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SOTD #55
Today’s song is Millionaire’s Blues by Dire Straits
Well, so much for breakfast, I couldn’t face lunch
I thought I’d raise my spirits with a little champagne brunch.
I take the Lambourghini, the flunkie parks the car
Can you believe it, man, this other monkey won’t let me in the bar!
I said, I said, don’t you know who I am, man? and he says, no.
No! Can you believe it?
I’m as low as the heels of these alligator shoes
You should know how it feels to have these millionaire blues
Millionaire blues, to have these millionaire blues
As far as CD singles can have a B side, this track was a B side to Calling Elvis which was the first single off the On Every Street album which was Dire Straits 1991 follow-up to the mega successful Brothers In Arms from 1985. In the intervening six years, Knopfler’s style had changed quite a bit and the album was not as well received as BIA had been. A more country-tinged sound (that he would explore further in his solo work) seemed to put a lot of people off.
This little gem, though, is pure blues-based (if a little over-produced and tongue-in-cheek) and worth a listen.
[not available on iTunes] [YouTube]
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