The BEST rendition of Dire Straits' "Sultans of Swing" I have EVER HEARD 

I definitely agree!

Agree

Now that's talent

Yes , superb 👍😊

I prefer the version of Msry Spender with Josh Turner But this is not bad either

That’s some orthodox guitar playing there.

@@thomasmurray3920you can unorthodox my pants if you keep that bs up!

​@@WyWid What BS? Your reply is the only BS I see here.

I'm really digging, seeing Rabi's rocking ! Hope I spelled that right. But yeah, I've seen a few jams on YT with them, different times, different people, but Rabi's ! It's cool. They're good. Really good. Can't help but really appreciate it and enjoy it. Thanks.

Agreed.. Best version I've ever heard.

Come on. It's far from bad, but also far from Mark Knopfler. Good cover of a great song. Glad I watched it.

Mark said early on he realized a pick just slowed him down and got in the way so he ditched that shit.

This is not a bad rendition at all, but check this one out - might blow yout mind ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-sS1WYIu_gA4.htmlsi=VK_ALu49QJFn5mhH

This was very good, but I did like Josh Turner and Mary Spender’s rendition a bit better. Josh is an artist on the guitar.

@@micahvandam9658 you want to see some of the badest guitar playing ever...look up ..damian salazar.. doing this and others.

They are just another part of the fundamentalistic Israel. Supporting war and killing children.

Thank you! I was trying to figure out where they were. The Latin letters on the signs threw me off.

​@SecularGeek LOL, I hadn't realised so many store names are in Latin lettering till you pointed it out! There is a Hebrew one just above the head of the old guy who's dancing a 1.32. 😊

Really ? I have not traveled beyond North America. Canada and the United States. Back and forth. Lots of summers in Canada. But, no travel, outside that. I've thought about what it would be like to visit Israel. I'd want to walk some places. Having talented musicians playing out on the streets like that would just be nothing other than pure joy ! 💖

I was there in Jerusalem last year. Wish I had got to see these guys.

Me too.

True dat! Dude NAILED the solo! (and everything before and after...)

Same here

Ah yes the sg the guitar Les Paul hated so much he refused to have his name on it. Honestly not that I’m hating, just always thought that was a funny fact.

@@matthewstock1074 I never cared for Gibsons as a whole, too big and cumbersome...but Guitars are like Vehicles I suppose...all a matter of taste.

@@stevenfrost6441 😂 I love my tele…….. to be fair though as much as I don’t like to play arch tops the sg is still worse imo because it is just sooooo neck heavy. If I have les Paul money and want sustain will go and try out a prs 🤟🏼. But yea each to there own for sure I have friends that swear by Gibson and it’s not like I would ever be able to say with a straight face they bought a bad guitar, just not the one I would go for. Happy picking.

The reason it works on a Gibson (that Gibson) is because that's an OLD Gibson, pre-Humbucker. Those are old single-coil P-90 pickups that predate the double-coil Humbuckers. So that's why it sounds more like a Fender Stratocaster, which of course has always had single-coil pickups. Old Gibson Les Paul's also have the P-90 pickup. They're rare and collectors pay a lot for them.

@@rhmayer1 😂 good spot, I had to rewatch to notice the p-90s. Not that I would tell anyone they cant play sultans on any guitar, use an Ibanez rg for all I care. Also remember that a Gibson’s sustain is as much to do with the laminated neck to body join and Bridge and tailpiece setup instead of through body.

That’s dad! 🤗🤗

Seen him in Blazing Saddles.. 👍😅🤣

That’s Marks Grandad.

Me too…

Rock on dude from another old timer

👏👏👏

If it doesn’t matter, why bring it up? Seriously, you went out of your way to post a comment, taking care to mention race & religion. What prompted you to do that? Is there something going on in this video besides a great rendition of an awesome song that caused you to think about race & religion, while declaring that those things don’t matter?

congrats Karen@@MachinedInWood

@@daganhaddadThis

@@MachinedInWood Me thinks thoust does protest to much.

Its perfect

You might've been entranced by the tone of that old Gibson SG with P-90 (single coil) pickups - prior to the "new" Humbucker (double-coil) pickup design that came out years later. Old Gibson Les Paul's also have the old P-90 pickups and are sought after by collectors for their awesome tone.

@@johnjeffreys6440No, it's not. It really isn't. It's about a pub group.

@@MikeAG333 OK thanks I’ll delete the comment

@@MikeAG333 I guess I can like the song again

Well said 👍🏻✨

Very well said indeed

You don’t realize how much fun it is to practice! I practice songs I love to play all the time.

We are the beneficiaries of their dedication. The musicians are the benefactors.

​@@helenhighwater5313 yes, not quite as well said as others have suggested!

should that not be Rabbis Of Swing

Immaculate isn’t it? 👌🏽

Is the tempo a bit fast, or is it just me? (I hate to say anything negative, though, so I buried it under your comment.)

@@loveandabcsperhaps, but that’s often the way with playing live vs the recorded version even when done by the same original artist. Not always, but I’ve definitely noticed it at gigs vs the album

@@loveandabcsI thought about this a bit and it’s tough to answer because Mark has played it in varying tempos, with the the tendency to play slower in later years. Regardless, I loved it and appreciated it being posted.

It's called a cajón, in case you are interested 👍

You must have been living in a cave if that’s the best rendition you’ve heard! Sorry…… there are tons of great renditions of Knopfler’s song

Watch one of Tommy Emmanuel's versions. He does a couple

m.ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-EFDFpS9_ZWY.html&pp=ygUfdG9tbXkgZW1tYW51ZWwgc3VsdGFucyBvZiBzd2luZw%3D%3D

Even Knopfler doesn’t pick guitars 😂

This was very good, but I did like Josh Turner and Mary Spender’s rendition a bit better. Josh is an artist on the guitar.

They do play in other countries too. Keep an eye out!

👏👏👏

Nah, not if you’re a jihadist, can’t see any of them listening to Norah Jones!.

Won’t see this in Iran 😢

The irony is that Sultans are Arabic nobility.

The power of music

Now do werewolves of london

lol right?! love it.

I learned recently that Orthodox Jews are treated pretty damn shitty in Israel. I've seen videos of them protesting the genocidal war against Palestine and them getting harassed and even assaulted by the police. 32k Palestinians killed - many of them women and children. So Israel really doesn't need to "rock on" in all respect to you.

(Except not, because it's clearly Shabbat given that even the shorthaired man dropping some change was wearing a yarmulke/kippah ;D)

Probably not.

The electric guitarist is coming close to putting Knopler to shame!

@@christianworthinton8000 Haha, really ????

I’ll get right on that, you have his address!

It's a good thing they don't know this song is about bisexuality. 😃 1 Reply

Yes brother talk about it!! And the truth sets us all free and in the meantime we got rock and roll with artists just like these cats👊🏻

Very good Edward 👏👏👏👏

That is true except that one foul creed bans music from it's followers. But they are backward medievalists in many other ways too, they live misogynistic joyless lives.

Nice one VITO , MUCH LOVE N LIGHT FROM LIVERPOOL ENGLAND 🙏🙏🙏​@@vitoplusch6423

Well said!

They are so good, I'm blown away. Love this song too.

That be them.

Oh man, I just looked that one up on RU-vid. Also very well played!!

@@raybeezs _Magic moment._

The drummer isn't bad either!!

4:02 shows that well

And singing…

Wonderful what place is this perfection love them thanking everyone

Jerusalem

No question about it, this is one of the best ever. From its first play til now, it proves out every time.

An extraordinary composition!

Well, they're so good.

Those shekels were flowing!

Considering who they are, even more amazing!

@@mattduin7144 If you look carefully, you'll see many of the coins given had fishing line attached, so there is that.

Absolutely

Well said! I want to hear the original, not some mashed up new version of it 😊

​@@deborahfournier7640see, if i want to hear the original, I'll listen to the original. I like covers that are different. This was superb though

I take it you wouldn't stand around listening to Rap???

There are plenty of current artists that capture emotion just as well as those from 30+ years ago. You just have to be willing to look deeper than the radio to find them.

Absolutely DITTO!!👍

Same. And I stopped what I was doing, and was stunned. It was such a unique and beautiful song. I don’t think I’d heard anything quite like Sultans of Swing before. Or since.

With respect, it's hardly note for note. They're interpreting a song, making it their own, adapting it to their (considerable) strengths. That's the beauty of it. Few would deny Knopfler as one of rock's great guitarists, and the finger picking runs he plays on the original are pretty hard to copy. But there's no denying this guy rips.

@@miltcoon5515 no one other than Knopfler himself can play it note for note and even that would be a challenge for Mark. But after listening to literally tons of covers this guitar player does a masterful job at covering the nuances of it all. Extremely tough to do!

The P90 pickup - master of all trades and styles ! 🤟

​@@MikeSmith-tx2lp looks like a single coil at the bridge? Hard to sot, covered b a hand most of the time.

@@tnexus13 1:56… definitely a P90 in the bridge. I used to have one of these guitars.

Haha I came here to say what sacrilege! Dire Straits on a Gibson!

​@@matthewparsons6496 my man brothers in arms exists

That’s fucking funny!

You'd love the Gat Bros. version of Wish You Were Here! Almost as good as yours! :)

Hi David (greetings from Nairobi)

Also from Sydney and also loving this!

me too!! what suburb?

How great it is.😁 music. Universal langua6.

Yup. Music and food, two things we can all come together over

yoni schlesinger does an amazing version.

There goes my coffee 😂😂😂

Hey.... I agree but that's my line!😂

@@paulg8148 Strange, I didn't see that comment until just now yet it was prior to mine according to the date and it looks like others hadn't seen it either.

@@paulg8148 Hmm, it looks like the RU-vid AI is doing strange things, your comment doesn't show in the main thread, I only saw it after looking at your comment back to me and now my first comment is delayed and yours has vanished again.

@@altvamp no worrys... I'm sure my life will continue even tho U-tube, acts weird..