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That year, Dire Straits began a tour as opening band for Talking Heads, after the re-released "Sultans of Swing" finally started to climb the UK charts. [30] This led to a United States recording contract with Warner Bros. Records; before the end of 1978, Dire Straits had released their self-titled debut worldwide. They received more attention ...
He played his 1938 National Style O 14 fret guitar (serial number B1844) [nb 1] on "Water of Love" and "Wild West End". He also used a black Telecaster Thinline (serial number 226254) on "Setting Me Up". David played a black Fender Stratocaster and a Harmony Sovereign acoustic guitar. The album was produced by Muff Winwood, and engineered by ...
The lyrics of "Down to the Waterline" tell of a brief sexual tryst. [3] According to Mark Knopfler's brother and fellow Dire Straits member David, the song's imagery is based on Mark's memories of walking along the River Tyne at night under the lights with his girlfriend when he was a teenager.
Video Director Album 1978 "Sultans of Swing" unknown Dire Straits "Wild West End" 1979 "Lady Writer" Communiqué: 1981 "Romeo and Juliet" Lester Bookbinder: Making Movies "Skateaway" "Tunnel of Love" 1982 "Private Investigations" unknown Love over Gold: 1983 "Twisting by the Pool" ExtendedancEPlay: 1985 "So Far Away" Brothers in Arms "Money for ...
A DVD of the same name was also released, featuring the music videos of all the songs on the single CD version, in addition to short interviews with Mark Knopfler about each song. The album is named after the band's 1978 hit single of the same name.
"Expresso Love" is a song written by Dire Straits frontman Mark Knopfler for their third album Making Movies. It is one of their heavier songs, with a slightly overdriven guitar playing the main riff, which was recycled from the unreleased track "Making Movies". [1] It also has a piano melody played throughout, which accompanies the guitar.
"Walk of Life" is a song by the British rock band Dire Straits, being the third track on their fifth studio album Brothers in Arms (1985). It was released as a single in the US in October 1985 and in the UK in January 1986. The track peaked at number seven in the US charts, becoming their third and last top ten hit.
Dire Straits would play a total of 116 concerts in Europe and North America, the final concert taking place on 21 December 1979 in London. Communiqué was the last album to feature David Knopfler , who left the band over creative differences with his brother during the recording of their third album in August 1980. [ 4 ]