For years I loved this song but had no idea what it was called. I figured the title was ‘Making Movies’ because that phrase appears in the chorus and I knew that was the title of one of Dire Straits’ albums. But when I checked out the tracklist of the album I didn’t see a song with the name. And the actual title of the song — ‘Skateaway’ — shows up only a couple of times toward the end.

But without really knowing what it was, I’ve always been fond of the shuffling, spoken-word verses (very Dylan-esque, and indeed Mark Knopfler’s career has crossed paths with Dylan’s on several occasions) and the uplifting chorus.

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