Re: Dire Straits - Love Over Gold (1982)

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Wed May 06, 2020 7:36 pm

"I may be guilty. That may be true but I'd be lying if I said I was to blame."

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Wed May 06, 2020 7:37 pm

"But it's a sad reminder when your organ grinder has to come to you for the rent." bawl

by Fangirl Three Wed May 06, 2020 7:37 pm

The Call of the Wendigo wrote:"But it's a sad reminder when your organ grinder has to come to you for the rent."

One from Bob's wastepaper basket.

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Wed May 06, 2020 7:38 pm

Where is this keyboard piece borrowed from?

by Nightjar Wed May 06, 2020 7:38 pm

Nightjar wrote:Where does the phrase 'love over gold" come from?

I seem to recall it featuring on the cover of a Beefheart album as a supposed quote by the Cap'.

Yeah, Unconditionally Guaranteed (1974)...

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by **The Call of the Wendigo** Wed May 06, 2020 7:38 pm

The most dystopian guitar solo of Knopfler's career.

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Wed May 06, 2020 7:40 pm

This is quite unlike any other playing he ever did.

by Nightjar Wed May 06, 2020 7:41 pm

Nightjar wrote:
Nightjar wrote:Where does the phrase 'love over gold" come from?

I seem to recall it featuring on the cover of a Beefheart album as a supposed quote by the Cap'.

Yeah, Unconditionally Guaranteed (1974)...

Apparently it's what Beefheart signed alongside his autograph for fans in the '70s.

Dire Straits - Love Over Gold (1982) - Page 9 Vanvliet

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Wed May 06, 2020 7:44 pm

It is over.

That was genuinely excellent from start to finish, an album of remarkable accomplishment. The excellence of the musicianship was used perfectly in the service of mood creation and expression. Knopfler ramps up his guitar playing here, finding places in his soul that had previously been untapped.

Now to look back at the thread and see what everyone else made of it. Excited

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Wed May 06, 2020 7:45 pm

I have given it 5 stars.

by Nightjar Wed May 06, 2020 7:45 pm

Quite dull, albeit technically competent and self-assured.

Still, no horizons breached, no new ideas...

Production-wise it was slick to the point of being lacquered and buffed to a mirror finish.

Their earlier albums are obviously better.

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