Laughs and Jokes and Drinks and Smokes by Mark Knopfler

Album: Tracker (2015)

License This Song

lyrics

Songfacts®:

This song documents Knopfler's pre-Dire Straits career. "'Laughs and Jokes and Drinks and Smokes.' That was what it was all about when you were young," he said. "You're so resilient, you don't even think about the wear and tear, at all. I certainly didn't."

"Back in those days, I'd be listening to a lot of Van Morrison, and Dylan and all the rest of it," Knopfler continued. "So when I hear it now, it just takes you back, it's like food you used to eat as a kid. They're wonderful signposts, in your life, some of these songs."
Knopfler told Mojo: "That song is about all of us. All of those times, not just that time, all the times rolled together. It's just, where are they now?"

Comments

Be the first to comment...

More Songfacts:

JumpVan Halen

Van Halen's first #1 hit was "Jump," an unusual song for the band because the lead instrument was synthesizer, not guitar.

We Are The ChampionsQueen

Freddie Mercury considered "We Are The Champions" his version of "My Way." "We have made it, and it certainly wasn't easy," he said.

We Didn't Start The FireBilly Joel

Billy Joel wrote "We Didn't Start The Fire" after a 21-year-old told him, "everyone knows that nothing happened in the '50s."

Real LoveMary J. Blige

Prince Markie Dee of The Fat Boys co-wrote the Mary J. Blige hit "Real Love."

I Don't Want To Miss A ThingAerosmith

Diane Warren originally wrote Aerosmith's hit tune "I Don't Want To Miss A Thing" for Celine Dion.

Crank That (Soulja Boy)Soulja Boy

"Crank That (Soulja Boy)" was the most successful digital track of 2007 in the US with 2,909,000 downloads. On January 6, 2008 it became the first song ever to sell 3 million digital copies in the States.