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Dire Straits — Follow Me Home
Album: Communiqué
Avg rating:
7.8

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Total ratings: 2941









Released: 1979
Length: 5:39
Plays (last 30 days): 2
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Oh well the sun go down
Celebration in the town tonight
All day long they been slaughtering upon the stone.
Share out the meat
Yeah you really like to eat,
Come on, woman, come, follow me home.

Oh well the priest, he cried
'Virgin ascending to the skies tonight'
All day long I've passed my time alone.
When the church bell rung
Stayed out on the tower in the dying sun
Now come on, woman, come, follow me home.

Well I don't need no priest
But I love all of the people
Yes, I share the feast
So drink up more wine, yes, and a song in my bones
I know the way
I can see by the moonlight, clear as the day,
Now, come on, woman, come, follow me home.
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 bev wrote:
I am in heaven! RP just played Single Handed Sailor followed directly by this track. Wow. Unexpected pleasure of the highest degree!!!! {#Music}


Posted 4 months ago by sp.warren    [ Reply ]
looking back all these yeas - still brilliant.
Posted 6 months ago by daedalus    [ Reply ]
Seems this band can do no wrong. Smooth. 
Posted 7 months ago by MrPou    [ Reply ]
I am listening to my favourite channel for the first time, and it's working! How awesome and fantastic! Follow me home is the first track in my long list of more than 2300 songs with 7+ ratings. Thank you for making this possible William and Alanna!
Posted 1 year ago by philonair    [ Reply ]
For me, its the solid bass line, with the "muscality" on top. 
That lead guitar just  floating along... this is (IMO) a great piece of music.
Posted 1 year ago by IvanTheMediocre    [ Reply ]
 itsme_bygolly wrote:

My hometown is Vegas. Ya'll welcome anytime.

Careful - we might just take you up on that :)

Posted 1 year ago by IvanTheMediocre    [ Reply ]
My hometown is Vegas. Ya'll welcome anytime.
Posted 1 year ago by itsme_bygolly    [ Reply ]
Did Bill just say this was the last track on Brothers in Arms?
Posted 2 years ago by Pariah    [ Reply ]
 FlatCat wrote:

I love Mark Knopfler, and appreciate his amazing musicianship. But may I vote for a little less? Seems like there's DS or MK three fo four times a day.



You may not. Not your choice, anyway.
Three fo four? 
Posted 2 years ago by nomnol    [ Reply ]
back working in the office, with RP on the headphones and this opening is just heaven.....
Posted 2 years ago by jkforde    [ Reply ]
 Majestic wrote:

Hm? Did Bill just say this song finishes off "Brothers in Arms"? 



I believe he did indeed.   I was like whoa, is there a version of that album running around that I don't know of?
Posted 2 years ago by Coinspinner    [ Reply ]
I would never contradict Bill but I could swear he just said this is the last song on Brothers in Arms? 
Posted 2 years ago by drucev    [ Reply ]
 Ben_Smedley wrote:

One of my lifes greatest regrets, missing the Alchemy tour when they played in Sydney in 1986....if only we had time machines...


One of my great memories is seeing them play in Hobart on that same tour.  But I'd still love a time machine to see them play again.
Posted 2 years ago by Simon_Tassie    [ Reply ]
 Majestic wrote:

Hm? Did Bill just say this song finishes off "Brothers in Arms"? 



Right Church, Wrong pew as they say....Still DIRE STRAITS
Posted 2 years ago by bennie482    [ Reply ]
Hm? Did Bill just say this song finishes off "Brothers in Arms"? 
Posted 2 years ago by Majestic    [ Reply ]
One of my lifes greatest regrets, missing the Alchemy tour when they played in Sydney in 1986....if only we had time machines...

Dylan and Dire Straits....when you go back, its like hearing them for the first time again and you feel youve been unfaithful!


Posted 3 years ago by Ben_Smedley    [ Reply ]
 BonzoWiltsUK wrote:

It's difficult to believe I've been listening to the early Dire Straits albums for forty years! Excellent music and always interesting lyrics, I never tire of this.



Yup 1978 first heard Sultans of Swing, privileged to see them live at Cardiff Arms Park around 1991. 
Posted 3 years ago by peter13    [ Reply ]
Excellent song 👍
Posted 3 years ago by Vic2021    [ Reply ]
Must dust this album off and listen again..
Posted 3 years ago by stevearthale    [ Reply ]
Long Live                                                                                                  Radio Paradise
My rating :                                                                                             9 - OUTSTANDING
Posted 4 years ago by Tomasni    [ Reply ]
 jlind wrote:

I thought I was picky, 1% on 3900 ratings is quite impressive. 
 

LOL - yes, I'm quite picky :-)
Posted 4 years ago by adib    [ Reply ]
Kinda sounds like a slow version of Coyote.
Not that that's a bad thing
         
Posted 4 years ago by MayBaby    [ Reply ]
 floydpink wrote:
Genius segue Bill/Rebecca! Art of the DJ: to let the final chord of Day in the Life meld into the crickets in the intro of Follow me Home. Brilliant example of why I love RP
 

Hey.  I just heard the same segue, one year later.  Thought the same.
Posted 4 years ago by bruceandjenna    [ Reply ]
 Fugi wrote:
Two songs of Dire Straits..
In a row..
On a sunday night..
Cant get any better..
Actually it can if you play one Leonard Cohen right after that :) 
 
Close.  Just heard Leonard followed by The Beatles, then here.
Posted 4 years ago by bruceandjenna    [ Reply ]
 BonzoWiltsUK wrote:
It's difficult to believe I've been listening to the early Dire Straits albums for forty years! Excellent music and always interesting lyrics, I never tire of this.
 
Even more perplexing is that I also have been listening to them for forty years and never saw them live.  I rectified that egregious error last October.  The most I ever paid for a ticket; well worth it.  I could not take the smile off my face, and many times felt shrill energy up my back.  Mark is the best.
Posted 4 years ago by ozzie1313    [ Reply ]
 Fugi wrote:
Two songs of Dire Straits..
In a row..
On a sunday night..
Cant get any better..
Actually it can if you play one Leonard Cohen right after that :) 
 


Leonard Cohen    music to commit suicide by 
Posted 4 years ago by penn07    [ Reply ]
YUM, so groovy
Posted 4 years ago by jmjohall    [ Reply ]
Picked this album up at the ol' record shop just for the track Single Handed Sailor - which precedes this. What a delightful surprise this track was. Chill vibes to my fellow RP junkies.
Posted 4 years ago by PhoenixArtDj    [ Reply ]
 adib wrote:
I've just moved this up to a rare 10.  Always a favourite, and stands the test of time.
 
I thought I was picky, 1% on 3900 ratings is quite impressive. 
Posted 5 years ago by jlind    [ Reply ]
I've just moved this up to a rare 10.  Always a favourite, and stands the test of time.
Posted 5 years ago by adib    [ Reply ]
It's difficult to believe I've been listening to the early Dire Straits albums for forty years! Excellent music and always interesting lyrics, I never tire of this.
Posted 5 years ago by BonzoWiltsUK    [ Reply ]
 garyalex wrote:
All these years I thought the lyric was "All day long they been slaughtering upon a stoat".  Then I'd wonder, given the small size of a stoat, why would it take all day?  This is what can happen when you're too lazy to look up the lyrics. 

 
{#Laughing}
Posted 6 years ago by mojcamojca77    [ Reply ]
Genius segue Bill/Rebecca! Art of the DJ: to let the final chord of Day in the Life meld into the crickets in the intro of Follow me Home. Brilliant example of why I love RP
Posted 6 years ago by floydpink    [ Reply ]
 dingleberry wrote:
I'm not sure I know what "sublime" means. Wouldn't use it a sentence, I don't think. But I think this is it.
 
Don't worry about using it; that word appears far too often in the song comments anyhow.
Posted 6 years ago by Proclivities    [ Reply ]
I'm not sure I know what "sublime" means. Wouldn't use it a sentence, I don't think. But I think this is it.
Posted 6 years ago by dingleberry    [ Reply ]
 sdwright wrote:



Out-mellowing JJ Cale!
 
That's a funny way to spell "imitating". {#Think}
Posted 6 years ago by ziggytrix    [ Reply ]
Oh!-Some - ....more!{#Bananajam}
Posted 6 years ago by Alaindelon    [ Reply ]
I thought these congas were a Linn9000 but no, I guess a band like this can afford having a real percutionist.
Posted 6 years ago by eveliko    [ Reply ]
I am increasing from 8 to 9 - O U T S T A N D I N G  
Posted 6 years ago by Tomasni    [ Reply ]
 On_The_Beach wrote:
Out-mellowing JJ Cale!

 
Never! JJ (RIP) rules{#Smile}
Posted 6 years ago by Jive    [ Reply ]
Two from Communiqué this morning. Hmmm, what's Bill have on his mind?
Posted 6 years ago by Webfoot    [ Reply ]
{#Hearteyes}
Posted 6 years ago by ShamanManu    [ Reply ]

 Absolutely concur!

 

DigitalJer wrote:

Love this whole album.

 


Posted 7 years ago by BuzzPete    [ Reply ]
Love this whole album.
Posted 7 years ago by DigitalJer    [ Reply ]
Out-mellowing JJ Cale!
Posted 7 years ago by On_The_Beach    [ Reply ]
{#Music}So good.
Posted 7 years ago by Sunman    [ Reply ]
 FlatCat wrote:
I love Mark Knopfler, and appreciate his amazing musicianship. But may I vote for a little less? Seems like there's DS or MK three fo four times a day.

 
Fur me, not a problem.
Posted 8 years ago by tonypf    [ Reply ]
Smooth.{#Cowboy}
Posted 8 years ago by wolverine    [ Reply ]
This band is soooo awesome.  Sooooo talented
Posted 8 years ago by loveyourmusic!    [ Reply ]
This album:  One of the best things to come out of 1979.
Posted 8 years ago by xkolibuul    [ Reply ]
 Tippster wrote:
2 for Tuesday!  Great!

 



Did you just tie me to that comment? LOL. Small world just got smaller.
Posted 8 years ago by theralph    [ Reply ]
Is it 2 for Tuesday?
Posted 8 years ago by theralph    [ Reply ]
2 for Tuesday!  Great!
Posted 8 years ago by Tippster    [ Reply ]
 

BBoyes wrote:
Haven't heard this in a long time! What a great tune! Love that big fat lazy groove. Thanks for playing.

 
Agreed. Love tracks like this, where the groove takes time to develops.
Posted 8 years ago by bagpipe    [ Reply ]
Rarely does the same artist get played here back-to-back, and I get it that we are on a nautical theme.  Still, Mark Knopfler is the finest musician representing rock and roll in the present. Getting older at 64, veteran of many, many concerts, appreciative of many genres of music, I am cognizant over time of the zenith point Knopfler has risen to.  
Posted 9 years ago by ozzie1313    [ Reply ]
All these years I thought the lyric was "All day long they been slaughtering upon a stoat".  Then I'd wonder, given the small size of a stoat, why would it take all day?  This is what can happen when you're too lazy to look up the lyrics. 
Posted 9 years ago by garyalex    [ Reply ]
 BBoyes wrote:
Haven't heard this in a long time! What a great tune! Love that big fat lazy groove. Thanks for playing.

 
Hypnotic, it is.
Posted 9 years ago by jagdriver    [ Reply ]
I love Mark Knopfler, and appreciate his amazing musicianship. But may I vote for a little less? Seems like there's DS or MK three fo four times a day.
Posted 9 years ago by FlatCat    [ Reply ]
Great song, great album
Posted 9 years ago by DaidyBoy    [ Reply ]
Haven't heard this in a long time! What a great tune! Love that big fat lazy groove. Thanks for playing.
Posted 9 years ago by BBoyes    [ Reply ]
 Zeito wrote:

Me too, this is such an incredible album.  I was just going to get up from my desk and head to another building.  Looks like I'll be sitting here for a couple more minutes...

 
I never heard this song until just now. I used to grumble as a kid about Dire Straits not playing harder stuff but as you get older you appreciate subtlety, restraint, intimation and the space between the notes. How 'bout that Knopfler! 
Posted 9 years ago by kcar    [ Reply ]
 Sjaaks wrote:

Man, i love it when Bill plays the duo!

{#Clap}



 
I agree!
 
Posted 9 years ago by hempmandan    [ Reply ]

Man, i love it when Bill plays the duo!

{#Clap}


Posted 9 years ago by Sjaaks    [ Reply ]
 Fugi wrote:
Two songs of Dire Straits..
In a row..
On a sunday night..
Cant get any better..
Actually it can if you play one Leonard Cohen right after that :) 

 

I'm envious of your glass-is-half-full attitude... I immedaitely worried that we'd lost someone from the band...

PS - today, the next song is Devics — Siren Song, which sounds a lot like Mr. Cohen.
Posted 9 years ago by scrubbrush    [ Reply ]
Two songs of Dire Straits..
In a row..
On a sunday night..
Cant get any better..
Actually it can if you play one Leonard Cohen right after that :) 
Posted 10 years ago by Fugi    [ Reply ]
Landed here after clicking PSD from another song....  Not familiar with this track -- nice!  Gets an 8 outta the gate.
Posted 10 years ago by socalhol    [ Reply ]
 bev wrote:
I am in heaven! RP just played Single Handed Sailor followed directly by this track. Wow. Unexpected pleasure of the highest degree!!!! {#Music}

 
Me too, this is such an incredible album.  I was just going to get up from my desk and head to another building.  Looks like I'll be sitting here for a couple more minutes...
Posted 11 years ago by Zeito    [ Reply ]
I am in heaven! RP just played Single Handed Sailor followed directly by this track. Wow. Unexpected pleasure of the highest degree!!!! {#Music}
Posted 11 years ago by bev    [ Reply ]
I just love the sound of the sea at the start and end of these tracks - so beautiful, so restful, and great at setting the scene for the songs. Elegaic. 8 from the Zenned-out Nottingham jury.
Posted 11 years ago by fredriley    [ Reply ]
 sandpebble wrote:


Let's not forget "Love Over Gold"...

 

bb_matt wrote:
The funny thing about Dire Straits, is their lesser know non 'hits' are by far the best example of their work.

The big hits now sound terribly dated and have been played to death, whilst the lesser know stuff is great.

Nice one Bill!
Like this :) 

  

I lean toward bb_matt's comment below, from the comments for "Single Handed Sailor." My guess is that Knopfler felt pressured to put out arena rock songs for Love Over Gold and Brothers in Arms. Both albums have great songs, but overall the earlier albums are more intimate and jazzier....


Bill and Rebecca--any chance, any chance at all that you'll implement threaded conversations in the song comments sections? 
Posted 11 years ago by kcar    [ Reply ]
Crickets are a nice touch.
Posted 11 years ago by Geecheeboy    [ Reply ]
Excellent2.
Posted 11 years ago by CopyrightX    [ Reply ]

How fantastic this one get's played after Single Handed Sailor. The most perfect blending of two songs on an album i ever heard, so thanks for making it so!

That and for the song:

10  


Posted 11 years ago by Sjaaks    [ Reply ]
 AndyJ wrote:
An under appreciated album.  "Making Movies" is also under appreciated. Guess when one starts out good, the further efforts that are merely "good" go unnoticed.  One must then be "great" every time... Besides being impossible to pu out an album of only great" music...That would then become the standard... How easily we become bored and complacent...
 

Let's not forget "Love Over Gold"...
Posted 11 years ago by sandpebble    [ Reply ]
After hearing Single Handed Sailor, I was going to play this. Thanks for doing it for me!..The two songs belong together!
Posted 11 years ago by sandpebble    [ Reply ]
 HearsayDave wrote:
Wow, two Dire Straits song from the same album back-to-back.  No complaining here — an RP first?  
 
And I'll add, back-to-back on the album.  DJ got stuck in the bathroom or intentional brilliance?
Posted 11 years ago by HearsayDave    [ Reply ]
Wow, two Dire Straits song from the same album back-to-back.  No complaining here — an RP first?  
Posted 11 years ago by HearsayDave    [ Reply ]
An under appreciated album.  "Making Movies" is also under appreciated. Guess when one starts out good, the further efforts that are merely "good" go unnoticed.  One must then be "great" every time... Besides being impossible to pu out an album of only great" music...That would then become the standard... How easily we become bored and complacent...


Posted 12 years ago by AndyJ    [ Reply ]
First time in my decade or more of listening to RP that Bill has played two tracks back to back from the same artist, even the same album. What is going on, has the election gotten to him?
Posted 12 years ago by palexis    [ Reply ]
very nice!
Posted 12 years ago by helgigermany    [ Reply ]
Who doesn't like this album...I can't imagine anyone not loving this album...seriously..
Posted 12 years ago by nance    [ Reply ]
Probably my favourite Dire Straits album. Great idea doubling up on the songs! Noticed it earlier with LZ and XTC.
Posted 12 years ago by Toronto_Bhoy    [ Reply ]
Hearing the last track made me yearn for more DS. Now Bill has done it for me!  Thanks RP{#Yes}{#Clap}{#Notworthy}
Posted 12 years ago by Pedro1874    [ Reply ]
 ppak wrote:
Anyone hear a huge JJ Cale groove going on?
  Yes I can hear it here in the UK ... they both have this laid back approach to their playing.


Posted 12 years ago by Toke    [ Reply ]
Two-in-a-row Led Zep, then two-in-a-row Dire Straights today...it must be twofer—um—Monday!
Posted 12 years ago by gillespp    [ Reply ]
I love it!
Posted 12 years ago by melanthis    [ Reply ]
I've had this good "thing" about any decent number with nature sounds ever since Martin Denny's exotic Tiki arrangements were popular a while back. Quite a while, actually.
Posted 12 years ago by Carl    [ Reply ]
Like the mariner theme Bill. How about Sting's "The Wild WIld Sea" from Soul Cages?
Posted 12 years ago by sajitjacob    [ Reply ]
Anyone hear a huge JJ Cale groove going on?
Posted 12 years ago by ppak    [ Reply ]
I need more coffee...
Posted 13 years ago by scraig    [ Reply ]
Never heard this — nice one
Posted 13 years ago by coding_to_music    [ Reply ]
nice two-fer
Posted 13 years ago by to_the_eleven    [ Reply ]
Two of the best Dire Straights songs back to back!  Thanks and keep 'em coming.


Posted 13 years ago by heliskimaster    [ Reply ]
Two for one Wednesday? or is Bill slow taking the needle of the album? Either way it's OK with me.

Posted 13 years ago by martinc    [ Reply ]