It’s from a Sydney concert in 1986, the final night of a long stand. What really sold me before that, though, was a live bootleg DVD I traded for in the mail. Eventually I got the other five albums too. I got the Greatest Hits, then Brothers in Arms. It was only a short journey from there to the original. He even aped the “Money for Nothing” music video: It’s a simple idea, more a mashup than a parody, really, but it works. He took the “Money for Nothing” music and sung the Beverly Hillbillies theme lyrics song over it. I first discovered Dire Straits as I discovered many bands growing up: Through the “Weird Al” Yankovic parody. (Sidebar: I’d be remiss without nothing that Nina Simone and Sister Rosetta Tharpe are getting in, though it’s a shame the Rock Hall voters couldn’t find any living women or minorities to celebrate). I mean, I get it, but Dire Straits are so much more than that to me. Instead, Dire Straits are getting lined up right next to Bon Jovi and the Moody Blues in yet another slate of honorees inspiring endless articles about how out-of-touch the Hall is.Īnd I have nothing against Bon Jovi or the Moody Blues, but I hate seeing Dire Straits lumped in with the “classic rock for aging boomers” crowd. This was the first year the band was eligible, and they in particular seemed like a shoe-in. Their Rock and Roll Hall of Fame class that should, in all rights, include Radiohead.
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