Dire Straits

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Dire Straits was a british rock band, formed in 1977 by Mark Knopfler (guitar and vocals), his brother David Knopfler (guitar), John Illsley (bass), and Pick Withers (drums), and subsequently managed by Ed Bicknell. Dire Straits emerged during the post-punk era of the late ’70s, and while their sound was minimalistic and stripped down, they owed little to punk. If anything, the band was a direct outgrowth of the roots revivalism of pub rock, but where pub rock celebrated good times, Dire Straits were melancholy. Led by guitarist/vocalist Mark Knopfler, the group built their sound upon the laid-back blues-rock of J.J. Cale, but they also had jazz and country inflections, occasionally dipping into the epic song structures of progressive rock. The band’s music was offset by Knopfler’s lyrics, which approximated the winding, stream-of-conscious narratives of Bob Dylan. As their career progressed, Dire Straits became more refined and their new maturity happened to coincide with the rise of MTV and the compact disc. These two musical revolutions from the mid-’80s helped make Dire Straits’ sixth album, Brothers in Arms, an international blockbuster. The band - along with Eric Clapton, Phil Collins, and Steve Winwood - become one of the leaders of a group of self-consciously mature veteran rock & rollers in the late ’80s that designed their music to appeal to aging baby boomers. (read more)

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Add this track to your playlist Romeo and Juliet full track	6:00	110,144	Buy mp3
Add this track to your playlist Sultans of Swing	0:30	174,513	Buy mp3
Add this track to your playlist Money for Nothing	0:30	149,330	Buy mp3
Add this track to your playlist Brothers in Arms	0:30	126,182	Buy mp3

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–	1	Add this track to your playlist Sultans of Swing	6,311
–	2	Add this track to your playlist Money for Nothing	4,505
–	3	Add this track to your playlist Brothers in Arms	4,146
–	4	Add this track to your playlist Walk of Life	3,911
–	5	Add this track to your playlist Romeo and Juliet full track	3,518
–	6	Add this track to your playlist So Far Away	2,581
–	7	Add this track to your playlist Private Investigations	1,877
–	8	Add this track to your playlist Tunnel of Love	1,866
–	9	Add this track to your playlist Lady Writer	1,631
–	10	Add this track to your playlist Your Latest Trick	1,585
–	11	Add this track to your playlist Calling Elvis	1,505
–	12	Add this track to your playlist On Every Street	1,358
1	13	Add this track to your playlist Heavy Fuel	1,243
1	14	Add this track to your playlist Down to the Waterline	1,207
1	15	Add this track to your playlist Twisting by the Pool	1,047
1	16	Add this track to your playlist Love Over Gold	976
–	17	Add this track to your playlist Telegraph Road	943
–	18	Add this track to your playlist Six Blade Knife	862
2	19	Add this track to your playlist Why Worry	800
1	20	Add this track to your playlist The man's too strong	778

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–	1	Add this track to your playlist Sultans of Swing	68,422
–	2	Add this track to your playlist Money for Nothing	55,555
–	3	Add this track to your playlist Brothers in Arms	47,518
–	4	Add this track to your playlist Walk of Life	46,284
–	5	Add this track to your playlist Romeo and Juliet full track	40,955
–	6	Add this track to your playlist So Far Away	32,162
–	7	Add this track to your playlist Tunnel of Love	28,884
–	8	Add this track to your playlist Private Investigations	25,299
–	9	Add this track to your playlist Lady Writer	21,266
–	10	Add this track to your playlist Calling Elvis	19,662
–	11	Add this track to your playlist Your Latest Trick	19,505
–	12	Add this track to your playlist On Every Street	18,842
1	13	Add this track to your playlist Heavy Fuel	16,870
1	14	Add this track to your playlist Down to the Waterline	16,822
2	15	Add this track to your playlist Twisting by the Pool	13,947
1	16	Add this track to your playlist Love Over Gold	13,786
1	17	Add this track to your playlist Why Worry	13,338
–	18	Add this track to your playlist Telegraph Road	12,880
–	19	Add this track to your playlist Water of Love	12,348
1	20	Add this track to your playlist Six Blade Knife	11,678
1	21	Add this track to your playlist The man's too strong	11,611
–	22	Add this track to your playlist Ride Across the River	11,329
–	23	Add this track to your playlist One World	11,194
–	24	Add this track to your playlist Once Upon a Time in the West	10,481
–	25	Add this track to your playlist Expresso Love	9,272
–	26	Add this track to your playlist Wild West End	8,432
–	27	Add this track to your playlist Southbound Again	8,372
–	28	Add this track to your playlist Lions	8,173
1	29	Add this track to your playlist Solid Rock	8,056
1	30	Add this track to your playlist In the Gallery	8,000
–	31	Add this track to your playlist Setting Me Up	7,742
1	32	Add this track to your playlist Industrial Disease	7,724
1	33	Add this track to your playlist You and Your Friend	7,630
–	34	Add this track to your playlist Fade to Black	7,177
–	35	Add this track to your playlist News	7,083
–	36	Add this track to your playlist Portobello Belle	6,826
–	37	Add this track to your playlist Skateaway	6,729
–	38	Add this track to your playlist Follow Me Home	6,567
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