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Dire Straights "Brothers in Arms"
kentauros
(29,414 posts)You'll have to click the link to get the video, which is just the audio. Bill's newer stuff isn't on YouTube, unfortunately.
I'll often put this one on repeat
trueblue2007
(17,240 posts)[link:
|Skittles
(153,193 posts)Prisoner_Number_Six
(15,676 posts)Another brilliant musician who died too young- he was only 55 when he died of a heart attack.
Throd
(7,208 posts)I just learned how to play this on guitar.
Jamaal510
(10,893 posts)kentauros
(29,414 posts)Nice cut. I like it. And what a great contrast to everything else posted!
And it made me think of Killing Joke. No, they're not the same, but for this genre of music, they're one of my favorites!
Lady Freedom Returns
(14,120 posts)hobbit709
(41,694 posts)aint_no_life_nowhere
(21,925 posts)and show why Iggy Pop and the Ramones credited them with inspiring the punk rock movement.
Kingofalldems
(38,487 posts)(First few seconds have mic problem)
trueblue2007
(17,240 posts)LiberalElite
(14,691 posts)A-Schwarzenegger
(15,596 posts)Scuba
(53,475 posts)Knopfler is the master of the subtle lead licks ...
Avalux
(35,015 posts)I adore all THREE bands. As one of the comments states - a beautiful companion piece to the original song.
elleng
(131,138 posts)aint_no_life_nowhere
(21,925 posts)Last edited Sun May 4, 2014, 12:30 AM - Edit history (2)
Ray Charles was on a European tour and heard the summer hit of French singing star Nicoletta and the gorgeous song "Il est mort le soleil" ("the sun died" and decided to perform his own English language version. It's a terrific melody, so sad and beautiful.
The gorgeous original by Nicoletta:
And a very passionate version of the 60s French hit by Tom Jones:
And a very cool R&B version from 2013 by Vigon Bamy Jay:
GCP
(8,166 posts)DFW
(54,445 posts)These two instrumentals are pretty impressive, too:
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WorseBeforeBetter
(11,441 posts)So soothing...
Joe Shlabotnik
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Ahpook
(2,751 posts)Its one of these songs I can't forget.
rurallib
(62,451 posts)I loved it as a kid cause it was so different. A one hit wonder
Coventina
(27,172 posts)Do You Want To
Arcanetrance
(2,670 posts)Dream Theater - Metropolis pt.1 (Live At Luna Par :
AllenVanAllen
(3,134 posts)Technically two songs but the first part is the intro. It's sooo gud!!! Enjoy!