Mark Knopfler - Sultans Of Swing (An Evening With Mark Knopfler, 2009)
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- Mark and band performing "Sultans Of Swing" live at an exclusive Prince's Trust event at London's Hurlingham Club on the 9th September 2009.
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This man can have a 3 hour concert playing only this song and I will buy the ticket.
Same
Same
he truly is one of a kind , and his music something to remember really , short to say , he´s a great musician , pure fact .
Same
Sort of modern day Bach.
He has a 1000 Sultan of Swing variations and they are all masterpieces.
Exactly, each version gives me something new and something brilliant
Different twiddly bits according to his wife.
i like this one the best
They are The Sultans of Swing.
But I do believe he feels that once he's gone, we might all become the sultans of swing...
thats what I wanted to say each time like a new song with same lyrics ;DD
The only man who can play the guitar so effortlessly that he looks like he is planning his dinner at the same time
idk why he always looks like he realized he left the gas on at home xD
That is the nature of giniality
Obv stealing the top guys killer comment. 😂😂
Yes. I'll add one more name. Eric Clapton.
Mark Knopfler.. The best thing to ever happen to a Stratocaster.
Indeed, and he's the best thing to ever happen to a Les Paul too.
Lest we forget about David Gilmour!
Yes he does justice to the Strat..
Jimi Hendrix wants a word...
(joke, I love Mark Knopfler)
@@iR0CZ Stevie Ray Vaughan...
You gotta love Mark, so often he's playing some of the most fantastic licks ever written whilst simultaneously looking like he's wondering if he's left the gas on at home!
He's always in a dreamworld.
@@spartan9293 Comes with being an artist I guess 😂, especially one like Mark, incredible creativity.
underrated comment,and true
Very true. Lot of guitarists pull silly faces, or look like they're in pain, but Knopfler always looks slightly bored..
His fingers provide all the expressions necessary...making faces would be redundant.
"People use these songs as milestones in their lives"
A musician who appreciates his fans.
Nothing more true than that statement.
Yep we are his bread&butter he loves it so do we God bless ya Mark Knopfler
Was looking for this comment
yes but also, a musician who still appreciates his own creations. his own arithmetic. what he hears. its that much more awesome when everybody else loves it.
this brings me back to the period every time when I was learning to fly -- music was great back then. Glad I stumbled on this.
I love how the crowd just goes absolute apeshit at 3:31. Imagine creating a solo so iconic that people immediately go wild over it after decades.
I've played guitar for years.. the precision of what he's doing is incredible.. I quit trying...
@@user-cz8yx6kr8p Sorry to break it to you bro but that solo is piss easy to play search up Polyphia and look at any of their videos that shit is in a different realm
"Milestones & Landmarks in the lives of people"....Can it actually be said any better? Mr. Knopfler nails it! Thank-you sir for the moments in time your music takes me back to
Like seriously! Landmarks of people 🎉
Yes - exactly. I was under a car doing an oil change when I first heard Sultans. The local record shop looked up their released LPs - and we were all surprised to find there were already 2 or 3 ..... I picked one and ordered it. Eventually they we saw them live at the Wembly Arena.
I honestly believe this is one of the greatest songs ever written. It has kind of a groove you can dance to and a guitar solo that literally makes you cry. Definitely a masterpiece.
I think you might be wrong. This IS the greatest song ever written.
This is my #1 music of all time.
This is a master show casing his art. Talking his way thru it. Archives my fiends. A style only few can do!
@@davidengel6427 o m.
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One of the best, if not THE best, guitar solos ever made. The 'Alchemy' version is just out of this world.
Got that right!
😘
I was smiling too
Thanks for mentioning it! I went to check it out. I had never seen it before and it was lovely to see it done differently but brilliantly.
Alchemy is the epitomy!
Mark, we all die. I'm younger than you but I might leave earth first. Anyway, I find it really important to tell you how much you brought joy to my life and how much your music was the soundtrack to it. Thank you for every note. You are like a quality shoe to me.
I second this
Really inspired
Clearly one of the best guitarists in the world - I'd do anything to see him live.......
The world? For me it’s ever. In fact I would go as far to say he’s the greatest
Knopf live is something else..I'll remember his show at the Greek forever
The smile he gives at 3:34. It's like he knows he's created one of the greatest riffs of all time, and only just realised how good it is
Or like "this part always makes the audience go wild"
or just being sure of the reaction :)
This part was not in the original song......can you send me the link of the real one
Either way, you can tell he's just in that place you go when the tunes all come together and you're crushing a beautiful solo
Not one of the greatest, the greatest
The first time I listened to Sultans Of Swing was 1985 I was just 9 years old it was the civil war back then in Lebanon and we had to run away at night cause it was really bad and I couldn’t find the cassette to listen to it again.. I just want to say that when you love something and you can’t find it or it’s not there any more you can always carry it in your heart...
WOW
Dude! Damn this was heart touching.
I'm glad you survived.
Cheers mate!
holy fuck this was deep
That's beautiful my home was a war zone this and blue oyster cult don't fear the reaper helped me
Forget it all i could float away from the pain and suffering of it all I'm from Ireland different continents same worlds... Blessings from Ireland... 💜💜💜
@@shonanimhuracu6871 Where was this war zone in Ireland?
mark, if you are reading this: thank you for your art. So blessed to had experienced your music, so happy. Thank you! We adore you.
Way back in 1976 myself and a friend found ourselves in the Old Covent Garden in London wandering around the various bars and pubs there. Early in the evening we came by the Rock Garden Bar/Restaurant/Club where there was a bunch of guys unloading instruments from an old van. We didn't take much notice at the time but as we passed the Rock Garden on our way back a couple of hours later we could hear this interesting music coming up from the basement. We stood there for a minute or two before paying our entrance fee and we spent the rest of the evening watching this band called Dire Straights. They were brilliant. You could tell they were a band destined to go places.
That was one of those nights where you unexpectedly encounter something a bit special.
I've seen Dire Straights a number of times since and they have put on some of the best concerts I've seen (and I've seen a few). They never let you down.
Mark Knopfler just gets better and better. Almost 50 years later I'm still listening and I have to say thanks for the music Mark.
Niesamowita historia, gratulacje
Thanks for sharing Robbie. What an experience.
“Songs are landmarks for people” Beautifully said and so true
He can probably make any random notes sound like Sultans of Swing. Pure Genius.
Makes sense, seeing as how every note he played in this video was random. Not a bad cover I guess. 4/10
I'm sure he's said before he's never played this solo the same which he alludes to while playing, "I don't know what any of this is gonna be"
every single song is written in a key, so yes he can make any random notes in the key of d minor sound like this song. it does take a lot of knowledge to know the scales of said key and incorporate them into a song
He hit at least 3 wrong notes there, you're always one fret away from a right one.
Gave my husband and I much joy 40+ years ago. Thank you
Man, he's so good. Words don't do him justice.
My wife and I use to play this wide open while going down the road I miss my best friend
sorry that she had to go away like that
aww.. i am so sorry for your loss mate...
Memories live on...
So Lucky to have such great memories, sorry for your loss
im sorry for your lost.i bet that you and her had some good adventures together
Mark knopfler and David Gilmour, 2 of my favourite guitar players.
Mark Knopfler, David Gilmour, Carlos Santana and Mick Taylor are my four.
Eric Clapton Wonderful Tonight 1990 1.25mins AMAZING!!!!
David Woods . I Hope Mark Knopfler and David Gilmour play together one day.
@@jamesmcrory8990 link it
The small part of the guitar at 1.25mins gets me all the time
But this is a great song
I'm a Street performance Musician, and the last year i was broke, cero in my bank account, and after work for 1 month in a shity place, i met with one guy who play the guitar on the street, having a good conversation, he accepted to share my his speaker to play for myself... I decided to go on the street and play for the people (for tips). And after 1 month, most of the people who heard me play this song on the street, share tips and with that, go and rent a place to live....
This song, bring me the food that i've in my freezer, and the bed where i sleeping... Thanks mark.
Not only does he play the guitar like a god but he makes you wish you had a friend like that. What a great guy.
My dad would put the headphones on my mother's belly and play me Dire Straits in the womb, he was obsessed! I love Dire Straits so much because, not only is it so incredibly beautiful, extraordinarily talentedly written and played, but it also brings good, happy memories of my dad ❤
You have a great Dad.
@Hets Girl did u figure out the key? it's Dm/F incase u didn't
I loved that!!
Then he would bend her over and nail her
My dad made me listen to good old music like this and many other great artists.He left this world when I was 15.But I have great memmories of him!
I bet at 3:35 when Mark started smiling playing his "world-wide-famous-solo", all the people from the world, watching this video, were smiling too!!!
I know i did!
I had a tear to be honest !
A smile was formed on my face without me realising until the end of the song
absolutely! And my arms went up in victory!
YES! A big smile at that!!!!
Back in the seventies, i was walking thru a dept store, passing the music section,sultans of swing was playing, the hair on the back of my neck stood up and a chill went thru my body, i stopped and bought the album, to this day it does the same.....
the best solo ever made .i never get tired to listen sultans of swing never. I saw him in Canada and was fantastic.
The ability to start a song from the middle without being ever noticeable , and all players just know where to pick up is DIVINE
It was probably rehearsed, but I agree that entrance was so smooth it’s criminal
3:20 The guitarist in the back is shaking his head in amazement with the rest of us
No, I think he's probably thinking, "Get on and play, Mark...!"
pretty sure that's not a guitar that he's holding
Sultans" was instantly my no.1 all time song,and in the 40 something years later,it's still my no.1 all time song.
Mark Knopfler - words just don’t adequately describe how talented he is. Sultans of Swing - Alchemy live - remains as the best live performance I’ve ever seen - beyond epic.
Yeah it's my favourite version too 👍
10 of the best minutes on TH-cam. The build and build and build... and Terry Williams CRUSHED it on drums
Mark has kind eyes and a soothing voice, his body language also is gentle and polite, success has made him humble, huge God bless to you.
You are spot on my friend
"Amazing"...observation!😊
He smiles with his eyes! His humility seems so genuine.
Rare species...?
@@kayr2943 Ask his brother
It's amazing how the rest of the band looks at Mark with admiration in their faces
Was thinking the same thing as I watched this :)
This is the kind of performance and connection with the audience that refills the soul.
mr knoplfer it has been 18 years since my father has passed but everry time i hear "the sultans of swing" it reminds of the first time me and him listened to it. i love your music and continues to be one of my all time fave bands and now my daughters love your music aswell
Greatest guitarist of all time! This song changed so many lifes.
Im 30, and i can't even describe how much talent this man has, its such a shame where music has shifted to be in 2021
1:41 - "The songs... they're landmarks for people, the songs are milestones for people in their lives".
Spot on.
Lets all be honest tho, this is one of the greatest songs ever written
I would buy a ticket just to hear him talk about music
He’s one of the best guitar player out there. This song reminds me of my dad. He passed away 6 years ago and and as a little kid I remember my father would play this song every week. Now I’m 45 wishing I was back in time. This song never gets old.
Driving down a country road near my home in 1979, this song came on and we literally pulled over and turned it up and just sat there, gobsmacked.
My dad told me a similar story, about how he never heard anything like it first time he heard it on the radio he just sat there completely in awe
Mark is one people that born to be a musician. He is a pure genius, like Hendrix, Clapton, Page, Richards… the guitar is an extension of his body. He is a genius everytime he touches a guitar!
Amazing! I could listen to him all night!
No gimmicks..no BS...just a man with truckloads of talent and soul doing what he does best- Melt us out with his otherworldly gifts and skills.
seriously gifted..funny how people extremely gifted think its no big deal the talents they possess which makes it even more sublime
An absolute master of the guitar.
Thank you, Sir! Thank you for everything!
One day God thought .. today I create the best guitar player ever in the world... he was created Mark Knopfler... Legend
God bless you sir. I love your music so much . You are the sultan of swing ❤️
No doubt 👍💞
Yeah. He's a sultan of swing. The best sultan.
No thats guitar George
@@dandann8437 No guitar George is his rhythm guitarist, together they're all the Sultans of Swing!
One of the greatest music geniuses that ever graced this world. Thank you Mark for the music.
Knopfler's very wise words: Yes, people love the iconic "twiddly bits!" And I love the way Knopfler's casual improvisations here are so uniquely "Knopfler!" His sound is so distinctive, and personal - and so wonderfully different from all those of his generation, like me, who grew up listening to, and copying, the young Clapton of Cream. Knopfler, when he poured out of our radios in '79, with "Sultans of Swing," was, and remains, a breath of guitar fresh air!
Simply incredible listening to Knopfler play. No distortion. No effects. Every note crystal clear. It's amazing watching his fingers make the guitar sing.
One of the pinnacle songs for guitarists to learn. Just look at the number of covers on TH-cam. When it first came out the big questions was, "How is he playing like that?". Before TH-cam, before MTV, we could only listen to the album and unless we saw Dire Straits in concert or on television Mark's technique was baffling to a great number of amateur guitar players. It was so joyous, so brilliant, so fast and amazing we could only take the ride and enjoy the mystery. Mark, thanks for "Sultans" and all your other great songs over the years.
This is how you live forever.
Hands down one of the best guitarists ever, literally free styled the end and it still sounded superb.
Never get bored of hearing this riff!! A musician who appreciates his fans and tells a story doing it 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
The first time I heard this song was with my dad. When I grew up and moved away from where my dad was living, when I hear this song, it always put me in mind of him.
There were many occassions where this song would come on the radio, and I would pick up the phone and call my dad and I would share with him, the same, so much so that one time when we were talking he said I think of you everytime I hear this song. It is also the song where I fell in love with the guitar...man that riff
Thank you for being you and thank you for sharing your gifts and talents🙂❤️💜🙏 blessings
Played the air guitar to this for 40+ years and got it perfect every time...
The roar when Sultans of Swing come into play 😍😍🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻
Knopfler doesn´t need much noise... just a Fender and his fingers...sounds amazing!!!
Describe his playing in one word: clean.
Esatto!!!!!
He's right, songs (and bits of songs) are what people have grown up with and landmarked for generations, and that solo in SofS takes me straight back to when I first heard it!
That smooth foot volume swell around 2:49 was so classy touch
Dad: turn off this
Me: Why?
Dad: I have bigger speakers downstairs
This is a magic comment...
i came in the speakers sorry
@@yousuffpaladin8022 WTF ????????????????????????????
F%$#k yeah!!!
That's pretty much what my dad used to say about me listening to dire straits.
Makes me think of my dad driving my sisters Camaro home from the dealership. I was with him in the Camaro, She was with my mom behind us and our other car. I will never forget that. Love you dad see you in heaven.
Whenever I'm feeling down I have to listen to the whole album DS.
It always lifts me up. Nobody plays like Knopfler, nobody.
Love you Mark, and Dire Straits.
Thank you Mister Mark Knopfler for this and for everything ! You are one of the reason I picked up a guitar one day for ! Money for Nothing was one of this too !
I love the grin on his face as he gets right into the solo and the crowd cheer.
"Yes honey, I did the twiddly bits this time"
A+😃yes I got the move...
I've been listening to this song for 36 years and I will never stop... good job Mark!!!
Mr. Knopfler does more in a note than others accomplish in an entire song.
When i was a kid i didnt like this song so there you go. That might have been all but then i heard more songs and also got smarter. What a difference a day makes, erm....bunch of days. Now this among my fav songs ever, and dire straits is way up on my list of fav bands ever...and im so in love with Mark Knopfler and his beautiful music that i can hardly stand it. He is an absolute legend.
That smile on his face when the crowd cheered. Amazing
The best thing is everyone in the band is happy to play this song with him… the looks on their face tells it all
I have so many favourite guitar solos from back in the day, I can change my mind on which one is my all time dependent on my mood. But unbeknownst to me why, this is the only one that makes me feel the exact same feelings inside my soul as the very first time I heard it. A true masterpiece
He is playing ... and you close your eyes and listen and you know what he will play ... you know what will be next and you know ... that is what he will play..... magic, ... we are all speaking the same language, more importantly we know who we all are there in that moment and we understand each other. We only have one more pint to order. and the bar closes. boy I have a lot of fortitude because the last comment before was a year ago and I have never been there when the last round at any bar was called for but I have because of the music.
That's wonderful, how Mark explains gently(and doesn't outright say) that he's torn between evolving his songs and staying true to people's expectations. There is a meeting point, a careful balance between what the song means to the artist and to fans.
Well put.
Neil Young seems to flip the bird at the fans and follows his muse. Seems to work most of the time.
I am so grateful that this wonderful artist appreciates his music the way that the rest of us do. His ego is in check. He realizes that it’s as much about his creation as it is about him. So much respect sir. Thank you for your contribution to our lives.
What makes athletes, artists and musicians great is they make the difficult seem easy. MK plays the guitar like he is relaxing in an easy chair.
What an incredible introduction! AS beautiful as the original song. WE're the too the Sultans. We're the Sultans of OUR OWN LIVES - Let's STAY in the NOW everyone. Don't look back. Look at now & your future self. - Says your coach! If you're going to make a difference you must fully commit to the new.
🥴
3:25 The audience cheering to the best part of one of the most iconic solos in rock history, it's just wonderful.
I know (musically) this man for 40 years and yet every time i see him he surprises me.
He is incredible, he play one of the most beautiful solo in music history with the face of a man waiting the bus talking about the wather with other people... LOL!!!
Many, many years ago I bought this on its release on 45rpm vinyl. Even now the hairs on the back of my neck still stand up when I hear it. It never ages.
What a wonderful play brother. ❤️❤️❤️❤️👏👏👏👏👏🙏🙏🤙🤙
Finally a cameraman who doesn’t focus on feet when he is playing guitar.
Where is Azamat?
That's nice
1:55 to 1:57. could have just stayed there, and send their loopey zoomey camera editor home
Yesszss I. Liikeee
Maybe he's not josh from pearl jams video
This is amazing. Grew up listening to this as my dad is a huge fan but I didn’t appreciate how wonderful this was until a couple of years ago. Now 32 years old and you can bet that my little 18-month old girl listens to this a lot.
They are truly land marks for people. Well said ❤️
Yeah!! And what a terrific band behind him; the drummer is exceptional.
"Songs are milestones for people." - Mark Knopfler
Hello Judith, how are you dear
There something special with Knopfler, i personally prefer these versione rather than the 80's ones. It Is like, getting older, his songs has gained a lot of nostalgia and meaning, they are no more Rock or folk song, they are stories.
I was 17 in 1988, and even today at 54 I'm a fan.
The remarkable thing this is he makes it look so effortless. That is the hallmark of excellence.
Can't get enough of Mark Knopfler just one word """LEGENDARY"""
One of my great regrets is never having seen him live. I hope there is still time after the weirdness is over and we can resume our lives.
I loved the way Mark explained that.He’s a proper down to earth Geordie.
There are some great guitarist, and Mark is among the top! Not many like him.
The first time i listened this legendary sound, i was playing “driver” from ps1. Was 2002 i had 11 years old. My sister put this song and i stayed in extasy, i dreaming to play this song one day!!! Today i’m a amateur guitarrist and i can say that i learned to play this song and it is the song that i love more to play with my band!! Thank you, Mark!! Sorry about my english!!
Diego Boari Good for you, Diego!! Your English is fine!! 👍🏾😀
This man is genius. His art of playing is unbelievable. Can't stop listening to his brilliant guitar playing
Best guitar player ever
he is a true master of his instrument- very few are near his level (gilmour, santana, b. may, jeff beck, r. blackmore)
Magic in his fingers... Nothing like the sound of a clean strat through an amp with no effects. Wonderful!
Incredible. This guy is one of the top guitarists, in the world.
One of the most influential guitarist and musician as a whole. And on top of it all he's such a down to earth man. Mark is a great example.