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Comfort And Joy (soundtrack)
''Comfort and Joy'' is the third soundtrack album by British singer-songwriter and guitarist Mark Knopfler, released in 1984 by Vertigo Records. The album contains music composed for the 1984 film '' Comfort and Joy'', written and directed by Bill Forsyth. Composition Although the album consists of only three original pieces written for the film, additional songs from the Dire Straits album '' Love over Gold'' were used throughout the film. According to a review of the film by Philip Gillett, director Forsyth once acknowledged in an interview that he was "trying to mirror the tone" of the album by featuring the tracks " Telegraph Road" and " Private Investigations". Dialogue in the film also makes reference to the band and song lyrics. After the main character Allan "Dicky" Bird's car has been vandalised, a colleague quips, "I hear the seven deadly sins and the terrible twins came to call on you"—a direct quote from the song " It Never Rains". Bird responds, "Dire Straits!" Tra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mark Knopfler
Mark Freuder Knopfler OBE (born 12 August 1949) is a British musician. He was the lead guitarist, singer and songwriter of the rock band Dire Straits from 1977 to 1995, and he is the one of the two members who stayed during the band's existence, along with the bassist John Illsley. He pursued a solo career after the band dissolved, and is now an independent artist. Knopfler was born in Glasgow, and raised in Blyth, Northumberland, Blyth, near Newcastle upon Tyne, Newcastle. After graduating from the University of Leeds and working for three years as a college lecturer, Knopfler co-founded Dire Straits with his younger brother, David Knopfler. The band recorded six albums, including ''Brothers in Arms (album), Brothers in Arms'' (1985), one of the List of best-selling albums, best-selling albums in history. After Dire Straits disbanded in 1995, Knopfler began a solo career, and has produced ten solo albums to date. He has composed and produced film scores for nine films, includin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Private Investigations (song)
"Private Investigations" is a song by the British rock band Dire Straits from their album '' Love over Gold''. It reached number 2 in the United Kingdom (despite its length), and is one of their biggest chart successes in the UK. The track has appeared on the compilation albums '' Money for Nothing'' and '' Sultans of Swing: The Very Best of Dire Straits'', and is the title track to the more recent 2005 compilation, '' Private Investigations: The Best of Dire Straits & Mark Knopfler''. The song begins with a deep-pitched synthesizer orchestration (omitted from the 7" single edit), leading into a slow piano progression accompanying a classical guitar, followed by several spoken verses. The single edit removes the opening synthesisers, beginning with acoustic guitar. After the verses, the song opens into a slow, bass-driven beat, with strident electric guitar chords at the end, before the gradual diminuendo featuring extended interplay between Mark Knopfler's acoustic guitar an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1984 Soundtrack Albums
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Albums Produced By Mark Knopfler
An album is a collection of audio recordings (e.g., music) issued on a medium such as compact disc (CD), vinyl (record), audio tape (like 8-track or cassette), or digital. Albums of recorded sound were developed in the early 20th century as individual 78 rpm records (78s) collected in a bound book resembling a photo album; this format evolved after 1948 into single vinyl long-playing (LP) records played at rpm. The album was the dominant form of recorded music expression and consumption from the mid-1960s to the early 21st century, a period known as the ''album era''. Vinyl LPs are still issued, though album sales in the 21st-century have mostly focused on CD and MP3 formats. The 8-track tape was the first tape format widely used alongside vinyl from 1965 until being phased out by 1983, being gradually supplanted by the cassette tape throughout the 1970s and early 1980s; the popularity of the cassette reached its peak during the late 1980s before sharply de ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mark Knopfler Soundtracks
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Irish Boy
"Irish Boy" is an instrumental piece from Mark Knopfler's 1984 soundtrack album, ''Cal'', released on August 24, 1984. The piece is the first track off the album. Personnel * Mark Knopfler – guitars * Paul Brady – tin whistle, mandolin * Liam O'Flynn – Uilleann pipes * Guy Fletcher – keyboards * John Illsley John Edward Illsley (born 24 June 1949) is an English musician, best known as bassist of the rock band Dire Straits, and he is one of the two members who stayed in the band during the existence, along with the frontman Mark Knopfler. He has re ... – bass * Terry Williams – drums References External linksStevie Nicks official site {{authority control 1984 songs Mark Knopfler songs Stevie Nicks songs Songs written by Mark Knopfler ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Theme Of The Local Hero
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Screenplaying
''Screenplaying'' is a compilation album by British singer-songwriter and guitarist Mark Knopfler, released on 9 November 1993 by Vertigo Records internationally and Warner Bros. Records in the United States. The album contains previously released tracks from Knopfler's soundtrack albums ''Cal'' (1984), ''Last Exit to Brooklyn'' (1989), ''The Princess Bride'' (1987), and '' Local Hero'' (1983). Critical reception In his review for AllMusic, William Ruhlmann gave the album four and a half out of five stars, writing, "The music is reminiscent of the calmer parts of Dire Straits Dire Straits were a British rock band formed in London in 1977 by Mark Knopfler (lead vocals, lead guitar), David Knopfler (rhythm guitar, backing vocals), John Illsley (bass guitar, backing vocals) and Pick Withers (drums, percussion). Th ... songs: melodic, lyrical, and touching." Track listing All music was written by Mark Knopfler, except where indicated. Charts Certifications Refere ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Terry Williams (drummer)
Terrence Williams (born 11 January 1948) is a retired Welsh rock drummer. During the 1970s and early 1980s Williams was drummer with Dave Edmunds / Rockpile and Man. Rockpile split in 1981 and Williams joined Dire Straits from 1982 until 1988. Williams was born in Swansea. During the 1960s, he played in a number of Welsh bands, including Commancheros, the Smokeless Zone, Dream and Plum Crazy, before joining Dave Edmunds' band Love Sculpture. In 1970 he joined the Welsh rock group Man, which included two former Dream and Smokeless Zone members, Deke Leonard and Martin Ace. Between 1981 and 1982, Williams was part of the Neverland Express band, backing Meat Loaf. In June 1982 Williams joined Dire Straits as the replacement for drummer Pick Withers, shortly after the release of their fourth studio album '' Love Over Gold''. Williams played with them for the first time on the 1983 EP titled '' ExtendedancEPlay'' (featuring the hit single "Twisting by the Pool") and on the 1982â ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guy Fletcher
Guy Edward Fletcher (born 24 May 1960) is an English musician, best known for his position as one of the two keyboard players in the rock band Dire Straits from 1984 until the group's dissolution, and his subsequent work with Dire Straits frontman Mark Knopfler for his many solo releases. Fletcher was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of Dire Straits in 2018. Biography Guy Edward Fletcher was born into a musical family and is the namesake of his uncle, Guy Fletcher (songwriter), Guy Fletcher, who wrote several hit songs for other artists with composing partner Doug Flett. His mother Barbara was a session singer; his father Ted Fletcher, an audio designer, created a line of audio equipment named after Joe Meek with whom he had worked. Fletcher is also the cousin of children's television presenter Justin Fletcher. Whilst learning a trade as an audio engineer at DJM Studios in London at the age of 15, Fletcher also had a succession of his own bands and lea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chris White (saxophonist)
Chris White (born 13 July 1955) is an English jazz/rock saxophonist who toured with Dire Straits from 1985 to 1995, and who has played with many bands and artists, including Robbie Williams, Paul McCartney, Chris De Burgh and Mick Jagger. Biography White took up the saxophone at the age of 13, whilst a pupil at Lawrence Weston Secondary School. He started gigging a couple of years later, and was soon playing in the National Youth Jazz Orchestra and touring with other musicians (such as France Gall). He joined Dire Straits in 1985 (saxophones, flute, backing vocals and percussion) for their two final world tours, Brothers in Arms (1985–1986) and On Every Street (1991–1992), and played at both the Live Aid concert in 1985 and the Nelson Mandela's 70th Birthday Concert in 1988. He played on the sixth Dire Straits studio album On Every Street, released in September 1991, and on the band's second live album On the Night, released in 1993, which was recorded during the On ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Telegraph Road (song)
"Telegraph Road" is a song by British rock band Dire Straits, written by Mark Knopfler. It is the opening track on the 1982 album '' Love over Gold''. Release and live performances The song was first played live at the opening concert of the band's "Making Movies" Australian tour (Perth Entertainment Centre, 22 March 1981) as the final encore. "Telegraph Road" became a staple of Dire Straits and Mark Knopfler solo tours. A slightly shorter live version of the song is included in the 1984 live album '' Alchemy: Dire Straits Live'', and a remixed edit of that performance is included in their 1988 greatest hits album ''Money for Nothing''. The original studio version is the opening track on the double disc version of the compilation '' The Best of Dire Straits & Mark Knopfler: Private Investigations''. The song was cut down to 5:05 for a single release in 1983, with "Twisting By The Pool" as the B-side. Meaning and inspiration Telegraph Road is a major north-south thoroughfare in Mi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
