Dire Straits - Sultans Of Swing (Live Aid 1985) 

Or Miami detectives

They don't give a shit... Knopfler is not a fantastic showman like Mercury. He's content to be only a musical genius of the last 40 years.

That's not only pretty damn funny but pretty damn accurate!

While almost the whole band went full Miami Vice synth pop. Knopfler has on a classic Country and Western shirt, and sweat band. Hes still solidly in 1977. Thankfully. The rest of the band looks like Duran Duran, yes.

@prashant hinge Rumour has it MK borrowed his headband from John McEnroe and never gave it back.

Music is such a beautiful thing.

Stay peaceful my friend 🤜🏾🤛🏾

I think back to when I was 15... Mine gone, too.... Im sorry if it hurts you, still ...This song is timeless

thank you for sharing that memory with us alan. God bless their souls.

Me too, Alan. I watch these videos to bring my family back to me. And for a while we are all together again... I hope they bring you comfort. It's hard to lose people so early.

Aye. This n the Queen set on the same bill. And the Queen thing in Wembley the next year. Both are one of the greatest live musical performances of all time but I might be biased. (google chrome spellchecking "Wembley" as "emblem" - FFS)

THE greatest*

Exactly , i was born a decade and years after this but if only I could attend this gig, dire straits snd queen giving their best life performance.

When watching the Bohemian Rhapsody movie, before Queen come on stage at Live Aid, you can hear Sultans of Swing playing the background 🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰

@@michaelterryantoniades3060 yes !! This detail made me happy when I watched the movie:)))

@@michaelterryantoniades3060 thanks, I actually never noticed that, I'll surely try to hear it next time I watch the movie

Now imagine is trapstar intro started playing in the background and L0n3r Johny just jumped in the mf stage screaming

I dont mind

Brilliant one Harry, made me laugh out loud at 3am :)

🤣

Fkin casual holding everyone back

He never will

Yes with David Gilmour and Keith Richards......

Not in You opinion. It is so

Facts

Not just your opinion. He has the best sound of them all.

@@fanfanlegrand451 Haha. Keith. :') Gilmour and Knopfler would be sad to be mentioned in company with Keith Richards.

Exactly! Real talent, not many made like him

One word: talent

I can't give a complete answer, but the part about 'having the guts to play live' is because he can do all of the things you mentioned before that.

There is only one word to describe Mark Knopfler GENIUS.

Lots of practice

Is fueda

I love his coat

@@emilymathews7073 I bought the same #cause of him, at the time. But I didn't wear it, 'cause I'm not Jack Sonni.

ZZM you never wore it? Is he Jack?

@@emilymathews7073 Perhaps once, yes the man with the red coat is Jack Sonni. Have a nice week-end!

The other guitar is too, though you can hardly hear it here. The bass line pushes everything along really well too. It's a masterpiece. It had to be released three different times to find it's audience tho.

Every part of this song is very technical in its own right just the guitar stands out

Terry Williams had huge toms on his kit.

Agreed! As a drummer I love this song and how technical the drums are played but the whole band is so good! The recording is easier to hear the drumming and the intricate dynamics of how he plays!

in studio drums is great, but here live........the drums is shoking.........plus the sound mixing its disaster....but well, I thnik its hard with many bands one scenario, the volumes, the instruments........and 1985

Yes Terry Williams certainly did that!

Terry Williams, he carried the entire song !

Check out the Alchemy Live version. He's absolutely on fire there.👍👍👍

I read this at around 5:45 while Mark was ripping his solo and then i tuned into the drummer like damn they both doing a solo😂

Drummer Sina too.

Verdade!

I’m a bit partial to David Gilmour but Mr. knofler had some magic skills.

Simon ❤

With you there.

You need to listen to some proper guitarist

harshluhar +10000000000000000

No showing off! That's what I admire the most. They're not your basic rock stars that will jump up and down the stage, wear ridiculous outfits, and do crazy sh*t on the stage. Man just picks up his guitar, stands there effortlessly and blows you away! It's about their music not about them! Brilliance!

harshluhar he still plays like that today. Totally unselfish, just into his music!

Tout a fait, d accord

@@Marija86 I mean to be fair, the outfits are at least slightly ridiculous in retrospect.

In the music world he is considered one of the best. Up there with Clapton.

I remember when I first heard Dire Straits. The guitar sound was so clean, crisp and pure compared to other bands at the time.

​@@FacheChanteDeuxdon't forget David Gilmour

And never the same!

8:44 he controls everything😎

And what happened with Lisa?

O que aconteceu com Lisa?

BTW, he's one of those men who has really aged gracefully. Looking at him in recent videos and then these old ones, he's much more interesting-looking now that he's matured. Some British men do that--Sean Connery is one. Of course, it could look that way to me because I'm almost as old as he is and have been listening to him most of my adult life. So looking at his old videos, he just looks so young.

Thee best guitar player!!!

@@sherryburrows882 Surprising since so many Brits are probably in-bred, having lived on that relatively small island for so many centuries. Of course, Knopfler's ancestry is not longtime British. He is part Hungarian Jewish, on his father's side anyway.

@@sherryburrows882 If you haven't already, give a listen to MK's live version of Brothers In Arms in Berlin, 2006. A masterpiece. His older, deeper voice makes the song sooo much better than the original version in 1985.

RK807 what drugs are you taking ?

Terry Williams is a fantastic drummer - check out Alchemy Live

Terry Williams is great!

You can tell he's in charge because of the refs jersey he's wearing

Killer!

Drummer went crazy! Right from the start 🙌🏾

they are all time legend.. todays music is dead

Marks my favorite guitar player

@@garyc39 he is in the hall of fame :p

¿Almost 40× years? (Yah, THIS concert, I guess...) I could swear that I was hearing this SONG (Studio Version) on the FM; back in late 1978, or very early 1979!!!

​@garyc39 one of mine too. Probably top 3

Did it actually?

@@judefrench2698 yeahh listen carefully

@@onurekici7302 i heard it immediatly at the first time 😃

Actually the best scene was when Queen went on stage and gave the best performance of the day.

@@JohnWiIkesBooth I think it was the best of their lives

your comment made be laugh man!

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

mark knopler so cool even the sun cannot burn dracula

I almost lost my shit when he sashayed across the stage in front of the camera @3:10. He looks like CGI.

@@alexandreperrongrenier6120 damn straight me too

He knows all the chords! All of them!!

And a dreadful headband!

I put him up there with Jimi, Carlos Santana, Alvin Lee of Ten Years After, and Brain Setzer

I'm a Floydian so I instantly go to post-Roger David Gilmour.

No love for Hank Marvin?

He use red strat because of Hank Marvin.

Have to agree but also love Knopflers solo albums, it was the right decision to move on.

Word

Hmmm I like Boston peace of mind,it gives me similar vibes as it is very unique but sultans of swing can't be fully topped

ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-t50sXxeJehg.html

You can replace Straits and reuse this comment often.

he didn't? lol i assumed he is often regarded as one of the greatest guitar players ever

Yeah, when he sits in with Chet Atkins you know he's up there.

Takes me back to my days as a 14 year old…falling asleep with dire straits every night…it was my definition of happiness!

Yep. Makes me blub 😢😊

I love how the drummer is casually chatting to a bandmate - or maybe roadie - while tapping out the beat at the start of the instrumental section!

@@rogink I may be wrong but I think he is counting to himself.

Have a listen to 'Dire Straits - Sultans Of Swing (Alchemy Live)' version on their own channel. Its probably the best video in all of youtube. Live aid (and lots of others) were great performances, but the Alchemy one tops them all for me, and the sound quality of the recording is top notch too.

if their children aren't head bobbing too they clearly have some problem

Moms as well....... 😀

ben pie I’m 15 and am head banging. Don’t think age matters.

Most of their kids too!

I found my 20-year-old me head bobbing so hard to this song :D

So damn bad and totally overplaying

@@kippsguitar6539 Thank you, so true ahahah

@@kippsguitar6539 haha, you can do it better?fo!

@@kippsguitar6539 maybe overplaying, but the grove is undoubtedly there and in the pocket!

@@osianjones667100%.

Legendary !

Couldn’t have said it better myself

Dire Straits couldn't do a proper set like Queen because they had to rush off to do their own show at Wembley Arena that night.

Dire straits were much better than queen,these guys played there instruments so good,this was better than a studio recording, btw queen are utter pish.

​@@dg76 WTF are you talking about,dire straits done a much better performance than queen.ok lead guitarist,song writer ,producer.marc Knofler,lead guitarist queen Brian may,he can play god save the queen,Marc Knofler can play anything, anywhere,and he's not an arse licker trying for stupid medals from an empire that doesn't exist.The man has class.

​​@@dg76i was there in the stadium, for Live Aid. The night after, in Wembley arena to watch Dire Straits live. Two most lucky days of my life. After the concert I slept in a hotel room without a lamp in London, near paddington station

This performance is so good. He somehow blows away the studio version.

Him and Beck definitely!!

Absolutely...........!

He is amazing but Jimi is leading the way...

Simply Knopfler - one of the best guitar players ever!

Your Dad lives on forever in your shared love of the Straights. Peace and love from Australia 🇦🇺

@@toobasaurus23 cheers champ, Adelaide here. Small world hey.

I loved the Sax it reminded me of Bros inArm

How is he underrated?

He's regarded as one of the best guitarists. He's not underated.

To my standards...... underrated.

he is not underrated by no means

To my standards...... underrated.

@ghost mall maybe it’s the fact those kids and their peers don’t know more about him that make him seem underrated her certainly gets respect but is he talked about nearly as much as Clapton, richards, page, no. Even though he’s just as great

they say he is underated because he should be in the top 5 if not number 1

Respected and in top lists by peers, underrated by the general public. Most people don’t know is name but he stands there among the best.

I can't see how could he be underrated. He's undeniably in the all time top 5 - 10 guitar players.

@@RandomDefence man, i mean, yes - he's not on the radio as much as Bad Bunny, but... Like, this song is 40 sum years old. If you're 14 is pretty normal you don't know him. That doesn't make him underrated.

Easy to be confident when you're that brilliant I suppose! 😂

@@cylindrical_1058 They are professional , focused and that comes across as confidence. Clapton is similar very unsure of himself but plenty of front.

Freddie mercury laughs 😂

@ghost mall as a drummer of 28 years thats the first thing i thought when i listened to this... While he did overplay, the only reason it didnt ruin it is because of how talented everyone else is in the band.

The GREAT Mark Knopfler

Je ne lasserais jamais d écouter génial

Frankly far too prominent in this song for me. Really obtrusive compared to the album version. Great drummer, but not on this track.

Total class

Collin Young indeed, especially wearing a pink suit.

His real name is Chris white

7 minutes in i didnt hear a note from him @_@

Brian The Wavvy might want better speakers

He’s even wearing a white Swatch watch...you don’t get any more 80s than that 😎

In 1985-86, Dire straits was the most successful band in the world, U2 didn't have as much success until the Joshua Tree in 1987. I don't think Queen played 300 sold out show that year. The only singer to break dire straits world record of the amount of tickets sold in Australia was ED sheraan last year. Even Eric Clapton was part of dire straits at some point. That's how awsome they were.

They really were massive at this point, almost coming from nowhere to be the World's hottest act in 1985. But it was a level of fame Mark Knopfler didn't feel comfortable with, the Phil Collins/Prince/Michael Jackson/Madonna levels of attention...definitely not him.

At the time they were so big that they were the first band Geldof asked to perform.

Another bit of nice trivia knowledge: Dire Straits has always been very popular in my native country (The Netherlands) and are actually one of only two bands to have had three songs in the Top 17 of the Top 2000 (the other one is Pink Floyd), an annual radio event between Christmas Day and New Year's Eve as voted by listeners. Dire Straits achieved this feat three times: in 2001, "Brothers in Arms" was at #7, "Sultans of Swing" at #10 and "Private Investigations" at #14, while the following year, "Private Investigations" was listed #7, "Brothers in Arms" #9 and "Sultans of Swing" #16. In 2003, "Brothers in Arms" reached #11, "Sultans of Swing" #15 and "Private Investigations" #17. The three songs have structurally been near the top of the list, with "Brothers in Arms" and "Sultans of Swing" always in the Top 35. "Telegraph Road" has also made a rush to the top in the past few years, achieving its highest position (#43) in 2015. The Top 2000 is the biggest radio event of the year in the Netherlands since it started in 1999. This year, the 20th edition will air; Queen's "Bohemian Rhapsody" was the number 1 in 16 out of 20 lists, including this year. Edit: "Telegraph Road" achieved a new top position this year. It was at #40 in the list!

@@blabla48076 Private Investigations being on that list surprises me a lot...great song but i always found it better as a live performance.

Remember 4,6, 3, 1

Piana part is absolutely beautiful

Sax always gives me goosebumps too

Amen to that my friend x

What's the name of the guy in the sax?

As if songs don't still have guitar solos

@@mayac4147 they're not the centerpiece anymore

@@texboy98 depends on what you're listening to...

@@mayac4147 songs nowadays still have guitar solos but they're just not as beautiful as the old ones. Many solos nowadays are computerized

You haven't been listening to the right songs

You and me too mate, last year Mark was in my country for a concert buuuut I was in the same venue 2 days earlier to see Kiss.... So I had money for nothing 😅

Yeah, we all miss them...

They were simply the best.

I wish he would do a reunion tour if even just a short one

Paul Dacus 3 guitar picks * 😅

What will really get you is he's left handed too.

Try Tommy Emmanuel

No, actually its quite healthy, not sick.

Absolutely insane. Best right hand in history. Incredible.

They will always change your mood. To the best.

Yah Buddy….AGREED! 👍👍 ❤️ it!!

Jack Sonni is always happy on stage, just check out their 1986 Australia concert

Inst he marks brother ?..I'd be dancing happy while my brother runs the show.

@@anthonyhindbull3025 No that was the original rhythm guitarist David Knopfler. Jack Sonni was a close friend of Marks who became his bandmate later on

History? Live aid was as big a scam as the blm is now

Spot on. Some people think great guitar work and solos is all about hitting a million notes at once at 100mph. For me it's more about tone, the feeling of the solo, the structure and timing of it and the framing. Not saying the fast solos are not great, of course they can be, but theres more to it than that imo.

@@MegaSting1981 exactly, i prefer hearing brian may than any shredder out there

I agree. Listen to Alchemy live, just genius

@@MegaSting1981 it’s why David Gilmour is so revered. Other have played faster but the emotion, range, and the way the solos expand are gorgeous and have a timeless value

@@MegaSting1981 even then MK still dominates. Brothers In Arms is amazing

Sadly that is indeed the case. At least pure music that was created from the heart and brought to life via lots of blood, sweat and tears in the recording studios will never happen again. With computer audio manipulation techniques and ease of recording, and not to forget sampling and as well as auto-tune for vocals, there just isn't a need for the recording labels who form the Music Industry (it's big business after all) to spend their cash on someone who can really play their instrument well (this includes one's vocal cords as an instrument). After all, why spend hours in a recording studio with a band who wants to perfect their album as well as using it as practice for live shows later. All while it's much cheaper to just get any pretty face off of the street who has the ability to dance and the ambition to become an entertainer, and let the computer geniuses sort everything in the mix.

Then, hear The Warning. I'm 67 & I'll put them side-by-side with the greats we knew. ru-vid.com We always mention them with the greats in an effort to find good, adequate, suitable adjectives; they are THAT good, The Warning are.

LogiForce86 go watch tennyson break down theirs tracks, tune in to a virtual riot stream, look up porter robinson’s files. Guy spent 500+ hours on a single track. You have no idea of how much work there is behind those tracks. Luke from tennyson is an amazing piano player and an even better composer.

Okeyyyy boomer

More internet nonsense.

So true!

Exactly!!

You can’t

Music? What music?

Simple, listen to the music from the past ;-)

Me too . 👍🏻🇦🇺🇬🇧

@@trevorpickering8660 It was the reverse for me. I introduced them to my dad some time in the 1990s when my dad was in his 60s and he loved listening to Dire Straits's stuff and pretty much no other music I liked.

I was exposed to DS when I was 8yo or 2nd-grader back in 85 by my 4 older brothers. Since then I love listening to all DS stuffs. It brings my 80s memories🎉❤

This so nostalgic

Me too❤

I lost my Dad many years ago. He inspired me to play the guitar. I have one of his. Just today I started learning this song after many years of enjoying Mark. Go to the show with your Mom. Smile and cry in your Dad's memory.

He will be there in spirit believe me

The comment above...rest in peace...and enjoy yourself..its just a ride x

I saw him in Leeds last night. He was brilliant. Hope you enjoy wherever you see him perform.

🙏🏼❤️

.... maybe he is just enjoying play guitar with his band: I love his personality, never overboard because he does not need it!

god of what? Becareful little one

The Happy Cappy god dont exist

Maybe because phones didn’t have the capability to record until 15 years later!!!

NO I PHONES then.... I graduated in 1988 ... Saw a "CELL PHONE" in 1992 the size of a LUNCHBOX!!!! Cost $3.00 a MINUTE just to TALK!!! Never used a Computer in HS... Didn't have them.... I'm only 54!!!!

I was there and didn't take my iphone 15.... didn't care...

It was a concert of all time !

Queen is the best band by far

Considering that that crowd witnessed THIS followed by Queen giving arguably their best live show.. I'd say - yes. A crowd of lucky bastards.

@@mantralibre1367 I was one of those lucky bastards !

@@cappuccinoordeath what a great day man. Great memories to have! Good to hear from a witness! 🙂

Money for nothing was the better performance that day for dire straits.

Hellllll yeah it was!

totally agree

Queen was my favourite band, until I heard Sultans of Swing for the first time.

I agree. I still think Queen stole the show but Dire Straits put up a hell of a fight. Great musicians.

Brian Allen Francia and Pink Floyd

@@callmeej8399 and the Stones and the who and Sabbath for me

Trying to figure out why all the dislikes,I'm guessing that his guitar wasn't quite loud enuff or well I just don't know

Same here,born in 1991 in Mumbai, India.Never came to know about any music from west world specially the music from 1950-1980 heard the Led Zeppelin's Stairway to heaven 9 years ago and now I am thankful for RU-vid for all this music.

@@surendrakamble5115 never too late mate.

That entire day was pure magic.

I prefer Pick Withers to be honest,a true genius

@@ekstradycja nah Pick couldn't translate this to a live Rock epic

@@boxychubbo6922 I love the fills they’re amazing

@@boxychubbo6922 The fills is what makes this live so unique and energetic. Me personally I am a fan.

He can't play anymore. He has carpal tunnel in his hands. Runs a pub in Cardiff Wales now.

His job and very simple

Does anyone know if Marks solo tours guitar neck cam videos are on youtube or anywhere??

Yeah! Amazing performance, right, lol, just lol😄👏👏👏

He's so focused extremely relaxed and uncanny depth of confidence knows how to get your attention right from the start.

There's another live version they did at Wembley with Eric Clapton in like '88 or '89 and then one from the 90's called A Night in London which was much smaller and more intimate but still fabulous

@@lawrencedockery9032 THANK YOU! I WILL CERTAINLY LOOK INTO IT. MARK IS DEFINITELY IMPRESSIVE UNBELIEVABLE IN ANYTHING HE DECIDES TO ACCOMPLISH. CERTAINLY KNOWS HOW TO PUT ON A SHOW W HIS BAND. BYE FOR NOW 🎸🎸🎸🎷🎵🎶✌✌🤗☺🤩👍❤💘

Check them out in their performance of Tunnel of Love live from Wembley.

but can you play the solo funny guy!?

@@Don-Forta i can.... its not THAT hard. Mark's hands make it sound so good. The man is a legend.

@@moonboogien8908 the timing has to be perfect.

Sim fisoalisačoes sofie burrill!!!😊

Guitarrista❤😊

Phil Collen of Def Leppard and one of the guitarists from Night Ranger could.

Lindsey Buckingham

Marty Friedman

You will never get a Dure Straits movie or any movie except a Queen movie bc our society now only feels romantic about gay people who died of AIDS and other self inflected causes. Queen never played on US soil. If Freddie Mercury were living today no one would care bc he would be justcanither fat, gay, yesterday rick star. Facts. Way overrated.

@@kissthefox9141 Queen never played on US soil?

The Man From Hell I don’t think it’s a shame to remember live aid bc of queen at all. They were easily the best act of the day and while marks guitar work is legendary in itself, Freddie’s performance directly after this one is what gave live aid it’s modern reputation

There was Queen and Dire Straits. And David Gilmour played guitar for Bryan Ferry. What more is there.

I think of it this way, thanks to the movie and Queen, many who are too young to know will be curious to find out what the hell Live Aid was, and they will start watching these videos, and will start knowing what a gigantic amount of huge talent those of us who were lucky enough to live through the 80's had to watch and listen to.

Yeah pretty much everyone was there.

There were too many great artists there, Judas Priest,Queen,Dire Straits, Black Sabbath the list goes on.

You lucky fxxker love dire straights Marc Koehler the gig on guitar 🎸

How lucky you are!!!!

What happened in the queen movie?

Me too

@@benjagalambos166 you could hear the end of this song playing while queen were gering ready

@@rainerwinkler1026 Sorry for being annoying, but where can I find it?

same

Ridiculous, he's massively rated

But Dire Straits was a hugely popular band.

Steve Winwood is an underrated guitarist.

Underrated? He is a guitarist legend!! What are you talking about ?

Yes indeed, and David Gilmour, Brian May etc