Dire Straits lead guitarist and singer Mark Knopfler was nearly 30 years old when the band released their self-titled debut album in 1978. The single “Sultans of Swing” performed well on both sides of ...
The guitar in “Don’t Come Around Here No More” highlighted the interplay between guitar and vocals. While many early ’80s songs featured guitar solos as their own standout element, this ’85 release ...
8mon
The tangled story of Dire Straits, the million-selling band who quit at the height of their fame
To mark the 40th anniversary of their hit album Brothers In Arms, we republished this 2015 account of Dire Straits' ...
Known now (unfortunately) for its jokey songs—that headband-couture video-hit “Money for Nothing," the silly baseball-park ditty “Walk of Life"—Dire Strait's Brothers in Arms wouldn't perhaps seem ...
Former Dire Straits guitarist Jack Sonni has reportedly died of unspecified causes at the age of 68. The band's official X (formerly Twitter) account paid tribute to Sonni, best known as the "other ...
TORONTO — Canada’s broadcast standards council has ruled that Dire Straits’ 1985 hit “Money for Nothing” should be censored because of a homosexual slur in its lyrics. The council said the British ...
TORONTO — Canada’s broadcast standards council Wednesday amended an earlier ruling that deemed Dire Straits’ 1985 hit “Money for Nothing” unfit for radio, saying that while the homophobic slur used in ...
Some results have been hidden because they may be inaccessible to you
Show inaccessible results
Feedback