MacieCox2212 (August 24, 2008 at 8:54 pm)

Hg3MpGPRvznRp2uTf1SqCany body want to hit it and quit it? No strings bone inside!WCBX1kVGuSoZjSiIa3loeJY85H

soapabuser (August 15, 2008 at 2:54 pm)

I have never seen this video! I have seen the other one. This video was nice! :)

jamiebrown1977 (August 12, 2008 at 1:08 pm)

yeah i agree - in many shooting galleries where promises are made - what a lyric/ portrayal of place in time that we have all experienced, for some of us it may have been in the back of the movies or at the beach. I think a true love may have been referenced in this lyric....

wazzupdoc11 (August 12, 2008 at 6:40 am)

Due to MK's background as a journalist and his degree in English I think he goes deeper than just portraying the Whitley bay area and the Spanish city. Could be about the ride that we wish it will never end ... Unfortunately, it always does, but if we are lucky, in the end, we get that keepsake and/or a kiss. (I agree with ngfxoxo, on this one:)). With or without deeper symbols and metaphors the song is amazing. Thanks guys for your insights/comments.

jamiebrown1977 (August 11, 2008 at 7:56 pm)

Let me give you an insight into Marks reasons for writing this song. He is refering to a fairground infact mark knophler grew up in whitley bay and in the tunnel of love he referes to the Spanish City which is infact a fairground park that settled in whitly bay. The song i suppose is really about his youth and where he grew up and the memories he has of the spanish city fairground.

wazzupdoc11 (August 11, 2008 at 7:55 am)

the fairground could be a metaphor for life. I'm not sure about this: "Well it's been money for muscle another whirligig Money for muscle and another girl i dig Another hustle just to make it big And rockaway, rockaway". Any ideas? :)

popoli92 (August 10, 2008 at 6:35 pm)

nice song guitar and nice music

reformatted (August 8, 2008 at 7:51 pm)

So yeah, the song is "set" in a fairground attraction, hence the references to waltzers, ghost trains, big wheels, neon (lights) and the Tunnel of Love. I'm sure it's not quite as profound as you had imagined ;-)

reformatted (August 8, 2008 at 7:48 pm)

ok...Cullercoats and Whitley Bay are beaches/coastal areas of Newcastle. Until relatively recently there was a permanent fairground site at Whitely Bay called Spanish City. Knopfler was brought up in Newcastle, and it's a fair assumption he spent a bit of time at Spanish City in his youth. Me, I only went there once, almost 20 years ago. I was 6 and it was closed. lol.

Radi0act1v (August 7, 2008 at 6:50 pm)

You can search on wikipedia about "the spanish city". All the songs deals with it. ;)