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Message: [QUOTE="tomcat, post: 2822437, member: 961"] Somehow I missed this nomination. Skateaway is a song that has always really moved me. I think back to those times, in the city, dealing with those really ballsy skaters dancing around cars and pedestrians and yeah, listening to the music all day long...all day long. As is usual with Knopfler, the music really evokes images. As as for his choice of subjects, you have to remember that this may be the only songwriter in the world who would write songs -- and good songs at that -- about --being a soldier in Napoleon's army; -- Sonny Liston --Imelda Marcos and her shoes; and -- Ray Kroc. They are not choices designed to sell records but are simply what he wanted to sing about. Which is one reason I love the guy and his work. [/QUOTE]