![]() ![]() Their music remains stubbornly unfashionable, but retains its huge fanbase. Mark Knopfler, their singer, guitarist, producer and songwriter, became a caricature of the middle-aged rocker in the minds of many. Over exposure as the safe, boring champions of the CD age, has resulted in Dire Straits becoming, to many, the embodiment of a certain sort of benign, homogenised music. Since then, however, their star has fallen. Brothers in Arms sold by the truckload, one of the first massive sellers on CD. Six years later, they were, for a time, the biggest band in the world. Dire Straits, unlikely pop stars led by a balding 29-year-old Geordie who could play guitar brilliantly, had finally arrived. 'Sultans of Swing', a very wordy song with lots of driving guitar, a tight rhythm section and some killer musicianship. At the end of March, a fresh new sound entered the British top 20. 1979 was an amazing time for UK post-punk pop. ![]()
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