A dark and deeply artistic journey through the mind of our hopeless narrator, down alleys of dread, yet laced with a somber beauty throughout... Thanks for watching! 🥰
Along with “ Telegraph Road “, this is one of the classiest songs DS ever did. And it’s definitely one of the best of their deeper cuts. I can recall when I first heard it and thinking, Wow ! I never knew DS had a song like this. I always loved music that sounded like it came from a murky, Humphrey Bogart movie. I’m glad you enjoyed it. I also think “ Love Over Gold “ is Dire’s best album. Nice review Brandon !
Interesting that you call this a deep cut. From a US perspective, I totally get it. But it hit #2 on the UK chart and even rose to #1 in my home country, the Netherlands. It is a very unusual hit song, though.
Wow….never heard this before. SO atmospheric! What great use of keyboards, bass, drums, guitar to create a soundscape of darkness and danger. If they haven’t used this in a movie, they should have. I was captured by that subtle “tst “ sound…..sounded like it was just a touch on a muted cymbal, cut short. You noticed that? What a creative peace! Great work by everyone in the band. And by you too, Brandon: What a perfect backdrop……and I loved the brief appearance of the cat! Or was it a panther? Black, of course…..😁👋😉👍
Hello! Isn't it so amazing and original? Noir movie vibes for sure. I'm sure I heard that cymbal sound, but didn't comment on it. Thanks, just had to have a dark alley backdrop, as that was where the end section took me. Haha, thanks for acknowledging Dudley the Dark Alley Cat- he was brief and small so not sure how many saw him, especially those who watched on a cell phone screen. Thanks for watching- glad you loved it. BTW I'm having a 1 hour live premiere tomorrow at 12 noon PST if interested or available 🙂
So suspenseful... It's almost like watching an old Alfred Hitchcock movie: you know something is going to happen, you just don't know when. Then when you least expect it (5:54) 💥wham!! You get that perfect jump scare, courtesy of maestro Knopfler 🎸. The man is so talented. Good choice once again, Brandon! 🐝
Love your channel. This song from DIRE STRAITS Live "On The Night" 1993 is jaw dropping. You also get to see Mark's awesome guitar playing together with 8 other musicians making an incredible haunting atmosphere. Cheers from Australia 👍🎸🎸🎸
Magical story-telling (like Genesis), and THAT ENDING! One of my all time favourites. Mark didn't have to adapt his vocal style too much to go into narration mode.
You can almost imagine this as background music in a Bogart movie. MK's vocal style fits the lyrics like a glove, the classical acoustic guitar a superb contrast against the synths/piano(Alan Clarke his usual masterful self). Bassist John Illsley gets the spotlight too, he was MK's best bassist(wishing Dire Straits staying together here, MK's solo work always lacked the right bassist, IMHO). Props to our host for his background picture Theatrical and proggy...yummy Live, even more theatrical. The version from Alchemy is superb, but, so is the one from Into the Night...a sax intro is added, and even more of a bulid up in the middle section. Now, our host can go listen to Telegraph Road and Private Investigations together on his own time, and experience one of the best album sides ever done
Yes, what a vibe...very film noir like you said and as Goytá stated before. I'll take a theatrical and proggy entrée any day! Added another vote for that '93 live performance. Ah, so the 2 songs take up a whole side of the album...Great idea, and in the dark this time 🙂
Ah memories , living in London at Uni and driving around Southern England in a vintage Jag listening to Dire Straits around 1983. We Brits had the best bands back then for sure . Seems like yesterday. Good to see that they are still being discovered !
Thanks! I wasn't so much into Dire Straits before I heard this one. This intro reminds me of Beethoven's moonlight sonata, this is a beautiful song from them, beautiful acoustic guitar by the way, and a classical feel with Grand piano (and marimba :) . And then comes a progression and surprises. My favorite from Dire straits for sure. Good listening choice Brandon!
I always loved this take on the classic Humphrey Bogart detective story. I even wrote a sort of prose/poem send up of it set in a garden where the detective and the lowlife characters he meets have plant and flower names. I called it Privet Investigations. It was rather long. I must look it up again. I love Mark Knopfler's world weary quasi American crossed with Newcastle upon Tyne accent delivery.
What an incredible song! Again… a first for me, as I’m really only familiar with the main hits of theirs. I’ve gotta say that parts of this gave me big Alan Parson “Tales of Mystery and Imagination” vibes!! I’m assuming that tomorrow will be Gilmour and company?
YES, what a week of gems, lucky me, lucky us haha...Great comparison to that great APP album. Yes, Floyd Friday lives on, for just a little while longer!
Awesome! Lucky you've known this one for 40 years. SO surprised by this band, since I only knew them for Money for Nothing and Walk of Life all my life. Can't wait for more!! Thanks for tuning in!
@@retroreactions.... There are very few songs from their entire studio album collection that I don't like. If you ever spin through their entire studio list from start to finish I doubt you'll be disappointed. :) I consider their live albums ok, but just not the same.
Thank you for the reaction to the studio version. This is such a great song overall and while I also love Telegraph Road from the same album this one I put above as my favorite.
I must have listened to this album more than DSOTM when I was a teen. Which is saying something. The production is amazing. Add Billy Joel’s 1984 Wembley concert I had on VHS & there’s the greatest musical influences which, today, still remain my favourites. I’m fortunate to have seen them all live, also. I’m looking forward to, Industrial Disease & especially, It Never Rains. Think I’ll listen to that, now.
Great reaction to one of my all-time favorite DS songs! It really is like watching a good film noir movie :) For a similar experience on different type of a song, I recommend my absolute favorite DS song: Planet Of New Orleans.
This is giving me Ren vibes. Do you know who that is Brandon? Ren from the UK? I mean of course Dire Straits were here 40 years before Ren. Fantastic music. 💙💙🎵🎶🎶
Oh wow, I'm getting deja vu....Let me see if we talked about him before.... brb....nope I guess it was someone else. Yea definitely heard of him and watched him a couple of times before. Very unique artist....
Too many fantastic DS songs to recomment to you, but my fave DS album BY FAR is 1984 - Alchemy (Live), anyway.... I gonna remind to you one request... Mark Knopfler solo , Local Hero 1983 movie soundtrack album ... "Whistle Theme" first and "Wild Theme" after, you will float in the clouds as I do everytime I listen that beautiful masterpiece.
@@retroreactions.... No vas a necesitar Kleenex! haha, como información adicional, DS incluyó esta composición en sus shows en vivo, con una versión mas elaborada y extensa, sería perfecto si haces la reacción de Mark solo, y la de DS Alchemy (Live) juntas ;)
i do think it is actually about an investigator rather than the narrator looking at his own situation- just goes to show how people hear a song differently - i hear it as the more cases he does where he uncovers treachery and treason - theres always an excuse for it but he never can get used toit -the more disallusioned he becomes from the cumulative effect. the song exudes world weariness. I would add my voice to the request for the live version , the on the night version is probably best, you will get so much out of watching them play . the live versions are invariable longer and the instrumentation is always so good. You also might try the song where do you think you are going? its a lesser known song but brilliant - every emoytion you feel when you realise someone is leaving you done with all the persuasive of MK -understated but beautifuly written.
Dire Straits and Mark Knopfler are amazing. I knew I made a wise choice by subscribing to your channel :). Private Investigations, along with Brothers in Arms and Telegraph Road are my three favorites, with Private Investigations being my favorite. It's such a chilling and forlorn piece of art, and when the marimba enters the fray, it always sends goosebumps throughout my body. Of course, Mark's guitar work is, as always, the glue that tells the story and holds everything together and where it should be. I really love your channel and how you delve into the music of the artists I love and grew up with. Keep up the outstanding work!
Hello! Thank you so much for your subscription and your support! Great analysis, I can see why PI is your fave. Thanks for watching and for all the kind words my friend....🙂 Hope you enjoy my picks for months or years to come!!
Here’s a truism about Dire Straits: not one of their studio versions are better than the live one. That’s particularly true of this song. Mosey over to the live video version. Put a hat on first cuz your mind will be blown.
@@retroreactions.... It’s from the live video from the DVD “On the Night.” They were at the height of their powers. They are playing on front of 100,000 at Wembly, the largest venue in Europe. You kinda feel like you’re there. Also from that show is Romeo and Juliet, a stunning version…one that makes women cry and men wishing they could be that cool.
Well I don't agree with that. I've never heard a live version of PI or many of their other songs that I enjoyed more than the studio versions. But obviously to each their own preferences...
I disagree. I loved Alchemy Live when it came out, and it would have been amazing to be at those gigs. That said, I now find many of those versions bloated and messy. To go right back to their first single as an example, the original studio take of Sultans Of Swing is pretty much perfect: lean, crisp and concise.
A dark and deeply artistic journey through the mind of our hopeless narrator, down alleys of dread, yet laced with a somber beauty throughout... Thanks for watching! 🥰
Along with “ Telegraph Road “, this is one of the classiest songs DS ever did. And it’s definitely one of the best of their deeper cuts. I can recall when I first heard it and thinking, Wow ! I never knew DS had a song like this. I always loved music that sounded like it came from a murky, Humphrey Bogart movie. I’m glad you enjoyed it. I also think “ Love Over Gold “ is Dire’s best album. Nice review Brandon !
Great to know I've heard 2 of their best on this album so far! Such a great unique song. Thanks for stopping by as always!
Interesting that you call this a deep cut. From a US perspective, I totally get it. But it hit #2 on the UK chart and even rose to #1 in my home country, the Netherlands. It is a very unusual hit song, though.
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That's really cool. I wasn't aware that song had charted so high across the seas. But it's good to know, thanks for the info.
I agree. I always felt like this band was overlooked a bit about how amazing they were. So unique, rocking ,tight, unique. They still blow me away
Ah my favourite Dire Straits song it is so atmospheric and one of their more underrated songs
Great! Atmosphere for days....thanks so much for watching!
Wow….never heard this before. SO atmospheric! What great use of keyboards, bass, drums, guitar to create a soundscape of darkness and danger. If they haven’t used this in a movie, they should have. I was captured by that subtle “tst “ sound…..sounded like it was just a touch on a muted cymbal, cut short. You noticed that? What a creative peace! Great work by everyone in the band. And by you too, Brandon: What a perfect backdrop……and I loved the brief appearance of the cat! Or was it a panther? Black, of course…..😁👋😉👍
Hello! Isn't it so amazing and original? Noir movie vibes for sure. I'm sure I heard that cymbal sound, but didn't comment on it. Thanks, just had to have a dark alley backdrop, as that was where the end section took me. Haha, thanks for acknowledging Dudley the Dark Alley Cat- he was brief and small so not sure how many saw him, especially those who watched on a cell phone screen. Thanks for watching- glad you loved it. BTW I'm having a 1 hour live premiere tomorrow at 12 noon PST if interested or available 🙂
So suspenseful... It's almost like watching an old Alfred Hitchcock movie: you know something is going to happen, you just don't know when. Then when you least expect it (5:54) 💥wham!! You get that perfect jump scare, courtesy of maestro Knopfler 🎸. The man is so talented. Good choice once again, Brandon! 🐝
Love your channel. This song from DIRE STRAITS Live "On The Night" 1993 is jaw dropping. You also get to see Mark's awesome guitar playing together with 8 other musicians making an incredible haunting atmosphere. Cheers from Australia 👍🎸🎸🎸
Hi there! Thanks so much for watching and for the great compliment! That live performance sounds amazing, I will definitely add it to my list thanks 🙂
Can't go wrong with Dire Straights. Thanks for the reaction.
100% agree based on the handful I know now. You're welcome, thanks for stopping by as always 🙂
Magical story-telling (like Genesis), and THAT ENDING! One of my all time favourites. Mark didn't have to adapt his vocal style too much to go into narration mode.
Magical for sure. I want to hear more from them that are this creative! Glad you liked this one. Thanks for tuning in...
I found Dire Straits a band that fit my style very much. I saw them play in early 90s. it was a very enjoyable concert, soft and absolutley perfect
Same here for sure. So diverse as well! Too bad I never saw them live. Thanks for tuning in!
Wow! Beautifully done! Like the soundtrack to a documentary about something found but not necessarily wanted.
You are always on top 👏👏👏
Yes, a perfect description also! Thanks so much for watching and being first today! 🥇
@@retroreactions.... You really are the best.
That means so much to me. Very motivating! Thanks for your support my friend...🙂
@@thomcadeau1384I second that, & Brandon is as serene as a meditating monk who has just thought of a great sign-off.
Thanks! 💙
You can almost imagine this as background music in a Bogart movie. MK's vocal style fits the lyrics like a glove, the classical acoustic guitar a superb contrast against the synths/piano(Alan Clarke his usual masterful self). Bassist John Illsley gets the spotlight too, he was MK's best bassist(wishing Dire Straits staying together here, MK's solo work always lacked the right bassist, IMHO).
Props to our host for his background picture
Theatrical and proggy...yummy
Live, even more theatrical. The version from Alchemy is superb, but, so is the one from Into the Night...a sax intro is added, and even more of a bulid up in the middle section.
Now, our host can go listen to Telegraph Road and Private Investigations together on his own time, and experience one of the best album sides ever done
Yes, what a vibe...very film noir like you said and as Goytá stated before. I'll take a theatrical and proggy entrée any day! Added another vote for that '93 live performance. Ah, so the 2 songs take up a whole side of the album...Great idea, and in the dark this time 🙂
Wonderful comment!!
Ah memories , living in London at Uni and driving around Southern England in a vintage Jag listening to Dire Straits around 1983. We Brits had the best bands back then for sure . Seems like yesterday. Good to see that they are still being discovered !
Making Movies is their Magnus Opus, but Love Over Gold is my favorite album. Very ethereal and somber but beautifully melancholic
You sold me…I’ll have to,listen to it….
"A sombre beauty was laced throughout the song". Fantastic words, Brandon. You nailed it. Thanks for another great reaction! Andy.
Thanks! Really happy when I can find the words to perfectly express what I felt during a song. You're welcome and thanks for watching Andy!!
The title track to thier final studio album, "On Every Street" serves as a sequel to this. Brilliant piece, this!
Thanks! I wasn't so much into Dire Straits before I heard this one. This intro reminds me of Beethoven's moonlight sonata, this is a beautiful song from them, beautiful acoustic guitar by the way, and a classical feel with Grand piano (and marimba :) . And then comes a progression and surprises. My favorite from Dire straits for sure. Good listening choice Brandon!
One of Dire Straits best!. The entire album great with headphones. A musical masterpiece.
Definitely excited to hear the remaining 3 songs. Thanks so much for watching!
It will be fun to see your reactions.
This guitar riff… one of the most famous one of the rock history. Always thought that was a shame that this song doesn't last more.
Always loved this monumental lightning strike moment 5:53
Yes, one of several EPIC moments in this incredible song!! Thanks bud
Mark knopfler is a genius!
I always loved this take on the classic Humphrey Bogart detective story. I even wrote a sort of prose/poem send up of it set in a garden where the detective and the lowlife characters he meets have plant and flower names. I called it Privet Investigations. It was rather long. I must look it up again. I love Mark Knopfler's world weary quasi American crossed with Newcastle upon Tyne accent delivery.
Great track. One of the best tracks DS made. This and Telegraph Road.
For sure, I hear the song Love Over Gold is great too! Thanks..
What an incredible song! Again… a first for me, as I’m really only familiar with the main hits of theirs. I’ve gotta say that parts of this gave me big Alan Parson “Tales of Mystery and Imagination” vibes!! I’m assuming that tomorrow will be Gilmour and company?
YES, what a week of gems, lucky me, lucky us haha...Great comparison to that great APP album. Yes, Floyd Friday lives on, for just a little while longer!
I only had one Dire Straits album - and this showed me a little bit more about this band. Loved it!
I had Private Investigations on a 10in EP single some 40 years ago, I wish I still had it,so many sides to Dire Straits,they're such a great band
Awesome! Lucky you've known this one for 40 years. SO surprised by this band, since I only knew them for Money for Nothing and Walk of Life all my life. Can't wait for more!! Thanks for tuning in!
@@retroreactions.... There are very few songs from their entire studio album collection that I don't like. If you ever spin through their entire studio list from start to finish I doubt you'll be disappointed. :) I consider their live albums ok, but just not the same.
The diversity I've already heard is perfect!
Awesome this went to nr one in my home country. You wouldn't expect this to be a hit! Great reaction! The entire album is brilliant.
Great track
For sure...thanks so much for tuning in!
Thank you for the reaction to the studio version. This is such a great song overall and while I also love Telegraph Road from the same album this one I put above as my favorite.
I must have listened to this album more than DSOTM when I was a teen. Which is saying something. The production is amazing. Add Billy Joel’s 1984 Wembley concert I had on VHS & there’s the greatest musical influences which, today, still remain my favourites. I’m fortunate to have seen them all live, also.
I’m looking forward to, Industrial Disease & especially, It Never Rains. Think I’ll listen to that, now.
Great reaction to a great track DS at their individual best
'The blinds on the windows, and a pain behind the eyes' 😎
Great reaction to one of my all-time favorite DS songs! It really is like watching a good film noir movie :)
For a similar experience on different type of a song, I recommend my absolute favorite DS song: Planet Of New Orleans.
Lord almighty!!! (You may want to check out tomorrow's video... 😊)
This is giving me Ren vibes. Do you know who that is Brandon? Ren from the UK? I mean of course Dire Straits were here 40 years before Ren. Fantastic music. 💙💙🎵🎶🎶
Hi. I don't think I know Ren. Can I get 1 song title so I can look them up? This is so up my dark alley!! Glad you liked it too! 🕵️♂️
Ok, so I really think you should check this out, "Hi Ren" by Ren. It's like brand new almost. He's a one man show.
Oh wow, I'm getting deja vu....Let me see if we talked about him before.... brb....nope I guess it was someone else. Yea definitely heard of him and watched him a couple of times before. Very unique artist....
Yes, very unique. And I really like that. Someone who is not afraid of Jumps and leaps. So, ya. I love you Brandon. Your so cool. 😎
Awww thanks....wait till you see who's showing up in my Christmas video next week LOL....
Too many fantastic DS songs to recomment to you, but my fave DS album BY FAR is 1984 - Alchemy (Live), anyway.... I gonna remind to you one request... Mark Knopfler solo , Local Hero 1983 movie soundtrack album ... "Whistle Theme" first and "Wild Theme" after, you will float in the clouds as I do everytime I listen that beautiful masterpiece.
I bet! Added another vote for the W duo! I will reserve 2 pieces of Kleenex just in case....
@@retroreactions.... No vas a necesitar Kleenex! haha, como información adicional, DS incluyó esta composición en sus shows en vivo, con una versión mas elaborada y extensa, sería perfecto si haces la reacción de Mark solo, y la de DS Alchemy (Live) juntas ;)
Yo dude....Sweet Jane by lou reed.....the live version from the rock'n'roll animal album.....you will love it....
First time listening with such appropriate dark background illustration? ;)
Hello. Yes, the background is the image I got in my head when hearing the song. Thanks for watching and commenting!
i do think it is actually about an investigator rather than the narrator looking at his own situation- just goes to show how people hear a song differently - i hear it as the more cases he does where he uncovers treachery and treason - theres always an excuse for it but he never can get used toit -the more disallusioned he becomes from the cumulative effect. the song exudes world weariness. I would add my voice to the request for the live version , the on the night version is probably best, you will get so much out of watching them play . the live versions are invariable longer and the instrumentation is always so good. You also might try the song where do you think you are going? its a lesser known song but brilliant - every emoytion you feel when you realise someone is leaving you done with all the persuasive of MK -understated but beautifuly written.
Dire Straits and Mark Knopfler are amazing. I knew I made a wise choice by subscribing to your channel :). Private Investigations, along with Brothers in Arms and Telegraph Road are my three favorites, with Private Investigations being my favorite. It's such a chilling and forlorn piece of art, and when the marimba enters the fray, it always sends goosebumps throughout my body. Of course, Mark's guitar work is, as always, the glue that tells the story and holds everything together and where it should be.
I really love your channel and how you delve into the music of the artists I love and grew up with. Keep up the outstanding work!
Hello! Thank you so much for your subscription and your support! Great analysis, I can see why PI is your fave. Thanks for watching and for all the kind words my friend....🙂 Hope you enjoy my picks for months or years to come!!
Here’s a truism about Dire Straits: not one of their studio versions are better than the live one.
That’s particularly true of this song.
Mosey over to the live video version.
Put a hat on first cuz your mind will be blown.
Interesting....Is the '93 version the best in your opinion as others have stated?
@@retroreactions.... It’s from the live video from the DVD “On the Night.” They were at the height of their powers. They are playing on front of 100,000 at Wembly, the largest venue in Europe. You kinda feel like you’re there. Also from that show is Romeo and Juliet, a stunning version…one that makes women cry and men wishing they could be that cool.
Added your vote for that live version, thanks!
Well I don't agree with that. I've never heard a live version of PI or many of their other songs that I enjoyed more than the studio versions. But obviously to each their own preferences...
I disagree. I loved Alchemy Live when it came out, and it would have been amazing to be at those gigs. That said, I now find many of those versions bloated and messy. To go right back to their first single as an example, the original studio take of Sultans Of Swing is pretty much perfect: lean, crisp and concise.