Dire Straits - Skateaway π πΆ"Skateaway"πΆ is a 1980 rockβ¦
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Dire Straits - Skateaway π
πΆ"Skateaway"πΆ is a 1980 rock song by Dire Straits, dealing with a female roller-skater breezing through busy city streets, while listening to a portable radio through her headphones. It appears on the band's 1980 album Making Movies π.It was released as a single in 1980,and in January 1981 peaked at number 58 π on the Billboard Hot π― and number 37 on the UK π¬π§ Singles Chart.The song was accompanied by a video π¬ that was popular on MTV πΊ, featuring musician Jayzik Azikiwe (1958 βοΈ 2008) as Rollergirl. The daughter of Nigeria's π³π¬ first president Nnamdi Azikiwe, she was credited as Jay Carly in the video π directed by Lester Bookbinder π½.
Record World said that the narrative is "as vivid as [Knopfler's] guitar πΈ is distinctive".Ultimate Classic Rock critic Michael Gallucci rated πΆ"Skateaway"πΆ as Dire Straits' seventh best song, saying that it "sticks closer to a traditional rock-radio π» format" than the other songs on Making Movies π.
Pitchfork said, "This track sees them transitioning out of their humble pub-rock roots and drifting toward their MTV πΊ future, swaddling Knopflerβs signature twang in a wool-sweater-warm synth hum and skeletal disco groove."
#music #rock
πΆ"Skateaway"πΆ is a 1980 rock song by Dire Straits, dealing with a female roller-skater breezing through busy city streets, while listening to a portable radio through her headphones. It appears on the band's 1980 album Making Movies π.It was released as a single in 1980,and in January 1981 peaked at number 58 π on the Billboard Hot π― and number 37 on the UK π¬π§ Singles Chart.The song was accompanied by a video π¬ that was popular on MTV πΊ, featuring musician Jayzik Azikiwe (1958 βοΈ 2008) as Rollergirl. The daughter of Nigeria's π³π¬ first president Nnamdi Azikiwe, she was credited as Jay Carly in the video π directed by Lester Bookbinder π½.
Record World said that the narrative is "as vivid as [Knopfler's] guitar πΈ is distinctive".Ultimate Classic Rock critic Michael Gallucci rated πΆ"Skateaway"πΆ as Dire Straits' seventh best song, saying that it "sticks closer to a traditional rock-radio π» format" than the other songs on Making Movies π.
Pitchfork said, "This track sees them transitioning out of their humble pub-rock roots and drifting toward their MTV πΊ future, swaddling Knopflerβs signature twang in a wool-sweater-warm synth hum and skeletal disco groove."
#music #rock
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