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Lost and lonely every way
Got the flats all around me sky up above
Yes I need a little water of love
I've been too long lonely and my heart feels pain
Crying out for some soothing rain
I believe I have taken enough
Yes I need a little water of love
Water of love deep in the ground
But there ain't no water here to be found
Some day baby when the river runs free
It's gonna carry that water of love to me
There's a bird up in a tree sitting up high
Just a-waiting for me to die
If I don't get some water soon
I'll be dead and gone in the afternoon
Water of love deep in the ground
But there ain't no water here to be found
Some day baby when the river runs free
It's gonna carry that water of love to me
Once I had a woman I could call my own
Once I had a woman now my woman she gone
Once there was a river now there's a stone
You know it's evil when you're living alone
Water of love deep in the ground
But there ain't no water here to be found
Some day baby when the river runs free
It's gonna carry that water of love to me
(Carry that) water of love deep in the ground
But there ain't no water here to be found
Some day baby when the river runs free
It's gonna carry that water of love to me
The (c)lean sound they produced on their first (two) albums is the truest DS to me. Later on they sounded more refined with elaborate orchestration, keyboards and such, but in turn, lost some of their original purity.
Yes...But... Your Point is??
Is this a Jj Cale song? I saw DS in a pub in Putney London before any albums. It seems like a week later they where one of the biggest stadium bands in the world.
No, written by Mark Knopfler!
I think you're talking about Nighthawks, by Edward Hopper. Both have a certain haunting feeling
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
Not to be confused with nighthawks at the diner by Tom waits
yeah. it reminds me of a couple other things, too. like a rothko piece. or that one of a shot outside a diner at night, i forget the artist and title of the piece...damnit.
also, love the song, too.
I saw Dire Straits supporting Talking Heads in Swindon, UK in 1978. I thought they were a competent pub band then, and have not since felt any need to revise this opinion.
WHAT'S IT LIKE ON PLANET KNOB!!!
Sitting on my deck in Nassau, Bahamas. Overlooking my dock, my boat, and a bunch of coconut trees. Different climate, same feels for Bill & Rebecca.
Sitting in my home office with a pair of Stax, great cognac, RP and its 23:50 on a 'school night' after a hot humid day in NZ.
Trying ...kinda... to go to bed, but the the damn' music's just so good!
Different climate, same feels for Bill & Rebecca.

yeah. it reminds me of a couple other things, too. like a rothko piece. or that one of a shot outside a diner at night, i forget the artist and title of the piece...damnit.
also, love the song, too.
Hopper's Nighthawks at the diner?
Sitting in my shed in Vermont with the Woodstove blazing and listening to RP. Thanks Bill and Rebecca for all the great tunes
Sitting on my deck in Nassau, Bahamas. Overlooking my dock, my boat, and a bunch of coconut trees. Different climate, same feels for Bill & Rebecca.
he don't do bad.
10/10
Never been to Vermont. But I get the feeling.
Surely their back catalogue doesn't change each year...? Must be your appreciation of it improving with age

Mightly fine music though!!
COMMANDER_KENT wrote:
Every song on the first LP was a smash! My least favorite was sultans of swing. Maybe because commercial radio played it to death.
Walking in the wild west end was the song my wife and I danced too at our wedding. 1984! We still dance to it 34 years later...

Walking in the wild west end was the song my wife and I danced too at our wedding. 1984! We still dance to it 34 years later...
You two dug the deep well. Keep on rock steady.
Lots of hints of where he was headed in the future.
yeah. it reminds me of a couple other things, too. like a rothko piece. or that one of a shot outside a diner at night, i forget the artist and title of the piece...damnit.
also, love the song, too.
Edward Hopper?
yeah. it reminds me of a couple other things, too. like a rothko piece. or that one of a shot outside a diner at night, i forget the artist and title of the piece...damnit.
also, love the song, too.
I think you're talking about Nighthawks, by Edward Hopper. Both have a certain haunting feeling
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
Walking in the wild west end was the song my wife and I danced too at our wedding. 1984! We still dance to it 34 years later...
One hell of a choice. I was lucky enough to see DS with all the original members after Communique came out. Ian Gomm opened, and he joined them for an encore of "Gloria". That was cool as hell.
Walking in the wild west end was the song my wife and I danced too at our wedding. 1984! We still dance to it 34 years later...
Lovely

Walking in the wild west end was the song my wife and I danced too at our wedding. 1984! We still dance to it 34 years later...
lily34 wrote:
yeah. it reminds me of a couple other things, too. like a rothko piece. or that one of a shot outside a diner at night, i forget the artist and title of the piece...damnit.
also, love the song, too.
Hopper-esque in its own way
I concur. So smooth. Tempo. Tone. Feel.

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BuzzPete wrote:
Six Blade Knife. Another great one.
YES YES YES. Six Blade Knife please.
Six Blade Knife. Another great one.
yeah. it reminds me of a couple other things, too. like a rothko piece. or that one of a shot outside a diner at night, i forget the artist and title of the piece...damnit.
also, love the song, too.
Holds up like high quality steel.
Sultans of Swing is the song that launched Dire Straits into the rock world and established their unique sound. It's a brilliant song. That being said, this song and Down to the Waterline are my favs from the album.
I agree with all your points, but my personal favorite is "In the Gallery." Those solo breaks are just...
There's nothing weak about "Sultans of Swing".
It, along with this, is just another wonderful song from a wonderful album.
Sultans of Swing is the song that launched Dire Straits into the rock world and established their unique sound. It's a brilliant song. That being said, this song and Down to the Waterline are my favs from the album.
I agree Cynera. It is odd that their break out hit was the weakest song on the album. However, so glad it was there or this kid would have never bought the album. I thank MK as well as Steely Dan for fermenting a deeper love and respect for music in me.
There's nothing weak about "Sultans of Swing".
It, along with this, is just another wonderful song from a wonderful album.
miss you so much, Cynaera...
love this wet song... love this album... love sex, drugs, and rock 'n roll...
I agree Cynera. It is odd that their break out hit was the weakest song on the album. However, so glad it was there or this kid would have never bought the album. I thank MK as well as Steely Dan for fermenting a deeper love and respect for music in me.
smooooothThis album was a real breath of fresh air when in came out in the stale late seventies.
Yeah, people keep posting that here. Interesting. I don't have a lot of exposure to JJ but I see what you mean.
Knopfer has an amazing ability to get a rounded, singing sound out of his playing although that sort of disappeared on "Brothers in Arms." Perhaps he's just a genius at mixing the recorders...
Make forget this Alpha Blondy madness.
Favorite vinyl ever.
...and Punk.
miss you so much, Cynaera...
love this wet song... love this album... love sex, drugs, and rock 'n roll...
And yet so is "Money For Nothing", odd isn't it?
Krispian wrote:
Last of a kind it seems. Not many artists have been able to accomplish gifts of these kind in many years.
Albums these days seem to be more of contractual obligations and a couple of gems than complete thoughts.
I consider MK to be my personal guitar god, and must say across the entire Dire Straits library the radio singles are almost always my least favorites. When listening to a full album, I'll skip past tunes like "Walk of Life" yet when it comes on a commercial radio station it's still way better than most of the other drivel they've played that day.
great call my man

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I am gettin your thread theme here for the last five or six...
(yer a genious!)
Sweet memories for sure!flatpicker wrote:
Which is ok in my books.
32 years? Holy crap... I've finally hit that age-range when I keep saying, "That's from ___ years ago? What?!" Egad.
Maybe in such way that Mark Knopfler played a tune (of which is only used a second or two) on the album "Gaucho" (on "Gaucho" itself, I believe).
Reminds me of JJ Cale. That is: the first album resembles JJ Cale quite a lot...
My favorite 2 Dire Straits songs!
Sarah McLachlan - Plenty
Hooverphonic - Inhaler
Broken Bells - Your Head is On Fire
Dire Straits - Water of Love
Which is ok in my books.
This is the one that got me back in 1979. Hooked on Knopfler ever since.
romeotuma wrote:
This song is soooo gooood for the ears...
Har-dee-har-har... you think that up yourself, Stimey?
On_The_Beach wrote:
Yes 'ndeed! I still listen to "On every street" very frequently ... ![]()
Saw them live at the Knickerbocker Arena (Albany, NY) back in 92 ...
helluva concert dude! 


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way too much old stuff on RP... ho hum mostly... and I'm 57. please, some decent music after 1990!!!!!!
Go Away! and don't come back!