Dear RU-vid, thanks for the commercial break towards the end of the final solo, so thoughtful. I was about to enter a trance-like state, you saved me from experiencing total bliss and brought me back to the real world.
Was he really underated? I can remember how big Dire Straits was back in the 1980s. I still have their most popular album in my collection from 1985. It sold over 30 million copies.
Well folks, let's face it. This is one of the greatest songs in the history of rock and roll. As a lifelong devotee of listening to epic rock and its guitarists (First rock concert I ever saw was Cream in '68, second was The Jimi Hendrix Experience in Nov. '68) I speak, well, from experience. I've seen many other greats live, but this guy, I mean how many players can construct a solo like this that builds tension for so long? The lad is a bit of a genius, I declare. And seriously, the entire band is absolutely killing it.
You lucky bastard. I just hit the scene in the late 70's and the crack (original pronunciation - its a Northern English/Southern Scottish word nicked by the Paddies) was about Free and all the old rock stuff. I got AC/DC, Whitesnake, Rory Gallagher and Blue Oyster Cult (just misse Motorhead) and other stalwarts - yer just gotta roll with it. Be happy with you have got and listen to the old stuff (with headphones and a cotes de Rhone)
@@ronhall9039 I get a real kick out of telling folks that I saw Hendrix and Cream live in '68. One of the things I remember about the Experience show is when Jimi was introducing one of the big hits like Foxy Lady he said "This is where we were a million years ago, but I know this is what you want to hear". Electric Ladyland had just come out and you could hear that he wanted to move on musically, but the fans wanted the "old" stuff. Joni Mitchell once said "They hate you if you change and they hate you if you stay the same. You can't win, so I decided to go ahead and change". (Paraphrased). Only saw her once but was lucky (again) that it was the tour she did with Jaco Pastorius, Pat Metheny and other great jazz musicians. When Jaco took his solo slot he was playing some amazingly beautiful stuff, quite soft and subtle, when some clown in the audience shouted "Get it on!" (The rest of the audience was being respectfully silent). The look on Jaco's face would have killed the guy, if looks could kill. Not much of today's music grabs me, although I must say that Buckethead is the most amazing musician I've ever heard in my life. Check him out if you haven't already.
All mum´s die, and so do we all... My mum is fighting cancer but we all know it´s a question of time... She knows, we know... It´s a struggle, she is my idol, the best person ever lived and I´m not sure I can cope with the loss of her! But I know she would want me to carry her torch and try to warp the world in the right direction,,, And I will try for her sake, and for all those who will come...
There are many, many of us music lovers & fans who feel exactly the same way about these two extraordinarily special & gifted human beings. I wish Mark Knopfler and David Gilmour could read, understand and grasp what their music has meant to millions of people around the world in the last 40 to 50 odd years.
You are born, you hopefully are raised, you overcome bad times, you enjoy great moments, you plant a tree, you build a house, you love, you raise kids, you might write a book, you age , you think: did I really wrote that music? yes sir, you did and we thank you !
I always read through the comments that are posted under these music submissions, and there is always so much love and admiration for Mark Knopfler. Thank you to all who share how he has enriched your lives through his music. It adds to the magnitude of his gift to the world.
I've been listening to this masterpiece since when I was 11. From the Brazilian countryside, it's a proof of concept that music will always be universal.
Totally agree, as keyboard player and pianist I know just how hard this is to play. Greatness personified, name one group today that can even come close to the bands of yore?
I wonder how the piano, keyboard and sax lines for his best songs came to be what they are. Did the available musicians improv something, or did Mark already know where the notes would go?
@@Cloxxki The songwriter typically shows the chord progression to the other musicians and lets them know the "mood" he wants to create. Good, creative players, at least most of the time would listen, "feel" it out, fall into it and play until it worked. I would guess this is what takes place in the beginning here (there's no sax so I'm assuming you're referring to the flute part). Beyond that, I'm guessing, by watching Knopfler here, he's almost acting as an orchestra leader in a way, as he turns to the other musicians to cue, approve or whatever.
Ohhh My Lord!!!! ...this is simply BRILLIANT!!!... how can a man pack 500 years of history in sooo touching verses of pure emotion delightful harmony...... ohh everything under a Super Mestro leading a great band..... echoing guitar talking smoothly with the beautiful piano ..muuuch more!!!.... ONLY MY GREAT POET COULD DO IT!!!.THANK YOU MARK..💋💋🎸🎸🎶🎶❤️❤️💥💥
I'm about his age ,our generation is truly blessed to have experienced such great Master musicians, the next plastic ,artificial generation will never produce such talents.
Mark the man! His fingers flow like a river, so smooth, such a genius! Underrated for his talent - maybe because not many have heard his solos or Dire Straits Alchemy and all the rankings are based on popular vote?!
I will never forget the first time I ever heard this guy play. I was sitting in a self-serve gas station I worked at over in Dallas and this came on the radio. I was hypnotized in the first few seconds of "Sultans of Swing" and had to just sit there and try to digest what I was listening to. Changed my life, forever. Thank you Mark, still love you and your music like few others.
I dropped by a friend's house. He said, "You've got to hear this." It started with "Down to the Waterline." When the album had finished, all I could say was, "Again." I was blown away. A sound all his own. I knew Mark was one of a kind and even today, he still is.
He was borned with a guitar at the hand of his hand...A french woman in love till 20 years every morning get up with a solo...Plse be curious and go and listen a french guitarist who Clapton congratulates...PAUL PERSON SOLO BA BA BA XXXXX
Mark Knopfler,Will always be one of the most special guitarists of all time. Your music takes me back to the most amazing years of my life thankyou my Brother in arms ❤ From NZ please come back and play for us 😊
Discovering Dire Straights Better late than never. What songs have you heard and whats your favorite. I love Brothers in Arms, Romeo & Juliette cant beat a bit of Money for nothing and the Sultans of Swing....
Mark and Santana are the best guitarists I've heard in my 63 years, IMHO. Love his music. They are great stories of love, romance, friendship, travel thru time.
It seems so easy for Mark to sing ,just like a storyteller telling his story ,music is just flowing behind !!!! GOD BLESS YOU SIR for decades of nice music .
Everything about this man is pure genius. ❤ I appreciate Clapton, Hendrix and Gilmore, but Mark cuts right to your soul. I hope he knows how much we all appreciate his talent.
In times when music has become a festival of rational and technical thought mixed with a gymnastic demand, listening to Knopler again reminds us that music is FEELED, not thought, and that with just one note suspended in time can move you to tears. Thank you Marck for leaving a beautiful mark in our lives.
So true. I grew up listening to him. 40 years later, time has made me realise what a genius he is. It's not just the playing...that would be enough. It's his storytelling, and as you say, the way he builds a song. It's like an entire album in one track. Awesome.
I saw him play this song in Vancouver years ago. It was worth the price of the ticket on its own. So sad he has retired from touring, my daughter is a big fan now and I would love to have seen him one more time with her.
yeah i mean he has a strong legacy, might as well leave out on a bang. he just looks exhausted these days, sad to see age has slowed him down. nevertheless, still GOAT.
9:14 - The start of a fantastic journey... you can feel the anticipation in Mark's wavy arm movements, and then off he goes: skillful, delicate, virtuoso never excessive, always in control. The smartest left hand in the history of guitars...
@@sscholle That's exactly my point. Our favorite hand remains our premier tool, with natural, instinctive, subtly superior capabilities. I am left-handed, I play piano and my accompaniments come out more "special" than my melodies. When I watch Mark Knopfler play, the hand that "makes" the music is the one caressing the frets.
After reading the first comment about an advert spoiling someone's enjoyment of this live performance, I feel particulary lucky to have watched this without the intrusive ads! Beautiful.
That's true, his fingers are magic, and no one can play like him, how much fingers the man have, not many fingers to play like Mark Knopfler, and his brain are full with sounds, music and good stuff, in other Heads are a lot of Shit, Mark is a genie and I hope his live is long, when he's gone no one can beat him, no one come after him with this fingers and so full of music
The final 3-4 minutes of this song is one of the most sublime guitar solos I’ve ever heard (and believe me, as a music critic 40 years since my sophomore year in college I’ve heard plenty). MK is Ultra indeed! Keep on rocking
The Telegraph Road is a major north-south 70 mile thoroughfare in Michigan. Mark Knopfler was inspired to write this song while riding in the front of the tour bus, which made the journey down Telegraph Road. Back then, Knopfler was reading “The Growth of the Soil” (1917), a novel by the Nobel Prize (1920) winning Norwegian author Knut Hamsun, and he felt compelled to put the two together and compose a piece about the beginning of the development along Telegraph Road and the changes over the ensuing decades. This was a metaphor for the development of America and the ruining of one man’s dream in the wake of its decline. “Telegraph Road” (1982) clocks in at 14:15‼️ 💚🎵💙
This video is pure Gold, each second.. . the position, the sound, the colurs and of course the magie of Mr. Mknopfler... Shines! One of the best things of this world, peace!
Probably the cleanest guitar solo ever! Been listening to Telegraph Road since 1982 with how many different players involved (?) over thew years and it never ceases to send chills! I used to think 'Sultans of Swing' was the epitome of Mark Knopfler, but now I think it's Telegraph Road.
Knopfler delivers such a gentle, touching and beautiful song,.. it's hard to get a message across and bring folks to tears at the same time, but Knopfler pulls it off and makes it look so easy... I ❤ You Brother! Thankyou!
What can you say, that already has not been said. One of the best guitarist on the planet, he has given the world that beautiful gift, along with the awesome song writing ability. Thank you Mark, appreciate what you do.🤩❤🥍 Your the best!
Knopfler is a genius, at guitar, and at storytelling. Telegraph Road is one of his greats, perhaps matched only by a number of tracks on “Brothers in Arms” album, which is a masterpiece.
Fascinating how people perceive things so differently, and everyone is entitled to their view. For my part, Brothers in Arms was their worst album by a country mile. Pure commercial junk, and coming after the excellent Love over Gold made it even more of a disappointment. A friend once described it as "music to Hoover to" and he wasn't wrong IMHO.
@@BM-jy6cb There are only two particularly commercial (radio/TV friendly) tracks on Brothers in Arms, “Money for Nothing”, and “Walk of Life”, and frankly, it’s a bit surprising that Money For Nothing got much radio play with it’s play time of over 8 minutes. Of course, they did release two 4-5 minute single versions, so that’s probably what got most of the airplay. I’m sure the MTV video had much to do with that as well. But the rest of that album is where the good stuff is, and none of it is the type of stuff that’s likely to be played anywhere but “Classic Rock” and “Album Oriented Rock” stations.
He never misses a single note/ the absolutely paranormal as in his ability to create such complex melody and phrasing I am so very humbled and appreciative that there are periods of emotional intensity that I feel that my heart will break🎼🎶🎼🎶🎸🎸❤
And the colours keep changing. MK must have created a hundred different versions of Tel road outro. I get the impression he just makes it up as he goes along with just enough consistency so that the band can keep up with him. He's just enjoying himself. I can't imagine he pens out a new score for every live performance. The reality is that this version only has snatches of the original, but what is consistent is his smooth performance of what is an incredibly piece to replicated.
He fell in love with the guitar and many have been reborn as a result. For me, Sultans shows a unique tenderness, truly unique..Notes just like kisses come out and just hang in the air. I want to send him.a.thank you card for Christmas...
He wrote this on tour, driving up Telegraph Road from Ohio to Pontiac Michigan. The road is a two lane stretch through farmlands, past cities and suburbs. Telegraph Road widens into three lanes in both directions. Six lanes of traffic, three lanes of traffic moving slow. Beautiful, especially having driven that stretch of road.
It was, according to Knopfler, inspired by a tour bus drive along Telegraph Road (US 24) in downtown Detroit, while he was reading Knut Hamsun's Growth of the Soil.
Ah fella’s who cares which Telegraph Road this masterfully written song is about. Mr. Knopfler writes mesmerizing stories, linking the words with spellbinding music and finishing it all up with a performance that he makes look as effortless as pulling up his britches in the morning.
I'd forgotten just how good this track was. What an absolute talent Mark Knopfler is. I remember him first appearing with Dire Straits on TV back in the 70's playing Sultans of Swing and realised then this guy was something else.
I was reading a post about Nazareth Speedway which lead me to find Speedway at Nazareth which lead me to again, find a new live version of Telegraph. Blast of song. I own the original Alchemy albums which I had to make into mp3 because they were getting old. Me and my friend went to a place to play pool in the 90's and they had this music box and every time we'd play Telegraph Road and the guys who knew us were "not again a 15 minute track" but they ended loving the shit out of Dire Straits thanks to it, I'm talking in a place north Argentina where local style music is popular. Anyway, I always love to find what Mark's doing lately and I love that he's still playing and there's always a great solo from him.
The telegraph road. He moves you to tears! He is so cool. Soul, music, talent and , all together, the one and only - mister Mark Knopfler ! Long live , we aprreciate you so much!
It's 44 years since I last saw him as a young man playing Sultans of Swing! I bet if you asked him does he still practice, he would say yes, and I'm getting better at it!
Simply amazing .. thanks to all envolved .. there is nobody that can surpass history knowledge and wisdom Mark is the kind of Man, that his peers went to for solice, and inspiration!! ♥️
I was 15 and in the late seventies spun my cousin’s vinyl collection, Dire Traits debut album touched my soul. And became my most sought after band. Making Movies wore out more record deck needles than I’d care to remember. Tunnel of Love refers to a ride in a fair ground , Spanish City in a north eastern seaside town,Whitley Bay. Dust and Diesel, and first dates. Thank you Mark. I’m heading to Christie’s with my piggy bank 31/01/2024. ;-)
