Dire Straits

italianjunkie · **Posted:** Sat May 23, 2009 3:11 pm

As a 13-year-old I have found that the Dire Straits just don't catch on with most kids my age... I think it's probably because Knopfler's style is more mellow than most of the music my friends listen too... Anyways does anybody know of a band still releasing music that sounds anything like the kind of stuff Dire Straits were churning out in their prime? I think they may be a dying breed.

Bluestube · **Posted:** Sat May 23, 2009 4:36 pm

I discovered Dire Straits at around the age of thirteen, all i listened to for a whole year was only Mark Knopfler and Dire Straits!! My parents thought i was crazy!

Truly a great band, don't know of any other bands with the same sound thou, try Pink Floyd that was the band i got into after DS (and then came the blues!)

nrt4 · **Posted:** Sat May 23, 2009 5:16 pm

Im 13 and love Marks playing. One of my friends whose 14 has his technique almost completely copied

italianjunkie · **Posted:** Sat May 23, 2009 5:21 pm

good to find that there are other people my age with musical taste... Pink Floyd is a little bit too "out there" for me - I like their music videos though

strat2004 · **Joined:** Sat May 23, 2009 5:12 pm **Posts:** 235

mark knopfler is a fantastic player

Time-Machine · **Posted:** Sat May 23, 2009 11:49 pm

italianjunkie wrote:

good to find that there are other people my age with musical taste... Pink Floyd is a little bit too "out there" for me - I like their music videos though

The shame is, the kids will listen to the Wall and think that's how Floyd sounds :cry:

Both me and my younger brother inherited a love for Dire Straits from our mother (I'm 20, he's 17 next month)
I don't know anybody that doesn't like their music to some extent, even some of the electro-pill-munchers I know will pick up the groove, at least on the more upbeat stuff

nrt4 · **Posted:** Sun May 24, 2009 4:47 am

Don't think todays youth does not know good music. While others listen to rap and bubblegum pop I listen to some of the greatest bands from 1960s-1990s

ZZDoc · **Posted:** Sun May 24, 2009 1:24 pm

italianjunkie wrote:

As a 13-year-old I have found that the Dire Straits just don't catch on with most kids my age... I think it's probably because Knopfler's style is more mellow than most of the music my friends listen too... Anyways does anybody know of a band still releasing music that sounds anything like the kind of stuff Dire Straits were churning out in their prime? I think they may be a dying breed.

What you must do is listen to as much of Knopfler's work product as a composer and musician these past 30 years to appreciate his artistic palete. It's not all about his virtuosity as a player,or his 'tone', but how he views life, sees the world, and inteprets it through his words and music. Then ask who else write like that these days. :wink:

Ceri · **Posted:** Mon May 25, 2009 8:40 am

italianjunkie wrote:

Anyways does anybody know of a band still releasing music that sounds anything like the kind of stuff Dire Straits were churning out in their prime? I think they may be a dying breed.

Hi italianjunkie: try JJ Cale. He sounded like that before Knopfler came along - and he still does. Trace that early Straits sound to the source...

Cheers - C

ZZDoc · **Posted:** Mon May 25, 2009 9:26 am

Ceri wrote:

italianjunkie wrote:

Anyways does anybody know of a band still releasing music that sounds anything like the kind of stuff Dire Straits were churning out in their prime? I think they may be a dying breed.

Hi italianjunkie: try JJ Cale. He sounded like that before Knopfler came along - and he still does. Trace that early Straits sound to the source...

Cheers - C

Most heavily DITTO :!:

; Wonder if the young'uns know that Cale wrote 'Cocaine', 'After Midnight', and 'The Breeze.' Likely the Crossroads Concert he appeared in with Eric might have been the first introduction to him for some of them.

There's a bit of subtle behavior on that stage which an understanding of behavior reveals. Each is offering the other, 'the first'. Eric standing to the right and rear of JJ. It is not often that we have the priviledge of seeing Eric on stage with one of his influences. It was a special moment. These artists have done much for each other. "Tulsa Time" is Eric's tribute to JJ Cale.

Whenever you want to 'chill out', Cale and Knopfler are a good listen.

Doc

Ceri · **Posted:** Mon May 25, 2009 10:24 am

zzdoc wrote:

Whenever you want to 'chill out', Cale and Knopfler are a good listen.

Doc

Hey Doc - I just loved JJ Cale in the mid-'70s (and still do). Beautiful guitar sound, and fascinated by the minimalist writing style. But I just wished we could hear a little more of that guitar: I wanted a plateful instead of the bite size portions.

And then along came Dire Straits by Dire Straits. Seemed I wasn't the only one thinking that way!

BTW: people always observe the debt Knopfler's singing style owes to Bob Dylan. But especially on those early albums it is clear he'd been studying JJ Cale's voice as well as his guitar playing.

JJ Cale may be one of the most under acknowledged influences on so much music we all like.

Cheers - C

stagemasterplayer · **Posted:** Mon May 25, 2009 12:01 pm

I like Mark's old work with Chet Atkins

CAFeathers · **Posted:** Mon May 25, 2009 12:12 pm

Knopfler is a fabulous guitarist. Don't forget to check out his solo work and his work with "The Notting Hillbillies"

strat2004 · **Joined:** Sat May 23, 2009 5:12 pm **Posts:** 235

i found van halen at the age of 16 over 31 years
ago i was dabbling with guitar befor then but
nothing serious until the 1978 van halen release.
a few years later mark knophler.
i would suggest van halen/pink floyd/ mark knophler/jimi hendrix/
eric clapton when he was with cream/eric johnson/robin trower and theres a few more
you cant go wrong with any of these.

italianjunkie · **Posted:** Mon May 25, 2009 4:38 pm

zzdoc wrote:

Ceri wrote:

italianjunkie wrote:

Anyways does anybody know of a band still releasing music that sounds anything like the kind of stuff Dire Straits were churning out in their prime? I think they may be a dying breed.

Hi italianjunkie: try JJ Cale. He sounded like that before Knopfler came along - and he still does. Trace that early Straits sound to the source...

Cheers - C

Most heavily DITTO :!:

; Wonder if the young'uns know that Cale wrote 'Cocaine', 'After Midnight', and 'The Breeze.' Likely the Crossroads Concert he appeared in with Eric might have been the first introduction to him for some of them.

There's a bit of subtle behavior on that stage which an understanding of behavior reveals. Each is offering the other, 'the first'. Eric standing to the right and rear of JJ. It is not often that we have the priviledge of seeing Eric on stage with one of his influences. It was a special moment. These artists have done much for each other. "Tulsa Time" is Eric's tribute to JJ Cale.

Whenever you want to 'chill out', Cale and Knopfler are a good listen.

Doc

I knew he wrote Cocaine, not After Midnight though, and I've never actually heard The Breeze... time for some youtube

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