Dire Straits - Sultans Of Swing Reaction | Dire Straits Reaction 

I'm happy because the new generations are starting to find out what real music is about.

One of the greatest live performances of all time!

One of the world’s best guitarists.

This is one of the best live performances of a song in all of rock music.

The stars aligned perfectly that day.

Every single time I listen to this performance, I feel like I'm about to levitate, It is 'eargasmic' !

Thank goodness they captured this performance for posterity. Because they did, you just got to witness one of the greatest live performances ever!

Same concert...Telegraph Road...a true masterpiece. Then also the studio version of Brothers In Arms...sure to get your eyes all wet.

Mark Knopfler has said that the song is about stopping into a bar in London and seeing a pretty bad band playing to a virtually empty bar but seeing that the guys were into it despite their lack of talent and some stuff being said in the crowd. Knopfler said the singer closed the show by saying, "Thank you. We're the Sultans of Swing."

It is not often that any musician could upstage the magical Mark Knopfler, but the insane drummer Terry Williams came pretty damn close. Wonderful music.

Around this time in the mid-80s Dire Straits were the biggest-selling band in the world.

The drummer´s dad was in the audience to see his son, for the first time in his life. The drummer was energized and played a bit enthusiastic. Thats why the guitarists grinned. Mr. Knopfler asked him if he (the drummer) was ok, and he nodded to Mr. Knopfler.

"Telegraph Road" from this Alchemy tour is one of the most beautiful songs ever written.

This blows my mind every time I watch it.

I still listen to their albums. They worked very hard at their game. Class.

I wish that today's drummers could represent like that.

Just from the originality of his style alone, Mark Knofler is one of my favorite guitarists ever, especially lately...im 47 years old & in the U.S. ive heard dire straights on classic rock radio my entire life & always loved them, but lately im a little obsessed, a seriously great band. And, a great reaction:)

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.🤩

Terry Williams the drummer here took this version of the song to a wholle new level at the time, Dire Straits were already awesome, and this is one of the most famous guitar solos of all time. I love that this is your first time hearing it, my hair stood up when i heard for the first time, the year this was released!

One of the best performances of any rock band ever. It's an incredible performance!!!

Just an Elite level Band with Iconic Guitar playing. This is a lesson in "dynamics", the art of band members being aware and listening to each other on a nuanced level of hard to soft and back again. A very seasoned and mature band. Incredible "clean" (non-distorted) guitar tones. The drummers performance is simply outstanding. You nailed it "It is so Perfect"

Check out Telegraph Road from the same concert. It is an amazing journey 🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻

Brothers in Arms. Telegraph Road. Walk of Life. I could go on and on. Great reaction!! 🙂🙂

was lucky enough to have seen them on this tour. they were fantastic.

Dire Straits came out on their first album like gangbusters, "Sultans Of Swing" was their first real radio hit, it is more dressed up here, more jammed out, which enhances the whole experience. They had a big hit with "Money For Nothing", and, at the time, a ground breaking video which got massive airplay on MTV, because the song mentions MTV, with a little help from Sting, of the band The Police.

This is what is known as Professional Grade!

My 12 and 14 year olds are obsessed with dire straits and pink floyd etc which makes me really happy 😊

Great reaction! You could have stood up and danced. No one would complain about it 😃

Last time I saw Dire Straits was in the mid 80's at Royal Albert Hall when Prince Charles and Princess Diana were in attendance. Let me tell you, as a young American backpacker, that was one of my finest memories. Almost as memorable as getting kicked out of East Germany before the wall came down. Thank you Mark Knoffler for the many many hours of listening to Dire Straits music throughout my lifetime! YOU ARE LEGEND!!!

Telegraph road from the alchemy live performance is excellent & worth the watch!

Guarantee the most requested one will be Telegraph Road from the same concert, it was the closer and is another awesome live track that will go down as one of the greatest.

Mark Knopfler is a really incredible guitarist and musician. I know his son. He lives in Brighton in the UK and he’s also a very good musician.

I also got myself a cup of coffee straight away ... I used to play in a band myself, and I know what kind of energy there is when you're on stage and the audience goes crazy.

Mark Knopfler was considered the 44th best guitarist of all time by the North American magazine Rolling Stone, which is no small feat. He is now 74 years old and still plays, and fantastically.

Check out - Tunnel of Love . .Telegraph Road . . Money For Nothing - Brothers In Arms

I love your reaction! Seeing the appreciation for what we grew up with. And the most amazing thing is Mark is left handed, self taught, and uses his fingers to pluck the strings not a pick. Chett Atkins called Mark a Certified Guitar Player, one of only 6 or 7 people he ever made that comment about.

It’s easy to see and hear how the band and audience were into the music! I love seeing how the band members kept smiling at each other. ⭐️👍❤

They took the drum kit off stage on a stretcher....It made it. 😂❤

Perfection

When you hear the term "Tight" about a band, this is it. They were having a ball

I’m a guitarist of 30 years, and Mark is one of my top 5 greatest influences. In fact, the older and more skilled I’ve grown. the closer he gets to being No. 1. Mark is a master of melody. He never plays fast to simply play fast; every riff is so melodic. This performance has about 15 different melodic ‘hooks’ on the lead guitar alone. Every reactor on RU-vid reacts to this song. I understand why: *Alchemy* is one of the best concert films in existence. However, as I’m just a guitarist, i like to see Dire Straits when they were just (the greatest) four-piece pub-rock band. No synthesisers, no sax players…no 12-piece drums kits. My favourite performance by Dire Straits can be found if you search RU-vid for ‘Dire Straits Rockpalast 1979’. Best songs: ‘Lady Writer’, ‘Single-Handed Sailor’, ‘Down To the Waterline’ (one of my favourite make-out tunes, when I was an adolescent, 25+ years ago), ‘News’, and ‘Once Upon A Time In the West’. This is a much more intimate show, and the band are still young and hungry-not quite superstars, yet.

Tunnel Of Love live from Wembley is a must. The feelings that you experience in that song will be found from any other song.

Guitare électrique sans médiator incroyable non !!!!🎸🎸Alors nouvelle génération que pensez vous de cette musique que beaucoup d'entre nous avons connu pendant notre jeunesse et encore aujourd'hui .Bienvenue dans "notre monde" le votre maintenant 😍😍

Yes kids, meet Rock'n'roll! :) No machine will ever be able to replace a man or a woman who mastered his/her instrument, a passion and feeling... remember that!

I’ve never heard this live version before. What a fantastic performance.

I have to say you hit on a lot of points I've always thought. I realized this. While loving trance, house, rock, metal ....Well basically everything. It seems for example that all good trance tracks have breakdowns and huge buildups and it gives you an euphoric feeling. This is obviously a totally different genre and this particular version of the song. Done Live is what makes this version of the song the best. The break down and long build up is EPIC. Every reactor i have seen can not stop moving from start to finish. As you said and showed. Great reaction.

¡ Fantastic !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

You are such a delightful wee person. This is a great song. I'm glad you liked it. 💯🥰

Mark Knopfler, the one in red, is one of the top rock guitarists ever. Next time you watch this (I know you'll watch again), pay attention to his hands. One interesting thing about his playing style is that he plucks the strings with his fingers rather than using a guitar pick. That's normal in classical and flamenco guitar, but it's less common in rock. But he's also a songwriter... he wrote all the Dire Straits songs (6 studio albums plus singles), and he has put out 10 albums as a solo artist since then. He's also done 9 movie scores, including the one for The Princess Bride. His most recent album came out in April 2024. He is 74 years old and has retired from touring, but he's still writing and working in the recording studio.

Entire concert was pure magic.

Dire Straits 😍...fueron geniales!! Mike Knopfler es considerado uno de los mejores guitarristas de todos los tiempos, sus solos son inolvidables. Es zurdo y toca magistralmente con la mano derecha y sin púa, único e irrepetible. Gracias por tu reacción a éste genio. Sigo escuchando casi diariamente sus canciones. Ya tengo 69 años y los adoro ❤

Terrific enjoying you having fun discovering new music. First time I heard this group I thought they're great and have a new unique fun style.

Mark Knopfler joue sans le médiator mais avec ses doigts etc cela donne un son unique

Thank you for sharing your reaction. You are the sixth RU-vidr in the last four days that I have watched that was blown away by this performance. Just think, Sultans of Swing was on their debut album. You are right, you don't want it to end.

This is one of the most epic and beautiful song ever ♥ I would like to remember the names of these wonderful musicians: Mark Knopfler (The King of guitar) - lead guitar and lead vocals John Illsley - bass and background vocals Hal Lindes - guitar and background vocals Alan Clark - piano and keyboards Terry Williams - drums (he is really insane on drums) Tommy Mandel - keyboards not present on stage during this song: Mel Collins - sax Joop De Korte - percussions

Yes, Mark Knopfler is a musical genius. A wide variety of works, from rocking to somber, to bittersweet, and he even wrote scores for movies. Here's a few examples: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-BlD6jCGVU4A.html ( Dire Straits - Lady Writer (Official Music Video) ) ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-vyI9flHHT2Q.html ( Mark Knopfler - Romeo And Juliet Official Live Video) ) ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Z3_HTGdLXL4.html ( Mark Knopfler - Brothers In Arms (A Night In London | Official Live Video) )

"Dire Straits, I don't think I've heard this name before *. The world has changed. Dire Straits, the genius of MK, was the main topic with my friends when I was in high school.

Glad you like the audience, I was in it 🙂 Absolutely fantastic concert, and I have to agree with an earlier poster, YES, it so good that captured one of the best guitar solo's in history ✨

The best version of Dire Straits first song : great way to begin your journey. Recommendations : Money for nothing (first : official video, then from Live Aid) / Brothers in Arms (first : official video, then any live version) / Telegraph Road (Alchemy Live) / Tunnel of Love / Romeo and Juliet / Once Upon a Time in the West / Private Investigations / Your Latest Trick ... I could continue with so much : you won't find anything bad with them... And don't forget to check Going Home, they usually ended their concert with this one and Marc Knopfler just released and new recording of this one with a bunch of great musician with him to raise money for the children suffering cancer.

Maybe my favorite group from that era. Knopfler was amazing

You can keep your Taylor Swifts, Beyoncé & J Lo's.....this right here is real musical talent! 🔥🔥🔥🔥

Do Telegraph Road, from this same concert, Alchemy

My favorite song from Dire Straits is.....Heavy Fuel.....reminds me of my crazy young days....lol....I think you'd love it!

Knopfler is playing lead as he sings ..... not easy to do. So great !

"Weird" Al Yankovic, as is his custom, asked Dire Straits for their permission for Al to do a parody of one of their songs, "Money for Nothing". Dire Straits had only one condition; that they be the ones to play the parody song with Al. As you can imagine, Al quickly agreed. Mark Knopfler is one of the best and most influential guitarists of his generation, if not of many generations. Check out his channel here on RU-vid, where, a few weeks back and without fanfare, he released, for free, an entirely-new full-length album.

I also loved Walk of Life. Like this song, it celebrates the joy of struggling artists

Dire Straits with the lead singer Mark Knopfler got a real music treasure, listen to "Brothers in arms" the lyrics are sadly still true . One of the best songs ever together with "Sultans of swing" Nearly everything Dire straits did is a masterpiece. Best band ever! Mark Knopfler use only his fingers when he plays the guitar , never ever a plectrum.

They had several excellent songs. They made an animated music video for MTV , entitled "Money for Nothing" (some call it "I want my MTV" ) with Sting joining in on vocals. Knopfler went on to have a solo career, and in his elderly years, did several duets. You might want to check one of his live performances with country music star Emmylou Harris.

hi,i grew up listening to dire straits,and i have been watching a lot of videos with people apparently listening to this song for the first time,and every video i watched,and listened to,everybody was blown away by this song,i mean the younger people listening to this song,if it`s true that the younger people like this music from years ago,that is great,because they are hearing music the way it should sound,by people playing instruments,and not electronic machines making the sounds,now if the people who are listening to this music,just act like they like it, to have check out their youtube channel become popular then to me that hurts the true people who honestly know music,and how it should sound,so if you young people really like the song for the first time hearing it,then i think that it is good to listen to new types of music,and explore new types of music,even if they are old,i think the best songs came out from the 50s,60s,70s,and 80s,so i hope you young people listen to more music from the past,i truly think you will love it,from the home of rock-an-roll

Great Reaction, Glad you loved it

Loved your reaction;btw...i listened to this masterpiece countless times...even after 1 million times i m sure it would be with same passion...such great it is.. perfection.

Loved your reaction Ola, loved how you started moving as soon as the music started . It does that to everyone.

I bought the album where this track comes from back in the summer of 1978 a time when the UK was in Dire Straits itself. I was a bricklayer, 34 years old married with two kids and we played the heck out of that album. On our 25th anniversary the kids put on Two Young Lovers (Alchemy Live) we got on the floor and showed all the kids there how to dance rock roll. I'm 80yrs old now and still rockin dudes.

Go ahead and dance, let loose! You’ll easily get 10 million more viewers. 😁

i would be very surprised if you haven’t at least heard parts of Money for Nothing and not realizing it was Dire Straits mark Knoffler has a unique guitar playing style

You should listen to their song "Brothers in Arms"

oh my, now you've started it. You are about to travel down a very long rabbit-hole with lots more great performances by this band..... have fun and enjoy...

Master peace hands down. 😮

Hi Olavity Music, Thank you for your lovely reaction to this amazing band. Sooo refreshing you understand that Dire Straits are best watched in Live Performances. Please forgive the length of this comment, but you might find some of this information interesting, and as you said you would like to see more of them, I hope the following links make it a bit easier: Dire Straits, were a brilliantly gifted band of British musicians, led by Mark Knopfler, a Geordie, and one of the most celebrated British guitar heroes to emerge in the late 1970s and '80s, a phenomenal finger picking guitarist/singer/prolific songwriter/lyricist/composer/musician, who wrote & arranged every song for Dire Straits 6 albums, before leaving the band in 1995. For the most enjoyable video experience of Dire Strait (according to an early statement by MK) it’s best to avoid the ‘official’ videos, & watch their live undubbed performances that have additional content and are a lot more atmospheric. MK has had a helluva musical career, collaborating with many other famous artists, writing music scores for 9 films, & all the wonderful songs & lyrics for the albums made during his ‘Solo’ career with another band of multitalented musicians. Their 10th album was released this April 2024. Dire Staits - Telegraph Road - Alchemy Live - 1983 - ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Q1Wp2ASqyxI.htmlsi=OK6XEJzAQ2mEFQL Dire Straits - LIVE (On the Night 1993) HD: Romeo and Juliet - ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-64vvX6-d_JY.htmlsi=mtp_u37Qtbm_Miwn Private Investigations - ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-YD1APGofTSk.htmlsi=68JuTxexmjMEalvb Calling Elvis - ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-BJii3ACoqDc.htmlsi=i_W-iOorxQJRF3Wu Heavy Fuel - ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-iNUbNZcZr-g.htmlsi=umkyY9Talwlmh8V9 Walk of Life - ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-iAczi8DsqBQ.htmlsi=ZDK6MfhrHFgGVjdu Dire Straits / Sting - Money For Nothing (Live Aid 1985) Dire Straits - Brothers in Arms - LIVE Wembley 1988 - Audio HQ Remastérise HD ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-dZXlQp0aKPU.htmlsi=Yprhup5sJpToeQ6 (Inspired by Britain’s short war with Argentina over the Falkland Islands, way back in 1982, Mark Knopfler’s emotive song & lyrics ‘Brothers in Arms ‘focuses on the pointlessness of war. The song is a timeless anti-war song which has become an anthem for many ex-servicemen & women & the men & women serving in the armed services today. He sings the lyrics in the voice of a soldier dying on the battlefieldI ❤️MK with DS & Solo

Wow just wow that extended guitar solo they added to the performance 😮

Live at Wembley, is the best version ever, see and hear that one.❤❤❤

Hi just found your channel. Nice reaction. From the same concert I think you'll love Telegraph Road and Once Upon A Time In The West. These guys do it so well Live, even better than studio versions. Cheers all the best from Australia 😂🎸🎸🎸

Iam a bluegrass music musician and I can’t get enough of marks pickin style and dire straights music

Oh he was still singing, with that 6 string beast draped over his shoulder!!!

Great reaction thanks ❤❤❤

I caught "The Straits" on there first tour through Canada, (Toronto). They played a set close to the recorded version. It was nothing like this. I kept thinking "come on boys, let 'er rip", but they never went over the top. Still, a fantastic show. Mark Knopfler NEVER played the guitar, he WAS the guitar - and still is! Thank you for your reaction Olavity.

This is just the beginning of your journey with Dire Straits.

You have great energy! Good job on the review!!

I had the privilege of hearing all these classics when they were just out ....... keep going with Dire Straits, they're awesome, and Mark Knopfler is one of the best guitar players of all time!

Mark must be one of the top 5 guitar players in the World.

So when my brother and I were growing up, this song was hugely popular. At some point my brother decided he wanted to play guitar, and I remember the first solo he ever learned was the first solo you hear in this song (although the original is MUCH better than this live version, where he missed quite a lot of notes). The song just has such a cool groove and beat to it. Thank you for your reaction. Oh, and another big hit of theirs was "Money for Nothing." That one has an even MORE famous guitar intro, probably one of the best ever. You should check it out.

Oh yes, as usual always the same recommendations are mentioned: Tunnel of Love and Telegraph Road, both masterpieces by the way 👍 Dire Straits fans almost never talk about the opening track of the Alchemy concert: "Once Upon a Time in The West". I think Knopfler does an outstanding performance in this song, but apparently nobody seems to care, because this song never was released as a single. Really, take some time to listen more closely to Knopfler's brilliant melodic performance in Once Upon a Time in The West. It is phenomenal!!! 👌

Yes indeed, great band and stage blast performing. More Dire Straits: Money For Nothing and Walk of Life from the 1985 album Brothers in Arms. You`ll enjoy it as much as you did with this one.

If you're a Gen Z person, it's no surprise you don't know Dire Straits. This song was released in 1978. So glad you came across this band. And this is the best live performance by far. Now that you know of them you should check out "Money For Nothing" :). Nice reaction. Peace.

Great reaction. Have seen many reactions to this one. So two 👍👍

Check out Dire Straits Brothers in Arms. It will make you cry, Mark Knofler makes his Guitar cry while he tells the story of a Soldier who’s dying in the Falklands War. If I’m not mistaken his friend died in that war.

I was looking at my settings but it’s at normal speed. This video is a little bit to fast. But it’s lovely to see that you enjoy the music of my younger years 😉

Good reaction to the most perfect live rock music ever!

I was a kid when this came out on the radio & god did I hate it !….Now I love it & especially this video !….great reaction !

Mark Knopfler picks at the strings like a banjo. Lindsey Buckingham has a similar style. Different sound but the same technique.