Mark Knopfler (red coat) is actually left handed and learned to play right handed so he didn't look different from other guitar players. He also plucks the strings with the tips of his fingers. He doesn't use a pick. GOAT of guitar players!

@stillmrdoge

Ай бұрын

Thats awesome man 🙌🤞

@NeilHolland-mh9jc

Ай бұрын

@@stillmrdoge Telegraph Road from the same concert is amazing as well. I love watching your reaction! These were, and are still some of the greatest performers ever. Mark is 74 and just released a new album.

@alabhaois

15 күн бұрын

Mark also can't read music-- really!! He's amazing!!

41 years later and its still one of the best live performances you'll see on You Tube, we're lucky they recorded it so well. It was July 1983, I was just turned 18 and I was there at Hammersmith! I loved the concert, it took a while for us to get in to it, but Sultans really kicked it off! We were on the balcony and the whole thing was jumping up and down! They are all incredible musicians and all on top of their game. We knew Mark was going to be spectacular, how do you play like that while jumping up and down? For me, the unexpected star was Terry Williams on the drums, you won't see better drumming. They say that his father was there for the first time, so he played harder, but he always played like that and so this is more of an urban myth. If the drummer suddenly speeded things up the whole concert would be timed all wrong. They played for about two hours, and you really want to see the encore, Telegraph Road, if you think this blew your mind....

@bradpalmer2953

25 күн бұрын

Telegraph road ended the set... the encores were,, 'solid rock' and 'coming home'. They're not on the youtube vid but are on Alchemy blue ray.✌👍

@tomphilbrook6093

23 күн бұрын

That had to be one wicked good concert !! I listen to this weekly.

One of the best live performances of all time. They're still mopping up the talent that oozed off these guys from that stage 🔥

I think this might be the greatest song ever.

@stillmrdoge

26 күн бұрын

Amazing indeed ❤❤🙌🙌

The drummers dad was in the audience for the first time at his son's playing live. The drummer added some things he never usually does and it even impressed the band guys and you see them all turn and look at him and laugh and enjoy! Best version ever!

Yes it was a true story about a band he saw in a little pub in London. Mark K is from the north of England (born in Scotland) that's why he refers to London as 'down south'.

@stillmrdoge

Ай бұрын

Absolutely love it 🙌❤ thanks for showing up 😊

@mikelucey5035

Ай бұрын

Nah. The club was south of the Thames River in London. He says, 'south of the river." The Thames runs from west to east.

@ianshaw6922

Ай бұрын

Glasgow

@viviennerose6858

6 күн бұрын

@@mikelucey5035You beat me to it 😄😄😄😄😄

Love this song! Dire Straits are a great British rock band from the 70's-90's. Mark Knopfler is one of the best guitarists around. They have had so many hits including "Walk Of Life", "Romeo & Juliet", "Private Investigations", "Twisting By The Pool", "Money For Nothing", "Telegraph Road", "So Far Away", "Brothers In Arms" etc. They don't have a bad song.

@stillmrdoge

Ай бұрын

Ouuu thanks for all the great requests. Brothers in arms have been requested multiple times so I will do that one next ♥️😊

@jjc5407

Ай бұрын

@@stillmrdoge you may like to check out the award winning video that accompanied the release of Brothers in Arms and then the live version from the Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Tribute Concert held at Wembley Stadium in 1988 which Dire Straits headlined. The band's lead singer, guitarist and songwriter extraordinaire Mark Knopfler gave arguably his most emotional performance of the song that night in front of a worldwide audience of over 600 million people. Dire Straits were banned by the apartheid government in South Africa after they'd donated all the South African royalties from their debut album to Amnesty International. The concert helped to pile pressure on the government to finally release Mandela, which finally happened less than 2 years later.

The studio version of this is one of the best songs for cruising. It's nice that you enjoyed it so much. What I love about this clip is how much fun they're having. Making a living like that wouldn't suck. Shout out to the production crew. The filmography of this LIVE concert is incredible.🤩

@stillmrdoge

Ай бұрын

Nothing like genuine friendship and talent ♥️😊 I really enjoyed it all

A masterpiece. All the stars aligned perfectly that day!!

@stillmrdoge

26 күн бұрын

I AGREE 🙌

Everyone, in the zone, and yes, the audience stepped into it too.... What a moment in time!

Great to see young people get into this 70s music again. My go to late 70s and 80s bands. Mark is still producing great music. These guys came from a poorer area of NE England and probably experienced something totally wild to them when they first played in London. I remember playing the recorded track to my Dad in the late 70s, when he was about as old as I am now and he was impressed! It was sad that David Knopfler (rhythm) left the group.

You have just witnessed true musical greatness. Epic. Legendary.

@stillmrdoge

Ай бұрын

I'm in love 🤦😊

In England many pubs have live music. This song written by Mark Knopfler (his brother David is the other guitarist) who is from Newcastle in the north of England, was in London. On a rainy evening he was in Deptford (south of the Thames in London) heard music coming from a pub and went in. The song is about the band that were playing - The Sultans of Swing. Like many pubs there is not always a big crowd to start with - you don't see too many faces! A bunch of mates in the corner are fans of rock and roll but not necessarily what the band are playing, with trumpets and a brass section. But like all such bands, they are mostly amateurs getting together to play for fun and hopefully get some payment as well. This song resonates with so many players who are excellent but never make it to the big time. They play they love it but..... Anyone who has been in such a band knows exactly what this song means. Long live live music with real people playing for the love of the music and death to autotune and computer degenerated rubbish.

@bradpalmer2953

25 күн бұрын

Hal Lindes was the rythm guitarist on the night. David had quit the band the previous year. 👍✌

Terry Williams on drums !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

@stillmrdoge

Ай бұрын

He going crazy, and the guy on the keyboard

@devilsadvocate2548

Ай бұрын

@@stillmrdoge that's Alan Clark on the keyboards. If you really want to hear Alan go to the next level, have a listen to 'Telegraph Road' from this same concert. Plus if you really like stories in a song, it's even better than this!

@JohnLee-fu6ys

Ай бұрын

He Welsh. Used to be in a band called MAN with an old friend of mine Mickey Jones.

Trust me, being the fan of MK and DS is pure joy and happiness ❤ Been that for 40 years 😊 👋🇫🇮

@stillmrdoge

Ай бұрын

Oh wow that's just awesome ♥️😊

I've been listening to this band for over 50 years! Still the best solo ever! At least for me! Greetings from sLOVEnia 🥰😇

@garyneilson3075

16 күн бұрын

Yes! Greetings from Alaska back to you...

@corriefraser

15 күн бұрын

Unlikely as they were formed in 1977

@martinharvey2390

15 күн бұрын

Check out Tunnel of Love from Wembley Arena 1985, the closing solo for that is truly a work of art

@zwqne99

12 күн бұрын

@@corriefraser Sorry, unintentionally my mistake - since 1981 - almost all my life 😇

It's funny that this music makes young people as happy as we were back then. I watched it twice and I don't have time, guests are coming for Sundaydinner soon.🎸💯The music has lightness and depth.

Love how you just smile in awe the whole way through! You’ve just witnessed one of the finest bands ever to form with arguably the best guitarist ever to walk the planet execute a song to perfection. Tight as a drum and note perfect, this could be one of the best live recordings ever. Mark Knopfler and Dire Straits, pure genius.

Had to watch your reaction again. I love seeing the joy and amazement on your face. Perfection !!!!!

The tempo Is faster because the drummer, Terry Williams, had his dad in the audience for the first time and he was Hyped, thus the faster pace. Mark and the rest were amused and they all just had to keep up with him. His drumming was just phenomenal. This was a killer performance. So is Telegraph Road, actually the whole concert was. ❤

@stillmrdoge

Ай бұрын

I knew it lol what a beast 🤣♥️

Big long story in my life about this. Old, tired and stoned. Will watch and comment again tomorrow. So far I liked and subbed. Big love from Spain

@juliecrane9647

Ай бұрын

I'd love to hear your story ....but your comment cracked my azz up !!! Keep those munchies nearby....the sustenance of stoners 😅.

@stillmrdoge

26 күн бұрын

thanks so much for showing love ❤❤🙌🙌

There is a piano on one side of the stage and an organ on the other side of the stage Loved your reaction❤❤

LOVED your reaction. I can't get enough of this live version.

Anything from Alchemy is 🔥 👌.

The GOAT simple.

Tightest band EVER!!

They're all amazing, but every time I watch this performance I can't get over the drummer and how intense he is!!!❤

@stillmrdoge

Ай бұрын

amazing!!

As I understand it, the 'Sultans of Swing' band was them in the late 1970s. They were playing pubs in London and not getting a great reaction, but they kept plugging away. They'd play creole or jazz or whatever, but they were mostly kind of pub rock. Then they'd get back in a van and drive hours back to Newcastle. So, it's semi-autobiographical, as far as I know.

Love Dire Straits, you know I really don't like live bands but I'll tell you what these are one of the few band I happen to like live, because I know when you're in the studio you can synthesize and you know do certain tones and knock everything down but when you see them live you kind of get disappointed this is not disappointing live is better, it's like the saying never meet your hero in person because you get disappointed, this is why few songs are better live, and this is one of the few of them, great song, 😁😁😁, this can bring you out of a bad mood, yes true it's a true story he got this from seeing a band in a little out of the way pub in London, the drum set up is crazy, i see why you live guitar solos, this is great, see your probably opening other people's minds about live bands also, this is awesome, go go go, this definitely put a smile on my face, wow the guitars are freaking me out, wow, hey did that almost sounds like "free bird" right near the end chorus or vice versa, 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼, definitely standing ovation on this, yes absolutely legendary, I'm just speechless thank you.

Alchemy Live was one of the best concerts ever. For me, DS were always better live than in the studio. Look at "Telegraph Road", awesome song, with "Alan Clark" one of the best pianists and Terry Williams on the drums, he was just always perfect. the whole band played so incredibly well together. Definitely also “Tunnel of Love” Live Wembley, which was also a great concert.

Yes, true story. Mark ducked into bar to get out of the rain! Mark is a master storyteller. The keyboard player is classically trained and like all members of the band is a superb musician. Keyboards really shine in ‘Telegraph Road’ from same Alchemy concert.

I was 14 when it came out now I'm 60 good music them days Jeff from uk better than todays music

Mark Knopfler (the one in red) is 74 years old and still working. He released a new album in April 2024.

Dire Straits is one of my favs.. Alchemy Live was awesome. Great reaction.

@stillmrdoge

Ай бұрын

Man I didn't expect them to tear up the stage like this 😭

Best one to see them!! Remember this song in the early 70s and I ❤ but this is fantastic after all these years ❤ JAMMING

Loved your reaction !!! You just witnessed a masterpiece.

@stillmrdoge

Ай бұрын

♥️😭 I love it!!!

Nice authentic reaction 👍🏻

Love your reaction❤ Ive seen alot to this legendary performance

Ooooh yes thank you so much, been waiting for this.

@stillmrdoge

Ай бұрын

Hey! I saw your comments thank you for showing up ♥️👏

Mark Knopfler gets his inspiration for songs from little incidents he witnesses ior hears about or remembers from his life. Song he wtote as an old man called My Bacon Roll is a great example

You would love telegraph road from the same concert. Absolutely killer.

@stillmrdoge

Ай бұрын

Everyone keep asking for telegraph road 👏😊 it's on the way

@sonyavincent7450

Ай бұрын

​@@stillmrdogeit's outstanding.

Fantastic reaction. You really can't miss with Mark, just a matter of how much of the good stuff he gives you and how it's phrased. There are so many different live versions of this song. Every tour whether Dire Straits or solo it gets recomposed a bit. Alchemy is a deserved name though, there was magic in these performances.

The bottom line is back then we took this stuff for granted. Only now are my generation realising how spoiled we were for music in the 80s

@kazneasham9110

13 күн бұрын

Absolutely fab!!!!! .loved it since the early 80s .wow . The band are a credit to Britain

You mentioned in one of the comments below that Telegraph Road is coming. Here's the story behind it. Dire Straits was touring in Michigan and they were traveling by bus from one concert venue to another down the actual Telegraph Road (US Highway #24). It runs 70 miles north and south and runs along the western border of Detroit. Mark was asking the bus driver about why there was so much blight and decay along the highway. Lots of closed and boarded store fronts. Basically, the bus driver told him the story of Detroit. While this song was written about Detroit, it could easily be adapted to any large city that has fallen into hard times. If you like Sultans of Swing, you will definitely enjoy Telegraph Road.

Every time I watch one of these it’s a religious experience for me. I’m glad you appreciated this performance.

Brilliant love all the live versions. Thanks

@stillmrdoge

Ай бұрын

👏😊 it's like fine wine

Check out Tunnel of love from Wembley 85 and brothers in arms:)

Perfect reaction! This is 🔥🔥

@stillmrdoge

Ай бұрын

Thanks so much for the kind reply ❤🙌

If you're impressed with guys that play multiple keyboards at once, check out Rick Wakeman (one of the many keyboardist for the band Yes). I saw him live once in a small venue. He had 12, yes twelve keyboards during the set. They were arranged so his back was to the audience and you could mostly watch his hands. He was playing with Carl Palmer (amazing drummer for Asia and ELP (Emerson Lake and Palmer).

@aaron18811

Ай бұрын

I was going to mention Tony Banks, but Wakeman yup that tracks.

It IS legendary - in the real meaning of that word. Marik Knopfler is a musical genius, and he does it over and over again. Keep listening and watching!

Legend band 👏👏👏

@stillmrdoge

Ай бұрын

👏♥️ facts

Took the Drum kit off stage on a stretcher, brought in the paddles, think it pulled through. 😂❤

the music is ALWAYS better live than on recordings most times, the reactions of the audience makes the band want to make them PART of the music. which is the WHOLE POINT of music in the first place. to bring people together from all nations/ethnicitys/beliefs. What is more together than when the band are enjoying playing and the audience is part of the beat. if you want to see a GREAT example, see "Mettalica" live in Moscow "enter sandman" and watch what that audience reacts like. you will understand the relationship.

A must to try is a dance hit from the 90's with a rap twist in the middle... bass-o-matic with fascinating rhythm.. brilliant tune! ,😊

@stillmrdoge

Ай бұрын

I got you 🙌❤ thanks for the suggestion

Telegraph Road, Tunnel of love, ... 🤯

@stillmrdoge

28 күн бұрын

That one coming next 🙌❤

Dude, you gotta check out their song "Private Investigations" from their On The Night 1992 concert in Nimes, France. It's so good! Mark on a classical guitar and a sax player added to the band. You'll love it.

Haven't heard this version before. I like it. Good choice Good reaction.

@stillmrdoge

Ай бұрын

Thanks so much for showing love

The song is based around a band Mark saw in an almost empty pub somewhere in London, Ive heard him tell the story and not sure if it actually was South London as in the lyrics, but i remember him saying that at end of their set the singer said something like "thank you everyone we're the Sultans of Swing" and Mark's immediate reaction was you're not the Sultans of anything 🤣

Great reaction

The 80’s, when music Was hand made.

They say it is a quicker pace due to the drummer (Terry Williams) being pumped up and speeding things up a little. His father was in the audience, and it was his first time seeing his son play. So, he was a little excited, I guess.

Love you and your reaction bro

Ufff😅...Dire Straits 😍 una de mis bandas favoritas. Mark Knopfler es simplemente un genio, su guitarra es única!! Un zurdo que toca con la mano derecha y sin púa. Gracias por tu reacción ❤ Me suscribo a tu canal, creo que verdaderamente aprecias la buena música. Tengo 69 años y los escucho casi todos los días 😂. Tienen un enorme catálogo, todo excelente. Un abrazo enorme desde Chile 🇨🇱, Suramérica al fin del mundo 😊

Great reaction! Great band!

@stillmrdoge

Ай бұрын

Absolutely amazing man! Wish I had known about them sooner

@marioandreacocco446

Ай бұрын

I suggest to chek it out : Brothers in arms live , on the night, And thank you, keeping follow you😉

Fancy taking this to an even higher level? You should check out the Wembley 85 version! While you're at it check out Tunnel of Love at Wembley as well :) You won't be disappointed!

@stillmrdoge

Ай бұрын

Oh boy another anxiety attack 😂😂

There are 2 keyboard players, each side of the drummer (Terry Williams)

We love the song with you. What a blast!!!

like a new born 💛😼👍

🇨🇦 The Best music written, played, or sung in the past Century, was created and performed from 1959 to 1989 ! #BoomersRock 🇨🇦

@stillmrdoge

Ай бұрын

I agree

❤

@stillmrdoge

Ай бұрын

💕🙌

That is an epic solo; if you liked that, you have to check out Comfortably Numb by Pink Floyd at the Pulse 94 concert. That solo will pull the hide off your brain.

Would love to see you do a reaction to disturbed sound of silence official video.

@stillmrdoge

Ай бұрын

Added! 🙌

Yes, it is a real story ( at least in part) Mark Knopfler worked as a journalist in South London ( South of the river) One rainy night he was drawn to a pub where a band were playing. They weren't very good and at the end of the night ( Time Bell) Mark thought it was funny that these guys announced themselves as "The Sultans of Swing" I worked in Bermondsey and there are several pubs that claim to be where all this happened but having checked them out I still can't tell you which one ( Mind you Guinness fogs the thinking process a little)

this version;;; close your eyes and you will have an out of body experience

@stillmrdoge

Ай бұрын

lol indeed

It was a real experience... the guitar Mark Knopfler was walking n London one da and it was raining so he decided to pop into this pub ( he heard music) the band playing was called The sultans of Swing....not veer liked but he had an idea and hence the song.

Epic

Yes the song is a retelling of them calling in to a London pub,South of the river Thames in a Borough called Deptford.

@stillmrdoge

Ай бұрын

Noice 😊🤞

yea they can play

@stillmrdoge

Ай бұрын

🙌

Here's a nice little vid about where Mark might have heard the Sultans of Swing play in south London. If it was where the guy thinks then it makes me very happy cos my husband played there too.

@stillmrdoge

Ай бұрын

oh wow that's dope!

Once upon a time in the west😊

mind blowing is the phrase

@stillmrdoge

Ай бұрын

lmao yes, yes it is!

@adammclennan2627

Ай бұрын

​@@stillmrdogewant your mind truelly blown? Try "Happiness is the road " by Marrilion (live only please) Adam from Tasmania

Most bands play faster live because they can fit more songs into their set that way.

@stillmrdoge

Ай бұрын

Oh i feel that 🙌

Give the Basel’92 version a listen for a completely different sound and style for this song again it’s just as good but different. Telegraph road from this show is at least as good as this as well.

Bonsoir regarder le live Télégraph Road 1983 super 😊😊

@stillmrdoge

Ай бұрын

Bien sûr, je vais l'ajouter à la liste

The rhythm guitarist (in the black shirt) is Mark Knopfler’s brother, David.

@christiandonarini9618

Ай бұрын

No, he is Hal Lindes. David Knopfler was fired by Mark 2 years before ....

Yes, an actual experience that the thought funny. Sultans of Swing played everything BUT swing.

Oh, and the guitarist you wondered about is Mark's younger brother. Cute guy, love watching him.

@stillmrdoge

Ай бұрын

Haha ok

@richardhargrave6082

Ай бұрын

Sorry to burst the bubble, its Hal Lindes. Mark's brother David left the band in 1980

It's my morning drive song

@stillmrdoge

Ай бұрын

Awesome 🙌❤

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@stillmrdoge

Ай бұрын

yah what he said 😊

E aquellos tiempos , a veces las canciones eran mejor en VIVO que en el disco de estudio !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

@stillmrdoge

Ай бұрын

Estoy de acuerdo y estoy aquí para todo.

i was lucky to see them live best live sound band by far . mark one of the best if not the best pure genius

Mark Knopfler is the MASTER OF FINGERPLUGGIN, the MASTER of timing, his timing is spot on AND GODLIKE playing clean af, It isn't even fair. He can fit any note when and where he wants without messing it up an doing it on instinct. Those are the greatest: Hendrix, Gilmour, Mark Knopfler and both Keith Richards and Mick Taylor on this live version: kzread.info/dash/bejne/o6Gk0rF_YMKqeKg.htmlsi=E9aXK2GbOMvLLM-I It''s insanity. Jeff Beck is the most underrated guitarist, but I think he shares the list because of his unique playing styles.

🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟

@stillmrdoge

Ай бұрын

🙌

You're luagghing in delight, so was I.

@stillmrdoge

11 күн бұрын

Twins lol ❤❤🙌🙌

Great reaction check out telegraph road live

@stillmrdoge

Ай бұрын

Added 👏♥️

@jaynicholas523

Ай бұрын

Also private investigations live

Unfortunately, no likes were harmed in the making of this video...

@stillmrdoge

Ай бұрын

🤣🤣🤣

Ce type là doit habiter sur mars....

The only similarity of this performance to the studio version is the name of the song.

@stillmrdoge

Ай бұрын

The last part seems like it was different hmnn ok

wonder what the band feels these days?

Shadow play.