OK, apologies for not getting round to posting in this thread until now.
I'm Matt
Born 1977
I can first remember becoming aware of DS when Money for Nothing came out. It was a great song, but the video was of course a big deal back then too, I just loved it. A friend of my dad's gave me his cassette of Brothers in Arms when he was drunk at a party at my dad's house, but I only used to listen to Money for Nothing and Walk of Life, then rewind the tape (I was just a kid).
My brother gave me the compilation album Money for Nothing in 1989, but again, I really only listened to Money for Nothing and Walk of Life.
By 1991 I was a little older (13 I guess by the time OES came out). I'd heard that the new Dire Straits video was based on Thunderbirds, so being a big Thunderbirds fan, I stayed up late to watch "The Making of Calling Elvis" on Channel 4 here in the UK. (In fact I still have it on video somewhere).
I loved the video and the song and went back to listen to Brothers in Arms and Money for Nothing. Turns out I loved ALL the songs. I used to go over to my friend's house because his dad had bought the OES album, and just get him to play it constantly.
I got my first CD player for Christmas in 1992, and gradually started buying up the DS back catalogue. By then I was hooked. Since then I've been fairly obsessive, seeing MK live for the first time in Aberdeen on the Golden Heart Tour in 96 and quite a few times since.
Around 93 I decided that I wanted to try to play guitar like MK, and the guitar has since become my other obsession in life, I've got loads of them now, too many, and I've played in a few bands over the years.
I live in Aberdeen with my wife and 1 year old son, but I'm moving to Edinburgh next month.
Other than MK my favourite other artist is Steve Earle. I used to be a big fan of Paul Simon/Simon and Garfunkel, but I find myself drifting away. A lot of my other favourite artists are country people like Willie Nelson, Johnny Cash, Emmylou Harris although I'm also very into Bob Dylan. Leonard Cohen too.