's just films from '78...my goodness, the music from that year was fantastic, whether you hated disco or not, I have fond memories of '78.) Nuff said.
Convoy...however did I miss that? O misspent youth!
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But yes, there were a lot of great movies and albums from that year and the ones just around it.
Edit: I always enjoy looking at the ratings distribution. For this particular track, I get a kick out of the folks that disrupt the curve in the 3 range. It's like there's just enough people that think it's sufficiently "Ho Hum" to cause a ratings blip for a track that almost everyone else agrees is "Most Excellent" or better.
I suspect that some of the low ratings for such 'classics' is because people hear it too much on RP.
Edit: I always enjoy looking at the ratings distribution. For this particular track, I get a kick out of the folks that disrupt the curve in the 3 range. It's like there's just enough people that think it's sufficiently "Ho Hum" to cause a ratings blip for a track that almost everyone else agrees is "Most Excellent" or better.
With the possible exception of Telegraph Road, this is my favorite DS song. Both songs paint such a vivid picture in my mind, but of completely different situations.
Edit: I always enjoy looking at the ratings distribution. For this particular track, I get a kick out of the folks that disrupt the curve in the 3 range. It's like there's just enough people that think it's sufficiently "Ho Hum" to cause a ratings blip for a track that almost everyone else agrees is "Most Excellent" or better.
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What films are you thinking about?
The Deer Hunter, Midnight Express, Coming Home.......and then, how can I NOT mention Grease, Superman, Animal House, Invasion of the Body Snatchers, Up in Smoke, and for chrissakes, CONVOY....they may not be great to you, but Grease and Animal House are a part of my youth (and that's just films from '78...my goodness, the music from that year was fantastic, whether you hated disco or not, I have fond memories of '78.) Nuff said.
10 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
What films are you thinking about?
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I once was at a concert of a band that did good old school rock'n'roll with brass instruments. Sax and trumpet and everything. And then the played this song. I'll always remember the way they sung this specific line.
I would put Love Over Gold and Making Movies up there as well
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Definitely in my top 5, maybe top 3.
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10+++
keymaster wrote:
Which Duke Ellington song is that?
How High the Moon. But then that was Big Band not electric guitar band
a friend calls all artists who speak—even in key—rappers.
it's kind of hard to argue against but that definition pulls in a lot of folks.
My favorite guitarist, by far.
+1
I think this stands up much better than "Money for Nothin' " video era.
There isn't a longer version. Not sure why so many people seem to think there is.
I'd happily be proved wrong on that. This one is 5:36.
5m 49s on my old vinyl album (bought in Australia) with just a few more bars than the version played today.
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Everybody in my church loves this song...
Everybody in my grade 9 class loved this song....
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My favorite guitarist, by far.
There isn't a longer version. Not sure why so many people seem to think there is.
I'd happily be proved wrong on that. This one is 5:36.
Everybody in my church loves this song...
I agree, 100%!
keymaster wrote:
Which Duke Ellington song is that?
I agree!
I like their stuff. Anything they play is great! Those were the days...
Please proceed to the gate. You're UFO is about to depart.
It does when you hear it this many times...please RP, no more! Classic rock radio has already killed it, it doesn't need any more. Gotta be some deeper Dire Straits cuts you can pull out.
This is the longest version there is (5:36)
Totally agree!
"He plays all the chords"
The rating is a bit of a mystery to me, but anyway, an easy 10 for Miles Davis, followed by an easy 1 (enjoyable tune but played to death) for Dire Straits. RP is fun!
Yeaaa… Before Knoppfler really knew how to play.