bobandbill
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Been a while again, no? I blame life.
This was always going to be featured as it is one of those songs I instantly turn up the volume of in the car and sometimes sing, haha. Or well, a song by the band anyways (who someone knows as 'the one which sings about refrigatators' =p), but this one is easily my favourite.
Dire Straits, Sultans of Swing!
Alternate link!
Lyrics:
That guitar. It's not so much an instrument as almost another singer there in the song - it follows every line of the song to 'say' something of its own. And the solos are pretty neat too. Despite the song following a repetitive structure the song remains interesting because of that.
Fairly simple story to it too; just about how the band palyed music on friday nights. Goes to show you don't need a full-blown story or a song about drugs/sex/etc to make a good song. Just a very good guitar player. =p
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This was always going to be featured as it is one of those songs I instantly turn up the volume of in the car and sometimes sing, haha. Or well, a song by the band anyways (who someone knows as 'the one which sings about refrigatators' =p), but this one is easily my favourite.
Dire Straits, Sultans of Swing!
Alternate link!
Lyrics:
Spoiler:
You get a shiver in the dark
It's raining in the park but meantime
South of the river you stop and you hold everything
A band is blowing Dixie double four time
You feel alright when you hear that music ring
You step inside but you don't see too many faces
Coming in out of the rain to hear the jazz go down
Competition in other places
Oh but the horns, they blowing that sound
Way on downsouth way on downsouth London town
Check out Guitar George he knows all the chords
Mind he's strictly rhythm he doesn't want to make it cry or sing
And an old guitar is all he can afford
When he gets up under the lights to play his thing
And Harry doesn't mind if he doesn't make the scene
He's got a daytime job he's doing alright
He can play honky tonk just like anything
Saving it up for Friday night
With the Sultans with the Sultans of Swing
And a crowd of young boys they're fooling around in the corner
Drunk and dressed in their best brown baggies and their platform soles
The don't give a damn about any trumpet playing band
It ain't what they call rock and roll
And the Sultans played Creole
And then the man he steps right up to the microphone
And says at last just as the time bell rings
'Goodnight now it's time to go home'
and he makes it fast with one more thing
'We are the Sultans, We are the Sultans of Swing'
It's raining in the park but meantime
South of the river you stop and you hold everything
A band is blowing Dixie double four time
You feel alright when you hear that music ring
You step inside but you don't see too many faces
Coming in out of the rain to hear the jazz go down
Competition in other places
Oh but the horns, they blowing that sound
Way on downsouth way on downsouth London town
Check out Guitar George he knows all the chords
Mind he's strictly rhythm he doesn't want to make it cry or sing
And an old guitar is all he can afford
When he gets up under the lights to play his thing
And Harry doesn't mind if he doesn't make the scene
He's got a daytime job he's doing alright
He can play honky tonk just like anything
Saving it up for Friday night
With the Sultans with the Sultans of Swing
And a crowd of young boys they're fooling around in the corner
Drunk and dressed in their best brown baggies and their platform soles
The don't give a damn about any trumpet playing band
It ain't what they call rock and roll
And the Sultans played Creole
And then the man he steps right up to the microphone
And says at last just as the time bell rings
'Goodnight now it's time to go home'
and he makes it fast with one more thing
'We are the Sultans, We are the Sultans of Swing'
That guitar. It's not so much an instrument as almost another singer there in the song - it follows every line of the song to 'say' something of its own. And the solos are pretty neat too. Despite the song following a repetitive structure the song remains interesting because of that.
Fairly simple story to it too; just about how the band palyed music on friday nights. Goes to show you don't need a full-blown story or a song about drugs/sex/etc to make a good song. Just a very good guitar player. =p
Next entry!