Music Appreciation

RazorbackExpat

(768 posts) Fri Nov 14, 2025, 08:59 AM Friday

Dire Straits: Sultans of Swing

Somehow this song from the '80s makes me indescribably melancholy

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Dire Straits horsepoor Friday #1

Welcome to DU RazorbackExpat Friday #2

;-{) Goonch Friday #3

Loved The First 2 Albums ProfessorGAC Friday #4

Some things age very well BeyondGeography Friday #5

Oldie stations play this a lot. It is fabulous. There needs to be more diversity on oldie stations. twodogsbarking Friday #6

This song sounded so unlike anything else at the time. IcyPeas Friday #7

horsepoor

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1. Dire Straits

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Fri Nov 14, 2025, 09:08 AM

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Awesome band. Loved them

RazorbackExpat

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2. Welcome to DU

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Fri Nov 14, 2025, 09:12 AM

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Goonch

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3. ;-{)

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Fri Nov 14, 2025, 09:20 AM

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ProfessorGAC

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4. Loved The First 2 Albums

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Fri Nov 14, 2025, 09:24 AM

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They had a unique sound, & Knopfler was playing in a style nobody else used.
I lost interest when Mark bought a distortion box. I don't think his technique works without a clean tone.
My wife & I saw them on the Communique tour at The Uptown Theater in Chicago. By pure luck we had 6th row center seats, so we were 25' from Mark all night.
They opened with Lady Writer & closed with Sultans. I don't remember what they did for their encore.
Really good show.