Dire Straits - Wild West End (Official Music Video)

The Official Music Video for Wild West End. Taken from Dire Straits – Dire Straits.

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Lyrics:

Stepping out to Angellucci’s for my coffee beans
Checking out the movies and the magazines
Waitress she watches me crossing from the Barocco Bar
I’m getting a pickup for my steel guitar
I saw you walking out Shaftesbury Avenue
Excuse me talking I wanna marry you
This is the seventh heaven street to me
Don’t be so proud
You’re just another angel in the crowd
And I’m walking in the wild west end
Walking with your wild best friend

And my conductress on the number nineteen
She was a honey
Pink toenails and hands all dirty with money
Greasy hair easy smile
Made me feel nineteen for a while

And I went down to Chinatown
In the backroom it’s a man’s world
All the money go down
Duck inside the doorway gotta duck to eat
Right now feels alright now
You and me we can’t beat

And a gogo dancing girl yes I saw her
The deejay he say here’s Mandy for ya
I feel alright to see her
But she’s paid to do that stuff
She’s dancing high I move on by
The close ups can get rough
When you’re walking in the wild west end

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[z]

It's 2024. If you are listening to this you have have a pretty damn good taste in music.

[HarryHopkins-fvli]

This is such a laid back song, mark knopfler is a god in our house.

[marco]

This is probaly one of the best songs that i've ever heard.

[davidkieltyka]

I remember often listening to this album at night with headphones on in the months after it came out. The line in this song “She made me feel 19 for awhile” always made me smile. I was *18* at the time. Now that I’m almost 63 it has a different ring to it. ☺️

[tinaromano]

Mr. Knopfler handles his guitar likes it's another limb. Class act.

[richardosorio]

I had a dream last night. I was walking with my son, who passed away this year. This song was playing in the background.

[Viktoria-]

Mark Knopfler is a living legend. 💖 💖 💖

[sandracarli]

The guitar has become a part of his body.

[hastingsgal]

I LOVE THIS! I never get bored of Dire Straits. If I don't hear them for a while I 'forget' just how brilliant they were.

[lalalooloo]

The hidden gem on their record. I love this song. It's always in my head

[langhuaphin]

I propose to my wife while this song was playing in the background, believe me when i tell you.. her answer was "YES!"

[terrygrinsted]

Such a casual song; yet it is packed full of detail and excitement. I love watching Knopfler's laughter and enjoyment whilst playing this song....he certainly shows his brilliance in this song, and in every nice way, he knows it.

[luigiamicucci]

Novembre 2024 sto ascoltando, forse per la millesima volta questa stupenda canzone, e come ogni volta che la ascolto, mi basta chiudere gli occhi, e torno nei magnifici anni 80 !! La genialità di Mark è infinita, poesia e musica fuse insieme pura fatta dal più grande musicista in assoluto.

[jameshughes]

what the hell is that he does at around 2:37? that little squiggle of notes. just beautiful.

[IuseE]

You can’t name any bad song from dire straits they’ve never had a bad song

[elin]

This is definitely my top 3 favorite dire straits song! And when he sings: “Excuse me talking, I wanna marry you...” IS SICK!!! 🥺

[marieblue]

The title “Wild West End” (1978) refers to an area of London, England. Mark Knopfler moved to the capital after completing an English degree at Leeds University. Just like so many people, he enjoyed walking around the West End, always with an eye on the ladies. He spotted one distinctly attractive young woman in Shaftesbury Avenue, the very inspiration behind this song that clocks in at 4:42‼️

Another tune from the same LP, “In The Gallery” (1978), had its genesis in that same avenue, though in quite a different sort of encounter. 💚🎶💙

[jokerman]

My favorite cut off one of the best debut albums ever. There was not a weak song on that album, the influence that Bob Dylan had on the young Mark Knopfler is on full display here with Mark's lyrical story telling. Simply superb!

[thabilldozer]

The reason I like this video is that it showcases the Knopfler brothers perfectly.

[armandogomes]

JOHN, MARK, DAVID, and PICK..the best 4...❤