Mark Knopfler - Song for Sonny Liston

[272surfing]

GREAT song & performance!

[Deckard6800]

¿Tienes el programa entero? Sería genial si lo pudieses subir, y ver la entrevista completa.

[cluedo1]

I wish I could watch the whole show... Anyway, thanks for uploading the performance :)

[danieleshapiro]

What an awesome song - his Martin sounds great. Would love to hear Mark play this on his National Steel.

[Bunzypoo]

Mark is hot!

[arenasel10]

in CANAL + in Spain! xD

[angusandmalcolm]

he inverted his lyrics at 1:48 instead of alligators boots he says alligators suits , he seams to notice it only later when he says shark skin suit . At this moment he nearly whispers to avoid the repetition . anyway , what a music monster !

[JimmyPagesSoloLover]

did Sonny have a family? if so, i am sorry for them all...Sonny put his life on the line for?

[cavendish44]

I am distantly related to Sonny Liston

[Agar101]

ali is pretty much universally recognised as the best of the best, he could run rings round most anyone. as for the eye swelling shut...any boxer who would carry on through that, whilst extremely brave, is also a prat. it's a sport, not a fight to the death, if pride and money is worth that much then it's a bit pathetic.

[carapo66]

@Agar101, most expert commentators regard Sugar Ray Robinson as pound for pound the best boxer ever.

[BobMillahhh]

i think to have that much pride to put your life on the line for the only thing you've ever been good at... is possibly the most admirable act anyone can ever do... he may have possibly been the better fighter that day, but he most definitely wanted it more, which is what makes a true man.

[84ratfink]

you are obviously not a boxing fan, Ali is not universally recognised as the best of the best! At least not amongst anyone who knows what they are talking about. Wouldn't be surprised if you never even heard of Joe Louis, google it buddy. And by the way, a boxer fighting through adversity is all part of the sport, you again proved your lack of knowledge, everyone has an opinion you come across like you are stating facts, but don't mislead anybody, its like the blind leading the blind.

[Agar101]

i am a boxing fan, and do know of joe louis. fighting through adversity yes, but to say what i though i don't think is my lack of knowledge, but my difference of opinion. i suppose i just don't have the same spirit for it if you all think that carrying on through that is a good thing. sorry to sound like i was being factual, of course anything i said is merely opinion =]

[anikin69]

Ali > Liston

[BobMillahhh]

frazier > ali

[anikin69]

HAHHAHHAHA.......

Ali whooped him twice

[BobMillahhh]

you obviously don't know your history... the LEAST impressive fact of all of this is that frazier fought him all three times with a practically blinded eye from a training accident... In the third fight, when his FUNCTIONING eye started swelling shut, he somehow held on for a couple more rounds, when his trainer pulled him from the fight, fearing for his life... Little did they know, however, that ali was actually taking off his gloves at that very second to throw in the towel... to be continued

[BobMillahhh]

because he himself had been pushed to his physical limits. SO, had frazier had his way, he would have stepped back into the ring and won the fight be default. Either way, ali came out and said after the fight that it was the closest he had ever been to DYING, and that joe frazier was the greatest fighter in the history of boxing (except for himself, cause he was an arrogant asshole)

[t3di2]

@BobMillahhh

really, i cant hear the excuses of frazier fanboys why he lost to ali anymore :D

he never had to deal with the ali of the liston fight.

[anikin69]

you obviously watched that new HBO Thriller in Manilla Documentary???? that was the most bias piece of shit doco i have ever seen.....you fucking idiot, you actually believe Ali was going to quit???? after pumelling Frazier's head in for 3 straight rounds and Frazier coming so close to being killed, Ali was going to quit???? you fucking ignorant chump

[BobMillahhh]

well you've obviously ONLY seen the hbo documentary, because this information is all over the place... the fact of the matter is this: ali was an arrogant asshole and under-prepared for the fight.

[anikin69]

Frazier is the biggest bitch...despite Ali's countless attempts for a reconciliation this punk is still holding a grudge.....everyody knows Ali said that shit to the hype the fight...he is the master of self promotion...he did that to all his opponents yet Frazier is too stupid to comprehend that......and Ali is universally recognised as the Greatest Heavyweight of All Time and only trails Sugar Ray Robinson in the P4P rankings......

[sellobic]

@anikin69 you know nothing about boxing, stay away fool.

[84ratfink]

i wonder if you were talking in person and not behind a computer if you'd act like a know it all. I think with your obvious ignorance you'd be very afraid to act like a know it all around a true boxing person, they might punch you in the mouth for your ignorance, fucking ignorant chump.

[PeeNoYaKo]

Never knew he had a signature Martin! Awesome performance.

[mylomaster]

AWESOME, it sounds a bit like the tune he plays in the beginning on Cocaine with Clapton

[drmartinezx]

it was same riff that on one from Golden Heart Album ( i don't remember "No can do" ?)

[TheIslandersMusic]

@drmartinezx wow, not that you mention it, it sounds pretty close

[Panzon300]

Awesome song.....

I am in awe of this guy....Does a great version on "One Take Radio Sessions".

[Tomasch]

In fact, I would say it's the best version on the radio sessions.

[Panzon300]

Me too....

[parker133759]

I agree Mark Knopfler is the best!!! I was around at the time and Sonny was way better than Clay. The only way Ali could beat him was if Sonny flopped. Liston was the true King of the Ring.

[guitarmaster123456]

I wish I saw Mark Knopfler in real life. I would be so happy

[eirikmannes]

he's getting old now;)

[alcoholman01]

just like the rest of us

[zoaplusplus]

just one guitar and one voice. It's impressive !

[TheFlatpick]

This is awesome!

[Coldrhythm]

Tha's a Martin isn't?

[jsebsteelguitar]

I just written an answer, but my comment has disapeared!!! Yes it's a Martin guitar!!!

[spudgun05]

yea man it's the mark knopfler sig martin

[gloriamichaelc]

mikey is back, jack! if ali is the greatest? see my boxing friends,,,,when da fix is in that means the guy that takes the fall is just to FREAKING GOOD!!! lbflb lists should be redone sonny should hit no 1. mikey!

[gloriamichaelc]

peak sonny not being told what to do was maybe the greatest heavy ever. super-mikey!you can take that to the bank...

[rugbyleagueboy09]

sonny liston was the biggest baddest mothafucker ever god speed

[Tabla461]

2nd to jack johnson.

[jimmyburke]

second to JACK JOHNSON?! he's second to no one and jack johnson ain't even close to the top

[Tabla461]

are you talking about the boxer or the singer?

[jimmyburke]

haha singer. my humblest apologies i did not even consider that you might be referring to the boxer

[Tabla461]

apology accepted, i should have been more clear. mark knopfler is definitely better than jack johnson the singer. thats for sure.

[alcoholman01]

Mark and Sonny are my favs!!!!

[kettleriv]

who was the bigger victim of racism? Clay grew up in an intact middle class family.Well, we know about sonny. Clay with his White men are all devil comments. All the cheating on his many wives, and the cruel ways he treated boxers who did not agree with his Muslim name change. LONG LIVE SONNY LISTON

[KhomeTaz]

@ kettleriv: my favourite boxer of that time was not Cassius Clay, not Sonny Liston but the great, great Floyd Patterson who was the first to break the " they never come back" law. He was the one getting his Champion title back from swedisch Ingemar Johannson.

Sorry, if I was out of tune... nice play, nice song - nevertheless....

[BooBooLane]

hpug, as Tosches indicated, Clay was not in on the fix

in either fight but his Moslem handlers made sure Sonny didn't get any silly ideas about keeping the title he worked so hard to get.

[hpug]

booboolane,totaly agree would not have gone 2 rounds in my opinion

[hpug]

mark very good at what he does and would like to thank him for a tribute to a great man,dont know much about mark but he knows a great boxer when he sees one

[BooBooLane]

One would like to think in a later age Sonny wouldn't

have worn animal skins. Nonetheless, he will always be my ultimate sports hero.

Under equal circumstances he would have

squelched Clay like an Arkansas tomato. Those conditions were 'dire."

[Greker]

Clay? Shut up, you racist clown.

[Doginthefog]

que weno!!!!!!!!!!! fingerpicking like the bluesman.. Mark is my favourite..

[B0zz3]

fucking awsome, Mark's the man

[beverbeverbever]

MARK KNOPFLER IS THE BEST!!!

[m1rkos]

Mark Knopfler is a Legend...

[rccola71]

nice

[Greker]

r.i.p Sony Liston, lived a tough life, and never got the recognition he deserved

[antecasupeccati]

Mark Knopfler is GOD

[Knopflerized]

wonderfull as always nice to see it again

[nik007i]

Lovely technique huh? Look at one of my knopfler and see what u think? Mucha Gracias!

[BarkingLoon]

Very nice video! Im hearing some feedback in the backgroud though =(