Too bad mark had this guitar stolen, this one and the replacement are 2 of the best sounding strats he had. Would love to get my hands on a set of those F500T's!
Ronbo710... No problem. In an interview Mark Knopfler said when he his brother were kids they would often visit the Spanish City, visit the arcades, amusements and go on the rides, hence the references to the 'Spanish City' in this song.
This Dynamic sound was more paramount sounding with late 70's music impressario era controlled radio play;infact, borderline played classic rock was always the preferred listening for my ears. Deep tracks rule!!!!!!
Like the spanish city to me ,when we were kids,,,,gracias por existir,y por enseñarme el idioma inglés para poder apreciar toda vuestra arte,,,Thank you Dire Straits,,still the best.
ah yesss...only on youtube can someone take a great song such as this and comment with a racist statement....i'm too much of a gentleman to express my sentiments to you
@avenger3100 no.............why?but it is stupid to talk about people [ressed the dislike button,because you don t know what made them press it!!they may had a big love disapointment when they heard the song!
@Ascyltos If it was for me they could easily do that :) but as they have fans, let the fans decide.But for me its like talking, non stop blabla doesnt mean you're saying something, you can say something strong with just a word or two, and talk for hours but just shatter the air around. Mark is the guy who can speak. I'm not against many notes though, but that should be very well tempered and not be a goal by itself, which most of the shredders forget all the time. its not a speed test, its music
This song is not too long never been. i can listen this thousand times and its not too long anytime im now 15 years old and listened dire straits since i was born. this is classic song by dire straits but all of them songs are best of best. I will never listen anything else than dire straits its my life i listen it when im sad i listen it when im happy i listen them when im tired. Dire straits has allways place in my heart that no one else can fill special thanks to mark knopfler mine hero!
@jabeli1 I know exactly what you mean! I feel the same way about Rush, and I'm only 15, but have been listening to them for only about 4 years. However! I am incredibly addicted to their music and cannot wait to see their upcoming tour. I'm a modern day Rush fan and I am proud to say so!
I freaking love this song. I really do. But, does anyone else think its maybe just a bit too lengthy. If you disagree i totally get it, i love their songs style, they tell amazing tales. Very moving stuff, but 8 and a half minutes? Romeo and Juliet wasnt even 6.
It is Cullercoats, which is before Whitley Bay on the north east coast,Tynemouth comes before Cullercoats..This was a lovely little fishing village until the local council pulled it down in the mid seventies..
Who wishes for what the masses need. Saw ds in Dusseldorf Phillipshalle in 81. Never forget light reflection off steel guitar, great crowd, good German beer, superb music. Pure magic for an Aussie lad and friends. Highlight.
It was the spanish city fairgrounds that were at the sea front of Whitley Bay near newcastle. Whitley Bay is where Mark Knopfler Grew up. I can only assume he spent a lot of time at the fairgrounds, leaving a lot of childhood and adolecent memories.
what a great song !! <3 dire straits
1234Smile1000 1 day ago
Knopfler's guitar solo - "check it out" - sounds like a lightning strike. He is one-of-a kind brilliant.
OnTheWatch 3 days ago
Disliking this song should be criminal.
Zordanine 1 month ago 2
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I am so in deep love with this music
TheSaadiix 1 month ago
The best album Ever,in Dire straits legent....!
MegaFairyworld 1 month ago in playlist dire straits
omg the last 2 minutes create ear orgasmage!
salzer27 1 month ago in playlist dire straits 3
Love this.
NeverendingSmile96 1 month ago
Dire Straits walk in Bruce Springsteen's shoes with this classic!
lyonslaforet 2 months ago
good
nourielful 2 months ago
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sripathyakasrip 3 months ago
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sripathyakasrip 3 months ago
better than porn
condeguga 3 months ago
@condeguga waaaaaaaaaay better mate
iihoocee 3 months ago
@condeguga
best=listen to this while watchin porn...lol
jerarcalince 1 month ago in playlist History3
I like to think that the first 5 minutes are just an intro for the magnificient final part.
What a great song, what a genious is Knopfler.
judasthewolf 5 months ago
i love this song very much can you send this song r-gto@online(.)no
bijqcxqokj2 6 months ago
im the 254th person to like this, buya!! xD
7deimos 6 months ago
Definitivamente a melhor do Dire Straits...intensidade na letra e na musica do começo ao fim... a bateria é exemplar
rogerio800mil 7 months ago
It is REAL music people!!!
dougmenon 7 months ago 4
spanish city was where mark knoppfler hung out in newcastle as a kid...arcades amusement rides etc....
65robertos 7 months ago
Too bad mark had this guitar stolen, this one and the replacement are 2 of the best sounding strats he had. Would love to get my hands on a set of those F500T's!
liftedcj7on44s 8 months ago
This has cool written all over it.
flygirlrunning 9 months ago 4
Ronbo710... No problem. In an interview Mark Knopfler said when he his brother were kids they would often visit the Spanish City, visit the arcades, amusements and go on the rides, hence the references to the 'Spanish City' in this song.
Wallydaft 9 months ago
For those who don't know or maybe don't care. The Spanish City was a fun fair in Whitley Bay, Newcastle. The home city of Dire Staits.
Wallydaft 11 months ago 12
@Wallydaft GREAT bit of info! There is something about this song that is pure childhood history and I LOVE it!!
Ronbo710 9 months ago
This Dynamic sound was more paramount sounding with late 70's music impressario era controlled radio play;infact, borderline played classic rock was always the preferred listening for my ears. Deep tracks rule!!!!!!
051500 11 months ago
Like the spanish city to me ,when we were kids,,,,gracias por existir,y por enseñarme el idioma inglés para poder apreciar toda vuestra arte,,,Thank you Dire Straits,,still the best.
MrTrasbousa 1 year ago 2
@aabhto1040 Well if you absorb music through your mouth... =D
CentraCross 1 year ago
Always be a great song, and will always love music by Dire Straits. Shame you can't get music this great today
TheAjt09 1 year ago
2 people never ride on the tunnel of love
amazing solo!
mark is god!
fferdinandfan 1 year ago 5
such a beautiful guitar solo!!!
koukoutsavespa 1 year ago 3
@aabhto1040 what are you talking about? no one makes you listen to bad music.
CptCool44 1 year ago
ah yesss...only on youtube can someone take a great song such as this and comment with a racist statement....i'm too much of a gentleman to express my sentiments to you
Digger2527 1 year ago
tunner of love the best......dire straits....very good!!!!!
Fxck06 1 year ago
crackin sung.
Dizzynic101 1 year ago
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1 faggot and 1 nigger pressed the dislike button!
marcitocosta 1 year ago
@marcitocosta i bet you pressed the button to make this fucking stupid comment!
avenger3100 1 year ago
@avenger3100 are you a nigger?
marcitocosta 1 year ago
@avenger3100 no.............why?but it is stupid to talk about people [ressed the dislike button,because you don t know what made them press it!!they may had a big love disapointment when they heard the song!
avenger3100 10 months ago
@marcitocosta you fucking idiot die
sulmagnificent 1 year ago
@sulmagnificent omg what is your problem you stupid cow?
marcitocosta 1 year ago
@marcitocosta my problem is that you are a racist homophobe
sulmagnificent 1 year ago
@sulmagnificent and you are a faggot maotherfucker
marcitocosta 1 year ago
@marcitocosta there u go again look
domblet 1 year ago
You can't deny that this is the "shortest" 8 minutes that you ever heard! So good that the time flies away...
ivanvalerian 1 year ago
Uh Oh!
I broke the replay button!
ToughFilTSK79 1 year ago 5
this song should never end
mrleejon1 1 year ago 14
@mrleejon1 Near enough, it goes on for 8 glorious f**king minutes!
SamRichardHall 4 weeks ago
One of the best guitar solos theat I've erver heard. It speaks.
tiagohardco 1 year ago 5
@tiagohardco Man, you got that right--it sings, sobs, speaks, and you want it to go on forever. What a f*king epic song this is . . .
mando3b 1 year ago
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armensog87 1 year ago
Nice Song,...
shaq565 1 year ago
Ending solo! Not a single unnecessary note.. a classic!
armensog87 1 year ago 2
@armensog87 There's such things as unnecessary notes in a solo? Isn't that the point?
If it is, which I doubt, then Rhapsody of Fire should just give up and go home.
Ascyltos 1 year ago
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armensog87 1 year ago
@Ascyltos If it was for me they could easily do that :) but as they have fans, let the fans decide.But for me its like talking, non stop blabla doesnt mean you're saying something, you can say something strong with just a word or two, and talk for hours but just shatter the air around. Mark is the guy who can speak. I'm not against many notes though, but that should be very well tempered and not be a goal by itself, which most of the shredders forget all the time. its not a speed test, its music
armensog87 1 year ago
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This song was written about a gay man's asshole.
That's what we call a "Tunnel of Love" where I come from.
happygregory1989 1 year ago
Proboably my favorite Dire Straits song,
cleanerfloors 1 year ago
totally one of the best Dire Straits songs ever written...
TELL51MC 1 year ago 2
The greatest song of the greatest band!
piosta18 1 year ago
thanks for uploading this song...... really cool !!!
eqmain1 1 year ago
This song is not too long never been. i can listen this thousand times and its not too long anytime im now 15 years old and listened dire straits since i was born. this is classic song by dire straits but all of them songs are best of best. I will never listen anything else than dire straits its my life i listen it when im sad i listen it when im happy i listen them when im tired. Dire straits has allways place in my heart that no one else can fill special thanks to mark knopfler mine hero!
jabeli1 1 year ago 3
@jabeli1 I know exactly what you mean! I feel the same way about Rush, and I'm only 15, but have been listening to them for only about 4 years. However! I am incredibly addicted to their music and cannot wait to see their upcoming tour. I'm a modern day Rush fan and I am proud to say so!
TheCityOfKingsALC 1 year ago
Getting Crazy On The Waltzer
rbeggmackay 1 year ago
I freaking love this song. I really do. But, does anyone else think its maybe just a bit too lengthy. If you disagree i totally get it, i love their songs style, they tell amazing tales. Very moving stuff, but 8 and a half minutes? Romeo and Juliet wasnt even 6.
andrewp6262 1 year ago
I WISH I WAS BORN TO SEE THIS! I AM ASHAMED TO BE 13 IN THIS SHITTY GENERATION!
microkorgboy 1 year ago
Huge !!!
mobyboy 1 year ago
Dire Straits are still the best!
1690ftp1 1 year ago
30 Years of Great Music!!!
bueskens04 1 year ago
i h8 all this new garbage lady gaga wat a crapm name dire straits now wat name this era rocks .
PODDERS12 1 year ago
One of the greatest tunes ever...
51mikew 1 year ago 3
Niepowtarzalny styl.Wielka klasa
wesolywagabundo 1 year ago
Rocaway, rocaway... ;-)
rocawayman 2 years ago
All time great ------Thanks ....
swainamit 2 years ago
from colourcoats to whitley bay enough said
ozrics62 2 years ago
It is Cullercoats, which is before Whitley Bay on the north east coast,Tynemouth comes before Cullercoats..This was a lovely little fishing village until the local council pulled it down in the mid seventies..
Novakcotia 2 years ago
Great song, one of my favorites!! Thanks for posting!!
Thomnic 2 years ago 3
This is such a beautiful song... <3
SuperRockAndRollStar 2 years ago 5
An absolute gold plated classic!
PoshChristine 2 years ago 42
Dopo questo album, la fine!!!
GILLAN67 2 years ago
Who wishes for what the masses need. Saw ds in Dusseldorf Phillipshalle in 81. Never forget light reflection off steel guitar, great crowd, good German beer, superb music. Pure magic for an Aussie lad and friends. Highlight.
Wengenalp 2 years ago 2
Absoultely outstanding. This song, this album, simply outstanding.
cochranexyz 3 years ago 6
Totally agree, to appreciate this song fully though you have to have been to the spanish city! Sadly, they knocked it down!
mrbusybee2710 3 years ago
the hoppings is the next best thing though
harry123chunk 2 years ago
the hoppings is the next best thing though
harry123chunk 2 years ago
Nah, nothing beats the spanish city.
pintsizedalchemist 2 years ago 4
Which Spanish city was/is it?
nufc1105 2 years ago
It was the spanish city fairgrounds that were at the sea front of Whitley Bay near newcastle. Whitley Bay is where Mark Knopfler Grew up. I can only assume he spent a lot of time at the fairgrounds, leaving a lot of childhood and adolecent memories.
mrbusybee2710 2 years ago
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kimikajee 2 years ago
I went through that album like crazy, best DS album of all times.
rhinojos 3 years ago
cos sultan of swing and money for nothing is loved by every one ..these songs are for the true dire straits fans
TheJeffster08 3 years ago
Best song of Dure Straits... wonder why in America they only play Sultans of Swing or Money for Nothin'?
lroscioli 3 years ago
great song!
can anyone help me finding the hammond's sound at the beginning of this song?
checksguitar 3 years ago
its Rodgers and Hammerstein musical Carousel
the end solo must be one of the most heartbreaking guitar solos there is.
jokelheimer 3 years ago 5
just for the sake of making the 1st comment in a long time... this song is absolutely magnificent
best of the album
hoboman44 3 years ago 7
una de las mejores canciones rock de la historia.
yo creo que para mi la mejor XD, y desde luego el mejor final de una cancion de rock
danzadordejardin 4 years ago 2