"tunnel of love" is based on marks childhood visits to 'the Spanish city' a fairground on the north-east coast of England, a place called Whitley Bay! and the Cullercoats he mentions is just a couple of miles along from Whitley Bay! it's a legendary 'geordie' anthem and relatable to us who also visited 'the Spanish city' in our childhood between 1950s to its closure. the Dome is still there, but not the fairground! Words to 'tunnel of love' is written on the pavement outside the Dome now, a great honour for 'the boy' Mark knopfler who visited this place in his youth!!!! 😊👍

@paulribeiro6406

Жыл бұрын

I would like to visit the place, but it must be immensely melancholic.

@dougreed2257

Жыл бұрын

@@paulribeiro6406 yes,but worth it because of màrks connection,though from a child in the 1960s i always loved the place and cullercoats ,oh,and tynmouth ,just a bit furthet along from cullercoats,but after "tunnel of love" connection it makes the place even more special.And the north -east coast is always a beautiful place to visit all year round.and the fish &chips are wonderful😋😊👍

Tunnel of Love is just an incredibly beautiful song. It makes me emotional every time I’ve heard it, and I bought this album brand-new upon its release.

@clarity8

Жыл бұрын

Same here.

@simondalzell5635

Жыл бұрын

I'm 58 It's my favourite track ever.

Glad to hear “It Never Rains” get some attention. An angrier side of Mark, someone really got under his skin… and gave us that epic outro! One of their best, IMO.

@ruimarques7625

Жыл бұрын

Holly Vincent got under his skin!

First three songs are of the album “Making Movies”. Just an epic DS album

I'd forgotten how great It Never Rains was. It feels like the forgotten track off Love Over Gold, but I remember back in the 80s when I listened to it so much just loving that outro to both the track and the album.

Marvellous piano provided by Professor Roy Bittan, of E-Street Band fame - love it. Tunnel of Love and Romeo and Juliet are two of my three favourite Dire Straits tracks. They opened with these two songs when I saw them live in Dortmund, 1980. What a vibe. Glad you found out there was more to like than the first album.

@rudolfbecker4313

Жыл бұрын

Hallo Volker, es war eine lauwarme Sommernacht im Juni 79 und Dire Straits eröffneten mit Down to the waterline und Six blade knife und am Ende bei Water of Love waren wir alle verzaubert, eine Erinnerung, die sich bis heute gehalten hat. Vielleicht schaffe ich es dieses Jahr endlich mal wieder auf die Loreley, Night of the Prog hatte in der Vergangenheit oft gute Line-Ups, leider war der Termin oft ungünstig im Juli. Das letzte Mal war ich 2017 dort, es gab u.a. Blind Ego und Mike Portnoy's Shattered Fortress ... einfach super, Musik und location

March 1981 - was in Tokyo - in the Ginza - and bought a SONY Walkman for $250 1981 money - and two cassette tapes - Making Movies and Eagles Greatest Hits. On a 10 hour flight to Honolulu (bumped to 1st class btw) - I didn't even listen to the Eagles - it was Making Movies over and over - and the finger snap on Romeo and Juliet blew my mind - never had such recording clarity ever been heard before and played back by the generational leap of technology that the Walkman was. Music had never sound as good - until that moment. Now we take crystal clear music for granted - but it was rare in 1981.

"Spanish City" was an amusement fair & arcade in the North East of England. Mark spent a while in that part of the world.

Nick, you should check out "Skateaway", the last song on side one of Making Movies, you'll love the guitar work.

@JKonstage

Жыл бұрын

I agree. I wanted to include Skateaway instead of Expresso Love, but that would have pushed it way over the time limit!

@dav147

Жыл бұрын

@@JKonstage loved this thanks JK, great memories for me Whitley Bay's Spanish City on Tunnel of Love as a kid, always loved thier albums, 'You and Your Friend' and Every Street, favourites also from Every Street album.

Nearly 43 years old and the sound and craftsmanship is of the highest order. Legendary

When you get to Brothers In Arms please get to the deep tracks like Your Latest Trick, Why Worry and Ride Across The River.

Great reaction, Nick. Yeah that first album was so different from what we heard up until then. That second album has a different vibe, because the conditions were so very different for the band. They had achieved fame and recognition, so the motives changed enormously. It was recorded in the Carribean. So the gap between those two albums good not be bigger. On Making Movies the line up had changed. David, Mark's brother had left the band. Mark obviously ventured something new with long stories and subsequent compositions. There is a very good live version of Tunnel of Love from the Alchemy tour.

Excellent choices. :) The first two show off Mark's touch, timing and his use of space/silence. One of the reasons I have always enjoyed his music (with Dire Straights and his solo albums and the movie sound tracks). He comes up with good stories and his voice is perfect for them and his delivery. Spin the whole albums sometime. They're certainly worth it. :)

There are only a handful of Dire Straits songs I love, but side one of Making Movies is immaculate and the Tunnel of Love the best thing the band ever did. I think every guitar player likes Mark Knopfler. It's just a very rewarding way to learn to play.

I'm glad that you're continuing your Dire Straits journey. As you continue you will find many treasure theirin. Mark Knopfler also has produced many great solo albums. As well as many lovely film soundtracks (Local Hero, Cal, The Princess Bride among them) Also many collaborations with people like Bob Dylan, Emmylou Harris, the Everley Brothers, Randy Newman and many others.

@debrabrabenec

Жыл бұрын

Love Local Hero, and, before the internet, I searched for years for the soundtrack and finally found it on vinyl. Also love Ragpicker's Dream, Shangri-la and All the Roadrunnung with Emmylou Harris.

@neonpark1874

Жыл бұрын

Agree - there's a treasure trove of great stuff on his solo albums.

Imagine hearing this masterpiece for the first time again.

The whole Making Movies album is just perfection. It happens to have my fave DS tune Skateaway.. don’t think you’ve done that one yet.

Ok. This reaction won me over. This album is different as it came out in 1980-81 very pivotal because of MTV. Listen to Skateaway. Need to listen to Making movies album

I like the first 2 albums most. I played them the most the last 35 years.. he just kinda 'tells a story' and let his guitar sing arround it. So unique!

I shall never forget the first time I heard this album. It was on a first date with a new boyfriend and I was already a fan. He'd just bought it and played it to me in his car. We didn't last but my love for Sure Straits did and I saw them many, many times - travelling over Europe to see them - and met them several times. Mark's playing just blows me away. I'm surprised you don't like Communique because to me, it sounds very similar to the first album. Making Movies was a huge change though.

"Romeo and Juliet" has always been my favorite Dire Straits song. Mark really pours his heart into it. You should watch his live performance from 2009-29 years after the version you just heard, with 29 more years' experience of heartbreak in his voice. Another great DS song is "Why Worry," which Mark wrote specifically for the Everly Brothers. There's a studio version with just the band, but Mark also did a live performance with Chet Atkins and the Everly Brothers: kzread.info/dash/bejne/oX2dutGoZre5ctY.html. Chet was Mark's mentor and idol, and they made a great album together called "Neck and Neck."

@alshipman2114

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for that info

@murrayspiffy2815

Жыл бұрын

His live versions Romeo and Juliet as a solo artist - are incredible - with the nuance and feeling he puts into the song.

I would like to recommend the live version of tunnel of love, but from the Sydney 1986 tour, magnificent guitarplay!

You guys need to watch Sultans of swing live on Alchemy tour which is sensational

Mark Knopfler's Shangri-La album is 🔥

@debrabrabenec

Жыл бұрын

Love it!

TOL is a key teen-heartbreak song for me. And clearly their masterpiece.

@shanewilson2484

Жыл бұрын

Agree

This is undoubtedly Knopfler's best moment , very emotional song . .

Making Movies used to be one of my absolute favorite albums, back in the day. Roy Bittan from The E Street Band provides wonderful piano on the album. Talk about a perfect marriage.

@richposports7030

5 ай бұрын

Alan Clark proved to be a brilliant organ and piano player for Dire Straits. 🎉🎉 Want to check out his solo material. MK ❤

Hi Nick, I remember 1st hearing Sultans of Swing. What is this new sound, like nothing I had heard before ? It wasn't long before buying their debut album, and track after track was just pure joy. My favourite has to be "Wild West End" from that album. They only released 6 studio albums, but every one has something special to offer. Love this marathon, and "Romeo & Juliet" is my favourite on this list, I adore the final minute or so. It's like a silent tear drop, when the lead guitar echoes eventually into it's fade out....Their 2nd album I know you were not very keen on. I'd give it another chance. It's lyrics, ie; on "News" is so clever, letting you think it's a horse ..but it turns out to be a motorbike. I love the 1st track "Once Upon a Time in the West", I always play Loud ! & "Where do you think you're going" is such a well crafted take, on a toxic manipulating relationship. ..... It's a good track to follow with "Private Investigations" from the "Love Over Gold" album....That track will leave you feeling you just watched a Film Noir movie. Atmospheric is an understatement. So clever ! Ok I'm off or I'll end up going through every album. Lol Byee Jim X

@rudolfbecker4313

Жыл бұрын

Hi Jim, absolutely agree with you about the songs you mentioned of Communique. I think, the "quality" of all songs of the first album, couldn't be kept all through album #2. But what do you think about his solo work ? He has so many beautiful stories to tell ... have a nice weekend. cheers Rudi

@jimled50jl49

Жыл бұрын

@@rudolfbecker4313 Hey Rudi !!!! Good to hear from you. I always remember when the movie Local Hero came out and Mark Knopfler did the soundtrack. He was still in Dire Straits then. Then I bought the Bob Dylan album "Slow Train Running" with Mark as guest appearance. I also got Phil Lynotts solo album "Solo in Soho" and Mark is on that too. Unfortunately here in Blackpool all our record stores eventually shut down due to one HMV Mega store.... and it's probably the worst store in England. I was a huge fan of Barclay James Harvest and had every album ... or so I thought. For years I found no new releases and presumed there wasn't any. Then on a trip returning to Belfast in Ireland where I use to live, and to see my sister still living there ... I went to a record store and found all these BJH albums !! I was sooo happy ...and sooo livid my record store was so bad. I found albums by Nazareth I never knew existed and much more. [ This is before I ever got a computer ] so it was just not there with Mark's solo albums on my radar. As with any music I was moving into other artists and discovering Jazz Fusion and more Prog Rock. I couldn't even tell you in all honesty what Marks albums are called. Cheers Rudi ! Take care.

@debrabrabenec

Жыл бұрын

Hi Jim and Rudy! I love the Local Hero soundtrack, (and movie!) I have his solo albums Ragpicker's Dream and Shangri-la, and the one with Emmylou Harris, All The Roadrunning. They are all wonderful!

@jimled50jl49

Жыл бұрын

@@debrabrabenec Hi Debbie, I will need to check these out. I just got a cd yesterday > Jim Steinman's "Bad For Good" [ I have it on vinyl ] & I'm waiting for the movie soundtrack "Streets of Fire" which has a few songs written by Steinman. Got the dvd. Love that movie ! Brilliant soundtrack. People love Meatloafs "Bat Out of Hell" but many overlook all those songs Steinman wrote and he can belt them out just like Meatloaf. [ Hard to tell their voices apart ] Bye Debbie ! Jim X

Bob Dylan never had a bigger fan..MK is a giant

Give communique another go as that's another DS masterpiece. It's the one I'd listen to the most growing up. I of course spread my love across all the albums of DS these days. And Mark Knopfler of course. He is a virtuoso.

@vinsgraphics

Жыл бұрын

Agreed. “Where do you think you’re going?” is a standout favorite.

@anthonyblavos8713

Жыл бұрын

Communique was the first album I bought and it is still my favorite studio album.

@neonpark1874

Жыл бұрын

Communique is awesome. Love that entire album.

@xxFORDIExx

Жыл бұрын

@@neonpark1874 certainly is. Remarkable music as always. Very soulful guitar playing.

David Knopfler actualy left the band during the recording of "Making Movies" and all his guitar parts were re recorded, Sid McGinnis was the guitarist that did some of that but I think Mark did a large part of it himself. This album had Jimmy Lovine co producing with Mark, the same producer as "Born to run" by Bruce Springsteen and also had Roy Bittan on keys since Dire Straits did not have a keyboard player yet.

Excellent reaction. Love Dire Straits.

I N D U S T R I A L D I S E A S E (from the 'Love over Gold' Album) P L E A S E !!!

I’ve followed them and Mark since Sultan’s of Swing days. Loved them then, love still today🎸🎶🎶😎

Your Latest Trick is a hell of a song.

Making Movies is a Masterpiece. That's the comment.

I could tell you were thirsty for more Dire Straits, Nick! Making Movies is my favorite DS album. Though I think you’re right that his voice is mixed low on Expresso Love - my guess is deliberately, for whatever reason. And I love It Never Rains, which gives him a chance to stretch out (and show off) on the outro. Others might find it self-indulgent, but I love the groove at the end. I think Knopfler was very influenced by Springsteen at this point, even borrowing Bruce’s pianist Roy Bittan for Making Movies. Glad to get you past the first couple of albums!

Excellent marathon!

Romeo and Juliet......a pretty riff for sure.

Just another comment: Your guitar playing was amazing....you inspire me with how you just pick up your guitar and take a chance to step away from the video and letting people to see you really shine! What a great platform to display your passions!

This was an interesting marathon! I really liked the first two songs, especially "Romeo and Juliet", with that wonderful National O guitar sound! I wasn't ever a big Dire Straits fan, though I respected them a lot. I loved "Sultans of Swing", but was into other stuff and didn't explore them further at the time. You and Alexia should watch the movie Local Hero- it is great and Mark does a beautiful soundtrack- I finally found it on vinyl about 15 years ago. Then our local radio station had a DJ who played songs from his 3rd solo album, Ragpicker's Dream and I REALLY liked it! I went out and bought it and then the next one, Shangri-la. I love them both a lot. All The Roadrunning with Emmylou Harris is really good also! I hope you and Lex explore more of Mr. Knopfler's solo work- it doesn't disappoint! 🎵❤️🎵 Debbie

Hi Nick, glad that you have ventured past the first album, Tunnel of Love is one of my favourites of theirs. Need to listen to Ride Across The River & One World from Brothers in Arms now!

His brother David was gone by the Making Movies album. He left to pursue his own solo career.

Thanks for the video, that was just brilliant. Romeo and Juliet is my favorite DS song, it really does touch your heart strings😎

@NicknLex

10 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching! Glad you enjoyed!

Very enjoyable marathon, thanks to JK.

Love your channel Nick. Thanks for getting to more Dire Straits. I think you might get down the rabbit hole on them like you did with The Dan (oh the sacrilege I know). One thing, the P in Knopfler is silent. It’s pronounced Nah-Fler. Thanks again.

I just want to say that your ability to pick up your instrument and demonstrate something you've only just heard is a rare thing and I commend you for it. And your reactions are cool too!

Gran reacción, Dire Straits son buenísimos. En el Live Alchemy hay versiones espectaculares en directo, sobre todo de Tunnel of love y Sultans of Swing.

I also love Mark Knopfler solo, check out songs like What it is, Go Love, Terminal of Tribute To, Silvertown Blues and many more

Making Movies, great album always in my top 5

Tunnel Of Love (Alchemy Live) is an outstanding experience. The intro track alone is just stunning.

Live versions of the first three songs(especially the Alchemy album) are even better Need to do the rest of the Love Over Gold album(It Never Rains comes from this album), Love Over Gold is DS' best album Comment about MK singing: No, MK's voice is the narrator, MK's guitar is the singer Comment about MK with Steely Dan: MK said(paraphrase)he'd never seen musicians as perfectionist as Donald Fagen and Walter Becker, hence the limited use of MK on the Gaucho album

@debrabrabenec

Жыл бұрын

Excellent point about his voice and guitar- did you read that somewhere or are you just brilliant?😀

His voice and style is very personal and intimate.

He uses a Pick on Expresso Love. He can do anything.

Romeo and Juliet on of my all-time favorite songs PE are I OD love you

I always loved the 'Makin' Movies' album, from the moment it was released. In 'Tunnel Of Love' Mark sings about "the Spanish city". For decades I just thought it really was about a Spanish city. It wasn't until I came across a great KZread interview with Mark, by AC/DC singer Brian Johnson, about a year ago, when I learned it was actually about this seaside arcade near Newcastle, UK 😂

There's some great stuff on "Communique" too as well as this album...

Creo que Prívate Investigation y Love Over Gold serían muy buenas opciones para que las escuches con Alexia.

Final solo on It Never Rains is insanely good

Yes please react to "skateaway" by them too

every album of dire Straits have a magic , but i don t know why but my favorite its On every Street ,

Mark went solo pretty much after" Brothers in arm's " i think there might have been one more album ? In his solo career the album "Golden Heart" is a stellar example of storytelling folk /rock and well worth your time to check out. Thanks for a great marathon.

"Money for nothing" is basicly an "one off" song by Mark, also because he wanted the song to sound like ZZ Top who were big on MTV when he wrote it. Other of Marks songs you really should hear are 2 songs from "Love over gold" being "Private Investigations" and the title track "Love over gold", but also "Brothers in arms", "Why Worry" and "Ride across the river" from "Brothers in arms" and "Calling Elvis" , "Fade to black" , "On every street" and "Planet of New Orleans" from the "On every street" album But Mark also wrote many great songs in his solo career

WTG JK!

Making Movies was the album that established Dire Straits. Amazing album. Followed up by Love Over Gold and Brothers In Arms for a terrific five-album run.

Perfect lineup JK. I agree with you Nick the mix is off and hard to penetrate if something could be better. It’s time now to explore some latter Dire Straits and Marks solo stuff. Planet of New Orleans, Rudiger, Golden Heart, Vic and Ray, Sailing to Philadelphia, and Punish the Monkey.

Every note of “Romeo and Juliet” is perfect.

I have the same opinion about Dire Straits like you, the first album was magic, the following ones had a couple of good songs, but couldn't top album nr 1. For me especially after I had seen them live right after the release of Communique, where they played most of the first album, enchanting the crowd in a warm summernight openair in 1979 😄 I know all albums except for the last, when I had lost interest after Brothers in arms, which has the - in the meantime - most "hated" Dire Straits song (I don't have to write the title), but also has the maybe best Dire Straits song outside of the first album - the epic title track. I got back into Mark Knopfler, when I coincidentally bought his 3rd solo album - The ragpickers dream . By now I have 10 Mark Knopfler albums, all 9 solo ones plus the one with Emmylou Harris were Top 10 in Germany, 3 of them #1. I think he has become a great story teller, I love when he sings about persons - Rüdiger - or places - Taormina - . I like the way his voice has developped and even more the instrumentation of his solo albums. He has many musicians with all kinds of instruments, some play maybe only a couple minutes on the album, but the art, how Mark Knopfler arranges his songs, never overloaded, each instrument clearly to hear, is everytime such delight to listen to. 🤘

Tunnel of Love's outro is audio gold.

Did you notice Romeo and Juliet starts with the same riff as Bruce Springsteen's Jungleland? Roy Bittan plays piano on both albums which makes them greater than they would have been. He also plays on my favourite Bowie track Station to Station. An album opener you really should check out.

Alchemy the Live Album IS Dire Straits. Don't forget there are 9 (to date )Solo albums and 9 lots of Film Music. Also listen to the Guitar bit in Joan Armatrading song The Shouting Stage the ending is something you want to go on for ever. As far as DS is concerned Telegraph Rpad, Brothers in Arms are a must. From solo performances "If this is Goodbye" needs a listen (the Prince of Wales Concert Mark Explains how he came to write the song and plays it live. there is also the live version with Emmylou Harris).

Love your channel and reactions to my fav. artist MK. I love all the songs in Making Movies but the recording mix itself is not my cup of tea. Live versions of Tunnel Of Love e.g.. Dire Straits Sydney Final Concert 1986 is incredible with extended solo at the end is ridiculously good. Not sure if you review live performances. My fav. songs are Planet Of New Orleans from album On Every Street, and I really recommend these 2 live DS performances from the album On The Night 1993 called Private Investigations and Calling Elvis. Cheers. All the best from Australia 🎸🎸🎸

My favorite live version of TOL is Wembley 85. I think its my favorite Mark solo

The Indigo Girls do a great cover of Romeo and Juliet. In fact, I prefer that version (sacrilege!). It's probably because I heard that version first. I wasn't crazy about the Dire Straits version at first, though it's grown on me.

The drummer is the best

He also uses hammer ons as well as pulloffs. And I think he also uses palm muting and volume "swells" which give sustain and an organ like tone.

The lyrics are genius. The metaphors & illusions from the play Romeo & Juliet & the relationship he depicts are spectacular. "Yeah, Romeo, I used to have a scene with him." It's one of the best crafted dumps of a guy ever.

Great selection of songs and Romeo and Juliet has a Bruce Springsteen feel from his Born to Run album. Fantastic!

@bradd8937

Жыл бұрын

Could be because Roy Bittan plays the piano on the Making Movies album.

@StevenQ74

Жыл бұрын

​@@bradd8937 and Jimmy Lovine co produced this album with Mark, so the same producer as "Born to run"

At the local Guitar Center I scanned through the music books, the ones that focus on bands and players, their music notations etc… the one of Mark Knopfler was the most worn out of them all. I imagine players picking it up, thumbing through it, putting it back knowing they’ll never achieve that level of brilliance.

Tienes que ver el video en directo de esta cancion,es mucho mas extensa en todo ,me llega al alma. o mejor ve todo el concierto (Alchemy live).pasalo bien!!!!

Try Tunnel of Love Alchemy live it is incredible

F1rst!!!🎉🎉🎉🎉 Hey Nick!! Have you guys ever thought of doing cover reactions? The Killers covered Romeo and Juliet which is the exposure I got to it. I like the Killers’ version better.

Please react to some Mark Knopfler solo songs. Speedway at Nazareth with Emmylou Harris would be a great start. Hill Farmer’s Blues would be another.

MK is great ❤❤

Nick, when you said that Mark Knopfler's voice isn't "beautiful", I said, "I think it is!" Not unlike Bob Dylan, Knopfler's voice is so expressive, and it's his *phrasing* that gets me every time. I just love his lyrical imagery. The "Spanish City" he sings of in 'Tunnel Of Love' is part of an amusement park near where he grew up in Blyth, England. 'Romeo & Juliet' was written about Knopfler's relationship with a former girlfriend.

@NicknLex

Жыл бұрын

I think his voice is amazing and I actually talked about how much I like it. It's rough because he used to smoke and drink in his youth.

Not only a unique voice and singular guitar playing style but a great lyricist too! Quite a heady combination to take in and critique, but over the years having seen them in their heyday, I return to DS regularly mainly through Making Movies and Love Over Gold albums. If you havn't done Telegraph Road yet get your finger out Nick! It's absolute genius.............

@JKonstage

Жыл бұрын

They did an earlier reaction to Telegraph Road.

The Making Movies album was one song away from perfection. If the song Les Boys had either been left off or replaced with anything else, it would have been perfect.

Wish you would have included Skateaway. Another great song from Making Movies.

Nick, now that you have absorbed the music side of this track, I could give you some background to the lyrics. English fairgrounds (carney?) and the North-east of England, especially the Spanish City in Whitley Bay, now changed completely.

You need to give a serious listen to ONCE UPON A TIME IN THE WEST from the album Communique'. Also, you missed SKATEAWAY from Making Movies - they had a nice official music video for that one, which ran a lot on MTV and helps visualize the tale.

I agree with you. The words of Express Love are muddy, at least on this recording.

The guitar solo of Tunnel of Love is otherwordly

Sorry to say I've really tried to like Dire Straits but I just can't get into them. But I did appreciate the opportunity to give them another shot though!

Dire Straits music is so complex and the guitarist is a legend. I would argue this is one of the best folk rock bands of all time. My favorite song is "Sultans of Swing" but my favorite album is definitely "Making Movies".

Nick look out for Romeo and Juliet live versions by DS or Mark on KZread. Blows the studio version out of the park.

I agree that Expresso Love is badly mixed. There is a thumping quality to the music.

Dire Straits Wild West End

Was thinking exactly the same as you about the mix on Expresso Love before you brought it up - Making Movies was an album that I listened to A LOT in the eighties (I saw Dire Straits live on their Brother in Arms tour in '85). I've only ever had the album on cassette (most likely copied off a friend or a borrowed vinyl LP from the local library - I was only a poor student back then!) so wouldn't have listened to it on headphones much... it's only now become clear to me that I can't have paid much attention... that track sounded really badly put together on this listen. Instruments and voice just seem to have been squeezed together into a strangely narrow channel where they end up constantly fighting for space. David Knopfler fell out with his brother after their first couple of albums so it'd be Hal Lindes playing on Making Movies, I think. I don't believe they ever reconciled. Worth checking out David's lengthy catalogue, it's full of good stuff - he's a thoughtful musician and lyricist. (I just checked and Hal Lindes joined them later so didn't play on MM, looks like they brought in a fairly prolific session musician for some of the guitar parts.)

Got into the first 3 albums. Pretty much stopped listening when ‘Money for Nothing’ with Sting came out and the video of it blasted all over MTV back then. That first album is great. Original vinyl on a good sound system is just an awesome recording with great sound quality let alone the great performance of the entire band. Knopfler is such a great guitarist especially how he integrates rhythm with lead. The really commercial stuff after Making Movies just didn’t interest me.

If the version you were listening to was from a remastered release, you would be correct in that the sound wasn't quite right. Find a version either from the vinyl album or the original Warner Brothers cd. The dynamic range and overall sound quality is much better.