Dire Straits - Industrial Disease + lyrics

[6superb9]

Wowee...I ain't never seen someone wreck song lyrics like this. EVER!!!! Didn't even have the 1st word correct-it's "Now'.

[Phase42]

For those who weren't around in the '80s, "buying Japanese" was the '80s version of "outsourcing our jobs to India/China/Korea"

[Slingblade420]

Listen and browse youtube news titles. It's fun and yet sad lol.

[dmartsinkiw]

2 men said their jesus 1 of them must be wrong?

lol

[NedKellyRidesAgain]

splendid 

[Bunkerlab19]

There is a song by Bob Rivers which is this song with different lyrics. Mad Cow disease bobrivers(.)com/#v8417

[JohnnyBlade2000]

I like what Dr. Parkinson said.



[Rct3Rik]

Dire Straits changed my life!

[greenwich1754]

Probably the most clever, dare I say brilliant lyrics ever written. For those too young to remember, the "I don't know how you came to get the Betty Davis Knees" line is a reference to the hugely popular "Betty Davis Eyes" song (1981) by Kim Carnes, which I think is a stroke of brilliant irreverence.

[wesclips]

I feel like this song encaptulates all the sounds of Dire Straits in the first 30seconds. love it.

[blayeto]

Master piece

[thacntreb1]

As timely has todays Headlines....

[dt1955jr]

one of the best songs by dire strait none of this crap the last 10 years comes close to this

[azapro911]

Serious Dire Straits. Fun Dire Straits. Both equally as brilliant, frankly.

[jerry6395]

2 people got industrial disease lol...

[MrVicist]

@jerry6395 They're both saying they are jesus.

[mpjgbx]

Innocence is injured, experience just talks. So true.

[SallyMorem]

IMHO, one of the funniest songs ever.  LOVE it.

[UtahMike41]

One of my favories by Dire Straits.

[spinner2722]

Great video, thanks for posting! You have mixed up two lines in the lyrics, however, the "factories" line comes before the "on our knees" line. ;)

[sergeitoom]

Very actual song

[The19763]

i can listen to Dire Straits all year round.

[miketonon]

Its like they predicted the future.

[pericolace]

The two people who dislike this song need to have their faces slammed repeatedly, in rapid succession, into a piece of concrete.

[ondenbern]

@pericolace you are so right.

[ufofan1980]

I would have laughed to see this blasted outside of every steel mill in Birmingham 24/7 wherever the workers leave. Anyone who knows shit about Birmingham would get what I am saying.

[Danlson55]

Good Jam - good quality

[cocojoe100]

think I got Industrial Disease....

[psalmblues]

Industrial Disease came with Britain not Jesus!

[parkman35]

The anthem of the working class....

[beelzabubba]

"...these are classic symptoms of a monatary squeeze...."

[2JOHNNYT]

When Muscians could WRITE, PLAY & SING - ah the days of SOUL!

[SILVERSHEEP45]

and we Japanese has become a victim of industrial disease...

[SELFlnsurance]

meanwhile the first Jesus says 'I'd cure it soon

abolish monday mornings and friday afternoons' this part always makes me laugh

[ranloot]

@SELFlnsurance what a great idea?!?

[floridapmi]

ESPN used to use this song as background noise when they would show highlights of games.

[KatseGatcha]

Relevant even today. Change the line "they want to have the war to stop the smiling of Japanese" to "they want to have the war to stop the making of WMD's".

[empath69]

@KatseGatcha I like your substitution, but the original lyric is "they want to have a war to stop US BUYING JAPANESE"...it's *in*the*uploader*notes*, you know...

[KatseGatcha]

@sexystewie, another song popular around the time this was recorded was a song called "bette davis eyes"

[TheCHARMTROLL]

listen tooo the lyrics ...its greaaaaat!!!

[javichuification]

¡¡ GOODNESS ME !! ¡¡GOODNESS ME!! ¿¿ HOW COME JESUS GETS INDUSTRIAL  DISEASE ?? jaaaaaa

[rowdymax1]

"Next patient please!!"..love that line.

[nozeadinpencizx]

This is beautiful music and the words are just as true today (maybe even more so) as they were when the song first hit the charts! We need more like it!

[MrMorganfarts]

live version is WAYYYYY better

[HCherns]

@EyeballMuscles FWIW: as a previous poster has pointed out, "spanner" is British for "wrench"; North Americans would say something like "he threw a monkey wrench in the works." However, John Lennon did write a book with the punning title "A Spaniard in the Works," which may be the source of your confusion.

[449ray]

@HCherns quiet right young man !!! hah... being a fireman for 20 yrs i can confirm. a "spanner wrench" (shaped like a question mark) fits into the nubs of hose couplings. used to tighten two hoses together or hose to hydrant...next question please...splended !!! hah

[sexystewie48]

Thanks for clarifying the lyrics now it makes more sense Cheers x

[sexystewie48]

Curious to know what are Betty Davis Knee's?

[mesmursur]

@sexystewie48 Isn't it Betty Davis Sneeze?

[sctl]

In my opinion, the most underrated Dire Straits song

[mesmursur]

@sctl Either this or Twistin by the Pool...

[ladmex53]

@sctl I agree 100%

[EIO01]

@sctl Why did you say "in my opinion". it is a fact

[sctl]

@EIO01 lol, good answer!

[cmmolthr]

@sctl I agree 199% and even more

[ranloot]

@sctl agreed



[theknigitwhosaysni]

philosophy is useless theology is worse

history boils over there's an economics freeze

sociologists invent words that mean 'Industrial Disease'

[Bassettcase]

Two men say they're Jesus, one of them must be wrong! Shook his hand last week, hope it was the real one?

[empath69]

@Bassettcase hope it wasn't the Jesus on hunger strike and dying by degrees - it'd suck to catch Industrial Disease from the Savior. ;)

[Davez621]

Ok it's Avril Livigne - What the Hell.... sounds alot like 0:33

[Davez621]

Does anyone know the name of the song that's out now that sounds alot like 0:33 ??

[prober45]

1 poor sap got industrial disease and it did him in

[27wingnut]

great song!

[rogy1969]

*flails arms wildly*

[OLDROCKER1961]

Damn good Dire Straits song! More people need to understand that Dire Straits was more than Money for Nothing and Sultan of Swing. They have numerous great tunes.

[valleschibel]

Geez I haven't heard this song since....the early 80s? Cool.

[Stuarty88]

1 Person has Industrial Disease

[txeire]

i love playing this song with the band

[themiktay528]

Thank you for posting this masterpiece!

[domblet]

1 bellend without ears

[miketonon]

How come Jesus gets industrial disease? Because neither of them are Jesus.

[jerryg1964]

@miketonon I think that's the point

[miketonon]

@jerryg1964, then again, God doesn't have control over the physical. The physical will die, but the spiritual can't.

[empath69]

@miketonon boooo!  spoilsport! ;)

[thegman00]

THERES NO FUCKING LYRICS !!!

[artyfarty1996]

@thegman00 theyre in the description.

[abe4u79]

@thegman00 yes there is!!!

[TheFearlessFreep]

your lyrics are wrong, it's 'Bette Davis wheeze'.

[yurianne07]

brilliant free-style... this song was so keul a couple of synchronized swimmers did a routine to this!...o_0....

[epistte]

@EyeballMuscles Spanner is British for wrench.

Ive seen DS twice in concent and Im very dissappointed that they didnt play this song either time.

[loudmusic67]

This is by far my favorite Dire Straits song! Great album, by the way.

[smvanwersch]

@loudmusic67 I couldn't agree more -- I could listen to this song e-n-d-l-e-s-s-l-y!!!

Big surprise to me: that this song/video gets far fewer views, tens of thousands, compared to some DS songs in the millions.

You have killer taste!

[loudmusic67]

@smvanwersch Thanks for your reply. You also have great taste! The album with "Skateaway" on it ( I think it's call At the Movies) is awesome too.

[Jim7231]

just pulled my vinyl from a 10 year tuck away and played this one and it sounds sooo good I'd like to buy a new pressing.

Betty Davis knees???

[sb2244]

My favorite dire straits song. "Two men say they Jesus one of them must be wrong". Great lyric's great song. Thanks for posting!

[samjacksonswig]

@sb2244 great lyric!!!! Always cracks me up!!!!!

[jonessantos21]

I love this song.. the Love over gold album is the Dire Straits' masterpiece.... amazing songs........ this is my favorite album

[Dannyamir]

@EyeballMuscles ... and I always thought the line was "they wanna have a war to stop THE SPYING Japanese". It's wierd the tricks our ears play on us (or maybe it's just Mark's enunciation ;-)

[glimmer2158]

Innocence is wounded and experience just talks. TRUE DAT!

[1919kb]

This song works on so many levels. Thanks very much for making it available!

[dj6927]

"Two men say they're Jesus, one of them must be wrong" and

"Abolish Monday mornings and Friday afternoons".

God, I love those lines.

I say the first one to my boss every time he pisses me off and the second one every day I'm at work.

Thanks for posting. They never play the beginning of this or the end of Sultans of Swing. Some of Marks best.

[microkorgboy]

If you listen closely at the end, you hear Mark saying '' Yeah. I'm Sick.''XD

[bpaulpdb1]

Absolutely fantastic, thank you! One small point, some of the wording of your lyrics is either incorrect or misplaced.

Many thanks once again,

Paul.

[hebber1961]

i always thought the words were "Betty Davis wheeze" not knees.

[sleeve51]

Stupendous.....Knopfler at his brilliant best. There's a lesson in here for all to learn!

[dazman707]

awesome! :-)

[drizanuns]

shame there's no video clip.. great song but.. gotta play it full volume..

[plainPLAIDplain]

This song is so poignant these days. These guys sure knew the score:

Corporate Assholes 500

Everbody Else  6

[RawheadRex72]

I thought Bill Cosby is Jesus...

[flippyfan1234]

I have no idea how I ended up here... but why is there porn in the related videos?!!

[jeffbeck70]

@flippyfan1234: because the rising of the porn industry in the last 30 years has something to do with capitalism and its eXcesses....

[miketonon]

@jeffbeck70, its all evil. People are tempted by evil and therefor it sells.

[MrOstepop2]

damned nice (Y) :)

[MrHeavyMetalx]

Im really drunk.. i sung Sultains Of Swing wiht some buddies tonight at a karaoke pub!! it was fucking awesome!! \m LOMNG LKIOVE DIRE STAITS!

[elofan1000]

@MrHeavyMetalx im really drunk at home my pc speakers wont go any higher lol

[78happyaslarry]

@MrHeavyMetalx im drunk too..... hell the straights are quality!!!!

[Destroy3r3]

I like this song very much. Love over gold is one of my favorite albums.

[76Solo712]

@Destroy3r3 Yes, it's also one of my Top-6 Dire Straits studio Albums :D

[frienkink]

In my birthday I bought this CD!! Amazingly good! Look to my channel to see my TOP 15 dIRE sTRAITS!

[amindenandel]

@frienkink Viewed it half a day ago, really liked it :)

[frienkink]

@amindenandel alright, thanks!

[goblinrogers]

@frienkink Im ,y opinion, this one and only lp dire straits album is by far the best dire straits album.