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What a performance! And @5:15 What a smile!

I adore this lady...

It's not usual that I find myself enjoying a cover as much as the original, especially when the original is a song that I love immensely. But I really think this is an excellent cover, Andrea sings it beautifully, and the flute gives a subtle yet sweet Celtic feel to the already great song. Just ...

True beauty never fades. True music never dies. This song speaks these truths.:)

Absolutely stunning! Just can't seem to get enough of this tune. (I've listened to it six times in a row now. There'll be more, I am sure).:-)

@Zeppelinguy666 12 November 2007.

@DIESEL1844 Hey thank you for telling me!;)

I only knew she looked kind of familiar to me, but didn't know her name. I just looked her up on Wikipedia a moment ago and was indeed surprised. Should've known better since I am a fan of several artists and bands she has worked with. Going to dig u...

Such a cute song.:) This superb live performance only makes it all the cuter. Mr. Gabriel looks so adorable on that funny mini bicycle. He keeps making circles like that while singing, so effortlessly. It's not as easy as one might think, I know that because I tried that before, it only made me d...

For me....

Epicest part: The whole song. Eleven and a half minutes of pure heavenly bliss.

Most serious goosebumps moment: 9:05 - 9:30

Favourite Marks face: 4:18 & 4:23 :D

Thanks for the wonderful full length upload!

Listening comprehension is not my strongest ability, so please correct me if I am wrong.

At around 4:50, Mark introduces Alan Clark to the audience, he says: "....he's playing about four or five different keyboards all at once, with his arms, with his legs, or with his nose sometimes..." somethi...

Wow! Finally! A full-length version in one video. WITH the sax intro. That's really cool!

@prayerofsilence You must be a god sent angel. Thank you so much!^.^

@TomPauley Yeah mate, it most certainly is.:) But so are Sultans of Swing, Tunnel of Love, Telegraph Road, Romeo and Juliet, Once Upon A Time in the West...and many, many more. (love them all, especially the live versions.:D)

Absolutely timeless.

"Rumours" has been, and will always remains, my favourite album by this legendary band. Along with The Chain, this song has to be my most listened FWMs. The final solo is so epic, it never gets old to me.

Accidentally found this video. Great performance.

Charming lady. It's hard to explain but her voice and her vocal style somehow reminds me of Sarah Mclachlan, very captivating.

Oh gad this is amazing! Love it love it love it!

Huge thanks!

@svouras Totally agree with you. Imho the Alchemy live version of this song is definition of pure and utter awesomeness. The guitar solos...(*blissful sigh*)...absolutely sublime.

@TheColdPenguin Yes, Romeo and Juliet was played right after this song. But unfortunately, it was cutted from the original TV broadcast (saw this mentioned somewhere before). I totally have no idea why.

Also, Marks awesome performance of Sultans of Swing at 'A Night in London' concert shares a s...

@AECEntertainment You are correct.;) The second guitarist is Hal Lindes.

Excellent sound quality. My salute to the person who recorded this fabulous "San Antonio 85" concert. This is such a great song, deep and unique, like its creator.:) I don't know if it had often been played during the band's BiA tour, but I haven't found many versions here on YouTube (only three ...

Pardon me for the typing error.

"üploading", that is.^^

Oh how I love this song! It brings back loads of fond memories.

I've always thought of Jon Anderson when I hear Roger Hodgson singing (and vice versa). They both have very distinctive voices, and quite similar at some point (like, vocal range). Well, the similarities between them might not really...

@katochnr LOL. I see. :D

@szarpidrutek1987 15 September 1997. "Music for Montserrat" concert. Held at the Royal Albert Hall.

Yeah right, Mark! you did change it quite a bit. And what a lovely change! I didn't know there's any live version of this song until I stumbled across this video weeks ago. I feel blessed to have found this. Talk about "underrated and underappreciated", this song is definitely qualified as one of...

It's been awhile since I've heard this song, but I still remember both the lyrics and the melody vividly. Who could possibly forget such a lovely song? Certainly not me. IMHO this performance is nothing short of fantastic.

Thanks for the superb upload!

Great play. I wish I had half of your talent. Sincerely.

Thank you so much for sharing this. I am honoured to be invited here.

Have a nice weekend, and...Merry Christmas!;)

@simav8r Thank you very much for telling me. I have all six of DS studio albums, plus two live albums (Alchemy & On the Night), but I don't have this one ( Sultans Of Swing - The Very Best of Dire Straits.). Can't understand why I didn't buy it. (Maybe because I didn't know there are two discs in...

This is a rehearsal version, performed at Hammersmith Odeon days before the Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Tribute concert. Too bad they didn't play this song at that actual concert, only rehearsing it. I wonder why it was pulled off from the original plan. My ultimate favourite song. Like a treasu...

Pure, pure brilliance. So, so, so very beautiful.

Love and respect for these two living legends. Long live, sirs!