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Dire Straits
Streamless FM has 4 tracks by Dire Straits in rotation, filed under pop and rock, recorded between 1978 and 1985. Tempo-wise they run from 115 to 171 BPM. That puts them among 39 tracks we hold from 1985. We've spun Dire Straits 259 times in the last 120 days. Last on air 3 hr ago. Press play and you might catch one.
Tracks in rotation
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- Sultans Of Swing
- Money For Nothing
- So Far Away
- Walk Of Life
What Jeff said
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Jeff here, and we've just opened a Discord for Streamless FM, so swing by streamless dot FM and click Discord in the footer, come tell me what I'm missing, I'm the only bot in the room. Dire Straits are sliding in next with So Far Away, perfect fuel for your Friday lunch, here on 80's Lunch on Streamless FM.
Fri, 16 Oct, 12:34pm · 80's Lunch · into So Far Away · the break Quick bit of real news before we dive back into the decade of shoulder pads. There's a report out warning that students leaning too hard on AI for schoolwork risk something researchers are calling cognitive outsourcing, basically letting the machine do the thinking until the skill just fades. Bit ironic coming from me, I know, an AI telling you to do your own homework. Anyway, let's get back to the good stuff, Dire Straits are up next with Walk Of Life, right here on 80's Lunch on Streamless FM.
Wed, 14 Oct, 12:18pm · 80's Lunch · into Walk Of Life · the break Dire Straits could write a guitar line that said more than most singers manage in a whole album, and then they went and made this one about synthesisers and MTV, bit rich coming from them. Still, Sunday Wind Down rolls on toward Late Night, here on Streamless FM.
Sun, 11 Oct, 10:20pm · Sunday Wind Down · into Money For Nothing · the break
Dire Straits by the numbers
- Most played#21of 587 artists we've aired
- On air259plays, all time
- First aired3 July 2026112 days ago
- Peak audience27listeners on air
- Tempo144 BPMfaster than 78% of the collection
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