What are the essential albums/songs I should listen to?

dire straits

news
sultans of swing
romeo and juliet
telegraph road
brothers in arms
singlehanded sailor
communiqué
portobello belle
great Knopfler solo stuff

the ragpicker's dream
slow learner
redbud tree

>the little aids spreading child raping boy adopting monkeypox HIV faggot
Did Mark go too far with this one

>>127092914 (OP)
Dire straights are the dire wolf version of heterosexuals.

>>127092914 (OP)
Just listen to a 15 second loop of the part in “Money for Nothing” when the intro ends and the guitar riff starts, on repeat for 2-3 hours at a time.

>>127093005
He didn't go far enough

they all sound the same

>>127092914 (OP)
Lady Writer
Once Upon a Time in the West

>>127092914 (OP)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hdZfhsOxWrk

son of zionist IDF terrorist

Knopfler wrote the classic

https://youtu.be/svbv0ArjPGU

>>127092914 (OP)
The first album is perfect. The must listens into Communiqué are Once Upon a Time in the West, Where Do You Think You’re Going, Single Handed Sailor, and Lady Writer. After the first two albums they just don’t match how great they were on the debut, with the exception of Telegraph Road and Money for Nothing.

faggot song
sultans of swing
doo doo doooo doo duh duh duh duh doo dooo

>fire up debut album
>first song has the same strum as Sultans of Swing
>turn off
i've come to the conclusion they're hacks and it all sounds the same

>>127092914 (OP)
Just listen to the Alchemy Live album

>>127093870

>>127092914 (OP)
knopfler solo > dire straits

>>127093390
Spot on though Money for Nothing is such an obvious and admitted ZZ Top pastiche that I think of as a weird novelty hit.

Love over gold is the critics favourite

Walk of Life is a superb country-pop song; possibly even the best.

>>127095662
Telegraph Road is a masterpiece
Rest of the album is OK

>>127092990
>no Sailing to Philadelphia
that's his masterpiece

So Far Away. I have a very specific memory of this song. Late 1990s I was with my dad and brother at Sunlite Pool in Cincinnati. One of the largest in ground circulating pools in the country (demolished a few years ago). It was a gorgeous sunny day like in pic and I had just gotten out of the pool to drink a Coke and eat a piece of pizza and that song was blaring throughout the speakers around the water park. It fuckin hurts thinking about it now

NO PICK
ALL FINGERPICKING
THE GOAT

>>127096016
I find it annoying and overplayed

>>127092914 (OP)
Telegraph Road, that's it

The Jamaican fella wants to buy a house in this area, but it's a bit pricey

>>127096509
RIGHT! THAT ISN'T "CRYPTIC", IT'S JUST BOLLOCKS. WE'RE NEVER DOING THIS AGAIN!

>>127096462
I don't watch tv or listen to radio so I don't hear it much, but can imagine it must be ruined for a lot people, especially in burgerland.

>>127096475

I ve been told from impeccable sources it was a result from jamming sessions before concerts.