Yes
It was a conversation Knopfler overheard while in a store in NY.
(SpookySpoonwww.vivino.com/users/hig.func, Wed 4 Apr 2018, 14:29,
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I never liked the song, I always felt it was the weak link on Brothers in Arms. My favourite was the eponymous debut.
(PrufrockLucifer, son of the morning!, Wed 4 Apr 2018, 17:32,
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