Dire Straits - Walk of Life (with Eric Clapton) (Live @ Wembley Arena, 1988) HD

[cocaino96]

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[Arilander]

Yeeah here comes Jonny singing Lay Down Sally, boogie boogie baby!!

[leandroarthropods]

Good very good ! i think the 2 best guitarmen in the world

[MrMegaummagumma]

WoW

[cluedo1]

So if anybody's looking for a stand-in: Eric Clapton is available at any time. ;)

[blogdelsapo]

Lovely, lovely lovely!!!

Can some natural born english spoken take a minute or two to write down all the Clapton intro Mark's speech?? I get the whole point (the dutch subtitles help) about Jack Sonni, his daughters and the last minute stand in (fantastic irony, couldn't do better tribute, both guys admire each other no doubt!) but I'd like to know the exact words. Thanks in advance and what the hell, a good chance to re-visit this amazing piece of music!!!

[MrMorganfarts]

@blogdelsapo he says "Well you may notice that jack's not here tonight. its because he's had two baby girls. So jack i've been waiting for this moment so 600 million people could congratulate you. So we've got a stand in and i'm very sorry for this; he's a last minute stand in on my inside left. And he's never played at Wembley before. But he's the best we could do so ya know. And he's never played here before: Eric Clapton."

[blogdelsapo]

@MrMorganfarts Thanks, thanks!!! many thanks!!! so long wanting to know what he exactly said. really grateful Morgan farts. An great nick :)

BTW , I notice he says "He's never payed in Wembley before .. but he's played before" ("you've played before" is a way to reckon someone's ability, Mark and Chet Atkins repeat that to each other in "There'll be some changes made" fr."Neck & Neck" album) so I wonder if really Eric had never played in Wembley or wasit a irony too...Great! THX!

[MrMorganfarts]

@blogdelsapo no problem and yea I wouldn't know about that never played before thing haha you'll have to talk to Mark about that one

[Lupingreenredpink1]

waw Fantastic effect Are there a programa with this

[avidbookreader]

I've just noticed that @5:10 Mark changed lyrics from the original verse "Here comes Johnny singing I Got a Woman" to "Here comes Johnny singing Lay Down Sally"...

Haha, it's so cute! And witty too. After all it was Eric Clapton there on stage with him, not Mr. Ray Charles (R.I.P) ...

[TomMarvan]

@avidbookreader Nicely spotted. MK likes to throw in these little contextual lyric changes, such as mentioning the name of the city they're currently in while signing So Far Away ("Here I am again in Roma town" for example, something he did just two nights ago). At 2:09 here he changes it a little, too, singing "Six Blade Knife," in reference to a tune on the first Dire Straits album.

[fnlamber]

First favorite song I ever had as a kid :)

[tommiechem]

To be honest I think the first solo from Clapton was too much "blues" and too little "walk of life". He may be a gifted guitar player, he's not entirely right for Dire Straits.

[Hobinator17]

@tommiechem that is true, the mandela 88 concert, live at knebworth, and other knopfler performances where clapton was involved didnt really seem to sound like knopfler or dire straits at all. but clapton and knopfler are still gods at guitar and always will be

[mfrieauff]

@tommiechem

funny, that's just what I like about it. Kind of a bluesy spice in the major key of the song. Very nice.

[sirgerry]

@tommiechem Sorry but this song can't be more bluesy, a I-IV-V progression in E, I for one loved EC's solo, I wished they'd play together again...

[MrMorganfarts]

@tommiechem i'm gonna have to agree with you. although he is a great player, way to bluesy

[BrissoParrothead]

@tommiechem <<I agree - I think Jack Sonni was a better fit

[BrissoParrothead]

@BrissoParrothead No doubt Clapton is a supreme guitarist but youre right, not a great fit. Clapton seems to turn up in things like this and sometimes he showboats a bit. But great to see him and Knopfler on the same stage!

[picturedlife1]

@tommiechem

None of the thousands in attendance seemed to complain. EC was cool.

[viperlegendkiller]

at 6:00 marks loving claptons soloing

[Marikit777]

Mark's smile melts my heart... 2:49-2:51... God, I could die... I love you so much, Mark.

[cluedo1]

@Marikit777 Replay. Replay. Replay. (And I thought I was the only one...) ;)

[mkhkknn]

4:36 the shouting when the Guitar's God is named..

[DireStraitsRocks4eva]

THE BOY CAN PLAY!! THAT'S WHAT I CALL MUSIC!

[susygoldy]

gr8 video

[mackiejoon33]

Slowhand blew me away with his 3 so fuckin' awesome guitar solos on my first ever favorite song as a child!!! lol Kinda wish MK sneaked a solo in too, nonetheless two guitar masters (and my 2 all time favorite guitarists!!!) sharing the stage together, FANTASTIC!!! I wonder if Clapton learned the Dire Straits setlist songs in under a half hour lol. The man can play and solo to any song you give to him!!!

[TheBestMusic8]

is this concert available for download anywhere? it's so awesome

[maltelundell]

@TheBestMusic8 Yep at TPB, search for "Dire Straits 88".

[TheBestMusic8]

@maltelundell thanks a lot

[toby968]

One of the best intros ever.

Eric helps a lot.

[rojamac]

its the nelson mandela concert at wembley stadiam

[ekstradycja]

just one corection -it's not Webley Arena -it's Wembley Stadium!! Just across the car park

[RobertaZimmerman]

Best ever intro of a rock god! Makes me smile every time I hear Knopfler introduce Clapton by saying, "we had to get a stand-in........he's the best we could do".

[loaded6string87]

thanks for sharing this video!!!

[rohanay56]

The best of Walk Of Life ever