"Dire Straits: Every Album, Every Song"/Andrew Wild [Episode 6]

Jun 5, 2021 · 1h 22m 28s
"Dire Straits: Every Album, Every Song"/Andrew Wild [Episode 6]
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The year 1979 was an amazing time for UK post-punk pop. At the end of March, a fresh new sound entered the British top 20. "Sultans of Swing", a very...

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The year 1979 was an amazing time for UK post-punk pop. At the end of March, a fresh new sound entered the British top 20. "Sultans of Swing", a very wordy song with lots of driving guitar, a tight rhythm section and some killer musicianship. Dire Straits, unlikely pop stars led by a balding 29-year-old Geordie who could play guitar brilliantly, had finally arrived. Six years later, they were, for a time, the biggest band in the world. 'Brothers in Arms' sold by the truckload, one of the first massive sellers on CD. Since then, however, their star has fallen. Over exposure as the safe, boring champions of the CD age, has resulted in Dire Straits becoming, to many, the embodiment of a certain sort of benign, homogenized music. Mark Knopfler, their singer, guitarist, producer and songwriter, became a caricature of the middle-aged rocker in the minds of many. Their music remains stubbornly unfashionable, but retains its huge fan base.

"Dire Straits: Every Album, Every Song" revisits, re-evaluates and contextualizes the band’s six studio albums and two live albums, as well as EPs and archive releases. Seven ex-members of Dire Straits have been interviewed for Andrew Wild’s book, providing fresh perspective and insight. The band made a lot of good music. It’s time we remembered why.

(UK) Purchase a copy through Burning Shed: https://burningshed.com/andrew-wild_dire-straits-on-track_book?filter

(US) Purchase a copy through Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Dire-Straits-every-album-Track/dp/1789520444

Songs Discussed In This Episode: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2qFd37ed6RwjKTVRNNmeDM?si=c5bb2c903ae34dec

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