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@pacificcoastpiper3949

2 жыл бұрын

I grew up listening to stuff like this, I’m glad young people are still wanting to learn about good music

@pacificcoastpiper3949

2 жыл бұрын

If you want amazing storytelling, PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE check out the wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald by Gordon Lightfoot

@nelsonhemstreet3568

2 жыл бұрын

@@pacificcoastpiper3949 I agree - Great song!

@nelsonhemstreet3568

2 жыл бұрын

I would love to see you react to another 70's band from England - my personal favorite - Renaissance. Suggestions - Mother Russia, Day of the Dreamer, Things I Don't Understand and especially The Song of Scheherazade. Block out some time for that one - it's over 20 minutes long.

@peterbutler7113

2 жыл бұрын

Please, please do a reaction to the Alchemy live version of the Sultans of Swing and compare the two. Well actually, there is no comparison! We ALL want you to hear the Alchemy version. It’s twice as long!

Sultans of swing alchemy live is one of the greatest moments of rock recorded! Watch that version and it will change how you see dire straits as a band forever!

the Alchemy Live version is soooo incredibly amazing

Mark Knopfler's guitar playing is so clean...not many others play it so clean

@BOOMNERD51

2 жыл бұрын

Why I'm a fan! ❤️

@EskayDuro

2 жыл бұрын

He's probably one of the top 3 guitarists ever.

@user-zu4cc6pb9x

Жыл бұрын

@@EskayDuro delightful

@beatmet2355

Жыл бұрын

Eric Johnson comes to mind. He also plays a fender Stratocaster. If you haven’t heard his “Cliffs of Dover” I highly recommend it.

@suzylosburn3894

8 ай бұрын

Wrong version !! Play the live version !! Studio version missing solos. Live version much longer this version not good !

Literally every song this reminded you of was written well after Sultans of Swing. Tons of us have quoted it in our own work, sometimes without even knowing it.

I hope it's the Alchemy concert version 🤞 I saw them live in 85 (the Brothers in Arms tour), my first proper concert, and still my favourite.

Hi there, Maggie. Please,please do another video for us of the Alchemy live version. At over 10 minutes it is is almost twice as long as the original studio version of 5 minutes or so. This version is very restrained compared to the live performance, in which the final solo seems to go on forever. And check out the drummer too, who is going off, I think the expression is. Plus of course, you get the magic of a live performance! Love from the south coast of England.

this song is from 1978 SOOOO it don't have a lot of other songs in it, A LOT of other people copied them ;-)

Mark knopfler saw a band called the sultans of swing, perform in a bar.The bar was totally empty. He found that so hilarious that he wrote a song about them..!

Parents took me to see Dire Straits when I was 12. My first concert. Thanks Mum!

You have to watch a live version of this his style of playing guitar is very unique

Every Dire Straits song is a duet between Mark and his guitar... you have to think of the vocals as call-and-response with the guitar fills. Great lyrics, incomparable guitar playing, and just enough vocal skill to put it all together.

Mark Knopler has a knack for that Dylan-esque storytelling in a lot of Dire Straits songs. Romeo and Juliet is one of Dire Straits' best, and worthy of anything Dylan ever did. Knopfler was an English teacher before getting into Dire Straits. Which figures, as his lyrics flow like someone who understands how to use the written word to good effect.

Maggie, you do realize that there are x amount of notes in any scale that is appropriate for improvising to the key of the song in question, and it's how you put them together rhythmically, melodically, and creatively which makes it either a hit or miss scenario. Trust me there's no plagiarism here, just pure talent. It's allowable to let your heroes loose in your compositions, although I really don't think that's the case here. Just relax and enjoy another guitar/songwriter legend..

@victorcoburn2791

2 жыл бұрын

Can't be too hard on her. I appreciate how quickly her ears can pick up on these sublime connections. Being a musician, I am in awe of her talents 💗

@Mark_-jq6wg

2 жыл бұрын

Well said, thank you!

@fredwin

Жыл бұрын

She's just pointing out the similarities you hear in music, not that the music is plagiarized.

@trevorholden7423

Жыл бұрын

@@fredwin didn't sound like that to me. but that's just my opinion..

@fredwin

Жыл бұрын

@@trevorholden7423But Sultans of Swing came out a full decade before that Chris Rea song

Knopfler has attitude. He always sounds like the coolest dude in the world, and just doesn't care, because he's the coolest dude in the world.

You didn't watch a live version so you missed that Mark Knopfler did all that without a guitar pick.

Adding to other comments, "Sultans of Swing" from their Alchemy Live show is much more fun, not so toned down as is the studio version. Still, great story-telling by Mark and the band! Proud of your progress in your career. Keep it up😁

Sultans of Swing will always hold a special place in my heart, it was one of my dads favorite Dire Straits songs :) Its a fun song to chill out with for sure.

Dear Ms. Maggie, mark knopfler wrote the music for the movie, "Princess Bride".

Mark Knopfler has a story telling quality in his voice.

Already know it’s gonna be amazing! Dont understand how you don’t have 1 million subscribers! People are missing out.

@maggiereneemusic

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for your lovely comment. 😊💖

Sorry but I think you might be a bit mistaken. Sultans of Swing was released in 1978 and the version of Layla you showed was released in 2014. So it's Eric Clapton that sounds like Mark Knopfler and Dire Stratits.

@Decopainterandtea

2 жыл бұрын

Layla was 1972 and the acoustic version by Clapton 1992. Was there another one?

@AnthonyRodriguez-zm4rc

2 жыл бұрын

@@Decopainterandtea The original version of Layla was recorded by Derek and the Dominos, a band Eric Clapton formed in 1970. Layla was recorded just before they broke up in 1972 and Layla was included on the only studio album Derek and the Dominos produced. Derek and the Dominos disbanded just 2 years later, in 1972. They were a short-lived group due to heavy drug usage. The MTV Unplugged version was recorded in January of 1992.

@Decopainterandtea

2 жыл бұрын

@@AnthonyRodriguez-zm4rc Thanks so much.😄

This song was a classic the day it was released. Certainly has weathered well over the years

As many others ALCHEMY LIVE is out of this world. TELEGRAPH ROAD from the same concert is another masterpiece and of course British. We had some extraordinary bands in the 1980s...

Fun fact, guitarist/ vocalist Mark Knopfler doesn't use a pick, he uses his fingers to pluck the strings

@markedly1013

2 жыл бұрын

Another fun fact, he does not read music.

@StevenQ74

2 жыл бұрын

He's also left handed

Ah the "Sultans of Swing" is such a chill song. 🥰

It has to be the Alchemy version!!!

Thanks for the reaction! The Alchemy Live version is well worth checking out as well!

I think what you are hearing in the melody is the 'call and response' style of guitar playing. In blues guitar playing it is a common way to practice phrasing, you play a lick( a call) then another guitar plays a lick in reply ( response).

Might be the dopest riff of all time.

It's not about the vocals, they are great ... It's about the lyrics and the guitar!

When I first heard this song in the late 70's the most obvious musical connection for me was that Mark Knopfler sang like Bob Dylan. They have quite a catalog of hits, but my other favorite is Romeo & Juliet from the Making Movies album.

There's no school for this, it's about true originality

The live version is all over KZread and not cut short.

Seeing you reference Eric Clapton playing Layla, it makes me wonder if you have ever listened to the original version, when he recorded it with Derek and the Dominoes

Sorry, but the fact that a person of your age brought up Rocky Horror made me smile ;)

Please do the Alchemy version, they elevate the song to a whole new level.

Mark Knopfler and Chris Rea are both from the north east of England, so is AC/DC’s Brian Johnson and Sting. Clapton played the guitar with Dire Straits with Sting at the vocals and Phil Collins at the drums, worth watching. You should come visit us in the North of England one day, worth it.

When i first heard this song in 1977-78, that guitar solo caught my ear because it sounded SOOOO familiar! Fast-forward about decade or so & found out that Mark Knopfler's playing style was influenced by Hawaiian slack-key playing. Now, whenever I hear any of their songs, am able to hear that Hawaiian influence more readily. Keep the reviews coming, Maggie & much success in your career!

Maggie, I'm guitarist that's played by ear all my life....you have a good ear for music girlie...lol

This is my fave by Dire Straits. I love both the Guitar work, the drum work, the vocals. Thanks, Maggie, for reacting.

Dire straits are a British rock band formed in London UK from mid 70s to mid 90s mark knopfler is number 27 as all time Greatest guitar player .

Did you catch the subtle humor of the line, "Way on down south ... in London town?"

This was a great cruising/road trip song🎸👌 That guitar riff near the end is sick😎

As good as this song is the Alchemy Live version is so much better. One of the all time epic live performances; the energy is incredible!

@edordzie244

2 жыл бұрын

ABSOLUTELY AGREE!!!!! One can only hope that those people there that night understood the mastery of all the musicians on stage. EPIC.

That's about as smooth and tasteful as you can play guitar and still call it rock and roll 😸

When this song came out in the '70s I said to a friend, " I think that Dylan finally got a great band". You are hearing things that don't really exist when you make your comparisons to other songs from other bands. There are many common chord progressions in rock/blues/jazz, and a lot of plagiarism suits as well, which almost always lose. Now Sting literally does lift phrases out of classical music, from Prokofiev's Lt. Kije Suite for example, but as they say, good artists borrow, great artists steal;)

The song came out at the end of the 70s with Disco dying, acid rock a memory, folk music in the far corner and the more scripted for radio music of the 80s. Everything changes, so I mustn't complain. This song was quite popular on the radio then.

Mark Knopflers guitar does all the singing

Everybody said it, but the live version from their Alchemy tour transcends this song to the next level, you should treat yourself to it

Thanks Maggie Reneé. I love you for this reaction. You brang back my 13's. My 1º love showed me "Sultans of Swing" LP Vinil. And we listened to the sound for hours, until got late and I had to leave. And many more love stories had this soundtrack. Thank you for that memory.

The live version from Alchemy is eargasm inducing.

You said shooketh in the solo... You wanna be beyond shooketh..react to Michaelangelo Batio "double guitar shred medley "...he is, in my humble opinion, the greatest guitar God ever

A cool fact about this song is that Mark Knopfler doesn't use a pick. That's all fingerpicking, which makes the song ten times harder to play, or easier, depending...lol

You would also love (the original) Little River Band - It's A Long Way There" - beautiful tune with amazing harmonies.

The guitar work on this song is amazing! He plays new lead guitar line after every vocal line, that's just crazy good!

The Alchemy and Wembley 85 live versions are epic.

@jennywren7822

2 жыл бұрын

They didn't do it at WEMBLEY 85 😊

You need to listen to Telegraph Road, Private Investigations, Love over Gold. And Brothers in Arms. For the fun side Twisting by the pool.

He sings the way he plays the guitar. Lots of space between notes that accentuates his guitar and vocals.

People much prefer the Alchemy Live version because it has another level of energy in it. Mostly because they changed drummers after the studio version and Terry Williams absolutely beats up a storm live rather than the much more sedate style of the previous drummer. Well worth playing that version and focussing on that drummer. Also the live version sound engineer did a magnificent job of balancing a live event - including the crowd handclapping. Go see.

The guitar is the star of this song.

Hey Maggie you identified a similarity with others,but the biggest similarity you used was Marks speech voice where Bob Dylan may of been an initiator to this upbeat poetic style

There is only one version to react to of this song that is far better than any other. That is the Live at Alchemy version. All the rest pale. It is important to find which version of the songs that are the best to react to...

@matt-ir1xq

Жыл бұрын

I used to prefer the alchemy live but having listened to both equal amount now there's nothing like the original. Such a chill and cool vibe to the song imo. Alchemy still rocks though!

Hello Maggie...Thanks for the latest upload,excited for more...Cheers🎉🎉🎉

First album recorded 100 percent digitally

@Dandroid5000

4 ай бұрын

Errrr, no, the first digitally recorded album was 'Bop Til You Drop by Ry Cooder in 1979. You're thinking of a totally different Dire Straits album anyway..... Brothers in Arms wasn't recorded until the end of 1984.

I thik you need to take a deep dive down the Dire Straits rabbit hole. Two Young Lovers, Industrial Disease, Romeo and Juliet to name a few. Two Young Lovers has everything a rock and roll song needs. Check it out please. Great reaction.

WE Love You Maggie! PLEASE PLEASE Listen to your fans and react to "Dire Straits - Sultans of Swing" Live 1984 ALCHEMY Concert.

@maggiereneemusic

4 ай бұрын

Thank you for your lovely comment and suggestion! 🤗

you have a very interesting way of connecting unrelated songs, by either chord progression, melody, pitch or tone. great ear, and great channel

@maggiereneemusic

Жыл бұрын

Thank you very much!

He is playing the guitar at the same time as singing.

I highly recommend you examine their entire Library! There are so many hidden treats in it. I've been loving this band since they first came out. Mark Knopfler is a excellent guitarist and arranger

Thank you for that reaction, I actually feel like I learned something from your observations. got to admit i’m a sultans of swing reaction fan and so far yours is one of the best. oh yes nearly forgot the obligatory Alchemy live recommendation, even if its just for your own personal pleasure.

One of the best songs in rock history

Normally I don't like to be interupted while listening to a song. But you have so many interesting tidbits that add to my appreciation of music.

@maggiereneemusic

9 ай бұрын

You’re awesome. Thanks for saying that! 🙂🙏🏼

The people he refers to in the lyrics, Harry and George, refers to Vanda and Young. Amazing songwriters in Australia, including the songs Friday on my Mind, The Easybeats and Evie, Stevie Wright. The George is brother to Angus Young the AC/DC guitarist and the AC/DC rythmn guitarist, Malcolm Young.

Amazing guitar work in this song.

OMG meter is so important...Especially when your talking, but the whole "Speak Singing" thing absolutely requires a good understanding of meter. Most people will look at the sheet music and think in terms of 2/4 or 4/4 or 6/8 (etc...etc...) at 16th note intervals. To master the speak singing thing it feels like you have to be thinking about 128th notes pr even finer....

You got to listen to the Alchemy Live version, its "The" version to listen to, and has some of the best guitar playing in history

Chris Rea!? That's an impressively deep cut for a gen-zedder! Rea is most famous scion of the North-East English coastal town of Middlesbrough since the intrepid explorer, mariner and navigator, Captain James Cook, met his violent end in Hawaii in 1779, while engaged in the sort of shenanigans for which, nowadays, colonialism is quite properly reviled. By contrast, the furthest Chris Rea went with his colonialist ventures was an appearance on the David Letterman Show. He refused to tour the US, basically 'cos he couldn't be arsed with all the bother - typical of a Teesider, that is - although he now regrets he didn't try harder, mainly because of the money. On the positive side, his has not had his life endangered in skirmishes with indigenous tribespeople, or even just a random crazy white Republican going off on one with his semi-automatic. However, Rea has earned a nickname of "the survivor" from his fans, having recovered from any number of potentially life-threatening illnesses, including pancreatic cancer. Whereas Captain Cook had pretty good health I think, apart from a spot of Scurvy, and other such sailors ailments, common in the day. So you just never know, do you? Now 71, Rea still lives with his partner, Joan, with whom he has been in a relationship since 1968. That's 54 years. They met when they were 17! Mind, you have to wonder if they'd have stayed together if he had pursued more of a career in the States? Is it any wonder the US divorce rate is what it is, when there are so many lawyers doing Family work? You just have to look at what happened to the Beatles.

He has a Bob Dylan sound.

This guy has played on stage with Clapton many, many times. Like Creedence, this is basically a 1-man band.

MR, you have to check out their Alchemy Live performance of this song!! It's one of the greatest live performances of all-time!! And the lead singer is named Mark Knopfler, one of the top 5 greatest guitar players to ever live!! 10 minutes feels like 2!

Cool song for a reaction. Thanks Maggie. Leo from Frog Leap Studios did an awesome metal version of this song with Mary Spender. She has a voice like warm velvet. Check it out.

Superstars and so nice to boot! What a memory for recalling matching tunes.

Four or five connections, and they were all accurate. Very nice. Impressive. Great song.

Ciao from Italia sei molto brava ti seguo sempre, scusa non parlo inglese, ma un complimento è un complimento comunque

The album that Mark Knopfler (guitarist of Dire Straits) and Emmylou Harris did together, All the Road running, is just killer.

As for Mark's singing/speaking - I remember reading an article about guitarists that are not the most impressive singers, but still are great guitarists/musicians, BUT it was because they did attempt to sing. Mark Knopfler, Eric Clapton, Jimmy Hendrix (for example) are/were amazing guitarists, now we also like their singing, but it's not like their singing is something we're going to remember them by. And some of those guitarists started singing to gain more recognition to their names, because people usually recognize singer, not other musicians. So they started singing to put themselves more in the spotlights. Well, I guess it worked ;)

"True Love Will Never Fade" and "Piper to the End" are Mark Knopfler must listens.

@maggiereneemusic

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for your recommendations.

🥰 I love your reaction to Dire Straits , Sultans of Swing. They have a good rift at good story. Have you reacted to George Thorogood, Bad to the Bone or One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer. He tells a pretty good story on both songs.🥰 Thank you.

What's impressive is Mark sings and plays the lead.

I first heard this song on a jukebox in a restaurant [kind of a truck stop style] and I fell in love with it. It just speaks to me somehow that is hard to explain. I don't know why this song would make me think of it, but have you ever heard R.E.M. Losing my Religion [which, btw, if you don't know, is a Southern expression meaning that you are very upset and about to lose your temper ... although the song seems very 'controlled' and calm]

Interesting that you should say that this song reminds you of other songs. I think most of the songs you've mentioned were after this song was released (even the Eric Clapton Unplugged album). Given the blues nature of the song, there are a limited number of chords that work well in blues, so some progressions are going to be repeated. Something that this might remind you of is the soundtrack for The Princess Bride, since Marc Knoppfler wrote and performed that, as well. Remember this song well from my youth (late junior high/early high school).

This is so interesting. It's obvious you're a singer, because all the comments you made were about Mark Knopfler's delivery of the vocals. Great, but there is the small side issue of the fact that he's recognised as one of the greatest pop/blues guitar players of all time! Not one mention of the guitar playing. As I said, it's obvious you're a singer!

@maggiereneemusic

9 ай бұрын

Of course!! lol that’s why I titled the video “Opera Singer Reacts”!! 😂🙏🏼❤️

Damn, you certainly got your expertise in speech, tone, chords, sounds, ect ect ect

Loved this.

Check Uriah Heep Sunrise or July Morning. David Byron had great scale

Here hou should have chosen the live version from Alchemy Live! INSANE!! Do it!! NOOOW😂🤩❤️

@andiroxxbrun2537

2 жыл бұрын

You*😂

Marc is not a great singer but he sing playing his guitar. He is an genius. I love the singers that theirs voices are instruments and the musicians and the musicians who play as if their instrument sing.

Thank you for your excellent productions. Mark's guitar is his primary instrument; his voice accompanies.

Knopfler is one of the all time greats. The Alchemy Live version of this song is amazing, and you can find it on KZread. I would put Knopfler in a similar category as SRV, Clapton, Page, BB King. He's one of the rarified few who can "make that guitar sing, thank you very much". His guitar can tell the story without verse to the song. Listen to songs like Romeo & Juliet, Once Upon a Time in the West, Money for Nothing. You'll hear it. He's also a great innovator, with a distinct "fingerpickin" style. No guitar picks on this song. It creates a unique sound.