You're a loser from usa....ya🤮🤮🤮🤮IT'S TOO LONG TO WRITE "YOU", SO IT'S "YA"....LOSERS....DO YOU KNOW DIRE STRAITS NEVER PERFORMED A LOT IN usa, YOU IDIOT? COMMERCIALLY, IT WASN'T A GOOD BAND FOR THE IDIOTS FROM usa... STUPID COUNTRY....Today, YOU ALL LOVE THEM....FUCK OFF🖕
That thing he was doing during the solo? I believe he's muting the strings he's picking. Someone's got your best interests in mind with these recommendations.
linda - Yes. I am 77 and look back on the 50s, folk, early rock, psychedelic, British invasion ... we did not like disco, but it got people up and dancing ... Now, it's Taylor Swift 24/7
@@ChrisLascari many people rank Prince as one of the best guitar players of all time. Not to mention bass or his talents as a producer. Certainly in the top 50 musicians of our time
Actually I think it was Jimi Hendrix that was asked what it was like being the best guitarist in the world, he replied, "I don't know you'd have to ask Roy Clark".
@@MegaMarcin98 Prince's solo in " While my guitar gently weeps" for George Harrisons induction in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame is probably one of the best guitar solos of all time.
For those of you who don't know, Knopfler was born in Glasgow, and raised in Blyth, near Newcastle Upon Tyne in the North East of England. Knopfler is outstanding but so too is the whole band. The musicianship in this recording is just incredible. Dire Straits makes me proud to be British.
@@tlgarrison8433 My point is, when one "feels old," one can remember others were not accorded the privilege of reaching that age, so one should be grateful for one's gift of life.
Drummer Terry Williams’ father was in the crowd that night. It was the first time his father saw him play professionally. I’m a drummer and I see his glee in his playing and it touches my heart. You can see his band mates looking at him now and again like “where did THAT come from!”
He is definitely one of the most underrated drummers ever, I played drums for years, and had many mates who were drummers, we all tried to play dire straits songs, couldn’t believe how difficult they were.
This came on the radio in 1978 for the first time. We didn't know where it came from, but it literally exploded in our ears, the guitar work was unlike anything we had ever heard. I was blown away, and still am- the music just doesn't get old, it's as perfect as can be . The guitar style and excellence was brand new at the time and still blows everything away in rock 50 years later. Mark Knoffler should be crowned a hero to the music world.
I have no idea why he stopped using this red start and instead played on a Suhr guitar?!? The Suhr is probably a greater guitar mechanically but the tone on this one is the best I have ever heard, pure magic. BUT, I guess 90% of the tone is in his fingers it wouldn't sound the same if Slash and that kind of guitarists played it.
My grandfather in the 80s told me that Chet Atkins was the best guitarist on the planet… I told him no, Mark Knopfler from Dire Straits is… then Mark Knopfler told the world that Chet Atkins was his idol… I love my Grandpa! So many great guitarists!
I’m so thrilled to see a young man see the beauty in this! I’m 70 years old and I listen to this every morning to get my day started. I’ve loved it for 40 years.
Terry Williams, a Welshman, is rippin' up those skins. His dad was in the crowd listening to his son play on stage for the first time, so Terry was showin' off a bit.
For someone in my generation (I'm 66) hearing someone say "I've no idea who Dire Straits are" is like hearing someone say "I have no idea who Jesus is"... 😃
Turned 60 this year. This takes me back to some great shows in the Bay Area and the Knopfler / Clapton shows in the east bay. Brilliant! We lived our teenage years at the right time for music for sure 👍
@@mortsnerd5100 I understand, the drummers dad was in the audience for the first time, to hear his son play. I have no idea if that’s true.but, I grew up in a musical family. My dad also played guitar, but he didn’t care for our rock. He said it sounded like dropping the pans in a school lunch room all at once. Point is, there was guitars, amps, drums, mics, everywhere, all the time. Tons of talent, but life comes along,and ya gotta go to school, raise the kids, and get to work. Now, we are old, some of us are dead. I’m sure my neighbors wish I wouldn’t sing.
@@mortsnerd5100 there really isn’t any thing like it. None of us had perfect families. But the barn was open, the drums were there, and the amps. The flutes, violins, guitars, came with the players. The keyboards set up. Mics put on stands, joshing around, cutting up, pranks and laughing. Looking back, it was magical. We didn’t know what we had. Amazing talent, really. It was exciting, even way back then, to see “the band” file in, and gear up. And it didn’t matter who, or what, as long as there was a guitarist, a bassist, and a drummer, give a singer a mic,and the show was on. We didn’t know what we had.
I wish I had seen them. Romeo and Juliet played on the radio in my car and I had to stop my car, teats in my eyes remembering old friends and old days.
Fortunately for us, the lead guitarist and singer (red jacket) Mark Knopfler continues to write and perform his glorious. Just this year, 2024, Mark produced a new album. The guy is 75 and his talent continues to astound. I’m almost Mark’s age, even born on same date, my generation are so lucky to have grown up with this excellent music. Love your reactions!
Mine too, so rare to find an Englishman's reaction channel. The entire Alchemy album is pure, sweet rock solid from start to end. P.S. React to some Skunk Anansie, please.
This was radio airplay when I was dating my wife in 1978-1979. I remember it playing on her Fisher receiver when I would go to her apartment. It seemed like this was playing on the radio every time I came over. When I hear this now I'm immediately taken back to her apartment, eagerly waiting for her to finish getting ready and being able to spend the evening with her. Lost her to cancer 3 years ago after being married just shy of 42 years. As much as I love this song, it tears me up to hear it because of that memory and the pain of losing her. Mark Knopfler is a genius and the entire band is on another level. So glad you've found the music we loved in our youth.
So sorry for your loss Steve. Thanks for sharing. I was 10 in 1978 so wasn't yet dating :) It took till 1985 for me to hear Brothers in Arms and buy that album on a DDD CD (people be looking that up now lol). I then got Dire Straits on Vinyl which of course had Sultans of Swing on it and that was that, total Dire Straits fan forever :) It brings back memories of myself and my late younger brother (died last year (2023)) listening to all kinds of rock music back in the 80s. No mobile phones, no Internet, just radio, vinyl, cassettes and CDs. Sometimes I wish we could go back to that golden age.
@@Andrew_dot_pls Andrew, so sorry to hear of you losing your brother. Yes that was the Golden Age in my book. Nothing like listening to vinyl and letting a cassette loop. Thank you for your sympathy.
You are the third young TH-camr I have watch in the past two days that has never heard of Dire Straits and all three of you have been blown away by this video. It is classic rock at it's finest and you just know they are having the best time playing. Just think, this song was on Dire Straits debut album in 1978. Thank you for your joyous reaction. It was almost as entertaining as Dire Straits.
mark sold a lot of his guitars at auction and made £1,000,000 and gave it to childrens cancer,this man should be knighted,dave beckam thinks he should be knighted just for just for kicking a ball.just amagine the joy this man have given to us for his music,GET HIM KNIGHTED!
Totally agree. The word genius has been used on so many unworthy people that it's become meaningless. A football commentator once said Beckham was a genius because he kicked a ball 30 yards
I’m a sixty six year old dude, welcome to the music I grew up with! Continue on my man with your journey of discovery and enlightenment! God speed my boy!
Things to note about this performance. No click track in their ears for them to play to a rhythm. Pure natural talent. And their is no plectrum in Marks hand. He's finger plucking that guitar start to finish. This is probably the best raw musical performance you will ever see.
Hey buddy your face at the end was just how every one should react to this, I'm 67 and still have the same reaction when I see this version, simply brilliant.
I met Mark a few years ago as a mate of mine knows him. I asked about this and he said at the time it didn’t feel special, but in retrospect he was immensely proud of it. Well done for checking it out mate.
At the time they were so busy touring, creating this level of awesome was like their day job. Dire Straits had 3 giant stages and 3 full stage teams. They were in constant use. As they were performing on one stage, the previous one was being dismantled while the next one was being built - that gives an idea of how packed their schedule was. This would have just been another great night for them, and only when they look back later would they be able to appreciate what they were doing at the time.
I gotta say that it's great seeing a young person enjoying the music that I have been enjoying my entire life -- and I'm an old man. There is SO much great old music out there. It's hard to steer you one way when there are so many great bands. Here are some of them -- Blood, Sweat, & Tears, Chicago, Steely Dan, Genesis, Steve Winwood, Peter Gabriel, The Carpenters, Led Zepplin, Crosby, Stills & Nash, Procol Harem, Neil Young, Dan Fogelberg, The Eagles, Joni Mitchell, Carole King, The Moody Blues, Pink Floyd, Jethro Tull, Iron Butterfly, and I could go on and on. Enjoy the journey.
My Wife got me into the Carpenters many years ago. I am glad she did because I never realized how beautiful Karen's voice is. MollyBoy if you read this please give The Carpenters a try. PS I am a hard rock/grunge music nut.
Can't remember the next line off the top of my head. Their best album is In Search of a Lost Chord but you have to listen to it from beginning to end to get the full feeling of the songs.
Mark Knopfler and his Brother were Born in Scotland but were raised in the North East. He has just auctioned a lot of his Guitars off, which went for Millions and being the Really nice genuine Guy that he is, he donated a large chunk of the Money to Charity's in The North East.
And when you hear somebody talk about a band being tight? This is it . See the part where Mark Knopfler looks over his shoulder and smiles at the drummer? even he was enthralled by that run. I just having such a good time when a band is tight like that is mesmerizing. It just feels so right.
I had the pleasure and honor of working with Mark on a film he scored for me titled A Shot At Glory. He is as lovely as he is gifted. What an artist! I know you are blown away, you just heard one of the greatest guitarist that has ever lived.
Molly boy, it's great that some younger kids are realizing the "older" music that their elders listened to, I'm 65 and this was everyday music for us. Keep listening there is lots from the 60's and certainly the 70's and early 80's.
Mark Knopfler is a master at throwing in subtle accent notes. They just add so much to his solos. Terry Williams absolutely killed it on the drums. One of the best live performances ever recorded.
Mark Knopfler, a living legend. World class and known the world over as maybe the best of the best. Now in his seventies and still recording. A humble Englishman from the midlands.
That was a great reaction! My dire straight story. It was my second year at college in Boston, week of midterms, Tuesday or Wednesday I believe, 6:30 p.m. . A friend of two of my roommates comes in and says he has won two tickets via a radio DJ to tonight's "Brothers In Arms" tour show (1986) at the Boston garden and he can't find anyone to go with him because of midterms. The concert starts in about an hour and a half and these two guys both say no, he looks at me and says would you want to go? I responded in a heartbeat yes even though I had two midterms the next day. We picked up the tickets at the door. I couldn't believe it They were 6th row center on the floor. I've never been so close to a major rock and roll band for such a long time, it was absolutely unforgettable. His fingers fly, no pick... Folks didn't want to leave they came back out for a second encore song. It was really a very well done show. I didn't do all that well on those two midterms but it was worth it!
Those two tests probably didn't make a damn bit of difference in your life overall, but the memories of that concert probably made a lasting impression.
Ha! I have a similar story. I was at college in Boston. I had two tickets to see them at the Orpheum Theater (one of their last small shows, as "Money for Nothing" was exploding at the time.) The person I was going to go with couldn't make it, so I ran around my dorm floor yelling "Who wants to go see Dire Straits?" My first volunteer was the hottest girl on the floor. Nothing ever happened between us (apart from a life-long friendship), but I bet a bunch of guys at the show were thinking "What's SHE doing with that ugly bastard?" When they came back around to Boston, they did the show you saw.
@@andrewmoss3681That shows that the band liked each other a lot, not like the stories you hear, after a band breaks, up about egos and distrust and anger.
Going forward, never worry about the length of video. Replay as much as you want, it's your first time through. I've personally heard it hundreds of times and it has not gotten old. Keep it up man!
Bruv, you just witnessed one of the greatest live performances of any song, ever. Mark Knopfler is a fucking legend. The studio version of this song was jaw-dropping when it came out, but THIS is sooo much better. Loved your reaction. I’ve watched this performance dozens of times and it gives me goosebumps every time.
the boys are on absolute fire with this one. Perfection across the board. I can't even begin to count how many times I have watched this in the last year, let alone over the years.,
You ask if they were British. If you asked that question , from the mid60’s through the 80’s, there would be a 50-60% chance you’d be right. The number of fantastic and fantastically successful bands who came from that island of yours was INCREDIBLE. Probably more musicians per population than any other country.
My favourite part of this video is watching Mark's face and all the interactions between band members especially when he gets to where they normally end the song and he orchestrates them into an epic jam!
That's it. You've done it now. You've started your Dire Straits / Mark Knopfler journey. I loved watching you react to this performance. I've probably watched it several hundred times, that whole concert. If I could give you a recommendation, it would be to listen to either Telegraph Road, or Tunnel of Love, from the same Alchemy concert. They're phenomenal. Mark is, as someone else in the comments mentioned, a musical genius. His song writing is out of this world, and the way he makes the guitar sing is just incredible. Enjoy the rest of your Dire Straits journey! Great reaction. Oh, and the outstanding drummer is Terry Williams, from Wales.
I'd plucking well go with Mark Knopfler being the best ...but then, what do I know, I gave up my guitar lessons when my washing machine broke and I had to hand wash everything in the bath (for myself and three offspring), and I got tendonitis... 😟😥🥺 My 'Encore' strat sits neglected in a corner now because I never went back to it*... (Sorry * 'small 'f' in felix'🎸* - 'his' name, as is black with a white scratchplate and as my b/w cat was * 'Big 'F' in Felix' 🐈* R.I.P. Felix)
Young man, don’t worry about the length of your videos. Just be you! I’m 56 and have enjoyed watching you grow. There is a hell of a lot of great music. Take your time and rewind!
This is what the difference is between "hearing" music and "experiencing" music. It's orders of magnitude better if you can physically be in it's presence.
He barely even glances at his strings and his fingers as he plays the most intricate notes! This is Super Master Class level playing. Subtle, (as you said), and Velvety yet Pealing notes through and through!
It’s difficult to imagine a music fan has never heard Knopfler play before but it’s brilliant watching him react to this absolute musical genius. Great reaction!
Read “My Life in Dire Straits” by John Illsley, he describes learning to play the Bass guitar, and he was beside Mark Knopler from the formation of Dire Straits until their eventual break up, and he and Mark are best friends to this day. I just love it that at 74 Mark has made a new album ‘Ahead of the Game’, he still loves to play and sing. I’m 89 but feel young again every time I see that old video.
FINALLY someone who feels this song like I do!!!!!!!!! The fact that I have been listening to this song since it came out in 1978 let me know what was coming and waiting on your reaction. I knew you would love the ending!!!!!!!!!! Great reaction
I hear SO many Gen-Zs talking about how difficult it is to sing and play guitar at the same time. So funny! Back in the day, every SINGLE band did that!!!! It was just normal.
I watch a reaction to this DS performance probably once a week on average and watching reactions to 70s, 80s, 90s music has, for years, been pretty much the main way I kill downtime. It always mystifies me when people comment that this is one of the greatest live performances of all time. One of! One of? What’s better than this? I haven’t seen it yet. This song on its own checks all the boxes of great music and this spellbinding performance of the song is in a class by itself.
Welcome to virtuosity, my young friend. It's not the genre's under your belt. It's the recognition of pure genius that separates us from the dilettantes.
Don't worry about the lump in your throat or the tears in your eyes, it happens to me too when I listen to and watch this video. It is the absolute best live music video there is. The band is so tight and talented. To top it all off, they seemed to be genuinely happy and full of joy playing this music for us.
Since people are telling you, for what it's worth, I'm 66 years young. I grew up listing to music from the age of 8 or 9 (especially the Beatles, who I first heard of in the 3rd grade), High school and young adult years were all about MTV. Dire Straits dominated then and into the mid-80's. It was a fantastic time to be alive as a youth!
They're English. And you can practice and play guitar for the rest of your life but only a selected few in this world will ever play as good as Mark Knofler.
Mark was raised a Geordie. An avid Newcastle United fan, as is Brian Johnson ACDC & Sting Police, more recently Sam Fender. He wrote the instrumental " local hero" which the players come out to at all home matches.
Terry William's was the drummer for Alchemy Live tour. He was amazing. They gave the best performance here. Mark has perfected the fingerpicking style. He makes the guitar cry on Brothers in Arms...should you feel like getting emotional. Congrats on 40k +.
I was 14 in 1979 when this song was popular. I remember driving around with my friends and just loving being in the car and being young. Thanks for the memories.
I love metal and mostly what i listened to. But dire straits will always be in my top 5 greatest bands of all time. Mark knopfler is one of the worlds best guitarists.
Man…I love seeing folk react to what I think is the best live track ever done….but your reaction is the best I’ve seen …bar none..Credit to you bro ..your love of music in all forms comes through full on. This is what great music can do…
I am addicted to reactions right now for the same reason. watching people embrace this music and fall in love is a reminder of how lucky we were to grow up with it
When Molly boy gets tears in his eyes and shakes his head ya just know it’s the biz
or that he's pandering to that boomer/z audience for the viez
Countdown Lindsey Buckingham nobody plays like he does written that way
You're a loser from usa....ya🤮🤮🤮🤮IT'S TOO LONG TO WRITE "YOU", SO IT'S "YA"....LOSERS....DO YOU KNOW DIRE STRAITS NEVER PERFORMED A LOT IN usa, YOU IDIOT? COMMERCIALLY, IT WASN'T A GOOD BAND FOR THE IDIOTS FROM usa... STUPID COUNTRY....Today, YOU ALL LOVE THEM....FUCK OFF🖕
@@foljs5858Nah, I genuinely enjoyed it 👍🏻
@@MollyBoyTVonly an idiot wouldn't get that!
You just heard one of the greatest guitarist ever, bro he never uses a pick, he is a finger player.. A 🐐
Yeah, super unique guitar player. Amazing!
He was a god with all the ladies
That thing he was doing during the solo? I believe he's muting the strings he's picking. Someone's got your best interests in mind with these recommendations.
I wish I could hear it, I must be missing the boat. I know he's talented, I am 58, worship guitar, and yet... it's me
Just FYI, aside from his buttload of Dire Straits albums, he has about 15 solo albums, too.
Knopfler's a musical genius
The only thing I know about @bct8881 is that, in this case, they are not wrong.
@@ajgrant1975 The only thing I know about @ajgrant1975 is he's not wrong either.
You don’t know Dire Straits or Mark Knopfler? They obviously let anyone on….by the way they are British…..don’t give up your day job..l
@@vincemcgeehan4555 Are you feeling okay ?
Don't stop taking your meds champ
You'll be fine 👍
@@bct8881 my meds are the only way I could stand the foolish commentary. A Brit who does not know Dire Straights? What are you 12?
Now you know why us old people say we had the best music in the 60s and 70s!
linda - Yes. I am 77 and look back on the 50s, folk, early rock, psychedelic,
British invasion ... we did not like disco, but it got people up and dancing ...
Now, it's Taylor Swift 24/7
Agreed, but wasn't this the 80s?
@@melinda4796 1978. Of course, there have been amazing artists and music in every year, decade, generation ... some periods more so
@melinda4796 you're correct. 1983.
@@thefaceoffuzz So Dire Straits did not release 'Sultans of Swing' on their first album in 1978 ?
Prince was once asked " what is it like to be the best guitarist ever?" his answer was "I don't know go ask mark Knopfler"
Who would ask prince that? That would be dumb. I'm not saying he sucked, but he was certainly not even top 50
@@ChrisLascari many people rank Prince as one of the best guitar players of all time. Not to mention bass or his talents as a producer. Certainly in the top 50 musicians of our time
@MegaMarcin98 and I suppose biden also got over 80k votes too?
Actually I think it was Jimi Hendrix that was asked what it was like being the best guitarist in the world, he replied, "I don't know you'd have to ask Roy Clark".
@@MegaMarcin98 Prince's solo in " While my guitar gently weeps" for George Harrisons induction in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame is probably one of the best guitar solos of all time.
I am a 74 yr old woman who loves that you love this music. It's a kick seeing you loving this too.
Me, too.
Sure is😁
This kid looks so much like my son at that age, it's like getting to introduce these bands all over again! TY, MollyBoy!❤
72 yr young nana,mama & great nana here,Love Molly Boy enjoying different genres,good stuff bro❤
Same ❤
For those of you who don't know, Knopfler was born in Glasgow, and raised in Blyth, near Newcastle Upon Tyne in the North East of England. Knopfler is outstanding but so too is the whole band. The musicianship in this recording is just incredible. Dire Straits makes me proud to be British.
It's not just Mark, the whole band is so tight and rock solid.
Stellar performance ans a Masterpiece 🔥🔥🔥🔥
Every single member is in the zone!
The drummer is on fire this whole song
Yeah, you know he works them hard in rehearsals.😂
I love that they are all such fabulous musicians that they can just enjoy themselves and when they enjoy themselves, so do we!!
This is how your grandparents rocked out
You just made me feel so old! 🩷
@@tlgarrison8433 I’m right there with ya 😎
@@tlgarrison8433 Ah, but remember, some were not accorded the privilege of living as long as we have.
@@jeannemara1600 your point?
@@tlgarrison8433 My point is, when one "feels old," one can remember others were not accorded the privilege of reaching that age, so one should be grateful for one's gift of life.
Drummer Terry Williams’ father was in the crowd that night. It was the first time his father saw him play professionally. I’m a drummer and I see his glee in his playing and it touches my heart. You can see his band mates looking at him now and again like “where did THAT come from!”
'Those drums are insane' sums up the amazing Terry Williams.
It was the first time Terry's dad was in the audience. Imagine that; your dad watching his son making an epic performance...
I read they had to carry the drum kit off to intensive care after that performance ..
And it survived.
I think it was pick withers on the drums but not 100%
@@jasonstedman5253 Pick (a very different but also fantastic drummer) was on the studio version.
He is definitely one of the most underrated drummers ever, I played drums for years, and had many mates who were drummers, we all tried to play dire straits songs, couldn’t believe how difficult they were.
One of the finest live performances ever recorded any era any genre
Drummer is going absolutely bonkers
deepest pocket ever
Terry Williams.
Terry Williams, great player.
I don’t know what something better than this would even sound like.
Terry Williams ( drummer) is underrated.
This came on the radio in 1978 for the first time. We didn't know where it came from, but it literally exploded in our ears, the guitar work was unlike anything we had ever heard. I was blown away, and still am- the music just doesn't get old, it's as perfect as can be . The guitar style and excellence was brand new at the time and still blows everything away in rock 50 years later. Mark Knoffler should be crowned a hero to the music world.
You know what makes me just as happy as listening to this song for the 100,000th time? Watching a young hip hop dude appreciate it as much as I do! ❤
And cry!!
I was thinking the same thing, get him appreciating some real musicianship 👍
Yes the look on his face made me burst out laughing. Great music comforts the soul and is universal.
Totally 👍👍👍
@@martinharvey2390 yes ,but I don't think you meant to dis his own music preference.
The tone on Mark Knopfler’s guitar is still one of my favourite things in music ever.
100% yes...totally agree.
Yes, so pure.
I concur
I have no idea why he stopped using this red start and instead played on a Suhr guitar?!? The Suhr is probably a greater guitar mechanically but the tone on this one is the best I have ever heard, pure magic. BUT, I guess 90% of the tone is in his fingers it wouldn't sound the same if Slash and that kind of guitarists played it.
My grandfather in the 80s told me that Chet Atkins was the best guitarist on the planet… I told him no, Mark Knopfler from Dire Straits is… then Mark Knopfler told the world that Chet Atkins was his idol… I love my Grandpa! So many great guitarists!
Fabulous to hear the younger generations enjoying the music we grew up with.
If this made you cry brothers in arms will wreck you
I was going to suggest Brothers as well!! ❤
Mark is great, but the drummer is something else and needs to be acknowledged.
Terry Williams. Stunning. It was Pick Withers on the studio version.
Absolutely
Absofukinlutely 😊
I’m so thrilled to see a young man see the beauty in this! I’m 70 years old and I listen to this every morning to get my day started. I’ve loved it for 40 years.
Terry Williams, a Welshman, is rippin' up those skins. His dad was in the crowd listening to his son play on stage for the first time, so Terry was showin' off a bit.
And you can see Knopfler shaking he head in amazement
EPIC!
The best rock drummer, bar none.
I miss rockpile.
Nawh that's so cool.
For someone in my generation (I'm 66) hearing someone say "I've no idea who Dire Straits are" is like hearing someone say "I have no idea who Jesus is"... 😃
Ditto....it's like he's from another planet
In a way he is. Generations away from us old farts. @@289hipo
I'm 66 too. I take it you knew the whole history of music at his age. BTW, d'you mean Jesus the lead or bass?
@@danielswood I don't get the subtle (?) tone of sarcasm in your words... as I was NOT being sarcastic in the least...
Jesus who?
Really proud to know that there is a young person in the world trying to learn about our generation's MONSTERS!
I have tears im 62 and this really makes me miss my youth. Hold on tight to yours.
Amen…me too,😢
You can’t hold on just live it and enjoy it and have gratitude 🙏
65 and still smoking weed no cancer sticks for me
@reginaflores5675 Nice, I'm 62. lol, now I don't even smoke weed or drink or smoke cigarettes anymore. 🤣 it's strange
Turned 60 this year. This takes me back to some great shows in the Bay Area and the Knopfler / Clapton shows in the east bay.
Brilliant! We lived our teenage years at the right time for music for sure 👍
One of the greatest live performances ever recorded.
Perhaps the greatest
The guitar gets all the way glamour , and deserves it, but the drummer is the driver.
Yes Terry Williams was clubbing the life out of that rig!
The drums are outstanding>
@@mortsnerd5100 I understand, the drummers dad was in the audience for the first time, to hear his son play. I have no idea if that’s true.but, I grew up in a musical family. My dad also played guitar, but he didn’t care for our rock. He said it sounded like dropping the pans in a school lunch room all at once. Point is, there was guitars, amps, drums, mics, everywhere, all the time. Tons of talent, but life comes along,and ya gotta go to school, raise the kids, and get to work. Now, we are old, some of us are dead. I’m sure my neighbors wish I wouldn’t sing.
@@stephaniefain1863 That’s a nice story. It reminds me of the story about Bobby Hatfield’s mother watching him sing Unchained Melody.
@@mortsnerd5100 there really isn’t any thing like it. None of us had perfect families. But the barn was open, the drums were there, and the amps. The flutes, violins, guitars, came with the players. The keyboards set up. Mics put on stands, joshing around, cutting up, pranks and laughing. Looking back, it was magical. We didn’t know what we had. Amazing talent, really. It was exciting, even way back then, to see “the band” file in, and gear up. And it didn’t matter who, or what, as long as there was a guitarist, a bassist, and a drummer, give a singer a mic,and the show was on. We didn’t know what we had.
I’m 74 years old the same age as Mark. I’ve seen them live twice back in the day. Still makes the hairs stand up on the back of my neck.
I'm just close to 60, but the same to me. Greetings from Germany
I wish I had seen them. Romeo and Juliet played on the radio in my car and I had to stop my car, teats in my eyes remembering old friends and old days.
I'm 70 and feel with you❤🔥🙏🥰☄️ Greetz from Germany🇩🇪💙
"This part is beautiful."
Welcome to the wonderful world of Mark Knopfler.
Fortunately for us, the lead guitarist and singer (red jacket) Mark Knopfler continues to write and perform his glorious. Just this year, 2024, Mark produced a new album. The guy is 75 and his talent continues to astound. I’m almost Mark’s age, even born on same date, my generation are so lucky to have grown up with this excellent music.
Love your reactions!
Probably needed it especially as we face challenges today.
Him and Paul McCartney should team up
This is quickly becoming my favourite reaction channel.
I love when young people hear real music played by masters of their craft.
MollyBoy makes my day with every reaction. I’m 65 and I feel a connection. Never stop exploring.
Mine too, so rare to find an Englishman's reaction channel. The entire Alchemy album is pure, sweet rock solid from start to end.
P.S. React to some Skunk Anansie, please.
100 %
British 70's band. Makes you proud. 70's were the best. I was there !!!
We had the goods.
The 70's ROCKED!!! I truly miss those days!!! I turned 21 in July of 73 and the music was incomparable!!🎶🎼🎵🤘🔥🔥🔥
Saw DS/MK at the Royal Albert Hall in 2015. (?) And in New Zealand in 1986 and 1991. Decent.
I suppose DS JUST qualify as a 70s band - their first album was '79; but I think you should think of them as an 80s band...
70s was best for music I'm 64 so it was my time
This was radio airplay when I was dating my wife in 1978-1979. I remember it playing on her Fisher receiver when I would go to her apartment. It seemed like this was playing on the radio every time I came over. When I hear this now I'm immediately taken back to her apartment, eagerly waiting for her to finish getting ready and being able to spend the evening with her. Lost her to cancer 3 years ago after being married just shy of 42 years. As much as I love this song, it tears me up to hear it because of that memory and the pain of losing her. Mark Knopfler is a genius and the entire band is on another level. So glad you've found the music we loved in our youth.
So sorry for your loss Steve. Thanks for sharing. I was 10 in 1978 so wasn't yet dating :) It took till 1985 for me to hear Brothers in Arms and buy that album on a DDD CD (people be looking that up now lol). I then got Dire Straits on Vinyl which of course had Sultans of Swing on it and that was that, total Dire Straits fan forever :)
It brings back memories of myself and my late younger brother (died last year (2023)) listening to all kinds of rock music back in the 80s.
No mobile phones, no Internet, just radio, vinyl, cassettes and CDs.
Sometimes I wish we could go back to that golden age.
@@Andrew_dot_pls Andrew, so sorry to hear of you losing your brother. Yes that was the Golden Age in my book. Nothing like listening to vinyl and letting a cassette loop. Thank you for your sympathy.
That 'calmness' you describe is the product of mastering your instrument.
You are the third young TH-camr I have watch in the past two days that has never heard of Dire Straits and all three of you have been blown away by this video. It is classic rock at it's finest and you just know they are having the best time playing. Just think, this song was on Dire Straits debut album in 1978. Thank you for your joyous reaction. It was almost as entertaining as Dire Straits.
mark sold a lot of his guitars at auction and made £1,000,000 and gave it to childrens cancer,this man should be knighted,dave beckam thinks he should be knighted just for just for kicking a ball.just amagine the joy this man have given to us for his music,GET HIM KNIGHTED!
Over 8 million pounds actually
I heard 32 guitars and raised 16 million. Whichever, he's very generous.
Totally agree. The word genius has been used on so many unworthy people that it's become meaningless. A football commentator once said Beckham was a genius because he kicked a ball 30 yards
The auction is on TH-cam
I think he's Australian.
Even the greatest musicians have nights when they approach magical. This was one of those nights.
Dire Straits is a British rock band formed in 1977. They are a blues new wave rock band. Great guitar players.
I’m a sixty six year old dude, welcome to the music I grew up with! Continue on my man with your journey of discovery and enlightenment! God speed my boy!
The drummer is Terry Williams- a welshman- & his dad was in the audience for the 1st time !! How proud he must have been. ❤
Urban legend.
@@suzanneemerson2625 When you have the Truth as well as the Legend...you print the Legend!
Things to note about this performance. No click track in their ears for them to play to a rhythm. Pure natural talent. And their is no plectrum in Marks hand. He's finger plucking that guitar start to finish. This is probably the best raw musical performance you will ever see.
Hey buddy your face at the end was just how every one should react to this, I'm 67 and still have the same reaction when I see this version, simply brilliant.
I met Mark a few years ago as a mate of mine knows him. I asked about this and he said at the time it didn’t feel special, but in retrospect he was immensely proud of it. Well done for checking it out mate.
It's hard to even imagine being so great that you could perform at that level, and still think the evening "didn't feel special". It blows the mind.
At the time they were so busy touring, creating this level of awesome was like their day job. Dire Straits had 3 giant stages and 3 full stage teams. They were in constant use. As they were performing on one stage, the previous one was being dismantled while the next one was being built - that gives an idea of how packed their schedule was. This would have just been another great night for them, and only when they look back later would they be able to appreciate what they were doing at the time.
@@MrSteeeevo
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Lucky you!
I gotta say that it's great seeing a young person enjoying the music that I have been enjoying my entire life -- and I'm an old man. There is SO much great old music out there. It's hard to steer you one way when there are so many great bands. Here are some of them -- Blood, Sweat, & Tears, Chicago, Steely Dan, Genesis, Steve Winwood, Peter Gabriel, The Carpenters, Led Zepplin, Crosby, Stills & Nash, Procol Harem, Neil Young, Dan Fogelberg, The Eagles, Joni Mitchell, Carole King, The Moody Blues, Pink Floyd, Jethro Tull, Iron Butterfly, and I could go on and on. Enjoy the journey.
My Wife got me into the Carpenters many years ago. I am glad she did because I never realized how beautiful Karen's voice is. MollyBoy if you read this please give The Carpenters a try. PS I am a hard rock/grunge music nut.
Jethro Tull would be a great reaction video but which song
What's the moody blues song "Timothy Leary's dead"?
Oh, no no no no no no no ,
Can't remember the next line off the top of my head.
Their best album is In Search of a Lost Chord but you have to listen to it from beginning to end to get the full feeling of the songs.
I love it when someone instantly appreciates what they are watching.
Mark Knopfler and his Brother were Born in Scotland but were raised in the North East. He has just auctioned a lot of his Guitars off, which went for Millions and being the Really nice genuine Guy that he is, he donated a large chunk of the Money to Charity's in The North East.
And when you hear somebody talk about a band being tight?
This is it . See the part where Mark Knopfler looks over his shoulder and smiles at the drummer? even he was enthralled by that run. I just having such a good time when a band is tight like that is mesmerizing. It just feels so right.
Pure harmony,connected as one ❤
Best guitarist to ever play. Period.
Same concert, Telegraph Road. Just as guitar heavy, just as emotional. Gotta do it.
Telegraph Road is a masterpiece.
1000% agree
Yes killer song. Their longest solo in that one.
Totally agree.❤
Yes telegraph road from the same venue
I had the pleasure and honor of working with Mark on a film he scored for me titled A Shot At Glory. He is as lovely as he is gifted. What an artist! I know you are blown away, you just heard one of the greatest guitarist that has ever lived.
A pleasure & honor indeed...!
Robert Duval and Ali McCoist movie?
Molly boy, it's great that some younger kids are realizing the "older" music that their elders listened to, I'm 65 and this was everyday music for us. Keep listening there is lots from the 60's and certainly the 70's and early 80's.
Passion, beauty, ease, difficulty, hard work, shared joy…the best of British Bands. I grew up with this music. Nothing compares
This performance is peak musicianship. I don't know if a band has ever sounded more together than this.
And Mark is left handed and self taught. He is now 74 and just released his new album.
Sounds pretty good too.
Saw him a couple of years ago. As good as ever.
@@grahamokeefe9406 If I could have seen MK, I would have died a somewhat happier girl, for sure!
@@babylonsister118you already died?
@@babylonsister118 You never know, he might tour again.
Mark Knopfler is a master at throwing in subtle accent notes. They just add so much to his solos.
Terry Williams absolutely killed it on the drums. One of the best live performances ever recorded.
Mark Knopfler, a living legend. World class and known the world over as maybe the best of the best. Now in his seventies and still recording. A humble Englishman from the midlands.
It's almost unrealistically good. Thankfully it was recorded otherwise the people in the audience would never be believed.
This is one of the bands that made the 80s one of the best times in human history for music & art.
Ya but it wasn't from the 80's
"brothers in arms" will make you cry !!!! for sure !!!!
Agreed
Or Local Hero
That was a great reaction!
My dire straight story.
It was my second year at college in Boston, week of midterms, Tuesday or Wednesday I believe, 6:30 p.m. . A friend of two of my roommates comes in and says he has won two tickets via a radio DJ to tonight's "Brothers In Arms" tour show (1986) at the Boston garden and he can't find anyone to go with him because of midterms. The concert starts in about an hour and a half and these two guys both say no, he looks at me and says would you want to go? I responded in a heartbeat yes even though I had two midterms the next day. We picked up the tickets at the door. I couldn't believe it They were 6th row center on the floor. I've never been so close to a major rock and roll band for such a long time, it was absolutely unforgettable. His fingers fly, no pick... Folks didn't want to leave they came back out for a second encore song. It was really a very well done show. I didn't do all that well on those two midterms but it was worth it!
Those two tests probably didn't make a damn bit of difference in your life overall, but the memories of that concert probably made a lasting impression.
@@TripletDad3Big Time for sure!
Ha! I have a similar story. I was at college in Boston. I had two tickets to see them at the Orpheum Theater (one of their last small shows, as "Money for Nothing" was exploding at the time.) The person I was going to go with couldn't make it, so I ran around my dorm floor yelling "Who wants to go see Dire Straits?" My first volunteer was the hottest girl on the floor. Nothing ever happened between us (apart from a life-long friendship), but I bet a bunch of guys at the show were thinking "What's SHE doing with that ugly bastard?" When they came back around to Boston, they did the show you saw.
Notice how much they communicate to each other during this performance
Mark Knopfler and Chet Atkins playing together is a history lesson of rock and roll guitar.
Drums are exceptional in this live version
First live show the drummers Dad had ever attended. So the guys told him to go crazy during this to show his Dad
Thanks for sharing that, really appreciate it@@andrewmoss3681
Terry Williams
@@andrewmoss3681That shows that the band liked each other a lot, not like the stories you hear, after a band breaks, up about egos and distrust and anger.
He made that guitar cry and made it sing...x
Going forward, never worry about the length of video. Replay as much as you want, it's your first time through. I've personally heard it hundreds of times and it has not gotten old. Keep it up man!
Copyright should not be an issue after all these years - right?
Bruv, you just witnessed one of the greatest live performances of any song, ever. Mark Knopfler is a fucking legend. The studio version of this song was jaw-dropping when it came out, but THIS is sooo much better. Loved your reaction. I’ve watched this performance dozens of times and it gives me goosebumps every time.
the boys are on absolute fire with this one. Perfection across the board. I can't even begin to count how many times I have watched this in the last year, let alone over the years.,
I wasn’t going to bother with a comment, but NEVER forget the drummer drives the song.
Terry Williams - YES!!!
You ask if they were British. If you asked that question , from the mid60’s through the 80’s, there would be a 50-60% chance you’d be right. The number of fantastic and fantastically successful bands who came from that island of yours was INCREDIBLE. Probably more musicians per population than any other country.
My favourite part of this video is watching Mark's face and all the interactions between band members especially when he gets to where they normally end the song and he orchestrates them into an epic jam!
Man, kudos to the drummer, he’s just as amazing as the rest of the band!
That little 'ooh' at the beginning, when you get an idea that this could be something good, gets me every time ❤
That's it. You've done it now. You've started your Dire Straits / Mark Knopfler journey. I loved watching you react to this performance. I've probably watched it several hundred times, that whole concert. If I could give you a recommendation, it would be to listen to either Telegraph Road, or Tunnel of Love, from the same Alchemy concert. They're phenomenal. Mark is, as someone else in the comments mentioned, a musical genius. His song writing is out of this world, and the way he makes the guitar sing is just incredible. Enjoy the rest of your Dire Straits journey! Great reaction. Oh, and the outstanding drummer is Terry Williams, from Wales.
for me, Tunnel of Love from this Alchemy Live concert is outstanding!
"Once upon a time in the west" from Alchemy has some of the best licks from Mark. Way better than studio album!
You just heard one of the best live drumming performances ever. Terry Williams .. legend.
The greatest finger plucking guitarist ever, not me saying it everybody else says it.
Probably between him and Jeff Beck. Both are mind-blowingly good!
I'd plucking well go with Mark Knopfler being the best ...but then, what do I know, I gave up my guitar lessons when my washing machine broke and I had to hand wash everything in the bath
(for myself and three offspring), and I got tendonitis... 😟😥🥺
My 'Encore' strat sits neglected in a corner now because I never went back to it*...
(Sorry * 'small 'f' in felix'🎸* - 'his' name, as is black with a white scratchplate and as my b/w cat was * 'Big 'F' in Felix' 🐈* R.I.P. Felix)
Roy Clarke had entered the chat....
Young man, don’t worry about the length of your videos. Just be you! I’m 56 and have enjoyed watching you grow. There is a hell of a lot of great music. Take your time and rewind!
And there’s no rule that you can’t play both!
The best way to listen to this is, turn it up loud, lay on the floor and close your eyes. You can feel your soul leave your body. Great reaction❤
This is what the difference is between "hearing" music and "experiencing" music. It's orders of magnitude better if you can physically be in it's presence.
Absolutely ❤
He barely even glances at his strings and his fingers as he plays the most intricate notes! This is Super Master Class level playing. Subtle, (as you said), and Velvety yet Pealing notes through and through!
Yes, there once was a time when musicians wrote great songs and played legendary shows
This is how music was in the 60's and 70's. REAL talented musicians, playing REAL music with no Autotune, backing tracks, sampling etc
It’s difficult to imagine a music fan has never heard Knopfler play before but it’s brilliant watching him react to this absolute musical genius. Great reaction!
Read “My Life in Dire Straits” by John Illsley, he describes learning to play the Bass guitar, and he was beside Mark Knopler from the formation of Dire Straits until their eventual break up, and he and Mark are best friends to this day. I just love it that at 74 Mark has made a new album ‘Ahead of the Game’, he still loves to play and sing. I’m 89 but feel young again every time I see that old video.
FINALLY someone who feels this song like I do!!!!!!!!! The fact that I have been listening to this song since it came out in 1978 let me know what was coming and waiting on your reaction. I knew you would love the ending!!!!!!!!!! Great reaction
Terry Williams on drums, absolutely killing it!
I hear SO many Gen-Zs talking about how difficult it is to sing and play guitar at the same time. So funny! Back in the day, every SINGLE band did that!!!! It was just normal.
Phil Collins comes to mind! 👍
@@kathleencampbe3ll70yes he sang and played drums!!!
They had time to play in the basement or garage for endless hours. Then found each other and it magically worked. (And other such nonsense)
Well, those bands already knew how to play their instruments. When you're still learning, it's best to stay focused. 😁
I watch a reaction to this DS performance probably once a week on average and watching reactions to 70s, 80s, 90s music has, for years, been pretty much the main way I kill downtime. It always mystifies me when people comment that this is one of the greatest live performances of all time. One of! One of? What’s better than this? I haven’t seen it yet. This song on its own checks all the boxes of great music and this spellbinding performance of the song is in a class by itself.
there are a couple that are on par. Mainly a couple versions of Stariway to Heaven when The Zep was in their prime.
Queen's Live Aid performance is the greatest live performance of all time
@@coreyandthecrew952 StH is kind of a downer compared to this song. For me, not the same enjoyment factor for a live performance.
@@marksterner7532 meh.
@@canudigit891 LOL
Welcome to virtuosity, my young friend. It's not the genre's under your belt. It's the recognition of pure genius that separates us from the dilettantes.
Don't worry about the lump in your throat or the tears in your eyes, it happens to me too when I listen to and watch this video. It is the absolute best live music video there is. The band is so tight and talented. To top it all off, they seemed to be genuinely happy and full of joy playing this music for us.
Since people are telling you, for what it's worth, I'm 66 years young. I grew up listing to music from the age of 8 or 9 (especially the Beatles, who I first heard of in the 3rd grade), High school and young adult years were all about MTV. Dire Straits dominated then and into the mid-80's. It was a fantastic time to be alive as a youth!
They're English. And you can practice and play guitar for the rest of your life but only a selected few in this world will ever play as good as Mark Knofler.
*Knopfler.
@@brigidsingleton1596 Sorry, I know his name, didn't realize I'd dropped the 'p'.
@@tootz1950
Sorry, I should've guessed it was just s typo. I meant no disrespect.
Jimi Hendrix
😂💯
Mark was born in Glasgow but raised and lived in Blyth, Northumberland.
Raised in Newcastle which is why he writes songs about colour coats and whitley bay and the spanish city.
@@johnnyboy-f6v Newcastle mate.
@@johnnyboy-f6v wiki is not always right.
@@markt-bc3gk True dat. Never blindly believe Wikipedia, it's wrong far more often than you'd think.
Mark was raised a Geordie. An avid Newcastle United fan, as is Brian Johnson ACDC & Sting Police, more recently Sam Fender. He wrote the instrumental " local hero" which the players come out to at all home matches.
Who else was waiting for the solo reaction? 😅 Great reaction dude!
Welcome to the rabbit hole of Mark Knopfler.
40 years in and still discovering gems daily!
Make sure you watch the full version of this song because the outro solo is one of the best
I second that
That was the full version!
@@ferglesnerk the studio full version
Great reaction. Went from "I quite like this" to tears, to incoherent astonishment
Your reaction wins my Reaction of the Year Award.
Terry William's was the drummer for Alchemy Live tour. He was amazing. They gave the best performance here. Mark has perfected the fingerpicking style. He makes the guitar cry on Brothers in Arms...should you feel like getting emotional. Congrats on 40k +.
I was 14 in 1979 when this song was popular. I remember driving around with my friends and just loving being in the car and being young. Thanks for the memories.
I love metal and mostly what i listened to. But dire straits will always be in my top 5 greatest bands of all time. Mark knopfler is one of the worlds best guitarists.
same
I can't get enough of this version
You can see them smiling at each other when they feel the magic in the venue! Inspiration came from a bar band they once saw.
Mark Knopfler is one of those rare guitarists that you can identify immediately after two or three cords! It's just ear candy!!!🤔
Man…I love seeing folk react to what I think is the best live track ever done….but your reaction is the best I’ve seen …bar none..Credit to you bro ..your love of music in all forms comes through full on. This is what great music can do…
Blown away, ah? I'm 54, heard it when I was 16. Never got over it, thankfully. Don't think I ever will.
It amazes me over and over watching reactions to stuff that we just listened to on the radio growing up as normal that now so many are discovering
I am addicted to reactions right now for the same reason. watching people embrace this music and fall in love is a reminder of how lucky we were to grow up with it