If they asked me to make a chart of the discography of Dire Straits "Communique" would be at no 1. because all the tracks are very good except track 4. ; )
So i agree this song is one of their best.
In my opinion the song is about a good looking perky type of girl.
That can't resist the urge to go out on expedition in to the great wide open.
She lives for a while like a rolling stone and in this time frame the text is set.
On her journey she experiences all kind of weird situations. Like a tramp in a sack later on a drunk man screaming for attention etc.
Unlucky for her i guess it ends up in selling her self to whatever. "Window box" can be a someones car and the "buttonhole" speaks for it selves.
Regards
Ps. let there be a last "Dire Straits" album with the legendary "Communique" lineup. Loungy like the end of "Why Worry"
I don't think Belladonna sells herself to anyone. As she walks through the neighbourhood she's listening to reggae and walking through the "jungle" . . . where the Caribbean/ Jamaicans live in that neck of London. (Knopfler's delivery strips this lyric of any racially derogatory comment: it's that normal wry delivery of his that we all love as he pokes fun at stereotypes.)
I don't think Belladonna sells herself to anyone. As she walks through the neighbourhood she's listening to reggae and walking through the "jungle" . . . where the Caribbean/ Jamaicans live in that neck of London. (Knopfler's delivery strips this lyric of any racially derogatory comment: it's that normal wry delivery of his that we all love as he pokes fun at stereotypes.)
I think "window box" alludes to home grown ganja which was so frequently grown in small scale planters that when I was a youth "Windowbox" was code for "home grown, really weak weed". (Obviously, this predates grow-lites, hyrdoponics...
I think "window box" alludes to home grown ganja which was so frequently grown in small scale planters that when I was a youth "Windowbox" was code for "home grown, really weak weed". (Obviously, this predates grow-lites, hyrdoponics and Colorado in general!)
I admit to being stumped about "buttonhole". Button mushrooms?
Thanks for the reply. your are probably right about it, but its just the interpretation i always get listening this song. And maybe "windowbox" can still be a cryptic definition for a car. Where are you from? I'm from Holland. ; )
Thanks for the reply. your are probably right about it, but its just the interpretation i always get listening this song. And maybe "windowbox" can still be a cryptic definition for a car. Where are you from? I'm from Holland. ; )
@Yambi "She dont care about your window box or your button-hole" means that she has no time for social niceties, as in having a neat window box of flowers on your windowsill or having a flower in your (jacket/lapel) button-hole. Shes an outsider who doesn`t give a shit.
@Yambi "She dont care about your window box or your button-hole" means that she has no time for social niceties, as in having a neat window box of flowers on your windowsill or having a flower in your (jacket/lapel) button-hole. Shes an outsider who doesn`t give a shit.
If they asked me to make a chart of the discography of Dire Straits "Communique" would be at no 1. because all the tracks are very good except track 4. ; ) So i agree this song is one of their best.
In my opinion the song is about a good looking perky type of girl.
That can't resist the urge to go out on expedition in to the great wide open. She lives for a while like a rolling stone and in this time frame the text is set. On her journey she experiences all kind of weird situations. Like a tramp in a sack later on a drunk man screaming for attention etc. Unlucky for her i guess it ends up in selling her self to whatever. "Window box" can be a someones car and the "buttonhole" speaks for it selves.
Regards
Ps. let there be a last "Dire Straits" album with the legendary "Communique" lineup. Loungy like the end of "Why Worry"
I don't think Belladonna sells herself to anyone. As she walks through the neighbourhood she's listening to reggae and walking through the "jungle" . . . where the Caribbean/ Jamaicans live in that neck of London. (Knopfler's delivery strips this lyric of any racially derogatory comment: it's that normal wry delivery of his that we all love as he pokes fun at stereotypes.)
I don't think Belladonna sells herself to anyone. As she walks through the neighbourhood she's listening to reggae and walking through the "jungle" . . . where the Caribbean/ Jamaicans live in that neck of London. (Knopfler's delivery strips this lyric of any racially derogatory comment: it's that normal wry delivery of his that we all love as he pokes fun at stereotypes.)
I think "window box" alludes to home grown ganja which was so frequently grown in small scale planters that when I was a youth "Windowbox" was code for "home grown, really weak weed". (Obviously, this predates grow-lites, hyrdoponics...
I think "window box" alludes to home grown ganja which was so frequently grown in small scale planters that when I was a youth "Windowbox" was code for "home grown, really weak weed". (Obviously, this predates grow-lites, hyrdoponics and Colorado in general!)
I admit to being stumped about "buttonhole". Button mushrooms?
Thanks for the reply. your are probably right about it, but its just the interpretation i always get listening this song. And maybe "windowbox" can still be a cryptic definition for a car. Where are you from? I'm from Holland. ; )
Thanks for the reply. your are probably right about it, but its just the interpretation i always get listening this song. And maybe "windowbox" can still be a cryptic definition for a car. Where are you from? I'm from Holland. ; )
Check out my edit of "Calling Elvis and more tracks:
Check out my edit of "Calling Elvis and more tracks:
https://soundcloud.com/yambii/dire-straits_calling-elvis
https://soundcloud.com/yambii/dire-straits_calling-elvis
@Yambi "She don
t care about your window box or your button-hole" means that she has no time for social niceties, as in having a neat window box of flowers on your windowsill or having a flower in your (jacket/lapel) button-hole. Shes an outsider who doesn`t give a shit.@Yambi "She don
t care about your window box or your button-hole" means that she has no time for social niceties, as in having a neat window box of flowers on your windowsill or having a flower in your (jacket/lapel) button-hole. Shes an outsider who doesn`t give a shit.