Without second guitarist David Knopfler, Dire Straits began to move away from its oots rock origins into a jazzier variation of country-rock and singer/songwriter folk-rock. Naturally, this means that Mark Knopfler's ambitions as a songwriter are growing, as the storytelling pretensions of Making Movies indicate. Fortunately, his skills are increasing, as the lovely "Romeo and Juliet," "Tunnel of Love," and "Skateaway" indicate. And Making Movies is helped by a /p>
ew wave-tinged pop production, which actually helps Knopfler's jazzy inclinations take hold. The record runs out of steam toward the end, closing with the borderline offensive "Les Boys," but the remainder of Making Movies ranks among the band's finest work.
lately i've been waking up real early to the sounds of elephants upstairs (AKA my neighbor and her son whose basement I live in). so i look around my dark living room, roll off my milk crate bed l, pad into the kitchen, press the coffee button, and pick up a mix that 'someone' put together for me this summer. when i start to stop leaving the house, and roll around this place in a bathrobe, it'...
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| 1 Tunnel of Love |
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| 2 Romeo and Juliet |
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| 3 Skateaway |
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| 4 Expresso Love |
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| 5 Hand in Hand |
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| 6 Solid Rock |
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| 7 Les Boys |
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