 Genius Meanings
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Dire Straits – Why Worry?
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Why Worry? is the fifth track of Dire Straits‘ fifth studio album “Brothers in Arms”.
The track fits the style of The Everly Brothers, which later on recorded a cover of the song.
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Dire Straits – Skateaway
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[Verse 1] / I 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
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Dire Straits – Brothers in Arms
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This song was released in 1985 as the closer to the album of the same name and is the third single from it, reaching #16 in the UK that October. It did not chart in the US.
The
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Dire Straits – Money for Nothing
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The most successful Dire Straits single, “Money for Nothing” is inspired by Mark Knopfler listening to a man complaining about the musicians that emerged in the 1980s.
The song
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Dire Straits – Why Worry? Samples
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See all of “Why Worry?” by Dire Straits’s samples, covers, remixes, interpolations and live versions
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Dire Straits – Your Latest Trick
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The fourth track on Brothers in Arms and a turning point for the album. The songs up to this point are poppy and this song ushers in a much more gritty phase of the album.
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Dire Straits – Ride Across the River
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‘Ride Across the River’ is the sixth track of Dire Straits fifth studio album ‘Brothers in Arms’. The song can be interoperated as a cynical view on war as seen from a soldier. Not
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Dire Straits – Walk of Life
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Oddly, this track was originally available as a B-Side to the single “So Far Away,” which was released as the lead single to their fifth album Brothers In Arms. The song received a
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Dire Straits – So Far Away
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[Verse 1] / Here I am again in this mean old town / And you're so far away from me / And where are you when the sun go down? / You're so far away from me / [Chorus] / You're so far
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Men at Work – Overkill
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“Overkill” was released in 1983 as the second single from Men At Work’s second studio album Cargo (in the US, where the success of their first album was later, “Overkill” became
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Dire Straits – The Man's Too Strong
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[Verse 1] / I am just an aging drummer boy / And in the wars I used to play / And I've called a tune / To many a torture session / Now they say I am a war criminal / And I'm fading
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Dire Straits – It Never Rains
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[Verse 1] / I hear the Seven Deadly Sins / And the Terrible Twins came to call on you / The bigger they are, baby / The harder they fall on you / And you, you're always the same
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Dire Straits – Communiqué
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[Verse 1] / They want to get a statement for Jesus' sake / It's like a talking to the wall / He's incommunicado, no comment to make / He's saying nothing at all / [Pre-Chorus
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Molly Parden & Hollow Hum – Why Worry
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[Verse 1] / Baby, I see this world has made you sad / Some people can be bad / The things they do, the things they say / But baby, I'll wipe away those bitter tears / I'll chase
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Dire Straits – Industrial Disease
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This is the third track on Dire Straits' 1982 album “Love Over Gold.” This is also the first song on the vinyl album’s B-side. It’s storytelling format closely resembles that of
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Set It Off – Why Worry
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[Verse 1] / This sinking feeling sets / It feels just like a hole inside your chest / I know you're thinking / No, no, no, no, it is easier said than done / But please let me
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Rush – Tom Sawyer
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The lead single from Rush’s eighth studio album Moving Pictures (1981). One of their most popular songs and described as the band’s “defining piece of music… from the ‘80s
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The Police – Roxanne
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Roxanne is a hooker that Sting is trying to convince to change her d-d-dirty ways.
This song has been inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame and has been dubbed a classic for its
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Genius Lists – Songs of Protest and Politics
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Political and protest songs have a long history in music, and some of them are great music as well as political commentary or plea for social change.
This list covers all music
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Eric Clapton – Wonderful Tonight
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“Wonderful Tonight” was written in 1976 for Pattie Boyd while waiting for her to get ready to attend Paul McCartney’s annual Buddy Holly party.
Pattie Boyd had previously been
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Dire Straits – One World
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[Verse 1] / Can't get no sleeves for my records / Can't get no laces for my shoes / Can't get no fancy notes / On my blue guitar / I can’t get no antidote for blues / Oh yeah, uh
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