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Do Dire Straits Count as Prog? |
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SteveG 
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 Posted: June 30 2020 at 09:48 |
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dr wu23
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Posted: June 30 2020 at 09:36 |
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No......but Knopfler is a killer guitarist.
...and Pick Withers the drummer in DS used to be in the prog band 'Spring'.  Edited by dr wu23 - June 30 2020 at 09:37 |
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Jaketejas
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Posted: June 30 2020 at 09:21 |
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The real question is ... does Dire Straits count as prog to you?
To my ears, there were definitely progressive in combining country, blues, jazz, and even classical elements with rock. If you haven't heard Mark Knopfler and Chet Atkins' album entitled "Neck and Neck", it is fun. Also, Money For Nothing off of Brothers in Arms showcases an extremely creative (and, dare I say progressive) way of playing electric guitar using country fingerstyle. The introduction leading into the guitar riff gives me goosebumps every time. The lyrics were meant to be satirical but are often criticized these days as being offensive. At the time Mark Knopfler was often dubbed the King of Tone. When you listen to the song Brothers in Arms, just tell people you have sand in your eyes. But, would I call them a Progressive Rock band? Probably, I would not classify them in that way. But, I'd think twice about it, and they are definitely a band that many people who enjoy Prog Rock have on their playlists ... like Big Country (rah!) and shy people who like Kajagoogoo.  Edited by Jaketejas - June 30 2020 at 09:32 |
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Psychedelic Paul
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Posted: June 30 2020 at 09:04 |
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In one word, No, but in more than word, Yes, I've always liked Dire Straits, (even though I wouldn't want to be in dire straits myself), but I don't really think they have a place in ProgArchives - not even in the Prog-Related section, before anyone asks. Even so, I'll never tire of hearing their weird, jazz fusion/roots rock stuff.
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Cristi
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Posted: June 30 2020 at 09:04 |
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some of their songs have been overplayed, I mean I don't want to hear Money For Nothing any time soon. Or Romeo & Juliet, Walk of Life.
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Blacksword
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Posted: June 30 2020 at 08:59 |
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Love over Gold is quite good, but I find a lot of their music fairly dull.
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Ultimately bored by endless ecstasy!
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SteveG
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Posted: June 30 2020 at 08:40 |
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No, DS are not prog but it's easy to see why prog fans would like a sophisticated album like Love Over Gold or Making Movies. Good stuff.
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BaldFriede
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Posted: June 30 2020 at 08:28 |
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My definition of prog is more extended than most others', but I would draw a line at Dire Straits. I must admit I am only familiar with two of their albums though, their self-titled debut album and "Brothers in Arms". Their debut left my elder brother (ten years my senior) cold; there was so much music that he considered to be much more interesting at that time. And I was only nine years old at the time and heard music mostly because he heard it; he was my babysitter back then (some babysitter he was; my parents would have freaked out had they known what he was doing while babysitting me). My taste was very much influenced by him, and so I didn't warm up to them either. "Brothers in Arms" came out when I was sixteen and MTV was in its prime, and of course I saw the video for "Money for Nothing". I liked the heaviness of that song, so I got the album for myself. But I found the rest of the album rather disappointing. I never heard their other albums.
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Posted: June 30 2020 at 08:16 |
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Blacksword
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Posted: June 30 2020 at 08:11 |
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No.
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King of Loss
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Posted: June 30 2020 at 08:08 |
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No. Not in my opinion at least.
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Posted: June 30 2020 at 07:53 |
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Do Dire Straits Count as Prog? They did do some very progressive stuff, like their 14 minute song Telegraph Road, but is that just a sort of weird, jazz fusion/roots rock stuff?
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