Dire Straits - Sultans of Swing - Live Alchemy (Reaction/Review)
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Drummer playing his heart out ...his dads in the audience seeing him play for the first time.. 🎉🎉
This is an internet myth. Terry had been in several bands before Dire Straits and his parents had seen him play many times
Thank you, Sir. Esp. for Terry Williams. He put his heart in this. Like everybody else of this crew. Thanks a million.
The drummer madly DRIVES this song.
I am afraid, in this manufactured world, we won't see the likes of them again! Just wonderful.
Indeed my friend, we can be grateful we were alive while the age of art was still alive. It seems since around the year 2000, art began to die. An example is Hollywood Remaking everything from the 70s, 80s and 90s. Again and again and again. Batman, godzilla, King kong, etc. The creativity is gone.
Imagine the pinnacle were the classical composers and sculptors of the last 3 or 4 centuries. Nothing like that exists now. You see it in all forms of art. Architecture is another one.
There is a documentary called “Just the drummer in the band” about Terry. He was in a body cast for years as a young child and walked on his hands. He developed amazing upper body strength
just finished watching it...very interesting
I loved the Mom telling the story of him scooting across the floor
thanks for letting me know about that
He's on fire in this show because his father was in the audience, and it was the first time he had seen him play live, apparently.
@edeledeledel5490 unfortunately an urban myth, whilst he was there it was far from the first time he had seen him play live , it was more likely the first time he had seen him play with dire straits but even that is unlikely, he was a seasoned gun for hire especially tours , still this is a masterclass , the difference between playing the drums and playing the fuck out of the drums, an absolute joy to watch
@@andrewtims9524 Ok - if you say so. You can still see the surprise and delight on Mark's and John's faces at the energy he plays with on that particular night...
Mark is left handed. His teacher taught him to play a right handed guitar. That’s why he picks so well.
Mark Knopfler pretty much only uses his fingers when he plays guitar. There are very few exceptions where he uses a pick in some songs, but they are very rare.
Without a doubt Mark is one of the most famous fingerstyle guitarists. He is probably the most famous one in terms of playing fingerstyle electric guitar and doing rock n roll, and he is probably the best one as well.
I can't recall any other guitarist who plays fingerstyle in the same genre with an Electric guitar, and who has a level comparable to his in terms of fame, popularity, success and accomplishments.
Lindsey Buckingham, watch THE DANCE !
Lindsey Buckingham - Big Love Live
Perfectly said.
And Mark is left-handed, but plays rightie without a pick,
Terry Williams was the drummer on Money for Nothing, but only for the intro. He actually recorded the whole song (and album) but Mark decided he didn't like it so re recorded the whole thing with a different drummer except for that intro.
The best live concert ever period. No body better. Terry Williams performed for his father the very first time. Mark let TERRY the drummer go off for his dad. Awesome…..
Yes. Mark is a finger picker all the time. He takes after Chet Atkins. It's so beautiful. He can make his guitar sound like a vocalist. Incredible talent. And this band? Man oh man what a band!
Chet Atkins uses a thumb pick, like Tommy Emmanuel and Richard Smith. Mark doesn't.
The whole concert is amazing.
I was at Hammersmith in July when this was filmed, you don't appreciate it so much at the time, I was only 18 and thought this was normal!
The whole band were on fire, the one who was absolutely on fire and steaming was Terry Williams on the drums, you won't see better live drumming.
Now you need, have to, watch Telegraph Road, it was the encore
Richard, Hy, it’s a video out about Terry, and in one point he said, ( I was just a drummer of the Dire Strait ) not playing the star of this concert, but he in my mind was!
Terry Williams played on the intro to Money For Nothing - the crescendo. It was a way of placating him for being replaced for the BIA album by Omar Hakim - recently with Sting and Weather Report. But Terry did the BIA tour with the band.
Terry Williams used to be in the band Rockpile before DS.
David Knopfler left the band during the Making Movies album in 1980.
That drummer is BADASS alright!
Hey nice reaction. I think you will really enjoy Telegraph Road from this concert too. There's so many beautiful transitions and an absolutely incredible instrumental of biblical proportions. Thanx Cheers from Australia 👍👍
cheers to you friend
Telegraph Road is even better than Sultans of Swing in my humble opinion
Tunnel of Love is awesome too.
Terry Williams drummer is a legend
Chet Atkins, the king of finger-style guitar picking, was listening to a tape of Dire Straits on his car stereo. He said to his passenger, who knew guitar, "that boy's heard me play a time or two, I think." Sure enough, Mark Knopfler at an early age had listened to a number of Chet Atkins albums and to say Chet had an influence on Mark's stylings on the guitar is an understatement. Lindsey Buckingham has also credited Chet as being a major influence in his guitar stylings. So, after listening to the Dire Straits tapes, Chet totally caught Mark off-guard by contacting him by phone, asking him if he wanted to do a collaborative album together. No way Mark could say no to his guitar hero. They hit it off with one another and ended up traveling back and forth between Chet's home in Nashville and Mark's home in London, recording the Grammy Award winning album, "Neck and Neck," along with making a number of videos from live performances they did together. Chet passed away at age 77, in 2001 -- just 11 years after the collaborative album with Mark.
Sam, below has alluded to Telegraph Road being even better with which I totally agree. It will blow your mind!! Great reaction! Thank you. Best wishes from the UK.
that will be fun...i dont recognize that tittle so even better
Great 👍🙏
The same live performance has a great rendition of TELEGRAPH ROAD. It's completely "bonkers good". 🇦🇺
I love how you set your screen up to show the Artist LARGE.
Telegraph road from this concert is even better to be honest. Although Romeo and Juliet is my favourite Dire Straits track.
Mark never uses a plectrum.
I saw them around 1990 they were amazing.
There is a version of this from Basel in 92 which is a totally different vibe but equally as good.
ok thank you for clarifying the finger picking
thank you for the 92 basel info
@@totallyradreactions5006 @Totally RAD it might take you a decade!
One more I should add is Real Live Roadrunning, which is a recording from Mark and Emmylou Harris's tour of their All The Roadrunning album. It's a mixture of songs from that album, Dire Straits and Mark and Emmylou's solo work. Such contrasting voices, but they go so well together.
Oh, and there's also a recording of Dire Straits at Wembley from their Brothers in Arms tour too and another of them in Australia. And a performance of Feel Like Going Home (which is on The Notting Hillbillies album) sung by Tom Jones on a TV special accompanied by Mark on guitar which is wonderful, Mark and Chet playing Imagine at a charity event for Amnesty International... the list just goes on and on. So many incredible live performances.
There's also a couple of cracking documentaries, one with Dire Straits bassist John Illsley talking to Mark about 6 of his most iconic guitars and another with AC/DC frontman Brian Johnson talking to Mark about 'Life on the Road' and visiting places in the north-east of England where they both grew up.
Better make that two decades! 😀
Incorrect Sam. Mark does occasionally use a plectrum - just Google it.
Telegraph road from this concert is a masterpiece, the epitome of every dire straits song/style all into one epic journey.
A prog rock gem telling the story of the beginnings of Detroit... From its humble beginnings to desperate endings, with a solo out of this world
Reviewing the whole Alchemy Live Album would be an awesome journey!!
Once Upon A Time in The West
Private investigations
Romeo And Juliet
Tunnel of Love
Telegraph Road
Expresso Love
Love Over Gold
Going Home
Solid Rock
Two Young Lovers
This live album is legendary and a must have (or at least must have seen) for sure.
MK is indeed known for his precise, lyrical and very personal fingerpicking.
Can’t wait to listen to more DS reactions from you!
That was great. A fingerpicking master. When talking about great guitarists with your buddies in a bar over a few cold ones, Mark should be in that conversation. Loved how the piano breakdown came in. Fantastic performance. Looking forward to the next song. 🔥✌️🎸🎸
Tommy Mandel was the extra keyboard player for these shows July 1983.
Only 6 for these shows.
Mark Knopfler lead guitar
Hal Lindes Rhythm guitar
John Illsey Bass Guitar
Terry Williams Drums
Alan Clark Keyboards
And guest keyboards for these shows, Tommy Mandel the one jigging about in the background.
The story is Mark Knopfler taught himself to play the guitar by ear following a Chet Atkins record when he was about 12 or so. He's a legend and I've never seen him do anything but fingerpicking.
Apparently Mark is left handed but learnt to play the guitar right handed.
I did my best to copy the Live in 85 version that was broadcast on The Tube program, who broadcast the whole concert. It's something else, I got pretty good at it, but could never fully duplicate what Markwas doing.
Over the years information about Terrys role has come out. He only played the intro for money for nothing, he didn’t play on the album and in fact was sent home during the recording. He toured in 1985, 1986 and again played at the Nelson Mandela concert in 1988. When it came time do the last album, On Every Street, he again was sent home and didn’t appear on the album. This time he was replaced in the 1991 and 1992 tours. So, as good as terry was live (he’s my favorite) apparently he wasn’t the right studio drummer for the records.
Terry Williams was just perfect and really working it. The BEST
I love the look near the end.
"feck yeah! Nailed it ya bastard"
🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸
Yep Mark is a full on finger picker, he keeps a set of clippers offstage incase he busts a nail and can't bite it smooth - I've seen him calling for someone to get his clippers halfway through the song, he tries to keep it going. The band will just mark time repeating a few bars until Mark comes back in.
Its a concert where the band are on fire. It was filmed and recorded , The very sad thing about this is it’s never been explained why the whole concert has never been released on any format . It must be in the archives hopefully some day.
Once Upon a Time in the West
(Last performance ever)
Industrial Disease
Expresso Love
Romeo and Julie
Love Over Gold
(Last performance ever)
Private Investigations
Sultans of Swing
Twisting by the Pool
Two Young Lovers
Portobello Belle
Tunnel of Love
Telegraph Road
Encore:
Solid Rock
The Rocks and the Thunder
(Mark Knopfler song)
Going Home: Theme of the Local Hero
If you like "Money For Nothing" be sure to check out the concert in Montserrat. Sting on backing vocals (just like on the studio album), plus Phil Collins on drums and Eric Clapton on rhythm guitar.
BTW, on Marks site, dozens of concerts from his solo career are available for download. Interesting to hear the songs evolution as late as 2015.
Loved this reaction! And you seem like a genuinely great guy
Rarely uses a pick.
Left handed, plays right handed.
“Love Over Gold” album is magnificent, all the way through.
Love this song
Thanks for the reaction!
Terry was still the band drummer during Brothers in Arms - but the recording was most likely Jeff Porcaro of Toto or Boz Scaggs’ band.
Magic happens while of enjoy to doing music with passion , flow and for shure great creation by Knowledge . The chemistry between the entire band was breathtaking that Time .I would rank Mark Knopfler among Unic's top guitarists, there is no way to copy that style. Left hand like Jimi but playing righthand 3-Fingerstyle , singing like Bob Dylan but different . What a treasure of musical creativity was given to us by God's grace at this time. Unique, epic, enchanting, harmonious and full of dreams that needed to be lived.
Even Mozart would have enjoyed their way of telling a story with harmonies.
It is more than music , it's like a prayer's speech , follow your heart and don't lose the way !
Epic drumming
Yes, Mark Knopfler is one of the greatest finger picking guitar players on the planet! Great reaction!
mark plays that way all the time
Mark is left handed but plays right handed,just shows how good he actually is. Finger playing rather than using a pluck for the majority of the songs. Absolutely great album with everyone in sync, drumming was superb.
Musical genius. He generally uses his fingers. Remarkable player but he certainly uses a pick too. Mainly fingers though. Great reaction to an incredible band.
12:10 Oh, Yes. It's fingertips..
Alchemy is legend the whole concert
Alchemy was a brilliant album, because it was made with no overdubs or fixes. So, any stage noise or buzzes were left in. A lot of live albums have overdubs etc. Not here with Alchemy. What you saw and heard at the gig in July 1983 you hear on Alchemy.
If you want to get a lesson in dynamics, listen to Once Upon A Time In The West from Alchemy. It is lovely, better than the original tune on the 1979 album Communique - which is too spikey with an unsympathetic guitar tone.
Here there is warmth through the Schecter Strat sound Mark uses.
Mark always finer picks, apart from some rhythm parts and things like Expresso Love.
The way he can get that power out of the guitar in some of those bending string parts of the song is amazing. Not just one string but say two or three at once with his left hand, that part at the 9 minute mark for example. And the part at the 8.48 mark is just saying to people try this on for size. A master.
Hi there! Just saw you, watched, I am happy you have glommed onto Mark and Co. What can one say about the ultimate taste and restraint while whipping crowds into ecstasy? Keep on, brother!
Best live album ever recorded, imo. You must hear Telegraph Road and Mark's incredibly intricate solos on Once Upon a Time in the West.
Great reaction to a fantastic live performance. I would love you to now react to my personal favourite live performance of all time, Telegraph Road, from the same concert. It's unbelievably good!
that performance was great...no argument here.
i think i am going to have to HAHA ive got a few request for that song already. and sense its your favorite how can i say no
While you're working systematically through the Dire Straits albums, I would recommend slotting in some other live performances:
Rockpalast from their early days with the original 4-piece lineup. It's incredible how close to the album recordings they used to get.
Live Aid 1985 where they performed Sultans of Swing (with Sting) and Money for Nothing. They were on tour and performing at Wembley Arena at that time. They lugged their instruments across the car park to perform at Wembley Stadium and then back again to perform their evening gig.
The Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Tribute Concert 1988 which they headlined. A chap called Eric Clapton stood in for rhythm guitarist Jack Sonni that night because his wife had just given birth. A 40-minute odd set that included the most emotional rendition of Brothers in Arms Mark has ever given.
Knebworth '90. The band played Money for Nothing and I Think I Love You Too Much, with Mr Clapton once again joining them. Hearing Mark and Eric trading solos on the latter number is something to behold.
Music for Montserrat. This concert was post-Dire Straits and was held at the Royal Albert Hall to raise money for the island of Montserrat after it suffered a major volcanic eruption. Many artists had recorded there over the years and it was where Dire Straits' Brothers in Arms album was made. Dire Straits numbers Mark performed included Brothers in Arms with a full the orchestra and he was joined by Sting, Eric and Phil Collins on Money for Nothing which had all the members of the orchestra and choir bopping away behind them. The whole concert is worth watching, packed with music legends all having a great time.
Oh and when you get to the end of the Dire Straits albums, the last one being On The Night - another great live album, don't stop there. There's Mark's solo albums, his albums with Chet Atkins and Emmylou Harris, the album he recorded with his other band The Notting Hillbillies and all his movie soundtracks including Local Hero and The Princess Bride. His body of work is just incredible. I almost envy you discovering Dire Straits and Mark Knopfler for the first time. 🙂
excellent! thank you so much for these recommendation. i will eventually get to those for sure
@@totallyradreactions5006 it might take you a decade!
One more I should add is Real Live Roadrunning, which is a recording from Mark and Emmylou Harris's tour of their All The Roadrunning album. It's a mixture of songs from that album, Dire Straits and Mark and Emmylou's solo work. Such contrasting voices, but they go so well together.
Oh, and there's also a recording of Dire Straits at Wembley from their Brothers in Arms tour too and another of them in Australia. And a performance of Feel Like Going Home (which is on The Notting Hillbillies album) sung by Tom Jones on a TV special accompanied by Mark on guitar which is wonderful, Mark and Chet playing Imagine at a Secret Policeman's Ball charity event for Amnesty International... the list just goes on and on. So many incredible live performances.
There are also a couple of cracking documentaries, one with Dire Straits bassist John Illsley talking to Mark about 6 of his iconic guitars and another with AC/DC frontman Brian Johnson talking to Mark about 'Life on the Road' and visiting places in the north-east of England where they both grew up.
Better make that two decades! 😀
You sound as crazy a Knopfler fan as me. It's worth being the old woman I am to have seen The Straits live several times.
@@twpsy634 I envy you that. I never got to see Dire Straits, but I have seen Mark several times. Always sublime.
@@jjc5407 I am of an age where I was lucky to have seen many of th e greatest bands live...Yardbirds, early Stones ,The Who. Led Zeppelin, Cream to name just a few. Amongst them certainly some of the greatest guitarists ever, but for me it will always be Jimmy Page and Mark that have left a lifelong impression. Mark for me will always be the greatest.
9:00 - hah, yeah now that you mention it I see the resemblance
The studio version is great but they take it to another level live, which they usually do with all their songs, so I always advise listening to the studio version then the live version. This is one if the greatest ever concerts.
If you like Money for Nothing so much you have to check out the Music for Montserrat version with Knopfler, Sting, Clapton and Collins
I am 75 and kinda found out that they dont make real music anymore.Wow Glad I lived in uk and came up listening to the greats atrting with cliff richards.haha
I have *never* seen Mark use anything other than his thumb and first two fingers.
Pick Withers left after recording the "Love over gold" album in 1982, David Knopfler left during the recording of "Making Movies" after he wanted his songs to be on the album and the rest of the band, especialy Mark decided otherwise, David did start a solo career and released albums with his own songs but they were not very succesfull.
OUCH, that had to be a hit in the ole ego. very interesting
i will maybe look into some of Davids work...we'll see
Terry Williams had been with Rockpile and Dave Edmonds and is a super Rock drummer (but Animal is best !!) Alan Clarke eventually left Dire Straits and became Tina Turners Musical Director. Mark nearly always plays with his fingers (in an unconventional way). Check out the album Neck And Neck he made with Chet Atkins.
You must lister to Brothers in Arms from Nelson Mandela konsert from 1988
Mark uses his fingers. “Get a little blister on your finger, a little blister on your thumb”.
Yes, Lindsey Buckingham and Mark Knopfler both play fingerstyle. They don't use picks.
Mark is definitely a finger picker, i cant say he doesnt use a pick at times but ive never seen him ever use one. it gives him his distinctive sound by finger picking.
He is also a left handed person but when he was young his sister told him to try playing right handed so he did , so he had to teach himself to play with his wrong hand and also his special finger picking style. Probably made him a better guitarist by forcing himself to swap hands as he had to try harder and it paid off.
You should do Telegraph Road studio version which is a bit longer than the Alchemy Live concert version and it was my number one favourite song out of all music for 40 years and I refused to listen to these guys live because how could a live concert be better but boy was I wrong. The live telegraph Rd version on Alchemy Live is shorter but better.
Telegraph road-Alchemy live
Check out telegraph road and tunnel of love at same concert
Mark is without doubt the best Strat player of all time, playing with his thumb and first 2 fingers, not his finger nails, without missing a note.....A true genius of the guitar .
drummer looks like B.A. Robinson
Telegraph Road - Alchemy Live even blows thisvpoece away.
Also Mark very rarely uses a pick. I've only seen him use one for one song which is Espresso Love. But that's it. 99% fingerpicking. I love it too 😊
Also in Shangri-La or True Love will never fade and in some versions of So Far Away
@@ekstradycja ah yes. And I love those tracks too 👍
when you play a song thousant times and still didnt pay attention to Marks Finger picking genius...
I play the guitar with a pluck it's unnatural, doesn't bounce like off the fingers. Or don't bounce players perspective.
drummer is Welsh his name is Terry Williams
Nickname - nose candy
try Telegraph Road (but you need to keep your mouse off the screen when you record m8, its a bit off putting) but keep watching them :)
When I hear a differing view from Milne, I look forward to a vigorous debate. If ‘m wrong, I want to be put right.
Mark does finger pick. Never plectrum
is mentor Chet " Atkins
Dude... who finger picks a Strat? Only Mark!!
How come an old dude like you (and me, I'm not offending by calling you old) doesn't know this song?
Telegraph Rd !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
dude is clueless..
thats his brother there to
NO that's not the best version, here he might be a little high or drunk, he forgot a few words or just changed them for fun.
and he a better guitar player, his new lead guitarist was week, compared to the guy that left the band same with the Keyboard.
maybe a off night with new members that not polished as his old band.
Please try listening to Lady Writer by Dire straits. Another masterpiece of a song in the already celebrated albums of these geniuses.
Isn't Mark left handed playing right handed guitar. Terry Williams is insane