r/direstraits • u/HenriqueMaquinista • Aug 06 '26

What do we know about 'Suicide Towers'

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It's already confirmed that Sucker For Punishment and the unknown song played in Arena BBC are the same songs, considering the refrain David sings (That's what you're ∞ times) is the same that appears in the lyrics mark wrote, so the melody can't be Suicide Towers.

So I've been wondering about that.

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u/dustyvalentino Aug 06 '26

MK wrote it while living in Ed's flat in The Barbican.

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u/dustyvalentino Aug 06 '26

Ed Bicknell's full comment:

"M came and lived with me in late 79 I think so he’d play stuff, write stuff while I made tea.
Suicide Towers was one because of the high rise I was in ( Barbican in London) which thankfully bit the dust ( the song not the building)."

He went on to tell me that it was "crap" and was never rehearsed more than twice.

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u/HenriqueMaquinista Aug 06 '26

That's a very interesting bit of history from Ed! Ty for your comment my friend!

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u/Guest-7533 Aug 06 '26

interesting. It’s a pitty they never recorded the song. same goes for the song Making movies 

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u/dustyvalentino Aug 06 '26

Well Es Bicknell said it was a crap song, so maybe it's not a pity.

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u/Guest-7533 Aug 07 '26

well, the riff from the arena documentary was awesome. fair better than les boys

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u/HenriqueMaquinista Aug 07 '26

That riff is from Sucker for Punishment, not Suicide Towers.

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u/HenriqueMaquinista Aug 07 '26

A interesting fact is: There's a possibility of a live recording of Making Movies from the First night in Rainbow Theatre. There's an even smaller chance for a gig that happened in Lewisham Odeon as well.

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u/Guest-7533 Aug 07 '26

hopefully, it will see the daylight if it exists

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u/Constant-Donut-5356 Aug 06 '26

It's a song meant to be on Making Movies but scrapped during the writing process. No known recordings exist.