Dire Straits - Sultans of Swing (Alchemy) - Drum Cover
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- Опубліковано 12 вер 2024
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Ewan Cunningham, 16 years old! I'm from Falkirk, Scotland.
This is a cover of "Sultans of Swing" by Dire Straits.
Filmed and edited by me, audio edited on Cubase by me.
Using my Tama Superstar Hyperdrive kit, I love it.
I am self taught!
The tripod camera shot is from my first take. I did it again with the chest mounted camera just to get a cool angle but only used the sound from the first take.
Check out the drums only version of this cover here: • Dire Straits - Sultans...
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I'm 56...... seen it all, heard it all....and I'm a drummer....
I keep coming back to this young man for inspiration.
This, in my opinion, is one of the the absolute best drum covers EVER.
Да! Терри в Odeon играл как никогда 😇. Кавер точный, но всё же у Терри было три тома.
Agreed
mam podobne zdanie
Incredible cover. One of the best live performances from Terry. Lifted this song into god status. This is a great example of how drums can elevate a whole song to another level. I wish I could play like this!
How good is he 👍
Terry is a hero
The best part of the video is from 00:00 to 10:54....
Most beautiful song, drum cover hall of fame forever, indescribably wonderful feelings!
Yes.
X2
Ewan I've spent 30 years listening to Terry Williams play this on Alchemy. Now I've seen him play it. Thank you.
+MrMarkc253 Thanks for the wonderful comment Mark :-)
Terry Williams take on Alchemy is a whole different monster,. my favorite drums for sultans of swing, lots of filings, lots of hi-hat
Excellent. Alchemy is my go to album / CD. Terry will like it!
Here Here! Wonderful to find this !
I have no recollection of any other classic song made so much better by a drummer.
Terry Williams' live performance was absolutely one of the greatest of all time.
Excuse my bad english.
This version "Alchamy Sultans Of Swing" is one of the world's best songs for all time.
You are the highest honor for this song.. No one can take this honor away from you.
Years back I commented on a Dire Straits Sultans of Swing Alchemy video saying I wish there was a camera feed showing only Terry Williams. Now I've seen it. Amazing.
I love how you sang Mark's solo at 5:46 the way Terry did in the live. Spot on !
holy shit man awesome i thought no one could do it like terry williams but here you are congratulations
Thank you so much Javier :-)
Awesome!
My old man loved this song. Saw this cover and sent to him. It was the last video I sent as he past away a few days later. He loved it!! Great cover.
Definitely the best drum cover of this version on youtube!!
+DelicateSoundOfThunder Thanks a lot dude :-)
This is the best drum cover i have ever seen
+Killboy520 Wow thank you so much dude :-) I'm really glad you liked it!
I Love Dire Straits, Alchemy is my favourite record all time and Sultans of Swing is the best song in the world. Thanks man for that wonderful performance. Thanks for share that special moment.
Sérgio Costa-Portugal
I feel like you.
+1
WOW you’re good. Want lessons from you !
Well, it's been at least five years since I first discovered this cover and his channel, and I'd be lying if I said I've watched (with headphones of course) this video a "few times".
I play drums (local cover band small stuff), and I come back to it quite often for not only the highly technical parts, but for the sheer Joy of this kid's playing.
I was a teenager when this song was on the radio and I always played it (and everything else) VERY LOUD!
Everyone, including myself, usually favours what they grew up on, but after hearing this live version sooooo many times, now I actually prefer it to the studio.
Rhythm, technique, precise. Perfect drumming !!!
Very very good, man !!!! Much appreciated !
+Marcius Clayft Thank you for your support Marcius :-)
@@ewancunningham ti prego contattami fronte florence...firenze
8:58-9:02 is THE part for which I was waiting, and once it came I could not stop replaying it. Amazing. So good.
maybe the best drum cover on youtube
+Silex #Machinima Wow thanks for the awesome comment dude!
+Silex #Machinima
No maybe about it, it's the best!
Oh, what a flattering. This cover is too incorrect for your words wil true. DS drummer hi-hat just like living. Its opening in all song. ewanjohn don't do it.
Hi Silex. I so agree with you!
And Ewan isn't wearing the same tee shirt as the original drummer did at this concert. What a fraud eh!
Can't you see the dude is having fun with this song!
You are the only one that faced this version of sultan of swing that is incredibly difficult. My best compliments
This deserves more views.
In this original live performance, Terry Williams hit the true drummer's sweet spot of never being overly attention hungry, but managing to organically catch the listener's attention over and over and over with his awesome fills and power, all of which was 100% in service of the incredible performance by the band as a unit. And this is a great cover of that great performance. A good one to study for sure.
Best Terry Williams impression I've seen. He is my favorite drummer and you've captured this song and his performance PERFECTLY!
Outstanding!
Hmmm where are the open hihats... for me thats where the accent should be with this song, playing the drums.
You really like the Alchemy Live, I saw your comment on the guitarists video
@@nigelthomas3179 yup! It’s one of my favorites 🙌
@@MatFranco same dire straits is 🙌🙌💪🏻💪🏻
@@watdoetienouweer so agree with you
Just can't stop playing it over and over,incredible,i'm stunned
probably the best 10 minutes and 55 seconds of my year 2020
Absolutely outstanding. Terry Williams would be proud.
Finally YT recommended something awesome after 4 years the video was uploaded see you all in another 4 years! I will be here waiting for ya!
Wow.. Excellent cover of a difficult and inspired perfomance by Terry Williams. Loved this cover by you..
Greetings from Glasgow..well done. I remember doin that 35 plus years ago. Still rocks, time moves on.
The only Guy to cover the live version of sultan's of swing on youtube 🤟 great job. Thk you
The best drum cover. Ever! I like this live version so much.
I feel like you
You are the best of the best drummer I ever seen, thanks
Ohh Terry Williams You're a God among humans !!
Wow .. Terry and then this guy.. incredible cover, the best I've heard.
Granted the guitar solo at the end is simply awesome!! Terry hitting the skins harder, faster, with more going on throughout the live version makes this song simply brilliant!! Ewan is so talented.
Great job. Terry Williams is smiling now :)
Are you crazy? Smile? Terry Williams would be absolutely thrilled! :)
The amount of work that must have gone into this is incredible! Terry Williams was on fire that night and to faithfully reproduce it, is amazing. Well done!
Hi Ewan! Terry William is my favorite drummer and I think that if he saw your video he would be proud of you ! Good work !
Thank you very much! I really appreciate the support :-) Terry is an awesome drummer who I feel was underrated...
@@ewancunningham Im a Swansea taxi driver. I see Terry and his wife now and again. Alchemy is the only album he gets any money from. Shame really. He's a legend in Swansea.
@@mikeibby69 not even brothers in arms? Enormous selling album, makes no sense?!
It’s Williams. Almost agree , watch Nathan Followill, not from this earth
At least once daily . At least. Mark and Ewan is the new deadliest combination !!! Pure beauty, Ewan !!! Never heard music better than this !!!
Speechless... Perfect in every note, every groove, and everything I felt each one of a thousand times I've heard that master piece 🙌🏼
By far the best cover out of the 3 others I've listing to. The others were slow and lacked a whole ton of fills. Excellent or should I say outstanding performance.
This is the damn great job I´ve seen for a long time!!! Very good , thumbs up!
+Cobra Thanks for the awesome comment :-)
Great job. I just love Dire Straits. Alchemy was outstanding too because Terry drank an evil juice. You got it. I still looking for this juice
Love this LIVE version - and your drumming to this!
i wish to cover this song too one day, the drums is so calm and fascinating in this song!
This live version is one of the funnest things I've ever drummed to! Thanks for the comment StiGy :-)
+ewanjohncovers
you live in the UK, you actually got a chance to see them one day 😚
Dunno if You will ever read this but i'm pretty sure this Is the best drum cover on the entire internet, it's clean and really well done. Congratulations
Awesome. I'm a drummer too! So personally I can relate to some of the small complexities included in playing that version of the song. Again, such a great cover.
+Alexander Johnson This version has lots of different fills and they are all so fun to play! I'm sure you will agree :-) I loved making this cover. Thank you very much for your comment Alexander! Keep on rockin'
Amazing drum cover from an amazing song of an amazing band. One of the best, if not the drum cover on UA-cam. 👏 👏 👏
boy, oh boy, Evan, you've made my day
Just come across this video and the performance is amazing. Terry Williams gave the song energy and made it his own. You have given me what i think was missed, which is a camera just focused on Terry. Thank you for sharing such a brilliant talent you have👍
Bravooooooo!!!! 99 percent the same!! Bravoooo!
This is a perfect example of where the drummer is inside the song pushing it out instead of on the outside pulling at it! Excellent Vic Firth plug in the soft part also :)
You're gonna be a superstar! Awesome work!
Thanks for the great comment Eivind :-) I appreciate the support!
Just watched this and it blew my mind, absolutely brilliant in every possible way.
In fact I'm going to play it back.
Excellent !! wonderful !!
+khalid alwalid Thank you for the kind comment Khalid :-)
ewanjohncovers Most welcome bro..:)
Rhythm, elegance and power!! Wonderful, my compliments
+Massimiliano Fauci Thank you so much! :-)
Perfecto chico!
Perfecto , perfecto , perfecto.
Impresionante!!!
Ive been listening to this version for over 30 years ,fantastic job on those fills well done, dont know why there aren't any Terry Williams interviews available on you tube.
Thank you very much Daniel! It's a shame there isn't more footage of Terry Williams, he added a new dimension to Dire Straits' live performances :-)
great stuff man, love the sultans of swing!
Best of the best ever drum cover of this piece of art!!! Congratulations..... I'm under shock!!!!
+Abel Tomás Cela Thank you very much Abel :)
Fucking amazing. Terry Williams would be proud
+Marko Pavlović Haha thanks dude! Love this comment :-)
Awesome cover to dire straits 👏👏👏👏👏
excelente amigo, si hubieras nacido en esa epoca serías el baterista de Dire Strais, sigue adelante eres grande, Dios te dio el don para esto.
Muchas gracias por su amable comentario . Me encanta Dire Straits :-)
Te lo mereces amigo espero verte muy pronto en una gran Banda, tienes mucho talento.
Wait, Scottish people speak spanish? or did you just google translate it? just curious :)
REMARQUABLE, Belle prestation.
Magnifique 👍🏻👍🏻
Are you a son of Terry Williams? :)
i cant stop rewatching
cant stop watching this :D
+Silex #Machinima Awesome! Thanks for watching dude :-)
Nice work Ewan! You are having way too much fun! Terry Williams would be so proud!
Muito bom !!!!
Life just isn't fair how can some people be blessed with so much musical talent and me i can barely whistle , excellent drum cover im sure Terry would agree.
Magnífico!
Thanks Gabriel :-)
Smooth as butter.
+Liru Larula Thank you very much!
Good Job Ewan, but this is the horrible rendition from when Terry Williams joined the group. YUK ! all he did was horrible 4/4 rolls everywhere he could, and destroyed the intimate feel of the Straights.
Pick Withers was the original drummer who had a very unique and brilliant feel. he was a great drummer, lovely balanced feel and intricate but subtle little fills, full of taste and some lovely hi-hat work etc.
Terry Willimams was just an in-your-face blast it out 4/4 robotic roll everywhere drummer.
no finesse, no feel, robotic rolls. yuk. man he sucked. he annoyed me. see if you can find the originals and have a good listen to Pick. you'll be glad you did.
anyway good job, your a great drummer.
Hi Jimbo, thanks for the compliments. I must say I am a fan of the original and I like the smooth and subtle drums that Pick recorded on the original. However, the alchemy version of Sultans and that whole concert as a whole is one of my favourite ever live performances and featured a more rocky Dire Straits. I really love the energy the alchemy Sultans of Swing had and this came from Terry's fast paced drumming. In my opinion, not only is it a blast to listen to this 10 minute masterpiece but it is also just extremely fun to play this version on the drums. That is why I covered this version over the original.
So Terry sucked and had no feels...check out "Once Upon a Time in the West" - Alchemy live...
+ewanjohncovers that's what this piece is for, in my opinion. just to have fun playing it (i'll never be able to do anything like what you did here though, respect!!). it is thoroughly overloaded. i mean you can't feel the flow, the music. you can just listen to the drums. cool music is made by a band; the drummer's got to know how to get the band ahead for it, together, to make the sound.
MrJamaica650 I mean it's not like Terry covered the entire band...not at all. I can clearly appreciate any lick played by Mark, Alan (keyboards) and the vocals. This for the entire duration of the "Alchemy live", and not this one only. Anyways, I suggest you to check out "Once upon a time in the West", from the same live.
In the case you're talking about this specific video, then it's a drum cover, the drummer IS supposed to be louder than the rest of the band. That's what the video is all about. :)
+Arthur Bondarelli I am talking about this specific version over the original song.
Introduced to Sultans and Alchemy by my late father - this is one of the very few that like the original, makes the hairs on my arms and neck stand on end. Truly brilliant, thank you 👌
One of my favorites tune. You did not miss a beat man. Great Job!
Terrific drum cover this one! Great to know that people still remember the alchemy sultans of swing and do covers!
My god, that was awesome 👏
I’m surprised the sticks weren’t on fire by the end of that. It was like spinning them at the end was to take the heat off. Loved the ending too.
Bloody brilliant!
Errr! Wow!...just Wow? The great Welsh man Terry Williams would be proud of that. Well done,brilliant.
Absolutely awesome drumming. Flawless in every way.
Your smile gives it away...You were born to play the drums! Rock on my friend!!!!!
The 43 that dislike this must be deaf and blind ,pay them NO attention keep up the awesome work .
I turned this on and now I’m going to be ten minutes late for work.😊absolutely perfect job.I was going to try a cover of this one but I better rethink that idea. You just nailed everything....one of my favourite songs of all time.👏👏👏👍👍👍👍❤️❤️❤️
I was in grade school when this song was released....it brings back so many memories of listening to it at home or when the family was packed in the car on our way to somewhere.
How this cover only has 5,700+ likes is beyond me. Well done sir - you absolutely nailed covering this live version of 'Swing. 👍👍👍
This is absolutely incredible! It's a beautiful experience to watch you play this, holy mother of god.
Thank you very much!
You bait me to think this is achievable to play like you, so effortless it’s beautiful. Good fucking job my man. Absolutely smashed it
Best drum cover of sultans of swing
Virtuously done, this is the best cover that ive never seen
Thanks a lot Nord!
Drums bring music to life. 👍
I’ve saved this video ‘cause everytime I want to listen and see Sultans of Swing by drum cam I see you like the original!
Perfetto! Complimenti! Bravissimo! Sei una forza
Absolutely fantastic 👏👏👏👏
It's priceless to see this early recording of a young Terry Williams - just missing the curly locks! Seriously though, what a cover that is.
You are a natural.....................you sound crisp. Excellent, on time...................
This is probably the absolute best cover I've seen of the live high paced version (from Alchemy). I've seen your video hundreds of times so far, and I keep coming back (I also enjoy your other covers, especially Pink Floyd ones). Thank you and good luck with your passion.
Hey man your drumming is amazing. 👍👍❤️
Seriously, i've watch it a couple of times, and its always a pleasure. Great work !
Ahh such an awesome comment! Thanks dude :-)
Absolutely amazing drumming mate that's one of my favourite songs that drum cover is epic
Done that years ago..could still do it at my age..just majestic drumming.
I absolutely get hyped by this cover, incredible job!!
Simply Amazing!!!!
Ewan, it is a treat for eyes to watch you playing, you do have the traits of Terry Williams...great work
+InGaAsP Thanks a lot dude! I appreciate the support :-)
Damn that was good!! I never thought anyone could repeat what Terry did but you've done it! Respect! You've added one fan to your list.
Your breaks are freakin' awesome dude. So pure.
Your ghost notes are amazing, sounds so good !
Great job ! I think it's BY FAR, the greatest cover of this song I found so far on UA-cam (and all other platforms!)
You're very talented, keep it on ! Congratz again.