Mark Knopfler - about Jeremiah Dixon, Sailing to Philadelphia,
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- Опубліковано 4 вер 2017
- Mark Knopfler is presenting a programme about Jeremiah Dixon, from Cockfield in County Durham, tonight. Picture: BBC Inside Out North East and Cumbria.
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Sailing to Philadelphia is the second solo studio album by British singer-songwriter and guitarist Mark Knopfler, released on 26 September 2000 by Vertigo Records internationally, and by Warner Bros. Records in the United States.
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Once again I’m proud to be a Knopfler fan.
Mark Knopfler has an incredible curiosity about people. His biographical and lyrical songs reach across time to bring them into our spheres. He isn't just an entertainer. He is a teacher that we don't realize is educating. We learn as we enjoy his musical genius.
Well, didn’t Mark work as an English teacher at one point (as well as a journalist), before he focused on a career in music full time?
In that case, Mark using his musical gifts and his love for storytelling, to teach us a thing or two makes sense.
He is surely a favourite, when it comes to music, simply like his style of guitar playing and his outlook on songwriting.
I don’t like the idea of putting “stars” on a pedestal, I think think Mark does NOT come across as your typical “celebrity”.
I’m glad about that, he seems to simply be himself. Good on him.
I’ve always said that his songs are little history lessons. I’ve learned so much about the UK and other places from him, googling places like Spanish City and Dog Leap Stairway and terms like Border Reiver. What other rock musician writes with such variety and depth? He’s such an incredible poet and lyricist, as well as musician.
Bob Dylan
Not only Mark but Al Stewart too. Most of Al's songs are about some aspect of history or related characters. Both of these men are great teachers and their lyrics music are just beyond anything otherwise related. You enjoy the music and the learning too. Thanks to both of them.
I taught my daughters history taking them to school each morning listening to one Mark Knopfler song or another. We loved this album and the story of the Mason-Dixon line! I was so happy to have been able to see him in concert a while back...a truly great experience!
Mark Knopfler is a treasure of our time . This piece of work set mark in another level he's written so many great song but " Sailing to Philadelphia " is truly a musical masterpiece .
Back in 2001 when Mark toured the world to promote Sailing to Philadelphia, I got to talk to him after one of his shows in where else but Philadelphia. We were outside the Tower Theater and it was drizzling. We didn't care. At the end he signed my program with a black marker and told me to be careful not to "smoodge" it.
Mr. Knopfler's accuracy in his research is astounding. Puts a marvelous backdrop to a beautiful song. Appreciated Sir!🙏🙏
Mark is not the usual rock musician type at all. He's not the typical documentary chap, either. He is a rocking documentarist who's been around, performed in front of 30000 people and still speaks like a decent human being.
Your absolutely correct
Try a figure of 110,000 paid ticket holders in Auckland, New Zealand in 1986.
He certainly is a very fine person..
Even at 71 years of age....I can hardly wait till I can receive my vaccine n live to see Mark in concert again. That is my wish..
PS:. So we all can live our lives in our own way with
Peace , kindness and good health to all.
Pat - USA
With out equal , the greatest musician on this planet. I have been inspired by Marks songs more than I can ever express. Thank you Mark Knopfler!
Lovely story. I'm glad Mark's beautiful song has shed more light on these two remarkable people who sailed to Philadelphia all those years ago.
We, who live here in Philadelphia, love this song.
Anyone else feel that Mark is an excellent presenter? Love his style!
And a shoe-in as the next Thomas the Tank Engine narrator
Yeah, I agree. Problably It comes from his experience with journalism.
I have noticed as the years have passed that Mark has become more reflective and is a man/guitarist with a whole lot of soul. Cripes, I hardly recognize him anymore without the red Strat and the cowboy shirt and headband. You could walk right by him in a guitar shop and not even know it was him, .....until he started playing! Those MTV days are long gone...but Mark is still here. He looks like your everyday older gentleman about the neighborhood. Just your every day guy.
Absolutely excellent!!
He really seems like an unpretentious, sweet man
What a guy Mark Knopfler is, such talent and so humble. I could listen to him all day. Going to see him in Manchester in May. I'm like a kid waiting for Christmas. Thank you so much Mark for being who you are.
Hope you enjoyed the gig. I've seen Mark twice in Manchester, brilliant both times.
You are such a lucky guy man
As a Dane, I have loved this tune since I first heard it! And I have long time friends in Newcastle, though the husband sadly died about a year ago!
Mark's a complete encyclopedia... a Poetry Essay... a Historical treatise and more about whatever one may think about!!!!.... I wonder how an Artist can embrace such a huge culture and deal with in so much love like him.... love you dear Idol!... 💎🎸💎
Exactly right - a beautiful poem, a remarkable ballad spanning the north and south of England and reaching west to America, folk history, a stunning melody, harmony and chord progression, all woven together to give us a masterpiece.
I always thought this is one of Mark Knopflers best songs. And now, it's even more interesting.
Used to listen to this song so many times but I never knew the story behind it...Mark Knopler amaze me over and over again
Thank you Mark, this was a remarkable piece!
Bless your Heart and Soul for investigating the history of Mason and Dixon!
Saw you with, Dire Straits, at the Commodore Ball Room in Vancouver B.C. in 1981.
Fabulous night!
💕🎸🎶💃
Gives me chills. To sing another's life in remembrance is a blessing.
Beautiful words!
Amazing… thank you Mark Knopfler and Historical Society for all these amazing insights! And what a beautiful Song! ❤️ Mark Knopfler, you are awesome!
For anyone interested in the Mason &Dixon story, there is a wonderful novel by Thomas Pynchon (called 'Mason&Dixon), one of the best books ever written in my opinion. Definitely worth a read, eloquent and wonderfully imaginative like all of Pynchons work and filled with extraordinary characters. A poignantly beautiful story.
jason,just ordered mason& and dixon on amazon prime, paperback will be here tomorrow, cheers
Agreed on this novel. I love all Pynchon, but MD is my very favorite book of all time. Hysterical Fiction.
I always had the feeling of being there with Mason and Dixon when listening to that song.
The lyrics of "Sailing to Philadelphia" just take me on a journey.
Just got to love history when it is presented like this!
Its amazing as you still see remnants of Knopfler's old journalism days in the way he reports on this masterpiece. His commentary on how they "fade away to obscurity" and "the line epitomizes the split between north and south" , These are phrases you read in a magazine.
When I was a child my grandparents converted the Quaker chapel to a house where Jeremih Dixon rests. This video has just triggered memories that have come flooding back.
Sailing to Philadelphia is one of the finest, elegant and most beautiful song that I have ever heard and Mark Knopfler is one the best and complite songwriter, if not the best. His songs are full of elements and inspirations biographical, historical, geographical, social, cultural, literary and lexical. He is a true poet, divulger and storyteller. Immense talent.
This sweet and clever documentary would still have had my attention if it had lasted for 12 hours.
Mark Knopfler is a fantastic poetry, musician and more all this he gives history lesson throught his art...and here throught this so beautiful song...I didn't know what was exactly the "Mason, Dixon line"...now I know, i'm a little bit less idiot because of Mark....Thanck you Mr Knopfler !!!...You're the best !!!
He could take on any subject and find a way to project meaning and depth to it through song. He is truly an amazing Local Hero!
Mark your incredible, the knowledge you posses with in,first your music, second, humanity, and all life's equations, you sir are paying attention, congrats.!!!
I first heard this song performed live with James Taylor and Mark Knopfler... Wow! What show! My 19th James Taylor show!Mark was not mentioned on the playbill, and was brought out as a guest... Blown Away!
Now? I'm a multi-instrumentalist, and a year into guitar, I'm playing this song... 😊
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I would like to watch a video like this for every song he made.
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What a great idea! I'd watch them, too, over and over!
And the thing is: it could be done. One of the things I've always found fascinating about Knopfler, maybe due to him being a journalist, is that most of his songs seem to tell a story.
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He should start with Done with Bonaparte
Mark is really skilled to do voice overs, too, isn't he? My inspiration, my guitar- and songwriting hero! He's the best!
Fascinating history 👍👏👏👏
I'm familiar with the song and the history, but was pleasantly surprised to see a former co-worker of mine featured in the video. Great job, Todd Babcock. I know how much sweat and effort you put into finding and preserving the markers along the Mason-Dixon line. Hope you're doing well.
What a fantastic song..and loads of history and stories behind it..sung by the genius as only he can!..Thank you Mark. Keep singing always..
This is such a poignant video and thank you Mark Knopfler for capturing the whole story with such a beautifully composed song. You truly are a Local Hero!!
Oh, I forgot to mention that "Sailing to Philadelphia" has had a place in my top-3 favorite songs and always will.
Especially now with the new more elaborate arrangement of the 2019 tour!
The simple vision of a great song writer. "The morning tide has raised the capes of Delaware..." Centuries of hope and ambition in that little phrase.
If we don't do something about our runaway greenhouse gas emissions, that morning tide will squash all future hope and ambition.
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Dear Taylor. I was just thinking about the very same line and then I noticed your remarks.Touched me twice.Cheers,Jan Peche
Always gives me goosebumps, that line.
@@tedl7538 this is an dangerous environment, a threat that is illegal harassment.
Brilliant!!
ملك القيتار والأحساس الراقي مارك كنوبفلر.
هذه الأغنية هدية لكل سكان العالم
من ليبيا 🇱🇾 تحية قلبية لهذا العملاق الذي امتعنا كثيرآ بقيتارته وأغانيه وألحانه التي لا يوجد مثلها ولن يأتي
هو مارك كنوبفلر واحد فقط فى هذه الكرة الأرضية.
played this at my fathers funeral last week , thanks for the music. love to u Mark
Bless you and RIP dear Father ❤️
you still look great and you still sound amazing...I love to hear you sing...you are the best I have ever heard....I love Mark
I always felt there was way more meaning in this song than just a great lyric, thanks for posting, geniuses from the past remembered by a genius tom today....wow
As Brian Johnston said a.history lesson set to music words can’t express what mark means to people a wonderful wonderful human being ❤️❤️
Good God this is fasinating such a beutiful song. I Will never tire of listening to it. Mark knopfler an utter legend, always will be.
Thanks Mark. You're a true legend.
My most favorite song in the world
I heard this beautiful song for the first time today on Amazon music. I knew Mark Knopfler from Dier Straits fame and was excitedly surprised that he has done solo work. The song got me thinking about Mason and Dixion and the difficult job they were hired to perform, which lead me here. Beautiful story song, done in Mark’s genital and mystic way of singing and playing the guitar. Brother in Arms is the same; a haunting story song is sung just as well.
Presume you mean genial ha ha!!
Thank you Mr Knopfler for the history lesson and for preserving these two great men’s lives who might have otherwise been forgotten
I went from the UK to the Mason Dixon line, a real piece of both British and USA history.
This is why he’s my idol, Mark. He may not be the best guitarist, the best singer, the best songwriter, or the best lyricist, but all his music capabilities put together with his humble and sweet character. He is such an inspiration to me.
....not be the best guitarist....
Alright, I get the sarcasm on that part...
@@ldorman There are better technician guitarists. But there are none who are more emotive.
Mark is a world treasure
Iconic voice never forgotten
Yes, it was always soft, refllective and powerful all at once.
Wow. The story I had imagined listening to this song did not have an army of 100+ men. :) Mark Knopfler made the whole affair so romantic!
One of my all time favorites and I don't have many.
what a classic masterpiece!!
Intrigueing, memorable, honourable, noteworthy history and beautiful maps that record the work of the Mason-Dixon line. Thankyou for bringing it to notice.
Left UK some time ago to live in rural Alabama. Everyone here knows the mason Dixon line but not a lot know of the person Dixon. I enjoy telling them. Southern people are so great to talk to.
Great history, Great J. Dixon and Great M. Mark Knopfler ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
Thank You ❤️❤️🙏🙏🙏🙏
Thats real royalty of a man. What a song. What a great album
An all time favourite song eye-watering and shivers up the spine every time.
Great video to one of my favourite tracks ever. Thank you sirs
Excellent..thank you.
great little clip on how this song was put together and tells a story on a historical event...and Mark still looks and sounds great
This is a remarkable story behind the song!
Really good to hear what inspired the song that tells so much of these 2 men in 4 short verses. A fantastic song with no wasted words and so beautiful.
Everyone gets to leave their mark on the world. Just not musically all of the time. There are other great ways to do great things. Just everyday, ordinary people. We are all part of the whole. Mark just happens to be the very best guitar player that ever held a guitar. Completely unmatched by anyone.
Amo questa canzone... Delicata, avvolgente e ricca di significato.
Grazie Mr.
This was a great history ❤
This song is the reason I have heard of Mason and Dixon. Thank you!
I live in a little village that was home to Jeremiah Dixon
I'm what's called a numismatist. I also deal in rare coins so I'm known as a coin dealer. But anyone with a few bucks can "deal" in coins but those of us who actually study history and use these little spheres of knowledge to do so are called numismatists and we are considered a notch above from a standpoint of knowledge certainly about rare coinage.
Mark Knopfler is a great guitarist. In my opinion he is certainly Hendrix material but Mark is even on a different level than Hendrix or Clapton or even some of the classical guitarists, he's deeper, and he understands history and it's importance to study, like Telegraph Road, the Mason Dixon line etc. Mark if a "coin dealer" would be a Numismatist. and I would be honored to call him a fellow numismatist or coin weanie ha! Thank you Mark, your music will forever be in my soul, would just like to share a meal with you sometimes
Mark knopfler a treasure you go sir we love what you do
I live a 2 minute walk from the house where Jeremiah and his brother, George, lived on Garden House Lane, Cockfield. It's currently up for sale.
Much as I admire Mark Knopfler's recognition for Jeremiah Dixon, Jeremiah was not a Geordie.
Wow! I am from America and was today years old when I learned this! Thanks for this video!
Lovely, interesting story and a great song that I have listened to on a weekly basis for a few years now.
Even better when he’s singing it with James Taylor
What’s interesting is, most people here in the US don’t know anything about these cats. Most know the phrase “Mason-Dixon Line” but have no knowledge of the history or actual meaning of it. I love that MK brings historical events to life through song! ⚜️☮️❤️🎶
I didn't til heard this song. 59 years old now. Born and raised in The South. No clue.
Thank you, hajepe2010 for posting... and thank you, Mark Knopfler for your song that will keep alive the story of two local Heroes, Charles Mason and Jeremiah Dixon. I learned about their sacrifice a difficult task, as they set out to divide Pennsylvania and Maryland. I enjoyed your song as I watched the interesting documentary...
Beautiful, thanks for posting!
My other favorite history lessons, in Rock Songs are:
1849 - Lighthouse
Acadian Driftwood - The Band
Monster - Steppenwolf
Enjoy!
Mark is just great raconteur who put things in very interesting words. I love to listen to him not only as sings but also when he tells the stories. I could listen to him by countless hours.
It's so incredible to see how he put the song together. Fantastic 😊
👑 of ❤❤❤. Perfection ♥️♥️
Masterpiece ❤❤❤❤
Such a beautiful song!
Thanks for sharing Henk and Jeroen!
This song really captures and brings me back
Dear Mark Knopfler, Definitely you own the creation of Music Prophecy Art in all the ways
Awesome story, history and that song and melody,just awesome!!
Thank you Mark.
Thanks Mark
The Great Maestro ...Inquisitive..
Curious ...Always learning & teaching....
Long Live MK
I think someone might have mentioned the book Mason & Dixon by Thomas Pynchon (one of my favourite books) - I'd be surprised if Mark Knopfler hadn't read it before writing this song and been at least partly inspired by it. Really a very imaginative account of their lives, and moving - particularly of the end of their lives I thought. Also one of my favourite songs by Mark Knopfler - I have 5 different versions of it on my computer, because I love all of them!
HadesLane I think you are correct, I enjoyed the book immensely too. Whatever the reason for Mark producing this song, I’m glad he did.
HadesLane MK did say in an interview that he did read the Pynchon book, which was his inspiration for the song.
@@paulaisomura4894 A collaboration of two geniuses - Pynchon and Knopfler - telling the story of another two geniuses. Seriously, one of my favorite books and one of my favorite songs.
Now, this IS a fascinating post, great history and gorgeous music.
Thank you for this documentary Mark....love the song even more now I know the story behind it
Dare to bring very deep observation. Knowledge us, keeping it alive in beautiful song. Thank You my very best sir :)
Bought this album when it first came out and loved this song and I'm just now realising what it's all about...great tune.
You're just realising? Oh dear.
💕Thank You💕Greetings from The Free People’s Movement From Sweden💕🙏🏻
One of my favourite pieces of Knofler music, been a fan since Dire Straits appeared in Bridlington where I live many years ago. found this by chance, what a brilliant piece of journalism. Real local heroes!
I feel proud to have Jeremiah Dixon as one of my ancestors and bare his name
An incredible song and an Incredible story telling musician.
Graet ...Nice to get the whole storie .I love the song and many many others that Mark K has .Also been to a Consert with Him..it was a beutiful Gig on a Beutiful sommer evening ..