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Dire Straits: Love Over Gold

  • Music Video
  • 1982
  • 4m
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4.9/10
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Dire Straits: Love Over Gold (1982)
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  • Director
    • Peter Sinclair
  • Stars
    • Alan Clark
    • Joop de Korte
    • Dire Straits
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    4.9/10
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    • Director
      • Peter Sinclair
    • Stars
      • Alan Clark
      • Joop de Korte
      • Dire Straits
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    6Rodrigo_Amaro

    A decent music video

    Huge fan over of the criminally underrated "Love Over Gold" album, but I must admit that I only got word about the music video for the title track just now. And considering the low rating it got I was more curious to see what went wrong, why folks were so critical and or if it simply didn't appeal - but the majority of Dire Straits fans all know that their better music videos come after this album, the clips from "Brothers in Arms".

    Honestly, I don't see anything wrong with the clip, except that the final instrumental bit is cut and the original music is a lot better to be put on a video rather than a live version (but they didn't disappoint with the instruments used and the show performance is quite a spectacle to be seen, in a way). Basically, Mark Knopfler and troupe perform the song on stage, crowd cheering in an enthusiastic manner all the way, and the little spectacle on the side comes from smoke effects on stage, and achrobats twisting in some parts (outside of the show, obviously). Many editing effects showcasing each member of the group and the music is amazing per se - pity it's cut.

    My great memories of listening to that album in such a repeatedly and crazed manner were never repeated. I kept hearing over and over for a whole month when I got it, and it might have been the weirdest personal moment in my life but the only thing that remained was hearing those five long tracks: "Telegraph Road" (epic!), "Private Investigation" (my least favorite but it also has a clip), "Industrial Disease" (lots of fun, but I'm a little tired of it now), "Love Over Gold" (so tragically romantic and beautiful, and with a tune re-used in Tina Turner's "Private Dancer" but then again it's Knopfler copying himself), and the final "It Never Rains (such a dark themed song but the guitar is phenomenal and haunting).

    Well, I'll still give it a thumbs up to the video as the song is awesome, and the concert performance puts to shame any rock band out of here that cannot create a sensation and a vibe just as a great as the one captured in this clip. 7/10.

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      • 1982 (United Kingdom)
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