Today's Happy Hour Soundtrack

Dire Straits... with a song that has its own (and rather extensive) Wikipedia entry:

The lyrics ain't profound but they sure are clever, especially when taken in the context of the times.  My favorite bits:

Doctor Parkinson declared 'I'm not surprised to see you here
you've got smokers cough from smoking, brewer's droop from drinking beer
I don't know how you came to get the Betty Davis knees
but worst of all young man you've got Industrial Disease'
...

Ha!  Splendid!

Indeed, and I sorely miss this song and the album it was on.  "Love Over Gold" was/is pretty danged good, but not good enough for me to go out and replace my vinyl copy... which, as long-time readers know is in safe keeping with SN2, along with the rest of my vinyl.  The only Dire Straits album I replaced with a CD copy was the first one and that was because of intense sentimental value as well as being the best album Knopfler EVER made.  Period.  That said, it's good to be drinkin' beer and dredging up memories on a winter's day.  Splendid!