Brothers in Arms is a great, great album.

Huge fan. As a bonus, I can use Brothers and Every Street to set up stereo systems. I'm not one of those guys who only listens to well-engineered albums. But it's a bonus when great music meets equally great recording.

Great stuff, subby. Thanks!

I was at the 2nd-to-last concert, which was in Perth. They did this version there as well and it was farking awesome. Thanks submightier.. I've been looking for a copy.

Loved it.

never heard this version. very nice. thanx, subby.

I forgot about this song. Good call, subby.

Stay Cool Babylon wrote:

"I can use Brothers and Every Street to set up stereo systems."

Yep. Me too. Those are reference-quality recordings. I've got the German LP pressing of "Brothers In Arms", which is terrific.

I also use Donald Fagen's "The Nightfly", Steely Dan's "Two Against Nature", and Janis Ian's "Breaking Silence".

I'm also a big fan of Dire Straits. Too bad they're not around anymore.

Just looked up some stuff on that tour, it included 13 nights at Wembley Arena, just holy shiat. And the tour itself went a solid 12 months.

/laughs at bands that call 23 dates across the US a "major" tour

I always have a hard time placing where I'd want to listen to DS. Are they groovy-time sit down music? Interstate driving? Walking the produce aisles?

saintwrathchild: I always have a hard time placing where I'd want to listen to DS. Are they groovy-time sit down music? Interstate driving? Walking the produce aisles?

nothing makes my domestic chores go by faster than brothers in the background.

Awesome.

I love this album, and On The Night is probably one of the best live albums ever made (Neil Young's Year of the Horse is also underrated). Great score subby.

Whatever happened to these guys? They were great.

subby here.

whoa... this went green, straight to the music page? that's weird.
i put it as "total fark discussion". oh well. lol

anyway

Bob Down
you were at the 2nd to last concert, in Perth?! awesome!
didn't they play like 8 concerts in Sydney, all in the same venue, night after night for almost 8 nights, on that tour near the end? [or some ridiculously high number, anyway]

oh wait. maybe i got that fact mixed up with WhyteRaven4's Wembley fact/info. whoops. my bad.

btw, you can probably find a ok/good quality dvd copy of the sydney concert on ebay for somewhat cheap...
[but then again, every track from it is on youtube, so.... that might be easier lol]
i got the audio version [two cd's] for like $10 on ebay a few years ago.

i love the versions of "so far away" and "why worry" [with the great outro] and the great "Tunnel of Love" end solo, and the beginning of "two young lovers" where mark breaks a nail [it's awkward but kind of funny too], at sydney 1986.


whyteRaven74
yeah... it was crazy...
i think the BIA album went to #1 in 31 countries around the world.

here's a link to a great version of "Money for Nothing" from a Wembley concert. ["money", "sultans", "why worry", and "brothers in arms" and "so far away" from Wembley 1985 are also on youtube]
Link (new window)

Saw them in Saskatoon w/ Eric Clapton. Cool show. "Man's too Strong" is a fantastic song.

/Love Over Gold, is my personal fave

that was excellent, but especially excellent at and right after the 4 minute mark.

Thanks

Third_Uncle_Eno: idn't they play like 8 concerts in Sydney, all in the same venue,

Perth was there next to last city on their tour. And they played 21 nights in Sydney.

And I looove seeing the Wembley clips. Growing up in the 80s Wembley, Arena and Stadium, seemed like these places whee magical concerts happen.

Nemo's Brother: Whatever happened to these guys? They were great.

Well, Mark Knopfler was certainly the leader of the band, and he's quietly had quite a successful solo career since his first "solo record" around 1996. It looks like he'll have another new album out later this year. I got to see him live twice last year, and he sounds better than ever!

WhyteRaven74

ahhh i see now.
cool cool.

yeah wembley was magical.

ie. Dire Straits 1985
Queen 1986
Pink Floyd 1980

Great, great tune. One of my all time favorites.

"Mark Knopfler has an extraordinary ability to make a Schecter Custom Stratocaster hoot and sing like angels on a Saturday night, exhausted from being good all week and needing a stiff drink."

- Douglas Adams FTW

Ah, that is painfully 80's.

That is a compliment.

Thanks submitter.

Third_Uncle_Eno: subby here.


Bob Down
you were at the 2nd to last concert, in Perth?! awesome!
didn't they play like 8 concerts in Sydney, all in the same venue, night after night for almost 8 nights, on that tour near the end? [or some ridiculously high number, anyway]

Sounds about right. They played Perth after the Sydney run. The concert in question was an unscheduled show organised by Molly Meldrum for charity and was played live on Au TV. Damned nice of the guys. They must have been pretty knackered.

+1 INTERNETS to subby for finding that web number.

Bob Down
The concert in question was an unscheduled show organised by Molly Meldrum for charity and was played live on Au TV. Damned nice of the guys.

ohhhh i see. that makes sense. I knew it was for charity [australia and New Zealand for a drug-free offensive something something]
i didn't know it was an unscheduled one...

here's the interview before the concert, about the show:
Link (new window)

Mark looks slightly ticked at one point and pretty tired about the whole thing lol. i'd be too if it was the last night of super long tour lol.

at 5:03-5:09, MK looks half way between *facepalm* and rather tired / ticked off....
re: all the money from the show going to charity.

"turned out to be 20 concerts at Sydney entertainment centre"

Nemo's Brother: Whatever happened to these guys? They were great.

Just listent to some of Mark's solo stuff:
What is is (new window)
Done with Bonaparte (new window)
Marbletown (new window)
Song for Sonny Liston (new window)


Thanks for the link Third Uncle Eno. I thought that I pretty much have exhausted the youtube catlalog with respect to DS and MK, but apparently not. Pretty cool.

Brothers is undoubtedly one of the most under-rated albums of all time....& yes I know it went multi-platnum....it's just that good. I've been listening to it off & on for the last 23 or so years & I still find new stuff in it. When I was a kid "Money For Nothing" was just awesome & now as a late 30's bald dude I really dig "Why Worry"...& I don't care what the critics said about "On Every Street"....it too drips of awesome. Mark's solo stuff isn't shabby either.