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In the early 1980's I remember listening to a Dire Straits album on the new CD technology that was being demonstrated at the Royal Institution in London. However, it wasn't "Brothers in Arms" as stated in the article but "Love over Gold". Wasn't it this this came out on CD first and was THE 'test CD' for people who had just bought the new player? 82.213.248.138 14:47, 6 November 2005 (UTC) ElChoco
Claiming only two-hit songs quickly disqualifies one from making any judgment about this band. To say the least, DS had a whole disc worth of charted hits by 1988. Nontheless I don't see wikipedia as being like, say the Rolling Stone Rock Encyclopedia, in that statements like that will always be contested. BabuBhatt 11:05, 17 January 2006 (UTC)
My English teacher, who worked with Knopfler in the same college before he became professional musician, told that the name "Dire straits" comes from the fact that atleast in the beginning of their career they were still quite amateurs, and often lacking guitars and sometimes even players just before the gig, thus the name. Should it be included to the article? He also told that Knopfler spoke (I don't now if he still does) in interviews very slowly and with simple words even though he is very intelligent and educated, just because he thought that it is the way how rock-stars speak. Latre
Dire Straits ARE one of the greatest rock bands of all time. Mark Knofler is an ABSOLUTE genius on the guitar-you only have to listen to the Alchemy version of Sultans of Swing and the Live Aid performance of Money For Nothing. He is sensational and totally underrated. Money for Nothing defined the 80s music market.
'One of'? Vranak
the image given only contains knopfler, so i don't see how it is remotely useful. we need a picture of the whole group. Joeyramoney 19:40, 23 June 2006 (UTC)
I wonder if it would be useful to discuss Matk Knopfler's signature guitar sound. His playing is unique and lends itself well to long, sweeping, weeping, oft-powerful , oft-melancholy pasages and precise picking. He generates this atypical sound, as far as I remember hearing, by using nylon guitar strings as oppossed to steel ones. Should we mention that kind of thing? DocEss 17:44, 11 August 2006 (UTC)
Knopfler's special sound has a lot do with his own style of finger picking. And as far as the nylon strings go, you can't use nylon strings on an electric guitar. That could be on some particular song, but I can't think of any where Knopfler uses a nylon string acoustic guitar. 85.76.253.210 (talk) 13:00, 10 April 2008 (UTC)
where are the photos? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 82.24.168.139 (talk) 17:23, 11 December 2006 (UTC).
Is Dire Straits an Expression?
If so, what does it mean?
Less gushing please —Preceding unsigned comment added by PedEye1 (talk • contribs)
I'm reverting the changes [1] to conform with [2]. --Rockfang (talk) 10:13, 22 December 2007 (UTC)
The Straits very definitely did tour Europe and North America in 1980 and -81 in support of Making Movies. Hal Lindes and Alan Clark along for the ride. 68Kustom (talk) 05:16, 31 March 2008 (UTC)
Is Dire Straits' song "Telegraph Rd." about the highway in Michigan? The article List of songs whose title includes geographical names mentions that song. --SuperDude 04:41, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)
I've read something along those lines - so probably yes, as far as can be confirmed, short of asking MK himself. Andrew Spinner 21:06, 1 October 2005 (UTC)
According to this article it is: Historic names Between Pontiac, Michigan and the Ohio border, the highway is known as Telegraph Road, its name before the highway system existed. Mark Knofpler of the rock group Dire Straits wrote the song Telegraph Road about the development and decay of the road, which he spotted enroute to a concert. It is a major surface route through western areas of Metro Detroit. The highway has 8 lanes and is often busy, particularly during rush hour.
Is this statement fact or opinion? Are there any reference sources? James084 16:01, 5 January 2006 (UTC)
All such statements are points of opinion (although specifying "the genre" would be helpful). For example, I would not condider The Beatles as part of a Rock genre, British or otherwise.
"Although the band was formed in an era when punk rock was at the forefront..." This is pure editorializing. At the forefront of what? The pop-charts tell a very different history of music from what people who like to write about it tell. This statement is very dismissive. It effectively is saying "Dire Straits are a good band in spite of not being punk rock." —Preceding unsigned comment added by 206.126.85.38 (talk) 05:09, 17 November 2009 (UTC)
With two lead members being Scottish, why describe the band as English? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.48.146.217 (talk) 20:20, 17 June 2008 (UTC)
"expanding the scope of Knopfler's storytelling through the moody, elegiac opening track "Once Upon a Time in the West." It may have been a Rolling Stone or Billboard record guide, but I've read that "elegiac" line before. That makes it a copyright issue. 68Kustom (talk) 22:04, 1 February 2009 (UTC)
Prove it. Reading that "elegiac" line before doesn't make it a copyright issue. More details please?--Revilal90 (talk) 16:01, 19 July 2010 (UTC)
The opening of the article is blatantly contradictory to what you find when you read a bit. The first sentence, the infobox and the heading of section 1 all say they started in 1977, yet they had clearly been gigging and writing songs for some time before they recorded the demo. It says the original drummer left in the mid-seventies, well before the demo; this would imply they started at the latest in 74/75 (they were not full-time musicians at the time I think).Strausszek (talk) 12:34, 8 April 2009 (UTC)
Can someone check the nominations and prizes they won because I think the information isn't right. Dethwatch (talk) 15:15, 9 May 2009 (UTC)
Why does the famous tune from this film have two names? On Sultans of Swing it is called Wild Theme; and yet it is also referred to as Going Home, when played by Hank Marvin?? 118.90.115.130 (talk) 02:16, 16 May 2009 (UTC)
What's with the names Calum Craik and Patrick Scott? They've never been a part of the band, right? Never heard of them before. MaxxJ (talk) 18:00, 20 June 2009 (UTC)
Notable Dire Straits and Mark Knopfler fans include ...Lancaster University politics expert Robert Patterson, eminent historian Sophie Dover...
Neither have Wiki links, nor do google searches turn anything up for them - Are they spam? A tad suspicious methinks!
If you had to put in notable fans then there are many more than these folk that most people have never heard of. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 89.213.3.83 (talk) 13:18, 3 August 2009 (UTC)
Both folk were added ~16th April 2008 - Removing them... 89.213.3.83 (talk) 13:54, 3 August 2009 (UTC)
"On the 4th August, it was reported in the Daily Star newspaper that Dire Straits would be reunite for a 2 day festival entitled "Brothers Back In Arms", which would involve a gig at Knebworth on the Saturday, then at the Milton Keynes Bowl on the Sunday, before finishing off with a headline set at the Hard Rock Calling festival."
Is this true? I can't find anything about it... —Preceding unsigned comment added by Ruben1808 (talk • contribs) 09:31, 10 August 2009 (UTC)
A ((cleanup)) tag was added to this article without any explanation as to what the issue(s) is. I don't see anything critical enough to warrant this template. Without some idea of what to fix, I suggest removing the tag. -Fnlayson (talk) 03:26, 26 April 2010 (UTC)
I am almost 100% certain that a young Mark Knopfler spent some time in Glasgow staying in the flat of Billy Connelly. At the time Billy was still working in the docks and played part time folk music with the man who later sang Baker St. I was in the TA Paras with Billy and on occasions would go for a drink after and this young man would be in the corner picking away on a guitar. Perhaps it is during his time with Billy that he picked up his obvious love of Celtic music. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.25.240.173 (talk) 20:53, 11 November 2010 (UTC)
What does it mean to be in dire straits? This very common expression ought to have its own wikipedia article. The David Knopfler article mentions this expression, but all instances of the expression (abbreviated, or not) that i can find link to the band, not to an article explaining the expression itself. Richard Myers (talk) 22:28, 2 December 2010 (UTC)
What is the exact genre for Dire Straits? Just "rock" is very inaccurate.--188.26.48.169 (talk) 07:04, 12 January 2011 (UTC)
The compact cassette version of Brothers In Arms (UK version at least) content is exactly the same as the CD. 71.51.237.9 (talk) 17:03, 15 January 2011 (UTC)