Nice to hear this again, truly an excellent song! Makes me think of how I got to where I am today. What happened to this generation...although technically I am of this generation; I dare not lump myself into the grouping (early twenties).
This is one of the most beautiful songs I have ever heard. James Taylor & Mark Knopfler - where could it go wrong. American history, sung by American favorites can make you have hope again, well, at least for the duration of the song. That's why I put it on repeat when I listen. The trials and tribulations explorers faced - just to be here. America, where did we get so lost?
@rbarre27 Although I cannot criticise your seniments here, I would however like to point out that Mark Knopfler is in fact very British, born in Scotland and brought up in Northumberland, so I take issue with refering to him as an 'American favourite'. America has enough talent of its own (James Taylor being a fantastic example) without having to lay claim to the precious few treasures these islands produce!
@rbarre27 haha no worries man! I was just saying America has enough talent! It would be like us trying to lay claim to Hendrix as a Brit! (on a smaller scale). You could be forgiven for thinking he wasn't British though as his vocal style doesn't sound English or Scottish in the slightest, but then again when he sings Mick Jagger doesn't sound like he's from Kent. Also until recently I had no idea that Slash was from London. i just assumed he was from L.A. as that was where G'N'R were formed.
This song gives me a feeling I can only dexribe as an unicorn running freely in the nature. He sees his true love for the first time and experiences the real feeling of happiness.
I think the powers to be are missing the boat of revenue by not selling the Videos that were produced for the songs If I could buy those Id replace my 15g of media with whatever of the original videos I remember when VHS showed videos....
@figaro755 Amen Brother!! I want to hear the song not buy some miniaturized miracle technology, now what would this country boy do with a smart phone?
What the fuck!? I own this album, been listening to it for months! never even thought this could be James Taylor! This album just got a shit load better!
@Redshift1982 You're damn right buddy! But that's a good thing as well, we enjoy this, and the idiots out there will never have such pleasure from this type of real music!
@Redshift1982 if you know how much views have Justin Bieber and Taylor Swift, you're an idiot too cuz you opened their video's page, so the views also counts yours :D
@GCantoL The Iriquois, to put it shortly, are a mix of many different native tribes in pre-revolution American. They are also known as the Five Nations. I believe they came from upstate New York and traveled southwest into Ohio and Kentucky. This would be the forest of the Iroquois, as at the time it was largely unsettled.
I'm listening to this song for the first time now, after just having finished all 773 pages of Thomas Pynchon's "Mason & Dixon," and while I wish no harm upon the Knopfler community -- god knowing his legacy and eminence prevailing -- I cannot help but feel underwhelmed with the song both lyrically and musically. I'm not necessarily detracting, the song is great in its own right, but it isn't as impressive as the novel.
If you have yet to discover it, please do, Pynchon's "Mason & Dixon."
@zmcsheffrey I read Pynchon's book. While not as historically accurate or complete, this song has a much better beat and sounds a whole lot better. : )
do u think that also legend 'james taylor"is stunning legend in westren style as mark knopfler the legend the great master would be down in his this rare style with that legend man james taylor because he also gives chances to all type of art when he really want to perform something unique at least be with the all legends in another great task which performs legend and the prophet of all time rare unique type of music in all the planet...
Yes its a great collaboration - some of Marks best work is outside Dire Straits - I worked with him for 10 years fave Straits track is Brothers In Arms........
hurry up we can feel and at the same time taste the bigger difference between legends in this planet which i mean it mark knopfler is not quite normal artist but he is goddess of his unique art type of his all albums though we have to
realize that legend mark knopfler is not the way we talk or express about him this poet legend songwriter and leader also a man who plays the guitar in excellent ways could be the first messenger who god send for us
@JBorg82, not sure what you mean by "triumphed", but it may give you some degree of satisfaction to know that AMERICA, best known for 70s hits like "A Horse With No Name", "Ventura Highway", and "Sister Golden Hair", will be releasing a new album in July. It will be a compilation of cover song of various artists, going back over the the last 5 decades. "Sailing To Philadelphia" will be on that cd. Check it out at Amazon: AMERICA "Back Pages"
@flywithabuzz The songs are awesome, i specially loved the " Green Grass and High tides" alongside with " Journey of the sorcerer " , if you have more songs, keep them coming.
@dawshaz, glad you enjoyed them. You would probably like many of The Outlaw's songs. Another one of theirs to check out, if you haven't already, is "Hurry Sundown". I'll see what else I can come up with.
@dawshaz try this by The Outlaws "Green Grass and High Tides" youtube.com/watch?v=R82OM5tzcrk then this by The Marshal Tucker Band "Fire On The Mountain" youtube.com/watch?v=8e71N7EhaGA&feature=related then this by the Eagles "Journey of The Sorcerer" youtube.com/watch?v=7rOMGIbY-9s
All songs from the 70s. Journey of the Sorcerer is all instrumental. Fire On The Mountain is kind of a ballad like Sailing To Phil is. Let me know what you think.
such a beautiful track and well produced, check out british band kulu's debut video change of heart, there album no rider is on i tunes now great listen
What a great tune. I love James Taylor and although Mr knopfler has never done it for me, this is a great track and close to my heart as gullible geordie lad! It's a lovely tune - dreamy and inspirational. I love it!
This song was used in a film in the memorial of the cyclist Wouter Weylandt who unfortunaly lost his life in a crash on the third stage of the 2011 Giro d`Italia, made by the organizers.. A great song the made it a perfect tribute to a great cyclist that died to young..
Rip Wouter, the memory of you will never be forgotten
heard this song about 6 times today....so glad i discovered it!! Anyone want to share some other songs they love in the hope that I might find a new song that i hadn't heard of? Ideally songs that aren't totally well known, for instance: Grave Digger Dave Mathews Band, Teddy Picker Arctic Monkeys, When the man comes around Johnny Cash, Home Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros, if that aint country dave allen coe...I love songs with lyrics that tell a story..
@MrSpanky87 try zoe jane or so far away by staind. Those are rocky acoustic songs that I've got into recently. Not quite the same vibe as this song, but I thought I'd share :)
@MrSpanky87 - Two great story songs are "Verdi Cries" by Natalie Merchant (when she was with 10,000 Maniacs or solo; I'm not sure) and "The Greatest Discovery" by Elton John, with wonderful lyrics by Bernie Taupin. Now I'm going to go listen to some of the songs that you mentioned.
Jeremiah Dixon was born in Cockfield, near Bishop Auckland, County Durham,just a few miles from where I live. Fasinating story of him and Charles Mason. This song pays tribute to them.
It is possible that Dixon's name was the origin for the nickname Dixie used in reference to the U.S. Southern States.
My measure of a great artist is how many people try to imitate their music. Mark Knopfler's greatness is found in his uniqueness which can't be reproduced. It is not only in his sound but in the wide range of styles he does and can complement any other musician.
i remember a couple of my friends talking about doing a mark knopfler cover but the guitarist said no because if he couldn't get the sound then he wouldn't be doing justice.
i don't think many people could do his playing style.
This is real music and it gets no better, what talents. How can people compare such wonderful song writing with some of the crap thats aired today ( aka. X Factor fall outs )
This musical collaboration is truely a piece of art, beautifully executed by two national treasures Mark Knopfler and James Taylor. The music is so pieceful and soothing and Mark always picks the string of my heart. What a beautiful song! Thank you Mark and James.
This musical collaboration is truly a piece of art, beautifully executed by two national treasures Mark Knopfler and James Taylor. The music is soothing and pieceful. Their voices are surprisingly matched also! Mark always picks the string of my heart. What a beautiful song!
This musical collaboration is truly a piece of art, beautifully executed by two national treasures Mark Knopfler and James Taylor. The music is soothing and pieceful. Their voices are surprisingly matched also! Mark always picks the string of my heart.What a beautiful song!
Im 13, where has the good music gone? Notice how all the good artists are still around (Ect. Bon Jovi, U2, Mark Knophler), but I bet my life that lady gaga and Rihanna will be gone within 10 years
@mtarek16 "Sailing" symbolises in an epic way a journey/travel to Philadelphia. Because that's what you had to do in old times.. Nowaday you go by plane, but the feeling for someone who travels to reach a dream, start something new or just enjoy the ride, is the same as for someone who did it in old times.. I guess that's somewhat what the picture is about.. Just a wild guess from what I personally feel when I listen to the song and see the picture, nothing official though.
@emmyschirmer I'm 14 from Croatia and Dire Straits is my favorite band...some of my friends started to listen to them when I showed them how good is this music...
@emmyschirmer I'm also 17 and I think this music and Dire Straits in particular are much better than anything we have from our generation. I wish I grew up in our parents generation haha
@emmyschirmer Lol I'm 17 and I listened to this song when I was younger, My parents would aways play it. also my mom is a singer/song writer so I know a lot of older songs that most people our age don't know. I can't exactly agree with *Bigcam0011* but I agree that this song is beautiful. there's a difference between our two generations. each have their own unique beauty to them so I can't say one is better than the other. only that if you can't find the beauty in a song like this as beautiful
Stick to your guns, young one. There is so much great music out there. I'm 49 and enjoy everything from Bing Crosby to the Beatles to Pink Floyd to Rush to The Replacements to Nirvana to Radiohead to Jay-Z to Apples in Stereo to Mumford and Sons. It's all out there for you. It's ripe. Pick it, listen to it, take from it what you like. Music is universal. All music speaks to you. You just have to listen.
everybody stop complaining about the people who don't enjoy beautiful atmospheric meaningful music like this and instead listen to instantly forgettable, shallow music.
If those people are too immersed in only listening to music because it's trendy, who cares... it's their loss.
Dixon was a surveyor and Mason an astronomer. In one night of debauchery that Dixon was inclined, Mason reprimands him by saying: "You came ashore here looking for ocassions to transgress. Some of us have more backbone," I suppose." "A bodily Part too often undistinguish'd," Dixon replies, "from a Ram-Rod up the Arse."
Thomas Pynchon, "Mason & Dixon," one of the finest novel of the English language. The song is good; the novel is brilliant. Read it.
the man from new york asks the man from dallas why he fights, the man answers in a strong drawl "freedom from northern usurpation, and why do u fight sir?"
the new yorker says "freedom for those that cannot free themselves"
the black fella with a funny towel on his head asks the man in desert storm khakis what freedom he fights for, the yankee answers
i sit here listening to that song and i wonder how people can dislike it and like some other music shit like justin bieber's or lady gaga's....such a beautiful song....
on my moms pandora, Mark Knopfler is her only entery....she just loves everything he does...she says, " he's the greatest guitiar player ever." She is the best !!
I first heard this song in a college reading class for teachers. The professor was trying to show how you could incorporate music into other classes, like geography or history in this case, in order to reinforce what students were reading and to make them think about what they are reading and research to understand the references to places in England. I love the music of both of these artists and for them to collaborate only makes it better. Great song by great writers and musicians.
I don't generally listen to this kind of music, but I appreciate the contrast in their harmonies, the backing musicality, dynamic light and shade throughout the track and tasteful, laid back drumming. Sailing to Philadelphia would have been quite a mission, involving a massive trip up river! The song conjures up images for me and strikes a chord, though I couldn't tell you why!
How can anyone make such a gorgeous song about surveying? What an idea! What a song....
MrChoptastic 1 week ago 2
bless you gromeo52
Glowskully 1 week ago
these are just two great singer,sonwriters that have made this world a little bit better place to live.Thank you for the upload.God bless.
gromeo52 2 weeks ago in playlist Favorite videos 2
Nice to hear this again, truly an excellent song! Makes me think of how I got to where I am today. What happened to this generation...although technically I am of this generation; I dare not lump myself into the grouping (early twenties).
DivinaComoedia 2 weeks ago
How I love this song... Miss my hometown!
miniclip22 2 weeks ago
This is one of the most beautiful songs I have ever heard. James Taylor & Mark Knopfler - where could it go wrong. American history, sung by American favorites can make you have hope again, well, at least for the duration of the song. That's why I put it on repeat when I listen. The trials and tribulations explorers faced - just to be here. America, where did we get so lost?
rbarre27 3 weeks ago 2
@rbarre27 Although I cannot criticise your seniments here, I would however like to point out that Mark Knopfler is in fact very British, born in Scotland and brought up in Northumberland, so I take issue with refering to him as an 'American favourite'. America has enough talent of its own (James Taylor being a fantastic example) without having to lay claim to the precious few treasures these islands produce!
Gothmog909 4 days ago
@Gothmog909 I hear ya! Next time I'll do my research before I write so that I'm not busting anybodies chops. Sheesh!
rbarre27 4 days ago
@rbarre27 haha no worries man! I was just saying America has enough talent! It would be like us trying to lay claim to Hendrix as a Brit! (on a smaller scale). You could be forgiven for thinking he wasn't British though as his vocal style doesn't sound English or Scottish in the slightest, but then again when he sings Mick Jagger doesn't sound like he's from Kent. Also until recently I had no idea that Slash was from London. i just assumed he was from L.A. as that was where G'N'R were formed.
Gothmog909 4 days ago
This song gives me a feeling I can only dexribe as an unicorn running freely in the nature. He sees his true love for the first time and experiences the real feeling of happiness.
crystalsongforest 3 weeks ago 2
COOL
1974Baal 1 month ago
I think the powers to be are missing the boat of revenue by not selling the Videos that were produced for the songs If I could buy those Id replace my 15g of media with whatever of the original videos I remember when VHS showed videos....
xfiledco 1 month ago
scroll up! you're missing the great... uhh picture above!
Appelmanish 1 month ago
R.I.P. wouter
nick4399 1 month ago
FCKING ADS.... I GET SICK OF THEM
figaro755 2 months ago
@figaro755 So you'd be happy to pay a subscription to keep it add free then?
pplpilot 1 month ago
@figaro755 Amen Brother!! I want to hear the song not buy some miniaturized miracle technology, now what would this country boy do with a smart phone?
ah well keeps the place running
Airomist 1 month ago
ah i love this! it works so well, mark knopfler being from newcastle and james taylor coming from (pretty near to) philadelphia!
beautiful!
stanleyvaughanuk 2 months ago
What the fuck!? I own this album, been listening to it for months! never even thought this could be James Taylor! This album just got a shit load better!
daliksheppy 2 months ago
Thumbs UP if you think that at 0:27 there is the best single note ever played !
(when he sing "lady")
Hear it on HD louder
ik3umt 2 months ago 2
Wonderful song!!!!!! I wish WiLD 94.9 in San Francisco could play this on Sunday mornings :):):):):):):)
Hankywild949 2 months ago
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Hankywild949 2 months ago
Proper music.
planetrockford 2 months ago
the best with brothers in arms and what it is
31lafouine 2 months ago
Masterful two legends.
spennithorne1 2 months ago
Blown away by this one...love the mix of music and history...
wvVol 2 months ago
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gay ass faggot nigger bullshit
2666ification 2 months ago
This song makes me wanna go down south, sit on my front porch with my whiskey and a banjo, and play it while smoking a big fat doooobie.
And then ride a horse to the store.
wildpoontang 3 months ago 6
jai adorer son concer du 21 octobre a la rockhal une heure de pure plaisir
queenmagic1982 3 months ago
I'm practicly never lost for words, but there are no words to describe this. This is pure magic.
Gebruikersnaam107428 3 months ago
I feel like crying when listening this song!! :'/
It's AMAZING!!
MateusP666 3 months ago
Saw Mark Knopfler in concert the other day, made my day when he played this.
PAULFC93 3 months ago
@skinsvideos21 philadelphia has a river doesn't it?
siddharthjoshi91 3 months ago
@siddharthjoshi91 indeed, there is a pretty substantial naval base in philly also so definitely not landlocked haha
blackeagle689 2 months ago
This video: 603.805 views.
Justin Bieber - Baby ft. Ludacris: 633.474.105 views.
Taylor Swift - You Belong With me: 128.995.138 views.
Conclusion = People are idiots.
Redshift1982 3 months ago 120
@Redshift1982 You're damn right buddy! But that's a good thing as well, we enjoy this, and the idiots out there will never have such pleasure from this type of real music!
mcneuschris 2 months ago
@Redshift1982 haha true. taylor swift is cute but her music is shit. lol
danyl123 2 months ago
@Redshift1982 or too many teenagers around the web
ksnaddyk 2 months ago
@ksnaddyk Then teenagers are idiots.
2lonnie20 2 months ago
@2lonnie20 it seems transparent. :D
ksnaddyk 2 months ago
@ksnaddyk :)
and to be clear: I am a teenager too. Actually I don't really like this song (it's not bad though), but I love Mark Knopfler and Dire Straits!
2lonnie20 2 months ago
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2lonnie20 2 months ago
@Redshift1982 if you know how much views have Justin Bieber and Taylor Swift, you're an idiot too cuz you opened their video's page, so the views also counts yours :D
D4T4N 2 months ago
@D4T4N :(
Redshift1982 2 months ago
@Redshift1982 Soooo true!!!!
lektana 1 month ago
love it.
guitarplayercs 4 months ago
Its just a rip off of the Highwaymen from the Eighties.!!!
jimmyf48 4 months ago
@jimmyf48 It sounds a LITTLE like "The Highwaymen" but not quite. This song is more expansive and deeper.
grski88 4 months ago in playlist Liked
@jimmyf48 2 different songs.
Technetium2k 4 months ago
Thanks to my friend I can't stop laughing to this song, because he said ''WTF, Philadelphia's landlocked!''
skinsvideos21 4 months ago
@skinsvideos21 your friend has an interesting idea of "landlocked". This "landlocked" city was the busiest sea port in the original 13 colonies.
jdav8193 4 months ago
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@skinsvideos21 your friend has an interesting idea of "landlocked". This "landlocked" city was the busiest sea port in the original 13 colonies.
jdav8193 4 months ago
@skinsvideos21
ITS A SONG DICKHEAD
24651521 4 months ago
Respond to this video... BRILLIANT
24651521 4 months ago
sounds like a jimmy webb song
fozdiv 5 months ago
This is perfect if you play it while sitting on a couch and looking to the sunset with a glass whine with your girlfriend.
jigmax14 5 months ago 4
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@jigmax14 "This is perfect if you play it while sitting on a couch and looking to the sunset with a glass whine with your girlfriend."
Sounds good.
But you might try it with "wine" next time -- even better, I promise.
smartalek180 3 months ago
how could people dislike THIS song!! shame on you bitches
IronEagle161 5 months ago 39
@IronEagle161 14 people got stuck Sailing to Camden NJ
johngalt23g 5 months ago
@johngalt23g lmfao
anlgp 4 months ago
@IronEagle161
The term is "ladies". Looks like you got corrupted by the music of this generation.
crystalsongforest 2 weeks ago
Beautiful.
leninesthebest 5 months ago
relaxing..
necromante45 5 months ago
america chill my friend just enjoy the tunes stop the fighting my friends and the ladies i enjoy oh yeah take it easy fighting solved nothing x
100jonnywoods 6 months ago
geordie time x
100jonnywoods 6 months ago
ken boon x
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Villaking1337 6 months ago 2
sublime music,great vocals,and story like lyrics,music that touches your very soul...then again what do i know
inverterville 6 months ago
music isnt about views on youtube, but why only 549 535 oO love this song <3
hvalrosshelvete 6 months ago
I love this song, the acoustic is great too
Forest of Iriquois, what's that? i'm brazilian
GCantoL 6 months ago
@GCantoL The Iriquois, to put it shortly, are a mix of many different native tribes in pre-revolution American. They are also known as the Five Nations. I believe they came from upstate New York and traveled southwest into Ohio and Kentucky. This would be the forest of the Iroquois, as at the time it was largely unsettled.
zmcsheffrey 6 months ago
@zmcsheffrey I grateful, thank you!
GCantoL 6 months ago
@GCantoL the Iriquois are a tribe of Native American Indians!!
jim5608 5 months ago
@jim5608 Thanks!
GCantoL 5 months ago
I'm listening to this song for the first time now, after just having finished all 773 pages of Thomas Pynchon's "Mason & Dixon," and while I wish no harm upon the Knopfler community -- god knowing his legacy and eminence prevailing -- I cannot help but feel underwhelmed with the song both lyrically and musically. I'm not necessarily detracting, the song is great in its own right, but it isn't as impressive as the novel.
If you have yet to discover it, please do, Pynchon's "Mason & Dixon."
zmcsheffrey 6 months ago
@zmcsheffrey I read Pynchon's book. While not as historically accurate or complete, this song has a much better beat and sounds a whole lot better. : )
mdfouru 3 months ago
I just love this song!
MusicRulesTheWorld12 6 months ago
loveit loveit loveit loveit <3
appeltjemetkaneel 6 months ago
do u think that also legend 'james taylor"is stunning legend in westren style as mark knopfler the legend the great master would be down in his this rare style with that legend man james taylor because he also gives chances to all type of art when he really want to perform something unique at least be with the all legends in another great task which performs legend and the prophet of all time rare unique type of music in all the planet...
best wishes to all
osman saleh osman -sana'a -yemen
sosmansal 6 months ago
12 people couldn't survive the forests of the Iriquois
johngalt23g 6 months ago 3
Yes its a great collaboration - some of Marks best work is outside Dire Straits - I worked with him for 10 years fave Straits track is Brothers In Arms........
Chaparral2C 7 months ago
hurry up we can feel and at the same time taste the bigger difference between legends in this planet which i mean it mark knopfler is not quite normal artist but he is goddess of his unique art type of his all albums though we have to
realize that legend mark knopfler is not the way we talk or express about him this poet legend songwriter and leader also a man who plays the guitar in excellent ways could be the first messenger who god send for us
osman saleh-sana'a-yemen
sosmansal 7 months ago
Goddamn awesome ! ! !
TheMusicVagrant 7 months ago
Great harmony !!!
MrTuuna 7 months ago 2
best album ever made. this makes me happy, what isnt making me happy .. is that it wont ever be triumphed..
JBorg82 7 months ago
@JBorg82, not sure what you mean by "triumphed", but it may give you some degree of satisfaction to know that AMERICA, best known for 70s hits like "A Horse With No Name", "Ventura Highway", and "Sister Golden Hair", will be releasing a new album in July. It will be a compilation of cover song of various artists, going back over the the last 5 decades. "Sailing To Philadelphia" will be on that cd. Check it out at Amazon: AMERICA "Back Pages"
flywithabuzz 7 months ago
@flywithabuzz The songs are awesome, i specially loved the " Green Grass and High tides" alongside with " Journey of the sorcerer " , if you have more songs, keep them coming.
dawshaz 7 months ago
@dawshaz, glad you enjoyed them. You would probably like many of The Outlaw's songs. Another one of theirs to check out, if you haven't already, is "Hurry Sundown". I'll see what else I can come up with.
flywithabuzz 7 months ago
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flywithabuzz 6 months ago
@flywithabuzz Yes it did. The song's not bad, still not the same " western " genre as Mark Knopfler.
dawshaz 8 months ago
@dawshaz try this by The Outlaws "Green Grass and High Tides" youtube.com/watch?v=R82OM5tzcrk then this by The Marshal Tucker Band "Fire On The Mountain" youtube.com/watch?v=8e71N7EhaGA&feature=related then this by the Eagles "Journey of The Sorcerer" youtube.com/watch?v=7rOMGIbY-9s
All songs from the 70s. Journey of the Sorcerer is all instrumental. Fire On The Mountain is kind of a ballad like Sailing To Phil is. Let me know what you think.
flywithabuzz 7 months ago
@flywithabuzz thanks alot !
dawshaz 8 months ago
anyone can recommend an artist or a band which has the same music genre as this song ?
dawshaz 8 months ago
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flywithabuzz 8 months ago
I'm 13 and I've known every word to this song since I was four. Always has and will be my favorite.
TheIzzyfizzylemmon 8 months ago 2
3:43 forward - the fade out, the fade out! = heaven on earth (as much as possible). BTW, 10 people wanted to sail to Pittsboyg.
greenwich1754 8 months ago
I grew up with this music =)
thefalchion 8 months ago
2:42-2:46 is probably the best couple of seconds of music I've ever heard, and i listen to alot of music ...
JJFrancio6314 8 months ago
such a beautiful track and well produced, check out british band kulu's debut video change of heart, there album no rider is on i tunes now great listen
takeitbackfloyd 8 months ago
justin bieber needs to sit his faggot ass down and listen to this masterpiece
ernestorafaelguevara 8 months ago
What a great tune. I love James Taylor and although Mr knopfler has never done it for me, this is a great track and close to my heart as gullible geordie lad! It's a lovely tune - dreamy and inspirational. I love it!
garcialovesme 8 months ago
How is it possible to dislike this song??!
20LEGENDE 8 months ago
@20LEGENDE bad taste in music i suppose
Razgriz85 8 months ago
This song was used in a film in the memorial of the cyclist Wouter Weylandt who unfortunaly lost his life in a crash on the third stage of the 2011 Giro d`Italia, made by the organizers.. A great song the made it a perfect tribute to a great cyclist that died to young..
Rip Wouter, the memory of you will never be forgotten
trulsrn 8 months ago 16
@trulsrn This song will always remind me of Wouter. Rust in vrede Wouter.
nick4399 8 months ago 3
Piece of magic by two legends! So beautiful and pure!
osten324 8 months ago
why does this song not have more views? it's insane!
Technetium2k 8 months ago
0:00 Free restart Buttom!
basdek1 8 months ago
WIth this amazing albumn I entered 2000.
Could listen to it all night long
SunTeleLeo 8 months ago
9 people swam to Philadelphia.
greenwich1754 9 months ago
haha it's funny because this song is about us history yet mark knopfler is scottish
great song, btw.
JorgeDX3 9 months ago
@JorgeDX3
Scottish born but Geordie bred! :-)
patsyod 8 months ago
This is the line that always gets me......1:10 amazing. But I guess it doesn't mean so much to a lot of people.
kenruneck 9 months ago
It's funny how some people's musical style jumps out at you...never heard it before but knew Knophler's guitar from the first note. Nice, very nice
atimtambaby 9 months ago
heard this song about 6 times today....so glad i discovered it!! Anyone want to share some other songs they love in the hope that I might find a new song that i hadn't heard of? Ideally songs that aren't totally well known, for instance: Grave Digger Dave Mathews Band, Teddy Picker Arctic Monkeys, When the man comes around Johnny Cash, Home Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros, if that aint country dave allen coe...I love songs with lyrics that tell a story..
MrSpanky87 9 months ago
@MrSpanky87 piano man - billy joel
usul0023 9 months ago
@usul0023 great song thanks :D
MrSpanky87 9 months ago
@MrSpanky87 Elton John - indian sunset
usul0023 9 months ago
@usul0023 great song mate thanks. If you liked thaq one ul probably like Daddy's gone by a scottish band called GLASVEGAS. thanks again :D
MrSpanky87 9 months ago
@MrSpanky87 I heard those guys live supporting U2
usul0023 9 months ago
@usul0023
Don't think so, might have been on the same bill but defo not a supporting act
patsyod 8 months ago
@MrSpanky87 try zoe jane or so far away by staind. Those are rocky acoustic songs that I've got into recently. Not quite the same vibe as this song, but I thought I'd share :)
ddrumdude 9 months ago
@MrSpanky87 - Two great story songs are "Verdi Cries" by Natalie Merchant (when she was with 10,000 Maniacs or solo; I'm not sure) and "The Greatest Discovery" by Elton John, with wonderful lyrics by Bernie Taupin. Now I'm going to go listen to some of the songs that you mentioned.
violetjm 9 months ago
9 dislikes?? are u being serious? retards!! absolute beaut of a song!! x
chewylouie06 9 months ago 3
9 dislikes?? are u being serious? retards!! absolute beaut of a song!! x
chewylouie06 9 months ago
Back when music was good..sigh..
SchrodingersCat2718 9 months ago 3
i raped the replay button, it never gets boring!
mikak3607 9 months ago
A song about land surveyors. Awesome.
jwz965 10 months ago
Jeremiah Dixon was born in Cockfield, near Bishop Auckland, County Durham,just a few miles from where I live. Fasinating story of him and Charles Mason. This song pays tribute to them.
It is possible that Dixon's name was the origin for the nickname Dixie used in reference to the U.S. Southern States.
drummerjohn49 10 months ago
Who can dislike this? Nine malicious persons out there...
mustsilm 10 months ago 2
It really takes my minds away .....
belfastchild13 10 months ago
Will never forget this song, always eventually come back and listen to it when im troubled.
RetardedTulio 10 months ago
My measure of a great artist is how many people try to imitate their music. Mark Knopfler's greatness is found in his uniqueness which can't be reproduced. It is not only in his sound but in the wide range of styles he does and can complement any other musician.
buggyapp 10 months ago
i remember a couple of my friends talking about doing a mark knopfler cover but the guitarist said no because if he couldn't get the sound then he wouldn't be doing justice.
i don't think many people could do his playing style.
jahargablarg 10 months ago
@jahargablarg ... I also know musicians (guitarists) who said that they wouldn't even come close if they tried doing Mark's guitars.
Marikit777 10 months ago
cool song
000evs 10 months ago
lovely a world away
ronatholl 10 months ago
This is real music and it gets no better, what talents. How can people compare such wonderful song writing with some of the crap thats aired today ( aka. X Factor fall outs )
robertwhiteemail 10 months ago
@robertwhiteemail Don't you feel sorry for a generation brought up on the manufactured music that is about nowadays?
rafhenlow 10 months ago
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i hope this men lives forever and i always listen to :)
americanosj 11 months ago
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hope this man lives forever and I always listen to!!!
americanosj 11 months ago
This song is just magnificent
erasmus1511 11 months ago 2
My wife bought me this album when it was released! She thought she'd take a chance that i might like it! Best gamble she ever took!
62burnley 11 months ago
This musical collaboration is truely a piece of art, beautifully executed by two national treasures Mark Knopfler and James Taylor. The music is so pieceful and soothing and Mark always picks the string of my heart. What a beautiful song! Thank you Mark and James.
owen0515 11 months ago 48
@owen0515 i just wondered if you meant peaceful or pieceful.....
lqgrxdeb 9 months ago
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This musical collaboration is truly a piece of art, beautifully executed by two national treasures Mark Knopfler and James Taylor. The music is soothing and pieceful. Their voices are surprisingly matched also! Mark always picks the string of my heart. What a beautiful song!
owen0515 11 months ago
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This musical collaboration is truly a piece of art, beautifully executed by two national treasures Mark Knopfler and James Taylor. The music is soothing and pieceful. Their voices are surprisingly matched also! Mark always picks the string of my heart.What a beautiful song!
owen0515 11 months ago
a legendary song from a legend...we are lucky because we are living same time with Mark Knopfler...
MarcusAhmetius 11 months ago 3
Im 13, where has the good music gone? Notice how all the good artists are still around (Ect. Bon Jovi, U2, Mark Knophler), but I bet my life that lady gaga and Rihanna will be gone within 10 years
Jojordan12 11 months ago 2
Just....wow....
rnargi 11 months ago
Why does a song that's called "_Sailing_ to Philadelphia", has the picture of a plane ??
mtarek16 11 months ago
@mtarek16 exactly because of that!
UndeadMusicRulezz 11 months ago
@mtarek16 exactly because of that! heh, joking. That picture is the album cover ;)
The album is called Sailing to Philadelphia.
UndeadMusicRulezz 11 months ago
@mtarek16 "Sailing" symbolises in an epic way a journey/travel to Philadelphia. Because that's what you had to do in old times.. Nowaday you go by plane, but the feeling for someone who travels to reach a dream, start something new or just enjoy the ride, is the same as for someone who did it in old times.. I guess that's somewhat what the picture is about.. Just a wild guess from what I personally feel when I listen to the song and see the picture, nothing official though.
vetegrodd 8 months ago
One of my favourite songs of all time, and at 17 I don't know many who listen to this anymore :/
emmyschirmer 11 months ago
@emmyschirmer I'm 14 from Croatia and Dire Straits is my favorite band...some of my friends started to listen to them when I showed them how good is this music...
ProvGANG 11 months ago 2
@emmyschirmer I'm also 17 and I think this music and Dire Straits in particular are much better than anything we have from our generation. I wish I grew up in our parents generation haha
bigcam0011 11 months ago 2
@bigcam0011
So true. Took the words out of my mouth.
bakutx 11 months ago
@emmyschirmer Lol I'm 17 and I listened to this song when I was younger, My parents would aways play it. also my mom is a singer/song writer so I know a lot of older songs that most people our age don't know. I can't exactly agree with *Bigcam0011* but I agree that this song is beautiful. there's a difference between our two generations. each have their own unique beauty to them so I can't say one is better than the other. only that if you can't find the beauty in a song like this as beautiful
MagicClone 11 months ago
@MagicClone
Stick to your guns, young one. There is so much great music out there. I'm 49 and enjoy everything from Bing Crosby to the Beatles to Pink Floyd to Rush to The Replacements to Nirvana to Radiohead to Jay-Z to Apples in Stereo to Mumford and Sons. It's all out there for you. It's ripe. Pick it, listen to it, take from it what you like. Music is universal. All music speaks to you. You just have to listen.
rnargi 11 months ago
@rnargi Hi,You have a great attitude.It's mine too(I'm 65} Never lose it :-))).H.
12HJW 11 months ago
@rnargi Will do my friend. Sadly people don't listen to the music with all their senses anymore.
MagicClone 10 months ago
@emmyschirmer as this, I don't know how you can find the beauty in anything =]
MagicClone 11 months ago
Kids would be alot better at history and geography if they had role models like these 2 true musicians!
Awesome song!
Camb250 11 months ago
14 years and this is some of the best music.
But not as good as supertramp and coldplay
Zjwammie 1 year ago
everybody stop complaining about the people who don't enjoy beautiful atmospheric meaningful music like this and instead listen to instantly forgettable, shallow music.
If those people are too immersed in only listening to music because it's trendy, who cares... it's their loss.
captaindillo 1 year ago
Dixon was a surveyor and Mason an astronomer. In one night of debauchery that Dixon was inclined, Mason reprimands him by saying: "You came ashore here looking for ocassions to transgress. Some of us have more backbone," I suppose." "A bodily Part too often undistinguish'd," Dixon replies, "from a Ram-Rod up the Arse."
Thomas Pynchon, "Mason & Dixon," one of the finest novel of the English language. The song is good; the novel is brilliant. Read it.
phddddd 1 year ago
the man from new york asks the man from dallas why he fights, the man answers in a strong drawl "freedom from northern usurpation, and why do u fight sir?"
the new yorker says "freedom for those that cannot free themselves"
the black fella with a funny towel on his head asks the man in desert storm khakis what freedom he fights for, the yankee answers
"from ma oil shares goin down NIGGA!!"
CombatDaggers 1 year ago
i sit here listening to that song and i wonder how people can dislike it and like some other music shit like justin bieber's or lady gaga's....such a beautiful song....
nikvable 1 year ago
yo yo mama sam
Crowebar100 1 year ago
on my moms pandora, Mark Knopfler is her only entery....she just loves everything he does...she says, " he's the greatest guitiar player ever." She is the best !!
Freyja
xxx
pattipie100 1 year ago 2
they cut me out for makin bread, but i had bigger dreams instead....
MayzeSigSzalay 1 year ago
lol, this song is very depressing..
berkheim666 1 year ago
I first heard this song in a college reading class for teachers. The professor was trying to show how you could incorporate music into other classes, like geography or history in this case, in order to reinforce what students were reading and to make them think about what they are reading and research to understand the references to places in England. I love the music of both of these artists and for them to collaborate only makes it better. Great song by great writers and musicians.
metanoeo1 1 year ago
I don't generally listen to this kind of music, but I appreciate the contrast in their harmonies, the backing musicality, dynamic light and shade throughout the track and tasteful, laid back drumming. Sailing to Philadelphia would have been quite a mission, involving a massive trip up river! The song conjures up images for me and strikes a chord, though I couldn't tell you why!
horatio321 1 year ago
if this song doesn't chill you out, nothing will
ianus41 1 year ago