That's really cool. That's how Nautical Disaster feels to me. That third verse where the subject of the song is describing survivors guilt from the shipwreck and how to talk to a love interest when you've experienced it always gets me.
Yeah man, using something so wretched to invoke the feelings of a downed relationship really does elevate that song something fierce.
No such thing as a favourite song, too many moods.
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I have tons of respect and admiration for Mark Knopfler but man, I can't listen to Dire Straits. I think MTV killed their songs by overplaying them and turning the animated videos into insufferable commercials.
I have tons of respect and admiration for Mark Knopfler but man, I can't listen to Dire Straits. I think MTV killed their songs by overplaying them and turning the animated videos into insufferable commercials.
I agree, it went over commercialized to the point of Money for Nothing starting out with "I want my MTV" sung by Sting. Come on!
Great guitarist, but the band and songs feel kitsch now.
My favorite Mark Knopfler album is actual the soundtrack for "Local Hero".
Watching a kid playing Sultans of Swing solo on a telecaster in his room reminds you of the musicianship this song has with all the glitter removed.
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It's really hard to pick one favourite song, so I will just go with one that seems to be my drunken fall back song. It's not a complex song, but I think I was just in a liminal part of my life and when I listen to it now, the lyrics and how I felt at the time just come back a little. An hour from now, I'll probably change my mind though.
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My quick answer is Born To Kill by Matthew Good Band, but really that's just because I found the song during that enormously impressionable time between 16-18. I imprinted on it like a duckling.
My deeper answer is 10,000 Days by Tool, mainly for the story behind it. Judith is a song by the lead singer's other band A Perfect Circle, which is an angsty middle finger to his mother for believing in a God who would leave her paralyzed following a stroke.
10,000 Days comes 6 years later, after Judith has finally died after 27 years of paralysis (about 10,000 days) and Maynard James Keenan has come to terms with her unwavering faith. He still doesn't believe, but there's an acceptance there and an expectation that if God should exist, he'd better treat him mom with some respect that she's earned.
When people talk about AI doing creative things like painting or music, I feel we're probably not far off from a time when humans can't tell the difference. This is one example where I can't see a machine being able to match. The song is good because the song is good, but moreso because it has a 27 year story behind it, and that makes it matter on a human level.
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I have tons of respect and admiration for Mark Knopfler but man, I can't listen to Dire Straits. I think MTV killed their songs by overplaying them and turning the animated videos into insufferable commercials.
This is a sneaky good song from Dire Straits
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