Dire Straits - Wild West End + lyrics

[SydneyForTheDuration]

Surely one of the great love songs of the 20th century?

[grahamdunne]

@SydneyForTheDuration I think you're right there. Amazing song.

[vitorro1970]

que grandes los dos primeros albums geniales...

[Sulashua]

This song's lyrics and the way Mark is singing them provide the perfect mix of ultimate coolness with a slight melancholy.

[roffelpantoffel]

a Good "Bunga Bunga" Song :-)

[1704bayourob]

Masterpiece..... from my steel guitar.. Just another angel...Wow ..She was honey,,dirty with money..The English major can write ...

[Msdistarr]

This song shines ever so brilliantly!!

[Awesome11998]

perfect song!

[fx662s]

646....1/x

[D84D]

BIDIP DIKA DE DA DE DAH DUHH...... UR SOMTHIN'

[D84D]

the long trips driving to Anchor Point Alaska with my dad from Anchorage to go fishing. Every weekend all summer. That winding hwy next to turnagain arm, portage glacier,turnagain pass, Kenai lake, Kenai river the sky blue water. moose river,seldolvia,soldotna.kenai­,russian river,homer,ice fishing grouse creek just a little camper. eagle river. beach lake. ft rich. muldoon. before the glen was widened. Thanks for taking care of my mom. R.I.P. Lloyd Dunham. Great dad.

[russellperry]

@D84D Cheers man. Here's to him...

[fx662s]

τζιτζικας παιδες!

[eldorado61guy]

Two people walked in the East end.

[LadyWritah]

I wanna marry you...too MK <3

[disjoinedchip2]

2:36 the greatest guitar lick i've ever heard.

[EillezinFrance]

I was listening to RTL2 French radio and heard what I thought was "Wild West End" but it turned out to be a French singer (Jean Louis Aubert) singing "Maintenant Je Reviens" virtually the same intro - see what you think. Anyway, I agree with all the comments made about a great number by a unique talent. Nevertheless Mark, please move away from the Celtic sound of recent albums. It's nice but it hasn't the same feeling of your earlier albums which left us all speechless.

[lalalooloo]

his voice makes me want to marry him

[lewstone1934]

my fave dire straights song.... just so atmospheric - you can feel that sunny afternoon in the chords and arr. brill

[maverik703]

....un biglietto di sola andata accompagnato dalle note di questa meravigliosa canzone....

[nochannel123]

no words to describe the amazingness this song lends to my soul....

[CAngel57ful]

God, I love this song! Thank you Mr Mark Knopfler for your sweet sweet guitar.

[madidope]

quei due sono bossi e berlusconi!!!!!

[skipgap]

Maybe we should think about cloning Mark and the Boys

[garboy1000]

This whole album is class,the man is amazing and long may he continue to give pleasure to millions!

[blueskyday1000]

I'd forgotten just how gorgeous and dreamy this song is. Thanks for putting it up.

[DzzzzzNuts]

perfect with a glass of vodka and juice on a sunny afternoon <3

[disjoinedchip2]

amazing guitar licks on this.

[6musky]

The 'Wild West End' has now been rebranded 'Midtown' by the business 'improvement' department, and is full of CCTV cameras, foreigners and clone shops and food places like Pret a Manger and McDonalds.

[dharmaquotes]

;)



[magyargorogdinnye]

This song is perfect to test a new drumkit...

[TheSGTNicolai]

the most beautiful album, the best music, the most insiring musicans.

is there something else like this on this Planet?

[rollendestenen63]

clint eatwood's favorite album...must be

[34doublea]

First heard this song when I was about 8 and it always struck me as the weakest song on the album. Now, as I've matured, I see that it's possibly the greatest, or at least up with "Down to the Waterline" and "Sultans." I love the casual conversation. (Excuse me for talkin', I wanna marry you.) Mark had just matured more than a man his age should have by then. Love it!

[drubedo]

@34doublea funny you should say that... it was exactly the same for me. I didn't much like this song at the time, but I loved the rest of the album. Now this is one of my favorites... besides Water of Love anyway.

[jackmioff100]

HOW IN THE FUCK COULD ANYONE DISLIKE THIS SONG????!!!!!

[tannerr96]

songs like these they shouldn't even give you the option of disliking. theres way too much talent and feeling in it

[08shortstop]

Great example of Dire Straits doing what they do best ... bringing London's gritty side to light ... Mark's beautiful guitar work ... don't know much about drummers but Pick Withers is something else.

[savageblue25]

2 poeple should go to the east end

[ugvug]

First heard this in 79 hitch hiking Between Montreal Que. and Kitchener Ontario on Easter weekend.Smoked a joint with my ride and he put this tape on. I bought the cassette off of that ride then and there, 10 dollars. It was a great weekend for an 18 year old. I can remember every minute when I hear this.

[IhaveaPhDinTV]

@ugvug  fantastic!

[Stanislaven100]

@ugvug

or perfect good night. That's what I'm doing right now haha

[G76TommyH]

walking in the wild west end....walking with your wild best friend;;;;yeah check.

[theodor43]

still missing the repeat button on youtube!

[MrScruffboy]

Just so beautiful

[alsago100]

TREMENDA CANCIÓN.....

[Elwoood13]

Best album ever, so timeless and sublime

[arturoewallis]

The Dislike Club was here too...!,

[13scarfare13]

This is the perfect song for taking a walk on the beach in the night, with the lights of the reastaurants and the boats in the sea!

[MaineBluesman]

Dig this ear candy, friends. Track #8 on the Dire Straits seminal debut vinyl. This is not a tune that got a lot of radio time like Sultans of Swing. You can really hear the influence and love of American southern guitar and resonator styles on Knopfler's easy and laid-back picking, and the slow, unhurried pace of this lazy shuffle. This was 1978. Fantastic!

[truthseeker1164]

One person must be lost in West End....

[ramblingblues]

I know all about the 19 bus ... The bus of my childhood. My favourite DS song and record

[deicer1962]

thx this brings me back mto hs great album

[beanoalbum]

@2Touchstone

Is there any reference to this song at Angelucci?

[6musky]

@beanoalbum

I didn't see anything there (I used to be 2Touchstone). It's just a really tiny coffee place opposite Ronnie Scott's jazz club.

[beanoalbum]

@2Touchstone

But thankfully he didn't 

[gargrimm]

Takes me back to my old '75 jeep & a certain wild lanky darkhaired girl by the river ... Damn I miss that jeep

[Aqene1000]

I was 18 when this album just exploded out of no where and become a favorite for everyone around me.

[oldhwy80]

Such good memories. Thanks for posting these. God...where has the time gone?

[JonathanAGomez1993]

Excuse me for talking I wanna marry you

This is the seventh heaven street to me

Don't be so proud

You're just another angel in the crowd

[QQWEERTTYUUI]

this song makes you see things in another perspective

is very useful for when you're blocked, it seems clear your mind

[sile1991]

there is no word to describe this song.. mark is god, i think..

[lockemup33]

I love this song....Especially this.....

"And my conductress on the number nineteen She was a honey...

Pink toenails and hands all .....dirty with money"

[lisagirlpooh70]

love this song:)

[bigpapenotdead]

oh shit...classic

[Tily0507]

I love this song. Always have. I still look at these guys and wander if they had any idea of what they were talking about. The end of the lyrics are so childish, and then again maybe ...honest. I'm a girl, from Venus. Maybe I'll never know.

[saddlehome]

@Tily0507 'go-go dancing girls ...?' They do know what they were talking about, as they'd all been living in London for well over a year at the time of writing! I see what you mean, but at the time Soho in the West End was an internationally notorious red-light district, so I think the line refers to a go-go 'girl' forced to 'dance' far beyond when she would have quit. I've seen this kind of sad stuff myself. I think it's a critism of the sex industry in London at that time.

[moobada]

So good. So beautiful

[lovenpeac]

this song is perfect for a "sweetness" wake ....:)

[88chevcaprice]

Perfect

[Jakedadog]

music for the veins....helps you breath and live...

[kellyakakelly]

@Jakedadog

indeed my friend~!

[vitorro1970]

Genial-Fantastic....

[jetsafox]

An all time favorite of mine. Thanks

[11JimMorrison]

must underrated song ever

[bbeemer603]

Thanks for posting this and all the other DS songs, Amindenandel. This and the Making Movies albums are the best there is. :)

[stutubes]

Legend......

[onedonindudley]

This so reminds me of my mispent youth in London town......class lyrics

[biondi44]

listened thids song whe i was 13...stayed with me...always...

[JohnnySlotCar]

@2Touchstone It's a conspiracy.

[leebusandlibus]

@JohnnySlotCar You figured it out mark knew in 1979

[thaatsright]

great tune^^

[sarloveze]

I used to listen to this song while crossing America in My White Coupe de Ville in 1981... This song lives in my soul too

[rustybruce9]

My Uncle Alistair gave me this Album as a present for my 12th birthday. I can never ever be grateful enough for introducing me to the style and class that is Mark & DS.

[Hubcool367]

@rustybruce9 Oh yeah, good ol' Uncle Alistair

[stivoivod]

Great Album !!!

[Kgv1]

It can't get much than this. can it???

A bottle of red wine, eyes closed ...and let the magic roll;- thanks straits for the music & the memories.

[TheSwedishzoe]

this song lives in my soul

[Kgv1]

@TheSwedishzoe ,

Fantastic comment...I can hear and feel you on that one....

Timeless!

[KingCmac]

knopfler owns all music.

[seanandtracey1]

love this!! it sure is nice to "rediscover" forgotten songs!!!!

[MrAndrenator]

A really nice song

[burt2800]

I love this song! This was one of my very firtst albums and probably my all time favourite! Thanks to my dad and my mum!

[xdamienkentx]

brilliant song,brilliant band,

[mousegeek]

Great song

[adamsfan91]

Man this song is awesome.

[dayzsrfine]

godd thats great!