TUNNEL
OF LOVE
DIRE
STRAITS
SONGWRITERS: RICHARD RODGERS; MARK KNOPFLER &
OSCAR HAMMERSTEIN
COUNTRY: U. K.
ALBUM: MAKING MOVIES
LABEL: VERTIGO RECORDS
GENRE: ROCK
YEAR: 1980
Dire Straits were a British rock band formed in
London in 1977 by Mark Knopfler(lead
vocals and lead guitar), David Knopfler(rhythm
guitar and backing vocals), John Illsley(bass
guitar and backing vocals) and Pick Withers(drums
and percussion). They were active from 1977 to 1988 and again from 1991 to
1995.
Their first single, "Sultans of Swing",
from their 1978 self-titled
debut album, reached the top ten in the UK
and US charts. It was followed by hit singles including "Romeo
and Juliet" (1981), "Private
Investigations"(1982), "Twisting by
the Pool" (1983), "Money for
Nothing"(1985), and "Walk of Life"(1985).
Their most commercially successful album, Brothers in
Arms(1985), has sold more than 30 million copies;
it was the first album to sell a million copies on compact disc and is
the eighth-bestselling album in UK history. According to the Guinness Book
of British Hit Albums, Dire Straits have spent over
1,100 weeks on the UK albums chart, the fifth most of all time.
Dire Straits' sound draws from various
influences, including country, folk, the blues rock of J. J. Cale, and jazz. Their stripped-down
sound contrasted with punk rock and
demonstrated a roots rock influence
that emerged from pub rock.
There were several
changes in personnel, with Mark Knopfler and Illsley being the only members who
lasted from the beginning of the band's existence to the end. After
their first breakup in 1988, Knopfler told Rolling Stone:
"A lot of press reports were saying we were the biggest band in the world.
There's not an
accent then on the music, there's an accent on popularity. I
needed a rest." They disbanded for good in 1995, after which Knopfler
launched a solo career full-time. He has since declined reunion offers.
Dire Straits were called "the biggest
British rock band of the 80s" by Classic Rock magazine; their 1985–1986
world tour, which included a performance at
Live Aid in July
1985, set a record in Australasia. Their final world
tour from 1991 to 1992 sold 7.1 million
tickets. Dire Straits won four Grammy Awards,
three Brit Awards(Best British
Group twice), two MTV Video
Music Awards, and various other awards. They
were inducted into the Rock and Roll
Hall of Fame in 2018. Dire Straits have sold an
estimated 100 million units worldwide, including 51.4million certified units,
making them one of the best-selling
music artists.
"Tunnel of Love" is a 1981 single
by Dire Straits. It
appears on the 1980 album Making Movies,
and subsequently on the live albums Alchemy and Live
at the BBC and the greatest hits albums Money for
Nothing, Sultans of Swing: The Very Best of Dire Straits,
and The Best of Dire Straits & Mark Knopfler: Private
Investigations. The song was also featured in
the 1982 Richard Gere film An Officer
and a Gentleman and was included in the
film’s accompanying soundtrack album.
"Tunnel
of Love" is one of only three Dire Straits songs not credited to Mark
Knopfler alone (the other two are "Money for Nothing" and "What's The Matter Baby?"). The
song itself is entirely by Knopfler, but the opening instrumental is an
arrangement of the "Carousel Waltz" from the Rodgers and
Hammerstein musical Carousel.
The song mentions the Spanish City which,
at the time the song was released, housed fun fair rides and amusements,
referenced throughout the song. Spanish City is in Whitley Bay, which
is also referenced near the end of the song (along with Cullercoats).
Getting crazy on the
waltzers
But it's the life that I choose
Hey, sing about the six blade, sing about the switchback
And a torture tattoo
And I've 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'd 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 the one-arm bandit fever
There was an arrow through my heart and my soul
And the big wheel
keep on turnin'
Neon burnin' 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
When you're riding at your own risk
She said, "You are the perfect stranger"
She said, "Baby, let's keep it like this"
It's just a cakewalk, twisting baby, yeah, 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 burnin' 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
Oh love, love
Well it's been money
for muscle on a another whirligig
Money for muscle and another girl I dig
Another hustle just to
Just to make it big and rock away, rock away
Oh rock away, rock away
And girl, it looks so
pretty to me
Like it always did
Oh, like the Spanish city to me
When we were kids
Yeah, girl it looks so pretty to me
Just like it always did
Oh, like the Spanish city to me
When we were kids.
Woh la!
Check it out
She took off her
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 burnin' 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
Yea love, love
On the tunnel of love
Woah love, love
Yeah, now I'm
searchin' through these carousels and the carnival arcades
Searching everywhere from steeplechase to palisades
In any shooting gallery where promises are made
To rock away, rock away
Rock away, rock away
From Cullercoats to Whitley bay
And to rock away
And, girl it looks so
pretty to me
Like it always did
Like the Spanish city to me
When we were kids
Girl, it looks so pretty to me
Like it always did
Like the Spanish city to me
When we were kids.
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