Unforgettable version. That guitar has written music words that will survive for centuries. Magnificent! BTW, commercials during this video represent a crime which should be prosecuted.
This is undoubtedly the best live version of Sultans, it's always good live, but this is just the pinnacle. I love the line about Guitar George not wanting to make the guitar cry and scream which is exactly what Mark is doing. Drummer, Keyboard and Sax all brilliant and Clapton just quietly strumming away as if he was sitting at home by the fire. A true work of art/genius and yes the adverts interrupting it are criminal. Lucky enough to see Mark live I think in 2018 or 2019, can't remember now, but he was fantastic.
How great Mark is my god!! Throughout all his career we feel the same vibe and passion for his songs and shows!!.... Dio ti benedica Markito!!..🫠❤️💋💋💋💋
Can't get better than this. Last of the generation. Those who are listening should understand that such sounds will never be created again, nobody makes or will make music like this any more....this realization will them appreciate this more
Mark Knopfler Plays chords nobody ever heard of!! Genius on the guitar. In my estimation, nobody plays faster than him either. He's a gunslinger on the guitar!!!
There is faster guitar players but they don't make the same sense as what knopfler does they're just an absolute noisey made up mess of chords with no direction at all, knopfler is genius
Это песня,этот концерт часть моей жизни,начало моего музыкального вкуса.....в первый раз послушал когда отец записал с телевизора в 1992 ....и стоило каждый раз отцу включить этот запись и непослушные мальчики становились тихими и послушными как никогда....покойся с миром дорогой отец .....😢❤это музыка на все времена ❤❤❤
This version is god same epic it made me cry. We (younger generation) just don’t deserve this music enough. Thank you!!!! Grew up to Eric Clapton music. But this man
@@farmerbill6855 Better? All great but better? Subjective list. Just like guy saying EC is the greatest is subjective. I appreciate them all and many others. No greatest.
It took me 20 years to realize that what it was great it wasn't only mk but the entire band, the keyboards make a wonderful harmony, the bass also is making great harmoney, even if mk play solo, it's not the same, they were a great band.
my first click of the remote when we first got cable installed in the mid 1980's landed me on MTV and Dire Straits "Money for Nothing" This band though, and certainly this song, will be very happily and forever scorched into me
I loved 80's music. I spent so much time listening to radio and watching videos, that I thought I'd heard almost every tune performed in that decade. But here I am 33 years later, and now I hear my FAVORITE tune from that era for the first time!
I don't know who to thank but thank goodness for Mark knopfler, no guitarist blows me away like he does, complete player of the 6 strings what a genius and thank you ♥ 👴🏼 🎸
Eric Clapton playing rhythm guitar 😮 willingly taking a backseat to Marc Knopfler…just 2 guitar gods playing off each other. It just doesn’t get any better than this!
@@sofianeofficial I don't know about "best" as it's a bit different from this one but the energy of the Alchemy one is insane (and Terry Williams on the drums was maybe even more on fire then!)
Awsome version of Sultans of swing....incredible feeling...sound, solos...like always... MK is a genius !!!....Next summer back in France for Mark and his new album !!!...Excellent !!!!
Ohhh.. Wonderful 10 minutes that makes your spirit shake!! Mark Knopfler what a great poet all your songs have a powerful and deeply meaning, you play with the soul!!
That's not true. They're getting better in some ways. The difference is you're not as likely to hear them because that's not what dominates. Just have to dig a little more.
Sublimissime! Une lumière incroyable ! Groupe de légende, stade de légende, chanson de légende, homme politique de légende, deux guitaristes de légende. Magnifique ! 🎡🌅🐬🎶⛲🌱🙏🌺🌈🍒🎇
The golden age of popular music! Highly accomplished musicians whether classically trained or 'self taught' worked hard to achieve perfection and respected each other.
Foi a primeira vez que vi Mark knopfler. Até então só ouvia os discos. E estava com Eric clapton, juntos! Meus guitarristas preferidos eram amigos e tocavam juntos! Eu tinha 16 anos e fiquei em " estado de graça "!😊
Boa Roberto!!!!! Eles tocavam sempre juntos fora de suas turnês!!!!! Os meus preferidos também!!!! Os outros, são guitarristas de rock!!! Mark Knopfler, Eric Clapton, David Gilmour e Andrew Latimer, são guitarristas de música!!!! Tem uma grande diferença!!!!🎸
Quelle époque et quelle grande carrière pour ce génie de la guitare. Dommage qu'il naît été plus reconnu par ses pairs. Mais tant pis je l'adore et le suis toujours aujourd'hui. Merci Mark.
you know you're good when eric clapton is your rytthm giutarist
Eric was strictly rhythm, Mark was the one that made it cry or sing.
Io non amo mano lenta non mi piace non.e paragonabile minimamente a Marc. La stampa può scrivere quello che le pare ma la realtà e un'altra.
And you know it when Eric is 100% ok with it. A lot of respect between those 2 gentlemen for sure.
Chris White's saxophone playing - so underrated in Dire Straits - is superb on Sultans of Swing
I love how Mark is always confident, calm and super focused on his guitar playing.🎸
Man, that finger picking is too sweet. There's nothing like watching bands do it live.
You can be cool, but you will never be ”clapton playing rhythm for you”-cool
If you are Mark Knopfler you are cool enough to have Eric Clapton to support you with his guitar.
Que npasa contigo
The sky is the limit
Believe or not, I think Clapton was a last minute stand in because the regular rhythm player's wife had just had a baby.
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Unforgettable version. That guitar has written music words that will survive for centuries. Magnificent!
BTW, commercials during this video represent a crime which should be prosecuted.
Stefano...We need a damn good lawyer to Force u tube to NOT INTERUPT
A work of Art ...which this is!!!*
Exactly . indicted , convicted and incinerated .
Do you live in Australia? The ads ruin every TV show. I have stopped watching free to air because I am sick of the ads.
This is undoubtedly the best live version of Sultans, it's always good live, but this is just the pinnacle. I love the line about Guitar George not wanting to make the guitar cry and scream which is exactly what Mark is doing. Drummer, Keyboard and Sax all brilliant and Clapton just quietly strumming away as if he was sitting at home by the fire. A true work of art/genius and yes the adverts interrupting it are criminal. Lucky enough to see Mark live I think in 2018 or 2019, can't remember now, but he was fantastic.
@@martinharvey2390 Have you never seen the alchemy version?
Eric looked happy to be playing alongside somebody he knows is every bit as much of a guitar genius as himself.
I love that Mark doesn't sing it word by word, he feels so much more emerged in the music that he actually thinks about what to say, it's beautiful.
yeah, always singin it slightly different makes it everytime unique 👍
Son especiales..!!!
Pues eso es lo que le hace único!!! Por eso es diferente y único!!
Así es!
One of the greatest guitar riffs in the history of music
Yup. And there are more if you can find them,
Stairway to Heaven et all.
Just look and you will find them
This is one of the best
Yes it is. One very underrated guitar riff is the intro to Back on the Chain Gang.
As a live performance. Best song in my book.
I was in the crowd all those years ago... truly unforgettable!
What year was it? Can't find it
@@goncalofreitas2094 1988
Lucky you!!
Lucky man!
Where was this?
They really know all the chords
Yeah, and they make their guitars cry AND sing
Especially that guest rhythm guitarist. All he's playing are chords!
Bravo pour le grand guitariste que j'ai aimé depuis l âge de l enfance je vous le jure.
@@peterlawrence6079 Ha ha ha!!
Lol😅😅
WOW!!! The 'CREAM' of Clapton AND Knopfler! They rose to the top!
Knopfler + Éric clapton = 2 dieux réunis
How great Mark is my god!! Throughout all his career we feel the same vibe and passion for his songs and shows!!.... Dio ti benedica Markito!!..🫠❤️💋💋💋💋
Thank you Eric for extending my tears....love this song and love that you made it better
Can't get better than this. Last of the generation. Those who are listening should understand that such sounds will never be created again, nobody makes or will make music like this any more....this realization will them appreciate this more
I think the closest we have is John Mayer. He’s no Clapton or knopfler, but a guitar virtuoso in his own right
Musical perfection on the guitar, Knopfler and Clapton, can’t get much better!
If only Tom Petty joined in it would be even better.
Let's not forget Chris White on the saxophone.
Clapton didn't do much, even i can play the chords he's playing lol
Tom Petty and Gary Moore
@@myxanoz9742 Yeah lets forget White, White is shite, no Sax in a rock band thank you.
Two of the best guitarists ever
mark knopfler and eric clapton two legends for the price of one..awesome version of a monster hit
Why does mark always look so bored.
@@harrysachs2274 he's concentrating
@@harrysachs2274 he doesn’t look bored at all though
@@harrysachs2274 Because he knows all the chords
I was 28 when this song first released. Damn Didn't we have it good back then?!
Yes, we sure did!
There is a lot of great guitarists out there, but, for me, nobody makes it sound as smooth as Mark Knopfler.
Mark Knopfler Plays chords nobody ever heard of!! Genius on the guitar. In my estimation, nobody plays faster than him either. He's a gunslinger on the guitar!!!
mostly finger picken; as with most his songs.
There is faster guitar players but they don't make the same sense as what knopfler does they're just an absolute noisey made up mess of chords with no direction at all, knopfler is genius
Это песня,этот концерт часть моей жизни,начало моего музыкального вкуса.....в первый раз послушал когда отец записал с телевизора в 1992 ....и стоило каждый раз отцу включить этот запись и непослушные мальчики становились тихими и послушными как никогда....покойся с миром дорогой отец .....😢❤это музыка на все времена ❤❤❤
This version is god same epic it made me cry.
We (younger generation) just don’t deserve this music enough.
Thank you!!!! Grew up to Eric Clapton music.
But this man
How much respect is that. Having perhaps the greatest guitarist ever playing rhythm for you.
Great...The 'est ever' is a stretch, no? Great though and a true pro for just playing as a support to mark
Lots better players than Clapton. Prince, Richards, Knopfler, Glen Campbell, Vince Gill, Chet Atkins, just the first six off the top of my head.
@@farmerbill6855 Better? All great but better? Subjective list. Just like guy saying EC is the greatest is subjective. I appreciate them all and many others. No greatest.
@@farmerbill6855 Hendrix. Peter Green
When Mark Knopfler is playing the Guitar you know it's HIM Original Sound. BEAUTIFUL
Mark & Eric. It doesn’t get any better folks. Going to see Mr. Clapton on Sept 21st in Nashville one more time. Cannot wait.
Lucky you !
The outro to this version is unmatched!! ❤️😭
It took me 20 years to realize that what it was great it wasn't only mk but the entire band, the keyboards make a wonderful harmony, the bass also is making great harmoney, even if mk play solo, it's not the same, they were a great band.
He makes the music dance
This is what Mark is ALSO known for perfection from the band. That's why Dylan used him with The Band .
Masterpiece if ever there was. How he can play like this God only knows. Speechless.
Amazing guitarist & composer! Up there with the best
my first click of the remote when we first got cable installed in the mid 1980's landed me on MTV and Dire Straits "Money for Nothing" This band though, and certainly this song, will be very happily and forever scorched into me
The expression he gets at 9:43 expresses pure love for music. A unique moment that always give me chills and always will.
i agree its like a drug for him
Awesome! For me his music appreciation part is at 8:26
Clapton and MK… kindred spirits, the best musicians in the world!!!
masterpiece, flawless, Clapton added his rhytm guitar, what a play
I loved 80's music. I spent so much time listening to radio and watching videos, that I thought I'd heard almost every tune performed in that decade. But here I am 33 years later, and now I hear my FAVORITE tune from that era for the first time!
Clapton and Knopfler are the greatest guitarists
Yeah in your head
2 of the greatest@@mikereed8181
This was truly a day of days for Dire Straits!!
one of the best. I played sax an this guy is good. Not a Harvey Muncen, but good
Lovvvve these guys, best guitarists of all time...
Love these two excellent artists
I don't know who to thank but thank goodness for Mark knopfler, no guitarist blows me away like he does, complete player of the 6 strings what a genius and thank you ♥ 👴🏼 🎸
Classic ❤
Eric Clapton playing rhythm guitar 😮 willingly taking a backseat to Marc Knopfler…just 2
guitar gods playing off each other. It just doesn’t get any better than this!
Best version ever of "sultan of swings" nothing more to say.. Hallelujah 🙏🙏🙏
Alchemy Live version light years better.
Alchemy version >>
Wembley 1985
Of course not, Sultans of swing has to be played with a stratocaster like guitar. The Pensa is less fluid.
Most people need words to speak. Mark Knopfler does not, he can use his guitar to do the speaking.
...he's the vocalist too.
DO NOT FORGET THIS GREAT DRUMMER..
@@michaelcelani8325 all of the above brother!
Yess dialoga con su guitarra. Es un placer escucharlo.
He makes his guitar cry and sing 😜
This extended version is Just awesome.
And the sax part is mind boggling
did you heared/seen the Live aid version? spoiler... it's Legendary
@@angelchavez8814 Alchemy?
Alchemy version is the best
@@sofianeofficial I don't know about "best" as it's a bit different from this one but the energy of the Alchemy one is insane (and Terry Williams on the drums was maybe even more on fire then!)
ABSOLUTELY AMAZING TWO LEGEND F FOREVER CLASSIC
Clapton - that shows a lot of class on his part playing rhythm.
Friends...
As good as it gets.
These guys known every fret, every chord , in every key. These are the greatest. If you don't believe me, just listen.
Awsome version of Sultans of swing....incredible feeling...sound, solos...like always...
MK is a genius !!!....Next summer back in France for Mark and his new album !!!...Excellent !!!!
How did you feel about the Commercial at the end?????
Ohhh.. Wonderful 10 minutes that makes your spirit shake!! Mark Knopfler what a great poet all your songs have a powerful and deeply meaning, you play with the soul!!
Great version feat Eric Clapton as a great special guest ♥️🎸✅👍☺️
Knopfler and Clapton Epic!
Words cannot express perfection!
Unbelievable!! I’ll go to my grave ever claiming that Knopfler & Lindsay Buckingham of the greatest guitar players I’ve ever heard!!
A very happy Eric Clapton.
Mark Knopfler is a living legend. 💖 💖 💖
Masters of Guitar.
there will be no more guitar players like this, thats the time they use to make music. 70s and 80s best ever
for real though! they'll never be beaten
That's not true. They're getting better in some ways. The difference is you're not as likely to hear them because that's not what dominates. Just have to dig a little more.
Clapton and Knopfer...giants!!!
This great performance is still making me smile in 2021. Thank you guys
It dont get any better than this Mark and Eric Brothers in Arms with guitars
Una de las mejores canciones, de todos los tiempos ❤genios de la guitarra ❤
So EPIC, we don’t get music like this now!
Two of the greatest...no doubt...
Fantastic band and the great Eric Clapton ! ❤
What an awesome concert!!🎉
good old times eric clapton
Something for the eternity!
I´m from Argentina, and hear there are good musicians, but really this is one of the best songs i´ve ever heard
Two Guitarits legend, but M.K is my favorite.
Also, Big thanks for John Illsley & the band.
Fantastic song and guitar / sax solo.
Eric clapton put on some heavy work with that guitar. ❤
And mark k ❤
One of the best guitar players ever playing as a rithym one, Clapton needen't to prove nothing at all, that's why he can do things like this.
he played rhythm fantastic, and added new flavor to this song
WONDERFUL. AMAZING. DIRE STRAITS. FOREVEEERRR.
Masterful. Utter musical perfection.
Perfect just perfect❤️🦂
What a band! What great musicians they are. As for the songs, unforgetable.
You knew it would be good - but somehow was even better.
Can it get any better than this!? Totally wonderful! Thank you for sharing and God bless everyone
A good guitarist will enjoy rhythm playing also....
I grew up listening to thez guys, Awesome!!!
My days what can a say all the Madness in the world this bring us back to earth peace love and unity. Best part 6.10 and the sax to hit the soul
Sublimissime! Une lumière incroyable ! Groupe de légende, stade de légende, chanson de légende, homme politique de légende, deux guitaristes de légende. Magnifique ! 🎡🌅🐬🎶⛲🌱🙏🌺🌈🍒🎇
The golden age of popular music! Highly accomplished musicians whether classically trained or 'self taught' worked hard to achieve perfection and respected each other.
Great cocaine and great guitars..man I want to go back to the 80s
Great band, great song, great show!
two Legends
Unmatched!
perfect match - no more words needed - enjoy - peace and love
Mark Knopfler is probably one the best overlooked/ underrated guitar players of our time....
Maybe you don't understand what "underrated" means?
he is definitely no overlooked, many thinks he is one of best guitarists, but also he is even better song writer
Mark and Eric , the ultimate guitar duo
Mark Knopfler e Eric Clapton due geni della musica .....irripetibili e ineguagliabili. Fantastici ARTISTI:
Marks gutar speaks sings and bangs on every heart n mind thru out the heart of music lovers in the entire world.
Thankfully it was recorded to share with the everyone for all time. Music like this will never be created again, sadly, in a world like we live today.
No one can quite sing with and with his guitar like Mark....
I appreciate many guitarists, but not quite as many artists with their guitar as this.
The little lick at 3:58 gives me shivers everytime
One of the best versions !
Foi a primeira vez que vi Mark knopfler.
Até então só ouvia os discos.
E estava com Eric clapton, juntos!
Meus guitarristas preferidos eram amigos e tocavam juntos! Eu tinha 16 anos e fiquei em " estado de graça "!😊
Boa Roberto!!!!! Eles tocavam sempre juntos fora de suas turnês!!!!! Os meus preferidos também!!!! Os outros, são guitarristas de rock!!! Mark Knopfler, Eric Clapton, David Gilmour e Andrew Latimer, são guitarristas de música!!!! Tem uma grande diferença!!!!🎸
@@alexandredasilvafurtado7846 verdade Alexandre! Existem guitarristas e "guitarreiros ".
Eu prefiro esses guitarristas de verdade. 😁
@@robertofaustinohibener842 🎸
Quelle époque et quelle grande carrière pour ce génie de la guitare. Dommage qu'il naît été plus reconnu par ses pairs. Mais tant pis je l'adore et le suis toujours aujourd'hui. Merci Mark.
I can die after I see them both together once again.
The great ones are the ones who do it even when they think they can't.
Reach *beyond.*