>>>>>Why are you dissing Dire Straits?
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>>>>Cos of their selling-out, middle-of-the-road dirges, Mark Knoppler's annoying mumbling voice, and cos he wore a sweat band round his head all the time. Sultans of Swing i thought was great when it came out, great guitar riffs and concept, making THEM sound like they were "sultans", then we got cack like "We gotta move these microwave ovens ...".
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>>>I think you know I don't get into extended debates about matters of taste, so fine. Let's just say we disagree and let it go at that.
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>>>Now you've put that guitar riff in my head when I'm supposed to be concentrating on work....
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>>Well here's another then: "Whiskey in the Jar-o" Thin Lizzy - Ha Ha!
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>The only Thin Lizzy song I know is "The Boys are Back in Town" and it did not inspire me to seek out more. So I don't think "Whiskey in the Jar-o" will be giving me any trouble.
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>If you wanted to be really evil you would have mentioned "It's a Small World After All"....

Oh but I love that! I went on the ride in Disney Paris with my kids and ended up singing it for the next 3 months :-) Now I can hardly recall it since I've seen the send-up of it several times in Shrek.

But you want to seek out "Whiskey in the Jar-o" (er, the song, that is, Mike!). I'm surprised you've never heard it. It's an old Irish folk song that's been electrified and rocked up. Very memorable guitar riff.