If you substitute accordion, it’s really a Cajun-style riff. The song describes a rock and roll singer, Johnny, trying his best to gain some fame. lists (making it the highest-charting Dire Straits single ever in the U.K.). Really, all I was trying to imitate with that Farfisa riff, it’s really like accordion. Walk Of Life eventually reached 7 on the Billboard Hot 100 charts and 2 on the U.K. "Actually there was a Cajun version, a Louisiana version, by someone. “I’d been influenced a little bit here and there by Cajun music," Knopfler continued. The video was later redesigned to appeal to the US market. Walk of Life: Artist: Dire Straits: Album: Brothers In Arms, 1985. It was released as a single in 1985 but had first been available as the B-side of 'So Far Away' released in advance of Brothers in Arms. It subsequently appeared on their live album On the Night (1993). You can see the influence in the original version of the music video for the song, which features a busker performing in an underpass. 'Walk of Life' is a song by the British rock band Dire Straits from their fifth studio album Brothers in Arms (1985). It kinda reminded me of that, I suppose,” Knopfler said. Brothers in Arms (full length version) 02. Woo-hoo, woo-hoo Here come Johnny singing oldies, goldies. When I started playing the guitar, because I didn’t have an amplifier, I’d put the head of the guitar on the arm of a chair and put my head on the guitar to try and get into a loud noise. The Lyrics for Walk Of Life by Dire Straits have been translated into 16 languages. It appeared on their best-selling album Brothers in Arms. “I saw a photograph of a kid playing guitar in a subway, turning his face to the wall to get a good reverb. Walk of Life is a 1985 song by the British rock band Dire Straits. The single, which appeared on the band's blockbuster album 'Brother in Arms', started out as a tribute of sorts to street buskers.
The album was originally released, featuring liner notes by Robert Sandall, as both a one-disc edition. Dire Straits - Walk Of Life (Letras y cancin para escuchar) - Here comes Johnny singing Oldies. Dire Straits 1985 hit single 'Walk of Life' was originally inspired by a photograph and a Cajun-style accordion, according to lead guitarist and singer Mark Knopfler. Sultans of Swing: The Very Best of Dire Straits is the second greatest hits compilation by the British rock band Dire Straits, released on 19 October 1998 by Mercury Records internationally, and by Warner Bros.