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Dire Straits: Sultans of Swing (Original Post) RazorbackExpat Nov 14 OP
Dire Straits horsepoor Nov 14 #1
Welcome to DU RazorbackExpat Nov 14 #2
;-{) Goonch Nov 14 #3
Loved The First 2 Albums ProfessorGAC Nov 14 #4
Some things age very well BeyondGeography Nov 14 #5
Oldie stations play this a lot. It is fabulous. There needs to be more diversity on oldie stations. twodogsbarking Nov 14 #6
This song sounded so unlike anything else at the time. IcyPeas Nov 14 #7

ProfessorGAC

(75,477 posts)
4. Loved The First 2 Albums
Fri Nov 14, 2025, 09:24 AM
Nov 14

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.

twodogsbarking

(17,085 posts)
6. Oldie stations play this a lot. It is fabulous. There needs to be more diversity on oldie stations.
Fri Nov 14, 2025, 10:23 AM
Nov 14
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