Wild West End by Dire Straits
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Wild West End by Dire Straits
Wild West End is one of my favourite tracks from the self titled first album by Dire Straits.
The song is loaded with the London experience from the 1970's, a time when I was working in London, and I often used to take the Number 19 Bus that is mentioned in the song. I hope you enjoy it.
Dire Straits were a great English rock band that was formed by Mark Knopfler in 1977. The band comprised also his brother David Knopfler (guitar), John Illsley (bass), and Pick Withers (drums).
Although the band was formed in an era when punk rock ruled the charts, their unique style of Rock Music, simpler than the Classic Rock of the 1970's, woowed new audiences quickly.
Their first single Sultan's Of Swing immediately put them into the spotlight. By the time their most famous album, Brothers In Arms was released, with the single Money For Nothing which of course was recorded at Live Aid they had reached the top.
This song, Wild West End is a great song from their first album, Dire Straits.

Song Lyrics: Wild West End by Dire Straits
Written by: Mark Knopfler from the Album: "Dire Straits" - 1978
Stepping out to Angellucci's for my coffee beans
Checking out the movies and the magazines
Waitress she watches me crossing from the Barocco Bar
I get a pickup for my steel guitar
I saw you walking out Shaftesbury Avenue
Excuse me talking I wanna marry you
This is the seventh heaven street
Don't you seem so proud
You're just another angel in the crowd
And I'm
Walking in the wild west end
Walking in the wild west end
Walking with your wild best friend
And now my conductress on the number nineteen
She was a honey
Pink toenails and hands all, dirty with the money
Greasy easy Greasy hair, easy smile
Made me feel nineteen for a while
And I went down to, Cha, Cha, uh, uh, Chinatown
In the backroom it's a man's world
All the money go down
Duck inside the doorway, duck to eat
Just ain't no way,
You and me, we can beat
Walking in the wild west end
Walking in the wild west end
Walking with your wild best friend
Now eh, a gogo, dancing girl, yes I saw her
The deejay, he say, here's Mandy for ya
I feel alright, saying now, Do that stuff
She's dancing high I move on by
The close ups can get rough
When you're
Walking in the wild west end
Walking in the wild west end
Walking with'cha wild best friend
Walking it, Walking it
Original Dire Straits CD's from Amazon
Dire Straits released some great CD's, and it's not only their Greatest Hits that are great songs. Why not start or add to your collection of music by Dire Straits today by buying their original albums.
Dire Straits Music Compilations
If you like Dire Straits, but aren't ready to buy their original CD's, these are their Greatest Hits collections, which you might like to add to your collection.
Dire Straits on DVD from Amazon
It's great listening to the original recordings, but even better being able to watch Dire Straits in concert. Whether you saw them years ago and want to relive the memories, or or if you didn't manage to see them live, this is a great way to live or re-live those great concerts.
Dire Straits Items on eBay
You just never know what you might find on eBay. It might be CD's of Dire Straits going cheap, or it might be rare t-shirts or other promotional material, or hard to come by concert tickets.
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dotpattern
Jan 24, 2012 @ 12:48 am | delete
- The combination of that slide guitar and Mark's vocals makes Dire Straits one of the best bands of the first MTV generation.
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nightbear
Aug 24, 2011 @ 8:42 pm | delete
- completely new to me. But I am admittedly not a big music person. But this is really nice and well done.
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AndyPo
Apr 26, 2009 @ 9:06 am | delete
- Another excellent lyric lens
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funwithtrains Jan 10, 2009 @ 11:06 am | delete
- Another great lens, Poddys!
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lakeerieartists
Aug 27, 2008 @ 6:01 pm | delete
- Very cool!
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Tipi
Aug 15, 2008 @ 12:48 pm | delete
- Poddys, nice work putting the info together. I'm a fan! I may try doing some lyrics lenses, good idea.
Best wishes...always.
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ElizabethJeanAllen
Jul 4, 2008 @ 10:02 am | delete
- Great lens! You do a wonderful job with all your lenses.
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PS Congradulations on making Giant Squid!
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debnet
Jun 22, 2008 @ 4:11 am | delete
- Another interesting Lenses from Poddys.
Cool!
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