Analyze/Write

I've decided to analyze a sound more so than a specific song for this assignment. My three favorite Dire Straits recordings (in no particular order) are "Sultans of Swing", "Tunnel of Love", and "Romeo and Juliet". The songs have a lot in common and I've sought to recreate the sound by taking apart the elements and them piecing them back together.

common threads:

-Key: F major/d minor

- Primarily use of I IV V VI chords

-Speak/sing vocals

-fairly long length

-Lyrics: reference to performance/song, in "Tunnel" and "Romeo" use of dialogue, changing person - use of first second and third

TUNNEL OF LOVE

intro/verse/chorus/verse/chorus/bridge/Solo/verse/Chorus/(quiets down)bridge/outro

ROMEO AND JULIET

intro/verse/chorus/verse/chorus/verse(quiets down)/chorus/verse/outro

SULTANS OF SWING (structurally different)

intro/verse repeats

MY LYRICS:

Ain't No Love at First Sight

out there by the shoreline see the silhouette as she walks away
well I guess the commotion started sometime yesterday

no difference in our words, yknow it gets to be the same charade

and I’m tired of the cut throat playing every night for the masquerade

the one with the glass in her hand and the pretty laugh say

“hey baby how’d you like to dance?”

the circumstances tonight too good to last

as I wander down the dingy streets where I used to play

rhythm guitar with a gipsy band

I wonder if I kept you would we be home in the candle light

instead of searching desperate lands?

the one with the glass in her hand and the pretty laugh say

do you see all the boys there looking your way

said this ain’t no love at first sight

but we can act that way

didn’t think I’d miss you after

a couple drink and some time alone

now I know that real disaster

is that I didn’t turn and walk you home

the one with the glass in her hand and the pretty laugh say

do you see all the boys there looking your way

said this ain’t no love at first sight

but we can act that way