Dire Straits — Walk Of Life
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Here come Johnny singing oldies, goldies
Be-Bop-A-Lula, Baby What I Say
Here come Johnny singing I Gotta Woman
Down in the tunnel trying to make it pay
He got the action, he got the motion
Oh yeah the boy can play
A dedication, devotion
Turning all the night time into the day
He do the song about the sweet lovin' woman
He do the song about the knife
And he do the walk, he do the walk of life
Yeah, he do the walk of life
Here comes Johnny gonna tell you the story
Hand me down my walkin' shoes
Here come Johnny with the power and the glory
Backbeat the talkin' blues
He got the action, he got the motion
Oh yeah the boy can play
A dedication, devotion
Turning all the night time into the day
He do the song about the sweet lovin' woman
He do the song about the knife
Then he do the walk, he do the walk of life
Yeah, he do the walk of life
Here come Johnny singing oldies, goldies
Be-Bop-A-Lula, Baby What I Say
Here come Johnny singing I Gotta Woman
Down in the tunnel, trying to make it pay
He got the action, he got the motion
Oh yeah the boy can play
A dedication, devotion
Turning all the night time into the day
And after all the violence and double talk
There's just a song in all the trouble and the strife
You do the walk, yeah, you do the walk of life
Mmm, you do the walk of life
Be-Bop-A-Lula, Baby What I Say
Here come Johnny singing I Gotta Woman
Down in the tunnel trying to make it pay
He got the action, he got the motion
Oh yeah the boy can play
A dedication, devotion
Turning all the night time into the day
He do the song about the sweet lovin' woman
He do the song about the knife
And he do the walk, he do the walk of life
Yeah, he do the walk of life
Here comes Johnny gonna tell you the story
Hand me down my walkin' shoes
Here come Johnny with the power and the glory
Backbeat the talkin' blues
He got the action, he got the motion
Oh yeah the boy can play
A dedication, devotion
Turning all the night time into the day
He do the song about the sweet lovin' woman
He do the song about the knife
Then he do the walk, he do the walk of life
Yeah, he do the walk of life
Here come Johnny singing oldies, goldies
Be-Bop-A-Lula, Baby What I Say
Here come Johnny singing I Gotta Woman
Down in the tunnel, trying to make it pay
He got the action, he got the motion
Oh yeah the boy can play
A dedication, devotion
Turning all the night time into the day
And after all the violence and double talk
There's just a song in all the trouble and the strife
You do the walk, yeah, you do the walk of life
Mmm, you do the walk of life
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Now that this song is in a commercial, we'll never hear it here.
spudboy wrote:
Isn't it more likely that's because the video for this song is one long baseball and American football blooper reel?
I love Dire Straits but this song just reminds me of a baseball blooper reel.
Isn't it more likely that's because the video for this song is one long baseball and American football blooper reel?
rockstarbro wrote:
none? NONE? I guess you were just searching for the right banana.
This album has GREAT songs on it. THIS SONG IS NOT ONE OF THEM.
Track Listing and Banana Jam Rating
4 - Your Latest Trick
Track Listing and Banana Jam Rating
4 - Your Latest Trick
none? NONE? I guess you were just searching for the right banana.
Man. If I wasn't in a stuffy office full of accountants at this moment, I'd be kicking off my shoes and dancing around in the kitchen with the broom right about now.
venus_df wrote:
*feels urge to put on *#!$-kickers and ten-gallon hat and eat peanuts out of shell* 
Ya mean ya don't usually? And ya forgettin' the beer an a bourbon!
Sure, sure, this gets lots of play all the time, but it takes me back to the carefree days of my childhood... it was one of my first favorite songs along with "La Bamba" and Bob Seeger's "Kathmandu" (yes, my folks lived in Ann Arbor in the early 70's)
This song, like so many others, suffers from overplay. It's actually a pretty good song with one hell of a keyboard riff.
C'mon, who can't dig that riff?
Bill
please play *any* other song from this album...
*feels urge to put on *#!$-kickers and ten-gallon hat and eat peanuts out of shell*
had this song on a disk for my AMIGA 500 !!! 
This one would likely be getting better reviews here if not for a heavy dose of FM fatigue. Yes, there's better songs on the album, but this is still in the 7-8 range. The album as a whole, while perhaps not their best, is a solid 9.
spudboy wrote:
Nice visual, thanks.
reminds me of a baseball blooper reel
Nice visual, thanks.
This album has GREAT songs on it. THIS SONG IS NOT ONE OF THEM.
Track Listing and Banana Jam Rating
1 - So Far Away 
2 - Money For Nothing
3 - Walk of Life 
4 - Your Latest Trick
5 - Why Worry
6 - Ride Across The River
7 - The Mans Too Strong
8 - One World
9 - Brothers In Arms
2 - Money For Nothing
3 - Walk of Life
4 - Your Latest Trick
5 - Why Worry
6 - Ride Across The River
7 - The Mans Too Strong
8 - One World
9 - Brothers In Arms
Dreadful garbage, and I say that as big admirer of most everything else they did.
good to see the high opinion of the patrician class is alive and well
daveesh wrote:
not at all.
i agree.
Bill, this one is an insult to your audience.
dogpound wrote:
not one of their better songs
not at all.
bubble gum cheap song
I love Dire Straits but this song just reminds me of a baseball blooper reel.
Been around RP about 5 years...
Yeah, I can enjoy hearing this song here once every five years.
It's still getting a 6 though.
not one of their better songs
Play it!