Half of me is screaming "Blasphemy! Burn the Heretic! " And the other half is simply in awe at the sheer talent you have. Amazing!

@Phoenix_cataclysm_in_2040

2 жыл бұрын

That's not herecy, that's a parallel reality where Gilmour and Knopfler wrote each other's songs.

@warrenmusselman9173

2 жыл бұрын

I'm in complete agreement

@karma3101

2 жыл бұрын

Couldn't have said it better.

@ofranzen

2 жыл бұрын

I'm doing both with equal ferocity.

@snowgorilla9789

2 жыл бұрын

First it's WTF then it's WOAH

The Sultans of Numb? The Comfortable Swing? Pure genius brother! Glad you put such an explanatory title to this post else my brain would've fried trying to work out what my ears were hearing!

@tiagovgc6745

7 ай бұрын

Money for numb

@suzypaton1597

7 ай бұрын

He is better when the blues goes on mmm..

@amppf

5 ай бұрын

Comfortable swing fits perfectly

@GoudLoodje

26 күн бұрын

@@tiagovgc6745 Moneyfly Numbthing

2:39 - Mark Knopfler never yells but his guitar gently screams

@LaszloBuring

2 жыл бұрын

That was the only way to put those notes in there, right? 😂

@bartjanssen3837

2 жыл бұрын

@@LaszloBuring with a swell (brothers in arms style)?

@domenicov_versus3789

2 жыл бұрын

Listen freeway flyer from local hero

@PutItAway101

2 жыл бұрын

Mark knows all the chords, AND he wants to make it cry and sing

@florinbucur145

2 жыл бұрын

@@PutItAway101 that's guitar george 😂

Love this take on Comfortably Numb, that last solo especially is just pure Knopfler

@thecalculator1000

Жыл бұрын

It's like as if David Gilmour is watching though.

The change in tempos is pure Knopfler. Love it. Two of my favorite guitarists are Gilmour and Knopfler. One uses sustained notes that are vocal like and the other is more of a picker, almost banjo style. I love them both. This artist understands production and sound styles. Impressive!

@marinaschwalm3164

9 ай бұрын

❤

@E.L.O596

Ай бұрын

same

Gilmour and Knopfler are my two favourite guitarists. I've been listening to both of them for decades, and I love this.

Honestly this is the best stuff on youtube! So much better than these note-for-note exact copies of famous solos. You're doing something really creative and different. I'd pay to go watch this live!

@donaldsalkovick396

6 ай бұрын

A lot of people do that

@kurt5490

6 ай бұрын

Me too!

that run around 2:08-2:16 is probably some of the most knofpler-esque guitar I've heard by not Knopfler... that's spot on... Really excellent.

@inncogneato6341

2 жыл бұрын

Knopflerised...Knopfleresque...is there anything not Knopfler?

I came across this guy by accident, it was as if two of my favourite musical algorithms had gotten together and said "let's fuck with Brian's head". There's someone in my head but it's not me. Thank a whole lot Laszlo, you leapfrogged clean over 40 years of junk music and beautifully channeled my two favourite guitarists of all time. I would love to see you onstage with Mark & David.

@LaszloBuring

11 ай бұрын

Thanks a lot man!

An homage of the highest order, this is how you pay respect to your favorite artists. Beautifully played.

My two favourite guitarists combined into one masterpiece, thank you for everything you're doing it's honestly spectacular

Astonishing! You could Knopflerize anything! The guitar in the place of screaming vocals at 2:40 is a pure touch of class...

@alejandroangarita79

2 жыл бұрын

Knopflerize, my new favorite word.

@saskk2290

7 ай бұрын

That is essential Knopfler. Deleting lyrics for profound effect! Lol. Granted it's Floyd, but he knows we know the words 😂

Genuine audiophile savant, you are! I would never have believed anyone could channel Mark Gilmour and David Knopfler so beautifully! :)

@volodymyrgandzhuk361

2 жыл бұрын

David Knopfler exists, Mark's brother

@Lochstina

2 жыл бұрын

@@volodymyrgandzhuk361 so does Mark Gilmour, David's brother :)

Imagine having the skill to play one of the best solos of all time in the style of another one of the best guitarists of all time and nailing it. Obviously, if your name is Laszlo you don't have to imagine, you're living it.

Dire Floyd lol. Great stuff 😂

@LaszloBuring

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks! Or is it Pink Straits 🤔

@SpiritmanProductions

2 жыл бұрын

@@LaszloBuring I considered both, but plumped for Dire Floyd because then the purists can laugh, too, as it says 'dire'. 😉

@timmorris8932

2 жыл бұрын

@@LaszloBuring its 2021. It'd be "Pink Straits".

@AndrewFishman

2 жыл бұрын

@@timmorris8932 It is actually 2022...

@timmorris8932

2 жыл бұрын

@@AndrewFishman so what is your point?

This is now the gold standard of playing one song in the style of another. Many have come before you, but you have ascended the dizzying heights of awesomeness and now reign supreme over all others.

The double time feel on the chorus was a master touch!

@christopherwelsh7008

Ай бұрын

Yes- That made me smile spontaneously, interrupting my desperate attempt to be cranky on a rainy Monday morning.

As a child my favorite band was Dire Straits, and as an adult it's Pink Floyd, so this cover made my hair stand on end from like the third second and my brain is in love with this. So much. So so much. I love even the idea of this. At first I was a little thrown by the juxtaposition of the double-time chorus which felt more 'On Every Street' era Dire Straits than 'Communiqué' era Dire Straits (my fave DS song will always be 'News'). I leaned in hard, and the guitar solo TOTALLY paid off as promised! Plus the fade-out left me hungry for more. Bravo! Wooo! Your style & skill at performing Pink Floyd in the style of Dire Straits, plus the work it took, is much appreciated by me. Thank you for sharing

You figured out how to mix my 2 favorite bands without pissing me off. Well done.

@LaszloBuring

2 жыл бұрын

Glad I could! Cool name btw!

@brianglendenning1632

Жыл бұрын

It actually messes with my head! Great stuff!

What a fitting tribute to two absolute masters of the Strat. This is next level composition and playing!

That guitars is outrageously close to how knopfler sounds. Amazing work dude!

@inncogneato6341

2 жыл бұрын

It’s Knopflerescent.

This is absolutely brilliant! The musical talent to produce this is mind blowing! Thanks for blessing us!

Knopflerably Numb

@michaelallen1432

4 ай бұрын

Comfortably Knumb 🤣

Fantastic. Even the vocals are perfect.

My initial reaction was: "Don't fuck up the best rock song ever! “ But this is absolutely brilliant! Simply lovely😇

Lady writer, sultans of swing, water line, ect. its all there, marvellous work Laszlo.👌👍

Life is still beautiful because this type of thing exists.

Dude that solo was insanely cool. Kinda at a loss for words. Despite being someone else’s solo, in someone else’s style that was flippin nuts you outta be proud of what you played very unique take on both.

Absolutely loves this. As an avid fan of both Pink Floyd and Dire Straits, I can doubly appreciate it 🥰🎵🎶🎵🎶

"Comfortably to the waterline" ... brilliant! I would love a reaction video from Waters/Gilmour :-)

Breathtaking...especially the second solo, wich is THE solo of pop-rock music. Astonishing, awesome, you are high talented 👏🎸🍾🎄

This is awesome ! I am a huge fan of Dire Straits AND Pink Floyd, and I can tell you this version pays tribute to each of them ! Wonderful, thanjk you, thank you, thank you !!!

@jimmyj2563

2 жыл бұрын

It’s pretty bloody good hey!!

Outrageously brilliant. Left a giant smile on my face. Bravo!!!!!! More!!!!

You are not just great guitar player, you are a real musician. And that might just be a greater compliment.

You have analyzed Knopfler really well, this is truly amazing.

Imagine being in Laszlo's head while it's also occupied by our two favourite legends: Mark & David ? "There's someone in my head and it's not me" .

The talent that exists on KZread blows Hollywood and the music industry out of the water.

There's never enough of Mark Knopfler's calming music/voice. Please play more. 🎸🔊 🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔

Excellent send up of both Mark knopfler and David gilmour!

Sent to me from an old friend who with great taste in David Gilmore and that other guy Pink Floyd. He is good friends with another very old friend of mine (baby pics together I think lol) that introduced me to his Dad's record of Dire Straits. I saved up all my odd job money for a beautiful black japan built squier strat. Good memories from way back. Very tasty choice Scott. So glad you appreciate this and thank you for sharing. Hope you have taken up an instrument. You certainly have good ears for tasty playing. REALLY COOL. Thanks again. T

If Dire Straits had written Free Bird but with Comfortably Numb x) Still awesome as always ! Keep up the good work, I'm always looking forward for more coming from you !

absolutely amazing! you sound indistinguishable from Knopfler. blows my mind every time! I can't believe you actually listened to my suggestion. you made my day. 😀 amazing job as always! if I can suggest anything else please do Time next 😀

2:45 smooth as bro

My favorite Pink Floyd song and you have brought it to another level. A true tribute to David Gilmour! Bravo!

Genius! Having been a Floyd fan since '74, I really expected to hate this, but I actually think that it's a really valid version. Well done 😎🤘🏻

Wow, this is the second video I've seen, your ability to transfer the style of each band and still make it sound just as good as the original is real talent my friend!! Being 60 er 61 on Christmas I grew up on Pink Floyd and Dire straits and Rush etc, I hope your making a living as a studio musician or in a band because you have great talent.

I saw Dire Straits at MSG when I was a kid. I've yet to hear guitars sound as sweet as that night again. Well done.

@LaszloBuring

Жыл бұрын

I can only imagine. Lucky you! Thanks!

Sultans of the Comfortably Numb!!!🤩

I swear if Knopfler ever wanted a hit record again he would just have to watch your channel .... amazing.

Haha the singing cracks me up, so well done! I can’t stop seeing Marks face trying to actually sing this song, so unlike his style 🤣 Great stuff, love the style shift!

Love it how also the universe approves with this by greeting with a sudden prism effect on the light reflecting from the guitar finish at 1:51

Wish these two could do an album

@ronwilken5219

3 ай бұрын

@fourfingers__ unless I'm grossly mistaken this is played. By one guitarist emulating two, the difference being accentuated by the different colour shirts but look at the hands, the rings and watch are the same. Very clever mixing but not impossible. Beautiful music none the less. Thank you for sharing your talent and hard work.

In my mind, the two tunes was similar. Now I realise that they have very different feel to them. Cant mix it, it doesnt work. At least not for me. But what you did here is still really awesome, love it! Not sure I would have come to this realisation without it. Wish we had more music-alchemists like this. I think this is what real musicians do, this is one of the things you can only do if you can play instruments. Most of all, music is about experimenting - or should be, I think. Experimenting is the most effective way to get inspired.

Absolutely nailed it! Voice, guitar riffs, leads, cord phrasing.. stunningly good!!

@LaszloBuring

Жыл бұрын

Thank you very much! 😁

I can't stand it! You have completely done my head in for the rest of the day...MAGNIFICENT. Telegraph Road please.👍👏

The sounds of two of my favourite bands put together in a way that I could not have ever imagined. This is awesome.

I`m shocked! Awesome rendition! It really looks very plausible in an alternate universe

What an insane heist..You pulled it off..BRAVO!!

hitting the nail on the head. feels like actually going back in time during the dire straits' height.

The Sultans of Swing interpretation of Comfortably Numb. Very unusual! Not sure that I like Gilmore's masterpiece being reinterpreted this way, but I have deep respect for Lazlo demonstrating his guitar virtuosity. Upvoted.

@jacksonpalmer8955

2 жыл бұрын

@Squant nah man I feel it, when you love a song so much its weird to hear it totally redone. takes some getting used to

@keithsquawk

2 жыл бұрын

@Squant ;-) as an old person I rather enjoy the idea of Floyd Fans getting upset by this. It's not as if Dave Glimour hasn't done other people's stuff (or is that OK for the Floys Fans ;-) )

@gerardbeltran6631

11 ай бұрын

@@keithsquawk chill bro

Fantastic. It's like you're playing guitar with a signature accent. Beautiful work

Brilliant! I love well-done cover songs and reasoned they came in two flavors; 1) an homage to the original or, 2) figure out a new way to do it and make it your own. I think you've added the 3rd category - interpreting a song through the style of another well-known artist. That could be doubly hard. I also like the focus on the playing. Getting to watch the fingerwork that produces the distinctive sound of different artists is really interesting.

@jimmyj2563

2 жыл бұрын

You nailed it.. a new crossover of musical styles and not just a cover.. not quite sure what to term it.. maybe crossover cover ?? Open to suggestions people.

Tunnel Of Numb... in the west Great stuff man!

How can something so wrong (my cells fashioned to 40 years of PF Comfortably Numb are SCREAMING) be so right (you NAILED how MK would most likely play it!)?? You're an absolute genius, Laszlo!

this is why it is pitty that these giants didn't team up so now and than. very nice , very good!

Nailed It!!! I hear mark all over that version.

This is my favorite small channel I discovered this year. Merry Christmas, Laszlo!

I was waiting for that lick at the end of Sultans of Swing. Great job.

That was outstanding! A combination that I would never have thought of. And to double the pace through the solo was way cool: definitely Knofpleresque! Well done, sir! Well done! 😁👍

This is what it would actually sound like. Good job.

I was questioning the increased tempo’s but it all came together beautifully in the end. I’m giving a standing ovation rn 👏👏👏

Very, very good indeed my friend. Often I watch videos of this type (i.e. cover versions) and they are just copies. But this took some thought and some imagination. You didn't just copy Gilmour's notes and play them in a Knopfler style, you did ask the question of yourself, well, what if Knopfler DID write this, and you worked the solos from the ground up. And not just the solos either; the vocals, the rhythm changes, the approach of the chords - all fantastically well done. My only problem with it is that it could have been longer. It was over too quickly. I would love it, for example, if you recorded the whole of The Wall album as if by Dire Straits, or The Dark Side of the Moon. But you can be very proud of this version. Well done! x

You skillfully encapsulate a central idea, adeptly weaving it into the fabric of two or more additional concepts, creating a cohesive and harmonious integration of thoughts. ranslation: You've reached god level.

STUNNING no other words for it.

Absolute freakin' genius to be able to combine the styles of these 2 legendary artists, and make it all sound like it was written that way!!!! Man, you got my respect as a musician!🤩🎵🎶👍👍👍

I love it, it's so good! Please do a "Brothers in Arms, if it were written by Pink Floyd"

That is Knofler from tone to style, SPOT ON!

I wish I could show Dad this video. My dad passed away 2 years ago this month, he way a huge Pink and Dire fan. Funny I listen to this on Father's Day as a father, and my second without father. Keep doing these. I have loved your videos since the 3rd one you've made.

Can't stop watching this. Technical perfection. I would have assumed it was Knopfler.

Brilliant take on Comfortably Numb and very much in Mark Knopfler style 👏👏👏 4:55

Two of my fav bands, thanks!

Bravo, that's something truly quite outstanding you are doing here.

Oh perfect combination !! 💖

On the one hand this makes you recognise just what a spectacular piece of music Comfortably Numb played by Gilmour is and on the other how good it could sound in the hands of someone who can genuinely put their own take on it rather than just trying to emulate it. Flip side to this would be Telegraph road done in the style of Gilmour. And on a tangent another great crossover to watch is Gilmour doing Purple Rain.

Unreal how "Mark Knopfler" that is 😳 Amazing stuff mate 👌

Thanks for this brilliant combo.

Vocalization is even Knopfler-like, and as others have said, the big solo is pure MK. Great stuff man.

I'm blasting The Wall version now and hoping to sync my brain and reverse my genome changes while staring at the hair on my palms and hoping it recedes. WHAT'S HAPPENING? There's been a shift in The Force. Damn you, Vader.AARRGGHH!

This is my new favorite cover of this song.

Absolutely brilliant!

Spot on. AMAZING! 👏

Absolutely fantastic 👍

My fav bands, omg. Absolutely beautiful!

Well damn, thank you sweet algorithms for bringing this into my life! Awesome adaptation - sounds fantastic!

Yeaaah, love it. Two of my favorites bands

WOW I'm totally lost for words other then simply Amazing.

Absolutely brilliant

Outstanding ! Bravo !

Merging my two favourites !!!! I love it.

Thank you for sharing these. The extraordinary effort you have to had put into this and all of your posts is remarkable and I have enjoyed them. I can't say this is my favorite as I like so many of your interpretations but it's tied for first!