Oh hellya! I’m a 70yo and Dire Straits has been a HUGE part of my music life since the late 70s. Cannot explain why this song remains so obscure through the decades. It’s just my opinion but I think it’s by far MK’s sexiest song - the original video is icing on the cake.
I think I prefer this video version though... more for the money!!! I finally decided,,, i prefer the one in green top... the way those legs of her sway!!!! th-cam.com/video/W16Szy__gBY/w-d-xo.html&start_radio=1&t=217 and then there is THIS oldie but greatie... with same girls doing it th-cam.com/video/9lsl7h2j8Aw/w-d-xo.html
Same - that reverb on that drum beat hooked me the first time I heard it and then everything else fell into place with the piano layered in and the always absolutely amazing guitar. Dire Straits music stood apart as well - it really didn't sound like anything from that time and this is a great example.
Jayzik Azikiwe. One of the hottest girls I've ever seen, and the hottest on skates, period. Died of cancer almost 20 years ago, at 49 years young.....RIP, Jayz.....
the road is asubimposition. they are dancing jerky enuf to be on asphalt.? ...besides for the yellow double line to be wider then the central blonde's torso??? still, it was pretty well done for the day. i think "58" shows signs of formal ballroom & classic ballet training.
@@cc-lm6nuIt's a tough loss, especially after the relationship grows from parent-child to peers. Be for others what he was for you, and play his music. My Dad (1936-2005) was into Jazz and Big Band, and an overall music fan. One of my favorite memories was going to the Hollywood Bowl with him to see the Modern Jazz Quartet. PS: "This one's got 11."
@@douglasstrother6584 my father too. big band jazz orchestras. glenn, the dorseys, then later tito. he taught ballroom & latin back in the day. him & my mom danced. they passed in 2013/2014. i have become more global in my music. writing, dancing, singing, etc. for me, swing with a certain amount of latin, country & ballroom influences (thanx to "the 2mikes") its an evolution of incorporation. RIP dad &mom. funny how the circle turns.
The girls in the skating bits here are April Corley (green top), Appelusa McGlynn (blue #58 top) and the fabulously gorgeous Candice Heiden---they were/are all part of The LA Roller Girls. I too am captivated by their performance here---hot stuff! :) And yes I'm still listening to and loving Dire Straits---Mark one of my favorite guitar players and song writers of all time. Great music does nothing but improve with age!
I looked up April Corley after seeing your comment, and I was shocked and saddened to hear what happened to her in 2015. While vacationing in Egypt, her tour group was 'mistaken for terrorists' and repeatedly strafed by the Egyptian Air Force. She herself got hit several times and almost died from her wounds. I was blown away by that, so damned horrid a thing.
Mark Knopfler is one of the greatest guitar players to ever walk the planet, and I was a rink rat where I grew up South of Indianapolis in Indiana, so this song means quite a bit. Really good!😊
What a great video and song. The '80s were when videos were still an evolving art form. Mark's voice and guitar are so good, too. I have a baritone and can't do what Mark does.
I'm an alto baritone, and I can almost get down that low. I would never think of doing for this length of time. If I did pull it off people would end up calling me "Squeaky".
And a double kick drum line with only one kick drum. Right leg working overtime. Really old school, but it's effective. If it is a digital delay that yields this awesome groove, we'll I say it was the drummer using an available tool to its best advantage in the song in the early to mid 80s.
That’s probably not a volume pedal - on a Fender you can get that effect by crooking your little finger around the volume knob and plucking the string at the same time. Roy Buchanan apparently thought this up and a lot of players since have copied it.
R O L L E R G I R L-These girls bring on something that it pure magic. A feeling of happiness brings on a uncontrollable smile. These girls define beauty and perfection in every way imaginable. They are something my dreams are made of!
I love those girls! Especially that tall one with the dark Hair. Don't they skate Wonderfully? I have love this since I 1st heard it in 81! This before I saw the girls, but hey, You gotta admit, they add a little heat to the song!
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I was and I'm still listening n 2024
Same!
Ditto!
Two minute guitar solo at the end… one of Mark’s masterpieces.
Seems like yesterday, I had Chicago plates, double leather uppers, new urethane wheels from babysitting money.
Over $150 in 1977
100%
2020 is there anyone with me listening to this old school music.
Oh yes! 👍
Oh hellya! I’m a 70yo and Dire Straits has been a HUGE part of my music life since the late 70s. Cannot explain why this song remains so obscure through the decades. It’s just my opinion but I think it’s by far MK’s sexiest song - the original video is icing on the cake.
Shaboo a doo be doo skateaway
I think I prefer this video version though... more for the money!!! I finally decided,,, i prefer the one in green top... the way those legs of her sway!!!!
th-cam.com/video/W16Szy__gBY/w-d-xo.html&start_radio=1&t=217
and then there is THIS oldie but greatie... with same girls doing it
th-cam.com/video/9lsl7h2j8Aw/w-d-xo.html
Yep
Another 80's tune the deserves so much respect.
Completely underrated tune. I think it is Dire Straights best song.
Wow! I thought the original Skateaway video was great..but I LOVED this version even more. I could watch those 3 skate for hours!
This is one of my all time favorite songs!!! 🎵
Bill Horton
Me, too❣️
Sadly it seems forgotten.
Same - that reverb on that drum beat hooked me the first time I heard it and then everything else fell into place with the piano layered in and the always absolutely amazing guitar.
Dire Straits music stood apart as well - it really didn't sound like anything from that time and this is a great example.
The girls aren’t bad either.
Yeah, what is it about this song... still an all-time favorite of mine. Just good music!
Heck yeah! Mark Knopfler is one of the best guitarists ever!
RIP young lady with the heart of kindness and genoristy.youre missed.
Jayzik Azikiwe. One of the hottest girls I've ever seen, and the hottest on skates, period. Died of cancer almost 20 years ago, at 49 years young.....RIP, Jayz.....
This song has such a gentle sweetness. I can't believe Jayzik Azikiwe is gone. Makes me wanna cry. Such a sweetheart.
Hallelujah here they come... April Corley...Appelusa McGlynn... Candice Heiden...
who was the first lady who skated alone? she was amazing! yet where is her name or recognition?
@@b.bailey8244 Jayzik Azikiwe Original Skater girl. Passed away in '08 at the age of 50 to cancer. ❤❤❤
Ever get The feeling that music will never get better than this?
Ain't been done yet!
Certainly does seem to be the case...
40 years later still rocks forever
2023, still a timeless tune.
I love this video and song! Great skating scene at the mid to end. The best. Yeap, still listening to it in 2023!
"Toro, toro, taxi- ..see you tomorrow my son..." What a line . :)
Mark Knophler deserves all of rhe accolades laid upon him. I am most impresse by the coreograpy of rhe skating Babes.
I like this one better ! 👍😁👍
👍
I am! I listen to this stuff all the time. So many great memories. Love it!+!!!!!!!❤😢.
I was listening to this back in 2020 and I’m still listening to it in 2024 love these guys the music is absolutely incredible and just pure genius
Some of the best guitar work you will ever hear. Almost perfect
Absolutely, the best music. Always listen for a few tunes before bed...
When this song was new, seemed like whenever I turned on the radio it was the last couple minutes of this song. It was always spellbinding.
.....immmortal music of a Golden Age❤
Gotta love the choreography of the 3 beauty's skating down the road...
the road is asubimposition.
they are dancing jerky enuf to be on asphalt.?
...besides for the yellow double line to be wider then the central blonde's torso???
still, it was pretty well done for the day.
i think "58" shows signs of formal ballroom & classic ballet training.
would be a great story to find out who they were and where they are now
@@gavingregorycowart2558 they are: Candice Heiden, April Corley & Appelusa McGlynn. Random search engine will give you the rest of your quest =)
And the lord so loved mankind that she gave us rollergirls💖
That's cute❣️😇
Yes! Rollergirls!
Modern day feminist, eh? Don't be a little bitch
You spelled" He" wrong
Lol! Love that Carlos! I Love that tall one with green top and those luscious black shorts!
Im 70 and listen this "ol music"
Dire Straits, so reminds me of my dad. He had two volumes loud and louder when it came to the radio. Man I miss him.. We bonded over music... XO
"Dad, if you don't turn the volume down, the cops will show up ... again."
"WHAT? Yes ... I love you, too!"
Wish I could say that, he died 2013.
@@cc-lm6nuIt's a tough loss, especially after the relationship grows from parent-child to peers. Be for others what he was for you, and play his music.
My Dad (1936-2005) was into Jazz and Big Band, and an overall music fan. One of my favorite memories was going to the Hollywood Bowl with him to see the Modern Jazz Quartet.
PS: "This one's got 11."
@@douglasstrother6584 I absolutely continue the legacy as you are as well. 😀
@@douglasstrother6584
my father too. big band jazz orchestras. glenn, the dorseys, then later tito.
he taught ballroom & latin back in the day. him & my mom danced. they passed in 2013/2014.
i have become more global in my music. writing, dancing, singing, etc.
for me, swing with a certain amount of latin, country & ballroom influences (thanx to "the 2mikes")
its an evolution of incorporation.
RIP dad &mom. funny how the circle turns.
The girls in the skating bits here are April Corley (green top), Appelusa McGlynn (blue #58 top) and the fabulously gorgeous Candice Heiden---they were/are all part of The LA Roller Girls. I too am captivated by their performance here---hot stuff! :)
And yes I'm still listening to and loving Dire Straits---Mark one of my favorite guitar players and song writers of all time. Great music does nothing but improve with age!
I looked up April Corley after seeing your comment, and I was shocked and saddened to hear what happened to her in 2015. While vacationing in Egypt, her tour group was 'mistaken for terrorists' and repeatedly strafed by the Egyptian Air Force. She herself got hit several times and almost died from her wounds. I was blown away by that, so damned horrid a thing.
wow thanks
#58 T-Shirt in memory of Marco Simoncelli, died October 2011. #58 has never been issued since out of respect for him.
Exactly 😁
wonder were they are today? I should look them up!
Mark Knopfler is one of the greatest guitar players to ever walk the planet, and I was a rink rat where I grew up South of Indianapolis in Indiana, so this song means quite a bit. Really good!😊
I remember seein this all over MTV.. I was 12 or 13..
Will NeveR forget.❗❗
It boggles my mind that this masterpiece only reached #58, in the Billboards 100! One of the greatest compositions of our time!❤
What a great video and song. The '80s were when videos were still an evolving art form. Mark's voice and guitar are so good, too. I have a baritone and can't do what Mark does.
I'm an alto baritone, and I can almost get down that low. I would never think of doing for this length of time. If I did pull it off people would end up calling me "Squeaky".
The video scenes of the three women skaters on the road are spliced in from Chet Faker's video "Gold" - made in 2014.
@peteralbert1485 I only found out about that video recently, didn't really like that song, the stakes girls work much better with this great song!
This song got me through my dad's passing
Every time I hear this song i discover more and more of knopflers little guitar fillers . What a guy. One of a kind
Absolutely!
And he doesn't use a pick at all
@@thomasbrown6527 a+
He's a legend.
So true! What a guy!
This song makes me weep with Joy. Strate Up!!
Most of the time the outro does bring me to tears
I weep for Rollergirl Jayzik Azikiwe. She died in 2008. Such talent and beauty. Sad.
Making movies great album that's all I can say
Mark Knopfler === eternal brilliance !!!
Those ladies are really good skaters all following the moves together but making it look relaxed and very smooth. stylish and sexy!!
Always LOVE the Mark finger pickin'. But THIS extended version w/the girls on the road is the best-est!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Look for the one with the babies
One of Dire Straits best..
Agreed 💯%
Can we agree how awesome the drumming is on this: Double Bass-Beat!
for damn sure. A notably unique style. (No banging allowed)
Studio slap back delay. It was kinda new back then.
Yep!
And a double kick drum line with only one kick drum. Right leg working overtime. Really old school, but it's effective.
If it is a digital delay that yields this awesome groove, we'll I say it was the drummer using an available tool to its best advantage in the song in the early to mid 80s.
I have MANY favs from DS but damn this song just kills and I am sooo glad there is a long version, crank that baby up and live to live.
Dire Straits still has it after all these years
Got me through boarding school in the mid-1980s!
Yup.....old school music is actually MUSIC.
Such a classic song. Love the "Hacky-hack, scratchy half chord rhythm, and especially the volume pedal lead fade out.
That’s probably not a volume pedal - on a Fender you can get that effect by crooking your little finger around the volume knob and plucking the string at the same time. Roy Buchanan apparently thought this up and a lot of players since have copied it.
I was skating with the UrbanAnimals out of Houston when this came out. Those were some good times back then. Too bad those days are gone.😢
Always listening
Always!
Great rock song great looking skaters this will live forever !
I’m listening in 2021, I last heard this song in the 80”s
2023 A blessing! Still going strong. 🙏🙏🙏
Best guitarist of our generation!/
A Dire Straits classic and my favorite!
The gals on the road at night in the middle of the sticks about kill it. Beautiful.
Yeah - they're phenomenal-who's idea ? great
TH-cam search Chet Faker - Gold for that full video
Amazing girls!
Almost looks like one of the strandways in Venice Beach
@@elysehorton7175 Love it❣️ Really cool video & classic song❣️ Can listen to this one on repeat mode & never get tired of it❣️😁
They were no resilient or empowered. They were just cool and free Girls of the 80's, the BEST decade ever!!
Still rocking to this today. Brings back good memories.
Amazing track. One of Dire Straits´ best !!
If there's anything sexier than a cool girl on skates having fun, I'd like to see it!
bikini girl on skates.
like venice beachwalk in the day!
Dire Straits. There is no better.
Amazing song !!
2022 blast from the past...beautiful weaving that video with the band
Mastering always top notch . Wanna show off your stereo? Put on Dire Straits.
No eran resilientes ni estaban empoderadas. Sólo eran chicas majas y libres de los 80, la mejor década de siempre!!.
Love the song.the video brings me so back to the80's.
The three women skating are from Chet Faker's "Gold" video, which came out in 2014.
Dire Straits still one of my favorite groups.
My favorite Dire Straits tune. Thanks for posting it.
Every note perfect
From the four and a half minute mark and to the end of this song is some of the best picking and slide guitar you'll ever hear🎸🎸🎸!!!
One of the BEST songs ever!!
These girls give me special feelings....
are you sure its not the viagra instead???
Beautiful song.
One of my favorite songs from the 80s.
One of my all time favorites of any era
Man...I miss the 80's!!
So do I
Music's helped me get through many of life's tribulations, it's been an interesting journey.
Makes me cry it's so awesome
This song is magical.
I love that first lady who was the star of this song. What ever happened to her? She was mesmerising to watch. Great song and tribute.
She died of cancer at the young age of 49 in 2008 Jayzik Azikiwe
Beautiful roller girl im enchanté what can i say,she's making movies on location
Hallelujah! Here she comes. Queen Rollerball ❤❤❤
Love the classics. ❤😊.
A Great Timeless Masterpiece by a Great Band and Excellent Video!
Crafty lyrics picking and percussion. Timeless song as smooth as the skater it describes.
You got that right
May 2024. Thank you for the extra lady skaters. Healthy is so much more gorgeous than bone skinny. ❤
I love that vid. I remember watching it on MTV eons ago. Love Dire Straits. One of my favs
This is absolutely amazing
This song feels like LA and the freedom of sensuality, and DS made it with the three hottest skaters! InGenius!
This makes me want to cry…..
SKATEAWAY - THAT'S ALL !
R O L L E R G I R L-These girls bring on something that it pure magic. A feeling of happiness brings on a uncontrollable smile. These girls define beauty and perfection in every way imaginable. They are something my dreams are made of!
I love those girls! Especially that tall one with the dark Hair. Don't they skate Wonderfully? I have love this since I 1st heard it in 81! This before I saw the girls, but hey, You gotta admit, they add a little heat to the song!
I love em all !
those girls weren't even a sparkle in their daddies' eyes when that song came (no pun intended) out.
great days back then........not this rotten era though......
Just BRILLIANT !!!!!!!
The sexiest video of all time.
There has been very listenable music since Dire Straits
This extended version is better than the other version. I like the band playing in the background and three roller girls is better than one.
Amazing Song
The best music video ever made
I recon" ...
❤ Incredible band🎉🎉 Brilliant MTV video 🎉🎉
Well done, amazing video for an amazing song!
That Chet Faker video is nuts. The woman who runs that skating crew has been in a bunch of videos; serious talent.
Candice Heiden.