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Sultanes Del Ritmo SULTANES DEL RITMO principios de 1980, Dire Straits fue nominado a dos premios Grammys en la categoría Mejor Nuevo Artista y Mejor Performance Vocal Rock, Dúo o A Grupo por “Sultans Of Swing”. Tras el largo descanso, en julio volvieron al estudio para darle forma a su tercer álbum con producción de Jimmy Iovine y Mark Knopfler. El tiempo lejos de los escenarios les dio a los músicos otra pers- pectiva de las cosas y Dire Straits se encaminó hacia un destino de mayor com- plejidad musical. Making Movies se graba entre el 27 de junio y el 14 de agosto de 1980. Durante las sesiones, las tensiones entre los hermanos Knop- fler finalmente explotan y David deja la banda 15 por diferencias creativas con su hermano; el 25 de julio se anuncia a la prensa especializada del quiebre. Sid McGinnis en guitarra y Roy Bittan en teclados, ambos de E Street Band de Bruce Springteen, se suman a la banda para comple- tar la grabación del álbum. Por cuestiones nun- ca aclaradas, McGinnis, Bittan y David Knopfler no aparecen acreditados en el álbum. En el plano musical, Dire Straits refina su sonido y recupera buena par- te de la contundencia de la que álbum anterior carecía, volviendo nuevamente al sonido rockero nutrido de vitalidad y buenos arreglos. “Tunnel Of Love”, que abre la placa, es un buen ejemplo de ello. Mark Knopfler se muestra como un muy inspirado compositor, cantante y guitarrista en una época la que la músi- ca empezaba a enrarecerse por tantos ritmos bailables, sonidos artificiales y letras insulsas que solo iba a derivar en la decadencia de la música pop tal co- mo se la conocía hasta ese momento. Habría que sacarse el sombrero ante la belleza de “Romeo And Juliet”, otro tema llamado a convertirse en gran clásico de la banda. “Skateaway”, tercer tema y tercer video promocional de la placa tam- bién tiene un encanto muy particular que ya va definiendo el sonido de Straits en los 80’s. Knopfler esta consagrando su voz como una marca registrada y for- ma de cantar y narrar serán fácilmente reconocibles de ahí en más. Al escuchar Making Movies no queda duda que si algo hacía falta para redondear el sonido de la banda, eso eran los teclados, y a pesar de los breve del 16 álbum, —apenas 37 minutos a causa de haber dejado afuera a la canción que daba titulo a la placa—, el trabajo es altamente disfrutable gracias también a otras perlas musicales como “Expresso Love” y “Solid Rock”, que también se volverán favoritos en concierto. El 17 de octubre de 1980 aparece en todo el mundo el tercer LP de Di- re Straits, Making Movies, que deja en claro la gran evolución musical de la ban- da gracias a arreglos mucho más complejos que ya a esa altura comenzaban a escasear en el rock. Y de cara a la nueva gira mundial, la banda sumó al guita- rrista Hal Lindes (Monterrey, California, USA, 30 de junio de 1953) y al tecla- dista Alan Clark (Great Lumley, Inglaterra, 5 de marzo de 1952), que le dio ma- yor amplitud al sonido de la banda. Con el nuevo personal, Dire Straits mantuvo una constancia de shows por Estados Unidos y el Reino Unido durante lo que restaba de 1980; Irlanda en enero de 1981 y una larguísima gira australiana de 18 fechas durante marzo. El tramo europeo ocupó de mayo a julio haciendo hincapié en Alemania, don- de tenían excelente aceptación, popularidad total y muy buenas ventas. Luego llegaron Finlandia, Noruega, Dinamarca, Holanda, Francia, Italia, Bélgica y Luxem- burgo, país, este último, donde culminó su tour el 6 de julio de 1981. Mark Knopfler comenzó a trabajar en un nuevo álbum durante ese mis- mo periodo y desde un primer momento, el guitarrista quiso explorar las posi- bilidades sonoras de dife- rentes guitarras antes que li- mitarse al uso de una sen-ci- lla Stratocaster. A comienzos de mar- zo de 1982, Dire Straits viaja y se instala temporalmente en New York para grabar su cuarto álbum, Love Over Gold, en los estudios Power Sta- tion. El material de cara al nuevo álbum fue abundante, pero dada la extensión de las canciones que finalmente se incluyeron, varias otras que- daron fuera de la placa, tal el caso de “Private Dancer”, canción para la cual ya se 17 habían grabado todas las vo- ces antes de decidir que una voz femenina le haría más justicia. La destinataria de tal privilegio fue la gran Ti- na Turner, que la incluyó en su nuevo álbum y la utilizó como titulo del LP; “The Way It’s Always Stars”, otro inédi- to, fue directamente destina- do al soundtrack de la pelí- cula Local Hero, que se le había comisionado a Knop- fler por esa misma época, y fue cantada por Gerry Raf- ferty. Otro descarte, ―de úl- timo momento, vale la pena aclarar―, fue “Badges, Post- ers, Stickers And T-Shirts” que, la verdad sea dicha, no calzaba dentro del disco y se utilizó como lado B del single “Private Investiga- tions” y se incluyó dentro llamado ExtendedanceEPlay, un EP con otras tres can- ciones inéditas que se publicaría luego del LP, en enero del ’83. Love Over Gold apareció el 20 de septiembre de 1982 y, al igual que los anteriores tuvo una muy buena recepción. En Billboard alcanzó el número 9 mientras que el single “Private Investigations” alcanzó un notable número 2 y dejó claro desde un primer momento la tendencia hacia un sonido más pro- gresivo si se quiere y clímax más relaja- dos e intimistas. Imposible soslayar la enorme “Te- legraph Road” que, con sus 14 minutos abre la placa. Los teclados y el piano son fundamentales en el nuevo sonido de Di- re Straits, mucho más que en el caso de Making Movies. La lírica, siempre muy cuidada, pasa a ser un tanto más austera y con inteligencia, crítica de la realidad. “Private Investigations” es una delicia me- lodramática donde Mark intercala las po- 18 sibilidades eléctricas y acústicas de sus guitarras, —Telecaster Schecter y una guitarra clásica Ovation—. Incluso el recurso de una marimba, —instrumento por demás poco convencional en el rock y más en esa época—, no pasó desa- percibido y le dio un toque singular al tema cuya estructura ya de por si era poco frecuente para un éxito radial. Pero si lo que buscaban era un tema que los acercara a un sonido más pop, eso lo logran con el festivo “Industrial Desease”, que sorprende desde el vamos porque uno esperaría algo más oscuro y se encuentra con todo lo con- trario. Sin embargo resulta un buen contrapunto para el tema previo, de lo contrario hubiéramos encontrado un disco demasiado llano y orientado a un estilo más melancólico, algo que ocurre un poco con “Love Over Gold”, una can- ción excelente sin dudas, con una delicadeza totalmente romántica, como para demostrar que muchos mundos podían caber dentro de un álbum de Dire Straits y así y todo no desencajar. Pero tras la edición del álbum, ni el éxito alcanzó y es el baterista Pick Whiters quien deserta dejándole su lugar a Terry Williams (Terence Williams, Swansea, Glamorgan, Gales, 11 de enero de 1948). A principios de octubre, la nueva formación de la banda graba “Twiting By The Pool” y “Two Young Lo- vers”, dos canciones totalmente orientadas a ritmos más bailables entre swing, twist, rock and roll y jazz, bastante diferentes al material reciente y a raíz de lo cual decidieron no correr riesgos y hacer de ellas un EP. Por una cuestión meramente de ensa- yos de cara a la gira mundial, el tour no comenzó sino hasta el 30 de noviembre, tiempo suficiente para que Williams se amoldara bien al repertorio de Dire Straits. El tour británico se desplazó du- rante todo el mes de diciembre y cerró justo antes de la navidad, el día 21. Tras el lapso de descanso necesario y la or- ganización de un nuevo tour por Oceanía, en el medio, el 10 de enero de 1983 apa- rece ExtendedancEPlay y “Twisting By The Pool” se convierte en un éxito abso- luto, tanto el single como el video, dejando bien en claro que Dire Straits podía tranquilamente mutar de su esencia natural a un estilo, digamos, más bailable por llamarlo así. 19 TERRY WILLIAMS, CIRCA 1985 MARK KNOPFLER EN 1983. A LA IZQUIERDA CON UNA DE SUS GUITARRAS MENOS FRECUENTES. DEBAJO, CON PHIL COLLINS Y EN UN MOMENTO DE DISTENSIÓN ANTES DE UN SHOW EN GALES. 20 The Georgia Straight, 6 de abril de 1984 Entrevista con Hal Lindes por Steve Newton Salir de la nada a una más reciente del gru- que se lanzó en julio de las bandas más po, el mini-LP Exten- del año pasado, [gra- 21 populares del mundo, dedancePlay, que in- bado] en el Ham- sería un movimiento cluye "Twisting by the mersmith Odeon de trascendental para Pool", obtuvo la dis- Inglaterra. cualquier músico de tinción de oro. Cuando él llamó rock. Especialmente si desde Londres el 14 el miembro al que A los 30 años, Lindes de marzo, se le pre- esperabas reemplazar es el miembro más guntó a Lindes sobre era el hermano menor joven de Dire Straits. el nuevo álbum, el del líder de la banda. Sin duda, mantiene ajetreado calendario Pero eso es exac- buenas relaciones de giras de Dire Straits tamente lo que puede comerciales con Mark del ’83 y sus planes surgir en California: el Knopfler, quien fue para el futuro cercano.
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