DIRE STRAITS [Live] - IN THE GALLERY | COUPLE VIDEO FIRST REACTION | Live At Rockpalast 1979

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[@michael7191]

Guys, you need to check out Sultans of Swing from Alchemy Live. It’s from a 1983 concert and has a little harder edge than the studio version, and it’s epic. Thank you for all of your reactions!

[@marlew6629]

Agreed. Legendary performance of their songs 'Sultans of swing, Telegraph Road, Romeo and Juliet., Tunnel of Love, take your pick.

[@tonybaker55]

Mark is a magician.

[@generoberts9151]

Dire Straits is so good live. Saw them many years ago. Knopfler just so good at improvisation when he plays. Always a jam session. This song is similar in structure to “Six Blade Knife” another great groove tune.

[@MinistryOfDarkness11]

Hey guys. Love your channel. I really recommend the song Brothers In Arms-Live Dire Straits "On The Night" 1993. Every reactor I've seen stated that it had a massive impact on them. Marks guitar playing on his Pensa is breathtaking. Dire Straits Live is so much more enjoyable as you get to see Mark and the band do their thing. So talented. Anyway Cheers from Australia 😊🎸🎸🎸

[@eaglesrule1415]

Great choice Nick. Dire Straits is brilliant, this album and Love Over Gold are especially good. You and Lex should do more songs that you guys know and react to them. This was great.👍👍👍

[@bennettl23]

Others have suggested checking out some performances from Alchemy Live. I think you might also enjoy 'Once Upon a Time in the West' - the opening song from that concert.

[@stephencaruso760]

I love these guys since I was 20 in 1978 and I love Roller Girl which has great clean guitar work

[@richarddobson815]

What an absolute treat guys! Mark is an incredible guitarist and is a pleasure to watch live. I've never had the privilege of seeing him live but there's lots on KZbin of course. You talk about his 'country' sound on the debut album; check out his 2006 collaboration with Emmylou Harris called 'All The Roadrunning'. It's a tremendous album and the tour supporting the album is on KZbin. My favourite track is 'This Is Us', Emmylou is just so cool and beautiful, and Mark plays a killer solo with a great band backing them.

[@thegoatchild3545]

Thanks for reminding me I haven't listened to this album in a while, guys. Classic from start to finish, although I prefer the later stuff. Awesome performance.

[@samuelmregister]

Cool, deep cut, guys!

[@michelemichele3375]

Love this whole album. Great choice. 😽💖

[@johnmurphy2446]

The band i have listened to most over all the years theyve been in existence. Fantastic,

[@obiwanbenobi4943]

Also one of my favorite all time albums. He's got the touch and sense of time and he's not afraid to use it. He's a lefty but plays a regular guitar.

[@Jack-pu4rf]

I love raw on the spot live music, thanks for your reaction, this was great

[@michaelwalker5257]

Yup: Sultans of Swing from Alchemy. And Telegraph Road, from the same concert tour. But especially Sultans. You won't believe anything about it, especially how much more confident Mark has become by then - and the DRUMMING! One of the most exciting performances I've ever seen. Anywhere.

[@davidbentley145]

Early Knopfler...in his prime...Ty brother Nick and Lady Lex!

[@brotherbob3569]

My favorite song by them. Allso dig One World & Once upon a time in the west.

[@rezsoalparjutocsazimmerman1223]

Actually, this was a full concert in Germany, not just a TV special 🙂 they played songs from the first two albums, and some unreleased songs as well 🙂 including Sultans of Swing twice 😃 and MK didn't do drugs, he was really thin here 😃

[@davidevans4535]

Excellent band excellent album in my top five rock albums Mark was/is the new Hank Marvin

[@yatestom4845]

Best dire straits line up

[@richeaton5752]

I thought they lost some edge after Pick left, too.

[@yatestom4845]

@@richeaton5752 blue oyster cult fan?

[@richeaton5752]

@@yatestom4845 lol. Oh yeah! (but, that was one of the few .png files that I have. Gotta convert my Sonny Landreth, from .jpg to .png.) eta Would love to see these guys take a listen to one of the live versions of "Last Days Of May"...

[@johnhickin8118]

Sultans of swing live is absolutely EPIC

[@vinsgraphics]

This is a great live show, the whole set is an hour or so. At the end Mark says they’ll play “Sultans” again and “do it right this time.” Not that we mind! 😊

[@williammckay9229]

Saw Dire Straits 3-21-79 for $5.00 in a small bar in Houston called Texas Opry House. It was their 1st tour. Good show. Saw the Police at the same venue earlier that month for $3.00. Also 1st tour.

[@bmac1205]

Man, you sure got your money's worth!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@williammckay9229]

@@bmac1205 For the Police I bought 2 tickets and nobody wanted to go with me, so I sold 1 outside the bar for $5.00. So I saw the Police for $1.00

[@robertdnero2217]

My favourite DS era. This is more like it!! Dire Straits are so much more than Sultans/Brothers in Arms/Money for Nothing..

[@fredericknalaremah939]

Magnificent Dire Straits live...untouchable, immortal! Another great live session at Rockpalast is Cutting Crew in 2007 with (I just) Died in your Arms. Maybe a one hit wonder but wonderful non the less!

[@spartakdauti9783]

Great choice . I"d suggest I think I love you too much With eric clapton 1990 Knewborth live.

[@scottanderson8420]

The Mighty Mark👍👍

[@bmac1205]

Love that twangy Strat sound.

[@toniw725]

Watch Sultans of Swing Alchemy Live and then Telegraph Road from the same. You will not be disappointed.

[@GP-mw8ce]

One Of MK’s best collaborations was on Bob Dylan’s infidels album

[@78yestor93]

Thank you for another excellent reaction always so on point. Please react to a live version of Brothers in Arms

[@bmac1205]

Great! Awesome that you did this early in Dire Straits timeline. First album is sooooo good. I stopped listening to them after 'Making Movies' album when 'Money for Nothing Came Out'. Just couldn't stomach it.

[@rodbrown8934]

Guys, you really have to watch Sultans of Swing on the Alchemy live album. It will blow your mind. It's incredible. The drummer, Terry Williams, not Pick on first 4 albums, is just unbelievable. Here are some facts for you. MK is naturally left handed but plays right as his sister told him guitarist's don't play left handed so he learnt right. Pick Withers real name is David but Marks brother is David, so to save confusion, he changed to Pick.

[@josephbooth4954]

Someone who you can see fully enjoys his music, pity he pulled away from the limelight. Good choice.

[@vinsgraphics]

He mellowed after all the success got too big for him, but he continues to put out solo albums. Currently working on #10

[@stephencaruso760]

''When it came to recording Steely Dan’s 1980 album, Gaucho, Fagen and Becker would provide another clear example of their character. For the track ‘Time Out of Mind’, they enlisted Dire Straits frontman and guitar hero Mark Knopfler after being impressed by his work, particularly on the track ‘Sultans of Swing’. Accordingly, they invited the guitarist to play the song’s solo. This broke from the band’s normal way of working, as Knopfler couldn’t read music, the band’s usual modus operandi.Knopfler became frustrated by the long and drawn-out studio sessions. In addition to this, Fagen and Becker had a brazen way of criticising his work and lack of progression, which only compounded his feelings. Showing the extent of the sessions, Knopfler recorded over ten hours of guitar for the band only to use 15 seconds in the intro. “It was a strange experience,” Knopfler recalled, “Like getting into a swimming pool with lead weights tied to your boot.” When asked about Knopfler’s frustration, Becker added: “I think he definitely felt that, because he would play something and it was OK, then we’d like it later.”-Far Our Magazine

[@NicknLex]

I read about this on Wikipedia. Its not very common for rock & blues players to read music. I learned it before playing the guitar so it was already a thing for me. I also started with classical guitar and had to read to learn. I think it was a waisted opportunity to have only used seconds of his recordings. I love Steely Dan to death but that was literally a crime. Knopfler is literally a genius!

[@stephencaruso760]

@@NicknLex absolutely ! I agree! Donald and Walter especially Donald drove a lot of musicians nuts with their triple the time in the studio and a hundred takes! but then again listen to the perfection we love 45 years later

[@JKonstage]

Does anyone know any other rock stars who began as college professors? I think Sting taught high school.

[@NicknLex]

Marathon idea!!

[@JKonstage]

@@NicknLex Sounds like a challenge.

[@grahamharley4895]

Dave Gilmour the best at slow emotional guitar... Jimmy Page at shredding... Mark Knopfler the best at both!

[@NicknLex]

I agree with David having written some of the most iconic solos ever recorded. Mark has one of my guitar tone in guitar music. He is not shredder. Page is a good composer but his guitar playing leaves a lot to be desired. Check out Guthrie Govan, Brett Garsed for that shredding itch.

[@richeaton5752]

LIVE-MUSIC-R-BETTER

[@bmac1205]

Look how skinny Mark is!

[@kaz282]

Every song on Alchemy is better than this.