9:35 - 14:18 This guitar solo "hurricane" is not just Mark Knopfler or the Dire Straits, but also one of the greatest 5 minutes of universal rock history. Total audio orgasm.
This song is based on an actual road in SE Michigan. It runs through Pontiac, MI former home of the SIlverdome (and home of the Detroit Lions) and it inspired Mark Knofler to pen this song after Dire Straits played there. Today Telegraph Road runs from Pontiac MI, South through Detroit and to the Ohio border. It is called US24 and continues under various names to Eastern Colorado and the foothills of the Rockies.
I was 17/18 years of age in 1982 when I bought this record. My best schoolfriend also did. I went "nuts" hearing this song. It is beyond everything I had heard and it made a deep impact. It still does. This is a song that "can not be made" and .... Mark Knopfler did😎. I think it is still pretty unbelieveble!
The finest piece of rock music in my opinion. In this song, there is Dylan, Springsteen...and Knopfler. Always gives shivers and tears. Telegraph Road got so deep and so wide Like a rolling river.
In a bar once I put my money in a jukbox. The jukebox allowed 5 selections. I chose Telegraph Road for all my selections. Over an hour of pure bliss for me! Unfortunately the other punters weren't as enthused as I.
Me and a pal did that once way back in the 70s Pick up the Pieces by The Average White Band 6th time wasn't the charm owner came and took the plug off the jukebox..
I count myself as so lucky to have seen Dire Straits live in the 80s, not once but twice. I revelled in the moment, but even though I enjoyed them, I just didn't realise exactly how lucky, and privileged I was to enjoy those live concerts. If I could go back, I'd drink up every moment, and treasure them all the more. Pure magic. Bliss music. Such talent.
in the 80's i did a lot of hitch hiking from newcastle to london and back, i could always get a lift from a to b and back there was more trust back then, nowaDAYS NO HITCH HIKERS TO BE SEEN ! IM A DRIVER GOING DOWN THAT SAME ROAD, SAD TIMES HAVE CHANGED US
This is great, except the Telegraph Road in the song is not out in the American West that this photo depicts. The Telegraph Road of MK is in suburban Detroit, Michigan, USA. Trust me, I live near it and I read the 1982 interview with Mark when he said he was on a tour bus leaving a Detroit concert in 1979 when they were stuck in traffic on Telegraph Road and he started thinking about where these roads came from, especially in America, where everything is less than 300 years old. I should know. My family immigrated to the USA from England in 1837 and settled in West Michigan -- just like the man in this song who "put down his load where he thought it was the best." The "cold lake shore" refers to the Great Lakes. Listen to the lyrics and it tells the story of Detroit, including its growth from tiny trading post, to become the Motor City, to WWII when it was known as the "arsenal of democracy," and on to its decline after the race riots of the 1960s. It's not unlike the story of Mark's hometown of Newcastle, which declined after the shipbuilding trade left the UK. Anyway, it's an awesome song, and it's humbling to think that Mark wrote it about my home state here in the middle of America. :)
I've always thought that! So obviously the great lakes. Nevr been there, but Mark K makes it so easy to see. And it's so sad, "then came the lawyers, then came the rules". This really has it all...marvelous musicianship (turn this UP LOUD) and wonderful word-pictures. And love going cold. What else is there?
So around nine generations ago, makes you only 512th of the person that dropped that load, you need to go back and identify the other 511 people to get a true understanding of your actual heritage :) good luck
This music piece is an epic and tumultuous ride, a milestone in the rock history cause of lyrics, music, arrangement, power and expressiveness instrumental, dynamic and masterly orchestral execution. The three solos are the quintessence of the Knopfler's divine touch. Incomparable masterpiece.
I remember hearing this on the radio getting ready for school in the mornings . I was always psyched to hear it come on as a young guitar player. Imagine... a 14+ minute song being played on the radio
Dire Straits and Mark Knopfler are masters of 'narrative songs.' One of my favourites is their song 'Sailing to Philadelphia' about the Mason Dixon Line... In a way that song and Telegraph Road go together.
Этот альбом слушаю с детства, тогда еще на виниле. А точнее сказать, его первую сторону - две потрясающие вещи. Именно эту композицию считаю величайшим музыкальным произведением.
I always think its impossible to have favourite song. It really depends on the emotion you’re feeling at the time. I first heard this song in (about) 1984. It’s been in my top 10 since then, and always will be. An all time classic.
Classic Dire Straits...Knoppler one of the most underrated guitarists of all time..always feel both relaxed and nostalgic when I hear this song....the tale of towns
This song is the reason I fell in love with Dire Straits. More years than I care to count and this song is still my all time favourite Straits song. Timeless master piece. Thank you Mark & co.
I read a Dire Straits biography that was printed years ago, and Knopfler talked about writing this song. He said he was on the tour bus, and outside of Detroit, Michigan there's an actual 'Telegraph Road.' It's a very long, busy stretch of highway that seems to go on forever. He said when they were driving on it, he imagined what it must have been like when that area was settled, and who the first people were who came down the path that eventually turned into the road of the song's namesake.
When people were not paying attention to them they generated their best material. This masterpiece of music is an example. All those albums on vinyl!!! Amazing.
A long time ago came a man on a track Walking thirty miles with a sack on his back And he put down his load where he thought it was the best Made a home in the wilderness He built a cabin and a winter store And he ploughed up the ground by the cold lake shore And the other travellers came walking down the track And they never went further, no, they never went back Then came the churches, then came the schools Then came the lawyers, then came the rules Then came the trains and the trucks with their load And the dirty old track was the Telegraph Road Then came the mines, then came the ore Then there was the hard times, then there was a war Telegraph sang a song about the world outside Telegraph Road got so deep and so wide Like a rolling river And my radio says tonight it's gonna freeze People driving home from the factories There's six lanes of traffic Three lanes moving slow I used to like to go to work but they shut it down I've got a right to go to work but there's no work here to be found Yes, and they say we're gonna have to pay what's owed We're gonna have to reap from some seed that's been sowed And the birds up on the wires and the telegraph poles They can always fly away from this rain and this cold You can hear them singing out their telegraph code All the way down the Telegraph Road Well, I'd sooner forget, but I remember those nights Yeah, life was just a bet on a race between the lights You had your hand on my shoulder, you had your hand in my hair Now you act a little colder like you don't seem to care But just believe in me baby and I'll take you away From out of this darkness and into the day From these rivers of headlights, these rivers of rain From the anger that lives on the streets with these names 'Cause I've run every red light on memory lane I've seen desperation explode into flames And I don't wanna see it again From all of these signs saying "sorry but we're closed" All the way down the Telegraph Road
Great lyrics, master musicianship, superb arrangement/composition. Must be Dire Straits. The crown jewel of their best album.( Although Private Investigations could be the crown jewel too, and Industrial Disease, the title cut, and It Never Rains are genius works too), this is the one. An album you never tire of.
Perfect! My friends and I used to turn the lights down and just listen to this, back in the day. We used to see just the graphic equalizer on the stereo. This is music at its finest.
Can't say what it is this music gives me, there aren't any words for it, profound, soothing and alive. It was the same when I first heard it, it's the same now, years on, and always will be. It's there and its gotta come out. Mark of the genius, the gift freely given - so thank you Mark to you and your living guitar.
They don't make them like this anymore. Great memories of travelling around the British countryside on hot summer nights with the windows down listening to this talented group...
SURE!! this song is OUT OF RANGE! I forgot it (didn't even think about!!) when I wrote somewhere that "brothers in arms" was for me the best song of all times.. Telegraph road is maybe before.. but I won't never be able to chose..
They played this song in Berlin during their Making Movies tour in '80 or '81. It was brutal to have to then wait until they finally released Love Over Gold before I could listen to it again.
There are very few genuine musicians that have the gift that MK has, he’s someone to aspire too. Like all the greats in this world a man that is humble and not one form making a fuss just great music and songs.
Quite frankly the best of the best! Mark has captured the essence of inspiration with the subtle skill of producing a masterpiece in this guitar-led classic! The guitar solo within is unrivalled!!
I always had this as my favourite track from Dire Straits. It still is to this day. Absolutely love it! The album 'Love over Gold' is also their best, by far, in my book.
What a song, almost 15 minutes of pure beauty, love every minute of it, a total classic! That opening guitar rake at 1.50, so MK. Takes me back to uni in 1984 getting in to Dire Straits and playing my guitar to songs like this when I should have been studying 😋
"Mark Knopfler has an extraordinary ability to make a Schecter Custom Stratocaster hoot and sing like angels on a Saturday night, exhausted from being good all week and needing a stiff drink.” ― Douglas Adams, So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish
Yeah, this for me was this Island’s version of Springsteen’s, “Born to run,” It gets up, walks, jogs, runs and then gets on a Hayabusa and pins it in every gear. Profound cultural significance in those lyrics. Economic decline, the rise of the Tory’s. The need for a common dream and that we all come from dust and we all go to it but we need some freedom and meaning to get us through.
Winter. Stuck in the doom of a small town in the midwest. Alone. Family in the next room might as well have been in Florida they were so far away from me. Public library had records. Only cool thing about that entire town. Found this one. Borrowed my sisters record player, and played it. And played it. And played it. Again and again. And with it, I walked away from that life of gloom and doom. Said farewell without a word. Traded snow for sand. Sleet for sunshine. Walked half way around the world before I felt it was safe to turn around look back. Didn't look long. The scars too deep, still festering. Looked just long enough to make sure the walk was worth it. It was. Live in Borneo. Have a beach. Have a brilliant kid. Beautiful lady. Epic adventure life. Thank you Mark Knopfler, thank you so much for the passion on the record. I live my life now by dancing with the words across the page. Thank you for showing me it was possible. - AB in Sabah Borneo and Santa Barbara, California
Chef d’œuvre intemporel Le début du solo final vers 9mn 38 est absolument merveilleux de subtilité et de beauté, et à fort pouvoir évocateur ... Je pense que c’est la composition de toute une vie, la composition maîtresse du maître ..... Mark lui même le sait très bien au fond de lui ... il l’a joue d’ailleurs toujours près de 36 ans après l’avoir écrite à chaque concert .... tout à été dit bien sûr sur les qualités de ce morceau, c’est un chef d’œuvre total aussi bien au niveau des paroles que de la montée en puissance dramatique de l’histoire qui est celle de l’humanité .... et bien sûr le solo final qui est fantastique , avec surtout ces notes qui s’évaporent au début du solo ou l’on sent le touche exceptionnel de Mark sur les cordes et ses notes si sensuelles et langoureuses .... la perfection a été atteinte, Mark le sait, les fans aussi .... Et moi je continues d’écouter ce chef d’œuvre 36 ans après sans jamais m’en lasser .... c’est peut être a ça aussi que l’on reconnaît un immense morceau ....
OUI!! j'ai toujours ressenti ça aussi pour cepassage dont vous parlez à partir de 9.30.. c'est prodigieux de finesse et toute la chanson est d'une sensibilité incroyable!! le passage crescendo du piano puis guitare entre 5;30 et 7.00 est aussi extraordinaire.. enfin tout est génial, je crois que c'est le meilleur morceau de tous les temps.. Evidemment on ne peut pas s'en lasser!!
9:35 - 14:18 This guitar solo "hurricane" is not just Mark Knopfler or the Dire Straits,
but also one of the greatest 5 minutes of universal rock history. Total audio orgasm.
The whole album is so incredibly overlooked and underrated. Private Investigations is another masterpiece.
By far the best song by Dire Straits. Heard thousand of times and never bores me. Long guitar solo is amazing!
Dire straits and Pink floyd these bands so many masterpieces
The only problem with this masterpiece is it's ends after just 14 minutes. It should not stop.
Good stuff never last..why?
the only problem here is global warming
C'est fini 🙂
Just play it again :)
I put it on repeat..................... one of my "never ending" songs!!!!!!!!
Just heard this for the 1st time...... A can't believe 38 years of my life has passed without having this song in it
This song and "Comfortably Numb" by Pink Floyd...perfection!
agree!
Underreated masterpiece, 99'99999% of people don't even know this song exists
A dark room, a set of excellent quality headphones & you're in heaven........
This song is based on an actual road in SE Michigan. It runs through Pontiac, MI former home of the SIlverdome (and home of the Detroit Lions) and it inspired Mark Knofler to pen this song after Dire Straits played there. Today Telegraph Road runs from Pontiac MI, South through Detroit and to the Ohio border. It is called US24 and continues under various names to Eastern Colorado and the foothills of the Rockies.
One of the greatest rock songs of all time!
Ken Webb yes! My fav rock song! On board bro
There is not a band on the planet that could produce music like this today, and there never will be. Why has the talent we had back then, been lost?
I was 17/18 years of age in 1982 when I bought this record. My best schoolfriend also did. I went "nuts" hearing this song. It is beyond everything I had heard and it made a deep impact. It still does. This is a song that "can not be made" and .... Mark Knopfler did😎. I think it is still pretty unbelieveble!
The finest piece of rock music in my opinion. In this song, there is Dylan, Springsteen...and Knopfler. Always gives shivers and tears. Telegraph Road got so deep and so wide
Like a rolling river.
It’s difficult to think of a track better than this. Total class.
In a bar once I put my money in a jukbox. The jukebox allowed 5 selections. I chose Telegraph Road for all my selections. Over an hour of pure bliss for me! Unfortunately the other punters weren't as enthused as I.
They were uneducated.
Fuck the ignorent ones
Barra Mundi very likely
Me and a pal did that once way back in the 70s Pick up the Pieces by The Average White
Band 6th time wasn't the charm owner came and took the plug off the jukebox..
Should've beat the shit out of the others trying to change songs, and played it another 5 times.
This IS the best Dire Straits song. I know there are lots of very good ones but this one has it all.
Knopfler is an epic talent - the lyrical poetry of Dylan combined with god-like guitar playing ability
I count myself as so lucky to have seen Dire Straits live in the 80s, not once but twice. I revelled in the moment, but even though I enjoyed them, I just didn't realise exactly how lucky, and privileged I was to enjoy those live concerts. If I could go back, I'd drink up every moment, and treasure them all the more. Pure magic. Bliss music. Such talent.
Getting goosebumps throughout the whole solo since I was 11 years old. I think I’ll never change..
Me too
This song is one of the best reasons for living
Perfect song to play while travelling across country late at night.
Foxonian i am actually travelling with a little camper, it's 9:15 PM and this song is perfect haha
in the 80's i did a lot of hitch hiking from newcastle to london and back, i could always get a lift from a to b and back there was more trust back then, nowaDAYS NO HITCH HIKERS TO BE SEEN ! IM A DRIVER GOING DOWN THAT SAME ROAD, SAD TIMES HAVE CHANGED US
sorry the caps kicked in , musta hit a wrong key
@Foxonian Or in the lazy late afternoon sun,or with all the colours and patterns in the big wide sky at sunset.
Fellow aficionados, please keep your eyes on the road.
Haven't heard this since around 1984. I remember every word and every note.
This is great, except the Telegraph Road in the song is not out in the American West that this photo depicts. The Telegraph Road of MK is in suburban Detroit, Michigan, USA. Trust me, I live near it and I read the 1982 interview with Mark when he said he was on a tour bus leaving a Detroit concert in 1979 when they were stuck in traffic on Telegraph Road and he started thinking about where these roads came from, especially in America, where everything is less than 300 years old.
I should know. My family immigrated to the USA from England in 1837 and settled in West Michigan -- just like the man in this song who "put down his load where he thought it was the best." The "cold lake shore" refers to the Great Lakes. Listen to the lyrics and it tells the story of Detroit, including its growth from tiny trading post, to become the Motor City, to WWII when it was known as the "arsenal of democracy," and on to its decline after the race riots of the 1960s.
It's not unlike the story of Mark's hometown of Newcastle, which declined after the shipbuilding trade left the UK. Anyway, it's an awesome song, and it's humbling to think that Mark wrote it about my home state here in the middle of America. :)
I've always thought that! So obviously the great lakes. Nevr been there, but Mark K makes it so easy to see. And it's so sad, "then came the lawyers, then came the rules". This really has it all...marvelous musicianship (turn this UP LOUD) and wonderful word-pictures. And love going cold. What else is there?
So around nine generations ago, makes you only 512th of the person that dropped that load, you need to go back and identify the other 511 people to get a true understanding of your actual heritage :)
good luck
Thanks
@@janetwhite7786 Are the great lakes really named Elizabeth and Marie?
Thanks for this...I'm from Detroit and will check this out. Makes sense! Knoeffler loves history.
Such a Masterpiece... Especially, 05:24-07:09 The Melody is really so beautiful...
Amazing. Saw this band on 5 straight nights in Melbourne, Australia in the 80's. Simply sublime.
a classic! In 20 years people with good taste will still listen to this! timeless!
This is in my opinion, without a doubt, the best song written, and performed by this great band Dire Straits!
That riff in the bridge always gives me the chills. Sweetest riff I ever heard out of a strat, that’s saying a lot
Still one of the best pieces of music ever recorded, as in ever! Just as incredible now in 2019 as it was in 1982!
John Illsley bass playing in the last section is sublime.
This music piece is an epic and tumultuous ride, a milestone in the rock history cause of lyrics, music, arrangement, power and expressiveness instrumental, dynamic and masterly orchestral execution. The three solos are the quintessence of the Knopfler's divine touch. Incomparable masterpiece.
I remember hearing this on the radio getting ready for school in the mornings . I was always psyched to hear it come on as a young guitar player. Imagine... a 14+ minute song being played on the radio
Wasn't Radio Clyde was it?
Every band has that one classic song that lives in our hearts. This is that song for Dire Straits. Just magical.
I love when songs tell a story... This is just the case and I love it. Love Dire Straits
MK is an absolute master of doing just that.
And it’s a story that lends itself to anywhere & anytime..
about a guy on a bike going nowhere fast !
Then you'd love Harry Chapin. :D
Dire Straits and Mark Knopfler are masters of 'narrative songs.' One of my favourites is their song 'Sailing to Philadelphia' about the Mason Dixon Line... In a way that song and Telegraph Road go together.
Этот альбом слушаю с детства, тогда еще на виниле. А точнее сказать, его первую сторону - две потрясающие вещи. Именно эту композицию считаю величайшим музыкальным произведением.
I must have listened to this song at least 100 times still think it's one of the best songs ever written
From 09:35... this song, just filters.. evaporates.. seeps, into you. And takes you places. Pure genius Mark.
so true!!!!!
I always think its impossible to have favourite song. It really depends on the emotion you’re feeling at the time. I first heard this song in (about) 1984. It’s been in my top 10 since then, and always will be. An all time classic.
Please, share the other 9 :)
Classic Dire Straits...Knoppler one of the most underrated guitarists of all time..always feel both relaxed and nostalgic when I hear this song....the tale of towns
This song is the reason I fell in love with Dire Straits. More years than I care to count and this song is still my all time favourite Straits song. Timeless master piece. Thank you Mark & co.
I read a Dire Straits biography that was printed years ago, and Knopfler talked about writing this song. He said he was on the tour bus, and outside of Detroit, Michigan there's an actual 'Telegraph Road.' It's a very long, busy stretch of highway that seems to go on forever. He said when they were driving on it, he imagined what it must have been like when that area was settled, and who the first people were who came down the path that eventually turned into the road of the song's namesake.
Mark Chase Telegraph dream Cruise every summer. Old Cars. Memories. New generation like us old will keep them forever.
I live in Southampton UK and we have a Telegraph Road not far from where I live. I LOVE going there, always reminds me of this song!
i drive across it every day to /from work. im 5 miles east of it right now
I'll bet a lot of roads started along telegraph lines. I know of 6 different Telegraph Rds
Its US 24
Como puede alguien escribir y componer letra y música tan hermosa?
Simplemente maravillosa!
The best song of Dire Straits ever!!!
Without a doubt. Masterpiece.
When people were not paying attention to them they generated their best material. This masterpiece of music is an example. All those albums on vinyl!!! Amazing.
I really am not able to believe that 525 fools don't like this masterpiece! One of the best song ever..
They must have had some strange issue with connection so couldn't listen, no other explanation come to my mind
634 now. Mental institutions are filling up!
They put an ad in the middle of the song.. I disliked the video, not the song
This music chills you and rocks you at the same time...
When I was 14, I used to perform a cover of this song on piano from beginning till the end. I really like this song.
Yes I am still listening in 2019 (and will keep doing that for the next decades) , still an epic song !
That one minute from 6:00 to 7:00 gives me chills and makes me want to cry.
Una delle opere più belle che siano mai state scritte nella storia della musica... sublime ed emozionante!
A long time ago came a man on a track
Walking thirty miles with a sack on his back
And he put down his load where he thought it was the best
Made a home in the wilderness
He built a cabin and a winter store
And he ploughed up the ground by the cold lake shore
And the other travellers came walking down the track
And they never went further, no, they never went back
Then came the churches, then came the schools
Then came the lawyers, then came the rules
Then came the trains and the trucks with their load
And the dirty old track was the Telegraph Road
Then came the mines, then came the ore
Then there was the hard times, then there was a war
Telegraph sang a song about the world outside
Telegraph Road got so deep and so wide
Like a rolling river
And my radio says tonight it's gonna freeze
People driving home from the factories
There's six lanes of traffic
Three lanes moving slow
I used to like to go to work but they shut it down
I've got a right to go to work but there's no work here to be found
Yes, and they say we're gonna have to pay what's owed
We're gonna have to reap from some seed that's been sowed
And the birds up on the wires and the telegraph poles
They can always fly away from this rain and this cold
You can hear them singing out their telegraph code
All the way down the Telegraph Road
Well, I'd sooner forget, but I remember those nights
Yeah, life was just a bet on a race between the lights
You had your hand on my shoulder, you had your hand in my hair
Now you act a little colder like you don't seem to care
But just believe in me baby and I'll take you away
From out of this darkness and into the day
From these rivers of headlights, these rivers of rain
From the anger that lives on the streets with these names
'Cause I've run every red light on memory lane
I've seen desperation explode into flames
And I don't wanna see it again
From all of these signs saying "sorry but we're closed"
All the way down the Telegraph Road
Good song
Thanks
Thanks
Great lyrics, great story, great song!
Merveilleux
Anyone listening in 2019?
Jap, more than 110000 Musicmaniacs. From 15 Nov 2018 ( 309000 clicks) till today 23.01.19 ( 605000 clicks) thats great like the song :-)
Will never stop
Mike Corlett sicuro!
Minä 🇫🇮😉❤
Yep :)
many can play the guitar few can make it speak. this goes beyond that. mk is making it tell a story
Great lyrics, master musicianship, superb arrangement/composition. Must be Dire Straits. The crown jewel of their best album.( Although Private Investigations could be the crown jewel too, and Industrial Disease, the title cut, and It Never Rains are genius works too), this is the one. An album you never tire of.
A touch of an immortal hand. A song that has no full stop.
Fantastic way to summarise - salutations sir!
When I hear this song, it makes me think about today's "music"... When in the near future is anybody going to play
this kind of classic..?
Sitting on the lounge in the dark, listening to this as a thunder storm is rolling from the south west.
perfect description, greetings over the pond.
Perfect! My friends and I used to turn the lights down and just listen to this, back in the day. We used to see just the graphic equalizer on the stereo. This is music at its finest.
Must be somewhere in the states
. . . . . and the hair stands on my neck and arms...
scoot over i'm comin in.
Can't say what it is this music gives me, there aren't any words for it, profound, soothing and alive. It was the same when I first heard it, it's the same now, years on, and always will be. It's there and its gotta come out. Mark of the genius, the gift freely given - so thank you Mark to you and your living guitar.
Musical masterpiece in my view
Spine chilling.
Masterpiece is an understatement.
Brilliant, time and time again..
In ANY music fans view that takes their stuff seriously
Dire Straits are on the top. They reached the best of the music. Time flies but every day their legend is bigger
They don't make them like this anymore. Great memories of travelling around the British countryside on hot summer nights with the windows down listening to this talented group...
when was it hot!? must have occurred after I left.....
Stuck in traffic....
art, classic.....This song bring back all the memories of old good days, years and years....
For me there is no better song ever.. This is perfection!
SURE!! this song is OUT OF RANGE! I forgot it (didn't even think about!!) when I wrote somewhere that "brothers in arms" was for me the best song of all times.. Telegraph road is maybe before.. but I won't never be able to chose..
Romeo and Juleit is their best song, AINEC.
Perfect story telling and beautiful musical composition does it get any better, I think not
Cowboys and angels, george micheal
paulyramone1 Agree！
They played this song in Berlin during their Making Movies tour in '80 or '81. It was brutal to have to then wait until they finally released Love Over Gold before I could listen to it again.
Awesome music. Loud with headphones.. been a fan since 1986
Absolutely! This one i play LOUD!
A long time ago...
When I get old I'm gonna cry so hard when listening to this one
I Do.
I do too
Good to know I am not alone.....
There already.
Absolutely. Tears of joy. Been a fan since `78.
So, here we are, June 2019,and this track is still one of music's great masterpieces. Never fails to stir the emotions.
Yeh, with you on that one👍
Mark Knopfler, a poetic phenom with lyrics and guitar. Profoundly enjoyable...an enormous professional...OMG, what a star!! The "Bard" with a guitar!!
Since 1985 and I"ll listen till I die...
Every time I listen to this track it grows in stature - gratitude to the superb musicianship that gave us this priceless gem.
Never get tired of hearing this song Mark Knofler is unique.
Still listening in 2019 because its a masterpiece
I bought the LP not long after it was released. Wore it out. Later I bought the CD to take with me on the road. Still listen to downloads of it today.
So glad I was old enough to appreciate this masterpiece when it came out.
Aside from the music itself, the sound and recording ambience was ground breaking. There was nothing else like it in '82.
Awesome song! My favourite song by Dire Straits.
Same! "Sultans of Swing" and "Money for Nothing" are great, but this is on another level of epic!
Daan Vaan Brothers in Arms.
There are very few genuine musicians that have the gift that MK has, he’s someone to aspire too. Like all the greats in this world a man that is humble and not one form making a fuss just great music and songs.
Once again, we find ourselves in agreement!
Telegraph Road is my favourite too.
Quite frankly the best of the best! Mark has captured the essence of inspiration with the subtle skill of producing a masterpiece in this guitar-led classic! The guitar solo within is unrivalled!!
I always had this as my favourite track from Dire Straits. It still is to this day. Absolutely love it! The album 'Love over Gold' is also their best, by far, in my book.
10:22 through the end of the track - the best guitar jam ever recorded.
Anyone listening in september 2019?
My oldest brothers force me to listen Dire Straits and... I still do
That piano though ❤️
This group has made modern Classics they will surely be missed 👌👌👌🖖🏻🖖🏻🖖🏻
What a song, almost 15 minutes of pure beauty, love every minute of it, a total classic! That opening guitar rake at 1.50, so MK. Takes me back to uni in 1984 getting in to Dire Straits and playing my guitar to songs like this when I should have been studying 😋
Siempre que escucho esta canción espero con emoción cuando entra Mark con el primer rasgueo, me encanta!
Just pure bliss. Absolutely fantastic.
Such a truly beautiful song. Knopfler is a genius.
Hello,
I'm just saying hello and loving all the fantastic comments. :)
Peter Nolan. Ph.D.(physics). Dublin. Ireland.
"Mark Knopfler has an extraordinary ability to make a Schecter Custom Stratocaster hoot and sing like angels on a Saturday night, exhausted from being good all week and needing a stiff drink.”
―
Douglas Adams, So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish
what a quote
Yeah, this for me was this Island’s version of Springsteen’s, “Born to run,” It gets up, walks, jogs, runs and then gets on a Hayabusa and pins it in every gear. Profound cultural significance in those lyrics. Economic decline, the rise of the Tory’s. The need for a common dream and that we all come from dust and we all go to it but we need some freedom and meaning to get us through.
Thank you. That's the quote I was trying to remember from the late, great Douglas Adams.
Love the analogy!!
He wrote that referring to Tunnel of Love as it was what he was listening to at the time.
Capolavoro assoluto, l'assolo finale di questo brano è un patrimonio dell'umanità
Puoi ascoltarlo 1000000 volte o a distanza di anni che nn lo ascolti ed è sempre come la prima volta.... brividi ovunque...incredibili !!!!!!
Ho 15 anni e ringrazio il cielo che non mi sono fatto trasportare dalla musica dei miei coetanei
VALORE ASSOLUTO
@@IlBalivoDiUzhitz Ti stimo!!
@@nicolagasparini9792 Pura verità!!
Winter. Stuck in the doom of a small town in the midwest. Alone. Family in the next room might as well have been in Florida they were so far away from me. Public library had records. Only cool thing about that entire town. Found this one. Borrowed my sisters record player, and played it. And played it. And played it. Again and again. And with it, I walked away from that life of gloom and doom. Said farewell without a word. Traded snow for sand. Sleet for sunshine. Walked half way around the world before I felt it was safe to turn around look back. Didn't look long. The scars too deep, still festering. Looked just long enough to make sure the walk was worth it. It was. Live in Borneo. Have a beach. Have a brilliant kid. Beautiful lady. Epic adventure life. Thank you Mark Knopfler, thank you so much for the passion on the record. I live my life now by dancing with the words across the page. Thank you for showing me it was possible. - AB in Sabah Borneo and Santa Barbara, California
Beautiful man, beautiful. peace
Chef d’œuvre intemporel
Le début du solo final vers 9mn 38 est absolument merveilleux de subtilité et de beauté, et à fort pouvoir évocateur ...
Je pense que c’est la composition de toute une vie, la composition maîtresse du maître .....
Mark lui même le sait très bien au fond de lui ... il l’a joue d’ailleurs toujours près de 36 ans après l’avoir écrite à chaque concert ....
tout à été dit bien sûr sur les qualités de ce morceau, c’est un chef d’œuvre total aussi bien au niveau des paroles que de la montée en puissance dramatique de l’histoire qui est celle de l’humanité .... et bien sûr le solo final qui est fantastique , avec surtout ces notes qui s’évaporent au début du solo ou l’on sent le touche exceptionnel de Mark sur les cordes et ses notes si sensuelles et langoureuses ....
la perfection a été atteinte, Mark le sait, les fans aussi ....
Et moi je continues d’écouter ce chef d’œuvre 36 ans après sans jamais m’en lasser .... c’est peut être a ça aussi que l’on reconnaît un immense morceau ....
Xavier Hamel even tho i dont know french i know what youre saying buddy
Votre contribution est énormissime cher Monsieur. .
OUI!! j'ai toujours ressenti ça aussi pour cepassage dont vous parlez à partir de 9.30.. c'est prodigieux de finesse et toute la chanson est d'une sensibilité incroyable!! le passage crescendo du piano puis guitare entre 5;30 et 7.00 est aussi extraordinaire.. enfin tout est génial, je crois que c'est le meilleur morceau de tous les temps..
Evidemment on ne peut pas s'en lasser!!
Il raconte une histoire.
Je suis d'accord totalement avec toi. Mais j'adore aussi le solo vers 04:10 ... beauté e melancolié en même temps.
Saw them Live in '85 at Hammersmith on their " Brothers in Arms" Tour. Superb in every way. Mark is a consumate guitarist
The art of going through feelings in only one song. Still the best in 2019! Thank you Dire Straits
Un morceau à écouter sans se lasser!
Eterno, insuperable, lo sigo desde los 80s su calidad musical ha trascendido mas de dos generaciones!!!!
This song brings back a few memories., one of the most evocative songs ever written by dire straits..
As close to perfection as it gets.
bobby powell
it is perfection
Cortez the killer.....
@@STanDave Dang Robin i'm gonna send you over some xanax.LOL
Master guitarist and pens intelligent and beautiful songs (also a cool vocalist!). MK and Dire Straits... we were lucky to live in their time.
Dire straits still give me the same thrill from the 80s to 2018
Same here 2019
Sex pistols
Näin on..🇫🇮😉
Was right there with you bro
Masterpiece! one of the best in Rock history, love it from china.
Good music, like good memories... they last a lifetime, if you treasure them.