40 FINGERS - Sultans of Swing (Dire Straits)
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Original music by Dire Straits, arranged and played by 40 Fingers (Matteo Brenci - Emanuele Grafitti - Enrico Maria Milanesi - Andrea Vittori).
First extract of our Guitar Rhapsody live streaming concert, filmed in an empty theatre during the first pandemic lockdown.
Listen to our album on Spotify: spoti.fi/2WYFv90
Guitar Rhapsody: open.spotify.com/album/0uiw93...
Filmed by Giulio Ladini
Video Production by Kleva Films & Zunami Films Studio
1nd A.D. Hari Bertoja
2nd A.D. Enrico M. Lucarelli
Lighting Production by Event Lighting
Lighting Design by Crt Birsa - Blackout
Audio Production by Matteo Brenci
Produced by LiveNow Media, VignaPR & AND Production, il Rossetti - Teatro Stabile del Friuli Venezia Giulia
#sultansofswing #direstraits #markknopfler
40 FINGERS :
Matteo Brenci / mrbrenx
Emanuele Grafitti / graffo1992
Enrico Maria Milanesi / timotyification
Andrea Vittori / toiotattwa - เพลง
If you're under 60, you may not fully appreciate how much of an impact this song had when it was first released. After years of disco, it was so flabbergastingly different and stood out from all that stuff so profoundly that it's hard to describe.
When it came out in 1978, we were blown away. Especially the beautiful and complex guitar playing . And the song still sends goose bumps down my arms, so many years later.
Only if you were totally unaware of Elvis Costello, Lynrd Skynrd, Little Feat, etc.
They can play the Sultans of Swing like anything👏
😂😂
But Knopler doesn’t mind
If they don’t
Make the scene....
He got a night time job
He’s doing all right....
Doing better than them with just one guitar and a voice.
Not as well as Mark Knopfler !!
@@mybiz6087 don’t think they’re competitive with Knopfler they’re paying tribute to him
@@sinnerboy6009 I was continuing user @JR PM 's play on the song lyrics.
40 Fingers is the best name for a quartet I’ve heard
It good but lacks rawness
@@johnhopkins7614 How about 40 Fingernails...
It's pretty dumb considering they have only 32 fingers.
OKAY! I started playing guitar in 1964 at eight years old. I thought by now, I had seen, or heard, or any combination of the two, when it comes to excellent guitar work, of every style, then I FOUND THIS!! Four guys, four different styles, four different guitar makers, and four TOP LEVEL TALENTS, combined into one...PERFECTION!! They chemistry between them, the smiles and nod's for each one's turn, the attention they pay to the other one playing, there is NO leader here, all equal in their ability. Most of all, you can tell that they REALLY ENJOY what they are doing! I can't help but SMILE through the entire performance.... over and over again! BRAVO 40 FINGERS!! I am SO GLAD I found you!!
One of the best comments I have seen on YT... 😊
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They know all the chords
I see what you did there. ;-)
Including Guitar George.
@@steveryan1799 yep
Wasn’t he strictly rhythm?
Yup. Until they all diddley-diddled the song into a mess.
This song is so well composed that, even with only 4 guitars, i can still hear the drumms in my mind
Could be your blood pressure needs checked if you are hearing drums in your head.
👍👍👍
They style of playing they use throughout gives a percussion sound from the strings. It's similar to using an acoustic to keep timing if you don't have drums
I can also 'hear' the lyrics, where their brilliant finger-picking techniques echo the intonation of Mark's voice and reflect his timbre and accent; outstanding!
Actually, that wonderful fill-in the rest of the song effect appears to be working with only 3 guitars. From about 3:00 onward, it appears and sounds like 4 guitars minus 1. The mic for the guy on the far right (audience viewpoint, far left on-stage setup) with the red jacket and red-finish guitar seems to have dropped out. His solo is barely audible, being picked up only by his fellow musicians' mics. Yes?
The sons of Guitarist George, they know all the chords 🎶
The good thing about music is that it is able to unite thousands and thousands of people of different nationalities, different faiths, worldviews, and political beliefs. All this seems to be erased when guitarists extract the first note and we all become absolutely equal. Thank you, greetings from Russia))
Just like Bill and Ted's Wyld Stallions brought world peace
get out of ukraine
Well said my Friend!! Right now... we need these guys more than EVER!! I want to know how we get the whole world to listen?
Fabulous my dad at 71 is learning to play guitar, I sent him this and he just loved it. So did I 👍😊
You got a awesome dad.
Go, Diane's dad!
Four men playing like one single body. One instrument made of four single guitars. Forty fingers playing in perfect harmony. Divinity in humanity.
Only one word to describe the playing ‘BRILLIANT’
Good job guys. Next you need to play that guitar on the MTV.
Four fantastic musicians: the world is gifted by their craftsmenship!
Please watch Marcin before u made this comment...
Or perhaps Luca Stricagnoli
Just average everyday guitar players .Most pub bands can do this and more .Tommy Emanuel and his brother can do much better on only two guitars and Tommy could just about replicate this on his own .It's sad that the current generation are so deprived of real music that they think this is special I suppose that's the price we must pay for technology.
@@johnmilligan6605 It's hell of a lot better than listening to rap and one drum ! I enjoyed their music and that's what counts !
@@johnmilligan6605 These are not ‘average everyday guitar players’. I see what you’re trying to say, but I think you’re hugely exaggerating. These are objectively advanced guitar players. There just happen to be a lot of objective advanced guitar players in the world (which is no surprise, since the guitar has become the most popular instrument in the world), and technology is making them sound more and more amazing.
Hearing Knopfler's classic closing riff on 4 guitars simultaneously... priceless. Bravo!
Lo-Res Gamer, I was wondering about half way through as to how they would handle the ending. They did not disappoint.
This is the reason why people invented the word "WOW!!"
You did great guys.. It feels like completely amazing. Love this❤
I love how it starts out, as an homage to the original. Note for note and well done. THEN it went full freestyle, which I'm sure Mark would fully appreciate and enjoy.
Too many words will diminish my appreciation…BRAVO!!!!
Your performance soothes our tired minds under the COVID-19 crisis. Thank you!!
The crisis is only in your head. Turn off the News and you’ll be surprised at how quickly the crisis disappears. The sooner people realise this the sooner we can take our masks off and get back to living life as we should. Unfortunately, at the moment too many people are caught up in the drama of the thing to do much about it.
@@rayjennings3637 Whatever! Says you! SOME of us love the creativity needed to give a classic their own touch! Traditionalists are closed-minded and miss a lot of beauty in the world! Such a pity!
@@mollykeane2571, don’t put your head in the sand.
@@len2524 Enjoy your inoculations matey!
I appreciate this, lovely acoustic version they are having so much fun. Spot on
Heavy criticism in the comments. These guys did a great job. Mark Knopfler doesn't play it the same when he plays it live. He takes liberty to jam it. And that was the idea here. Of course, Mark's the king of Sultan's of Swing, and obviously there are some great renditions of the song that other people have done. I enjoy these as well. But thank you, 40 Fingers, for yours!
These guys did a fine job. I think the criticism comes exactly because this rendition sound so polished that people get suspicious. Listeners want to hear more individualism shining through in instrumental music. Not being familiar with this group, I think they'd benefit from a Paco de Lucia type that plays with his fingers to add another flavor.
The plural of Sultan is Sultans.
SMH
When I read this I tried to find comments like this, scrolled for couple of mins just found positive comments. 😂 But still good comment tho! 😀
Yeah I mean the rhythm lends itself to taking turns to jam, great job and it’s a live recording which is also great
Unable to NOT comment here again! I start my work day at 4:30 AM, have always had "a" song, that had to be played, turned way up, headphones on! In the "old" days, we could only "hear" the songs, and that was okay. Now, we have TH-cam! If I had to give up every possible form of entertainment except for one... goodbye TV, goodbye Radio, just give me TH-cam!! Most of what I chose, was pretty LOUD, and ELECTRIC... to get me MOTIVATED... about a month ago... I watched this AMAZING CREATION! IT IS how I start my days now, every one of them, and it is the TOTAL experience here that makes everything else insignificant! First, the venue, how incredible, the camera angles, oh yeah, I have to ask, do you ask that the "brands" on your guitars NOT be obvious in your videos? It seems there is an effort to not show a good shot of those headstocks... allow me to continue... the non verbal communication between your 40 Fingers, is a joy to watch, the smiles... the head nods... you ARE CONNECTED to each other, on some kind of MAGICAL LEVEL! I SMILE through the entire performance, my cheeks get sore... but I am addicted, happily! I have watched almost every video by now, they are all AMAZING, but this one stands out as my favorite, closely followed by "Wish you were here" Pink Floyd. I want to know how to get the ENTIRE WORLD to experience what you give us, you are a true blessing to the WORLD, please keep doing what you are doing for ALL OF US!
As a person who loves playing guitar these guys blow my mind. What an inspiration! Simply AMAZING!
Really masterful musicians at their peak. Really enjoyed that. Stupid to compare them with Mark Knopfler. He wrote the song obviously but my goodness what a great arrangement. They did the song proud.
Absolutely!!!❤
You're so right how ridiculous to compare them to Mark knopfler I would more so put them in the range of Dolly Parton because that girl I mean she can shred
Pretty good but you can't cover Knopfler using a pick.
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Words don't mean anything to you
God bless Mark Knopfler for bringing our much joy to the world.
And Beethoven
That's why we say old is gold. People who know the value of our age of music will always play them.
Jamas me cansaré de escuchar esta canción y esta versión la lleva a otro nivel. Siempre se me saltan las lágrimas con todos los recuerdos que me trae. Sólo puedo deciros: Gracias, gracias y gracias
Thumbs down people are just jealous. It takes talent dedication and practice. Great job guys.
Quem não ama uma música dessa? Belíssima canção Dire Straits é maravilhoso ouvir isso, amoooo❤🇧🇷❤🇧🇷
Me encanta esta canción, he escuchado muchas versiones y no me canso de escucharla, me encanta!
Excellent work 40 FINGERS!!!!! But you can't take away the original from the brilliant Mark Knopfler! Still I loved your fabulous song playing guitar.
I ‘m sure Mark Knopfler will be proud of the tribute! Fantastic!
Every guitar player loves the Sultans of Swing, and I have played it for decades and it’s still one of my All Time Favorites 😜🤷🏻♂️👏👏👏👏🤩
My grandson, 22, does a pretty good job of it.
@@blondbowler8776 Wholesome.
and imagine how Mark can generate the sound all on his own 🎉❤
It's great and shows what an amazing guitarist Knopfler is since he can play this alone!
After watching this I think Mark is a genius.
He IS a genius, for sure
Super talented! Sad there was no one there to give them the thunderous ovation they so deserve. What an f''d up crazy time we are in.
Es fascinante, mucho más que eso, no me cansa de escucharlo ni mucho menos de ver el video... cada solo de guitarra, cada tono es placentero. Maestros, me gustaría llegar a su nivel
And 3 yrs. later, I'm still highly blown away by this amazing performance. And still grateful, thank you.
Assim como Mark Knofler,em suas músicas ao vivo ele dava novos rumos a elas,assim vocês fizeram.
E cara....ficou muito bom!!!!
Parabéns 👏!!
Incrível, me lembrou bastante The Ventures , tocando essa musica ,depois procurem!!
Muchas gracias por tan buena música y conciertos. Un gran abrazo para todos desde España
Thanks God, there are people talented enough to create things such as this.
A vossa interpretação fez esta música, grande como sempre... Congratulations!
Com Dire Straits já é bom com vocês melhor ainda, fantástico !
Belíssima performance !
In the 1960's there was a group called fifty fingers and five guitars. Made beautiful music. These guys remind me of them. Thanks for posting.
It would be such an honor to play a session with these guys. This is why boats don't sink.
These guys are brilliant. The audio production is unbelievable!
Yeah, the sound quality is perfect!!
The audio production was done by one of the guitar players, Matteo Brenci 🙂
That’s about right - 4 great guitarists to come somewhere near Mark Knopfler’s performance.
Mark Knopfler wrote an amazing song and seldom plays it identical way twice. If you want to hear Mark's version listen to Mark.
These guys did a fantastic rendition.
@@brucebellows7772 It IS a fantastic rendition. Takes 4 of them to approach what one guitar genius did.
They didn’t play the best part😢
Unlike George, takes four to know all the Chords.
Can’t you just appreciate good music and stop being a debby downer😌
You guys are not from this era AMAZING.
I love the smirks when they watch each other soloing, you can tell they're having a blast
Mark Knopfler must be proud to see everyone playing his hit tune.
Absolutely Spectacular! Love how each of you get involved in making this rendition, yours! Wonderful arrangement and your individual and collective talents are absolutely top shelf!
40 fingers doing what Mark Knopfler can do with 10. Shows just how magical he is.
Mark is def magical but that’s such a stupid comparison. This and the original are two completely different arrangements. These guys are playing what Mark plays but also his vocal lines and of course covering the rhythm guitar parts, which Knopfler both ain’t playing with his “10 fingers”.
Mark is magical for his own sound/touch and songwriting, not because he could play things that would require 4 people to play…
@@niekvanwensen Agreed. There are two other guitars in the stage versions that I've seen of this. Plus drums, so yeah... no Mark does not do it just by himself. He is a master, but music is made better by collaboration.
Clueless. Knopfler is far better than these guys.
These guys would be a menace to any campfire, well done!
Превосходное исполнение 👏👏👏💐💐💐 Одно не могу понять: как 4 человека могут так слаженно играть? Это невероятно и восхитительно 👍👍👍🔥🔥🔥
They can play the guitar like anything !!
Okay hands down, this is absolute insanely good! Wow! Might be the sickest version of this true gem that I’ve ever heard, incredible energy between these guys! Fckn love it
Shivers down my spine and a huge smile on my face!!!! THANKS!!!!!!!!
40 ...! Anzi, 40ssimi ...!! Grazie per i vostri capolavori di arrangiamento ...
I give sound guy/team credit. It isn't easy to mic steel string acoustic guitars well enough to get single note solos to sound decent. Good job.
That song always put me in a good mood and make me remember great things about great days. It was perfect.
What a Great rendition. Sounds so Salsa. I wanna dance. I'm gonna dance!!! Thank You, Forty Fingers!
Excelente! Muito lindo! Eu amo sultan's of swing e Eles tocaram primorosamente. Muito lindo👏👏👏👏👏
Не понимаю.
Every guitarist wish they could play like this.
You should really check out the original then...
Maravilloso, simplemente genial; gracias por su trabajo señores, felicitaciones 👏 👍!
Fantastic, from Bangladesh. Guitar 🎸 playing, it's my hobby.I love Guitar very much.
It’s amazing that 4 dudes who can play this well can play together! Gunslingers are not known to travel in packs after all. Great cover of a great song!
Amazing rendition… a completely different perspective. Loved it.
I think that even with the overly busy video editing, Mark would approve!
Have anybody seen... Here are the true SULTANS OF SWING!!!
Парни,вы такие талантливые и классные!!!!!!!
Внатуре наркоманы кокиета
Для вас, Вани, играет Алексей Архиповский:)
Amazing jazz performance. It is unbelievable that 4 good guitarists can play so harmoniously.🥰🥰🥰
Não me canso de ouvir todas as noites... Maravilhoso!!!
Interpretazione da brividi, non mi stanco mai di ascoltarla
Muito show de bola .. parabéns.. ficou incrível o som dos violões 👏👏👏👏
Fantastic! Look like they’ve only just met, sound like they’ve been playing together for years. How can you be that good and so young!!
Practice, practice,PRACTICE. . . that's how.
Arte pura para quem ama Dire Straits !!
I’m not able to relate to the negative comments.
This reimagining is the opposite of soulless. The love and respect for the original is joyfully obvious.
Timeless melodies should be replayed and reinvented over and over again forever.
If I were Mark Knoepfler this video would make me smile pretty big.
They are not trying to be Dire Straits just a version of the song it is very nice I agree
I completely agree with you
Oh wow! This is so wonderful. The joy on their faces as they play is beautiful. I love this.
Harry doesn't mind, if he doesn't...make the scene. He's got a day time job, he's doing alright!
Sure he is
Whay not!
He can play the honky tonk like anything
Saving it up for Friday night
You should watch the professor of rocks interview and video on that song! Mark Knopfler wrote it When he was a young musician hanging out in a dive bar in London town and there was a lowly jazz band playing Who called themselves the sultans of swing!! And The story of money for nothing is hilarious because Mark Knopfler was shopping for a TV and a tech store and basically just wrote down verbatim what two gentlemen were having a conversation about as they watched MTV play on the multiple TVs that were displayed! That’s why The unedited version has a bunch of Seemingly offensive language, because it was just a Verbatim transcribe of a conversation Between two regular people!
I've watched DS play this hundreds of times - GREAT COVER!
Mark achieves the same with ten fingers
BETTER!!👍👍👍
lucas imbieri does the whole band with 10 fingers 😂
How was the meat factory today?"
"Great! I even already have my own nickname-- 'Ten Fingers'! The OLD Ten Fingers wasn't using it anymore!"
Mark, he's one of a kind
I just lol’d so hard at this 😂
40 dedos mágicos tocando esta fabulosa versión de Sultans of Swing de Diré Straits con toque flamenco..... maravilloso..... música eterna❤❤❤❤💋💋💋💋
Classic rock and roll with 40 Fingers is a jamming tune! You “knocked it out of the park”!!✌️🥰🥰
Simplemente , que.maravlloso
Wow!!! Super awesome! Even Mark himself will be very proud.
You guys are incredible!!! The world needs to hear you guys!!! Never stop! Much love! ❤
Excellent rendition to this classic!!
Stay blessed!!
That is probably the best cover I’ve ever heard. Amazing
AMAZING technique and so beautiful !!! You' re fabulous.
Thoroughly enjoyed the way they explore the musicality of this fantastic song! Well done!
You are SO TALENTED and I LOVE to listen to your music!!!! From Idaho USA
Monstros das cordas...maravilhosos!!!
Eu acho que nunca mais será composta uma música tão marcante quanto essa.
Basta ouvir os primeiros acordes e a pessoa sabe que vai gostar.
Just makes me smile. That's what a great musical performance does. So sad that there isn't an audience applauding at the end. But I was.
So true! My first thought at the end of the song was 'wow, what a patient audience it is to only start applauding when all 24 strings rang out...'
My heart got torn apart due to the absence of applause 😞
I was thinking the same thing. All through the video I kept looking for an audience in the wide shots. Must have been a strange feeling to play in front of so many empty seats. Hopefully, with the world slowly opening up that will change.
At least some people are keeping alive these great songs
This song doesn’t need anybody’s help to stay alive...
@@michaelkeymont501 exactly
Excuse me, this song never dies and hence...
The way music is going these days, Star Trek should only play 60s &70s music with an occasional remark that music died sometime in the 1980s.
Mark still plays this sometimes! I last saw it played live in a bar in Ankara, the house band did it justice!
Great performance! Beautiful music! These are the things that make life worthliving!!!
Shows you the amazing greatness of Mark Knopfler, in both composing this masterpiece and performing.
Simplemente FANTÁSTICO, me gusta mucho, son muy buenos músicos. Dios los Bendiga
Преклоняюсь перед Вашими талантами . Как же вы чувствуете и дополняете друг друга ! Творческих Вам Свершений и Вдохновения ! СПАСИБО !!!
NO ENTIENDO UN POMO, PERO POR LOS SIGNOS DE ADMIRACION DEBE SER UNA BUENAS RESPUESTA.
Вдохновения! Новых произведений! Личного счастья! Радости Души! БЕЗУСЛОВНОЙ ЛЮБВИ!!!
Geniales como siempre, en una de las mejores composiciones, para mí, de música de rock/pop ,de la historia de la música . Me gusta mucho 40 Fingers.
One of my favorites. Well done gentlemen.