Dire Straits Was A British Rock Band From Newcastle United Kingdom Formed In 1977 By Mark Knopfler guitar And Vocals His Brother David Knopfler guitar John Illsley bass And Pick Withers drums And Subsequently Managed By Ed Bicknell. The Band Were Inducted Into The Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame In 2018. Dire Straits Emerged During The Post-Punk Era Of The Late '70s And While Their Sound Was Minimalistic And Stripped Down They Owed Little To Punk. Read More On Last.Fm
"So Far Away" Is A 1985 Rock Song By Dire Straits. It Appears On The Album Brothers In Arms. It Became The Band's Fourth Top 20 Hit On The Billboard Charts Peaking At #19. According To The So Far Away Songfacts The Line "I'm Tired Of Making Out On The Telephone 'cause You're So Far Away From Me" Hails Back To A Common Element Of The 1980s The Phone-Sex Line.