Mark Knopfler is an incredible storyteller and gifted poet with a bagful of masterpieces, but his absolute best song is Skateaway.
If Bruce Springsteen had done this song it would have been a number one hit and would have entered the ranks of timeless, beloved anthems. Because it tells you about how the best songs merge with your life – just like The Boss’s most memorable songs do.
The music makes you want to be the story, and the story is whatever is the song.
