Fun Music Information -> Dire Straits
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Misspellings and other Alternate Names:
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Dire Straits Feat. StingMusic Jokes:
Chris Rea is teaming up with Mark Knoffler - the band is going to be called Dire-rea (diaohrea). Submitted by:
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Band Name Origins:
- The brothers from Dire Straits went to the same bording school I did. They were always messing around, and one day they were pulled up by the master in charge, who gave them a big lecture and told them that if they didn't sort themselves out, they would be in dire straits when they were older. They adopted it some years later, when he was proved right, as they were utterly broke, but still chasing the dream! Submitted by: Just Me
- because of their financial situation at the time, most of the group had no money left to their names. Submitted by: ray daley
Performer Nick Names:
Known informally as: The Sultans Of Swing. Submitted by: Rocky
Better Names for Current Songs:
Original Song Name | New Song Name | Submitter Name |
| "Brothers With Arms (The Mannings)" | "Brothers In Arms" | Indy Gent |
| "Brothers In Arms" | "Brothers With Arms (The Mannings)" | Indy |
| "Curry For Nothing (And Your Chips For Free)" | "Money For Nothing" | stee |
Use a Song Title to Answer a Different Song:
Song & Band Name | Song & Band Name | Comments & Submittor Name |
| "That Smell" | "Heavy Fuel," Dire Straits | rocky |
| "The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine Anymore" | "Why Worry?," Dire Straits | FussBudget |
| "Calling Elvis" | "Walking In Memphis," Marc Cohn | Kathy |
| "Calling Elvis" | "Good Luck," Kristy Lee Cook | weirdkid106 |
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Remove a Letter From a Song Title:
"Sultans Of Wing" originally "Sultans Of Swing"
Erika Clarkson
"Sultans Of Swig" originally "Sultans Of Swing"
Rapunzel Gladstone
"Sultans Of Sing" originally "Sultans Of Swing"
Rapunzel Gladstone
"Walk Of Lie" originally "Walk Of Life"
Peter
Add a Letter To a Song Title:
"Sultans Of Sewing" originally "Sultans Of Swing"
Scarlett Lopez
"Brothers in Farms" originally "Brothers in Arms"
Jellybean
"Monkey For Nothing" originally "Money For Nothing"
he's all yours for free...
mandylee
"Twisting By The Spool" originally "Twisting By The Pool"
Naomi Swanson
Change a Letter In a Song Title:
"Sultans Of Swine" originally "Sultans Of Swing"
One of Miss Piggy's relatives?
kozar
"Sultans Of Sting" originally "Sultans Of Swing"
kozar
"Sultans Of Sling" originally "Sultans Of Swing"
kozar
"Funnel Of Love" originally "Tunnel Of Love"
Erika Clarkson
"Money For Noshing" originally "Money For Nothing"
Nosh = to snack (word of Yiddish origin)
Erika Clarkson
There are additional song titles with a letter changed available.
Song Parodies:
Original Song Name | Parody Song Name | Parody Author |
| "Sultans of Swing" | "Productions that Swing" | Warren Baker |
| "Money For Nothing" | "Mafia is for fighting" | Lynman |
| "Calling Elvis" | "Calling Elves" | Susanna Viljanen |
| "Private Investigations" | "Barney's Imagination" | Edward Genereux |
| "Telegraph Road" | "Fayetteville Road: A Tribute to Twila Paris" | Edward Genereux |
| "Sultans of Swing" | "Insultin' Steve Green" | Edward Genereux |
| "Sultans Of Swing" | "Fulton Of Steam" | Alvin Rhodes |
| "Walk Of Life" | "He Chews A Lot Of Mice" | Alvin Rhodes |
| "Sultans Of Swing" | "Suntans Of Sting" | Andy Primus |
| "Money For Nothing" | "Dummy With Nothing" | William Tong |
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Untapped Commercial Ideas:
Song Name | Product | Submittor |
| Calling Elvis | The Psychic Hotline | Susanna Viljanen |
| Industrial Disease | AFL-CIO | Pikachu732001 |
| Solid Rock | Viagra | ddt |
| Solid Rock | DeBeers-A Diamond Is Forever | oldrock |
| Sultans of Swing | MLB Home Run Derby | SWEETY |
| There are additional commercials that haven't been done yet available. | ||
Bad Choices for On Hold Music:
Song Name | Company/Organization | Submittor |
| Money For Nothing | Work Harder Seminar | ~Evenni~ |
| Money For Nothing | Donald Trump's office | britrock |
| Money For Nothing | Richard Branson's office | britrock |
| Money For Nothing | George Steinbrenner's office | britrock |
| Money For Nothing | Any Casino | Martha Irvin |
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Duets Not Yet Performed:
First Band/Song Name | Second Band/Song Name | New Song Name | Submittor |
| Standing Outside A Broken Phone Booth With Money I Primitive Radio Gods | Money For Nothing Dire Straits | Standing Outside A Broken Phone Booth With Money For Nothing In My Hand I want my PRG. | Mickey D. |
| Vienna Calling Falco | Calling Elvis Dire Straits | Vienna Calling Elvis | Martha Hankins |
| She Works Hard For The Money Donna Summer | Money For Nothing Dire Straits | She Works Hard For The Money For Nothing Now that's a contradiction if there ever was one. | Ed |
| London Calling The Clash | Calling Elvis Dire Straits | London Calling Elvis | Martha Irvin |
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If Groups Combined, Their Names Might Be :
The Dire Streets
Dire Straits combined with The Streets
No false claims being made there!
Submitted By: Kurt Vile
Dire Rea
Dire Straits combined with Chris Rea
Whatever they called themselves, they've give you the s***s.
Submitted By: neptunevsmars
Dire George Strait
Dire Straits combined with George Strait
Lord knows he needs the money!
Submitted By: Opium Taylor
Misheard Lyrics:
"Heavy Fuel"
Misheard Lyrics: If you want to run cool,
you've got to run on radiator fuel. Original Lyrics: If you wanna run cool
You got to run on heavy, heavy fuel. | "Money For Nothing"
Misheard Lyrics: See the fatty with the hearing and the mink coat
Yeah buddy thats his only hair The little fatty has his own jet airplane That little fatty is a millionaire Original Lyrics: See the little faggot with the earring and the makeup
Yeah buddy thats his own hair That little faggot got his own jet airplane That little faggot he's a millionaire |
"Money For Nothing"
Misheard Lyrics: We've got your New Star microwave ovens
Custom kitchen deliveries We've got your movies, refrigerators We've got your movies, color tv's Original Lyrics: We gotta install microwave ovens
Custom kitchen deliveries We gotta move these refrigerators We gotta move these color tv's | "Sultans Of Swing"
Misheard Lyrics: And says at last just as the tardy bell rings
Original Lyrics: And says at last just as the time bell rings
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Misheard Lyrics Story:
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"Industrial Disease"
Misheard Lyrics: They wanna have a war to stop the spying Japanese
Original Lyrics: They wanna have a war to stop us buying Japanese
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Story about this misheard lyric by: Mr. Sally One of my friends is constantly singing this song so I decided to look it up on the internet. I found the lyrics and I thought "hmm..." I haven't told him yet, but my friend is definitely confused! |
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Song Parody Fragments:
"Money For Nothing"
Better Lyrics:
Who would watch MTV
Original Lyrics:
I want my MTV
Submitted by: Bill S
"Money For Nothing"
Better Lyrics:
I got to play your microgames, Wario
Original Lyrics:
We gotta install microwave ovens
Submitted by: Andrea Huckstep
"The Man's too strong"
Better Lyrics:
I am a gourmet shoplifter
And in the stores I used to play
And I've stripped the shelves
Of many a delicatessen
Now they say I am a store criminal
Gonna put me away
Your Honour, please hear my confession:
I've nicked the ingredients
To many a feast
Didn't need no money
Just took what I pleased
I'll go down in history
As the greatest of store crooks
I know why Fortnums
Couldn't balance their books
But I'll always remember
That day I went wrong
A Ham's too big
'n' smells too strong
And in the stores I used to play
And I've stripped the shelves
Of many a delicatessen
Now they say I am a store criminal
Gonna put me away
Your Honour, please hear my confession:
I've nicked the ingredients
To many a feast
Didn't need no money
Just took what I pleased
I'll go down in history
As the greatest of store crooks
I know why Fortnums
Couldn't balance their books
But I'll always remember
That day I went wrong
A Ham's too big
'n' smells too strong
Original Lyrics:
I'm just an ageing drummer boy
And in the wars I used to play
And I've called the tune
To many a torture session
Now they say I am a war criminal
And I'm fading away
Father please hear my confession
I have legalised robbery
Called it a belief
I have run with the money
And hid like a theif
I have re-written history
With my armies and my crooks
Invented memories
I did burn all the books
And I can still hear his laughter
And I can still hear his song
The man's too big
The man's too strong
And in the wars I used to play
And I've called the tune
To many a torture session
Now they say I am a war criminal
And I'm fading away
Father please hear my confession
I have legalised robbery
Called it a belief
I have run with the money
And hid like a theif
I have re-written history
With my armies and my crooks
Invented memories
I did burn all the books
And I can still hear his laughter
And I can still hear his song
The man's too big
The man's too strong
Submitted by: Zedsquared
Funny Lyrics:
"Industrial Disease"
The Funny Lyrics: Two men say they're Jesus - one of them must be wrong
Why They're Funny: My parents think this line is so hilarious. It's true there is a certain logic to it.
Submitted by: Sweet Indigo
| "Money For Nothing"
The Funny Lyrics: Money For Nothing
And The Chicks For Free Why They're Funny: If only it were true...
Submitted by: Bryan Thumme
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Repetitive Lyrics:
"So Far Away "
The Repetitive Lyrics: So far away from me
So far I just cant see So far away from me You're so far away from me Why They're Repetitive: So far away from this song ever coming to an end!
Submitted by: Glenn
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Insulting Lyrics:
"Money for Nothing"
The Insulting Lyrics: See the little f*gg*t with the earring and the makeup
Yeah buddy that's his own hair That little f*gg*t got his own jet airplane That little f*gg*t he's a millionaire Why They're Insulting: I think it's an awesome slam to conceited celebrities, who don't do anything.
Submitted by: GiGi
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Dated Lyrics:
"Money for Nothing"
The Dated Lyrics: You play the guitar on the MTV...
We've got to install microwave ovens... We've got to move these colour TV's Why They're Dated: MTV no longer has music except as a theme song of "The Fake World", microwaves are now about two shoeboxes wideXtwo shoeboxes high, and since the digital switch, if you can even affourd it, you'd need a digital TV to recieve anything.
Submitted by: Ricky
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Song Lyrics That Name Check Celebrities:
"Industrial Disease"
The Lyrics: How come Jesus gets Industrial Disease?
Who They Mention: Jesus Christ
Submitted by: britrock
| "Industrial Disease"
The Lyrics: I don't know how you came to get the Bette Davis knees.
Who They Mention: Bette Davis
Submitted by: britrock
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Song Lyrics That Mention Other Songs:
"Wild West End"
The Song Lyrics: And a gogo dancing yes I saw her
The deejay he say here's Mandy for ya Song They Mention: Mandy by Barry Manilow
Submitted by: Tania WYEP
| "Sultans Of Swing"
The Song Lyrics: 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 Song They Mention: Dixie - American folk song attributed to Daniel Decatur Emmett
Submitted by: Tania WYEP
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Band Name Anagrams:
Tidier Tsars Submitted by: Scarlett Lopez
Raider's Tits Submitted by: Scarlett Lopez
Super Long Pop Songs:
"It Never Rains" Length: 7:59
"It Never Rains" is a track for the 1982 album Love over Gold by the Blues-rock band Dire Straits. The song is the final song on the album. The song displays two distinct sections: the first section which is blues based, and the second second is more progressive. This blends the two major styles present during the album.
Submitted by: Mickey D.
"Love Over Gold" Length: 6:16
"Love over Gold" is the title track for the 1982 album Love over Gold by the blues rock band Dire Straits. The song is the closest song to reveal any blues characteristics on a relatively progressive album; it is also jazz-tinged in that it prominently features a vibraphone part played by Mike Mainieri.
Submitted by: Mickey D.
"Industrial Disease" Length: 5:52
The song takes a look at decline of the British manufacturing industry in the early 1980s, focusing on strikes, depression and dysfunctionality. For example, the absurdity of media-driven maladies is laid out in a segment of the song describing the narrator's visit to a doctor's office for treatment of his "Industrial Disease". The reference to "Brewer's Droop" as a medical condition is an in-joke, referring both to the effect of alcohol on libido and to the band of the same name that Mark Knopfler played in prior to Dire Straits.
Submitted by: Mickey D.
"Private Investigations" Length: 6:45
"Private Investigations" is a popular song by Dire Straits from their album Love over Gold. Although it was not released as a single in the US, it reached #2 in the UK, and is one of their biggest chart successes in the United Kingdom, on a par with "Walk of Life". Similarly, the album it came from, Love over Gold, only sold 0.5 million copies in the US, though it was well-received elsewhere. The song begins with a slow piano riff accompanying an acoustic guitar. After several verses, the song opens up into a slow, bass-driven beat, with an electric guitar coming in at the end, before the gradual diminuendo featuring extended interplay between Mark Knopfler's acoustic guitar and Marimba played by Mike Mainieri. On the Sultans of Swing: The Very Best of Dire Straits DVD, Mark Knopfler said this about the song: "It's just about the Private Investigations... "What have you got at the end of the day" - Nothing more than you started out with..." It is said the song was inspired by author Michael Crichton. The riff from the song was used on a BT advert in 1994.
Submitted by: Mickey D.
"Telegraph Road" Length: 14:22
"Telegraph Road" is a song by the British rock band Dire Straits and written by Mark Knopfler. It appeared on their 1982 album Love over Gold. Clocking in at 14:21 minutes long, it is rarely played by radio stations, yet has remained well-regarded over the years by many fans of the band.[citation needed] The coda of the live recording on the 1984 album Alchemy features one of the band's most brilliant guitar improvisations. Inspired by a bus trip taken by Knopfler, the lyrics narrate a tale of changing land development over a span of many decades along Telegraph Road in Michigan. In the latter verses, the singer focuses on one man's personal struggle with unemployment. In an interview on RockLine, a "rock radio network" call-in show, broadcast live on May 10, 1993, Mark Knopfler said, while on tour, he... "in fact, was driving down that road, and I was reading a book at the time, called Growth of the Soil [by the Norwegian author Knut Hamsun], and I just put the two together. I was driving down this Telegraph Road....and it just went on and on and on forever, it's like what they call linear development. And I just started to think, I wondered how that road must have been when it started, what it must have first been. And then really that's how it all came about yeah, I just put that book together and the place where I was, I was actually sitting in the front of the tour bus, at the time." The song starts out with a quiet crescendo that lasts almost two minutes, before the song's main theme starts. After the first verse, the main theme plays again, followed by the second verse. After a guitar solo, a short bridge slows the song down to a quiet keyboard portion similar to the intro, followed by a slow guitar solo. Next, the final two verses, with the main theme in between, play. The main theme is played one last time, eventually turning into a five minute guitar solo that eventually fades out.
Submitted by: Mickey D.
There are additional Super Long Pop Songs available.
Song Title Acrostics:
ID: "Industrial Disease"
Submitted by: Peter
SOS: "Sultans Of Swing"
Submitted by: Peter
Products Bands Should Endorse Based on Their Name:
United States Government
Must I explain? Say no.
Submitted by: JC Foster
"Money For Nothing"
The Lyrics: I want my MTV...
Now look at them yo yo's, that's the way you do it You play the guitar on the MTV Why: MTV Network...at a time when you actually could watch people play the gee-tar on the MTV.
Submitted by: Martha Hankins
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