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I suspect what you meant to say was "I don't like them."
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Agreed, or possibly even "I don't want to hear one of the three songs of theirs the radio played to death". When was the last time anyone listened to Telegraph Road? Or Industrial Disease?
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🎶Dr. Parkinson declared "I'm not surprised to see you here. You've got smoker's cough from smoking, brewer's droop from drinking beer. I don't know how you came to get those Bette Davis... knees, But worst of all, my boy, you've got Industrial Disease!🎶 www.youtube.com/watch?v=g3X3...
Dire Straits - Industrial Disease (1982)www.youtube.com "Industrial Disease" is a song by the British rock band Dire Straits and written by Mark Knopfler. It appeared on their 1982 album Love over Gold.The song wa...
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I meant Officer Krupke, but thank you anyway for blessing me with that link. Dire Straits are my favourite band of all time, Mark Knopfler was a god of the guitar and inspired me to learn. Sadly, my wrists were ruined in a crash and I can't play anymore .
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Here's what Sondheim says about Officer Krupke in Finishing the Hat, the first volume of his collected lyrics and commentary.
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That makes it even better. Thanks!
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Truly one of the most versatile guitarists I can think of - he plays just about every style I can think of in one song or another, and (to my outsider's ear, anyway) plays all of them spectacularly well.