Indeed, “Water of Love” is perhaps a little more typical of the album’s sound, which I’d describe as something akin to the English version of Jimmy Buffett (somewhat tropical, but without the actual presence of the sun). Part of this is because much of the rest of the album didn’t sound quite like that song (though “Down to the Waterline” comes pretty close, though it wasn’t a single). “Sultans of Swing” kind of overshadowed most of the other songs on Dire Straits as far as casual fans were concerned (and I was a pretty casual fan until Making Movies). Second single from Dire Straits (1978), released as a single in 1978 Indeed, he’s been doing that longer now than he spent leading Dire Straits. Much like David Byrne’s post Talking Heads career, Knopfler has eschewed pop success in favor of following his own artistic path.
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On the other hand, Knopfler has had a very active and diverse solo career featuring a number of fine solo albums and movie soundtracks. He declined to attend when Dire Staits were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (“it just didn’t appeal to him” according to bassist John Illsley).
I welcome editing feedback since sometimes I favor speed over spelling.ĭire Straits seems to have ended as an active concern largely because Mark Knopfler grew tired of fame (“If you can think of anything good about fame, I’d like to know what it is” he remarked in this fascinating interview – he draws a line between success and fame and rather likes the former).
My main sources are Wikipedia (mostly reliable) and Discogs (reasonably reliable). Basically, I make playlists of all the singles by certain musical artists and then try to order them using the guiding principle “do I like each song more than the last song.” I define “single” in a broad enough way to include any song that was released as a purchasable single in any format in any country as a promotional single in any country as a video or generally any song that I know charted anywhere. If you’re just joining us, check out the About This Project link for details.
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