dire straits sultan of swing!!

[MrEddiewallievis]

i think 217 peopl should go back listening justin bieber r something

[WyldeJakk]

217 dislike?...no wonder the world is falling apart

[AzmanMansor]

wow... so impressive.

[blackskol]

the best song i have ever Herad in my life!!

[cheddyrod]

truly fantastic

[killerbass234]

they arent just average. what they did to elevate rock music was definitely beyond average. and you definitely cannot compare guitarists from completely genres! people like you claim the rocknrollers like me 2 be so ignorant of other music, but its you guys that are truly ignorant. at least we accept that the other guys from different genres have skill, but we prefer the rock. keep you own god damn opinions about this shit to yourself next time!

[nthansen85]

Opinion noticed. Now get back to your cave..

[TimtotheTam]

Knopfler is the best. Yes, he can't read music, which makes him even better.

[Lagmaster56]

"I shot the sheriff?" lol..

Aside from the solo (which ISN'T even that impressive) that song was boring and repetitive.

As someone else stayed in the comments, I'd suggest you take a look at the way both guitarists play (pentatonics are easy) - maybe even try learning a little guitar yourself - I bet you'd respect this "pub guitarist who got lucky" much more.

[cheddyrod]

Why don\t you most a vid of your guitar playing?

[rgadave]

Tirades of profanity and insults only display a tragic lack of vocabulary and says more about the sender than the recipient. It just bores all

[migc7]

WTF MAN????? hey YOU SO FUCKING STUPID!!!! MY COUNTRY HAS NOTHING TO DEAL WITH A FCKING COMMENT... portuguese people try to get back maddie, it´s not portuguese fault...her parents are guilty they should carry about their suns you dumbass

[SweetPretendin]

dolgiveafuckno; tell me one song where Clapton actually impresses with guitar playing. Seriously. >_> Knopfler > Clapton.

[arthusthefirst]

This guy is SIMPLY THE BEST !!!

[migc7]

man you re so wrong dont compare dire straits with britney spears and spice girls your a fag man...your that type of guy the like´s britney and the spice ...wtf???

[Kamaly0]

The smile while he's muting the notes with his palm is awesome (5:07-5:11 and somewhat later again) Mark ur great!

[FaNwlnG]

incredible palm muting from the guitarist...

[lucdu33]

I don't find my words...What a great guitarist!!

It seems easy to play guitar by seeing him!

Mark Knopfler is just a god!

[preklapeklaj]

I'm listening over and over again:D

my favourite:D

direstraits4ever!

[CHETONY90210]

dire straits is only the best

[puglokdame]

ok0. i like youuuuuu..

[Emibeth]

He was just precious! And still is.

[tommparker]

that was amazing!!!just watching it on youtube was better than any band ive seen live today!wish i could've been there...

[ju25tu3]

bom de mais

[01ruyMCL]

desde sempre ouvi esta musica

adoro ---great band---

[ComfortablyNumbed]

This performance is absolutely amazing in every shape and form, DIRE STRAITS RULE!

[llangol]

You should see them live. I saw them do the Brothers in Arms concert in Birmingham England in 1985, I'll nener forget it.

[Marcusnoo]

Forgetting such a concert is impossible.Still healing from the 46664-concert in Tromsø, Norway.

Wish I was old enough to experience Dire Straits in their prime years though..

This is a masterpiece!

[nezazegfele]

That song is life yo!Art from the heart

[PikPobedy]

OH OH OH, TSK TSK TSK, I misstyped and did not put an "f". Here`s one 4 u doillythefuck...go look up sophomoric pissant. Then get back to me.

[PikPobedy]

Look at the videos where Clapton and Knopler play together. They play The Sultans of Swing and they play Layla.

Look at the Local Hero Wild theme video.

[PikPobedy]

OH OH OH. The big doIgiveafuck troll monster is after me. OH OH OH. Where shall I hide?

[stickyfiddle]

Are you serious? Clapton changed his name AFTER the london district, not the other way around! And I hardly think drugs scandals inherently make a better guitar player!

[BigHornCanyon]

Hey Zeus what great band!

Thanks for posting

[becksdollface]

or drummin' along with Terry Williams?

[xxStratxx69]

Yeah he reminds me of him too! It's kinda weird

[BigRussOvBs9]

true true di is a very big tune big up dese guyz all da tunes they made r phat knopflers slick on guitar fairplay

[kingkongreidokulombo]

the best version

[brunomj1997]

El final es un PAJASO!!!!

[spider182bait]

loool...I must say I can't..I was just doing it and saw your comment and started laughing :D

[PikPobedy]

Mark`s fingerstyle is legendary. It`s impressive. Aesthetic dexterity. His guitar rejoices, it mourns, it lives.

[mkhkknn]

5:08 to 5:11 and 5:40 to 5:54 This is playing guitar

[birKOoOo]

He just makes his guitar sing for him... This, my friends, is a musical orgasm!

[midniteKnite]

GODS ON THE STAGE FOR ONE NIGHT

[belami121]

ladies and gentleman..... THE MUSIC

[CzikoMiko]

Speechless...

[josedeaires]

rock on!

[pedrobarbio]

omg, minute 9.30 , the best part of the solo !!!!

[christStrothman]

i love you dire straits.. means so much to me

[beluvid55]

5:03 - 5:33 I'm speechless

[videoswatcher9999]

you are absolutely right

[jjudithrivas]

@beluvid55 Me too!

[myrre3]

mark knopfler is really one of the best!! he rocks!

[cac4twenty]

yes well said. chills

[zyde70]

mark is the fucking best!! His guitar sends a shiver down my spine it's so fucking good!

[mohworld]

mniiiiiiiiiiiiaaaaaaak

[mohworld]

bardiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii­iiiiiiiiiiiiil!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!­!!!

[jk6113]

not bad, but try John Williams playing Asturias, by Albeniz

[MettwurstIstGott]

thats the best rock 60s 70 s

i cant hear that metal shit these days

only modern rock i like is maybe foo fighters or some other alternative but forget the rest...

[turnerx5]

i can play it-its hard

[gevalia51]

6:59 and forward!!!

Me like :)

(And the whole song ofcourse)

[rbarrone]

Undoubtedly, one of the best guitar solos.

This performance is from which year? Is that David Knopfler on the Rythm guitar?

[PsychoWedge]

that's from the aLCHEMY concert from 1984. it's only available on vhs and i don't know if they ever release it on dvd, though i indeed do hope so.

[ZodeakUrganomix]

It's Mark Knopfler

[darapperr]

Best debut song ever?

Might be!

[yyajsayy]

beautifull <3

[Zejtan]

amazing song !a masterpiece and they seems to have fun as hell

[thanosCloud]

this song is now a legent, that simple

[kbilbou]

i can relate to this song in so many levels

[jack91xxxx]

i see them live in milan a years ago that was amazing i will never forget that i hope they will come back in italy!!!!!!

[caddyboy12]

bestbestbest drummer ever

[jacksonp1208]

for some good drumming look up Dom Fumalaro

[globi05]

the drummer is one of the best ive ever seen

[CzikoMiko]

Ohh... I'd like to add that Terry (on drums) is so fu***ng amazin'. Salute \o7

[CzikoMiko]

They are the icon of rock. Sultans of swing - masterpiece. Ending solo? I can't find a words decribing it. One of the best bands ever.

[pickmolly]

The drummer,Terry Williams is awesome.Talk about putting emotion into a performance.His technique is quite brilliant!

[Up3The3Irons]

This song is amazing! I am in too heavy metal music, but i really like his music!!!

[HeavyMetalMainiac]

because this isnt heavy metal its rock but in a litle sound

sorri im spanish and im not explain to you good

[ntdomingues]

muito lindo seu video nossa que guitarra parbéns

[remilonoy]

Saw him live last year playing this song:)

Loved it:)

[TexNa10]

Great song.... :)

[Pwrcritter]

Dad yes the Jonas brothers!

[pepgi79]

bbrrr... ò fridd.. nguoll'..

[Dadhadtaste]

Can you think of any current band that you would see a video of and say, "Damn those people are lucky to see this"? Good stuff here.

[hogie1525]

any chili peppers video. other than that, not a lot of others, foo fighters maybe, maybe rage against the machine, only cause if you survived it, you would have one hell of a story to tell

[caramelongo]

the best!

[Tarzanellu]

(LLLLLLLL)

[mcintyreftw]

this version owns the studio version SO much, and it's so freaking perfect!

[Vacho13]

gotta love the dance moves!

[chatchaik]

MY GOD!!!.I am out of words to comment on this GREAT artist.

I can listen to this master piece all day long.

[BreakFreeze]

play by the heart! simple blues scale but give a wonderful sound ever...i can't do that..can u?

[skydark]

No, I can't. Even playing by the hands is hard.

[daxmad]

Mark Knopfler!!!! it doesn t get better than this...he is great!!

[Ofarimlover]

this group blew me away....where did I NOT hear this BEFORE...wow...great guitar....Jerry Long

[coolscrnname]

I think Mark Knopfler is trying to sound too sexy here. He's much sexier in the 1988 performance with Eric Clapton - and graying hair!

[KGBfbiSECUpolitia]

coolscrnname [ I think Mark Knopfler is trying to sound too sexy here...] It might have been that he simply was SEXy coz he had/has an unsually "jazzY"/MANly voice. He might haveNot tried anything coZ could NOT help it. He was born with it... the HOaRSE-Y voice + giving pleasure to so many Ladies and men without being offensive, greedy, drugged, etc.

[KGBfbiSECUpolitia]

sorry I spelt -unUsually- wrong, etc

but then again even DS had Lyrics saying -I doN't want it.. NO more- :)

like WhiteSnake in 'Here I go AGAIN...'

stating - I Ain't wasting NO more time- :)

[coolscrnname]

Well, I wrote that because I found his "jazzy/manly" voice unappealing - and more appealing, as I stated, in the later performance. But in the performance with Mr. Clapton he also LOOKS more sophisticated, wearing a casual grey dress coat and gazing off into space contemplatively between lyrics and guitar'licks' (or whatever you would call his style of playing:)

Certain men are like wine; they get much better with age. Depends on the taste of the lady.

[vanishPK]

9:31-9:43 rulezZz!!! \m/

[KIMI1428]

Tout simplement phénoménal!!

[tukkerthijs]

They are Amazing, Best song ever!

[PanosCanRock]

for me its like one of the best performances ever..

[ToLoL95]

love the giutar

[HarryGDMF]

haha looks like he's wearing a santa hat when the red light shines on his hair haha at first i thought it was !!

[midiazur1110]

INOUBLIABLE

[jjrmarcos]

bom de mais é incrivelmente perfeito vale concerteza ver gente!! dire straits eternamente!!

e para os americanos

-good of more is incredibly perfect valley concerteza to see people!! dire straits eternally!!

[Diogo669]

a pior traduçao que já vi

[skydark]

mas que tradução qual caralho. Cala a boca

[964571034]

loool

[KGBfbiSECUpolitia]

00:16 , 00:43 , etc Mr. Knopfler was at his CUTEst with his " eh " .

How SEXy and down to earth, hilarious too.

Definitely SEXier than George Clooney's "MANly/Ladies-go-crazy-4" :(  Luv look :) if you asked me . What I pity I did not pick up on this much earlier, a few decades ago.

[KGBfbiSECUpolitia]

omg it's actually -yeah- ?

I'm still hard of hearing in one ear and when I heard this in the '80s , ONLY once, it was on an "illegal"/pirate radio station broadcasting from a FAR-AWAY/WESTern country. The (secret) police were very good at adding noise/"interference"/"bad-rece­ption" stuff so that decent ppl in my country (in the East) could Not hear the music, the anti-communism "propaganda" .

[BLACKxR0SE]

My favorite song <3 =D

[rvega4s]

recontrabuenazo. Mark eres un genio

[xKinseh]

I love the studio version of this song, but I'm not all that fond of Mark's style of Guitar playing live. I don't find it as exciting as say Jimmy Page or Jimi Hendrix

[kjkj74]

ya i also like jimmy page and jimi hendrix guitar playing more than mark knoepfler.

still i like it a lot

[krim076]

What a sublime music and what a wonderful musician ! For sure, the best EVER !!!!

[blueprairiedog]

That is a classic piece of musicianship.

[JorDddi]

MARK KNOPFLER

[dergrossen]

This annoys me..I wish I had a brother..makes me think these kids are spoiled brats..why can't they just agree and play together..

[dergrossen]

Rab C Nesbit..new TV series coming soon..same head band

[Bugflicker]

Pure awesomeness.

[DontheBon]

can you send me the audio only version?

[wilddrawfour]

the drums in particular absolutely rock on this one!

[skydark]

you should go to the doctor and check those ears of yours.

This is one of the greatest live acts ever.

[Brianmuuh]

What's the greatest live act ever?

[skydark]

Don't know. Haven't seen them all yet.

[mizzousam]

one of them is umphrey's mcgee. check em out here on youtube, any video by umvideo should be legit!

[minigiganten]

This ONE...

[grantsmorales]

increible solo

[minigiganten]

this is the last rock n roll band. fuck guns, fuck metallica, fuck oasis and so on.

[Black4bird]

dont agree..

True.. there is ALOT of shit around these days.. But they are the last rock n rol band? lol no..

[EpiLPstandard]

This is amazing. They're just having fun on stage. Mark seems like he doesn't care about messing the lyrics... but the chemistry between them... no comments!

[Vyny92vsTheWarrior73]

DUDE THEY ARE THE DIRE STRAITS THE BEGGININ G OF ALL stfu

[siggi1001]

did you forget to take your pills today?

[adsgjndfgj]

The whole bands really good at messing with dynamics.

[josedogor]

una chimba es de lo mejor de besth

[lumaalonso]

good

[Boumdil]

there's nothing to say waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa­aaw!

[tiedyechicken]

shut up bitch

[Boumdil]

FUCK YOU ! you MOOOOOOOOOOOORAN

ANYWAY I'll tell you who you are

"ZAMEL"

go look for the translation stupid virus

[lluizxb]

fenomenal

[bronenalladin]

i love the little mistake at 0:44.. he forgets to say music... thinks about it, and just say yep :P....

What an epic song!

[STERPIMANAGEMENT]

Yeah ! C'est la version d'Alchemy qui a bercé mon adolescence : ) Quelle version énergique !

Merci.

[NatashaAeternitas]

That's been almost eleven minutes of pure pleasure.

[ziosmont]

one of best song ever!!! knopfler is simply fantastic!

[SalohcinSilverwing]

look at that keyboard setup...

[v8vivehm]

This is THE ROCK

[oldierunner]

Das ist der echte Knüller! Wahnsinn! Da kann fast Isaac Hayes einpacken, weil Knopfler ihm wohl das Gitarrenspiel voraus hat!!

[caddyboy12]

omg that drummer is INSANE

[leonjeremy]

Troll

[oOFranCescA2080oO]

fantastico, magico, unico *-* !!

[paramoose83]

i feel like im watching an 80s exercise video lol..... mark knopfler is amazing.

[djcastroman]

increible

[marangidd]

good i'am italian in montemilone

[marangidd]

gooooooooooooooooddddddddddddd­dddddddddddddddddddddddddddddd­dddddddddddd

[vdwakke]

When was this?

[PikPobedy]

After 1000 times it just gets better. Love this tune. Everything excells.

[spabank]

That was better than the original version!!!!

[llangol]

They vrey good

[klaralina]

my 80s lovers

[wdupiemam]

H A M M A:::::::::

[Zwergenhalma]

very best song of the World echt super geil und live das beste

[St3paS]

greatest version of greatest song from DS!! long live Mark Knopfler, master of guitar!!

[atogova]

estoy contgo maroli para mi es uno de los mejores del mundo

[theycallmenavid]

to quote unreal tournament, GODLIKEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!

[urbanocity]

He always makes a new solo in his performances

[Maroli85]

Segun la estupida revista rolling stone lo situa en el numero 27 de los mejores guitarrista,, porfavor,, este señor es un eminencia que casi nadie conoce

[basDANIEL1]

yeah!

[LetSocratesDie]

good for him!but i hope when he is 20 he'll still like mk...

[knopflerfanplus]

pure magic. extraterrestrial!

[prernacool]

awesome!

[DrummerBoyJason]

5:08-5:11 is the slickest guitar lick ever played. Hands down...

[IMOUHAG]

IT IS FROM ALCHEMY