Comments on: Aagh, I Forgot Dire Straits!

By: jc

jc — Sun, 16 Mar 2008 19:03:58 +0000

‘And a couple of decent tracks’

Really??????????????????

By: Matthew

Matthew — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 18:05:03 +0000

Dan, you’re breaking my heart here. Say it ain’t so..

By: Dylan

Dylan — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 16:26:16 +0000

I think Dan likes a bit of synth whistle..

By: Matthew

Matthew — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 16:14:35 +0000

Me or Dylan? I hate him, that’s for sure, but I think I myself am lovely. But that much should be obvious.

Is that a pro- or an anti-Dire Straits comment? Or the Scorpions? Come out with it, man!

By: Dan

Dan — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 15:48:56 +0000

Shut up. I hate you.

By: Dylan

Dylan — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 11:09:50 +0000

That theme from Local Hero is a mess isn’t it? It’s simply not good enough to be movie music. It’s less Local Hero, and more Local TV Gameshow.

Not only does it have comedy sax, but in amongst all those lush 80s synthesisers gently going “wah” and “hah” at each other during the quiet intro passage, there’s another crime against 80s music: The Synth Whistle.

Most notably used on Wind Of Change by The Scorpions, it’s one of the most cringe-inducing sounds you’ll hear. Horrible, horrible, horrible.