Sultans of Swing

[GuiTuber]

That was pretty darned good, warts and all. The hardest part is singing and switching between chords and doing those fills. You pulled it off extremely well. Bravo to you sir. Nicely done. -Rob

[yakovgolyadkin]

That was fantastic man. Seriously fantastic. I barred down the page and had it playing just as background music, and only when it ended and I had to restart it did I remember that I wasn't listening to a CD.

[scottytrotter]

@yakovgolyadkin Wow, praise indeed! Gotta thank Total Guitar for the backing track though!

[LiamJamesOConnor]

Very impressive. A difficult song both in terms of guitar and voice and you pulled it all off well. A great cover. Had me singing along at one point. ^_^

[cloutierhaker]

Your voice is excellent. Keep it up :D

[InTheCompanyOfMyself]

this is good

[Solitude102]

Sounds good man, just a bit more work and it'll be absolutely perfect.

[moshpotpaul]

Brilliant.

[scottytrotter]

@pzburviantard He's probably just being polite. He's a friend of mine.

[DGJamesP]

You officially rocked my socks off :3 Thx to Ashens for oppening my ears to such awesomeness ^^

[adrianchen19888]

Thanks Ashen

[mateusbmedeiros]

Wait a minute, that's you singing??

[scottytrotter]

@mateusbmedeiros Yes, it is. It looks odd because the sound and vision went out of sync during the upload. (Notice the fingers don't move quite in time with the notes either.) If you listen closely you'll hear that I get the lyrics wrong in a couple of places. (I say "...comin' in out of the cold..." instead of "...comin' in out of the rain..." Also, it should be "...drunk and dressed in their best brown baggies...". I missed out the "drunk" bit.)

[scottytrotter]

@mateusbmedeiros You'll also notice changes in the vocal volume as I move away from the mic at some points.

[mateusbmedeiros]

@scottytrotter Oh man you're awesome, your voice sounds just like Knopfler, and you played it great. ("Need a bit more work on the final solo", but I can say nothing since I can't do even close to that)

[scottytrotter]

@mateusbmedeiros Hi, thanks for your kind comments. I'm aware that there are thousands of truly ace guitarist/singers out there in YouTube world that I can't really compete with, but it's fun posting this stuff, all the same, just to see what comes back, even if it's negative!

My favourite guitarist on YouTube is "troubleclef". Check him out; he is one of the most talented guitarists I've seen on here.

[mateusbmedeiros]

@scottytrotter But I just quoted you yourself to point the only thing that is missing to a perfect performance in my opinion..... and also you sang (greatly) and played at the same time, and it's a song full of licks, you're awesome man!

[mateusbmedeiros]

@scottytrotter I just watched troubleclef's "Castles made of Sand" and man, it's awesome...do you know "lonlonjp"? He mostly plays video-game stuff, but he is great... and recently I watched a "Bohemian Rhapsody" by ironmonger100 that left me impressed too... =)

[scottytrotter]

@mateusbmedeiros I'll check 'em out. (BTW, It's ok, I wasn't suggesting that you were being negative, I was just saying that I would naturally expect some negative comments in general from YouTubers.)

[mateusbmedeiros]

@scottytrotter Ok, but if you do get any negative comments in this video, they're just trolls, believe me. =)

[theshorterstory]

@scottytrotter do you move away from the mic so you can breathe?**

[scottytrotter]

@theshorterstory No, it's so that I can see the fretboard. Breathing's automatic. ;)

[Maestro2514]

any chance om an mp3 download, scotty?

[Cathal1992edition]

Nice.

[ChanticleerHegemony]

Jeez, Mark Knopfler has really let himself go!

[scottytrotter]

@ChanticleerHegemony Yep, and is now living in a semi-detached in East Anglia. Times is hard. ;-)

[Punisher0015]

fuck yeah!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[mastigoz]

this is one of those songs you dont realize how bad ass it is until its in the backgrownd of a movie final scene with a guy walking with a big gun in one hand and a hot girl in the other in slow-mo with explosions on the back and the credits start rolling, or something like that

[LaManchaNoctambula]

Thanks for the video Scott! And thanks Ashens to fav it

[floella182]

My 2 year old daughter danced all the way through your video. Very well done

[pplk23]

Ashens liked this

[conan3d]

Reminds me of GH5. Fucking awesome song.

[Pierre61]

Nice playing, and nice memories of buying Guitar Player et al for some new licks before this internet malarky was around :)

[Loop44]

pretty good for an amateur

[Patrycz4k]

Great cover, keep the good work up

[Zestava]

ashens sent me here to favorite this and like this

[achemachew]

I listen to this song all the time!! I look at Mark as a major influence for the guitar.

[nollix]

Dire Straits ftw.

[cfalcon07]

youtubes new layout basically lets us stalk ppl now

[alexwilsonNC]

I love this song, but I would've never seen your video if Dr. Ashens didn't "Like" it..

Great job!!!!

[RaynaDJ]

@pzburviantard and?

[Th4Pwnz0r]

@RaynaDJ Ashens is awesome. :D

[RaynaDJ]

@Th4Pwnz0r yeah i know but whats the big deal about him liking a video?

[Madagasci]

@RaynaDJ Because it's ashens! he Ownzz! :D

[LoudGJ]

@RaynaDJ Ashens is fucking awesome. That's why.

[Th4Pwnz0r]

@RaynaDJ BLASPHAMY!

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I dont even know.

[twjunkbunnie]

Nice job. Sounds great.

[Sunnyangel37]

I saw your video because Ashens liked it, and I thought hey, why not watch it? So glad I did! It is the best cover I have heard of this song. It's fantastic!

[Pokegod100]

... Wow. Sounds alot like the original.

[LtZaidejas]

Didn't like most covers of this song. Thanks to ashens I saw yours, which I do like.

[GRAFHC]

Fantastic!

[Omigawd0Pie]

<3

[ashens]

Always loved this song.

[Maestro2514]

@ashens sames mate :) i love this song so much (and im 14!), and this version is great!