Making Movies de Dire Straits
Álbum de Dire Straits
- Fecha de lanzamiento: 17 de Octubre de 1980
- Sello Discográfico: Vertigo
- Compositores: Mark Knopfler
- Productores: Jimmy Iovine, Mark Knopfler
Making Movies es un álbum de Dire Straits, publicado en 1980 por Vertigo. El disco incluye 7 canciones, entre ellas «Tunnel Of Love», «Romeo & Juliet», «Skateaway» y «Expresso Love».
Lanzado en 1980, Making Movies es el tercer álbum de estudio de Dire Straits y es considerado por muchos como su creación notable conceptual y artística. Con este disco, la banda se alejó del sonido minimalista de sus dos primeros trabajos para abrazar una producción más grandiosa, compleja y cinematográfica. "Making Movies" es un álbum de rock con influencias del rock progresivo y el pop, en el que las canciones son largas narrativas épicas, llenas de dramatismo y emoción. El álbum marca la salida del guitarrista David Knopfler y la llegada del teclista Roy Bittan (de la E Street Band de Bruce Springsteen), cuya interpretación de piano es fundamental para el nuevo sonido del disco. Contiene dos de las canciones más queridas y perdurables de su carrera: "Romeo and Juliet" y "Tunnel of Love".
Gestación del álbum
La grabación de "Making Movies" estuvo marcada por la tensión y el cambio. Durante las sesiones, el hermano de Mark, el guitarrista rítmico David Knopfler, abandonó la banda por diferencias creativas, sintiendo que su papel quedaba eclipsado por el creciente perfeccionismo de Mark. Para este álbum, Mark Knopfler se asoció con el productor estadounidense Jimmy Iovine, conocido por su trabajo con Bruce Springsteen y Tom Petty, buscando un sonido más grande y de rock de estadios. La incorporación de Roy Bittan al piano fue clave para lograr esta nueva grandilocuencia.
Sonido y estilo
El sonido de "Making Movies" es rock de estadios con una sensibilidad cinematográfica. Las canciones son largas y complejas, con estructuras de rock progresivo, cambios de tempo y dinámicas que van del susurro al estallido. La producción de Iovine es expansiva y potente. El piano de Bittan y los teclados tienen un papel protagonista, creando paisajes sonoros épicos. Las letras de Knopfler son más personales y románticas que nunca, funcionando como guiones de pequeñas películas.
Análisis de las canciones
El álbum contiene algunas de las composiciones más ambiciosas de Knopfler. La canción de apertura, "Tunnel of Love", es una épica de ocho minutos que comienza con una introducción de feria y se convierte en un himno de rock arrollador. "Romeo and Juliet" es una de las baladas más famosas de la historia del rock, una relectura moderna del clásico de Shakespeare con una inolvidable guitarra resofónica. "Skateaway" es un enérgico tema de rock and roll, mientras que "Expresso Love" es otro de los temas potentes del disco.
Lanzamiento y rendimiento en listas
"Making Movies" fue un éxito masivo en todo el mundo, consolidando a Dire Straits como una de las bandas más grandes del planeta.
- UK Albums Chart: 4
- USA Billboard 200: 19
- Alemania (GfK Entertainment): 7
- Noruega (VG-lista): 1
Reacción de la prensa especializada
La crítica aclamó "Making Movies" como una pieza redonda. Rolling Stone le dio cinco estrellas, elogiándolo por su ambición y su profundidad emocional. Es considerado por muchos como el mejor álbum de Dire Straits, un disco que demostró que el rock de estadios podía ser a la vez inteligente, poético y comercialmente exitoso.
Listado de Canciones
- Tunnel Of Love8:11Getting crazy on the waltzers but it's the life that I choose Sing about the sixblade sing about the switchback and a torture tattoo And I been riding on a ghost train where the cars they scream and slam And I don't know where I'll be tonight but I'll always tell you where I am In a screaming ring of faces I seen her standing in the light She had a ticket for the races, yeah just like me she was a victim of the night I put my hand upon the lever said let it rock and let it roll I had a one arm bandit fever there was an arrow through my heart and my soul And the big wheel keep on turning neon burning up above And I'm just high on the world Come on and take a low ride with me girl On the tunnel of love, yeah love It's just a danger, and when you're riding at your own risk She said you are the perfect stranger, she said baby just keep it like this It's just a cakewalk twisting baby step right up and say Hey mister give me two give me two now, 'cause any two can play And the big wheel keep on turning neon burning up above And I'm just high on the world Come on and take a low ride with me girl On the tunnel of love, oooh love Well it's been money for muscle another whirligig Money for muscle and another girl I dig Another hustle just to, just to make it big And rockaway, rockaway, oh rockaway, rockaway And girl it looks so pretty to me just like it always did Like the Spanish City to me when we where kids Oh girl it looks so pretty to me just like it always did Like the Spanish City to me when we where kids Woh-la Check it out She took off a silver locket she said remember me by this She put her hand in my pocket I got a keepsake and a kiss And in the roar of dust and diesel I stood and watched her walk away I could have caught up with her easy enough but something must have made me stay And the big wheel keep on turning neon burning up above And I'm just high on this world Come on and take a low ride with me girl On the tunnel of love, yeah love love On the tunnel of love, oooh love love And now I'm searching through these carousels and the carnival arcades Searching everywhere from steeplechase to palisades In any shooting gallery where promises are made To rockaway, rockaway... Rockaway, rockaway From Cullercoats and Whitley Bay out to rockaway And girl it looks so pretty to me just like it always did Like the Spanish City to me when we where kids Girl it looks so pretty to me just like it always did Like the Spanish City to me when we where kids
- Romeo & Juliet
Vídeo
- Skateaway6:40I seen a girl on a one way corridor Stealing down a wrong way street For all the world like an urban toreador She had wheels on on her feet Well the cars do the usual dances Same old cruise and the kerbside crawl But the rollergirl she's taking chances They just love to see her take them all No fears alone at night she's sailing through the crowd In her ears the phones are tight and the music's playing loud Hallelujah here she comes queen rollerball Enchante what can I say don't care at all You know she used to have to wait around She used to be the lonely one But now that she can skate around town She's the only one No fears alone at night she's sailing through the crowd In her ears the phones are tight and the music's playing loud She gets rock n roll a rock n roll station And a rock n roll dream She's making movies on location She don't know what it means But the music make her wanna be the story And the story was whatever was the song what it was Rollergirl don't worry D. J. Play the movies all night long She tortures taxi drivers just for fun She like to read their lips Says toro toro taxi see ya tomorrow my son I swear she let a big truck grease her hip She got her own world in the city You can't intrude on her She got her own world in the city Cos the city's benn so rude to her No fears alone at night she's sailing through the crowd In her ears the phones are tight and the music's playing loud She gets rock n roll a rock n roll station And a rock n roll dream She's making movies on location She don't know what it means But the music make her wanna be the story And the story was whatever was the song what it was Rollergirl don't worry D. J. Play the movies all night long Come slippin and slidin Life's roller ball Slippin and a slidin Skateaway that's all Shala shalay hey hey skateaway She's going sining shala shalay hey hey Skateaway
- Expresso Love5:12She gets the sun in the daytime Perfume in the dusk And she comes out in the night time With the honeysuckle musk Because she smells just like a rose And she tastes just like a peach She got me walking where the wildlife goes I'd go anything to reach her And she was made in heaven Heaven's in the world Is this just expresso love You know I'm crazy for the girl She call me just to talk She's my lover she's a friend of mine She says hey mister you wanna take a walk In the wild west end sometime And I get trouble with my breathing She says boys don't know anything But I know what I want I want everything Well I feel so good cos I feel so good And I feel so good cos it feels so right I was made to go with my girl Like a saxophone was made to go with the night And she can raise one eyebrow Put her hand on my hip And I close one eye now Sweat on her lip And I surrender to the fever I surrender to the will of the night She love me so tender I got to believe her Love? Expresso love's alright I don't want no sugar in it Thank you very much All wired up on it all fired up on it Expresso touch Hey maestro expresso It's just another one just like the other one Hey maestro expresso It's this another one just like the other one
- Hand in Hand4:48
Letra
The sky is crying the streets are full of tears Rain come down wash away my fears And all this writing on the wall Oh I can read between the lines Rain come down forgive this dirty town Rain come down and give this dirty town A drink of water a drink of wine If I been hard on you I never chose to be I never wanted no one else I tried my best to be somebody you'd be close to Hand in hand like lovers are supposed to As you'd sleep I'd think my heart would break in two I'd kiss your cheek I'd stop myself from waking you But in the dark you'd speak my name You'd say baby what's wrong? Oh? Here I am baby I'm coming back for more I'm like a wave that's got to roll into the shore Yes and if my love's in vain how come my love is so strong? If I been hard on you I never chose to be I never wanted no one else I tried my best to be somebody you'd be close to Hand in hand like lovers are supposed to Now you and me go parallel together and apart And you keep your perfect distance and it's tearing at my heart Did you never feel the distance You never tried to cross no line 'cause it's another dirty river and another dirty scar And I don't know who's kissing you and I don't know where you are So far from home don't you think of me sometime If I been hard on you I never chose to be I never wanted no one else I tried my best to be somebody you'd be close to Hand in hand like lovers are supposed to(2x) Sky is crying see the streets are full of tears Rain coming down to wash away my fears And all this writing on the wall Oh I can read between the lines - Solid Rock3:27Well take a look at that I made a castle in the sand Saying this is where it's at you know Couldn't understand now If I realised that the chances were slim How come I'm so surprised when the tide rolled in I wanna live on solid rock I'm gonna live on solid rock I wanna give I don't wanna be blocked I'm gonna live on solid rock Well I'm sick of potential I'm sick of vanity now I'm sticking to essential reality now I don't know what's worse Try to make a silk purse Living an illusion living in confusion Well a house of cards Was never built for shock You could blow it down in any kind of weather Now two solid rocks two solid blocks You know they're gonna stick Yeah they're gonna stick together Because the heart that you break That's the one that you rely on The bed that you make That's the one you gotta lie on When you point your finger cos your plan fell through You got three more fingers pointing back at you I wanna live on solid rock I'm gonna live on solid rock I wanna give I don't wanna be blocked I'm gonna live on solid rock
- Les Boys4:08
Letra
Les boys do cabaret Les boys are glad to be gay They're not afraid now Disco bar in Germany Les boys are glad to be Upon parade now Les boys got leather straps Les boys got ss caps But they got no gun now Get dressed up get a little risquй Got to do a little S&M these days It's all in fun now Les boys come on again For the high class whores And the businessmen Who drive in their Mercedes Benz To a disco bar in old Mьnchen They get the jokes that the D. J. Makes They get nervous and they make mistakes They're bad for business Some tourist take a photograph Les boys don't get one laugh He says they're useless Late at night when they've gone away Les boys dream of jean genet High heel shoes and a black beret And the posters on the wall that say Les boys do cabaret Les boy are glad to be gay

