Dire Straits

I was 16 years old but I didn't listen to good music. A friend of mine, a hi-fi enthusiast, bought the CD of Brothers in Arms and made me listen to it at his place just to show me how good his new stereo sounded. I had an epiphany, and I forever gave up on the chart-topping pop songs. I listened to Dire Straits for maybe a year, then came Queen, Deep Purple, and Pink Floyd, and then gradually all the others. Dire Straits were my first love and, in any case, a fantastic band, no doubt about it.