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Dire Straits — Lady Writer
Album: Communiqué
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Released: 1979
Length: 3:36
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Lady writer on the TV
Talk about the Virgin Mary
Reminded me of you
Expectation left to come up to yeah

Lady writer on the TV
Yeah, she had another quality
The way you used to look
And I know you never read a book

Just the way that her hairfell down around her face
Then I recall my fall from grace
Another time, another place

Lady writer on the TV
She had all her brains and the beauty
The pictures does not fit
You talked to me when you felt like it

Just the way that her hairfell down around her face
Then I recall my fall from grace
Another time, another place

Yes and your rich old man
You know he'd call her a dead ringer
You got the same command
Plus your mother was a jazz singer

Just the way that her hairfell down around her face
Then I recall my fall from grace
Another time, another place

Lady writer on the TV
She knew all about a history
You couldn't hardly write your name
I think I want you just the same as the

Lady writer on the TV
Talking about the Virgin Mary
Yeah you know I'm talking about you and me
And lady writer on the TV
Lady writer on the TV
Talking about the Virgin Mary
Yeah you know I'm talking about you and me
And lady writer on the TV
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Mark's fingerpicking always sounds like sparkling champagne to me. 
Posted 3 years ago by webmaster2    [ Reply ]
Luv U Bill.(Becca 2)
Posted 3 years ago by Rockit9    [ Reply ]
 kcar wrote:


He is. Mark and Betty were lovers for years. 

Not. 

Actually, when Mary Tyler Moore had her own TV show in the early 70s and was a Hot Young Babe, Betty White played an middle-aged, acid-tongued TV personality on the show. Off-camera, Betty White was having an affair with Grant Tinker, husband of Hot Young Babe Mary Tyler Moore. 


 Now that's the stuff you couldn't make up..........or could you?

Posted 4 years ago by TerryS    [ Reply ]
 RobRyan wrote:
Has Knopfler/Straits ever done a song that is not nearly identical to this one? Has he ever played a solo that doesn't sound like the one in this song? 3.
 
Yes he/they have. 
Posted 13 years ago by martinc    [ Reply ]
Has Knopfler/Straits ever done a song that is not nearly identical to this one? Has he ever played a solo that doesn't sound like the one in this song? 3.
Posted 13 years ago by RobRyan    [ Reply ]
Good band, but this sounds like Sultans of Swing. RP is a little heavy on the Dire Straits{#Undecided}
Posted 13 years ago by lshinkawa    [ Reply ]
I never grew up, and I still love this song! {#Lol}
Posted 13 years ago by GeneP59    [ Reply ]
I grew up with this song!
Posted 13 years ago by serioga    [ Reply ]
 revsully wrote:
It sounds like he's saying "Betty White on the TV."
 

He is. Mark and Betty were lovers for years. 

Not. 

Actually, when Mary Tyler Moore had her own TV show in the early 70s and was a Hot Young Babe, Betty White played an middle-aged, acid-tongued TV personality on the show. Off-camera, Betty White was having an affair with Grant Tinker, husband of Hot Young Babe Mary Tyler Moore. 


Posted 14 years ago by kcar    [ Reply ]
It sounds like he's saying "Betty White on the TV."
Posted 14 years ago by revsully    [ Reply ]
 Shaken_Bake wrote:
"Lady" writer is so condescending.  Two points subtracted for that, for an otherwise jaunty little tune.
 
Wecome back to the 2010 Politically Correct Awards!  Our next category is Most Oversensitive. 
And the PCA goes to...

Shaken_Bake, for the comment posted at RadioParadise on May 23rd!

This is Shaken_Bake's second PCA following a win earlier tonight in the category Most Inventive In Taking An Innocuous Word As Derogatory for the same comment.  Quite a night for the newcomer!

Posted 14 years ago by window    [ Reply ]
Lyrics aren't so hot but what a fab groove.
Posted 14 years ago by apd    [ Reply ]
 Govi wrote:
They are good, competent, and sooo overplayed. A complete and total moratorium on them, say two years, might make them fresh enough to enjoy again.
 
Indeed. It's just not right that we don't get to hear more bad, incompetent, underplayed bands here.

C'mon Bill. Give Govi's band a break.
 
Posted 14 years ago by rcurrier    [ Reply ]
Greatness.
Posted 14 years ago by LastChance    [ Reply ]
"Lady" writer is so condescending.  Two points subtracted for that, for an otherwise jaunty little tune.
Posted 14 years ago by Shaken_Bake    [ Reply ]
I love this. So smooth and effortless. Such a good feeling.
Posted 14 years ago by Jelani    [ Reply ]
 cochlear wrote:
This has a certain Tunnel of Love sameness to it.  I am not amused.  {#Rolleyes}
 

this is older... so, vice versa, if it is that similar anyway!
Posted 14 years ago by lunar1963    [ Reply ]
This has a certain Tunnel of Love sameness to it.  I am not amused.  {#Rolleyes}
Posted 15 years ago by cochlear    [ Reply ]
{#Motor}

Posted 15 years ago by ydorsouroti    [ Reply ]
 GretchenOhio wrote:
I LOVE this song.  It gets stuck in my head on a regular basis, so it's nice to hear the real thing instead!  Mark K.'s new stuff is a little on the country side for me, but I still love him and appreciate his genius.
 
It really is a great song, along with just about everything else he does.  Saw MK in Berkeley last year, and it really was a special show.  Everyone seemed to walk away buzzing.  He has mellowed, but in a good way.

Posted 15 years ago by nikonbob    [ Reply ]
I LOVE this song.  It gets stuck in my head on a regular basis, so it's nice to hear the real thing instead!  Mark K.'s new stuff is a little on the country side for me, but I still love him and appreciate his genius.
Posted 15 years ago by GretchenOhio    [ Reply ]
Echoes what Twalker said! Happy Sigh!
Posted 15 years ago by audiophelia    [ Reply ]
Fantastic!!  These guys were so good!
Posted 15 years ago by Bridieboo    [ Reply ]
I so dig this song every time I hear it-
Posted 15 years ago by twalker    [ Reply ]
YAY!  I LOVE this song - thanks RP!! {#Bananajam}{#Bananajam}
Posted 16 years ago by Bridieboo    [ Reply ]
veegez wrote:
Whatever YOU say goes.
Oh, Thank you! In that case, make it 10 years, please.
Posted 16 years ago by Govi    [ Reply ]
Govi wrote:
They are good, competent, and sooo overplayed. A complete and total moratorium on them, say two years, might make them fresh enough to enjoy again.
Whatever YOU say goes.
Posted 16 years ago by veegez    [ Reply ]
They are good, competent, and sooo overplayed. A complete and total moratorium on them, say two years, might make them fresh enough to enjoy again.
Posted 16 years ago by Govi    [ Reply ]
This is excellent, but their first was their best, the Dire Straits LP...I remember listening and listening and wearing out the grooves... Then, as a guitarist, sat there wondering (over and over), how did he come up with that? And that? Whoa, and that, too?
Posted 16 years ago by kinAy    [ Reply ]
Posted 17 years ago by CoYoT51    [ Reply ]
Love this album. It's funny how some of the best albums, the ones that hold up over time, are the least commercially successful. Further evidence that the recording industry actually stifles good music. Imagine where we would be without them.
Posted 17 years ago by bronorb    [ Reply ]
Smoove_D wrote:
I must still be young.
I must be a baby, then. Time for my nap.
Posted 17 years ago by Pazzat    [ Reply ]
arserocket wrote:
I must be getting old...I'm enjoying this.
I must still be young.
Posted 17 years ago by Smoove_D    [ Reply ]
I must be getting old...I'm enjoying this.
Posted 17 years ago by arserocket    [ Reply ]
Great tune especially compared to the tunes artists put out today. Ages well.
Posted 17 years ago by slowhand    [ Reply ]
I was going to suggest "Follow Me Home" from this album. It's one of two songs that haven't been uploaded . "Single handed sailor" is a cool one!
Posted 17 years ago by sandpebble    [ Reply ]
my first taste of Dire Straits....have loved them ever since.....I love this whole album.......saw them at Red Rocks one time and it was a great night........
Posted 17 years ago by nance    [ Reply ]
I always liked this tune. gets a groove going, and that makes me happy!
Posted 17 years ago by Alifreckles50    [ Reply ]
I'm a real dire straits fan, and I love this album. But I don't like this song so much, and I can't understand why it was a hit back then? I give it a 6.
Posted 18 years ago by Granada    [ Reply ]