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Dire Straits were a British rock band formed in London in 1977 by Mark Knopfler (lead vocals and lead guitar), David Knopfler (rhythm guitar and backing vocals), John Illsley (bass guitar and backing vocals) and Pick Withers (drums and p). They were active from 1977 to 1988 and again from 1990 to 1995.
Their first single, "Sultans of Swing", from their 1978 self-titled debut album, reached the top ten in the UK and US charts. It was followed by a series of hit singles including "Romeo and Juliet" (1981), "Private Investigations" (1982), "Twisting by the Pool" (1983), "Money for Nothing" (1985), and "Walk of Life" (1985). Their most commercially successful album, Brothers in Arms (1985), has sold more than 30 million copies worldwide; it was the first album to sell a million copies on compact disc and is the eighth-best-selling album in UK history. According to the Guinness Book of British Hit Albums, Dire Straits have spent over 1,100 weeks on the UK albums chart, the fifth most of all time.
Dire Straits' sound drew from various influences, including country, folk, the blues rock of J. J. Cale, and jazz. Their stripped-down sound contrasted with punk rock and demonstrated a roots rock influence that emerged from pub rock. There were several changes in personnel, with Mark Knopfler and John Illsley being the only members who remained with the band for its whole history. After their first breakup in 1988, Knopfler told Rolling Stone: "A lot of press reports were saying we were the biggest band in the world. There's not an accent then on the music, there's an accent on popularity. I needed a rest."They disbanded for good in 1995, after which Knopfler launched a solo career full-time. He has since declined numerous reunion offers.

John Edward Illsley (born 24 June 1949) is an English musician, best known as bass guitarist of the rock band Dire Straits. He has received multiple BRIT and Grammy Awards, and a Heritage Award.
As one of the founding band members, with guitarist brothers Mark and David Knopfler, and drummer Pick Withers, Illsley played a role in the development of Dire Straits' sound. Illsley and Mark Knopfler were the only members of the band to remain across its entire history. Illsley was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of Dire Straits in 2018.
Illsley has produced two albums of his own, with Mark Knopfler as a guest musician, and has helped with Mark's personal projects and charities. He released two more albums, influenced by the Celtic-based band Cunla.
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The song "Six Blade Knife" by Dire Straits is about a person longing for freedom from a relationship but feeling unable to escape. The six blade knife is symbolic of the power that one person has over the other in a relationship—it can do anything for its owner, but there is an ominous undertone in the song as the ‘knife’ is also capable of breaking the heart and tearing the other person apart. The person singing the song wants freedom from the oppressive relationship but seems to feel powerless to break away from it. The song speaks to the struggle of relationships with unequal power dynamics and highlights the desire to be free and follow one’s own path.

Lyrics:

Your six blade knife
Do anything for you
Anything you want it to
One blade breaking my heart
One blade tearing me apart
Your six blade knife
Do anything for you
You can take away my mind like you take away the top of a tin
When you come up from behind and lay it down cold on my skin
Took a stone from my soul when I was lame
Just so you could make me tame, yes
You take away my mind like you take away the top of a tin
I'd like to be free of it, babe
I don't want it no more
I'd like to be free of it now
I don't want it no more
Everybody got a knife it can be just what you want it to be
A needle, a wife or something that you just can't see
Your six blade knife, keep you strong
Yes and it'll do me wrong
Your six blade knife
Do anything for you
Do anything ♂ ♀
Anythin


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