Dire Straits Was A British Rock Band From Newcastle United Kingdom Formed In 1977 By Mark Knopfler guitar And Vocals His Brother David Knopfler guitar John Illsley bass And Pick Withers drums And Subsequently Managed By Ed Bicknell. The Band Were Inducted Into The Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame In 2018. Dire Straits Emerged During The Post-Punk Era Of The Late '70s And While Their Sound Was Minimalistic And Stripped Down They Owed Little To Punk. Read More On Last.Fm
"Expresso Love" Was Written By Dire Straits Frontman Mark Knopfler For Their Third Album Making Movies 1980 . It Is One Of Their Heavier Songs With A Slightly Overdriven Guitar Playing The Main Riff Which Was Recycled From The Unreleased Track "Making Movies". It Also Has A Piano Melody Played Throughout Which Accompanies The Guitar. "Expresso Love" Also Contains A Reference To The Earlier Dire Straits Song "Wild West End" From Their Eponymous Album With The Line "Hey Mister You Wanna Take A Walk In The Wild West End Sometime?" It Was One Of The Four Songs From The Making Movies Album To Be Performed Throughout The Love Over Gold And Brothers In Arms Tours With A Particularly Notable Version On The Live Album Alchemy But The Song Was Dropped From The Lineup Afterwards. It Was Also A Radio Single In The United States Reaching #39 On The US Mainstream Rock Chart. In 1984 The Live Version From Alchemy Was Released As A Single Backed With The Alchemy Edition Of "Two Young Lovers" And The Song Was Later Re-Released In CD Format As One Of The B-Sides To The Single "The Bug".