Mark Knopfler - Romeo and Juliet (Radio 2 Piano Room)
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- Опубліковано 28 жов 2018
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Playing his Dire Straits classic, Mark Knopfler brings Romeo and Juliet to Ken Bruce's show in the Radio 2 Piano Room.
Seeing him perform this as an older man lends the song a real bittersweet, retrospective quality. I love it.
Great song great words,but sounds like a effort to drum up enthusiasm to sing it
I saw this performed live last September. It is this and more to see him perform it.
@@Albert12893 Can't see that at all...
@@edeledeledel5490 saw him in concert few times. Definitely not his best on here
@@Albert12893 I was commenting about his enthusiasm for performing. I can't play as well as I did thirty years ago...
seriously, one of the greatest songs ever written
Agreed, brother.
Agreed
In the entire story of rock music
His most perfect masterpiece
I disagree
I found my true Romeo when I was 25, but he was already taken. After 5 devastating years we realized and accepted one can't built your happiness on someone else's heartbreak. So we went our seperate routes. I'll be 63 this year, after almost 40 years I still remember and cherish our every ❤ moment spend together❤ ❤
The song lends itself completely to the fragility of his aging voice, it shows how timeless the narrative is and the line "ill love you till i die" . That comes one day for all of us.
Mark Knopfler made my life better than it was .
You took the words right out of my heart. 😀
well said
So true...
Everyone’s life!
What it is...
This is like getting that special bottle of brandy out on a winters evening infront of a crackling fire. The moment sinks in and you just know everything is alright. Beautiful
This is one of the most beautiful comment I've ever read on YT...
Hugs from Italy!😊👋
Sounds Great 🥃
hell yeah thats a beautiful comment couldnt think of anything better amen love and peace to all xx
How many times has he sung this song? And yet here, with just Mark, a guitar and minimal backup, and he can touch people to the core. Brilliant!
i have seen written somewere that he has played It more than 3000 times. It Is One of his favs.
Yes, it’s such a beautiful piece. And the raspy tones of a more senior musician (no offence, Mark - you still rock!) add to the melancholy. I listen to this often because it soothes.
And each time played slightly different .
He's never been the fastest guitarist out there but there's nobody, absolutely nobody who can play with so much feel. Not even Dave Gilmour.
Remind me to listen to this song every month.
Still the most beautiful man on the planet
Saw Knopfler in Belfast years ago....the stage fell into darkness, he was sitting with a steel guitar on his lap and a spot light from the back was shinning on him....he reflected the beam around the theater and audience... The place was in silence and then he struck up with the start of Romeo and Juliet.!!!! The place fucking erupted......
A fantastic night with a fantastic guy............
teamfab love this. My dad introduced me to his music a few years ago. I hope to take myself and my dad to see him very soon! ❤️
Went to see him in August in TO. Best night of my life, he played this song and the same thing happened before.
Team fab hope you see this same here early 80's in opposite end of the country in the City Hall in Cork. Pure magic.
teamfab wish I could’ve have been there. Sounds amazing!!
teamfab I seen him too and I though he was poor. I love his songs but he seemed very disinterested to have been there. Though I love his songs. And would still go to see him again. Maybe he just had an off night.
No autotune, no click tracks, no editing...................Just a legend and artist, a guitar, a piano and a shaker.
Mark's voice is aging perfectly, and this song brings a whole new meaning as we all age..........it's bittersweet.
Beautifully said chum - wish I had the elequoence of yourself. I think this is one of the most perfect songs ever. This acoustic rendition taking it to a whole different level of poignancy. So pure it hurts
( still miss you Sandra)
Perfection
@@serenityinside1 That was very well said. I am sorry that you are missing your Sandra.
Brilliant. One of the best songs ever. What an honour to see Mark perform this.
I see him sing it live, i felt like he was singing to me. It’s such a beautiful song
Beautiful.. Mark is just a one off! ❤
This version actually made me super said. Mark's older voice actually makes it sound like an older person, telling the story of long lost lovers. Makes a stronger impact than the original recording when all the band was younger.
Fact I just felt that when I’ve watched it for the first time just now :(
So true ❤😢
This song is both hauntingly beautiful and heartbreaking...in a way that saddens me to be thinking that my life, at 67, is mostly behind me now...and that I missed out on my Juliet. I still think of her, 50 years later, and the kiss we never shared.
Man, that's sad.
Bless you. It is a confronting piece, easy to cry.
I was married in High School. Not because of Preg. Anyway. We made it 27 years. When she left me; 15 yrs. ago; I NEVER heard from her again. In any way. This song makes me cry even today.
Consider yourself lucky.
Be grateful for health, sanity.
believe my friend, Juliet is just around the corner :-)
A song that is beautiful and heart breaking sad in one and I love listing to it.
I am 72 and ‘lost’ my Juliet 23 years and 3 months ago------------because I was foolish, thick and did not listen to the right people. I still think and love her to this day.
I sat in the second row at a concert where he performed this a couple of years ago, and it made me cry. Such a beautiful love song, so perfectly delivered by an amazing musician ❤
One of the best songs ever written
The whole Making Movies album is beyond brilliant. Personally I would rank it top 5 all time, and this song rates as the best of the album.
Apart from the other 250+ gems he's also writen
Music Masterpiece
No the best song
LOL
Hi, I first listened to this song when I was 10 years old, I was pretending I was a ballerina dancing about the lounge area in the children’s home at the time.This was my first musical experience.We were never encouraged to listen to music,or anything else for that matter, we were the unwanted children of an era where if you were conceived out of wedlock you were taken away from your parents,adopted,if you were lucky.But for me, a sentence from hell within an institution ( children’s home). This song that I happened to hear on the radio, just once , was my saviour in believing that there was something beautiful, creative, something more than the misery I experienced at that particular time going on in the world outside, from then on, I promised myself that I would sing, play, write, to all of the other children and give them a sense of comfort. Iam a Nurse now, I still sing to patients and still see the profound effects that music can bring to people of all ages and backgrounds.Thanks Mark.🙏
Love you. God bless you.
Wow that's genuinely sad and amazingly positive at the same time
Keep smiling keep shining.
Wow , when you realise even more than ever that your own childhood was great
What an inspiring story
Best wishes and live from New Zealand
You are lovely.
Possibly the greatest love song ever written and composed and played by a rock n roll artist
One of the greatest songs ever written. This version has just blown me away. Hauntingly beautiful.
A lot of overated musicians out there . It's impossible to overate this man . Superb .
It's impossible to overrate anything for which there is no rating.
@@mikemartin5749 - There is always a Rating!
@@filipina5953 OK, what is Mark Knopfler's rating?
@@mikemartin5749 10/10.
No matter how good you think Mark Knopfler is, it’s not enough.
03.12,2022. This song was on my walkman cassette in Sri Lanka and India in 1983. Most beautiful love ever. For you Philippe. Every time. Loved you for so long. Next lifetime. .
Und ich komme aus Sri Lanka, geboren in 1984. Am Silvesterabend 2022 im Fernsehen sah ich zufällig saultans of swing...💕 DS und MK forever 💕
After 42 years this song still gives me goose bumps
The best thing about Mark Knopfler is the fact that his voice is so unique , he never stretched it too hard which is why it’s still the same now as it was 30 years ago. True inspiration to me.
He's a technically better singer since he stopped smoking in the late 90's.
Are you serious, still the same now as it was 30 years ago. You need to get down to Specsavers and get your hearing aid checked or at least turn the thing on.
@@certifiedbiker580 No it isn't. His voice in the 90s was pretty shot as he himself has said multiple times. He quit smoking and has been a much more melodic singer since then.
@@lapelcelery42 you think that's singing, he's actually just saying the words. That's not singing
@@certifiedbiker580 Now you've changed your claim. I'm not saying he's a brilliant singer. I'm saying he's a technically better one than he was, which is true.
We'll never have another Knopfler.
I could watch Mark Knopfler play guitar for hours and hours ... He truly is one of the greatest musicians alive.
Hi my grandson made a cover of this ( 15 years old at the time). Would love to know what you think ua-cam.com/video/PENye5es74Q/v-deo.html
Can't get enough. Marc touches me with his guitar all day long.
This song makes me cry. So many reasons why. Mark, you are the best.
You'd have to be made of stone not to be touched by this song wouldn't you. 🙂
When you have pure talent you don't need to shout to reach the soul
Well said.
That's dumb as fuck. So james brown wasnt talented? Foh
@@wilfordgrimley4339 You don't NEED to shout. And let's face it, most of James Brown was more like performance art...
Shout to reach the soul is an expression in itself, like an extra thing. But this does not make shouting a bad thing. You guys are a bit not so having a clue lol :) and I do get your feel and what you meant and that is what matters. OR what does not not matter (2x not) since it only appears as if it was the case that it wouldn't matter, by what I said which is though not even true.
Brilliant ,,, you nailed it.
I listened to this song for the fourth time and started thinking about my wife who died three years ago and my heart hurts and my head hurts and the tears are running down my cheeks and I Miss her So Much. I can't write any more. 😪
My best´s wishes for u buddy
I'm sorry for your pain sir. Just pray and I hope you will see her again in the beyond.
💜💜💜
God bless you sir.
Oh just sending you love xx
Me and my Juliet parted 30 years ago, this was one of "our" songs. I still think of her everyday and hope she's doing well, healthy and happy.
This man is a treasure. I’ve listened to everything he’s ever done thousands of times and it still gives me chills
Absolute quality, one of the best songs ever written.
Yep, but we say that about other tunes too!
Steve Ryan, yes we do do but you would still have to place this in the top spot I reckon.
I'm sensing you like this song! :-)
Everything he writes is quality. Such an amazing way with words.
While this is lovely, along with "Your latest trick", I'd argue that "Tunnel of Love" is the greatest song ever written.
The best part of this particular version to me is that he leaves out the verse where Juliets dreams come true and she leaves Romeo. In that verse she falls for chains of silver and she falls for chains of gold... and pretty strangers with the promised they told. Leaving this verse out seems to make the song more poignant and reflective... an old man remembering his life, keeping the good and forgetting the bad... really amazing stuff...
Good point, well spotted.
Very good point. This version is perfect for a man looking back.
Definitely, almost like Hurt by jonny cash
genius blake 👌❤
It’s 40years after. So maybe he’s made peace with it .
One of if not the greatest guitarist ever . But even now after all these years he still is unreal . Mark you are an absolute treasure 🙏
The time is wrong, is such an undeniable truth that we feel about life as we age. As an older man, Mark renders his wonderful song with such regret and tenderness. Beautiful.
I guess everyone has a Juliet somewhere in their past.
I threw it all away several years ago.
This song speaks to everyone who has loved and lost...and that's pretty much all of us right?
damn son comment as sad as the song
@@beepboop974 you think brother?
Just telling it how it is...
@@paultucker0738 appreciate it. its a strange feeling and you worded it poetically
Well said, Paul!!
"This song speaks to everyone who has loved and lost...and that's pretty much all of us right?"
Pretty much, but not all. I can still appreciate the song and musicianship though.
After almost 40 years, still wonderful
It's such a classic! Out of this world!
@dmt Where did it go...... Listening to this make me sad but happy.
eddt430 che
Kristine Baumann forever!!!
Incredible song sang beautifuly by mark knofler 🤗 xx
Mark makes it look soo effortless, Legend!
This is incredible. It sounds even more poetic now that he’s singing it in his later years. Nearly brought me to tears.
How can anyone give this a thumbs down? Mark Knopfler is a true musical genius and this is one of the most beautiful songs ever written. This rendition is also beautiful. The thumbs down people must be deaf.
I think his voice is perfect for this now more than ever. It's a song that should be sung older, looking back at that one love we wanted more than anything in this world to last, but lost.
Women don't love.
That's the tragedy.
Mark Okern i think both work...as someone older looking back at a distant love, and as someone younger...maybe reflections of a recent relationship. Either way, we’re talking about Mark...so it’s perfect
@@threethrushes "You shouldn’t come around here,
Commenting on a gender like that !"
@@rafiulalam2390 Well played, sir. Well played, indeed.
@@threethrushes Well said
Just when im thinking of cancelling my licence fee, stuff like this pops into my recommendations and I remember you haven't always been as wasteful with MY money as you are today.
Shame on those that tapped the thumbs down.
Mark deserves more respect.
LEGEND.
Just touching and beautiful. Thank you Mark, for writing such a wonderful piece of music to share with the world.
"And all I do is miss you"....how his voice breaks when he sings that line.
This is such a beautiful song, heartfelt.
When it came out, I was making a total mess of my life at 18. I met my Juliet, but couldn't get her to be mine. Yet.
I turned my life around a year later, and we got together.
We have been married for 35 years now, and this song just brings me to tears. So beautiful. So thankful.
You are so lucky....life gave you a 2nd chance...35 years together confirm my saying...
Been a fan ever since we were both skinny lads with long hair…one of the most accomplished guitarists and writers Britain has ever produced and that’s a long list!
It's like good wine. Better and better as the years go by
Whenever I am sad or stressed I listen to mark knopfler and his music always makes everything better. Thank you Mark knopfler so much
😍
Works for me ! For many years btw.
I know what you mean. It's a rare gift to weave tears into sweet music.
Me too. Well said :)
Mark is one of music's greatest talents... ✔
Living legend. Dire straits were one of the tightest musical outfits in terms of the quality of musicianship and way their music flowed. Flawless.
i’ve sung my 3 babies to sleep with this song over the course of about 8 years, can play most of it on guitar, it’s just bloody lovely and has been a natable part of my life x
Dear God! How beautiful does this sound...
Having written such a wonderful, timeless song.....you realise that he has written a considerable number of these......a genius songwriter
Yes, and i got them all! My favorite musician.😊👍
Yes, writing songs is where his genius truly shines, to say nothing of his craft as a guitarist.
Più di 40 anni che l'ascolto, ed è sempre più bella. Grazie per la tua musica, Mark.
Man, he got old. How I wish I lived the days this song was new
A lovely thought but the truth is we are all looking back at our lives now thinking, where did that all go and what have we to show for it. Don't waste a moment Billy do the things you don't think you can do, you'll be glad of it. Take care man.
shes gone but left me with the best 5 years of my life. wish her nothing but the best. love you forever. this song brings me to tears.
Keep swinging champ
What we are getting here is decades of experience and a master musician. Imagine music without Mark Knopfler. Actually, don't do that.. it is not a nice thought. Mark is a legend and his performances will naturally be different now than they were 20 years ago, but that is also a nice thing.
I remember when this song came out. I was in high school. Makes me realize just how old I am when I see Mark balding and heavy. He was a skinny kid with a headband and a wicked guitar.
A few minutes ago my 6 year old granddaughter asked her rumored to be terminal GP, "how old are you?" "64 - "65 in a few months." I saw the thumbnail and asked her if she wanted to hear one of the best guitar players ever?
She kind of watched while Papa told her something like, " my best friend told me about this singer and group when I was in my last year of high school. '76, lets see 24 and 22 -- 46 years. He has been doing this all that time, and he's made me happy so many times - wonderful..."
And by then I was choking and tearing up and having trouble talking to her as much as getting lost in my heart honoring what Mark and these guys gifts have meant to me... Thanks
This is unbelievably beautiful. This sing gets better and better with each passing year.
One of the greatest live songs of all time
Марка Нопфлера обожаю. Мой любимый мужской вокал и манера играть на гитаре. Спасибо Ютубу за возможность видеть поднаготную жизни любимых артистов, как оно есть. Не ожидал, что увижу его в таком почтенном возрасте. КАК БЫ Я ХОТЕЛ ЛИЧНО ВЫРАЗИТЬ ЕМУ ВОСХИЩЕНИЕ ЕГО ТВОРЧЕСТВОМ!!!
THE most beautiful song ever. Thank you Mark.
I wish I could tell you how much this song means to me, and for how long it has and still does.
Guitar hero, Mark ! 70 years old, a legend never die.
What a beautiful guitar.
So often I have thought about the line, "When we made love, you used to cry."
Mark's lives often better than studio records. Wonderful
Truly the best definition of a *living legend* .
Him or Clapton
well deserved award (living legend award at sse scottish music awards this year)
Mark Knopfler right up there with Lennon/McCartney, Elton John and Queen as the royalty of British music- EDIT: I forget to include Jeff Lynne here.
Eh....calm down. DEFINITELY not in the same bracket at all!!
@@davidr3789 I've always thought that Lennon & McCartney were over rated & arogant. Imo the best one of the beatles was George Harrison. He also, again imo, wrote the best songs.
David R you’re right, he’s not in the same league at all. Knopfler is way above them.
One of the biggest selling albums of all time? 5 other albums that stayed in the charts for up to 4 years at a time. Yes, up there 😊
@@davidr3789 You're a frigging idiot.
This is possibly the most magical, heart wrenching and beautiful song ever made. Thank you Mr. Knopfler, you sir, are eternal.
How can you dislike this???
A song that will travel through all the ages . One of the finest songs of all time .
For some weird reason (I wasn't listening to any music at the time) last night I was thinking about how outstanding Mr Knopfler's work is. What's amazing is that if you ignore the fact that the music is sensational and how well he plays, and then just look at the lyrics - he really puts together some sweet lines and tells amazing stories. Songs like this and Telegraph Road for example, do not need videos - it's like reading a good book, the lyrics and music help your imagination create the scenes in your head. Rock on MK, looking forward to the new album!
Can't say more. Listening to Mark's music is like reading a book.
I've always thought the same. He even does an amazing feat, he creates an atmosphere with his music that's like watching a movie.
Gotta agree I listen to sailing to Philadelphia and privateering album all the time.Mk is a legend
Bandit Rider being from east london this is how they used to talk and tell stories all those decades ago. He reflected this through his work
got a degree in English? an married to a n author, married again another luv, children I dunna how many
I’m there when I was 20 years old ..... splendid
That guitar riff is one of the best ever. It had to be part of this song- one of the best ever
This is the best version he’s ever done of this song. Masterpiece!
The one with Emmylou Harris is even better!
La verdad no comprendo nada, pero entiendo que yutube no permitiría malos comentarios.esto es una proclama para el amor
3 vodkas and I just want to burst into tears
RocknRollcompany
Mark's music gets better with age.
F, this song hits even harder now
heard this on the record, heard it on the cassette tape, heard it on the CD player and then on the mp3 player and now on UA-cam!!! Never gets old!!! Always a love struck Romeo when it comes to Mark Knopflers songs!!!
That gruff voice and those golden fingers never fail to stir something in my heart. What a talented man💖
Seeing Mark Knopfler looking so much like a geezer just plain makes me feel OLD.
Oh my God... the perfection...
I was just a young bloke when I first heard Making Movies and fell in love with it . Now I'm an old bloke and that love affair has journeyed with me throughout my years gathering memories some sad some bad but most good. I live for my music and and Dire Straits is one of the reasons why. Hopefully when I go it'll be listening to something that has made this life so beautiful.
So much talent,I’ve played guitar 30 odd years and I’m still crap
No on your own..
Me too. He makes it look so effortless, but it 'taint. :-)
Yes indeed, I've played for over 50 years - also now crap (due to approaching middle age 🤣) - that's why I've gone back to playing keyboards. Mark is way up there with Eric Clapton, Ritchie Blackmore and Dave Gilmour. Long may they continue to enthral us !
We have to look forward in life. If we look back sadness is all that is left despite all the happy moments we all had. This song is an ode to all the Romeos and Juliets we miss in our lives.
I can remember the first time I ever heard this song - on my SONY Walkman with headphones - on a bus from Tokyo to the Airport in 1981. Had just bought the Walkman on the Ginza - and got Making Movies and Eagles Greatest hits as my two new cassettes to get me back to the US. I had never heard music this clear before - and the finger snap made me laugh - as I felt like I was in the studio. I loved the song before it was over - and I've never stopped loving it.
Thank you, I know every word of this unforgettable song..
Your voice is going better in age... 😉, thank you Mark
This song like so many dire straits songs never gets old.. brought a tear to my eye in the 70's and still does today! "Tunnel of love" takes me right back to my teens, spending summer hols and most week ends at Whitley Bay.. thanks Mark! 👍
Best song ever written thinking of my brother who died he is in heaven now mis him 😢❤
One of the best guitar players and singers, ever, of all of them. Plain and simple.
Seriously
The timeless genius of one of the true all-time greats of songwriting/performing.
one of the most natural, effortless deliveries of music and lyrics that I've ever seen. what a treasure.
God, when I got this album, I listened to it obsessively. This song always took me to a special place. Mark and Dire Straits were and are musical geniuses.
The best guitarist and composer of all time..Mark HAPPY BIRTHDAY ..GOD bless you and give you many health, years and hits
Still one of the best guitar artist ! Thank God they are still there
The guitarman number one for elegance and genius. W Mark
I love Mark knopfler so much 🎸❤🌹❤
Can't stop listening to this, but helping Me so hardship and heartache!!
Meant through