Two things can be said for 70’s rock: It was big, and it had tight pants. Boston, Foreigner, Queen, Genesis and/or Phil Collins filled the worlds biggest venues with a clean, super produced sound we now know as Stadium Rock. Mark Knopfler (pron. Noff-ler) along with his brother Dave also had a band, but they had other ideas.Dire Straits formed around the idea of classic rock without the frills. By the time they got started the 70’s were winding up and Punk was the new black. In stark contrast to early Punk rockers, the boys asked publicans to turn them down so the punters could talk amongst themselves. This humble approach paid off with their debut self titled album going multi-platinum.
Flash forward to 1991 and a single largely ignored in the U.S. but popular at home in the UK and Australia. Heavy Fuel from the album ‘On Every Street’ popularizes the phrase "You gotta run on heavy fuel (if you want to run cool)." It comes from the novel ‘Money’ by Martin Amis. I run on heavy fuel, how about you?
I try not to believe that this is a good way to live but I love this song
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