DIRE STRAITS-01-ONCE UPON A TIME IN THE WEST-ALCHEMY 1983

[@nasrollahabassi1294]

Mark is a living LEGEND

[@alexstewart9747]

First heard this as a 14 year old. Still loving it as a 52 year old.

[@gianpierocroci9451]

When live versions of a band's repertoire are much better than the studio versions then this is the sign of greatness...

[@MiguelBaptista1981]

Specially when studio version is already a masterpiece.

[@papuette]

It requires something spiritual, only posible for evolved old souls, I think.

[@papuette]

​yes. They took something already perfect and perfected perfection.

[@david_king_music]

My parents played Alchemy all the time. In the 80s, when I was a kid I remember sitting in front of the record player and speakers. This record sounded so clear. In my mind, these are the definitive versions of all these songs, i can't even listen to the studio versions

[@marktoleman5909]

This song always takes me back to being 11yrs old on a school trip to Germany. I gave my cassette to the teacher to play, the whole coach fell silent, lots of dire straits fan on the coach for the whole of school trip.

[@mikedo6]

Thank you! That was a great story!!!💌

[@dougmphilly]

best live album of the '80's and nothing comes close

[@bptonta]

Of all times, confirmed from audience

[@aidy2073]

WHO'S Here Because OF Seriously Good Talented Music 👍

[@MartinPuskin]

I think everyone here is here because of that.

[@Kurt_Philanderer]

We're still here.

[@ricardcalonge4542]

How the bass sustains the whole song. Incredible. What a masterpiece.

[@Hamidthiaw4782]

John illsley...

[@michaelciancetta6397]

@@Hamidthiaw4782 very underrated bass player.. his lines live and in the records were great:)))

[@ef2512]

This was recorded live with no overdubs. Dire Straits were perfection.

[@paulmcnally9424]

Even the humm near the end of the album just adds to the realness of it...

[@seleneriot6480]

This is maybe the best live album ever recorded

[@DuncanMacDonald-t8t]

Still are, r'nt they?

[@paulkerrigan4051]

Imagine buying a ticket for a show and this is the OPENING NUMBER. Unbelievable!

[@bptonta]

I was there. The best few hours of my life

[@fernandodutra7859]

I recover from my depression every time I Listen to this.

[@SeadwellerV16600]

7:12 Eargasm. Can listen to it over and over again.

[@michaelsteding2939]

Ladies and gentlemen. Dire Straits.

[@viktorhenrikes1]

When God Himself gets bored... He just listens dIRE sTRAITS!

[@wbravo66]

There are more guitar notes in this song (and SOS) than most modern musicians could play on 10 albums. Simply mind blowing

[@anne-mariemeiffren7090]

Ohboui tellement vrai !

[@rejoice5862]

La più bella versione... Un viaggio unico ed avvolgente... Da ascoltare rigorosamente con cuffie a palla... Mark un Dio... Il suono della sua chitarra rievoca quello del pianoforte. Da brividi

[@freeyourmind8305]

Best version of DS songs are on the Alchemy album. Perfectionized to the max gives you chills to the bone everytime you listen. So few thumbs on this song though, one of my favourites!

[@saab149]

another thumb J K ;-)

[@Rallyart1991]

i would argue best versions are either on Alchemy or On the Night from 1993. For instance the best version of brothers in arms, on every street, romeo and juliet, private investigations from On the Night are impeccable.

[@terrydavidson5052]

This is their best live album. And this is by far and away the best version of this song.

[@Ty-hs3kg]

FULLY AGREE

[@joaniehartney9004]

I WILL GIVE 1000.00 THUMBS UP... FANTASTIC VERSION 🤗💜💚💛💖☺️💜💚

[@rezataheri1358]

The best track ever produced in history of rock music.I lived with it .... the second half of the track( after the lyrics ended) is just from another planet and can not be duplicate again even by mark himself.

[@terrydavidson5052]

Reza Taheri I may have to agree with you

[@jaredgriffiths1361]

Totally agree. It's not like they haven't been great after, but there was something about the way they ALL played on this night - just magic!

[@robertverdu9893]

62 ans et toujours autant de plaisirs a ecouter dire straits magique un son unique

[@cinereus3601]

amen

[@davidnavidadmaeso9708]

yes, unfortunately not even Mark can do it again...

[@rogerwheeler9299]

This is music has stood the test of time. 30 Years on still being played and listened to.

[@efz629]

36 years...

[@PJJ196]

will never go away

[@francescodandria6413]

Alchemy..WHAT CAN I SAY? LISTEN THIS ALBUM MAKE ME FEEL SO GOOD

[@terrydavidson5052]

Good music is timeless 10 years old when I started listening to Dire Straits. 53 in June and still at it.

[@joaniehartney9004]

BEAUTIFUL MUSIC 💖 I AM 64 NOW, BEEN LISTENING SINCE I WAS 24..... HE'S MUSIC IS TIMELESS... 🌼🤗🌼💙🌼💜🌼💙🌼💜 ALL YOU WONDERFUL FANS OUT THERE. 🦋 PLEASE !! STAY HOME. BE SAFE. STAY. POSITIVE 🌼☺️ AND LISTEN TO DIRE STRAITS SONGS, ESPECIALLY THIS SONG... ONCE UPON A TIME IN THE WEST... LIVE... IN ALCHEMY... IT'S A CALMING SONG... GOD... US FANS PRAY FOR THE WHOLE WORLD AND MARK & HIS FAMILY, AND ALL HIS BAND MEMBERS, TO PROTECT THEM AND THE WHOLE WORLD FROM THIS TERRIBLE 😢 VIRUS.. FROM ALL YOUR FANS AROUND THE WORLD... WE LOVE YOU 🌼 KEEP WRITING MUSIC FOR US... 🎸🦋🎸🦋🎸🦋 LOVE JOANIE. 😉

[@maryemma2858]

my hubby used to sing these songs to me, married 43 years and still rockin to dire straits...love it

[@seanriffle2709]

My wife and I have been together for 38 years. I know she loves all the music I've introduced her to. She loves Dire Straits.

[@joaniehartney9004]

Yes still rocking at 64 yrs old.. me and my husband married 36 yrs. We love watching the COYOTE video, cartoon one...so all you folks getting bored in the house, PLEASE WATCH. COYOTE. VIDEO. CARTOON ONE. IT WILL MAKE YOU HAPPY !!! 💖☺️💜 ,

[@dHempfler]

You're all luckies. I still dream about a girl who loves DS...

[@christophecapello2333]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/gIm2ipxmm5hojq8

[@renckisero]

mary emma, you are a lucky wife, as mine, she learn with me DS

[@kristijancizmic7119]

nobel prize for music.mark knopfler

[@ukaszmiller3300]

Right!!!!

[@didierandre2644]

you're right man..

[@robertettinger9698]

When music was ruling over the world what a time for us all...

[@kristijancizmic7119]

nobel prize for music

[@dHempfler]

I agree :)

[@christophecapello2333]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/gIm2ipxmm5hojq8

[@jennusula]

probably the greatest live album ever, and opened with a jewel of a track , dire straits forever

[@CB-xr1eg]

The greatest live album ever is Made In Japan by Deep Purple. This is a great live album though and ranks top 5.

[@asafelfassi1012]

Also in my opinion and without a doubt!

[@terrydavidson5052]

Exit stage left by Rush is brilliant as is made in Japan. But this is awesome.

[@younescherradi1502]

doesn t get the recognition it truly deserves especially in the US. I never get tired of this album.

[@upstatenydude8322]

Easily one of the greatest live albums ever! This is the stuff of Epic!

[@andreamancini5816]

A Great Song from a Great Band !

[@compassionplease7380]

This is one of the best live guitar cuts, I’ve ever heard

[@Foscoify]

John Illsley's bass playing is gorgeous on this tune. Like what a baby hears of a mother's heartbeat. So comforting.

[@mrambler4235]

Awesome bass line.

[@rhondawebb7985]

Great analogy!!

[@dHempfler]

@@rhondawebb7985 I Agree! :)

[@christophecapello2333]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/gIm2ipxmm5hojq8

[@gaetanogreco134]

Ragazzi sono stanco scrivete in italiano non tutti sanno l'inglese anche se lo ascoltano fate uno sforzo ci vuole poco grazie Gaetano

[@chuchiu8mcleod185]

My neighbor used to play this full blast all the time which pissed me off at first then I started enjoying it. It's now my favorite Dire Straits recording.

[@seanriffle2709]

You should thank them! one of the greatest of all time.

[@herculiessonofzeus8878]

Neighbour ! What can i say, the music takes a hold over me man, it's stronger then me. But now i know you like it, let's test how loud these speakers go :D

[@ecu8r]

Was that me perhaps? I used to drive my co workers and neighbors specially with this song full blast :)

[@marekg2148]

chuchiu8 McLeod for the second I thought it was me :)! I used to play that song back in Poland in my apartment, full blast, every time! It’s hard to find better song than this , absolute perfection! Next week Mark is playing concert at MSG and I have to be in Indiana on business... I just hope I will see him again one day. My dream to hear this live “ once ...”

[@adamgaywood8640]

Probably me, sorry

[@DavidFernandez-bb7vp]

DS forever!!!! they play timeless music

[@TahitiNu2]

Every time i'm lost, listening to this, things don't get better, but I do.

[@paternotaboada4037]

Across the board

[@Millez]

Dire Straits' Alchemy (1984) and On the Night (1993) are perfect examples of what a band can do to improve already great songs and then re-deliver them perfectly.

[@francolasdica7608]

Le note che emette ( attraverso le sue dita ) questa chitarra, sono una vera delizia per le mie orecchie. Da ben 40 anni!

[@B.W631]

Best album live ever!

[@marcosvaz672]

I completely agree with you!

[@guerrino9200]

Alchemy 83 probably the best concert of all times....of all bands😉.

[@lionelvillahermosa653]

Excellent beautiful amazing sublime inmortal the 80 amazing rules 🎼 🥁 💫 🙏 💫 🎶 🎵

[@schaefchen80]

The best version ever...

[@ridouanebenhammou7685]

One of thé Best ever . Thanks dire straits

[@Panda4820]

13 minutes de pur bonheur............

[@numv2]

Rien que l'intro ça fout les jetons tellement c'est fort ;)

[@march.5352]

Les Français sont là 👍

[@koyam1y]

Je dirais 93 minutes de bonheur... tout l'album est une tuerie !

[@williamlaw7900]

This live album recorded at the hamersmith odeon has got to be the best ever ,every song is a masterpiece nobody in the history of music has acheived anywhere close to it.

[@robertquentin319]

it is a mix of 2 nights recorded

[@terrydavidson5052]

It is very close to perfect

[@mariaelisasechi7842]

Meraviglioso mix di grazia e potenza...

[@1999straker]

one of their best tracks

[@nelsonleninebatistaleite3225]

The best crying guitar song.

[@kylealsberry8602]

Watching this gem of a show on Laserdisc tonight 9/30/2022 baby 🎵🎶🎵🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@ScottTeBiker]

2024 and this song and album is still in my top ten of all time!!! ❤❤❤

[@matteotraetta1844]

Immensa poesia musicale le tue note mark entrano dentro senza abbandonarti mai

[@markporter32]

Fabulous still listening in 2018 to these masterful music artisans

[@rhondawebb7985]

I just purchased my tix to see MK in Sept. 2019!! Haven't seen them since 1985. They are still my favorite!!

[@paternotaboada4037]

Sounds like isis

[@TheTianamen]

i love this album for me is the bast from dire

[@younesfatine7794]

THE BEST VERSION of this songs. Living in KNOPFLER' S world .👍👏👏👏

[@markotuhkanen7998]

Tulis nyt vielä Suomeen joskus!!

[@JariLiitolaPikkuApuri]

I used to lay in my bed listening this. Still is worth a decent headphones. Try it, your life might change.

[@brianwilson6403]

A good pair of headphones can give you the right separation to catch all the small little nuances to perfection!!!

[@piepelouse]

32ans que j’écoute Dire Straits avec toujours autant de plaisir

[@issamalaoui280]

piepelouse moi 30 ans. :).

[@salim8521]

Moi un jour

[@ItsHeebyGeeby]

This is a work of high art.

[@coreygilbertbeynon4722]

Simply Brilliant Guitar Work

[@socialdef3]

Hey I agree with this comment 1000x over..... Where else can I hear great guitar in this style (although nobody has that same style)??

[@seanriffle2709]

Truly unbelievable picking!

[@terrydavidson5052]

Saw him many times. Once in Lockerbie cinema with the Notting hillbillies. That show had everything. Tight. Loose. You name it. Awesome

[@carminedibello5034]

This track...story of my life...thanks Matt👊

[@yehonatansofer]

Masterpiece !!!!

[@carlosnorris352]

Congrats Mark, you must be the first player that finds the G spot on a guitar!

[@jlbuenomeandro]

Hahaha

[@sharitallon]

Fantastic!

[@minphongsenti1869]

Legendary

[@brianbane8647]

Indelible effect on us all. Still cuing this up decades later. Music=health

[@John_Doe643]

Breathtaking. Excellent bass and drums as well. Dire Straits wasn't just Mark by a long shot.

[@Millez]

I've always hated the notion that Mark was all of Dire Straits, everyone was exceptionally talented, laid back group too.

[@pantolininielsen]

One of the highest moment in live music of all time

[@barbaraprofazi1839]

this track is way more than a song, it's an experience. thank you guys for your creativity and genius. Mark Knopfler is the farthest thing you can imagine from the "rock star" cliché, yet able to create such a powerful music. love it!

[@Barracuda71-ln3jr]

Simply an excellent version enough said!

[@thomasgreen2039]

Absolutely top class

[@mautiziobaglieri2793]

sono cresciuto con i Dire Straits....che dire...fantastici

[@tomstorm350]

Long overdue, finally inducted into the rock and roll hall of fame!

[@rhondawebb7985]

RRHOF is a laughing stock. They should have been inducted over a decade ago, if not longer.

[@CB-xr1eg]

@@rhondawebb7985 Deep Purple have been making great music since 1967 but they didn't get inducted till 2016.

[@kevinmcdonald6477]

@@CB-xr1eg well it was important that they wait because Lord knows the"Hall" had to induct those great rock and roll artists like Run DMC et al first. You're right a complete farce.

[@karinstorer8798]

MARK is a Genius and a very brilliant songwriter to me not to one side but as lyrics do he is a guy who is in it fully with his own views To his mind about Taormina his view thinks its right from his point of view that is the best way for him feeling like that forner soldier I still learned about all antique times and all these so real that outside the time a love.what life has now gone live again so true that it will not even exist but. ls living sitting looking for his love always comes up with a smile loving his compositions he got told that all ancestry is a lot more on Caledonia heritage and soul than feelings for past senseless wars and the people who were there with their own minds and feelings.and I think that humans will since the beginning of time create such hate and trust that they have been trying to live with an heritage to be said that they where humans then for the sake of a short term love a story about this world that they fight when fame then did offer out of the times when wars where fought against WHOME.they conquer and take the killings of the individual a war. he feels that. on the border there about Newcastle borders and other such: " boom like that. " so and he does write whosh about a Diner too.Full wisdom and energy is much more important for him and his guitars telling me about the time when we all need some sort information about what his own opinion will be for him in some time all he will need to. we only take the soul of his feelings. we are grateful for his songs tribute to a sense of humour and questions all us past present thoughts about how we should take care. The right action Trust ourselves will to. we can have a better thought about what you will want -his guidance on the music through as his lyrics. ⁰♡KARIN

[@grind18]

DAT BASS LINE...

[@amidachefouad9108]

Alchemy still the best album for me

[@giuseppepiccone3012]

l'ascolto da piu' di trent'anni ma è sempre piu' bella...

[@rejoice5862]

Perfettamente d'accordo con te... Più passa il tempo e più apprezzo i particolari che da un ascolto fugace a volte non vengono percepiti.... Spettacolare con cuffiette e occhi chiusi!

[@salahsalah4411]

Very nice sound

[@paoloalzamendi2598]

Il basso...

[@claudinedemonet3995]

Waouu exceptionnel

[@buckachiddy]

What really makes this, and most of the album for me is John Illsley's bass playing. Incredible.

[@mrambler4235]

Awesome bass line!

[@joanne7631]

After hearing his bass line on this live version, I can't go back to the studio version! I'm amazed so many KZbin bass players have uploaded "how to play" videos of the studio version instead of this live one.

[@quogir1]

he was the lucky strike for Dire Straits, indeed

[@dopiaza2006]

Er, and Terry Williams' drumming!

[@ericjackson661]

Love the organ😍

[@charlie01546]

Knopfler improvising at the 7 minute mark, where the hell did that come from? A band who always raised the bar playing live. Class.🎸🎵

[@davidbj39]

U love it and u know it! :)

[@jlbuenomeandro]

Hahaha 😅

[@dwidoudwidou2044]

Best of the best music in all time

[@nickparto5734]

Fantastic guitar works...

[@TheTestingGrounds]

Incredibly tight. The epitome of Dire Straits, pure playing.

[@ClaudioBrunMeditaciones]

gracias por compartir la musica

[@funkylifealways]

I think this Live album is probably the best interpretations of all song they have played in it, 30 years since I first heard it on a tape, and I still coming back 🎶🕺

[@Geo69xr]

I drive quite a bit and I listen to any live Dead track, Santana instrumentals, jazz and the Alchemy album.

[@yoavtal1831]

the best band in the world of all time.

[@francamancini7058]

E' un doppio dal vivo, che non si può dimenticare, vai in astinenza se non lo ascolti

[@robertospiga1844]

È vero Franca,a volte ci sono commenti che sono superflui,non trovi?

[@domenicov_versus3789]

4:55 God takes possession of his fingers. The dinamic transition, the soft touch, the delicacy and the expressive grace are supernatural.

[@Wombat32]

God heard this album, and has been trying to play like this ever since. He's not there yet.

[@domenicov_versus3789]

@@Wombat32 very good answer 😄

[@caribouwho]

one does not dissect gossamer

[@markhewson1962]

Yes

[@klausprangenberg8122]

dire straits are top 10 off all centuriies...

[@vincentdemoro6320]

magnifique !!!..toute ma jeunesse...

[@robertverdu9893]

et la mienne

[@beatricedesbois2651]

la mienne ÉGALEMENT et qu'elle belle jeunesse 💚🍃💋

[@robertverdu9893]

@@beatricedesbois2651 vive notre jeunesse Béatrice, quelle soit éternelle.

[@beatricedesbois2651]

@@robertverdu9893 😉💚🍃💋👍yes

[@mikalaile]

Des années et des années après, cette version live de "Once upon the time in the west" est une pure merveille, elle figure dans mon top 10 musical, tous genres confondus !

[@younescherradi1502]

this concert should be ranked top 50 best.

[@paulkerrigan4051]

50? More like 5....

[@dopiaza2006]

There are 49 better? Please enlighten me!

[@rhondawebb7985]

HAHAHA....True that @dopiaza2006

[@richardgallacher9651]

younes cherradi top 3

[@marekg2148]

There is no 49 better than this... @dopiaza2006 you are absolutely right, There is none better than this song or a concert.

[@nathanhull8302]

The intro to this live concert was simply amazing. Hearing the keyboard with the drums. Then the announcing of their band just awesome

[@najjmx2422]

Nathan Hull being there is another level

[@jorisgontier8430]

In the car or the camping car and you cross a foreign country. It's just the travel in good company ! Before it was in walkman and chrome cassette ^^

[@kramerneptune]

Damn,... just came across this after, huh... years.... I'm a grown person and at 11.30 tears came to my eyes.... Can't explain. Or maybe I can :) Just too good. Grew up with this. I agree with everything you guys said: It stood the test of time, the bass line changes everything (boy, did I practise that) and, yes, MK in top shape. Maybe it's a good thing there's no video... Mind works on it's own.

[@dopiaza2006]

There is a video, and it's fantastic! Hammersmith odeon. Remastered 10 years or so back for DVD/bluray

[@guerrino9200]

❤

[@sudeshgomes929]

Yes. Mark Knopfler and the rest. Best rock band ever, never get enough of listening until my last breath, that's the truth. If it's music it's only the Mark Knopfler and the Direstraits.

[@mahdihaddad2986]

The best song of all time Dire straits 👆👆

[@gustavosaucedo40]

Gran Banda Dire Straits. Gran Tema ( mejor versión) desde Chaco. Argentina.

[@magoalex91]

I usually run in to the rain listening this song

[@mottthehoople693]

I was there when they recorded this at the sydney entertainment center...It was amazing..cost $600 a ticket from a scalper but we were at the front

[@everestguy8850]

you can always make money. The experience is for a lifetime

[@jaythornton9929]

Favorite song from my favorite album must have bought 5 times

[@marcelomartinez751]

Escuchamos con mis amigos de toda la vida, esta canción y el álbum completo creo, entrando con mi auto hasta el final de una lengua de tierra que se internaba en el Dique Los Molinos de Córdoba. Levantamos baul, abrimos puertas, subimos el volumen y fue mágico, mientras caia la tarde e iba poniéndose el sol.

[@vitoriogarcia6931]

Uaaal! Great moment! Saludos de Brasil!

[@freeyourmind8305]

EPIC!!! I had to cry....AGAIN!! :-D

[@salvatorenero6006]

Sto...facendo...colazione...con...loro...ciao.....Gio. ..sss....

[@billydowney1852]

There are no time limits to as a song ... Listen to stair way to heaven or shine on you crazy diamond 😮

[@trship6274]

This band is by far the best iteration of Dire Straits. Incredible all round. Special mention bass and drums - cooking. And those jazzy guitar lines - weaving’! I only wish he played a telecaster on this!

[@alessandramoi6848]

Incredibile che Dire voce stupendamente calda.... Mille interpretazioni di canzoni e assoli interminabili in tutta la loro bellezza... incredibili... Canzoni che non annoiano e creano dipendenza e ti fanno viaggiare x un mondo sconosciuto se le ascolti al buio.... Lo Amo Mark the best forever....

[@LesPaulZoso94]

Grazie!

[@salvatorenero6006]

Anche..io...il...suo...maestro...e...amico...Gio. ..sss....

[@Clau-w8c]

Vu son concert en 1982 au stade de l'ouest à Nice...mémorable ❤❤

[@ouldcheikhsamir5165]

Bonjour a tous les fans de se groupe mythique depuis mon jeune âge j'écoute ses chonsons j'adore leurs style unique

[@eugenecrampon2017]

bonjour , bonne ecoute !