"layla" forever ruined by the unplugged version. the ony song i can think of for which this is so.
― PORPOISE AND ME (fact checking cuz)
it's not quite ruined for me but yeah the unplugged version is such a piece of shit
― LIKE If you are against racism (omar little), Thursday, 31 July 2014 15:59 (nine years ago) link
clapton sounds like an old man nodding off during the whole performance
― LIKE If you are against racism (omar little), Thursday, 31 July 2014 16:00 (nine years ago) link
When they found Clapton unplugged, he was frozen so stiff it took them three days to thaw him out for the autopsy.
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Thursday, 31 July 2014 16:00 (nine years ago) link
I registered to a guitar forum using my irl name when I was in elementary school. Now a post about how I think 'Sultans of Swing' is the best 'guitar song' will forever be a top google search result for my name.
― David Schramm (Sufjan Grafton), Thursday, 31 July 2014 16:02 (nine years ago) link
The "and a crowd of young boys, they're just foolin' around in the corner" verse is Knopf's Dylanest moment
― Ismael Klata, Thursday, 31 July 2014 16:03 (nine years ago) link
young SG otm
― Ismael Klata, Thursday, 31 July 2014 16:05 (nine years ago) link
This is one of the few times Knofler's schtick works.
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 31 July 2014 16:05 (nine years ago) link
I dont seem to be getting the pictures anymore.
― Prince Kajuku (Bill Magill), Thursday, 31 July 2014 16:06 (nine years ago) link
sultans is sublime
― resulting post (rogermexico.), Thursday, 31 July 2014 16:08 (nine years ago) link
knopfler's schtick works extremely well for the entirety of Dire Straits
― David Schramm (Sufjan Grafton), Thursday, 31 July 2014 16:10 (nine years ago) link
Love Sultans but love Romeo and Juliet and Tunnel of Love so much more, if you kick Les Boys off Making Movies you have a perfect album.Which I did not vote for as one of my favorite CR albums, shame on me.
― PEOPLE LIVING IN COMPETITION (Sandy), Thursday, 31 July 2014 16:10 (nine years ago) link
Though Sultans' guitar solo is amazing, the solos from In the Gallery trump it
― David Schramm (Sufjan Grafton), Thursday, 31 July 2014 16:11 (nine years ago) link
yeah, and Making Movies is great as well. and Communique!
looks ok on my end, anyone else?
― °ㅇ๐ْ ° (gr8080), Thursday, 31 July 2014 16:12 (nine years ago) link
That Unplugged Layla is horrible, but it's one of those tracks that was made even more horrible by its unexplainable ubiquity. From 1992-1993, I probably heard it more than any other song.
― Man, when I tell you she was cool, she was red hot, I mean she was (intheblanks), Thursday, 31 July 2014 16:12 (nine years ago) link
if you kick Les Boys off Making Movies you have a perfect album. --PEOPLE LIVING IN COMPETITION (Sandy)
QFT
And yeah "romeo" and "tunnel" are a whole other thing, but not the kind of thing you hear on the radio very often.
― resulting post (rogermexico.), Thursday, 31 July 2014 16:12 (nine years ago) link
I still see pics (android)
― PEOPLE LIVING IN COMPETITION (Sandy), Thursday, 31 July 2014 16:13 (nine years ago) link
Did Guitar George know the E7 inversion that George Harrison was talking about upthread? Or maybe Guitar George is George Harrison...
― voodoo chili, Thursday, 31 July 2014 16:13 (nine years ago) link
i posted in the noms thread that i hate hearing sultans on the radio, but this poll has made me do a total 180, the lyrics/story to this song are so wonderful, they say everything "American Pie" wants to using 10% as much ink
― °ㅇ๐ْ ° (gr8080), Thursday, 31 July 2014 16:15 (nine years ago) link
Jeff "Guitar" George Will Teach You Guitar
― Doctor Casino, Thursday, 31 July 2014 16:16 (nine years ago) link
Guitar George knew ALL THE CHORDS
― PEOPLE LIVING IN COMPETITION (Sandy), Thursday, 31 July 2014 16:17 (nine years ago) link
Only thing I hated worse than that acoustic version of Layla was that acoustic version of Hotel California.
― pplains, Thursday, 31 July 2014 16:18 (nine years ago) link
harkens back to the halcyon days of my tweens when all the boys wore tennis headbands because they wanted to be like Mark Knopfler
― SEEMS TO ME (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 31 July 2014 16:19 (nine years ago) link
Yup, that's why "Sultans" was my only Dire Straits vote in this. Making Movies is indisputably a classic rock album, but not so much a Classic Rock album.
― something of an astrological coup (tipsy mothra), Thursday, 31 July 2014 16:20 (nine years ago) link
― SEEMS TO ME (VegemiteGrrl),
don't you mean "les boys"
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 31 July 2014 16:27 (nine years ago) link
lol vc
lol vg. I sometimes think about trying to rock a 'Knopf at Live Aid' look. But tbh all of the band were smokin' that day.
― Ismael Klata, Thursday, 31 July 2014 16:28 (nine years ago) link
http://images4.fanpop.com/image/photos/23900000/Mark-Knopfler-Dire-Straits-mark-knopfler-23947785-600-731.jpg
http://fc09.deviantart.net/fs48/i/2014/088/c/2/mark_knopfler_tribute_by_lilie1111-d2541v7.jpg
http://photos-h.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-prn2/t1.0-0/c0.80.720.479/s720x720/1545679_188300018043602_1418941632_n.jpg
― pplains, Thursday, 31 July 2014 16:36 (nine years ago) link
mark knopfler fan art ... can't believe i hadn't gone down that road before.
he's so gross. The mouth looks like he bought it someplace.
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 31 July 2014 16:37 (nine years ago) link
Also, it's really hard to search for GNR Fan Fiction on Google.
― pplains, Thursday, 31 July 2014 16:38 (nine years ago) link
I dare you to enter the world of Stevie Nicks fan art and slash.
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 31 July 2014 16:39 (nine years ago) link
holy jesus.
http://i.imgur.com/nYix2MF.jpg
― pplains, Thursday, 31 July 2014 16:40 (nine years ago) link
https://img0.etsystatic.com/008/0/6371787/il_570xN.407276888_g4h4.jpg
― LIKE If you are against racism (omar little), Thursday, 31 July 2014 16:40 (nine years ago) link
dylan + springsteen + petty, at least genetically
http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g216/lespauldouble/magazine_img.jpg
― PORPOISE AND ME (fact checking cuz), Thursday, 31 July 2014 16:40 (nine years ago) link
augh those pics
for those in need:
EMERGENCY EYEWASH STATION
― sleeve, Thursday, 31 July 2014 16:41 (nine years ago) link
hahaha
xp
― pplains, Thursday, 31 July 2014 16:41 (nine years ago) link
Sultans is such a jam. Didn't even know of its existence til last year.
― Strictly EZ Snappin' Nhex (Spottie), Thursday, 31 July 2014 16:43 (nine years ago) link
http://img.karaoke-lyrics.net/img/artists/3981/mark-knopfler-202277.jpg
^ dgaf
― pplains, Thursday, 31 July 2014 16:43 (nine years ago) link
NEXT TRACK
― Jeff, Thursday, 31 July 2014 16:43 (nine years ago) link
I'm really late to the game on pretty much all classic rock tho tbf tbh
― Strictly EZ Snappin' Nhex (Spottie), Thursday, 31 July 2014 16:44 (nine years ago) link
Voodoo Child intro is basically my favorite thing in all of music. my #2
Mine too
― voodoo chili, Thursday, 31 July 2014 16:45 (nine years ago) link
it's a #2 all right
― David Schramm (Sufjan Grafton), Thursday, 31 July 2014 16:45 (nine years ago) link
no it's good
xpost nearly all of us are late to classic rock
― Now you're messing with a (President Keyes), Thursday, 31 July 2014 16:46 (nine years ago) link
it just reminds me of hulk hogan though
― David Schramm (Sufjan Grafton), Thursday, 31 July 2014 16:46 (nine years ago) link
or hollywood hogan, I should say
It's my number 8, but one of my favorite moments in music.
― voodoo chili, Thursday, 31 July 2014 16:47 (nine years ago) link
alright folks, gr8080 back with you again to take you through results #'s 30-21.
don't worry though, we're gonna take it easy baby, and make it last all afternoon...
http://i.imgur.com/N57S8bu.jpg
30. Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers – American Girl 1296, 20 votes, 2 first place votes
― °ㅇ๐ْ ° (gr8080), Thursday, 31 July 2014 16:47 (nine years ago) link