Did Dire Straits Create the Coolest Riff Ever? Yep
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- Did Dire Straits' Mark Knopfler create the coolest riff ever?... YEP! I'll explain!
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An interview with Mark Knopfler would be amazing Rick. Just saying 😂
Agreed! I would adore to listen to that. I think he is wary of interviews but with Rick, there would be mutual respect, the questions would stimulate Knopfler and he would want to learn some things from Rick.
That would be so cool!
i would love that. but i dont think Mark does things. i mean like i think he is literally retired and wants nothing to do with attention of any sort.
Yes, invite him for an interview!!!
I believe it was the Chris Evans radio show where I heard Mark say he would like guitar lessons.
So if I am correct it would be very interesting to hear what Rick could help him with.
No doubt the interview would be an epic as Mark is a right down to earth chap.
Several years ago I asked a bandmate and guitarist friend if he would give me some guitar lessons. Told him I want to play like Mark Knopfler. He replied, "We ALL want to play like Mark Knopfler!"
We all have dreams😆😅🤣😂
Mark Knoplfer and Chet Atkins are like PB and J.
And django Reinhardt
And Metheny. Good God, Metheny.
knopfler wanted to play like jj cale.
Mark knopfler is without a doubt one of the best songwriters and guitarists in music history.
"CGP" ("Certified Guitar Player") according to Chet Atkins....😎
Outstanding guitarist yes, and a decent songwriter, but that's about it since he has only 1 amazing song (Sultans of shwing as Austin Powers would say)..
@@edcollins9377brothers in arms is a masterpiece
@@joedwyer3297 as is Telegraph Road
@@edcollins9377 Nice bait 🥰
Dire Straits are one of these rock bands that stand out from the crowd because you can genuinely say they created their own ‘sound’. They were around at a time when we weren’t short of unbelievable bands but you can put on a Dire Straits record and instantly tell it’s them, no one else sounds like them. 😎
I agree and also think Steely Dan fits that definition for the 70s
Beautifully put
I think kings call from phyl lynott really sounds like dire straits
Mr. Knopfler is a genius and makes a sounds that instantly improves my mood and outlook on life. If I had the chance to meet him, I would thank him from the bottom of my heart.
This is true, but at the same time every album was unique with its own sound. The closest in sound were Dire Straits and communiqué, although still different. But the rest had their very own style and sound. Knopfler didn't try and rehash from what went on before.
The effortless melodic solos of Mark Knopfler are unique, but what is sometimes lesser appreciated is the pure poetry of his lyrics.
Especially in Brothers in Arms
I was just thinking the same thing - a poet storyteller.
“All I can do is kiss you through the bars of a rhyme”
One of my favorite lyrics of all time! Is it a pun? Sort of… but in a way music is his prison maybe, or at least a barrier between him and Juliet. Alternatively music is his only way to communicate his love to her… Mark Knopfler’s lyrics are so poetic, so efficient it’s just amazing to me. Money for Nothing is about MTV, a visit to Circuit City, and pop culture all at once …
Romeo and Juliet is hard if not impossible to beat.
lesser appreciated by whom?
"Sultans Of Swing" is great on so many levels; the groove, the lyrics, the fact that the singer is also the lead solo guitarist.
It's the best song ever created
S o S a standout tune from the 70s.
Totally the best. Ever.
Sultans of Swing, a rock band singing about a jazz band, just brilliant.
Much like Dire Straits,The Sultans of Swing had big dreams of their own, but sometimes, dreams just don't come true.
Whenever I hear Brothers in Arms , I start tearing up pure feel , pure emotion all I can say is wow Mark Knopfler
Mark Knoflers guitar playing always sounds so effortless doesn't it? Like he's just dropping it in without even thinking about it. Incredible. Brothers in Arms is one of the best Albums of all time.
Brothers in Arms is arguably the greatest song ever
I disagree, Making Movies is definitely better and with more great songs. In Brothers in Arm there is much less Marc guitar and more keyboards and saxophone.
@@EsternoPidovana that's a hard sell but I could see the argument for it. I have original presses and digital remasters of every Dire Straights and Knopfler solo album (except for ShangriLa which I only have digital files of and can't find the vinyl in good shape for love or money). I'd be hard pressed to pick a favorite among them though. I do find that I actually play Love over Gold most, but that is probably on account of It being a more languid and relaxed album. The OG self titled album gets the nod for energy and a pleasing more raw sound. Making Movies is probably the most interesting musically, and Brothers in Arms is the most mature sounding.
@@briang530 Of course, it all depends on personal taste in the end.
I like big solos and all the guitar note that accompanies the singing and the piano intrusions like in Tunnel of Love, Expresso Love, Solid Rock, but also in Telegraph Road or Love over gold.
It seems to me that in the Brothers in Arms album these parts that I love have been reduced, and they distort what Marc did in the previous albums.
Perhaps it was Knopfler's personal choice, but for me it was an unfortunate choice. Aside from the title track, there isn't a solo of note; even Walk of Life, which I really like, is almost exclusively played by keyboards.
Totally fair.
Knopfler is like a freakin' gold medal Olympic gymnast of the guitar, bless him for all the musical thrills he's given us.
Telegraph Road is one of the greatest songs ever. It builds and builds to pure perfection! The guitar solo is amazing. The drums as well. I love Dire Straits! Skate away is another fave.
Telegraph feels like really underrated song.
Don't forget the piano by Alan Clark, one of the most underrated rock pianists ever. He was given a gem to work with but he took it to a new level.
I loved Skate away! Well, anything MK did is fine by me.
The clean tone Mark plays with enchants me
Mark Knopfler and Lindsay Buckingham are two players who have guitar techniques that are surprisingly hard to duplicate.
And the lesson in that is that you don't become a MK or LB by "duplicating" technique. Develop your own and let your music lead your technique not the other way around.
Both influenced by Chet Atkins which probably has a little to do with it. Best thing to do is learn from them and not try to duplicate them as everybody sounds like themselves.
Knopfler is left-handed, but plays guitar right-handed. That has something to do with it.
@@wirenutt57 me too. Plus I finger pick and I'm a Geordie. Must be something in the water here up north.
Two of my favourite guitarists, because they understand how guitar fits into the song so well, because they’re great singer songwriters themselves
The best mark knoppler solo is the second solo of “tunnel of love”. If your soul doesnt shrink in pain and you do not shed a tear listening to it you have no soul.
Thank You Australasia live in Sydney is my favourite concert for Dire Straits. The Tunnel of Love solo on it is amazing.
Tunnel of love is perhaps the best guitar solo of all time by anyone.
Totally agree!
@@harryosullivan9632 one of the best for sure ;)
I have to agree, and a great song too.
I saw Dire Straits as a support, before they were famous. I was standing right at the front and was just blown away by Knopfler's energy. He was so taut, like his tendons were electrified, but so clear in what he was playing. He just grabbed you. So much attitude and eloquence in his hands. I've never tried to find the words before. I thought they were special.
And Sultans stood out from the whole set.
Rick Beato is a genius in his own right. Just hearing and understanding what's behind these riffs, and being able to explain it clearly, is as ingenious as the riffs themselves. You're a true treasure, Rick; I haven't seen anyone on TH-cam who does more to advance music theory comprehension and appreciation for young and emerging musicians.
Mark Knopfler's a musician's musician. Just impeccable taste and choice of notes in his playing. Often imitated but seldom matched...
The live version of Sultans on Alchemy is just incredible. Knopfler is a genius.
It's the best version of that song. It sounds gorgeous.
One of the best live albums in rock history !!
First album I've ever bought!! I was 5 years old, in 1982, and my dad took me to a record store and he bought me a double cassete issue of that amazing album!! Many incredible moments and renditions of DS songs on that album - I still have it, by the way ;-)
Personally I prefer the 1992 Basel version. The duel between Mark and Chris White is just spectacular.
Sultans and Tunnel Of Love from Alchemy are honestly 2 of the best guitar moments I've ever heard.
Mark Knopfler is argueably the best guitarist ever.
@@iloveaviation-burgerclub-a8145”hiding behind effects” is a myth, most effects exacerbated any mistakes/flaws
I was working bar on Hamilton Island, Australia when Dire Straights was touring Aussie flying to venues from Hamilton. After a show they’d come down to the staff canteen and play everyone else’s music but their own and we all called out other tunes and they’d do it with their twist! The last concert was close and all the staff that could went, but Soph the breakfast waitress got a ticket late but had missed the rides and getting off and back to the island was hard… sooo the guys heard this and THEY TOOK HER ON THEIR PLANE WITH THEM!!! Cool guys, the whole island staff had a blast with them over the time they stayed!!
Ride on! 👍😎👍
I bet they ran a train on her tho
Lucky you!!!
"These guys were so nice, they bought free drinks for my girlfriend and even let her spend the night with them!"
Sultans of Swing´s version in the Alchemy Album is the best live song ever recorded. Absolute perfection. The whole album is unbelievable tbh.
100% agree
Hell yeah
I have Alchemy on DVD. What a concert video! Sultans of Swing sounds almost like a brand new song, there's so much fire in it, and the song's climatic notes!
The solo during the last couple minutes of "Tunnel of Love" is my favorite ever. Finished with Roy Bittan's arpeggio outro, and it's pure magic.
Indeed.
It's truly amazing, the way it builds so slowly to that supreme high note, then fades away. Makes me nearly cry every time.
Totally agree, the last couple of mins are awesome.
Here is one more vote for Tunnel of Love. That song is pure magic.
😮💨👌🏻
Mark is the king of outro's. Not only his technical ability but his mastery of melody is amazing.
The outro solo of "Are we in trouble now" is absolutely fantastic. Same goes for "Tunnel of Love", "Telegraph Road", "Brothers in Arms" and many more.
Mark is a phenomenal player. An excellent song writer/story teller too.
Telegraph road, what a song!
Yes!!! The solo on “Are We In Trouble Now” pure heaven!
Agree with all - Are We in Trouble Now is hypnotic. Also like the recurring emotional guitar throughout Far From the Clyde. Nobody makes it sing like Mark. If you’ve never seen on TH-cam, Search for Mark with Tom Jones doing “Feel Like Going Home”.
Rick, what I think a lot of people miss is that the little bits and pieces between the lyrics are almost sound effects for what he has just sung, like the the chime of the last orders bell, he makes a chime sound, or the step right up to the microphone is followed by a walking up melody line. Lots of little bits in it like that. Another one, is the trumpet players blowing that sound, he makes like a brass stab kind of thing. Very under the radar kind of stuff, but it makes it, it's almost like a second line of lyrics
Knopfler "he knows all the chords"
but not strictly rhythm,
he knows how to
" make it cry and make it sing"!
My radar has always been all over that stuff. Most famous Blues descended players, like Hendrix, were MK x 10. Mark gave it a polite English-syle nod.
My story about DS and SoS, was that in summer 1977, my brother-in-law and I went to some 2-bit pub in North London for a beer. A band was playing. Cost £1 to get in. About 50 people standing around listening.
They played SoS. Most amazing, unique guitar work we'd ever heard. My b-i-l said to me "If these guys ever record that, it's gunna be a fkn monster hit". A year later, it sure was. (Closest I've ever gotten to Mark Knofler !)
The thing I like about Knofler is when Sultans of Swing came out he showed guitarists it was cool to play clean without gobs of effects. VERY Tasty. Steve Miller could do that too.
effects are heaps better though
@@emelle1283he didnt say no effects he basically said without overusing them
I was in London when Sultans of Swing was released. Some DJ on Capital Radio spent a whole afternoon asking people to phone in and say who had played a guitar riff like that before. It was infuriating him that he couldn't remember. There were all kinds of suggestions. But the truth was no one. Almost uniquely the sheer quality of their albums never waned. About 15 year ago, my son, then about 15, maybe younger, suddenly appeared and said Dad, Dad, I've just heard this song, Telegraph Road, and I reckon it's the greatest song ever. Not gonna argue.
Telegraph Road from the Alchemy album is perhaps THE perfect rock song. And the fact that it's been recorded live makes it even more special.
Telegraph Road really is something special. Whenever I've heard him play it at a concert, suddenly tears just started streaming down my cheeks. It's really that profound and emotional of an experience to listen to, to me anyways.
@Keith Duckett. The DJ who first played "Sultans Of Swing" was Charlie Gillett ( who I think sadly died). I believe the first play of Sultans was a demo' record(ing). Excellent parenting with regard to your son's comment on "Telegraph Road".
As much as "The Sultans of Swing" took over rock radio waves, the only country that had that album hit number 1 was... ready?
Former Yugoslavia?
Telegraph Road live by Dire Straits, is one of the best pieces of rock music and poignant storytelling I’ve ever experienced.
Yes--one of his most poignant , expansive numbers. Love it!
I think it must be one of MKs favourites to. Lucky enough to see him perform four times, and every time he's played Telegraph Road. Just amazing to listen to and watching him play.
such a shame they didn't make more of these epic tracks...... you can listen to Mark solo for 3-4 minutes and you won't get bored for a second...... like with D. Gilmour on guitar
@@neilcrawford8303 Wow, that is something else-nice! How could he NOT love that song? Must be a blast for him to play.
Add me to a long list of people who think that Brothers in Arms is an incredibly beautiful work of art. One can put headphones on, close eyes, and float away on a voyage of story and spirit.
Arguably one of the best ever and definitely my favourite. He's just an effortless finger picker and the man is an unbelievably thoughtful lyricist as well. Truly underrated and that's just fine.
Underrated by whom?
They sold over 100 million albums.
@@MetteC5 Rolling Stone had him ranked only 96 on the list of 250 greatest guitarists…
@@PhilipJanoff oh, so a magazine should change my mind. Is that how you live?
@@MetteC5 you asked where he was underrated and I provided an example. I disagree with them - I’d have him in the top 10
My family took a 24 hour car trip in 1985. I was 14 years old, and I had a Walkman cassette player with 2 tapes. Dire Straits - Brothers in Arms and Night Ranger - Midnight Madness. I listened to them back to back, non stop. The batteries were wearing out, and I continued to listen as it got lower and slower. I’ll never forget it, and those records give me a unique feeling to this day because of it.
Born in 81 and my parents would drive me and my sis out to the sticks to visit my uncle, aunt and cousins every so often. It was a 3hr journey home at night and 'Brothers In Arms' was the soundtrack to it. My father died last year and I was creating a playlist for his wake. Was drawn to the album, which I hadnt heard since back in the 80s and it instantly took me back there. All the songs, the running order. Felt like I was on that journey home again. So good to be able to appreciate that album as an adult now.
Cool story.
Midnight Madness was a staple of my life bro. Cassette format FTW (at the time). :)
Two great albums to take with you on a 24 hour car ride!!! I never tire of either Bands. Night Ranger never gets talked about but that album was pretty good.
@@Headlossthe beauty about music it always takes you back to that moment when you heard it for the first time or it’s lyrics meant something special.
I saw Mark Knopfler live in Manchester, 2015. All I'll say is that him and his band were sensational and to me it was one of the best gigs I've ever been to.
Mark told stories, chatted away like he was everybody's favourite uncle and he played everything beautifully.
Sensational.
HE... 👍
I was at the same gig, was spectacular. Would love to be able to catch him live one more time.
@@chancemiller9340 what?
They were amazing when they played the Rylands, Manchester Uni Union 1978.
Sultans of Swing had just come out
I remember my 6 foot 3 brother dancing to Sultans of Swing at his wedding, stomping all around the dance floor in total bliss. Joyful riff, tasteful leads, wonderful brother.
lol. I’m 6’4” and love to dance. I sure hope no one sees me as “stomping around “!
Glad to see Mark being highlighted here, fantastic artist with a unique sound.
I could go on and on about how fantastic both Dire Straits and Mark Knopfler solo are, how much they mean to me etc.
But really they're simply one of my most precious musical safe spaces. Mark Knopfler and his bandmates give me immense comfort and greatly-needed healing. The music is such a gift to humanity!
You described exactly how I feel about them. All their songs have such a warm feel. I can go and listen to other bands, but I always come back to Dire Straits. Wild West End is my favorite, it's like the musical equivalent of a hug. It's what I imagine falling in love is like.
@@mikaylachapman9036 +1 to that. "Greasy greasy greasy hair - easy smile"- killer words and the way he delivers them is so full of affection and nostalgia, a boy could fall in love with that conductress just from hearing the song.
@@jhmclane Yes. Also, the lines "Excuse me talking, I wanna marry you. This is Seventh Heaven Street, don't you seem so proud?" from the first verse. It's like you can hear the smile in his voice, if that makes any sense. Instantly fell in love with the song from that point. Mark, although not the greatest singer, conveys so much feeling in his voice, it's more like having a conversation with him, rather than simply listening to a song.
The whole "Love over Gold" album is IMO a masterpiece that's not been celebrated enough. I still remember buying it when it first came out, the smell (records always had their own special smell!), taking it home, then playing the first side, then the second, then the first again, then the second, ... With this record, Knopfler had reached a whole new peak in technique, musicality, expressiveness, complexity and depth of meaning.
Yea it's great... not their best album thought :) Can't beat Brothers in arms no matter how you look at it.
Ahh yeah-Love over Gold! Love the perfect title and yes, a masterpiece that doesn't get it's due. "Telegraph Road" is one of those epic tunes...
I had a workmate that made the comment "what do you do after you've made the perfect album?" referring to "Love Over Gold". I can listen to "Telegraph Road" on continuous repeat.
@@swankeepers I hear you--I've done it myself. What an epic journey!
Agreed. Telegraph Road and the title track are so great! If you haven’t checked out The Ragpickers Dream album it’s really good too.
The Alchemy Live version of this song is AMAZING.
I was 15 in 1978. This and Kansas' Dust in the Wind were 2 of my favourite songs, and still are. We're so blessed to have grown up in the 1970's!
I am older than most. My favorite Dire Straits albums are the first two. Communique is sublime. Just the feel of Knopfler's playing just sends chills. "Oh yeah, Once Upon a Time in the West"
I've always said the Communique was there best. Single handed sailor and Lady writer really stand out as some of their best written and produced tracks to me. Pure perfection in musical form.
Single Handed Sailor, Once Upon a Time…I love the album.
I can listen to Sultans of Swing over and over again.
Same It's so addictive
I always thought just the famous repeating triplets in the second solo followed by the bend were worth the price of the album alone, one of the catchiest parts of a solo ever.
Yes!
I could listen to that whole first album over and over again, and I did habitually back when it first came out.
Yes I can and I do
Mark Knopfler is a storyteller first and foremost.
I can lose myself in every lick, in every note he plays. His work after Dire Straits is even more amazing.
i agree
I have not listened to anything after dire straits. I will now check it out though. Thank you for pointing that out.
@@poorbrokeguitarist Oh my you have been doing yourself a MASSIVE disservice! His post- Dire Straits albums are amazing! You're in for a treat!!
@@poorbrokeguitarist Good lord, you were missing out.
Some recommendations from various albums in no particular order:
Junkie Doll
Song for Sonny Liston
Punish the Monkey
Summer of Love
Speedway at Nazareth
Basil
Privateering
What it is
Rudiger
...
I could go on forever, I fear. So much great stuff and every single album of Knopfler's contains some real gems! Go find 'em
@@Reckefisch
Sailing to Philadelphia
Darling Pretty
Monteleone
Stand up guy
Piper to the end
The way it always starts
The Last Laugh
Smooching
....
And listen to Band The Notting Hillbillies
Mark’s guitar approach on every song is way too genius! One of the greatest ever for sure 🙌
I love Knopfler’s guitar playing for the “notes” that he doesn’t play. Those pauses create the tension that makes his music both recognizable and brilliant.
A very long time ago I had discussed it with my best ever friend who passed last year ripping half of my heart away. The veirdest truth is, I never missed those tones "missing". For me these are just right there without the "missing parts", cos' I was then and remained the same weirdo when it comes to music, my oldest love. Now I'm aged enough to remember sitting in smoky places around the decades ago lost 7th district of that old, absolutely different way than now dirty slummy Budapest listenig them with him, and a bit later realizing, a lot of people and (including absolutely great musicians as well) hated them, especially him, I never getting learned why in 90's and so far in the early twenties. And nowadays this song comes again and again crossing my way framed by random people being astonished and lamenting about how good it is. So long.
Dire Straits "You and Your Friend" is probably one of the best songs for audiophiles to test speakers and systems. His guitar in that track is beyond human!
ha I used the intro as my ringtone
You're right, it's absolutely brilliant!
I prefer Planet of the New Orleans
@@mykhailoskachkov5946 Some of the best guitar is Nashville's own Paul Franklin
@@mykhailoskachkov5946 Had not thought about that one! good call!
Some of Knopfler’s most beautiful work was done on the soundtrack to Local Hero. Brilliant stuff!
Just gorgeous…
You made the comment I was going to add myself - YES!
🤫
Local Hero was an exceptional score
I was recently in Torridon where Local Hero was filmed and had to play Going Home on the stereo as I drove over the mountains and down to the sea. Talk about a perfect combination of music and scenery.
Local hero is simply perfect for the movie.
On Every Street... esp. the second half... what a simple riff, but so beautiful and melodious esp. when the drums kick in.
The debut album by Dire Straits has to be one of the all time debut albums. Love Down To The Waterline, sounds really good loud, such a haunting intro. You know you're good when Chet Atkins invites you to play with him.
Water Of Love, the best song on the album after "Sultans", for me.
It's nuts how polished the songwriting and musicianship is for a debut album.
Sultans of Swing was one of our favorite songs while on deployment to the Persian Gulf during the Iranian Hostage Crisis in 1980.
We had a few shipmates that made up a 3 piece band and played the song at a Halloween party we threw on the fantail of our guided missile destroyer while underway Halloween night. A fellow by the name of Mark Hayden played the lead flawlessly. I have never forgotten it and when I hear it now at the age of 65 I crank it up and relive that time on that ship as if it were yesterday. I can see the faces of all my old shipmates as they were then.
Fantastic memories, music just has that ability to transport you back to memories from years ago. It is almost like time travel.
I was tending bar paying my way through Tulane in 1980-82, and we’d trip u0 the jukebox to play sultans, rather often, as we covered our heads (cigarette smell defense) with towels and baseball caps and slung drafts and drinks half the night.
Wow, I'll just stop typing my little Sultans of Swing story now. 😅
@@ivocanevo Don't do that. We want to hear yours too!
Military musicians have a special something, I’m sure those moments were awesome.
This song brings back memories as it's one of the last songs I heard with my mom before she died. I was driving her to the hospital and I happened to be playing Sultans on CD and she really loved the clean guitar sound. It reminded her of the guitar playing she loved from oldies and surf rock and was surprised at how relatively new this song was.
I never noticed how much it sounds like surf rock before. That's a great memory to have.
Mark Knopfler, master of fingerstyle. Such a fine nuanced sound that was a rare gem in commercial music at that time.
Watching him play with Chet Atkins blew me away. Absolute legends and so humble.
As a classical guitarist, Knopfler is one of the few rock guitarists that still blow my mind. His Musicality/expressivity is really what sets him apart. Listen to the phrasing, the dynamics, the touch, Those are things you just can't do with a pick.
Exactly: musicality unmatched in other rock guitarrista
From what I have read and heard, Knopfler was not a classical guitarist, his finger style came from folk, roots, blues and country.
@@stephenmetcalf3172 I think he's just saying from his perspective as a classical guitarist
As a plumber, i second your opinion
I definitely agree about the phrasing and dynamics. His playing is like a dialog. He makes short emphatic points with just one or two notes, slapping the strings on the fretboard, intermixed with thoughtful pauses, then a longer melodic passages. It's really like he's having a conversation with the song itself.
Mark Knopfler is so good! Great technique, tone, and sense of melody. Always inspiring to listen to. I love the album he did with Chet Atkins "Neck and Neck"
And the subtle humour in it!
Great song writer too. Check out Mason Dixon Line
Is anybody hurt?
INCREDIBLE album.
Was he's slow now
Knophler was a true genius. I think I first heard Sultans when I was about 10 or 11, and that guitar has blown my mind ever since.
He IS a true genius, not was.
True, my bad. He still can jam!
Mark is one of the most underrated of the underated guitar 🎸 players when ever we talk about ranking guitar players. Which I personally hate ranking any form of art. Seriously he's as good a song writer and player as anyone else
Money For Nothing gets me every time. How he plays it... magnificient.
And that's one of their least good songs IMHO. Brothers In Arms or Telegraph Road are the best Dire Straits songs.
@@DexterHaven Sultans is just as good as money for nothing.
If not better.
I was 13 when I first heard Money for Nothing blasting from some highschool kids car. I was blown away. Bought the cassette and fell in love with the whole album. Your Latest Trick's horn and sax solos are like velvet.
@@paulwood5803 opinion
People shouldn't dismiss Money For Nothing tbh. The riff so difficult to replicate, the sound, the climatic intro with Sting's voice... It had such impact when it was released not even including the groundbreaking music video.
Mark is such a beautiful guitarist, you can tell he's put his 50k hours in but it's the space he leaves between notes. Such a difference between him and the shredders. The storytelling for me is his greatest achievement, you feel he puts so much into his writing. I absolutely love his solo work with songs like get lucky and down with Bonaparte. Keep them coming Rick.
Very good point, so many of these virtuosos get caught up in the torrents of notes with no space...music is all about the rests too! Plus Mark's phrasing is legendary, another thing that some of these shredders don't always get.
Yeah, he's a songwriter who just happens to be a phenomenal guitarist imo. He's like if Bob Dylan was a virtuoso guitar player who didn't feel the need to show off. He's understated and tasteful in his playing, and all the while he's casually and conversationally telling you a story with multiple characters that have their own ways of speaking. All in a gravelly voice that isn't what most people would think of as a good singing voice, until you realise he's a great singer.
I'm not a musician, but I was blown away when Sultans of Swing was first released here in the UK - and didn't hit the top of the charts immediately. (it did some months later, when it was re-released in the UK after having charted in the USA) The lyrics are clearly audible and tell a great story, about numberlesss bands who never make it big despite being good musicians themselves but play for the love of music anyway. Sung over music that sounds at first as if it's yeah, good, but somewhat mundane but when you pay attention (bear in mind again - I'm not a musician I don't understand the technicalities, but i know good playing when I hear it) is actually pretty damned clever, and absolutely beautifully played - it's an absolute gem. I never tire of hearing Sultans of Swing, it's THAT good!
What a first single.
And then he goes on stage in Hammersmith 1983 just to make the solo even better in what is, in my opinion, one of the best live performances ever.
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Yes, I was there for Alchemy at Hammersmith Odeon 1983, amazing
I saw DS at Red Rocks Amphitheatre near Denver in 1985. No lead up band, just 3 hrs of Dire Straits and their absolutely riveting skill. No doubt one of the best concerts I have ever attended. I fell in love with Dire Straits when our Belgian foreign exchange student introduced me to Making Movies in 1981. Every track on that album moves me every time I listen to it. Such an amazing group and Knopfler is brilliant. I think I wore a steering wheel out playing air guitar to DS while I learned to drive. LOL
I saw that Tour when they got to Melbourne Australia, they set ticket sales records and played 18 nights. I saw them at the Sidney Myer music bowl. Absolutely stunning show, the sound was incredible.
I was at this concert also. Absolutely amazing show!!!
As a non-musician I have heard of arpeggios, but I never had a solid idea of what they were. Now I know. The examples Rick uses from Sultans of Swing are the little flourishes that I always think of as really being the icing on the cake that takes that song from pretty good to fantastic. Now I even know what to call them. This is why I listen to Rick Beato, I learn things.
I feel the same. Thank you Rick Beato.
I love how music takes you to a place and time in your life like it was just five minutes ago.
knopfler is prob my biggest guitar influence. he plays such melodically rich statements with such a sense of ease, absolutely the smoothest
Knopfler is the reason I got into playing guitar - one of the greatest of all time.
Mark Knopfler's style is unique and unmistakable, as is his touch. He mostly plays with his fingers and this greatly affects the uniqueness of his sound. His genius can be found in many of his songs like "Telegraph Road", "Brothers in arms", "Local Hero", etc... but, in my humble opinion, it's in "Romeo and Juliet" that he had an "illumination": he composed a Love ballad using a National (a resonator guitar used above all in the blues and bluegrass) moreover tuned in Open-G. Incredible! It's not for everyone... Mark is great!
You can sooo say that again!
I absolutely agree. Love Romeo and Juliet and Telegraph Road, sheer heaven.
I can listen to Mark Knopfler play until the cows come home and beyond!
Oh, Romeo… I used to have a scene with him. 😉 his lyrics tell such stories and draw you in
I learnt that in standard tuning;
so that's why it was so annoying to play. 🤦♂️
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His newer stuff is also great! Always interesting lyrics and licks
Nothing so unique about his sounds nor playing in the world of guitar players. It's his song writing and his voice that are more recognisable. But for those who don't play guitar I can see how they may think that.
What I love is when Mark plays all understated-like. 'So Far Away From Me', for example. That minimalist guitar throughout just screams volumes.
Sultans of Swing & Lady Writer are my 2 favourite Mark Knopfler riffs. Mark is a genius!
Mark Knopfler is a musical genius and gifted writer. Sultans of Swing has to be one of the best ever recorded Stratocaster sound. The engineer was gifted. Been enjoying the ride with Mark since 79.
I think Tunnel of Love is the best recorded Strat sound. At least it's the one I like the most, it gives me goosebumps nearly every time.
@@ady9830 It's like how Mark Knopfler is with music.
@@ady9830 One definition of genius is that you can look at a really smart and competent person and think "if I worked hard and practiced and trained and thought about that for a long time I would be able to do what they just did", whereas a genius makes you think "I'd never have done what they just did even if I studied and practiced and worked my whole life".
@@jonessperandio Wasn't that played on a Shecter (Dream Machine) in stead of a Fender (Strat)..?
@@reinierreitsma4733 Yes, I believe so. Interesting how the best Strat tone (IMO) was done on a copy, just like the iconic tone from Appetite for Destruction was produced by Slash on a Les Paul replica.
Sultans of Swing has BOTH the coolest guitar riff AND the coolest guitar solo in music history.
With no doubt Knopfler is one of the best, if not the best, guitar player, composer, lyrics writer and leader of a rock band all-in-one. I have never heard such a clear sound of an electric guitar and a wiser use of the silences and tempo. When listening to his Sultans of Swing Alchemy live version you realize that his control of the timing is incredible. He also enhances the importance of the rythm structures and has a fabulous commercial acumen. Mark is the GOAT.
He’s been a hero and phantom mentor of mine for years. I’ve been obsessed with Dire Straits for years
If you get Knopfler in there for a talk..that would be peak most things.
That would be great, if Mark would be up for a talk with Rick.
Mark Knopfler just did things effortlessly as all good guitar players do. They seem to be able to do anything, on guitar, forever.
I still think Dire Straits are hugely underrated and Mark especially, he’s a genius musician, lyricist, guitarist and songwriter. His overall musicality is greatly under-appreciated, in terms of groove, feel and instinct. Of course they have famous songs like Money For Nothing and Sultans, but far less people know about brilliant songs like Six Blade Knife, Southbound Again, Setting Me Up, Tunnel of Love, Romeo and Juliet, Skateaway, Expresso Love, Lady Writer, Love Over Gold, Telegraph Road, Industrial Disease, Private Investigations, On Every Street, It Never Rains. Listed all my favourites in the hope that at least a few of them get a little more recognition
Love all of those. I would also add Wild West End ❤
@@user-mv9jc9jq9n Or even Down to the Waterline... How did that get left out? :) :)
They've sold over 100 million albums.
@@DaveTaste and yet they’re still not talked about nearly enough, their (mainly Mark’s) musical ability is on the level or surpasses that of the Beatles, Zeppelin, Sabbath, Dylan. Better than Queen, The Smiths, The Cure, Oasis, countless others, but they aren’t nearly as well known or respected.
I'd toss in "Down to the Water Line" and Single Handed Sailor and Sailing to Philadelphia.
Oooooo- an interview with Mark would be SO EPIC!! I think if Sting can do one Mark will, too! 🤞🏼🤞🏼🤞🏼
I remember driving down a very busy road in Sydney Australia and this song came on the radio. The guitar said "hey no one sounds like this" and it was Sultans. Just bloody amazing. No other sound has given me that buzz.
All those years ago I switched to claw hammer style because of that song. It also gave the guitar more of a "piano feel" all the noites of a chord would ring simultaneously as opposed to the one string at a time sequence that a guitar pick plays.
40+ years later, still playing the same way.Every once in a while i'll play with a pick so I don't forget how. :)
There’s no denying Mark Knopflers greatness. This has always been one of my favorite guitar works. Mark is very under appreciated. He and Tom Scholz were both amazing but don’t get the recognition they deserve
Don't get the recognition they deserve in what context? They're perfectly appreciated in mine.
They're World famous millionaire musicians for decades, well deserved recognition!
Taylor Swift, Beyonce and Ed Sheeran fans probably never heard of them😅
Many of the greatest bands can be replicated but some like Pink Floyd and Dire Straits don't have copy cats. Because they can't be copied. No one sounds like Knopfler. Such an imaginative guitarist. The fillers in sultans of swing are genius
After 4-5 years of waiting for a Dire Straits video, you've given us one Rick. Bless you! I couldn't believe my eyes when I saw this earlier on TH-cam and I thought, "now I can die happy". But then now I'm thinking, "can we have a What Makes Thing Song Great" on Dire Straits please? :D
I'm glad that Rick made this vídeo about Sultans. But he talked more about Page than Knopfler.
It's clear that Rick, as a guitar player, is more Rock/Fusion oriented and he is not too much into Dire Straits/Mark Knopfler. He recognizes MK as a great player and that's it.
But i am happy about it, at least he spokes a bit about my favorite player and composer.
@@ArthurBrendler Yes, noticed it too! Agree with you...though of course one of the reasons I love Rick Beato is his ability to appreciate all types of music.
Mark's solo career was phenomenal as well! Such a balladeer!
Is phenomenal...still hoping for more!
Probably everybody has a different view on this, but to me Making Movies is possibly the most iconic Straits album. Solid Rock, Expresso Love, Skateaway, Romeo and Juliet...and of course Tunnel of Love, the epitome of Knopfler's ability to tell stories blending world-weary cynicism and romantic angst, with iconic riffs and solos. Of course, their first album is great as well...
If not for the juvenile "Les Boys", it'd be perfect. Funny how the best Straits album also has their worst song...
Did you know it’s John Bon Jovis favourite album of all time👍👍👍
@@alanholyhead1352 No kidding! Well JBJ has a fantastic ear for melody. And the down-to-earth lyrics of "Livin' on a Prayer" feel kinda Knopfler-esque.
Yes he said he wished he could have written a song as beautiful as Romeo and Juliet 👍👍👍👍
I suspect it was an 'album filler'.
I had the great privilege to see Knopfler live various times and all I can say is that his live playing is even more classy and interesting than the recordings. He surrounds himself only with the best and his shows are masterclasses in improvisation by all musicians involved. And he sells soundboard recordings that are mixed and mastered on thy fly at the boards. That’s so gutsy and shows the amount of skill and trust in the skill involved!
Knopfler really is a Sultan Of Swing. Riff lord of the highest order. Definitely a memeber of The Pantheon.
The riff after Romeo & Juliet still brings me out in goosebumps after ....... 40-odd years. My niece teases me about it to this day.
Yup, I play those riffs on the mandolin just for the pleasure of it.
for me it's always been the outro on "tunnel of love" - since the first time i heard it as a teen on casette tape!
Yeah buddy transports me back to my first romance at 20yrs of age.
It's timeless genius and oh so fine and subtle!!
This illustrates the greatness of Rick. I've heard "Sultans of Swing" a thousand times in my life and never gave it much thought. Now I'll never hear it the same way again.
after working in other peoples record shops for years, I finally opened my own place in 1978. What an absolutely magical time to be in the record business.
He is one of the greatest guitar player in history. And he is a better composer than guitar player. And a better lyricist than composer. And a better album producer than lyricist. It is insane.
Its Prince all over again.
@@23hojojo Prince was good. Not like Mark though.
All in one artis
Plus dance and acting...both voice,production,writing,music,fantastic gutar playing,genious music evergreens
Fantastic post!! Agree with you. Very talented artist like Prince, Elton John and few others.
I like how his singing is kind of chill but poetic almost talking, and the guitar is his real singing, together with the rest of the band they create these beautiful atmospheres taking you to a different time.
The amount of Mark Knopfler content randomly coming out from various TH-camrs is pleasing
Mark is amazing, unique and one of my favourite guitarists, but I think David’s rhythm playing is such an understated ingredient to the first two Dire Straits albums… it was really their combined sound plus Pick’s drumming, gosh…
someone was commenting about 1978. We really can't forget the best and most influential live album ever (also from 1978) Live at Budokan from Cheap Trick. 'cryin cryin cryin' from the crowd without the band expecting it... priceless! That alone makes 1978 special in rock history.
I still remember when I first heard this song. It kind of leaped out of the radio, it sounded like nothing else. The riff was so original. I also had never heard a guitar sound like that, altho I later discovered how much in that respect he owed to J. J. Cale. But still, great stuff. I still love the song. I also love that it's such a great little story, with all the distinct characters and how vividly he sets the scene. You can see that bar, see those guys, see those kids at the back not paying attention. It's kind of a poignant, these regular guys playing their hearts out in a dive bar on a rainy Friday night, their little spot of joy at the end of a working week. It's wonderful.
Me too. I was driving through (London's) Regent's Park and I was so excited by what I was hearing, I had to pull over
"Romeo & Juliet" is one of the hardest damned fingerpicking songs I've ever learned. Simultaneously simple and impossible. I've gotta revisit that one... Also, gotta say It's funny you posted this today, because a student and I were working on "Tunnel of Love" like two days ago and we decided that MK might just be the GOAT. To play with that level of taste, AND write the lyrics he does... Just nutso.
Money for Nothing has the greatest intro ever. I remember the exact moment I first heard it and fell in love with the song and the guitar in particular.
Telling stories along side playing and instructionals, such a cool concept. Rick is a very cool dude.
Mark Knopfle r is an absolute legend! My tiny little island gave the world the Beatles, David Bowie, Dire Straites, Pink floyd , Fleetwood Mack, Iron Maiden, Queen, and for me,the greatest rockband of all time, The Rolling stones! Just to mention a few,. Not too shabby!!🇬🇧 💪
The live version of Sultans on Alchemy is sublime, in fact the entire album is stellar. in my top 10 live albums OAT!
Was just gonna say exactly this 😊
Telegraph Road is one of my favorite musical compositions and lyrical stories of all time.