Mark Knopfler - Sultans Of Swing (An Evening With Mark Knopfler, 2009)
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- Опубліковано 27 бер 2019
- Mark and band performing "Sultans Of Swing" live at an exclusive Prince's Trust event at London's Hurlingham Club on the 9th September 2009.
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This man can have a 3 hour concert playing only this song and I will buy the ticket.
Same
Same
he truly is one of a kind , and his music something to remember really , short to say , he´s a great musician , pure fact .
Same
Sort of modern day Bach.
He has a 1000 Sultan of Swing variations and they are all masterpieces.
Exactly, each version gives me something new and something brilliant
Different twiddly bits according to his wife.
i like this one the best
They are The Sultans of Swing.
But I do believe he feels that once he's gone, we might all become the sultans of swing...
thats what I wanted to say each time like a new song with same lyrics ;DD
Mark Knopfler.. The best thing to ever happen to a Stratocaster.
Indeed, and he's the best thing to ever happen to a Les Paul too.
Lest we forget about David Gilmour!
Yes he does justice to the Strat..
Jimi Hendrix wants a word...
(joke, I love Mark Knopfler)
@@iR0CZ Stevie Ray Vaughan...
The only man who can play the guitar so effortlessly that he looks like he is planning his dinner at the same time
idk why he always looks like he realized he left the gas on at home xD
That is the nature of giniality
Obv stealing the top guys killer comment. 😂😂
Yes. I'll add one more name. Eric Clapton.
"People use these songs as milestones in their lives"
A musician who appreciates his fans.
Nothing more true than that statement.
Yep we are his bread&butter he loves it so do we God bless ya Mark Knopfler
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yes but also, a musician who still appreciates his own creations. his own arithmetic. what he hears. its that much more awesome when everybody else loves it.
this brings me back to the period every time when I was learning to fly -- music was great back then. Glad I stumbled on this.
You gotta love Mark, so often he's playing some of the most fantastic licks ever written whilst simultaneously looking like he's wondering if he's left the gas on at home!
He's always in a dreamworld.
@@spartan9293 Comes with being an artist I guess 😂, especially one like Mark, incredible creativity.
underrated comment,and true
Very true. Lot of guitarists pull silly faces, or look like they're in pain, but Knopfler always looks slightly bored..
His fingers provide all the expressions necessary...making faces would be redundant.
I love how the crowd just goes absolute apeshit at 3:31. Imagine creating a solo so iconic that people immediately go wild over it after decades.
I've played guitar for years.. the precision of what he's doing is incredible.. I quit trying...
@@user-cz8yx6kr8p Sorry to break it to you bro but that solo is piss easy to play search up Polyphia and look at any of their videos that shit is in a different realm
mark, if you are reading this: thank you for your art. So blessed to had experienced your music, so happy. Thank you! We adore you.
I honestly believe this is one of the greatest songs ever written. It has kind of a groove you can dance to and a guitar solo that literally makes you cry. Definitely a masterpiece.
I think you might be wrong. This IS the greatest song ever written.
This is my #1 music of all time.
This is a master show casing his art. Talking his way thru it. Archives my fiends. A style only few can do!
@@davidengel6427 o m.
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He can probably make any random notes sound like Sultans of Swing. Pure Genius.
Makes sense, seeing as how every note he played in this video was random. Not a bad cover I guess. 4/10
I'm sure he's said before he's never played this solo the same which he alludes to while playing, "I don't know what any of this is gonna be"
every single song is written in a key, so yes he can make any random notes in the key of d minor sound like this song. it does take a lot of knowledge to know the scales of said key and incorporate them into a song
He hit at least 3 wrong notes there, you're always one fret away from a right one.
Way back in 1976 myself and a friend found ourselves in the Old Covent Garden in London wandering around the various bars and pubs there. Early in the evening we came by the Rock Garden Bar/Restaurant/Club where there was a bunch of guys unloading instruments from an old van. We didn't take much notice at the time but as we passed the Rock Garden on our way back a couple of hours later we could hear this interesting music coming up from the basement. We stood there for a minute or two before paying our entrance fee and we spent the rest of the evening watching this band called Dire Straights. They were brilliant. You could tell they were a band destined to go places.
That was one of those nights where you unexpectedly encounter something a bit special.
I've seen Dire Straights a number of times since and they have put on some of the best concerts I've seen (and I've seen a few). They never let you down.
Mark Knopfler just gets better and better. Almost 50 years later I'm still listening and I have to say thanks for the music Mark.
Niesamowita historia, gratulacje
Thanks for sharing Robbie. What an experience.
Gave my husband and I much joy 40+ years ago. Thank you
My wife and I use to play this wide open while going down the road I miss my best friend
sorry that she had to go away like that
aww.. i am so sorry for your loss mate...
Memories live on...
So Lucky to have such great memories, sorry for your loss
im sorry for your lost.i bet that you and her had some good adventures together
One of the best, if not THE best, guitar solos ever made. The 'Alchemy' version is just out of this world.
Got that right!
😘
I was smiling too
Thanks for mentioning it! I went to check it out. I had never seen it before and it was lovely to see it done differently but brilliantly.
Alchemy is the epitomy!
"Milestones & Landmarks in the lives of people"....Can it actually be said any better? Mr. Knopfler nails it! Thank-you sir for the moments in time your music takes me back to
Like seriously! Landmarks of people 🎉
Yes - exactly. I was under a car doing an oil change when I first heard Sultans. The local record shop looked up their released LPs - and we were all surprised to find there were already 2 or 3 ..... I picked one and ordered it. Eventually they we saw them live at the Wembly Arena.
the best solo ever made .i never get tired to listen sultans of swing never. I saw him in Canada and was fantastic.
The first time I listened to Sultans Of Swing was 1985 I was just 9 years old it was the civil war back then in Lebanon and we had to run away at night cause it was really bad and I couldn’t find the cassette to listen to it again.. I just want to say that when you love something and you can’t find it or it’s not there any more you can always carry it in your heart...
WOW
Dude! Damn this was heart touching.
I'm glad you survived.
Cheers mate!
holy fuck this was deep
That's beautiful my home was a war zone this and blue oyster cult don't fear the reaper helped me
Forget it all i could float away from the pain and suffering of it all I'm from Ireland different continents same worlds... Blessings from Ireland... 💜💜💜
@@shonanimhuracu6871 Where was this war zone in Ireland?
The ability to start a song from the middle without being ever noticeable , and all players just know where to pick up is DIVINE
It was probably rehearsed, but I agree that entrance was so smooth it’s criminal
mr knoplfer it has been 18 years since my father has passed but everry time i hear "the sultans of swing" it reminds of the first time me and him listened to it. i love your music and continues to be one of my all time fave bands and now my daughters love your music aswell
Mark, we all die. I'm younger than you but I might leave earth first. Anyway, I find it really important to tell you how much you brought joy to my life and how much your music was the soundtrack to it. Thank you for every note. You are like a quality shoe to me.
I second this
Really inspired
The smile he gives at 3:34. It's like he knows he's created one of the greatest riffs of all time, and only just realised how good it is
Or like "this part always makes the audience go wild"
or just being sure of the reaction :)
This part was not in the original song......can you send me the link of the real one
Either way, you can tell he's just in that place you go when the tunes all come together and you're crushing a beautiful solo
Not one of the greatest, the greatest
My dad would put the headphones on my mother's belly and play me Dire Straits in the womb, he was obsessed! I love Dire Straits so much because, not only is it so incredibly beautiful, extraordinarily talentedly written and played, but it also brings good, happy memories of my dad ❤
You have a great Dad.
@Hets Girl did u figure out the key? it's Dm/F incase u didn't
I loved that!!
Then he would bend her over and nail her
My dad made me listen to good old music like this and many other great artists.He left this world when I was 15.But I have great memmories of him!
Clearly one of the best guitarists in the world - I'd do anything to see him live.......
The world? For me it’s ever. In fact I would go as far to say he’s the greatest
Knopf live is something else..I'll remember his show at the Greek forever
Back in the seventies, i was walking thru a dept store, passing the music section,sultans of swing was playing, the hair on the back of my neck stood up and a chill went thru my body, i stopped and bought the album, to this day it does the same.....
Mark knopfler and David Gilmour, 2 of my favourite guitar players.
Mark Knopfler, David Gilmour, Carlos Santana and Mick Taylor are my four.
Eric Clapton Wonderful Tonight 1990 1.25mins AMAZING!!!!
David Woods . I Hope Mark Knopfler and David Gilmour play together one day.
@@jamesmcrory8990 link it
The small part of the guitar at 1.25mins gets me all the time
But this is a great song
“Songs are landmarks for people” Beautifully said and so true
This is how you live forever.
This is the kind of performance and connection with the audience that refills the soul.
No gimmicks..no BS...just a man with truckloads of talent and soul doing what he does best- Melt us out with his otherworldly gifts and skills.
seriously gifted..funny how people extremely gifted think its no big deal the talents they possess which makes it even more sublime
Mark Knopfler - words just don’t adequately describe how talented he is. Sultans of Swing - Alchemy live - remains as the best live performance I’ve ever seen - beyond epic.
Yeah it's my favourite version too 👍
10 of the best minutes on UA-cam. The build and build and build... and Terry Williams CRUSHED it on drums
Magic in his fingers... Nothing like the sound of a clean strat through an amp with no effects. Wonderful!
The first time I heard this song was with my dad. When I grew up and moved away from where my dad was living, when I hear this song, it always put me in mind of him.
There were many occassions where this song would come on the radio, and I would pick up the phone and call my dad and I would share with him, the same, so much so that one time when we were talking he said I think of you everytime I hear this song. It is also the song where I fell in love with the guitar...man that riff
Thank you for being you and thank you for sharing your gifts and talents🙂❤️💜🙏 blessings
Knopfler's very wise words: Yes, people love the iconic "twiddly bits!" And I love the way Knopfler's casual improvisations here are so uniquely "Knopfler!" His sound is so distinctive, and personal - and so wonderfully different from all those of his generation, like me, who grew up listening to, and copying, the young Clapton of Cream. Knopfler, when he poured out of our radios in '79, with "Sultans of Swing," was, and remains, a breath of guitar fresh air!
I've been listening to this song for 36 years and I will never stop... good job Mark!!!
Mark is one people that born to be a musician. He is a pure genius, like Hendrix, Clapton, Page, Richards… the guitar is an extension of his body. He is a genius everytime he touches a guitar!
Not only does he play the guitar like a god but he makes you wish you had a friend like that. What a great guy.
He’s one of the best guitar player out there. This song reminds me of my dad. He passed away 6 years ago and and as a little kid I remember my father would play this song every week. Now I’m 45 wishing I was back in time. This song never gets old.
Driving down a country road near my home in 1979, this song came on and we literally pulled over and turned it up and just sat there, gobsmacked.
My dad told me a similar story, about how he never heard anything like it first time he heard it on the radio he just sat there completely in awe
Whenever I'm feeling down I have to listen to the whole album DS.
It always lifts me up. Nobody plays like Knopfler, nobody.
Love you Mark, and Dire Straits.
He's right, songs (and bits of songs) are what people have grown up with and landmarked for generations, and that solo in SofS takes me straight back to when I first heard it!
3:20 The guitarist in the back is shaking his head in amazement with the rest of us
No, I think he's probably thinking, "Get on and play, Mark...!"
pretty sure that's not a guitar that he's holding
Simply incredible listening to Knopfler play. No distortion. No effects. Every note crystal clear. It's amazing watching his fingers make the guitar sing.
Amazing! I could listen to him all night!
An absolute master of the guitar.
Makes me think of my dad driving my sisters Camaro home from the dealership. I was with him in the Camaro, She was with my mom behind us and our other car. I will never forget that. Love you dad see you in heaven.
I bet at 3:35 when Mark started smiling playing his "world-wide-famous-solo", all the people from the world, watching this video, were smiling too!!!
I know i did!
I had a tear to be honest !
A smile was formed on my face without me realising until the end of the song
absolutely! And my arms went up in victory!
YES! A big smile at that!!!!
That smooth foot volume swell around 2:49 was so classy touch
Best guitar player ever
he is a true master of his instrument- very few are near his level (gilmour, santana, b. may, jeff beck, r. blackmore)
That's wonderful, how Mark explains gently(and doesn't outright say) that he's torn between evolving his songs and staying true to people's expectations. There is a meeting point, a careful balance between what the song means to the artist and to fans.
Well put.
Neil Young seems to flip the bird at the fans and follows his muse. Seems to work most of the time.
I am so grateful that this wonderful artist appreciates his music the way that the rest of us do. His ego is in check. He realizes that it’s as much about his creation as it is about him. So much respect sir. Thank you for your contribution to our lives.
I was very lucky to grow up with your music.
Sultans" was instantly my no.1 all time song,and in the 40 something years later,it's still my no.1 all time song.
This is amazing. Grew up listening to this as my dad is a huge fan but I didn’t appreciate how wonderful this was until a couple of years ago. Now 32 years old and you can bet that my little 18-month old girl listens to this a lot.
Never get bored of hearing this riff!! A musician who appreciates his fans and tells a story doing it 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Thank you, Sir! Thank you for everything!
Played the air guitar to this for 40+ years and got it perfect every time...
Thank You, I am 49 years old and my goodness, Dire straits amd Mark Knopfler have made my time fly, Very nice memories xxxxx
That smile on his face when the crowd cheered. Amazing
One of the greatest music geniuses that ever graced this world. Thank you Mark for the music.
He's one of the greatest composer , guitarist and artist!!!
God bless you sir. I love your music so much . You are the sultan of swing ❤️
No doubt 👍💞
Yeah. He's a sultan of swing. The best sultan.
No thats guitar George
@@dandann8437 No guitar George is his rhythm guitarist, together they're all the Sultans of Swing!
One of the most influential guitarist and musician as a whole. And on top of it all he's such a down to earth man. Mark is a great example.
He is such an amazing talent. Humble too. God bless him
My favorite song of all time. Unbelievable how talented Mark Knopfler is!
Greatest guitarist of all time! This song changed so many lifes.
Im 30, and i can't even describe how much talent this man has, its such a shame where music has shifted to be in 2021
One of the greatest guitarists of all time. AWESOME!
Mark is one of the best story tellers, entertainers, composers, writers, guitar players to ever tickle my eardrums. I honestly couldn't thank him enough for the memories and sounds!
Many, many years ago I bought this on its release on 45rpm vinyl. Even now the hairs on the back of my neck still stand up when I hear it. It never ages.
I know (musically) this man for 40 years and yet every time i see him he surprises me.
He is incredible, he play one of the most beautiful solo in music history with the face of a man waiting the bus talking about the wather with other people... LOL!!!
1:41 - "The songs... they're landmarks for people, the songs are milestones for people in their lives".
Spot on.
When i was a kid i didnt like this song so there you go. That might have been all but then i heard more songs and also got smarter. What a difference a day makes, erm....bunch of days. Now this among my fav songs ever, and dire straits is way up on my list of fav bands ever...and im so in love with Mark Knopfler and his beautiful music that i can hardly stand it. He is an absolute legend.
Still one of the great ones.
i got my first job at 16 in a restaurant washing dishes,one friday night,this song came on the radio,about 1979ish,i was taken away,literally blew my mind.
I also was a teenager when this song came out and I can remember, like it was yesterday lying in bed one night and hearing it for the first time. I wasn't musical at all but I knew I had just listened to something that was on a whole other level.
Can't get enough of Mark Knopfler just one word """LEGENDARY"""
One of the greatest songs ever written. Mark makes playing that guitar look so easy, One amazing guitar player, and songwriter and one amazing human being.
It was and still is one of my all time favourite songs for more then 40 years all the way back during my early high school years till now.
This song has been with me through good times and bad times and it was always one of the first songs when making a compilation initially on the microcassette though CD, MP3, Ipod.
Good music never dies, never gets old and never gets boring.
Thank you!
This guy is the real G.O.A.T. in my opinion. I'm a mediocre guitar player at best but I know genius when I see it. I could sit and just watch him play for days and I learn things constantly.
I have so much love and respect for this guy. He’s just one of us. God bless you Mark. Such an inspiration to me as a kid. I thank you.
Thank you Mister Mark Knopfler for this and for everything ! You are one of the reason I picked up a guitar one day for ! Money for Nothing was one of this too !
The roar when Sultans of Swing come into play 😍😍🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻
I started to play Guitar just because of this song. Good Bless you, Mark.
History never forget this music specially Sultan Of Swings Guiter played one of the greatest ever......
Making Movies STILL ranks in my top 5 albums of all time. Every time i listen it takes me back to being a teenager with not a care in the world. Mark Knopfler is a virtuoso.
Every time, when I start my car engine, this was the very first song played, it’s been 10 years. Now, I just bought my Model3, this is first song since I had my M3. LOVE IT. Thanks for creating amazingly beautiful songs.
Hands down one of the best guitarists ever, literally free styled the end and it still sounded superb.
My parents worked on the Old Grey Whistle test, I remember them playing and been wowed!
Lets all be honest tho, this is one of the greatest songs ever written
One the BEST guitar players of all time...
Incredible. This guy is one of the top guitarists, in the world.
So much love for this record ❤
A fantastic composition/song/singer/player/man! Took me back to the 80s. Thank you for the music!
He's one of the great philosophers of the guitar, not merely a great musician. Thank you Mark x
Knopfler doesn´t need much noise... just a Fender and his fingers...sounds amazing!!!
Describe his playing in one word: clean.
Esatto!!!!!
There are some great guitarist, and Mark is among the top! Not many like him.
My son who’s not born yet will carry this song into the next gen, and his to the next gen and so forth - your music will never deplete, love u ❤️
Never gets obsolete! Marvelous! Timeless! Perfect Saturday music!
Yeah ,Mark, it's true when you say, "milestone for people in their lives..they use them to live with.."
Feels like these words were meant for me..this song has a very special place in my heart..love it to death🧡
This man is insanely good. His music is beautiful and lilting, almost hypnotic. I went to a dire straits concert and was relatively close to the stage and he plays effortlessly. Beauty in motion.
I was 16 when I first heard this song. It made me want to runaway somewhere. Such fabulous sound. Now I'm 52 I'm daring to play it and it's got a whole new perspective. Love this video of you in your element. Love that you play guitar for life! I'm taking my guitar to the nursing home for sure! Thanks for the fabulous music.
I never get sick of listening to this classic song.