DIRE STRAITS 08 TUNNEL OF LOVE ALCHEMY 1983

[@diego6839]

I used to hear this song with my dad, he died a week ago so now in hearing this alone to feel he is still with me ❤️🕊

[@seabiscuit726142]

So sorry for your loss. This is my all time favorite song.

[@Thetwndidit]

He still is ❤

[@robertodellamonaca1191]

Lacrime solo lacrime sta versione e qualcosa di eccezionale

[@losqualo1]

La migliore in assoluto, inarrivabile, da chiunque. Eric Clapton sull'attenti e muto.

[@B.W631]

Ma di gioia però! Poi Clepton che c' entra?!?!?Mah...... misteri della vita

[@markhooren5530]

This is without doubt one of the greatest live albums ever recorded. ..a masterpiece that's captures Dire Straits at the Peak of their powers.

[@talktalk2412]

Not a Brothers in Arms fan then?

[@richardbrooks50]

@@talktalk2412he said live album

[@talktalk2412]

@@richardbrooks50 My bad

[@AA-kb8vy]

​@@richardbrooks50and "Brothers in arms" is not live album?...

[@dnelikoso6724]

One of the best songs ever.. .. the crowds were cool too.... Listening in June 2023.

[@joshminton97]

One of the greatest performances of all time. The final few minutes are sheer, worldess joy.

[@losqualo1]

This is THE performance, the BEST ever, full stop.

[@talktalk2412]

I feel that way about the first few minutes.

[@mattgraham6231]

The outro to this is probably the greatest guitar solo ever played.

[@fernandogross3484]

The second, after Sultans of Swing - Alchemy live ; )

[@armanzakwan1898]

The second being Sultans of Swing - Alchemy live : )

[@chrisk2579]

I actually think this is one of the greatest songs of all time

[@room007]

At the very least it's the very best version of a Dire Straits song ever recorded.

[@kevmcgill1424]

Chris K touché 👌

[@BozCobra]

Me too!

[@fidgetyrock4420]

I agree.. absolutely top 3 of humanitys best songs.. at least top 5

[@sterlingayu]

Despite sultan of swing was my top fav song, Tunnel of Love become my most frequently played song from DS many decades later.

[@matthiasmarxer9893]

This is the best live version of any song in any genre of music, the tone of every instrument is just perfect so is the general mix. Dire Straits should have been prohibited to do studio works but instead record their stuff live xD.

[@jlbuenomeandro]

👌👌👌

[@vincentloosfelt3969]

Exactly my thoughts since always!

[@angelikameier2860]

Well said.

[@tendaimatambanadzo5900]

Classic

[@ninometalyears]

I think Alchemy is the best live of all times.It's just perfect

[@funkylifealways]

I heard many different version of Dire Straits songs, but IMO the night they recorded this Live...I don't know..they just touch the sky...each song, the way the notes flow perfectly all the way, they didn t just played, they was into it, lost in it, best version ever 👏👏👏when music was MUSIC!!!!

[@LesPaulZoso94]

Assolutamente, anche per me 👑

[@davidehonda]

@@LesPaulZoso94 pensa essere stati a quel concerto ...Purtroppo avevo 11 anni...

[@aukedeboer191]

Mel Collins on the sax. This intro is like a piece of heaven in rock music. They mastered this. I thank my brother for introducing me to this about 30 something years ago!

[@imgoodatmoaning9561]

I agree. The intro is superb.

[@jlbuenomeandro]

👍

[@juliavonw2060]

Most beautiful solo in rock history

[@asdahl756]

100%

[@javierfueyo6871]

Sólo puedo decir que éstos chicos.... me Elevan ....Y .... APASALOBIEN TØS Y TÃS

[@lgic1]

I just can’t describe in words how MK makes the guitar talk (emotional chills)

[@jangrant8533]

MK is just music no words needs

[@sinnozia]

MK is my second greatest guitarist AFTER DG

[@perfectblue8443]

it's been 30 years, and this song is still the epitome of joy to me. And this live version brings it to the stratosphere.

[@stopislamicconquest5060]

Best live album ever. The best versions of all the songs are on this album.

[@patagoniaremises1216]

Absoluty !!! Most greatest !!! Near the perfeccion !

[@abbasusef6690]

Stop Islamic Conquest if Mark knopfler had lived during the Islamic evolution in Andalusia Sevilla, he would had rocked then. My Muslim opinion

[@sebasdebordeaux8347]

abbas usef I'm not sure to understand but if you mean he would have pacify them by playing, I agree..

[@sebasdebordeaux8347]

Stop Islamic conquest, I agree exept for "telegraph" for which I think no live is better than the studio version, as well as "private investig.."

[@bartman58]

@@abbasusef6690 what has religion to do with song?

[@ryszardpiskorski]

Dzięki Bogu że było i jest mi dane słuchać takiej muzyki ❤😊

[@eire3261]

Best live album ever recorded by a long way. Every song is top class. Love from Dublin Ireland 🍀

[@Thetwndidit]

I couldn’t agree with you more 👍

[@filomenodt7606]

Excelente comienzo con ese saxofón...y emotivo el túnel del amor.

[@AlperenAlkanTubul]

That saxophone intro lifts the song to a divine level, love it!

[@jlbuenomeandro]

Amazing

[@bouleyfrantz3083]

J ai 60 ans et j ecoute toujours cette magnifique musique

[@dagmarboeh552]

Seit Jahrzehnten ein Ohrwurm 2x live gehört und unvergesslich

[@theshape3370]

That outro makes me emotional everytime, I’m a 22 year old and I’m so grateful to have this great album on vinyl it will never leave my collection

[@coatc]

Comecei a ouvir com 15 anos, tenho 52 e continua.....

[@shaunvarney5117]

Still got those goose bumps in 2020. One of my favorites for all the right reasons.

[@tendaimatambanadzo5900]

Getting them goosebumps in21

[@PeteMP3]

Tears in my eyes in 2023, just as in 1984. I thought it was just Telegraph Road that made me well up

[@stanettiels7367]

The talent is preposterous.

[@emanuelagodino6729]

La mia infanzia...mio fratello maggiore li ascoltava sempre e lo ringraziero sempre di avermeli fatti ascoltare😊

[@freeyourmind8305]

Tears in my eyes in 2019

[@peacelove6166]

Me too :)

[@Luislofra]

Also

[@PeterSpaeter96]

What has happened?

[@brianarsenault7137]

Mark just plays that guitar with such emotion that you can't help but be moved...especially during Romeo and Juliet

[@christianpohl4135]

sill in 2020...😪

[@carolunderwood3771]

My hubbys favourite. He worked on the fairground when we met

[@KennyEvansUK]

Those lovely arpeggios Alan Clark plays at the 13m mark are just sublime. Just what the song needed.

[@MultiMrMiles]

80s decade NEVER left me.....

[@oldfart4751]

No throwing TV sets out of hotel windows, no bad boy image for publicity, but sold albums by the millions just by playing great music.

[@guindasalpavo]

Esta versión es simplemente brutal, y el final, apoteósico, no hay más que decir, los 14 minutos son un huracán de emociones.

[@garygari439]

A mi la que más me gusta es la de Wembley 85 con un fraseo de guitarra increíble pero este se sale también.

[@ninometalyears]

El nivel de inspiración en esta noche mágica fue absoluto,desconozco a qué Dios se encomendarían o que drogas tomarían pero nunca he escuchado nada tan absolutamente increíble como esto.Desde el primer al último segundo es una experiencia sublime

[@francamancini7058]

Questo album va diritto al cuore

[@marcusaurelius853]

From 9.20 to 14.33 must be the most exquisite piece of music I have ever listened to. Takes me to another world

[@ATMT1]

So right! I keep playing this part over and over.

[@danwiddon3854]

7:32 to 8:02 comes a close second.

[@annekevankemenade1628]

I think from 0.01 till 14.33

[@jupasi]

I think the same

[@pepillo24333]

@@jupasi agree

[@danielelucia9437]

The intro is incredible.. fantastic.. wow!!

[@BEATLESCLASS]

I love this song, is te best!

[@javierlopez8930]

Un Genio...

[@jimoverly4122]

Brilliant song by a magnificently talented guy.

[@kaiziegler233]

When I was young, i did not understand why my Mom loved to hear this old music from the sixties like Elvis Presley. This was in the early eighties. NOW, 36!!! years later after i heard this album for the first time, i can still listen to it every day. It´s M A G I C !!!! Mom, I can understand you know!!!! Love you!!!!

[@jlbuenomeandro]

Nice

[@nikkip3385]

Haha, dad was Elvis and Johnny Cash, mum was Simon & Garfunkel and Neil Diamond. Sisters were crazy about Duran Duran and I mostly played this and Rainbow On Stage. Music wise I think 80's teenagers got the best deal ever. 😊

[@mauricioferreira3150]

Nothing beats listening to this album on vinyl.

[@juicyb9998]

Glorious 👌 Whatta beautiful song.. Mark Knopfler, hats off .

[@carlosjaviergonzalonevado6723]

Esto es música y no lo de ahora

[@gurkanerdem5492]

Each Single one in the audience is so lucky to have witnessed this live. Priceless

[@stevendone5493]

Dire Straits just take music to another level with this album . I’ve listened to it since it came out and it’s still as brilliant as it was then . Absolutely the best album ever .

[@golantrevize2256]

Qué grandes erais !!!!

[@TraceyBallsongs]

I love this album to bits, and it will stay with me for life! Enjoying every song and every story. Pure musical pleasure! Every play.

[@The_Dee_Jay]

Right there with you on the Alchemy album, the vinyl copy is one of my most prized possessions. AND I’m finally going to the Spanish City that MK sings about in this song in May this year 😊

[@TraceyBallsongs]

@@The_Dee_Jay have an amazing time! X

[@The_Dee_Jay]

@@TraceyBallsongs thanks! I'll bring you back an ice cream - vanilla, strawberry or mint-choc?

[@TraceyBallsongs]

@@The_Dee_Jay Lol, Vanilla.😉

[@The_Dee_Jay]

@@TraceyBallsongs plain old safe vanilla?! 😴 You sure?

[@twray1835]

This performance is in the top 5 of all rock and roll live shows, and the song is the very best one of all time: made that way by an extraordinary band the likes of which we will never see again and the guitar god that is Mark Knopfler.

[@lenalliston5224]

Spot on

[@johntennysonnadi2131]

My favourite dire strait love from me tunnel of love John

[@stilianifakidaraki3724]

Which would be your other 4?? (curious :) )

[@Sica106]

After heard this song so many times It still drives tears to my eyes especially the long solo as only Mark Knopfler can play the guitar. Being capable over transferring your emotions on to the strings proves mastership.

[@michaelgill5186]

He is JUST one very UNDERRATED GUITARIST

[@TheWacoKid1963]

I wish I could go back to the Spanish City I remember, Fond memories of a time long past.

[@mazamamina7948]

Spanish sity is metafora !

[@jenscee7679]

Maza Mamina no it’s not, I’m from where Knopfler grew up and the Spanish City was a fun fair in Whitley Bay. We used to go there in the summer.

[@catherinewilson3880]

I'm from Northumberland too and I spent many happy hours as a teenager in the Spanish City in Whitley Bay during the early 1970s. Shame it's just a facade now.

[@ianburnett4605]

Their concerts in NZ were so good. A gerat time to be young. You wont get that again.

[@CurvedSlightly]

And on the 8th Day, God decided to create Mark Knopfler. Thank you, God.

[@Berrie-e8u]

Timeless, priceless ❤

[@thechasescene4717]

Was asked recently by a female friend what music I listen to. "Same song I've been listening to for the last thirty years" I responded. "What's that"? she asked. "Tunnel of Love" was my answer!

[@thechasescene4717]

Took off her silver locket, said "remember me by this". She put her hand in my back pocket, I got a keepsake and a kiss. And in the roar of dust and diesel I stood and watched her walk away. Coulda' caught up with her easy enough, but something musta' made me stay. Been there. Makes the hair on my neck stand up, EVERYTIME!

[@losqualo1]

So did I: my first time was in 1980, since Alchemy appeared I never quit

[@GodoySorocaba]

Me too

[@rahulraphaelkanekar4519]

Given that it's a female friend I'm suprised there aren't any "Tunnel of love" jokes. Which is good because this is too great a song to make crass jokes about.

[@sebasdebordeaux8347]

excellent!! I could have been as possessed as you are.. I'm not far anyway..

[@MassimilianoSchillaci]

È da pelle d'oca.....formidabile!!!!

[@giancarlobufanini148]

Ti voglio troppo bene Mark

[@robeastwood2093]

Breathtakingly tight, accurate hits accents and played emotionally by the band, and played almost to perfection. Hearing this at 16 years old, was what helped make me want to be a pro Vocalist and quality live musician. I’m now 54 and still mesmerized by it. Thx for posting

[@The_Dee_Jay]

Great story Rob 🙂

[@bellyofanarchitect]

The love of my life introduced my to this song way back when it was released. We split up some years later, but she'll always be the love of my life, and so the song.

[@samuelalexander558]

That lady had good taste

[@jamesdavis8452]

Best best live album ever . Alchemy is a part of history that will never be repeated . The pinnacle of live performances where they actually live take there tracks to a different level . Mark , backing guys and the drummer that just picks up the pace at the perfect time ... never really to be repeated

[@zaynechua4822]

JAMES DAVIS i would kill to see them perform this live again

[@michaelbakalios9592]

Pick Withers is the great performer behind the drums

[@karinfrie4756]

The Best Album for ever, ILive this 🎸🎸🎸🎶🎶🎶

[@richardeustace4970]

The last 5 mins is the best guitar playing ever DS are pure class🤟

[@Fnortner01]

Happiest 14 1/2 minutes of my life, listening to this.

[@мтєяѕєѕн]

Fnortner01 me too

[@masiyus2261]

Excited

[@nickwhite5411]

Was almost home when this came on in the car on my KZbin mix...pumped up the volume and took a long detour around the town. Just fantastic !

[@josem.arjona8553]

No puede haber tanto sentimiento junto en un tema musical...ese final instrumental es como estar en una montaña rusa, esa guitarra te coge el alma y le da la vuelta como un calcetín a su antojo...sublime.

[@pierredrevon26]

Énorme chanson extraite de la quintessence du live : Alchemy!

[@kortatu]

La perfection en live,Pas une fausse note.

[@krissotep7745]

ça me fait revenir trente ans en arrière et je ne m'en lasse pas de l'écouter ...

[@MkE89]

never gets old

[@ninocascio5208]

Troppo forti...... Dire Straits🎶🎸💯

[@kevinroberts4752]

it may be old but by God its NEVER LOST its soul and beauty .... im a song writer and a musician of over thirty years. If i can pen one song in my life that has this soul and beauty i will die a happy man....... Bloody timeless.

[@user-bf3ol4pm9u]

As I said to my five year old the other day: When you're my age son, you'll realise music really doesn't get any better than this.

[@RiccardoConte84]

Still here in 2020

[@Ruiggie]

Probably their best live version

[@MrJamesLongstreet]

Yes, indeed!

[@jono55]

Richard Ruegg nope the best live version

[@olavodias]

This version is fantastic, but I like more the one they used to play on the 1985/1986 tour. Check the "Dire Straits Tunnel of Love Sydney 1986" on you tube, the quality isn't the great but even like that, it's still awesome.

[@lessehead]

Olavo Dias Agreed, the whole Sydney concert is amazing. This one is, too.

[@sergioascani5103]

yeeeeeeeessss

[@jenscee7679]

As a Geordie, it’s so evocative. Spanish City was a funfair on Whitley Bay seafront. Knopfler is from Cullercoats, just a mile up the coast. Also, Sting is from Wallsend, about 3 miles away.

[@The_Dee_Jay]

I know it’s not quite what it once was but I’m finally going to the Spanish City in May, can’t wait!

[@marceloleoneticosta7222]

One of the the biggest live albums ever made!! Great concert!! Great band!! Dire Straits forever!!!

[@SantiagoBragefernandez]

More 40 years....y mi corazon sigue emocionandose❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@rvbguitar]

If one day alliens come to annihilate us all, they will stop after hearing Mark Knopler playing guitar. True genius.

[@jaredatk6019]

What a lucky group of people who where attending that show!!!!!wow

[@Oh-Monkey]

Had Alchemy Live on cassette in the 80's while in high school. This still gives me the goosebumps as it did back then. Amazing guitar playing by Mark, actually amazing playing by all band members.

[@riccardoannoni287]

Pure bliss..what an harmony, what an outstanding performance. Best version, ever!

[@johanjansszen1882]

i saw the Dire Straits live way back in 85; i was just 15 years the whole crowd was 30+ and singing every song with them; it was unbelievable how cool they were

[@hondafrv17]

oggi come allora solo l'intro valeva il prezzo di tutto il doppio LP.

[@americabythereza9105]

Only one word: Fantastic !!!! 🇧🇷❤🇧🇷

[@Mario-lw5sr]

No es el disco que más me gusta pero sí el que más me ha influido y del que parte todo...

[@phenixreturns]

one of the most amazing drummer i have ever listened to : it's one of my fav drummer , Terry Williams rules! the true ones know it :) the intro is magic the end is magic pure alchemy

[@samirkafas3506]

My favourite song, great song and precisely this version, very intense. I'm listening to this since 1986 when I discovered it for the first time.

[@hollies40]

Absolutely beautiful. Tears in my eyes

[@soc9797]

obra cumbre de la historia de la música

[@kadkab6288]

many good memories of this beautiful live album .. never tired .. weeping with emotion ..

[@shagrat1150]

maybe best live for cure,passion,arrangement,ideas...great musicians..they changed two songs..completely..once upon..and sultans..i am drummer..and grew up with their...THANKS ,HONOUR,ADORATION TO TERRY WILLIAMS...

[@blackcoke2224]

A magic tomb strumming deep in the soul and creative a very best sound lead guiter..

[@marciodourado3206]

Essa música dá uma saudade.......... , saudades não mata ! , mais maltrata

[@paolosani1560]

Ancora oggi meravigliosa..

[@nikkip3385]

First cd's I ever bought in nineteen eighty and something. Still astounds and amazes me today. This and Telegraph Rd are the best 25 minutes of live music you'll ever hear! And I've heard Freddie Mercury live! 😂

[@pabloalbertofalcone1590]

Sin lugar a dudas.....jamás me cansaré de oir a esta gente......GENIOS TOTALES!!!!!!

[@paulmatthews417]

Terry Williams in his element live, elevates whole sound

[@amywilson6328]

Mark at the very top of his game perfect for ever

[@njmoby]

Just WOW. Just perfection.

[@pinta162_]

After all those years,this live album have special place in my heart...

[@davidehonda]

Alchemy one of the best LP in the history of the music

[@lorenzobruschi4887]

Best solo in the rock history

[@Rebelde8680]

Is only the beast!!

[@carlosjaviergonzalonevado6723]

Enoooooorme

[@dendriovos]

thanks Mark and the Dire Straits,your touch on the guitar is divine.Going through a tunnel of love myself atm and listened to this 10 times the last 2 days and am blown away every time.All will be well!

[@annekevankemenade1628]

I did listen this album maybe a million times in my life. I do listen the dire straits almost every day. Gives me goose bumps everytime i hear theme.