Mark Knopfler is like an impossible amalgamation of Hank Marvin, Eric Clapton, Jimi Hendrix, Jeff Beck, George Harrison, Mike Oldfield, David Gilmour, Keith Richards, and more, and even with all that talent he throws in his own style!
Hi Starr, I was there back in 1983 when this was filmed and 40 years later it still sounds fantastic! All of the band were on top of their game, Terry Williams on the drums was out of this world You won't see a better live performance We were up on the balcony 5 or 6 rows bac and the whole thing was jumping! You seemed to have enjoyed it nearly as much as we did. Now react to Telegraph Road, that was the encore!
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.
Good on you Starr, you not only selected one of my favorite songs, you picked the absolute best version of it. Mark Knopfler’s guitar has it’s own distinct sound and he has a distinct playing style that is instantly recognizable even when he is contributing his skills in the background of other artists’ recordings - absolute genius at his craft. Many great recommendations here for other Dire Straits songs; I would also throw out there Calling Elvis. Thank you for this one.
Thank you for not stopping the song. There is nothng more irritatingto me when others do it. I kave no problem if you talk over it. The songs like this makes you feel joy and happiness abd thats what i saw in you. Great vid. I give it a 👍👍 up!
Mark Knoffler was left handed and played a right handed guitar. They played the whole set without plectrums. Brother in Arms a must , written about the Falklands War.
Thank you so much for checking out my recommendation - and so quickly, too!! Was good to watch you enjoying it. Keep up the great work- and I'll think of some more suggestions for you, ok?!♥️💐
Love Dire Straits & had their records. They are a great British rock band from the 70's-90's. Mark Knopfler is one of the best guitarists around. They have had so many hits including "Money For Nothing", "Walk Of Life", "Romeo & Juliet", "Tunnel Of Love", "Private Investigations", "Twisting By The Pool", "Telegraph Road", "So Far Away", "Brothers In Arms" etc. They don't have a bad song.
What an amazing reaction. I could tell by your face that you really loved this genius performance. Thank you for being so genuine!! I see someone below has suggested Telegraph Road. Totally agree and it's the best performance of the best rock song ever written in my humble opinion. Take care and best wishes from the UK.
GREAT reaction to one of the greatest performances of this iconic song ever!!!! Perfectly done!!! No irritating interruptions. Just enthusiasm and joy. Congrats!!!
I have heard this song on the radio 1000 times and NEVER has it had this long trio guitar solo and the song played to the point I literally tuned it out and literally got tired of hearing it... Thank god I watch many reactions to all kinds of genres of music because I came across this one day a year or 2 ago now... Watching this and seeing the added guitar rift and the band together in all its glory jamming while the drummer goes nuts the entire song.... REALLY had me rethinking the way I tuned this song out... TRULY masterful performance I get chills every time I watch it and can't help but to WISH AND PRAY I were in that crowd... Just an added note Mark Knopfler went out there live every night and KILLED it with this 3000 (THREE THOUSAND!!) note, FINGER picking, note bending cord progression and never missed a note. A TRUE underrated guitar legend!
I have another request, please Starr! Can you please react to Status Quo- Rockin All Over The World ( Live Aid version)? It is far simpler music, but will definitely get you feet tapping and hand clapping! Thank You!👍
More Dire Straits PLEASE Starr, if you enjoyed "sultans of swing" "Telegraph road" will blow your socks off lol....I love seeing you rock to our old music from the 80's. I'm 71 years old and still rock!! ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Q1Wp2ASqyxI.html
Starr, I love your reaction! I have watched this DS video at least 500 times & I still have such a strong reaction to this masterpiece as I had when I first saw it. MK is Maestro! My all time favorite video! Best wishes to you & I’m so happy that you enjoyed it as much as I do.
1:27 Hi Starr, I see that you like these old rock classics and have found and enjoyed Nightwish! Your reactions to all of the ones I’ve watched were great, it’s really obvious that you enjoyed them all. I’ve got a new band for you to take a look at, they’re 3 sisters from Mexico whose band is called The Warning, I’ve followed them since 2014 when they were 10, 12 and 14 and even then they were very good! They are now just finishing off a tour of Canada, America and South America, this year they’re going to tour Europe, they’re amazing. A really great track to start off with would be one of their newer ones - Evolve, choose the live version, they’re all dressed in white and it looks like they’re performing in a big garage!
You now have a long journey. 6 Dire Straits studio albums. The Live aLCHEMY album (from which you selected Sultans of Swing). Then 9 (to date) solo albums by Mark Knopfler and 9 sets of film music by him. If you want another up tempo story song try "Telegraph Road" from the aLCHEMY album. If you want some of Marks more emotional songs try "Brothers in Arms". Also Marks song about the 9/11 situation (Marks explains the song and plays it live here ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-rH6ZW7OLhkE.html