Eric Clapton : Wonderful Tonight (live)

Eric Clapton and Mark Knopfler version



It's late in the evening; she's wondering what clothes to wear.
She puts on her make-up and brushes her long blonde hair.
And then she asks me, "Do I look all right?"
And I say, "Yes, you look wonderful tonight."

We go to a party and everyone turns to see
This beautiful lady that's walking around with me.
And then she asks me, "Do you feel all right?"
And I say, "Yes, I feel wonderful tonight."

I feel wonderful because I see
The love light in your eyes.
And the wonder of it all
Is that you just don't realize how much I love you.

It's time to go home now and I've got an aching head,
So I give her the car keys and she helps me to bed.
And then I tell her, as I turn out the light,
I say, "My darling, you were wonderful tonight.
Oh my darling, you were wonderful tonight."

Dire Straits : Walk of Life (1985)

This song referencing "Be-Bop-A-Lula" and "What'd I Say" was written by Mark Knofler and part of "Brother in Arms" album.




Here comes Johnny singing oldies, goldies,
Be-Bop-A-Lula, Baby What I Say,
Here comes Johnny singing I Gotta Woman,
Down in the tunnel, trying to make it pay.
He got the action, he got the motion,
Oh yeah, the boy can play,
Dedication, devotion,
Turning all the night time into the day.

He do the song about the sweet lovin' woman,
He do the song about the knife,
He do the walk, do the walk of life,
Yeah, he do the walk of life.

Here comes Johnny gonna tell you the story,
Hand me down my walkin' shoes,
Here come Johnny with the power and the glory,
Backbeat the talkin' blues.
He got the action, he got the motion,
Oh yeah, the boy can play,
Dedication, devotion,
Turning all the night time into the day.
The song about the sweet lovin' woman,
He do the song about the knife,
Yeah and he do the walk, do the walk of life,
Yeah, he do the walk of life.

Here comes Johnny singing oldies, goldies,
Be-Bop-A-Lula, Baby What I Say,
Here comes Johnny singing I Gotta Woman,
Down in the tunnel, trying to make it pay,
He got the action, he got the motion,
Oh yeah the boy can play,
Dedication, devotion,
Turning all the night time into the day.

And after all the violence and double talk,
There's just a song in the trouble and the strife,
You do the walk, yeah you do the walk of life,
Mmm, you do the walk of life.

Dire Straits: “Brother in arms”

Sometimes there is a piece of music that you want to listen, just after watching the news, specially the ones depicting injustice, unfair treatment of human beings, or the like. Or even when you feel depressed, not in control, or even when you’re in a love relationships not going anywhere. You are sad and you want to remain that way because you know that there is nothing to get you out of that state. In my case I listen to songs like “Brother in arms” of Dire Straits. My preferred is a this interpretation by Mark Knopfler by himself with the classic band. It is my favorite.



These mist covered mountains
Are a home now for me
But my home is the lowlands
And always will be
Some day you'll return to
Your valleys and your farms
And you'll no longer burn
To be brothers in arms

Through these fields of destruction
Baptisms of fire
I've witnessed your suffering
As the battles raged higher
And though we were hurt so bad
In the fear and alarm
You did not desert me
My brothers in arms

There's so many different worlds
So many different suns
And we have just one world
But we live in different ones

Now the sun's gone to hell
And the moon's riding high
Let me bid you farewell
Every man has to die
But it's written in the starlight
And every line on your palm
We're fools to make war
On our brothers in arms

Dire Straits: Money For nothing

Now you want music. This is it ladies and gentelmen!! If you want to be productive at work, this is what you should listen to :-). Of course you should buy the CD or the mp3 version because the video is not that great but it is live from Wembley Stadium... I'll let you appreciate Mark Knopfler and his guitar.




Now look at them yo-yo's that's the way you do it
You play the guitar on the MTV
That ain't workin' that's the way you do it
Money for nothin' and chicks for free
Now that ain't workin' that's the way you do it
Lemme tell ya them guys ain't dumb
Maybe get a blister on your little finger
Maybe get a blister on your thumb

We gotta install microwave ovens
Custom kitchen deliveries
We gotta move these refrigerators
We gotta move these color TV's

See the little faggot with the earring and the make-up
Yeah buddy that's his own hair
That little faggot got his own jet airplane
That little faggot he's millionaire

We gotta install microwawve ovens
Custom kitchen deliveries
We gotta move these refrigerators
We gotta move these color TV's

I shoulda learned to play the guitar
I shoulda learned to play them drums
Look at that mama, she got it stickin' in the camera
Man we could have some fun
And he's up there, what's that ? Hawaiian noises ?
Bangin' on the bongoes like a chimpanzee
That ain't workin' that's the way you do it
Get your money for nothin' get your chicks for free

We gotta install ovens
Custom kitchen deliveries
We gotta move these refrigerators
We gotta move these color TV's, Lord

Now that ain't workin' that's the way you do it
You play the guitar on the MTV
That ain't workin' that's the way you do it
Money for nothin' get your chicks for free
Money for nothin' get chicks for free

Dire straits: Sultan of Swing

This is one of the first song of the group in 1977. It was one of the songs that marked a new era moving away from Disco to the punk era. Mark Knopfler on vocals and lead guitar, David Knopfler on rhythm guitar, John Illsley on bass, and Pick Withers on drums. The song was written by Mark and is about a gorup of jazz performing in South London, in a tiny pub where nobody is paying attention, but they were ignoring the crowd and kept playing their music. One of the guitarist of that group is Georges Borowski (Guitar Georges). An album with the same name as this song was released in 1988 with the best of Dire Sraits.




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

You step inside but you don't see too many faces
Coming in out of the rain to hear the jazz go down
Too much competition too many other places
But not too many horns can make that sound
Way on downsouth way on downsouth London town

You check out Guitar George he knows all the chords
Mind he's strictly rhythm he doesn't want to make it cry or sing
And an old guitar is all he can afford
When he gets up under the lights to play his thing

And Harry doesn't mind if he doesn't make the scene
He's got a daytime job he's doing alright
He can play honky tonk just like anything
Saving it up for Friday night
With the Sultans with the Sultan of Swing

And a crowd of young boys they're fooling around in the corner
Drunk and dressed in their best brown baggies and their platform soles
They don't give a damn about any trumpet playing band
It ain't what they call rock and roll
And the Sultans played Creole

And then the man he steps right up to the microphone
And says at last just as the time bell rings
'Thank you good night now it's time to go home'
And he make it fast with one more thing
'We are the Sultans of Swing'