Music Coach REACTS: Dire Straits - Once upon a time in the West (Alchemy Live)

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  • @FaanaMusic
    @FaanaMusic  Місяць тому

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  • @garrycroft4215
    @garrycroft4215 6 місяців тому +119

    The more you listen to Alchemy Live from 40 years ago you realise that it’s probably the best performance ever recorded.

    • @julienmarquet8612
      @julienmarquet8612 6 місяців тому +1

      A great performance, but if you say it's the best, it means you never listened to other great bands, performances😅Sad for you

    • @garrycroft4215
      @garrycroft4215 6 місяців тому

      @@julienmarquet8612 a good friend of mine was a marshal at the Wembley Arena London. I got tickets to some of the greatest bands on earth. He argued that ELO was the greatest performance in the years he worked there but I disagree and saw Dire Straits in Manchester & Glasgow as well.

    • @Thailandescapades
      @Thailandescapades 6 місяців тому +4

      @@julienmarquet8612if you don’t think this the best live album ever then I feel sorry for you😂

    • @catherinelair8206
      @catherinelair8206 6 місяців тому +1

      @@julienmarquet8612 judge not music lover. Art is not a contest

    • @SausageFingers73
      @SausageFingers73 6 місяців тому +2

      Personally I prefer the "Wembley does the walk" show from the Brothers in arms tour. It is by far their best line up of musicians, the band at their peak, and this probably makes me biased but it was the first concert tour I went to see, a few dates in from that show in Birmingham. As for other bands ACDC art Donnington monsters if rock is also great, far better than the river plate one, as by that time Brian's vocals had started to go and struggles to reach the notes and sometimes doesn't try to.

  • @seanstevenson9891
    @seanstevenson9891 6 місяців тому +34

    The entire band deserves a knighthood for this concert alone.

  • @kiko-w3v
    @kiko-w3v 6 місяців тому +27

    Recognize it, he's the best

  • @viliko4308
    @viliko4308 6 місяців тому +45

    The eternal shine of Mark Knopfler ❤ He is the definition of being cool 😊 Just can't resist that charisma and talent.

    • @catherinelair8206
      @catherinelair8206 6 місяців тому +2

      I’m in such admiration for how he allows this magic to flow through him.

    • @davidfeltz8697
      @davidfeltz8697 3 місяці тому

      Bingo

  • @musashimiyamoto586
    @musashimiyamoto586 6 місяців тому +26

    The riff they are playing keeps repeating but I could listen to it for hours. That's how good it is.

  • @garff7557
    @garff7557 6 місяців тому +35

    The greatest concert ever period, alchemy live and everything else beneath it

    • @julienmarquet8612
      @julienmarquet8612 6 місяців тому +1

      Before that, there were monstruous shows too😅🤭After that, you're right, not a lot, but, 1986, Queen live at Wembley, was monstruous too, 1991, AC/DC, donnington, 1992, Guns and Roses at Paris, super cool, and 1994, PINK FLOYD PULSE (I saw them, i saw that concert, in my hometown STRASBURG, FRANCE), MONSTRUOUS TOO, in 1999, i saw SANTANA, phenomenal.... 1999 i was 19 years old, i started to work as a roadie, with the Rolling Stones, Clapton, AC/DC, Deep Purple, Colmar foire aux vins, in my region, Alsace, France....Lenny Kravitz, Ben Harpen, Bernard Allison, i worked and saw classical bands, rap bands, etc....2007, LED ZEPPELIN (without Bonzo), Great too....😅👍There were good shows after that, but, not a lot, unfortunetely😔😭I'm, just, sad i was too young to have saw my hero Jimi Hendrix😔But, as you said, today, nothing anymore....

  • @chrisdavidson911
    @chrisdavidson911 6 місяців тому +20

    That at the end about positioning yourself as an artist, Dire Straits were always described as "laid back world beaters"

  • @davidpyorkshire
    @davidpyorkshire 6 місяців тому +23

    Mr John Illsley on bass took a hold of the steering wheel on this track and oh my goodness what a journey! Great to see you with the guitar again 👍. This track doesn't get as much attention but it is so so good. Hypnotic and pure joy for the soul.

  • @carinvanhummel8621
    @carinvanhummel8621 6 місяців тому +20

    The master himself. Never get tired of listening to Mark🔥🎸🔥Alchemy my favorite album😍

  • @peterlewis5151
    @peterlewis5151 6 місяців тому +17

    Mark's new album is out today (One Deep River) and it's wonderful. You should check it out.....

    • @FaanaMusic
      @FaanaMusic  6 місяців тому +2

      Oh wow, I need to check this out!

  • @musashimiyamoto586
    @musashimiyamoto586 6 місяців тому +28

    I am a bit jealous cause there are still quite a few songs that you will have the pleasure of hearing for the first time. Even if they really never get old. Blown away every single time.

  • @catherinelair8206
    @catherinelair8206 6 місяців тому +10

    I’m not a guitar player but I do love how hard it is for you to not play while they are playing. I love how much you feel it, understand it, seemingly live it. Thank you for sharing your love of music.

  • @dopiaza2006
    @dopiaza2006 6 місяців тому +18

    That is the definition of the bass driving the groove. Awesome!

    • @ingridgabelo2934
      @ingridgabelo2934 5 місяців тому

      El gran John Islley!! Nunca lo mencionan 😞

  • @Michael-mm3fm
    @Michael-mm3fm 6 місяців тому +12

    Great bass.

    • @RideAcrossTheRiver
      @RideAcrossTheRiver 6 місяців тому

      Knopfler using neck pickup and chorus here ... rare for him

  • @robertross3026
    @robertross3026 5 місяців тому +11

    Greatest band ever and Mark Knopfler one of the best songwriters/guitarists of all time.

  • @COCOTEIER
    @COCOTEIER 17 днів тому +2

    I went to the Alchemy Live Tour Paris 1983.🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸 I remember this long version of Once upon a time in the West at the beginning of the concert.

  • @rovcanada1
    @rovcanada1 6 місяців тому +12

    Your comments about how this was a great opening track for the concert were very insightful. You made me think about it, and I absolutely agree that this is the perfect way to 'settle the crowd in', and have everyone ready for the epic tracks that were to follow.

    • @FaanaMusic
      @FaanaMusic  6 місяців тому +1

      Thank you! 🔥🎸❤️

    • @annetteturner5972
      @annetteturner5972 2 місяці тому

      ​@@FaanaMusicI was in that crowd. Best night ever ❤ love Mark

  • @brcs8332
    @brcs8332 6 місяців тому +8

    The whole concert was awesome, Mark with his beautiful voice and unmistakable guitar playing, John Ilsey on the bass was always grooving, Alan Clark was fantastic on the keyboard as was Hal Lindes on the guitar, but for me Terry Williams on the drums was always outstanding, he took care of it for that “certain something”
    Be sure to watch "live Wembley 85", especially Tunnel of Love so fantastic.
    Thanks for your reactions

  • @derekdamms7380
    @derekdamms7380 13 днів тому +2

    FABULOUS BAND MATE FABULOUS SONG

  • @madsandreassen5441
    @madsandreassen5441 6 місяців тому +11

    Great song and great reaction as always. I’ve been listening to this album (Alchemy) since buying it the first time in 1984, must have listened to it a few thousand times by now, and it never gets old. Still chills down my spine every time. Just fantastic. And just imagine the this Once Upon A Time In The West is the opening song of the concert. This is just to get going…

    • @FaanaMusic
      @FaanaMusic  6 місяців тому

      Yeah, that's impressive!

  • @girs666
    @girs666 6 місяців тому +7

    My fave from Alchemy, for 35 years also😊

  • @SausageFingers73
    @SausageFingers73 6 місяців тому +6

    There are bars of 2/4 mixed in the verse sequence which gives it that interesting feel

  • @ursgeiser6570
    @ursgeiser6570 6 місяців тому +8

    Fantastic song from the "pure guitar era" of the first two albums, whose sound was unique at the time and triggered the run for the debut album. Afterwards a keyboard player and later a saxophonist were brought in.
    Highlights from that time include Down On The Waterline, Six Blade Knife, SINGLE HAND SAILOR, Water Of Love, IN THE GALLERY, Wild West End, WHERE DO THINK YOU 'RE GOING (fanstastic version). DS played all of these songs live on German TV Rockpalast in 1979 (video rights?). There are certainly also BBC recordings from 1978+79.

  • @wbravo66
    @wbravo66 6 місяців тому +6

    This is an absolute masterpiece. I think Terry Williams drumming is a good as that on SOS or maybe better

  • @riphopfer5816
    @riphopfer5816 3 місяці тому +5

    This song has a reggae-type vibe, and it makes a pun ‘Once Upon A Time In the [Western world]’. It’s a send up of pop-culture.

    • @nancyholm2160
      @nancyholm2160 2 місяці тому +1

      The album version, as well as the Rockpop concert from Dec. 1980 (it’s on UA-cam) when Pick Withers was still with the band had a much stronger reggae vibe. But this is good too. This is a lineup, hardened by years of touring, completely in synch with each other and everyone on the top of their game. Fantastic.

  • @techydude
    @techydude 6 місяців тому +8

    Your observations about this song’s position at the start of the concert is spot on, getting the audience hooked to the band’s leash as masters of their craft, and you know you’re in for a great ride :-). In Knopfler’s more recent (solo) concerts, he’s reworked One Upon A Time In The West, including adding a brass section; there’s a phrase the brass plays that at first really sticks out compared to the original, and after a while I realise that they’re playing a phrase that was so subtly rendered only by the bassist, John Illsley, in these early years!
    The Straits repeated this strategy on their next world tour for the Brothers In Arms album, starting the concert with ‘Ride Across The River’ which has similar traits, even though it’s quite a different song. You’ll find multiple yt videos of that final concert of the BiA tour, it was in Sydney Australia, April 1986. It’s my favourite concert of all time, for a bunch of reasons, but particularly because it arrived in my life at probably the ‘initial rush’ of my teenage musical awakening. But I have to concede that the Alchemy concert is extraordinarily good, too; but the BiA album exhibited a quality of song writing a notch above their previous four albums (on which the Alchemy tour was based), so for me that BiA tour has a certain something extra.
    And then they did it again, for the On Every Street tour, starting the concert with Calling Elvis, a song which again has certain characteristics which can make it a great concert opener.

    • @MrDeepseadweller
      @MrDeepseadweller 6 місяців тому +2

      I was at that final concert in Sydney at the Sydney Entertainment Centre (since demolished). I was in the front row, centre, and the ticket cost me A$26. I had been to another performance a few weeks earlier. I was in my final year of high school and I still remember it like it was yesterday.

  • @davidfeltz8697
    @davidfeltz8697 Місяць тому +1

    This was the opening to the Alchemy performance and Yelegraph road was the encore! Thise folks got their moneys worth. This track is groovy AF!

  • @catmus1506
    @catmus1506 6 місяців тому +7

    So enjoyable watching your journey through Dire Straits and Alchemy Live. Romeo and Juliet is a song off this recording I think you’ll love. Keep up the great content and thank you.

    • @FaanaMusic
      @FaanaMusic  6 місяців тому +1

      I already have it on my list, definitely coming soon!

  • @ksoman953
    @ksoman953 5 місяців тому +2

    Makes for perfect music to drive casually in a convertible with just a little bit of nippy weather under a morning sun.

  • @dopiaza2006
    @dopiaza2006 6 місяців тому +8

    This being the first song, the only way now is to go through the whole album. Not a bad song on it

  • @scal5134
    @scal5134 2 місяці тому +1

    I was 13 when Dire Straits were on tour with this Album and I still get
    Goosebumps hearing tracks like this!
    That band played solid for 2hr 20 mins…this album is probably the most underrated live album.
    To me, this is joint 1st with Genesis, Seconds Out from 1977!
    Great reaction mate, not too many interruptions…then again, you just want to hear it roll…100%

  • @jvgs920
    @jvgs920 Місяць тому +2

    Wonderful performance ! I also enjoy your analysis and appreciation of the finer points which I missed before

  • @iorch82
    @iorch82 5 місяців тому +4

    This is my favourite cut from Alchemy. The solo after the second verse is of his finest's, that one with the lovely looping dramatic chromatic lick

  • @annetteturner5972
    @annetteturner5972 6 місяців тому +5

    Yor reactions are just so cute ❤

  • @kevinhilton8683
    @kevinhilton8683 6 місяців тому +5

    Wow I had never heard that song before but what a groove. Is this entire concert on video somewhere? I've seen other clips..what a show!

  • @prbprb2
    @prbprb2 6 місяців тому +6

    I am so glad you got to this song. I have been writing asking around for it.... Such underrated song. Such a funk. The guitar seems to add such irony to this narrative. What do you think?

  • @connortait8754
    @connortait8754 6 місяців тому +5

    You gotta check out the Money for nothing live performance with Eric Clapton

  • @adrian_83am
    @adrian_83am 6 місяців тому +5

    Friend, spectacular musical analysis, as always. A pleasure to listen to you. It's great to be able to learn new musical aspects about my favorite music band.

  • @brianshickey
    @brianshickey 2 місяці тому +1

    I absolutely love your reactions to this concert, this song included.

  • @liftedcj7on44s
    @liftedcj7on44s 6 місяців тому +3

    You should check out "Six Blade Knife" from the Rockpalast concert 1979.

  • @fredericknalaremah939
    @fredericknalaremah939 6 місяців тому +4

    A class act...The group welcomed everyone to the party and what a party it was!

  • @ingridgabelo2934
    @ingridgabelo2934 5 місяців тому +1

    Hola!! Mark Knopfler es simplemente inimitable...un zurdo que toca magistralmente con la mano derecha, sin púa.
    Dire Straits fué único.
    Gracias por tu reacción ❤

  • @malcolmhardwick4258
    @malcolmhardwick4258 6 місяців тому +2

    And thats just the start of the album !

    • @FaanaMusic
      @FaanaMusic  6 місяців тому

      Yeah, exactly!

    • @davidfeltz8697
      @davidfeltz8697 3 місяці тому

      Crazy and telegraph road is the encore! They could have played 2 songs and it would have been amazing!

  • @anitaostlund9683
    @anitaostlund9683 28 днів тому +1

    Thank for an insightsful reaction, I love this concert and it was interesting to hear your thoughts.
    I search throu your videos for Tommy Johansson, the former leadguitarist for a swedish metalband Sabaton. He is absolut fantastic, plays about 10-12 instruments och is a really great singer. He release a new cover almost every friday, just for fun. All reactions are mostley about his vocaly skills so it would be interesting to hear your thoughts about his instrumental skills. I promise gonna make you smile, his love to music just shine and Team Tommy will thank you ❤

    • @FaanaMusic
      @FaanaMusic  27 днів тому

      Thank you for the lovely comment and the recommendation, I'll check Tommy out!

  • @scal5134
    @scal5134 2 місяці тому

    I was 13 when Dire Straits were on tour with this Album and I still get
    Goosebumps hearing tracks like this!
    That band played solid for 2hr 20 mins…this album is probably the most underrated live album.
    To me, this is joint 1st with Genesis, Seconds Out from 1977!
    Great reaction mate, not too many interruptions…then again, you just want to hear it roll…100%
    Also, it’s the drummer and bass player giving it that slight reggae feel, Williams is doing triplets on the 4th bar.

    • @nancyholm2160
      @nancyholm2160 Місяць тому

      @@scal5134 I was listening to a podcast interview with Hal Lindes, the rhythm guitarist of that time and he said that along with the set they did a two-hour sound check every day. What energy that lineup had! No wonder it was so good. Now Brother In Arms represented the band’s greatest commercial success, but I’m one of many fans who think Alchemy was their musical high water mark.

  • @nunorolao2544
    @nunorolao2544 4 місяці тому

    As a big Dire Straits fan for 40 years now, i see lots of reactions to their musics. I found some really good, but you are the best, Faana. You really catch even the small precious details we, Mark Knopfler fans, love from their musics. Congrats! i really like to see you reactions, explanations, etc. Really looking forward to see you reacting to other wonderful songs like Romeo & Juliet or Skate Away.

  • @hilogreg5216
    @hilogreg5216 3 місяці тому +1

    There 4 complete ( or mostly complete ) concerts of Dire Straits from 1982 onward, Alchemy 1983, Wembley 1985, Sydney 1986, Nimes 1992 I would love to hear your thoughts on MK's changing style through the years. The these concerts are fantastic by the way.

    • @nancyholm2160
      @nancyholm2160 Місяць тому

      @@hilogreg5216 Not a full concert, but there are a number of videos on UA-cam from the RockPop concert of December 1980. They’re interesting because it was only a few months after Alan Clark and Hal Lindes joined the band and Pick Withers was the drummer at that time. Apart from Terry Williams replacing Pick, this was the same core that would dazzle in Alchemy and it was fascinating to compare and see how they matured as a unit after two major tours and a recorded album. Bookends what may arguably have been the best era of the band’s history.

  • @jeffdempsey6478
    @jeffdempsey6478 6 місяців тому +2

    COMMUNIQUE....awesome..I call this, first LP, and Making Movies....Dire Straits Before MTV😊...however his brother helped the sound ( jazz/rhythm) prior to MTV. 😊..not the same 😢..listen to the original...all awesome ❤

  • @StevenQ74
    @StevenQ74 6 місяців тому +4

    In his solo concerts Mark has played this with a full "Ennio Morricone" intro ua-cam.com/video/wB7LNZyEpMk/v-deo.html

  • @winditon1523
    @winditon1523 3 місяці тому

    What a track, Knopfler genius but bass is beautiful

  • @asgedombaraki9965
    @asgedombaraki9965 5 місяців тому

    great music and great reaction.

  • @RideAcrossTheRiver
    @RideAcrossTheRiver 6 місяців тому +2

    Try "Calling Elvis" and "The Bug" from _On the Night_ !

  • @phillsmith9255
    @phillsmith9255 Місяць тому +1

    The studio version of this song actually has a reggae beat to it.

    • @nancyholm2160
      @nancyholm2160 Місяць тому

      There’s a video on UA-cam of the band playing this song from the RockPop concert of Dec. 1980 when Pick was still there and back then it was played more like the studio version. I’m not sure when they adjusted the groove. This is still really good though.

  • @riphopfer5816
    @riphopfer5816 3 місяці тому

    I would strongly recommend checking out their performance on Rockpalast in 1979, when they were still just a young, hungry 4-piece pub rock band, having just released their second (my favourite ) album. You get a lot more raw Knopfler, less giant dinosaur of a band .

  • @bigsilewis3660
    @bigsilewis3660 5 місяців тому +1

    You need to seeLocal Hero by these guys

    • @robertianjohnston7483
      @robertianjohnston7483 4 місяці тому +1

      One of the best films ever and the music score is just divine. 👍

  • @normankennith7919
    @normankennith7919 4 місяці тому

    there was a film made in 1969 called, 'once upon a time in the west' which starred charles bronson, henry fonda, claudia cardinale & jason robards but it is a different song/tune! however i would recommend that you listen to 12yo patricia janeckova's brilliant version of the original tune, although it was not her singing on the film version!! sadly, patricia died last year from breast cancer aged 25!!!

  • @theivory1
    @theivory1 5 місяців тому +1

    This is a great song. The album version is much slower.

  • @miguelangelgarciasesma8220
    @miguelangelgarciasesma8220 6 місяців тому +1

    Did you considered to make a reaction to the full Alchemy album?

    • @FaanaMusic
      @FaanaMusic  6 місяців тому +1

      Do you mean like all at once?

  • @steinareggan4565
    @steinareggan4565 5 місяців тому

    find ur scene and u are so oki

  • @KNOPFLERSGOD
    @KNOPFLERSGOD 6 місяців тому +1

    A fantastic performance from Dire Straits, and a great opening to a concert. Here are some more suggestions for you to check out:
    Mike Oldfield - Sentinel
    ua-cam.com/video/HMksPmJiMV4/v-deo.htmlsi=HgFXEJxQU2vgy1ol
    This is the first track from Tubular Bells 2 from 1992 as this was a live premiere concert of the album from Edinburgh Castle in Scotland, if you like it, you should watch the whole performance.
    Also, check this beautiful instrumental from Dire Straits, such gorgeous playing from Mark Knopfler:
    ua-cam.com/video/nS6rizlh710/v-deo.htmlsi=76Hn_XCbG6_
    Eric Clapton and Mark Knopfler played together lots of times., for example check out t😮his performance of just the two of them playing Layla:
    ua-cam.com/video/zm1BBG5LkxA/v-deo.htmlsi=Gabw-fpD9wm0BXww

  • @steinareggan4565
    @steinareggan4565 5 місяців тому

    Spill mann

  • @davidfeltz8697
    @davidfeltz8697 3 місяці тому +1

    DS is just ridiculous.

  • @steinareggan4565
    @steinareggan4565 5 місяців тому

    I suport u

  • @unfilthy
    @unfilthy 6 місяців тому +3

    I really enjoy listening to your commentary, but I could barely hear you this time over the music. I think you should feel free to pause when you have something to say.

    • @FaanaMusic
      @FaanaMusic  6 місяців тому +1

      Thank you for the feedback, I'm aware that I didn't get the balance right this time, I'll make sure to fix this for the next reaction!

  • @steinareggan4565
    @steinareggan4565 5 місяців тому

    name of the game

  • @steinareggan4565
    @steinareggan4565 5 місяців тому

    no, how

  • @steinareggan4565
    @steinareggan4565 5 місяців тому

    U are talking about dire straights????

  • @steinareggan4565
    @steinareggan4565 5 місяців тому

    artist??????

  • @abiagio1
    @abiagio1 3 місяці тому

    Vedi alla voce: la classe non è acqua.

  • @steinareggan4565
    @steinareggan4565 5 місяців тому +1

    legg in a kom
    Kankje jeg tror på deg

  • @steinareggan4565
    @steinareggan4565 5 місяців тому

    0,1 C bath

  • @steinareggan4565
    @steinareggan4565 5 місяців тому

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  • @steinareggan4565
    @steinareggan4565 5 місяців тому

    we want to talk to u

  • @steinareggan4565
    @steinareggan4565 5 місяців тому

    du er oss

  • @steinareggan4565
    @steinareggan4565 5 місяців тому

    u

  • @steinareggan4565
    @steinareggan4565 5 місяців тому

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  • @steinareggan4565
    @steinareggan4565 5 місяців тому

    hget a grip

  • @Edz90
    @Edz90 6 місяців тому +3

    Lol, just listened that great song and whoppa, you've got a review of it.
    Its just a masterpiece, especially with good headphones or speakers.
    I often torture my coworkers with 4x 150watts speakers, listening to all those good things.
    Well at least they know all the best songs 😂

    • @FaanaMusic
      @FaanaMusic  6 місяців тому +3

      Haha, I feel you, I sometimes torture my neighbors like that. 😂

  • @steinareggan4565
    @steinareggan4565 5 місяців тому

    thats nothing

  • @steinareggan4565
    @steinareggan4565 5 місяців тому

    don't be a looser

  • @steinareggan4565
    @steinareggan4565 5 місяців тому

    U can't anything

  • @julienmarquet8612
    @julienmarquet8612 6 місяців тому +16

    Don't listen to the idiots, who tell you not to play guitar at the same time😂I, follow your channel because, as a guitarist, i know what you feel, it's really interesting, when you explain things...Even if you, or me, we will never be able to play like him😂 (the guy has his own style, impossible to mimick)....The followers who order you not to stop, or explain, are losers who never played any instrument😡I like your channel, and i hope one day, we will meet to play, jam, improvise together....Peace from France✌️