A finales de los años 70, se formó en Londres una de las bandas de rock más importantes del siglo XX. Como lider de la banda el escocés productor, compositor y guitarrista con una forma muy particular de tocar sin púa Mark Knopfler. El nombre del grupo significaba algo así como "situación límite", nos referimos a Dire Straits. Con un sonido único por sus guitarras, que lo mismo te acariciaban con delicadeza, como te golpeaban con rudeza, los dedos de Mark Knopfler van marcando a una velocidad inexplicable el camino sonoro de canciones que han marcado a una generación. Pop, Rock y Blues dieron cabida a grandes álbumes y canciones que elevaron al grupo a un nivel de estatus mítico. Millones de discos vendidos, giras apoteósicas alrededor del mundo, cuatro premios Grammy, tres Brit Awards, y numerosos premios, incluido el de formar parte del presigioso Salón de la Fama De Rock and Roll.
El grupo tras su último álbum de 1991, estuvo más de un año realizando conciertos de los que publicó un directo de la gira, y publicó otro directo con temas grabados para la BBC de sus inicios musicales. Fue en el año 1995 cuando anunciaron su disolución, pero su lider Mark Knopfler -que había compaginado otros proyectos junto al grupo- continuó una carrera en solitario publicando varios álbumes, y bandas sonoras con éxito desigual.
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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 blowin' Dixie double four time
You feel alright when you hear that music ring
And now you step inside, but you don't see too many faces
Comin' in out of the rain, you hear the jazz go down
Competition in other places
Oh, but the horns, they blowin' that sound
Way on down south, way on down south London town
You check out guitar, George
He knows all the chords
Mind he's strictly rhythm
He doesn't wanna make it cry or sing
Yes, 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 doin' alright
He can play the Honk Tonk like anything
Savin' it up for Friday night
With the Sultans
With the Sultans 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
Yeah, the 'Sultans' played Creole. Creole, baby
And then the man, he steps right up to the microphone
And says: At last!, just as the time bell rings
Goodnight, now it's time to go home
And he makes it fast with one more thing
We are the Sultans, we are the Sultans of Swing
It's raining in the park, but meantime
South of the river you stop and you hold everything
A band is blowin' Dixie double four time
You feel alright when you hear that music ring
And now you step inside, but you don't see too many faces
Comin' in out of the rain, you hear the jazz go down
Competition in other places
Oh, but the horns, they blowin' that sound
Way on down south, way on down south London town
You check out guitar, George
He knows all the chords
Mind he's strictly rhythm
He doesn't wanna make it cry or sing
Yes, 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 doin' alright
He can play the Honk Tonk like anything
Savin' it up for Friday night
With the Sultans
With the Sultans 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
Yeah, the 'Sultans' played Creole. Creole, baby
And then the man, he steps right up to the microphone
And says: At last!, just as the time bell rings
Goodnight, now it's time to go home
And he makes it fast with one more thing
We are the Sultans, we are the Sultans of Swing
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