I have been a Knopfler fan since “Sultans of Swing” came out and I almost pulled my car over on a Houston freeway when I first heard it. However, “Private Investigations” is my favorite Knopfler tune of the many he has brought us. I have a huge preference to songs in the minor keys, and that fits so perfectly in this song of introspection of a guy who does not particularly like what he finds within. Even the soprano sax, not a usual instrument in a Knopfler band, is perfect for the mood, which I have always likened to a Wagnerian one rather than reminding of Beethoven. Dark and brooding. I love it. Thanks for reviewing it.
In my humble opinion it is the best band ever but of course there are others like Pink Floyd, REM, Springsteen and the E Street band,....truly amazing too.
I think you found a way to say what I haven't been able to, making Alan Clark on keyboards a part of the group was like adding Beethoven to something that was already close to perfection with MK carrying it all. They had the best drummer too in Terry Williams. Isn't it strange that they always sound better live than in studio?
That was a soprano saxophone, the percussion sound is a marimba, on the album version it was a real marimba but here it's a synth version and this live version also had Paul Franklin on the pedal steel.
2024. Saw them live 3 times in the 80’s absolutely flawless. Live performances were like classical symphonies. Knopler is a poet guitarist. He’s written some classic lyrical stories. His guitar work gets the attention but his lyrics are outstanding poetical ballets.
Once again Mark Knopfler creates a wonderful soundscape. The finger picking is remarkable all backed by top class musicians. The thing with Knopfler and Dire Straits is the storytelling, vast styles of music and performance, all whipped up to create a symphony of art. That was Chris White playing the Clarinet. Killer!
Back when music still had some artistic merit! Dire Straits were one of the greatest bands ever, and Mark Knopfler one of the most unique Rock guitarists that ever existed. Unlike today, where guitarists basically sound the same, and Bands don't have a unique signature sound to them anymore. I saw DS live back in the 80ies, I still remember it like it was yesterday!
I've seen amazing guitarists flawlessly playing the most amazing solos from the most amazing guitarists, but when they try a Dire Straits song, they just fail miserably.
A fantastic follow up reaction to this would be the song On Every Street. Also Mark singing as an investigator. I like to think of the two songs being the same character.
Try Mark Knopfler solo also, such a large body of work and as good as you'd expect. Also The Notting Hillbillies - Missing......Presumed Having A Good Time, with Chet Atkins - Neck And Neck, with Emmylou Harris - All The Roadrunning, playing guitar on Bob Dylan's - Slow Train, Infidels and some Basement Tapes plus collaborations with too many people to list. Then there's the movie soundtracks too.
This song is so perfect.. how it builds section after section, everything flows so incredibly. What a band. BTW, Take a look to "You and Your Friend" from this concert.
I like that you picked up on the vocal delivery. Knofler is matching the melancholy tune with a film noir narration style - brilliant. Should probably be filmed in black and white, in the rain, in a back ally, in Chicago, watching cheating lovers across the street through a window.
If you like Dire Straits and haven't seen their performance at The Concert for Nelson Mandela in '88, I would strongly recommend it. Their rhythm guitarist's wife had just given birth to twins and couldn't be there, so they had to have someone else fill in at a pinch. As Mark put it, he hasn't played at Wembley before, but he has played... Eric Clapton.
Nick Mason (drummer of Pink Floyd) is out there touring and performing early Pink Floyd. His bassist is Guy Pratt (bassist for Pink Floyd after Roger left). His band is named Nick Mason's Saucerful of Secrets. I went to their concert last October here in the Detroit area and it was worth every single penny of the nearly $200 I threw down to sit 5th row, center. The song you need to review, whether just for yourself or for your channel, is "Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun." Make sure you get the official video asNick allows anyone and every one to film to their hearts content at their shows, so I do not think there is any copyright infringement using the official video. Roger Waters has come out and publically stated that Nick's new band plays the song so much better than Pink Floyd ever did back in the day. It is a true "trip" back to the height on psychodelic rock...
Hi love your channel. I think you'll really like Calling Elvis from the same concert. It has so many little surprises especially towards the end. Also recommend Heavy Fuel and The Bug from this concert. And from Alchemy Live a song called Once Upon A Time In The West is so cool. Cheers All the best from Australia 👍🎸🎸
Thanks so much Mark V, no shortage of good material to pull from right?! Love everything I hear from these guys. I will keep all of these tracks in mind for follow ups. Thank you for suggesting them!
Don't think there's a decent live performance recording, but the studio recording of 'Planet of New Orleans' is an excellent Dire Straits track. Subbed :)
Maybe I'm crazy, but I have always considered this to be one of the greatest tracks to drive or ride to! Get on the highway/motorway, turn the volume up, and floor it! (Legally, of course).😊
straits; brothers in arms Rush, intro (once you listen to more tracks) 2112 (long piece) Jethro Tull, locomotive breath talking heads, slippery people ELO (electric light orchestra) concerto for a rainy day Kaleo, way down we go
Next I would recommend another one from this same concert: on every street live on the night 1993 (it's on UA-cam) just search it up like that, it's the ultimate version of that song
Great band performance, and Mark playing some wonderful acoustic guitar. A couple more you should hear from the same concert: ua-cam.com/video/nS6rizlh710/v-deo.html ua-cam.com/video/mnc4M6QIEjY/v-deo.html The first is a gorgeous instrumental and the other is a great slow blues. Please also react to Mike Oldfield, try his most famous song Moonlight Shadow: ua-cam.com/video/e80qhyovOnA/v-deo.html A great live instrumental is Sentinel, which is the first track from his album Tubular Bells 2: ua-cam.com/video/HMksPmJiMV4/v-deo.html
I love this track, live or studio it's brilliant - but a guy in college did a parody of it, and so that's what I remember. Almost like the cop in Soylent Green, disillusioned and alcoholic...
I was so inspired by this song, I wrote a poem parodying it, set in a garden, with characters named after plants and flowers. One of the villains was called Dan D. Lyon. I forget the detective's name. I called the poem Privet Investigations. 17:30
Time for some Jackson Browne! Try these: "Doctor My Eyes" ua-cam.com/video/qKGTaplzmV4/v-deo.html "Running on Empty" ua-cam.com/video/lFQKvtbD6Kw/v-deo.html "The Pretender" ua-cam.com/video/SqRvJLH_-vU/v-deo.html
BTW you call yourself a musician but you don't recognise that thing that sounded like a saxophone? Seems like young folks have a drastic lack of general knowledge these days. This "thing" is indeed a Saxophone, a "Soprano Saxophone" to be precise. It's like hearing a double bass for the first time, and going like "it sounds like a bass. What is this thing?" Honestly, I'm puzzled how little younger generations know these days.
I'm a musician of the old school & most of us learned about other instruments as we progressed musically & started to compose. I was lucky enough to have classical training & if I hadn't been, would never have known what a clavier was ! Too many rely on tech, to get the sound they want at the touch of a button, so don't have much idea about the names of other instruments !
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I have been a Knopfler fan since “Sultans of Swing” came out and I almost pulled my car over on a Houston freeway when I first heard it. However, “Private Investigations” is my favorite Knopfler tune of the many he has brought us. I have a huge preference to songs in the minor keys, and that fits so perfectly in this song of introspection of a guy who does not particularly like what he finds within. Even the soprano sax, not a usual instrument in a Knopfler band, is perfect for the mood, which I have always likened to a Wagnerian one rather than reminding of Beethoven. Dark and brooding. I love it.
Thanks for reviewing it.
Dire Straits is one of the best bands in history, for many the best
In my humble opinion it is the best band ever but of course there are others like Pink Floyd, REM, Springsteen and the E Street band,....truly amazing too.
Thank you for pickimg this song and this particular vesrsion! Pure eargasm.
I think you found a way to say what I haven't been able to, making Alan Clark on keyboards a part of the group was like adding Beethoven to something that was already close to perfection with MK carrying it all. They had the best drummer too in Terry Williams. Isn't it strange that they always sound better live than in studio?
Tunnel Of Love - Wembley Arena 1985 16 mins of magic !
That was a soprano saxophone, the percussion sound is a marimba, on the album version it was a real marimba but here it's a synth version and this live version also had Paul Franklin on the pedal steel.
Thanks for educating me on that!
Knowledge is king
2024. Saw them live 3 times in the 80’s absolutely flawless. Live performances were like classical symphonies. Knopler is a poet guitarist. He’s written some classic lyrical stories. His guitar work gets the attention but his lyrics are outstanding poetical ballets.
Once again Mark Knopfler creates a wonderful soundscape. The finger picking is remarkable all backed by top class musicians. The thing with Knopfler and Dire Straits is the storytelling, vast styles of music and performance, all whipped up to create a symphony of art. That was Chris White playing the Clarinet. Killer!
A soprano saxophone, not a klarinet
@@StevenQ74 I stand corrected 👍
A band like no other for sure!
Back when music still had some artistic merit!
Dire Straits were one of the greatest bands ever, and Mark Knopfler one of the most unique Rock guitarists that ever existed. Unlike today, where guitarists basically sound the same, and Bands don't have a unique signature sound to them anymore.
I saw DS live back in the 80ies, I still remember it like it was yesterday!
Best living guitarist ❤
I've seen amazing guitarists flawlessly playing the most amazing solos from the most amazing guitarists, but when they try a Dire Straits song, they just fail miserably.
This is my favourite song on my favourite dire straits album.
A fantastic follow up reaction to this would be the song On Every Street. Also Mark singing as an investigator. I like to think of the two songs being the same character.
Very interesting, thank you for the suggestion!
I’d also vote for ‘Planet of New Orleans’ from the same album.
Make sure to do the On the Night live version of On eEvery Street. As usual its superior to the studio version
Another gem by Dire Straits: Calling Elvis (Live, Basel 1992)
Second call for Calling Elvis, noted!
8:08 when Knopfler enters, this sounds so so beautiful.
First time seeing this performance; outstanding as always!! Thanks for this 👍👍
This was one of the best recorded concerts ever.
Damn, this is gorgeous.
Try Mark Knopfler solo also, such a large body of work and as good as you'd expect. Also The Notting Hillbillies - Missing......Presumed Having A Good Time, with Chet Atkins - Neck And Neck, with Emmylou Harris - All The Roadrunning, playing guitar on Bob Dylan's - Slow Train, Infidels and some Basement Tapes plus collaborations with too many people to list. Then there's the movie soundtracks too.
This song is so perfect.. how it builds section after section, everything flows so incredibly. What a band. BTW, Take a look to "You and Your Friend" from this concert.
“For the usual fee, plus expenses.” A tip of the cap to Rockford Files.
I like that you picked up on the vocal delivery. Knofler is matching the melancholy tune with a film noir narration style - brilliant. Should probably be filmed in black and white, in the rain, in a back ally, in Chicago, watching cheating lovers across the street through a window.
Exactly this. Must've taken his inspiration from many of the B&W detective films heh.
Saw then that year in Sheffield (UK). Class act!
If you like Dire Straits and haven't seen their performance at The Concert for Nelson Mandela in '88, I would strongly recommend it. Their rhythm guitarist's wife had just given birth to twins and couldn't be there, so they had to have someone else fill in at a pinch. As Mark put it, he hasn't played at Wembley before, but he has played... Eric Clapton.
It is a saxophone, the soprano-sax :)
Nick Mason (drummer of Pink Floyd) is out there touring and performing early Pink Floyd. His bassist is Guy Pratt (bassist for Pink Floyd after Roger left). His band is named Nick Mason's Saucerful of Secrets. I went to their concert last October here in the Detroit area and it was worth every single penny of the nearly $200 I threw down to sit 5th row, center. The song you need to review, whether just for yourself or for your channel, is "Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun." Make sure you get the official video asNick allows anyone and every one to film to their hearts content at their shows, so I do not think there is any copyright infringement using the official video. Roger Waters has come out and publically stated that Nick's new band plays the song so much better than Pink Floyd ever did back in the day. It is a true "trip" back to the height on psychodelic rock...
Pre mobile phone but Zippo lighters. Magical to go with the atmosphere generated by DS. ❤❤❤
I enjoyed same concert, same tour, Bruxelles and Rome, 1992 unforgettable, Mark is Genius
Hi love your channel. I think you'll really like Calling Elvis from the same concert. It has so many little surprises especially towards the end. Also recommend Heavy Fuel and The Bug from this concert. And from Alchemy Live a song called Once Upon A Time In The West is so cool. Cheers All the best from Australia 👍🎸🎸
Thanks so much Mark V, no shortage of good material to pull from right?! Love everything I hear from these guys. I will keep all of these tracks in mind for follow ups. Thank you for suggesting them!
Alchemy Live Once Upon a Time in the West is incredible
Don't think there's a decent live performance recording, but the studio recording of 'Planet of New Orleans' is an excellent Dire Straits track. Subbed :)
I agree!
Totally agree, tho live version smokes studio one in every possible aspect.
I like in the original video, you can see Mark Knopfler writing left handed. Yup, he actually is left handed but plays right handed
I'm a cackhander myself, all the geniuses are . (Mine hasn't shown itself yet!)
Maybe I'm crazy, but I have always considered this to be one of the greatest tracks to drive or ride to!
Get on the highway/motorway, turn the volume up, and floor it! (Legally, of course).😊
Dire Straits You & Your Friend next pls
I suddenly saw pink Floyd doing a version of this and I think they’d kill it.
A Masterpiece !.
And steel guitar was amazing
straits; brothers in arms
Rush, intro (once you listen to more tracks) 2112 (long piece)
Jethro Tull, locomotive breath
talking heads, slippery people
ELO (electric light orchestra) concerto for a rainy day
Kaleo, way down we go
I would describe it as a "noir song."
Romeo and juliet live,thank me later!
Next I would recommend another one from this same concert: on every street live on the night 1993 (it's on UA-cam) just search it up like that, it's the ultimate version of that song
This song rec has gotten mentioned a couple times, def gonna have to keep it in mind, thank you!
I thought I briefly heard a xylophone. Tribal sounding instrument. The one you thought was a sax StevenQ47 already identified as a soprano sax.
You did. It's there to add to the "noir" ambience
Alto Saxaphone. Basically a brass clarinet. :)
For keys check Jon Lord of deep purple ,specially in child in time song live 1970 ,one of the best rock band ever,
Great band performance, and Mark playing some wonderful acoustic guitar. A couple more you should hear from the same concert:
ua-cam.com/video/nS6rizlh710/v-deo.html
ua-cam.com/video/mnc4M6QIEjY/v-deo.html
The first is a gorgeous instrumental and the other is a great slow blues.
Please also react to Mike Oldfield, try his most famous song Moonlight Shadow:
ua-cam.com/video/e80qhyovOnA/v-deo.html
A great live instrumental is Sentinel, which is the first track from his album Tubular Bells 2:
ua-cam.com/video/HMksPmJiMV4/v-deo.html
Thanks for the recs!
I love this track, live or studio it's brilliant - but a guy in college did a parody of it, and so that's what I remember. Almost like the cop in Soylent Green, disillusioned and alcoholic...
I was so inspired by this song, I wrote a poem parodying it, set in a garden, with characters named after plants and flowers. One of the villains was called Dan D. Lyon. I forget the detective's name. I called the poem Privet Investigations. 17:30
a UA-camR making notes lmao ! nice page
Great reaction, it’s an alto sax
Nope. Soprano Sax
Time for some Jackson Browne! Try these:
"Doctor My Eyes" ua-cam.com/video/qKGTaplzmV4/v-deo.html
"Running on Empty" ua-cam.com/video/lFQKvtbD6Kw/v-deo.html
"The Pretender" ua-cam.com/video/SqRvJLH_-vU/v-deo.html
Its a soprano saxophone.
Soprano sax
its saxophone!
BTW you call yourself a musician but you don't recognise that thing that sounded like a saxophone? Seems like young folks have a drastic lack of general knowledge these days.
This "thing" is indeed a Saxophone, a "Soprano Saxophone" to be precise.
It's like hearing a double bass for the first time, and going like "it sounds like a bass. What is this thing?"
Honestly, I'm puzzled how little younger generations know these days.
I'm a musician of the old school & most of us learned about other instruments as we progressed musically & started to compose. I was lucky enough to have classical training & if I hadn't been, would never have known what a clavier was ! Too many rely on tech, to get the sound they want at the touch of a button, so don't have much idea about the names of other instruments !
2:37 1980s soft porn soundtrack