My husband Gareth & I played this on cassette in the car over & over. We were together for 34 yrs. l lost him in 2020 to pancreatic cancer at 58 yrs old. This reminds me of you Gar & those times. All I do is miss you..... Love you always Gar

@stevetrivago

4 ай бұрын

❤☮️🙏🏼

@kathykimes5724

3 ай бұрын

I know that feeling I lost mine a year ago of 34 years.

@davidvonkarlsson

4 сағат бұрын

Sorry for your loss

Perhaps the most perfect piece of music ever written.

@bbigphill38

Ай бұрын

Agreed

@cancelcasey

29 күн бұрын

Agreed

Hey Mark, if you happen to be sitting at the computer some day or evening and looking down at the comments. . . . Back in the day I had a paper route. First thing I did with the money was open a bank account. Mother made me. Second thing I did was buy a Dire Straits album. Played it til the tape fell out of the cassette. Now here I am an older dude, still listening. And I've got my own Juliet. A decade later and she still haunts my dreams. This is one of those songs where I stop playing along on my guitar and just listen. Take care, man. Great work, as always.

@lethiapage4767

5 жыл бұрын

The good songwriters seem to help us tell our own stories, don't they? I remember saving to buy records.

@michele21auntiem

5 жыл бұрын

Seems we have all had our Romeo's and Juliet's. That one you still think about. You still love no matter what. Mark captures that.

@rankacikos785

5 жыл бұрын

This song is so special to lots of people and it is to me also because i am waiting for him to call me. Juliet loves Romeo♡x

@edoss5302

5 жыл бұрын

Great comment

@gbjames64

5 жыл бұрын

I had a paper route. Saved up for Love Over Gold. Glad I did. I still love him and have no gold! My Juliet loves me anyway. Music. Nothing else comes close.

You only have to listen to the very end to see the respect from the audience. No anticipatory Whooping or clapping, just attentive awe, then eventually the heartfelt applause. Epic.

@sueanthony9553

4 ай бұрын

So true. You can't hear a pin drop but only true respect from All. How can one not respect this Genius that gave US so much.

Especially ❤ to hear Mark sing this song.

I always feel this song is hugely underrated. Hardly hear it on the mainstream radio. If the Beatles wrote this song it would be considered one of the greatest ever written. A masterpiece

@JJWoosh2

11 ай бұрын

Amen

@northofyou33

10 ай бұрын

It is one of the most brilliant "lost love" songs ever written. Highly literate and passionate. Just gets better with time.

@ivanabonacicdoric8537

8 ай бұрын

Underrated by who? Song old 40+ years, and still owesome and aprechiated

@raychilkick8657

8 ай бұрын

@@ivanabonacicdoric8537 not by the radio stations, ask most people to list their top 10 love songs and this won't be in it

@davidy932

6 ай бұрын

My favorite rock ballad ever.

IMHO - The best version of this song I have ever heard. Mark did it again in bringing a tear to my eye. He is simply like no other guitarist in the world.

@billivey2774

Жыл бұрын

Right? I listen to this version relatively often and still it moves me every time.

@y.r._

Жыл бұрын

The best version? Nah. Second best, but still miles behind On The Night. The piano&sax there were just absolutely magical

@bucstart

Жыл бұрын

@@y.r._ Great comparison, but BIA has a personal impact on me as an X service member that lost dear friends.

@y.r._

Жыл бұрын

@@bucstart I am not sure what Brothers in Arms has to do with discussing live version of Romeo and Juliet. Although the On The Night version of BIA is also the best out of all live performances of the song in my opinion.

holy moses, that one of a kind recording.. but that piano man is oustanding.. thanks for the music you beautiful people

never get sick of listening to mark

All I can say is excellent❤

This song touches my Soul! Would Love to see Mark in person! He's sooo talented!

You could work a whole lifetime in music in the hope of writing a song like this. A truly timeless song.

This song hurts my heart every time I hear it. The early rendition came from the longing and pain of a young man. The older Romeo sings from a deeper, lingering remembered and still felt ache...

@hughbarton5743

3 ай бұрын

Thank you, Marilynn. It is, as you suggest, that it looks at how the passage of time touches us all. Nifty pieces of writing.

@guitarsoundsaround

2 ай бұрын

This song takes me to thoughts of my Romeo ~ except he’s got the writings of a King 👑🫵🏻💞 and I can feel his words serenading my heart ❤ I am so grateful for his love ❤️💘

This is the most emotional version i've seen....everything seemed scaled back just a touch and the song was more powerful for it. Bless his heart you could see he had stuff on his mind while this was filmed. The face he pulls when his voice breaks a little at 5:03 is just so telling. Beautiful beyond words.

@northofyou33

10 ай бұрын

I feel like he's really feeling the woman he wrote it about. Painful, beautiful song.

@luisbotto1391

5 ай бұрын

Bitter sweet memories

Mark Knopfler is one of those guitarists that never had to be told to turn down.

You are the best guitariste in the World Mark merci beaucoup 🎉🎉i

Mark, "your golden heart"!

So underrated. A great songwriter, guitarist and unique voice. He was, is dire straits. A great talent.

Possibly the best version of Romeo and Juliet. Almost always brings a tear to my eye.

@FinnensPappa

7 жыл бұрын

Great version, but nowhere near Alchemy-standard.

@DirkjeA

6 жыл бұрын

Dragonsneeze, I do so agree with you. These lyrics are sheer poetry, the song is timeless and goes straight to my heart.......

@JevilPlushDeltarune

6 жыл бұрын

Mine too.

@djeemeehandrick7434

6 жыл бұрын

Dragonsneeze me too!

@neilswift2203

6 жыл бұрын

"Almost" Are you dead inside? Also use your real name? Are you like fucking 12?

In the section between 3:20 and 3:45, the song slows to a softer beat, and Mark’s demeanor seems to suddenly become more somber. His voice takes on a huskier tone; his eyes grow softer and more contemplative; and the moment when head slightly tilted, his mouth strains with nearly uncontrolled emotion. This is what I love most about Mark Knopfler. He doesn’t just mouth words, he lives them. There are only a number of musicians I regret not having had the chance to go see perform live. Mark is on the top of that list.

@katiezee2

3 жыл бұрын

I'd read that he wrote the song about his girlfriend of the time who heartlessly dumped him and hurt his heart... but when he's singing the song these many years later he seems to be feeling the lyrics emotionally, getting teary-eyed. My take on that is not that he's remembering the girl from almost 20 years before, but likely that he was going through a painful divorce at the time.

@bigbirdwpg

3 жыл бұрын

I had the opportunity to see Mark and this band (mostly) perform here in Winnipeg at our Concert Hall. I went with a few friends and my wife. To this day we talk about that experience and agree it was the best live concert we've ever attended, bar none.

@karenwoo9068

3 жыл бұрын

@@katiezee2 The girlfriend at the time was Holly Vincent. He does get very emotional when he sings this song, and I agree it can't be about the break-up from 20 years ago. So you make a good point that he might have been going through a painful divorce with his ex-wife, Lourdes. Does anyone know why they got divorced? I remember reading at the time they supposedly had a solid marriage so people were surprised about the divorce. I am happy for Mark that he certainly seems to have a happy marriage with Kitty. He is awesome and deserves to be happy.

@tinaboslego7069

2 жыл бұрын

same here, maybe he'll give it a ho once more at some point

@MrTimBranston

2 жыл бұрын

I heard he got dumped by gorgeous Holly from Holly and the Italians. That would break anybodys heart!

Not saying anything new here but such a beautiful song. Those lucky lucky people in the audience. Thanks for sharing Mr Knopfler ❤

Your music is absolutely beautiful Mark Knopfler.

This was the first Dire Straits "single" I bought back in the day. Love, love,love Mark Knoppler xxxx ❤

The power of Mark's music and lyrical poetry is unmatched...there's just no comparison, he can take your heart right out of your chest and pull a lifetime of your deepest memories out of you in ways you are helpless to resist. This is artistry of the highest order...thank you...just thank you for continuing to share this with the world.

@loligarciajerez5945

5 жыл бұрын

Mark Hilliard de 5

@HonRevPTB

5 жыл бұрын

ABSOLUTELY AGREE & THIS TUNE DOES JUST THAT!!!!!!!

@metsot

5 жыл бұрын

And there's always amples of giftedness at the root of it all.

@CryptoGrizzly710

5 жыл бұрын

brilliancy worded

@milannovakovic2449

5 жыл бұрын

Power of music .....all the way to my heart in Serbia.

There are some songs that can just take your soul back to a very specific moment in time... and you are right back to that place, that feeling, that pain, that passion, that loss. This is one of those . I can hear the opening notes and it is like 35 years have stood still -- frozen.

@LesleyB38

8 ай бұрын

Beautiful

many times have I watched this video with my eyes closed... Just letting the music take me back to those golden moments of life - the beautiful ladies that built the embers & flames of my heart... One night or a hundred nights until the day I found my Juliet.. a thousand nights, ten thousand dreams, ten million thoughts that make this life and our love impossible to describe.

My wife passed away in February at 32 years old (way too soon). I miss her a whole lot and listen to this song thinking of her. Dire Straits has been one of my favorites since I can remember hearing music and this song is a major reason why

@sameerwadekar8004

4 ай бұрын

Sorry for your wife. God give you strength to cope up. Dire Straits is healing. Touch of divinity

Untouchable song by a songwriting god

Can't say anything... except your song has me in tears -- everytime, Mark!

Absolutely beautiful, great band as well

Not only is Mark the greatest guitarist of all times he is a poet as well. When you listen to the words carefully you can learn and realize further meaningful lyrics. His reference to There’s a place for us , just like the movie song, is reference to West Side Story. Almost all of his songs include reference to the past. Songs like Brothers in Arms, Sailing to Philadelphia, All the Road Running, If This is The End, and on and on have profound meaning. He is the greatest of my lifetime.

5:09 - Mark's face makes me cry.

@merthur88

4 жыл бұрын

what is it about him? I just die every time i see this

@aspjake123

4 жыл бұрын

omg damn. How did I miss that. Gut punch for sure. Thanks Tiago for pointing that out.

@paulinodf1000

4 жыл бұрын

@@aspjake123 That goes deep man. Noticed that since the first time I watched this

@sannox01

4 жыл бұрын

Look at 3:00 to 3:35 too, where it fades to a different camera. The song is about Holly Vincent, an old flame, you can see there is still a lot of emotion there, this is probably the only video of this track where it's really apparent.

@ChickpeatheTortie

4 жыл бұрын

He certainly is a cutie and I wish he was mine

One of the best singers and guitar players in the world no contest in a league all of his own

The best thing about Mark is that he's this unbelievably gifted master song writer, but seems so approachable as if you could sit down in the pub with him for a pint.

@nimeshsompura

5 жыл бұрын

Rghttttt

@Mute040404

2 жыл бұрын

About 1977 i was in the local laundrette in Deptford & asked a bloke sitting reading a book if he had any change for the machine. We got talking & mentioned line of work. He said he was a musician in a band & mentioned the name. Thought it was unusual, didn't think anything of it.. A few months later saw the band on TOTP

What ya gonna do about it? OMGosh, I SO love him.

Love this song so so much thank you mark god bless

Beautiful song, brings such memories to my heart!!

He always sings and plays with soul...not only with fingers. But... those fingers are golden like his heart

Mark nails( aceses) this song. ❤

This song actually makes me cry endlessly like a baby.. I have so many memories that come up to my mind every time I listen to this song... Mom I love you. Forever and always. ❤️

One of the most beautiful songs, brings good memories to my heart! ❤

Mr. Knopfler, thank you so much for your beautiful music ! You are the greatest musician ever!

Grateful for every emotion this song puts me through, it is so, unbelievably beautiful and sad. The decades have passed me and this song keeps me in the same place i once fell in love and watched it slip away. This song is my bittersweet corner of the world.

Still love,love love this song. Mark's voice is sublime ❤xxxx

I'm just going to put this on repeat for the rest of my life

The best part of live performances is the emotion they portray and in turn, elicit emotion from us. This is beautiful!

@donnacsrpenter7226

3 жыл бұрын

Werd

How can that not be more heartfelt and, just stunning?

Love your music since Dire Straits. Your a legend my friend ❤❤❤

This is absolutely beautiful rendition 🤩

Mark Knopfler, you are an illuminated being and you are full of pure Love when you compose your music. I Love you for this.Thank you.

Stunning ❤

Mark Knopfler's music is simply awesome

One of his best version . Beautiful.

The greatest love song ever written.

The sincerity of Mark when performing is what I believe makes this song so effective in capturing the right emotions

@brianchadwell2

4 жыл бұрын

Its because he lived it. He wrote this song to a lover who used him to try to gain a name inthe music industry and the dumped him.. After all these years it still bothers him.

@sandrahamilton2521

2 жыл бұрын

What a bitch ! I hope she regretted it in the end . 😘

What to say....simply is Mark Knopfler and all songs are beautiful from him alone or with Dire Straits!

Easily the best version ever of this song!! The emotions he sings with is insane. Absolutely incredible.

Mark is a true national treasure

@Wolverines77

3 жыл бұрын

My friend, he should be a UNESCO World Heritage Treasure 😉...

A master of melody, lyrics and guitar. I've been fortunate to see him 6 times and he and the band are superb live.

Can't put into words how moving this song is too me, after all these years. It's just the best song ever written, your performance is truly magical. Thank you 🙏🏼💙

Mark this Romeo and Juliet is such an awesome song. You are so Awesome. You are the best of the best. Been a fan since I was 13 years old and I am still a Fan. Stay safe Mark a fan for ever

This is hands-down, the best version of that gorgeous song.

One of the greatest love songs ever, and maybe the best version of it

@TheTjnewell

3 жыл бұрын

Yes it is the best version

@Chicharra.85

3 жыл бұрын

Yep...I played this song in my wedding

@deejaydoubleyou1966

3 жыл бұрын

Agreed.. beautiful song, and this performance is magical. I always tear up!

@susanrichard1653

3 жыл бұрын

@@deejaydoubleyou1966 it’s highly emotional and vulnerable. Such as life...

@paulmccormick3205

2 жыл бұрын

Outstanding .

what a masterpiece..pure perfecto

Thank you for bringing this masterpiece to us! Absolutely a joy to see and hear!

As Mark plays it's clear that everyone in the room is thinking about past lovers, "and the way they used to be." What a great song, our shared experience.

@lyndamclean6786

2 жыл бұрын

Amen Amen ♥️♥️

@malehuseng8196

2 жыл бұрын

นบ้าๆ

@billblack5750

2 жыл бұрын

So true wonderful thanks Mark

@claireplant8113

2 жыл бұрын

When you gonna realise it was just that the time was wrong Romeo..

@TheodorW

Жыл бұрын

@@claireplant8113 I know ...

An absolute masterpiece and he’s holding for me what is the most famous guitar ever.

One of the most beautiful songs ever! This performance is out if this world.

A masterpiece!

Alot of credit to the audience for being quiet on this version! Really sets the mood.

One of the legends in the history of music. Few can make a guitar sound the way he makes it sing. His lyrics are about real life. I hope to see him perform again soon.

@orionrodi

5 жыл бұрын

We will have the pleasure in june, on his upcomming 2019 tour. Romeo and Juliet is one of my favorites. Besides, i just love the sound of his "National" steelguitar. This lovesong is an evergreen.

@angelaferrario6031

5 жыл бұрын

Planning to go to see Him at the Greek Theatre this coming September 2019 in LA. TOP OF MY LIST INDEED

@alessiomerciadri6889

Жыл бұрын

Sicuramente la migliore versione di sempre!!!!

I always thought this was the best version of this song, live or studio, and I hadn't heard it in a long time and just listen to it and I still think that. Between the incredible sound and tone of that old national he plays, and the feeling he puts into this, together, it just all works right!

loved this version

Thank you for making me cry .... how easy to make us laugh... but to make someone cry well thats true power - i needed that release amazing song!

Was introduced to this song on a Walkman in 1979. In a Factory in Terr Aar Holland. Thanks George Brown from Glasgow. I wish we had kept in touch. Its like that you lose the people who move on and we forget they gave us something special. It was a Great time in Holland in 1979-82 Hope you are good George and all you guys The Dirty Dozen Van Der Pijl.Ter Arr.

This version of Romeo and Juliet is so emotional. I've watched it since released and it's just as potent now as then. Around 3:10 is when I can't hold back any longer. At 3:28 when his lip quivers and all that emotion. ...oh man..... what a love song!!

@sannox01

6 жыл бұрын

The emotion is for all to see, the song is about an ex of MK's that didn't quite work out, clearly. Powerful song.

@robertbielawski5299

5 жыл бұрын

This is what real looks like

@jondunmore4268

5 жыл бұрын

Just amazing that HE still lives these emotions all these decades later. Now THAT'S real art!

@fasihuddin8969

5 жыл бұрын

His expression at 5:08 "you and me baby, how about it"..

@metsot

5 жыл бұрын

you've got perception if anything

Stunning. Congratulations to Dire Straits on their induction into the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame.

@DirkjeA

6 жыл бұрын

Well, that was about time wasn't it?

How I'd love a night in London like that...love all the colors and his band is perfectly timed to each other...his words are so adorably sweet

Thank you for all the wonderful music Mark!

This song is so perfect musically you just become mesmerized by it. The piano and the guitar intertwined with all the band. The singing - kind of talking - style of Mr. M. Knopfler. The lyrics. The orchestration. It's amazing.

Tapping his foot and snapping his fingers...... so naturally❣️

well, that was magical....

The look on Mark’s face at 3:31 is heart crushing!

@susanrichard1653

3 жыл бұрын

Not true, you have a goddess mane of hair darling. True story.

Voice, music and strokes from another world

Master piece

My absolute favourite song EVER!!! I have loved this song from the first moment I heard it!!!❤️ Everytime I listen to it, it moves me... still to this day! Thank you MK for perfection! 👌😊✨

@michaelharris5515

6 жыл бұрын

But Juliet . . . Sigh. At least you left me with decent taste in jazz.

@heathermackinnon9527

5 жыл бұрын

Same! When I was in university, it was always the song I signed off with on my campus radio show.

@snuuu4547

5 жыл бұрын

Jody White - agreed, my fave too

@markgowans

5 жыл бұрын

@Jody White I think its the National steel guitar that makes it special. If that had been done on an accoustic or god forbid an electric it just wouldnt hace been so wonderfully emotional.

@tbaine8133

5 жыл бұрын

By far my favorite song of all time as well....I like the version The Indigo Girls do too but the original by Mark Knopfler and Dire Straits is nothing short of a masterpiece!

Mark Knopfler and David Gilmour are my 2 favourites 🎸🎸💯🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Quel plaisir je ne me laisse pas. Merci Mark

One of the best guitar artist in the last 60 years. I hear this music since 40 years... and I'm never tired of it. Thats music for eternity!!!

why does this man melt me in every way

@davidlloydgriffitify

4 жыл бұрын

Maggie this song is for me the best ever written beautiful.

As always outstanding performance

Absolutely incredible Heartfelt and some of the greatest guitar playing ever

I just can't find the exactly words to describe how much this beautiful song is. Mark's voice is... Heaven.

@Bognostrokulum

4 жыл бұрын

All you need is find the exact mood to enjoy this beautiful song! :-)

@sandrahamilton2521

2 жыл бұрын

I agree it’s just amazing x

@marisameloni9021

7 ай бұрын

❤❤grandissimo MARK non sbaglia mai che suono meraviglioso can,one intramontabile❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

One of the songs of all times !

a beautiful song

What an amazing song, what an amazing performance

37 ans que j'écoute ce titre!💕 A great song of a great great great genius !🎶🎶🎸 Thank you so much Mark !👋👋

Awesome song!❤

I can never ever get enough of this version of this song. So many beautiful heartfelt deeply touching moments.

I came here because the message came from Mark Knopfler, and because I hadn't listened to this song in ages. I still knew all the words though. Fantastic stuff.