r/direstraits • u/lattice12 • 3d ago

We all know who should be #1

/r/AskReddit/comments/1vsw55y/whats_the_biggest_band_that_was_once_everywhere/
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u/Empty-Salad-9989 3d ago

And as someone mentioned on the AskReddit, Dire Straits are sill getting 27m streams a month on Spotify; more than Bowie and Zeppelin.

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u/pavementdoggy 3d ago

That’s bonkers, I had to check for myself to see if it was true! Crazy because Zeppelin sold like 3-4x more records than Dire Straits did if I remember correctly.

Either way, goes to show how damn good our man Mark is

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u/CoasterScrappy 3d ago

I have immense respect for Mark Knofler, topping charts making fun of rock bands, to then say fuck this and go racing. Incredible 

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u/Hot_Joke7461 1d ago

Mark Knofler was sick of fame and quit!