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Author:  Hatchetman [ Thu May 30, 2019 9:58 am ]
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Such a good album it deserves its own thread. "Walk of Life" always reminds me of The Heavy Fuel Crew. Money for Nothing reminds me of the pothead that used to bring his boombox on the high school bus. He'd play that song and Crazy Train over and over.

This CD got heavy listening when I was in college. So Far Away always reminds me of my now-wife who had to go back to California for the summers. the first time she left I cried in my dorm room and got a horrendous nose bleed.

The album will be 35 years old next year! :lol:
Author:  Don Tiny [ Thu May 30, 2019 10:06 am ]
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I approve this thread.
Author:  pittmike [ Thu May 30, 2019 10:08 am ]
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It really was a good album. It was one of the cassettes we passed around the barracks during down time in infantry training. So Far Away From Me was played a lot.
Author:  Furious Styles [ Thu May 30, 2019 10:25 am ]
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Quite a haunting title track.
Author:  Jaw Breaker [ Thu May 30, 2019 10:41 am ]
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One of the first all-digital recordings.
Author:  Rod [ Thu May 30, 2019 10:48 am ]
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I hate Dire Straits. British Puss Rock.
Author:  sjboyd0137 [ Thu May 30, 2019 10:49 am ]
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Joe Orr Road Rod wrote:
I hate Dire Straits. British Puss Rock.


Maybe, but Money for Nothing has one of my favorite verses in all of music

Quote:
See the little burrito with the earring and the makeup
Yeah buddy that's his own hair
That little burrito got his own jet airplane
That little burrito, he's a millionaire


Especially now that it pisses off so many whiny liberal types.
Author:  Rod [ Thu May 30, 2019 10:50 am ]
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sjboyd0137 wrote:
Joe Orr Road Rod wrote:
I hate Dire Straits. British Puss Rock.


Maybe, but Money for Nothing has one of my favorite verses in all of music

Quote:
See the little burrito with the earring and the makeup
Yeah buddy that's his own hair
That little burrito got his own jet airplane
That little burrito, he's a millionaire


Especially now that it pisses off so many whiny liberal types.



CANCEL DIRE STRAITS!
Author:  Hatchetman [ Thu May 30, 2019 11:06 am ]
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Otherwise I'm not a HUGE fan, but that album is great.

Sultans of Swing is a great song also.

JORR just can't abide by any music that is actually musical.
Author:  Rod [ Thu May 30, 2019 11:14 am ]
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Hatchetman wrote:
Otherwise I'm not a HUGE fan, but that album is great.

Sultans of Swing is a great song also.

JORR just can't abide by any music that is actually musical.


I just don't like British Puss Rock.
Author:  Hatchetman [ Thu May 30, 2019 11:19 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Brothers in Arms
give me an example of something you like that was put together by someone with actual training. Not four misfits in the garage.
Author:  Rod [ Thu May 30, 2019 11:27 am ]
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Hatchetman wrote:
give me an example of something you like that was put together by someone with actual training. Not four misfits in the garage.


:lol: I don't know if the Knopfler brothers have any "training".

I know it's annoying to answer a question with a question (though par for CFMB) but here goes: What great rock band is comprised of music students?
Author:  Hatchetman [ Thu May 30, 2019 11:31 am ]
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OK, maybe that was the wrong term. I dunno. How about somebody that knows what a melody is?
Author:  sjboyd0137 [ Thu May 30, 2019 11:32 am ]
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Joe Orr Road Rod wrote:
Hatchetman wrote:
give me an example of something you like that was put together by someone with actual training. Not four misfits in the garage.


:lol: I don't know if the Knopfler brothers have any "training".

I know it's annoying to answer a question with a question (though par for CFMB) but here goes: What great rock band is comprised of music students?


Doesn't exist, but it seems to me that Hatchetman is a BigFan of over produced garbage.
Author:  Rod [ Thu May 30, 2019 11:48 am ]
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Hatchetman wrote:
OK, maybe that was the wrong term. I dunno. How about somebody that knows what a melody is?



I like lots of songs with strong melodies.

And I wouldn't really say Dire Straits is very strong on melody. "Money For Nothing" is known for a guitar lick, not a melody.
Author:  Jaw Breaker [ Thu May 30, 2019 11:48 am ]
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Joe Orr Road Rod wrote:
Hatchetman wrote:
give me an example of something you like that was put together by someone with actual training. Not four misfits in the garage.


:lol: I don't know if the Knopfler brothers have any "training".

I know it's annoying to answer a question with a question (though par for CFMB) but here goes: What great rock band is comprised of music students?


Dream Theater

(covering head now...)
Author:  Telegram Sam [ Thu May 30, 2019 11:59 am ]
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Joe Orr Road Rod wrote:
Hatchetman wrote:
give me an example of something you like that was put together by someone with actual training. Not four misfits in the garage.


:lol: I don't know if the Knopfler brothers have any "training".

I know it's annoying to answer a question with a question (though par for CFMB) but here goes: What great rock band is comprised of music students?


This is a very valid and interesting question. I'm flicking on the Curious Hair/Bagels bat signal on this.
Author:  tommy [ Thu May 30, 2019 12:19 pm ]
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The lyrics of "Money for Nothing" seem like something some woke kid from Naperville would write. They had that Archie Bunker effect: People who connected with the lyrics were actually being criticized.

Those idiots missed the irony. What idiotic idiots. (I never did, of course. Nope.)
Author:  MajorKong [ Thu May 30, 2019 12:54 pm ]
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Great album. Their self-titled debut was also really good. I love Knopfler's guitar paying. The way he finger picks the electric really makes it sing. And yes, the "Money for Nothing" riff is a melody and probably the most recognizable melody out of the many that are in that song.
Author:  Rod [ Thu May 30, 2019 1:28 pm ]
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MajorKong wrote:
Great album. Their self-titled debut was also really good. I love Knopfler's guitar paying. The way he finger picks the electric really makes it sing. And yes, the "Money for Nothing" riff is a melody and probably the most recognizable melody out of the many that are in that song.


Okay, technically, yeah that lick is a melody. But I would argue that when people talk about melody in pop songs they generally mean a vocal melody.
Author:  BigW72 [ Thu May 30, 2019 2:01 pm ]
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Knopfler is on the Mt. Rushmore of underrated guitar players.
he's also a dreadful lead vocalist. woof.

I'm with JORR on this one. Pass.
Author:  Curious Hair [ Thu May 30, 2019 2:02 pm ]
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Telegram Sam wrote:
Joe Orr Road Rod wrote:
Hatchetman wrote:
give me an example of something you like that was put together by someone with actual training. Not four misfits in the garage.


:lol: I don't know if the Knopfler brothers have any "training".

I know it's annoying to answer a question with a question (though par for CFMB) but here goes: What great rock band is comprised of music students?


This is a very valid and interesting question. I'm flicking on the Curious Hair/Bagels bat signal on this.

Jonny Greenwood was a music student but the rest of Radiohead were not. John Mayer comes to mind. But usually it's art school dropouts who make the best rock bands, not classically trained music students. The problem is that being a music major pretty much saps your soul too much to make rock.
Author:  beni hanna [ Thu May 30, 2019 2:36 pm ]
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I have multiple points:

1) Making Movies is a better album than Brothers in Arms. The song Brothers in Arms is solid enough to be part of Making Movies album.
1a) I personally am glad that Hatchetman did not own Making Movies because he was not exposed to Romeo and Juliet...crying in his pillow at the dorm may have led to a negative final outcome for hatchetboy.
2) Money for Nothing was a great MTV song. That was about it. I want to punch puppies when I hear the first notes of Walk of Life (who hoo...)
3) The remainder of the Dire Straits catalog doesn't move bowels or anything else for that matter.
4) While I may be a double-bogey poster here at CFMB, I am going to step up my game and ask an 'on par' CFMB question. Who are these British Puss Rock Bands? Why have I never heard of this genre before?

and thanks for listening.
Author:  badrogue17 [ Thu May 30, 2019 2:39 pm ]
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beni hanna wrote:
I have multiple points:

1) Making Movies is a better album than Brothers in Arms. The song Brothers in Arms is solid enough to be part of Making Movies album.
nder of the Dire Straits catalog doesn't move bowels or anything else for that matter.
4) While I may be a double-bogey poster here at CFMB, I am going to step up my game and ask an 'on par' CFMB question. Who are these British Puss Rock Bands? Why have I never heard of this genre before?

and thanks for listening.

1) Absolutely . A classic . 4) Radiohead , Coldplay .
Author:  beni hanna [ Thu May 30, 2019 2:58 pm ]
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Interesting. Dire Straits released British Puss Rock in the late 70's. Are they like the founding members or something? I get both Radiohead and ColdPlay fitting into this genre. I missed one hell of a longstanding musical phenomenon.
Author:  Curious Hair [ Thu May 30, 2019 3:01 pm ]
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Radiohead and Dire Straits have nothing to do with each other. Radiohead was born of wanting to do American grunge songs but really being U2 at heart.

Dire Straits is more of the British equivalent to Los Lobos: I appreciate the musicianship and know I should like them, but I can't make the emotional connection.
Author:  Hatchetman [ Thu May 30, 2019 3:04 pm ]
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Listening to Making Movies now. I know Skateaway. That's a great song. The entire album has kind of a Bruce & E-Street vibe.
Author:  Rod [ Thu May 30, 2019 3:28 pm ]
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beni hanna wrote:
Interesting. Dire Straits released British Puss Rock in the late 70's. Are they like the founding members or something? I get both Radiohead and ColdPlay fitting into this genre. I missed one hell of a longstanding musical phenomenon.



Coldplay is definitely British Puss Rock. Radiohead is something else.
Author:  Telegram Sam [ Thu May 30, 2019 3:33 pm ]
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Is Joy Division British Puss Rock?

Then do you get into progressive rock. Is that British Puss Rock?
Author:  Rod [ Thu May 30, 2019 3:37 pm ]
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Telegram Sam wrote:
Is Joy Division British Puss Rock?

Then do you get into progressive rock. Is that British Puss Rock?



No. Joy Division is not British Puss Rock. Moody Blues is British Puss Rock. Arctic Monkeys too.
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