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Re: MK Songs you don't expect on your radio...
« Reply #15 on: August 22, 2008, 02:46:08 AM »
I have been watching the Olympic Games Beach Volley Ball, and between points they play a whole bunch of short grabs from various artists including Dire Straits "Walk of Life".

Chinese have different translations of Walk of life, things happen the same as Dire Straits translation, I must admit that's why they use the songs as back ground music.  But I feel really comfortable watching noon weather forecast with Why Worry as its background music.   :P

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Re: MK Songs you don't expect on your radio...
« Reply #16 on: August 22, 2008, 03:15:42 AM »
Yes Allen WW is also one of my all-time favourites. I was sooooo happy that Mark played the extended outro version in 1986. Also features in one of my All-time favoutite Dire Straits Video moments. John was so impressed with Mark's solo in the "Thank-you Australia & NZ telecast, that he did the old double eye-brow salute at the end of it, just as Mark turned towards him. He was more or less saying "YES YOU NAILED IT!!!"

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Re: MK Songs you don't expect on your radio...
« Reply #17 on: September 01, 2008, 02:11:40 AM »
In the car today, I heard Lady Writer on Sirius Radio, Spectrum.  I often hear MK/DS songs on Spectrum and in one of the station's promos, listeners yell the names of artists they want to hear and it ends with a guy shouting, "More Mark Knopfler!"  So, if I'm not listening to an MK CD, I tune in to Spectrum.

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Re: MK Songs you don't expect on your radio...
« Reply #18 on: September 02, 2008, 09:06:38 PM »
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Re: MK Songs you don't expect on your radio...
« Reply #19 on: September 03, 2008, 06:42:53 PM »
A post for you Waldo :
today I heard on Belgium radio Brendan Croker with No Money At All,
to be honest , is is the first time I heard him on the radio here , :D.
But is was a nice surprise !

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Re: MK Songs you don't expect on your radio...
« Reply #20 on: September 05, 2008, 01:39:23 AM »
I was in the bathroom of a sandwich shop in Connecticvt dvring my holiday in Jvly when I realized I was hearing "Behind With The Rent" coming throvgh the backgrovnd mvsic speakers. Jvst in the bath, which was weird...the shop itself had something else playing....

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Re: MK Songs you don't expect on your radio...
« Reply #21 on: September 07, 2008, 05:26:55 PM »
I noticed MK and Emmy on the radio here with Beachcombing , first time ever.  :o

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Re: MK Songs you don't expect on your radio...
« Reply #22 on: September 08, 2008, 10:11:05 AM »
Last week on BBC Radio 2 in UK they played Twisting By The Pool :)
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Re: MK Songs you don't expect on your radio...
« Reply #23 on: September 10, 2008, 04:19:41 PM »
OK, here's a first, and it's not radio.  While waiting to board a plane in the Oakland Airport yesterday, I am almost positive I heard the last bits of the chorus of Golden Heart in muzak form...or I think I did. A tenor sax played the melody with strings, etc. in the background.  I actually got out of my seat to get nearer to a speaker, but the tune was interrupted by a flight announcement and then it was over.  Is it possible it was Golden Heart?  If not, I am now imagining MK songs.  Oh dear.

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Re: MK Songs you don't expect on your radio...
« Reply #24 on: September 11, 2008, 07:57:30 PM »

 In Northern Germany,we have a radiostation, that program is for people 50+ (I think)
 German Schlager , a bit Volksmusik  and so on...
 These radiostation plays almost everyday "Ticket to haven" and Chet Atkins with MK,
 my mother-in-law says !

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Re: MK Songs you don't expect on your radio...
« Reply #25 on: September 12, 2008, 01:50:34 PM »
I just got back from shopping at my local Morrison's and they were playing Boom, Like That :D
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Re: MK Songs you don't expect on your radio...
« Reply #26 on: September 14, 2008, 01:51:23 AM »
I was just going to say "Lady writer" as well. When "Communique" first came out it was the first attempted US single off of the record...so I think it is still in many "classic rock" format stations libraries.
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Re: MK Songs you don't expect on your radio...
« Reply #27 on: September 15, 2008, 10:06:54 AM »
On my local radio station they played Your Latest Trick :)
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Re: MK Songs you don't expect on your radio...
« Reply #28 on: September 16, 2008, 02:12:03 PM »
In a great spanish radio station called "Rock & Gol" (its a mix of great all time rock and roll, and sport news every 30 minutes) is very easy to hear the John Illsley with Greg Pearle and Cunla "money for nothing" version
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Re: MK Songs you don't expect on your radio...
« Reply #29 on: September 20, 2008, 08:08:26 PM »
Not on the radio,but great fun.  We went to a draft horse show this weekend.   Big old beautiful gentle guys pull coaches, wagons and so on.  They show at walk, trot, and back up to music.   A local pianist provided the accompaniment.  To my delight, during the "Four abreast" competition, I recognized Sultans of Swing in the first three notes.   Most unexpected.    And then, for frosting on the cake, during a demonstration between competitions, the pianist played the outro to What it Is.     
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