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

6 күн бұрын

Sorry for your loss

Perhaps the most perfect piece of music ever written.

@bbigphill38

Ай бұрын

Agreed

@cancelcasey

Ай бұрын

Agreed

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.

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.

Especially ❤ to hear Mark sing this song.

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

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

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

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

4 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 ❤️💘

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

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

Betrayal, loss and yet... love that refuses to just go away. So beautiful.

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

Mark, if you ever read these....... you’re a genius, mate

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.

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.

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

7 ай бұрын

My favorite rock ballad ever.

never get sick of listening to mark

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

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

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

Mark, "your golden heart"!

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

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

Mark is a true national treasure

@Wolverines77

3 жыл бұрын

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

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.

All I can say is excellent❤

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.......

@idiotpokemon

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?

Love this song so so much thank you mark god bless

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 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

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

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

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

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.

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 .

Beautiful song, brings such memories to my heart!!

Mark nails( aceses) this song. ❤

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!!!

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

Your music is absolutely beautiful Mark Knopfler.

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.

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

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

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

6 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.

This is such a beautiful song , what it was written about and played for I suppose is JUST PART OF THE WALK OF LIFE , so yes life and the walk with many bring you pain and some may just use you for what they need to till they are done in getting what they need , do not want to judge another or who caused who harm , it is just such an amazing and beautiful song till you find out what the lyrics are truly about . Your music is just awesome , you a humble person and you made it through all that pain and yes it was not the right time of Your Walk Of Life for that relationship as painful as it was , I salute you for your music and always writing and playing about something and not nothing , Great guitarist , great solo player and one of the best bands ever , Dire Straits

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 🙏🏼💙

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

The greatest love song ever written.

Absolutely beautiful, great band as well

It was just that the time was wrong. Sad...Mark is the best at putting it in a song. The song speaks from the heart

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

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

When I listen to this song, Mark I get a big lump in my throat. I have a Romeo, who lies tenderly in my heart.

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

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!

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

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

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

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

This is truly one of the greatest songs of all time and I wish you could have got more credit when he was alive ultimate best I love him forever 😭💖💋💯

Incredible how a raspy voice can sound so elegant

if this performance does not move you,, your not alive

@annesperling978

9 ай бұрын

Ya baby!!!

a beautiful song

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

Is there a more profound and emotionally cutting love song ? I suspect not. A masterpiece.

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

I don’t believe the 258 thumbs down…What a beautiful song..Thanks Mark..I love the way you love what you do..God bless!

Mark Knofler is the reason I picked up a guitar 33 years ago. I just wanted to be able to play like him, and I think I achieved a great deal of it, well I hope I did at least. I copied his songs and his fingerstyle and played in my room after school every day for hours or until my ma told me to shut up. I'm 47 now and my daughter has picked up the guitar and she's brilliant, much better than I was at her age. Music is a magic and for me, it was a way to escape my reality and be like the greats, even if I wasn't one. I'm so happy that I passed that talent on, like my dad did and I hope my daughter does the same one day. Learn to play and bring music into your future and your family. It's the last true magic left.

Your biggest fan her in Papua New Guinea, I love you mark !! I’m your biggest fan , I was born in 1994, I love you mark ! Your the best guitarist!! All your song, reflects my life ,I love you! And I’ll be always your number one fan in the Pacifics islands !!!

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 ...

One of the songs of all times !

Loved this concert back in the day one of the times when the BBC delivered something decent

It's me or something's up with that gorgeous fantastic cello player? Must be me. But I love this song since the 80s. It will resound in the fabric of the Universe for a long time. Thank you Mark.

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

30+ yrs later..... best version listen to it over and over dreaming of simpler times.

Festival hall sometime back in the 80s and not one sound from the audience while Mark was on fire with this song . Will go to my grave with the memory of the best performance I have ever seen/heard from anyone .

One of the greatest guitarists on Earth ever.

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?

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 . 😘

Mark you are amazing. In every aspect. Your music is great. You are an excelente person. Every song exales genious like music. And above all you have always been very straight to earth man. I am tankfull for every emotion your music caused on me. Sometimes i had to cry...but that's allright. Those were tears of joy. You are a music genious. Please stay safe and shield yoursef with all the love in this world. 🇵🇹

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!!!!

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

Stunning ❤

My favourite song for the last 40 or so years. Thank you.

He is also wearing a blue shirt in this video which matches the curtains too. Making Movies is by far my favorite album from them an epic masterpiece for all time

Voice, music and strokes from another world

Dire Straits for ever. Summer 1986 stadium peace and friendship!!! HELLAS 🇬🇷🇬🇷🇬🇷🇬🇷

One of the only songs written in the last 50 years that brings me to tears every time I hear it. I think that’s the greatest compliment a songwriter can ever have.

Master piece

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

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.

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

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.

Love this version.

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

loved this version

I was enrolled in a Massachusetts college from 79 to 83 and fell in love and got my heart broken over and over again. After one of the more devastating separations I would play this song on my turntable over and over again lamenting on how much of an idiot I was to lose her. This song pulled me apart, but sometimes you need someone to be lonely with and a song fills the void. This one in particular brings me back to that off campus house and my roommates yelling in vain " will you shut that melancholy crap off for crying out loud, and snap out of it" I've loved this song for so long.

@susanrichard1653

3 жыл бұрын

Maybe, you are fixated. This is a common problem. I am extremely open to all music and this is what brings joy to my soul.