| Dire Straits – Walk Of Life Lyrics | 12 years ago |
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The song references several old classics as people have pointed out below. what everyone seems to have missed though are the self referential songs from the song :- Down in the tunnels trying to make it pay Is obviously a reference to the Dire Straits song "tunnel of love" which revolves around a fairground worker trying to make it pay. then further on He do the song about the sweet loving woman He do the song about the knife The song about the sweet loving woman is most probably a reference to "romeo and juliet" The song about the knife is a reference to "six blade knife" from their first album. Comments? |
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| Dire Straits – Lions Lyrics | 12 years ago |
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I don't think this song is about London and Trafalgar Square. To many things wrong. I think this song was written about his time in Leeds. 1. The Lions in Trafalgar Square are Bronze, The Lions outside Leeds Town Hall are made of stone. 2. London back then had a pigeon problem, famous for it, Leeds had a huge starling problem 3. London is famous for it's underground, odd then he mentions the overground if it's London, Leeds only has overground railways. 4. Leeds only has the one railway station in the centre, not really a strong point but of course London has plenty. This is quite a weak point though. Mark Knopfler lived for some years in Leeds so this could be a nostalgia song about his memories of living there. Plenty of flagpoles and churches with bells in both cities of course. |
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