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  • This song always did have a good vibe.

  • ---->4:11

    HE GLOWS o_O

    TOLD YA HE WAS GOD

  • absolute magic

    

  • it was just that the time was wrong! how true!!

  • thats my dad with the girl at the begining :D

  • MARK is great end of story

  • 3:55 "the rock n roll company"

  • This is my song. I have been married for over 18 years. It says it all for me...

  • "All I do was kiss you thru the bars of rhyme-Juliet in the stars with anytime"this is a sheer musical genius! TRYLY A MASTERPIECE! MARK KNOPFLER IS A LIVING LEGEND.

  • what a talented artist

  • perfect

  • dIRE sTRAITS was a coincidence or do you knew it was written like that on the album? :D

  • Hi guys,i have one story.Well 16.11.2011. my doctor says to me Stipe you have only 4 to 8 weeks to live because i had a cancer.So i was thinking and a told myself .. i must do what i allways want .. and than i sit on a plane from Croatia to London,UK and i came to MK and told him my story and pleased him would he go whit my on beer.When i returned home and went to diferent doctor he told me that my cancer is gone.Thank you Mark :)

  • I dont get it, how can som one say that the killers version is better.

    First im not saying that its the same song but the killers are trying to play it to make it sound as close as posible to the studio track, its an overture.

    Second is that dire straits plays it way better.

    Third it should be ilegal to say that when a artist plays a nother artists song as a tribute to that artist to say that the cover is better than the original.

  • @MegaBanne agreed its like you say a cheap rip-off of coca cola is better than original coke

  • @sneezo16 exactly=)

  • @MegaBanne well they have a different opinion than you

  • @kevinh2206 A nother thing is the soul. When Mark made this song he pick a part of him self, a part out of his own feelings, memories ,experience and subconsciousness. Even if the storyline is made up he still lives in it.

    Thats what makes the song living/soulful and thats why we listen to Mark Knopfler playing it and not some randoms, becaus no one feels the song like he does. <3

  • <3

  • I wish to be Mark knopfler's Juliet

  • Dire Straits ...

  • I'm sorry to say that The Killers brought me here

  • @AndysDrumming which is fine because now you see the true genius of Knopfler. doesnt get any better than this

  • Toca demais essa viola!!! Cara é um gênio

  • I listen to all kind of songs, from heavy metal to samba (I`m Brazillian)... and this is one of the best written songs ever! Mark Knopfler is a living legend, a living genious! One of the greatest guitarist ever! Just my two cents...imho

  • Just pure genius, beautiful and intelligent. So many memories of an all consuming first love. It's amazing how a song can transport you to another time and place... :-)

  • It is my song...

  • With this song, Knopfler IS the killer.

  • this is for you and me cj cant live together but never apart !!! whatever you did you gave me a beautiful son and you know i will love you forever and i know you will always love me baby !! whos the best ME !! nuff said i love you always will

  • Mark you are the best!!!!

  • my favourite song (L)(L)(L)(L)!

  • How can anyone mark this as a "dislike?"

  • Perfection!!!!!!

  • A beautiful masterpiece !!! Thanx !

  • Its a masterpiece!!Mark Knopfler a genius in his own mite

  • You and me babe, how about it?

    Amazing.

  • A master at composing incredible lyrics and playing the guitar. Enough said.

  • I love this song beautiful makes me very emotional xx

  • class cashdragonline

  • i want that guitar :(

  • nothin compares to this, in my opinion killers make a fuk of this, my favourite song ever!!!

  • goodness gracious. does it honestly matter who sings it? because, while this guy wrote the song and performed it really well, the killers did too. covers CAN be better than originals, sometimes, and vice versa. either way, its a good song.

  • Bittersweet love story. My favorite version.

  • no comment except :WONDERFUL"

  • How bout it?

  • Allen Collins listened to this song over and over............skynyrd guitarist

    

  • Sentimental crap (and also one my favorites).

  • @MDSCUSTOMS Its not the brthers in arms tour that this is from...its the previous *alchemy...love over gold* tour...and is a clip from the video/dvd of the same name. i should know..i have it.

  • me recuerda mi servicio militar

  • the best guitar player ever

  • @sigvart11 There are a few around though, you, me... ;)

  • A masterpiece marvelously crafted by Mark Knofler--Dire Straits "Gods of guitars"

  • Killers.... aye fukin Killed it......  Sigvart, I discovered it at 14 as well and never looked back.... Just learned to play it... the easy way, tune to B flat and capo the 5th fret, simple to play....

  • DESCULPA

  • I love this so much. It will linger on forever.

  • if you love knopfler check out his best tribute act EVER!! DIRESTRAITSTRIBUTE . NET

  • FYI that should read 'in alchemy'

    curse my rubbish typing!

  • wow you people are still debating straits vs the killers. i feel honoured to have started the arguement.

    so i'll start a new one

    of all the songs i alchemy which is your fave?

    For me it is either sultans or telegraph road

  • For me it's this one :)

  • I've listened to this hundreds of times.

    I don't get sick of it.

  • @Rentsy I agree! Thank God for youtube so we can listen to all these great songs that never get played on the radio anymore.......

  • perfect

  • you and me babe how bowt it (8) :)

    the killers versions way betta tho but the loyrics are amazing i love it

  • I've not heard the Killers version of this song, but in no way can it be better. This is just the best song on the planet as far as I'm concerned. One of my all time faves.

  • The Killers cover is good but in no way better, imo. It doesn't give me the same feeling as Mark Knopfler's voice does. Much more powerful coming from Dire Straits.

    We are entitled to our own opinions but I felt I had to express my opinion as well. :-)

  • I agree with you. The Killers did a good job, but the voice, the guitar and the piano...just nothing to do with Dire Straits, the guitar doesn't have the sick dynamics MK uses and the keyboard is a lot more straight ahead, not to meantion the voice.

    Still, as I said, The Killers are great musicians and played a decent cover.

    Fox.

  • the killers are foolish for trying to do a cover of a dire straits song. they could never make it better, what were they thinking?

  • The Killers' version is good, but nothing compares to MK's. This version and the studio version are both perfection.

  • make it better? i don't think that's really the reason (some) musicians make cover songs. most of them fail & don't do any justice, but why not experiment creatively?

  • i totally agree with you on the experimental creativity part, but the killers version was not good in my opinion. the guitar was decent, but the vocals were not pleasing to my ear.

  • @jaspreet1234567 you have no clue about music and you shouldnt post this bullshit. EVERYTHING knopfler wrote knopfler plays better than god. end of story

  • @thenazgullord Yes, you are right. End of comment  ;).

  • @thenazgullord get a life

  • @thenazgullord huh?

  • thats true original songs are always great but i have to say the killers cover is ok but the original is better love this song !!

  • sin duda alguna la mejor cancion de dire straits...lo peor de todo es que me recuerda a la persona q quiero y que juega conmigo...

  • The best version of Romeo and Juliet.I love this song.

  • a perfect example of a perfect song

  • very cool ...

  • AWESOME video

  • Haha

  • This song is a legend. The simple yet ingenious lyrics, the guitar solos, the fact that its story has nothing to do with the real romeo and juliet makes it one of the most incredible songs ever written, regardless of who sings it.. I personally prefer this version probably because this is a typical dire straits song with kick-ass guitar, with true and honest lyrics, capable of conveying deep and gruff emotions..

  • @matinamckagan I don't know about that. To me its more of the modern day romeo and juiliet, not divided by a family, but divided by modern life. I had to listen to it a while to hear that though.

  • I love that click of his fingers at 3:59 and how the crowd cheers. I always love the little click in there on the album version. Beautiful song!

  • you have to give it to them. There showing this generation that there is good music out there

  • I dont care what ANYONE says, Mark looks just like Jerry Seinfeld.......

  • I simply love this song, it is so beutiful! <3

  • There are litlle things bigger than this song.

  • semplicemente bellissima

  • e una delle mie canzoni preferite

    is one of my favorite song

  • He's right, he's better in person.

  • I love the killers, they are one of my favourite bands. But I also love Dire Straits and this song, and I think nothing tops this. though the killers version is very good as well, just not as good as this :)

  • it makes me wanna gouge my ears out, comparing the killers to MK. u guys are assholes!

  • You're a dumb ass. The Killers version sounds gay with a girl accent to it. Not sung by a man.

  • Sounding gay is whining like a little bitch about a band that introduced a song to a new generation and attacking their manhood. It's not like they are forcing you to listen to their version, if you don't like it then don't listen to it. No need to get all touchy and create sexist excuses.

  • AMAZING song!!! Thank you!!!

  • You've got to hear Indigo Girls' version. Also - MK does the little chuckle on the original album version. It does belong...

  • This is so beautiful! Love this song! <3

  • it's hey la my boyfriend's back. like from the song 'my boyfriend's back' by the angels

  • The Killers suck.

  • Wow What the fuck are you talking about. The guy from Killers sounds like he's scared and is about to wet his pants. It sucks. I stick with the original.

  • ahahaha so true... awesom.. hehe no 1 can match this X.x

  • Which comment were you responding to lolz.

  • u dude hehe

  • damn right^^

  • How do you sound like you're scared and going to wet your pants? And what the hell is a girl accent? What lame excuses to dislike a song (that really don't make any sense at all). But I said I like both, why the fuck do you have a problem with that? You can stick with the original but I'm going to listen to both, that shouldn't affect you, yet you're being a little bitch about it. Talk about not being a man... Idiot.

  • And you sound like a complete jackass. And of course, you are.

  • Lol, good one. You're super funny.

  • Thank you, I try.

  • your a prick,this is the best live version of this song you will find,and its very old,i had it on a VHS and lost it...you should keep your stupid comments to your self.i bet you wear your mums knickers whilst jerking off to photo's of your dad..twat

  • I'm talkin about the Killers.

  • one of the greatest advantages of mark and romeo are their being CHOPPY :)))

  • i love the killers but without biasness i can honestly say that he cannot sing nearly as well as Brandon in my opinion he sounds a little off and choppy

  • The Killers....??? Are you kidding???....This is Mark's song...period.

  • estou montando uma banda dire straits gover vamos detonar rondonia

  • I liked the Killers version better at first, but now I think this one is much better. Just the little details and because you know this song has a special meaning to Knopfler.

  • Thanks God, it's the internet that preserves the music of our time.

    To open to eyes (amd the ears) of the younger.

  • i have never seen anybody made sweatbands look this cool before..

  • i agree whole-heartedly with avsfan1121's comment.

    i wasn't even born when there last song was released. i got them from my dad and i love them. :) i listen to them everyday.

    ANYWAY, BEST LOVE SONG EVER!

  • trp top

  • for some reason I prefer The Killers version of this song. I'm not saying that the original is bad, but I like The Killers cover more. sorry, if I offended anyone.

  • I prefer the killers version. Maybe because I heard it first, plus I'm kind of a huge killers fan. If you havnt heard the killers version yet and you like this you should deffinatly look it up.

  • this version is just way better... i mean, mark knopfler doesnt have the best singer voice, but the feeling he puts into it is just unbelievable. plus, he is a SOOO MUCH better guitar player than the killers one... mark knopfler is one of the top guitar heroes.. killers player is not known at all

  • The Dire Straits version is much, much better than the one of the Killers. The Killers raped the song. Their version hurts my ears.

  • I thought the killers done a good wee cover, nothing compared to this but quite good.

  • heard someone saying that this song had more quotes than an average movie; well, he/she was absolutely right!

  • magici. inimitabili. unici

  • THE best version!!!!

  • Absolutely the greatest band!

  • brilliant ..different class

  • the killers murdered this song, nothing beats the original. i'd like to hear a soul version though, could be good if they did it the right way...

  • I like both versions. I gurantee you're only saying the killers murdered this song becuase it's them covering it. If the killers wrote this song idk if you'd really mind

  • what the killers did is one of the best covers that is, even though it cant beat this song. But its a great cover!

  • One of the most beautiful songs ever.

  • What?

  • Mark looks a bit like Jerry seinfield doesn't it? lol

  • :L im jus after sayin this to my mate

    but i z a mix between jerry sienfeld and bob geldof

  • What's the DEAL with Sultans? Do they really swing? I've never seen a swinging sultan...

  • Dire Straits is fantastic. Best band ever.

  • welcome to gentlemens club at valdemarsgade copenhagen

  • This song reminds me of the old hard times with me and my mom :'(

  • Love this song !

  • mamma mia che grande uomo al quarto minuto...solo lui se le inventa ste cose!! grande mark!

  • This is a great track. The indigo girls have mad such an awfull cover of this amazing track! Knopfler does this so well!

  • Best performance EVER!

    Dire Straits will never die.

    They will always be one of the best bands EVER.

  • This song always chokes me up. It reminds me of my beloved high school sweetie. "It's just that the time was wrong." After my divorce I looked her up and she had died a month prior. *something in my eye*

    There are no covers that match Knopfler's voice and execution.

  • I'm lost for words trying to describe superlatives for Mark and the DS.

  • I know that...

  • The best version of Romeo and Juliet.

  • The killers version had better sound but this has the right voice and right gitar playing

  • ......Says something like you and me babe how about it?

    ....you and me babe how about it?

    Mas que saudades eu tenho de ti!

    Beijinhos

    Aires

  • Mas que cancao fenomenal, faz-me recordar-te e tráz-me de volta os momentos de carinho que vivemos juntos.

    Obrigado por teres partilhado parte do tua vida comigo!

    Juliet when we made love you used to cry

    You said I love you like the stars above Ill love you till I die

    Theres a place for us you know the movie song

    When you gonna realise it was just that the time was wrong juliet?

    .........a nossa música.

    Beijinhos

    Aires

  • the mutz nutz

  • Best song ever written.

  • eterno knofler!

  • Dire Straits was God's gift to the Earth.

  • Go listen to that then, rather than this.

  • Mark plays the guitar like a magician.

  • That's not a guitar, dumbass.

  • this song is underrated dire straits best band ever

  • luv the instrumental at the end !

  • I truly think I can appreciate that Alchemy Live as much as a Bach's Magnificat or Chopin's Ballades... it's to say how much I love it. Take a look at those Magnificat and Ballades... those classical pieces rock, as Knopfler's Alchemy do. (Hope my english is correct). From Bordeaux, France.