Dire Straits performing live during the 'Love over gold'-tour in 1983. This one is from 'Alchemy; Dire Straits Live', recorded in Hammersmith Odeon. High quality available! Enjoy!
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@Wolfmandave11 жыл бұрын
Possibly the most beautiful guitar solo of all time.
@masoliveira Жыл бұрын
Yes ! Always hearing it here
@ericnichols2337 Жыл бұрын
agreed
@naas699 Жыл бұрын
Knofflers a legend but think Dave Gilmour's got him beat - not by much tho'
@michaelsteding7720 Жыл бұрын
Amen brother
@VeganBeans Жыл бұрын
💯
@Cat_lover910 жыл бұрын
Knopfler was number 44 in Rolling Stones 100 greatest guitarists list. I think he belongs in the top 10. Watch him play, he's transported and he takes you with him.
@JackFossett10 жыл бұрын
Unfortunately alot of 'best ever' lists focus too much on technique and crazy licks, and disregard things like musical merit, emotion, melody, etc.
@chijuscai33662 жыл бұрын
44, wat a f up, top 10,
@danielleelizabeth94172 жыл бұрын
So underrated:
@jamesdavis84522 жыл бұрын
Top 1 for me . Alchemy album is a once in a lifetime performance. Never to be repeated for pure drive and engagement. Every song was performed better than the studio version. The changes in pace the ups the downs . Every band member has to be completely in sinc with what’s going on . What is amazing about mark is not only his unrivalled talent on guitar but the vocal emotion he emits . Every song is a story we can all probably relate to . The best
@anjavuckovic42122 жыл бұрын
That's bonified BS!He's top 5 for me,side by side with Hendricks,Clapton,Slash,Sambora.Period.I don't give a flyin f,what so called renown critics and charts has to say.
@Zach10k12 жыл бұрын
The outtro solo to this song, in any form, live or album, gives me chills every time I hear it. I think it ranks as one of the greatest of all time.
@chomusic2 жыл бұрын
Best. Live. Album. Ever.
@carinvanhummel86212 жыл бұрын
Agree 100%🎸🎸🎸🎶😍👌
@quogir12 ай бұрын
alchemical Alchemy
@tallwalls762 ай бұрын
You don’t “listen” to a Dire Straits concert…you participate. Luv ‘em.
@brufer9666 Жыл бұрын
I'M 26 YEARS OLD, I KNOW IT THROUGH MY FATHER, I'VE LISTENED TO IT SINCE I WAS 5, INCREDIBLE BAND, AND MARK KNOPLFER A GUITAR GOD
@daveholtz2528 Жыл бұрын
Did your dad know anything about lower-case letters?
@brufer9666 Жыл бұрын
@@daveholtz2528 your mother who knows
@petebanham491611 ай бұрын
Rock it up.
@StephanBlank-xu7ku21 күн бұрын
Yes, its the Story of a Dirty old man. Listen
@fapman1982 Жыл бұрын
i usually listen rock, metal, trash, punk....but dude, this solo is the best outcome a guitar can give, just magic, so perfect and melodic. Showing me who Dire Straits are is the best thing my dad gave to me.
@The_AndroidSentByCyberlife10 ай бұрын
I do wholehearted believe Dire Straits are where music peaked. There's no shame in liking other music or styles, but as it goes I think God himself was shocked with just how good dire straits are
@fapman198210 ай бұрын
@@The_AndroidSentByCyberlife Dire Straits are where music peaked...that is the best definition of what they were and what they meant.
@lukeryanable10 ай бұрын
Pure genius, nothing less. It's the finest use of a Stratocaster ever.
@Viej011 жыл бұрын
This is by far the best performance I have ever listened
@nomerite10 жыл бұрын
Greatest guitarist of all time in my opinion! Outright amazing outro to this song.
@brianshickeyАй бұрын
I wasn’t expecting this song to affect me so much. As someone mentioned, one of the most beautiful guitar solos and cool downs I’ve ever heard. This concert keeps giving and giving unlike anything I’ve ever heard. Absolutely brilliant. Mark moves me more than any other musician, period.
@jonathanmills5747Ай бұрын
One of the greatest Live Albums ever released. Flawless from start to finish. I'm not sure if the generations of the last few decades after it's release, truly understand how Dire Straits were so ahead of the mainstream musical acts around in DS early years. They set the standard like a bench mark that inspired so many bands to follow. Mark Knopfler took his guitar playing influences from the greatest players before him and moulded them into something unique. I don't think we saw such a guitar genre defining band emerge in the musical scene until Radiohead released their second album, The Bends. And prior to DS there were only three bands as influential in terms of originality who were The Beatles, The Stones and Pink Floyd
@wandelust9 жыл бұрын
Mark is a genius guitarist and personally, this is my favourite version
@kevinmarsh4695 Жыл бұрын
Still enjoying this at 69 years old as good as it was back in the day . Genius
@brucedaisomont75028 ай бұрын
D.D. went to another level when Alan 🎹 Clarke joined the band in 82
@IreneKaramanou8 ай бұрын
The piano…. Just magic
@quogir13 ай бұрын
unbelievable . and that's only a very weak description.transcendental
@user-cx4to8vj9uАй бұрын
It makes me cry
@Bullmannumber42 жыл бұрын
6:44 onwards is a real masterclass in how to construct a solo, it's a thing of pure beauty 😀
@quogir15 ай бұрын
not in a trillion years this will be reduplicated
@valeelle10 жыл бұрын
I'm speechless.. The song sounds better in live
@leeharvey201810 жыл бұрын
Tunnel of Love from this show is without doubt the best ive ever heard MK Play that solo... Terry Williams is a god keeping it all together. whilst MK plays his heart out. almost brings a tear, it really is that special
@IhaveaPhDinTV2 жыл бұрын
Yep. :). I think that too
@jamesdavis84522 жыл бұрын
Exactly in my comment above . Mark is driving it on upping the pace . The whole team . One step ahead …. We with you boss !
@emrego873 Жыл бұрын
The best guitar “soulo” of all time, this particular performance was from the heart, you could feel it. Unbelievable 6:40 onwards…😢
@georgerichardson7728 Жыл бұрын
The best guitarist in the world playing the best solo of all time, magic !
@JMarquiseee10 жыл бұрын
The outro to this song is insanely beautiful..
@davekite113510 жыл бұрын
MK inspired me to play the guitar and he is without doubt a master of guitar players. The sounds he is able to extract from his guitar are just so beautiful and his solos take you on a ride of pure bliss. Many guitarist's have a great repetitive riff but very few play with such emotion and precision as Knopfler does. 30 years on and the playing remains the same. Doubt whether many songs of today which feel so shallow to me will still be played in 30 plus years time and still sound as great as these guys do.
@matthewneeds2852 жыл бұрын
Well said mate. Spot on that👍
@beyondhorizon7697 Жыл бұрын
Mk the only one who play different versions in life than studio u can listen to different solos everytime u get to see him in concert
@malcolmhardwick4258 Жыл бұрын
Same here !!!
@pedromata7607 Жыл бұрын
👍
@AbjectSpanner Жыл бұрын
He's the man alright. I would never get bored of listening to such playing and even the songs are long i wish they could be longer, each time it finishes I exhale wiya sigh...
@lyleparadise276428 күн бұрын
Love this song and, as an old drummer myself, love Terry Williams....as Mark Knopfler has said, he's a true rock and roll drummer ........Rock and roll forever.
@quogir1Ай бұрын
Knopfler once was asked, what are you doing after such big events like Mandela day concert, he replied : " I m going home feeding my fish and preparing me a soup." - that's real heroism
@MgCtK12 жыл бұрын
MK is without a doubt one of the greatest musical minds of our generation. Everything about this song is mind blowing - intro, outro, guitar, keys, drums and bass .Also love the driving creative guitar rhythm he gets, in particular the part 4.00 to 4.23...could listen to that on repeat forever.
@xelaotiteb2512 жыл бұрын
This is real music! Dire Straits constructed a deep "Tunnel of Love" inside my heart.
@glennhorne678310 жыл бұрын
So very, very lucky to see them live in 1985. It gives me goose bumps watching this, and other live videos from the time. I've been so privileged to see them live at the height of their popularity with most of their best songs live.
@charlie015462 жыл бұрын
Have to agree, I saw them twice that year. You knew you were watching a truly special band, a class act.🎸👍
@MrIrishscouse Жыл бұрын
I'll admit that I envy you that you got to see them, and at that stage in their life span as a band. It must have been an awesome concert.
@Esmerelda666 Жыл бұрын
Me too. I saw them twice in Hamburg. They were so good after the first time that we saw them again! I will never forget it
@thomasroberts70213 ай бұрын
One of the greatest story telling songs of all time. Hanging on every word while the mind creates and the solo cries. A song of life, of growing up or whatever.
@walkingphotos Жыл бұрын
I was there….
@annetteturner5972 Жыл бұрын
Me too 😊
@quogir13 ай бұрын
Peace Peace Peace
@MrMrHelix Жыл бұрын
Unforgettable, heard it first time in '86, after that 100's of times over the years, still today a pleasure to see and hear a group of highly skilled musicians enjoying themselves like this, thanks much for sharing 🙏
@oldharry3352 жыл бұрын
just look at Terry's face at the end "breathless". Top drummer. Mark ending on his knees with a smile shows that he enjoyed every second of it. To play live in this flawless manner means that this band is second to none!
@wlewisiii11 жыл бұрын
The waltz from Carousel sets the stage for their finest song. Others come close; none top it.
@myriamhortenciaflorezdeman7238 Жыл бұрын
MARK K. YOU ARE NOT A LOCAL HERO..YOU ARE WORLDWIDE HERO
@yagmurcamd Жыл бұрын
Each concert of Mark Knopfler is a realm.
@danfuerthgillis4483 Жыл бұрын
7:34 this is basically taking you to a magic place where you have no clue how that sound is being made. Mark was very gifted and brought the tone touch control of acoustic guitar to the electric guitar. Basically what he is doing is what you do on many classical guitar pieces playing with subtle tone touch technique.
@joostgulien Жыл бұрын
First time in more than 30 years that I'm listening this song again... It still blows me away. Once in a lifetime band and musicians. Knopfler is a genius.
@pamela-1111 Жыл бұрын
It's been 25 years since I last heard it. I love it just as much as I did when I first heard it.
@joostgulien Жыл бұрын
@@pamela-1111 Magical indeed ❤
@petebanham491611 ай бұрын
We were there with you then, and we’re here with you now. Rock it up.
@kierondonovan226510 ай бұрын
I am sitting here listening to Dire Straights, Tunnel of Love still amazed after all these years how such quality songwriting and musicianship was recorded in the 80s. How did Dire Straights ever make it at such a vacuous time for rock n'roll. These guys belonged in the hard driving 70s when rock n roll was war and took no prisoners. Well I'll tell you one thing, these guys were the best band of the eighties by a country mile.
@mklong20 Жыл бұрын
Mark is definitely one of the best and a top 5 of all time . This song always puts me in a good mood.
@Eric7611 ай бұрын
Who are the other 4 ahead of him? Or where would you rate Mark in your top 5?
@tomosprey631025 күн бұрын
I saw them at Gateshead Stadium UK 1992,a magical night.
@jussymucky12 жыл бұрын
Reminds me of growing up, Listening to this playing darts/computer in our bedroom as kids with my brother before he passed. Great memories. Thanks for posting. Love to all xxx
@CatSharkie Жыл бұрын
Makes me nostalgic for a place I’ve never been 🎶
@kairikkola2 жыл бұрын
80's was best time ever. Mark Knopfler is like icon of that era. Women were hotter, BMW 3-series was hotter. No corona, no war.
@Jamie07811 жыл бұрын
The intro to this song on the Alchemy album is just as good as the outro imo. The uploader had astonishly cut the intro out for some reason. Dire Straits and Pink Floyd are my fave 2 bands of all time. I seen DS at their "On Every Street" tour in Glasgow in '92, absolutely loved it!
@IhaveaPhDinTV2 жыл бұрын
Thank you for getting it. I whole heartedly agree
@cloutierpatrick11 жыл бұрын
What an amazing song...Mark Knofler, for me is the greatest guitarist !!!
@brianshickeyАй бұрын
Mark Knopfler’s rating as a guitarist in many publications is far from the truth that is almost comical. I would venture to say that most of his critics never experienced him live. He is a top 5 guitarist IMHO and is first on my list as nobody emits as much emotion when they play as much as Mark does. His guitar is plugged into his heart.
@Bojan1764 Жыл бұрын
I was lucky enough to see Dire Straits first time just 10 days earlier at Zagreb stadium, just 10 days before Hammersmith concerts. After 4 decades still the best concert I saw, and I saw more than 300 concerts since 1982.
@junglistninja10 жыл бұрын
this whole gig was Mark at his best,telegraph road is sublime!!
@stephenmr211 жыл бұрын
so meaningful to hear this such real memories I get tears in my eyes when I watch this its perfect thank you mark
@jeannestafford150611 жыл бұрын
When we were kids. Brings a tear or two to my eyes.
@fitnessisgood4u9 жыл бұрын
Wonderful!!! Go Terry!!! Holding it all together. Awesome drumming.
@MDGolfaddict8 жыл бұрын
+fitnessisgood4u Agree its a class performance. Love the grin he makes right at the end! He knows he has nailed it from start to finish
@Robertonnz11 жыл бұрын
The piano at the end is superlative....Dire Straits....One of the best bands EVER!
@ewanmacfarlane91952 жыл бұрын
A masterclass.
@shaydesiri613711 жыл бұрын
THE SONG that made me pick up a guitar at 13.......now Im 44 i still love it
@drcastilloserulle Жыл бұрын
Magistral. Terry Williams. Alan Clark. Hal Lindes. John Ilsley and Mark Knopfler
@MD-vu1kr Жыл бұрын
Literally makes that guitar SING
@fiddleminger269 Жыл бұрын
All though we'll never meet and some of us might never see this, we've all shared a feeling from all over the planet. Isn't that a beautiful thing...? Please share some more of your favourite performances someone?
@phero2 Жыл бұрын
To have a song with such a corny title be my favorite song of all
@marceloleoneticosta7222 Жыл бұрын
Dire Straits forever!! Amazing song!!!
@musicequalhappiness11 жыл бұрын
i just HAVE to say once more that i love you MK, the melody, the songs you make with your guitar is beyond words to me, that there's something right there in my chest, that I'm suffocating with joy or something else?, so beautiful your melodies, your guitar sounds are, they make me about to burst into tears, i listen to you with immense pleasure ALWAYS and this make my worries go away for a precious while at least, thank you so much for your music.
@yagmurcamd Жыл бұрын
He is a miracle.
@redsidebiker7 ай бұрын
I remember in 1993 buying the double CD of Alchemy in Colwyn Bay. Petrol expenses from the company that I was working for paid for it! Lifelong fan since :-)
@darkallegiance66611 жыл бұрын
I have the cd of this concert, but it's fabulous to see it on here on video - wonderful drums, keyboard & of course - guitar. My favorite song by Dire Straits.
@hugocampos5536 Жыл бұрын
I remember listening this song of that concert in the eighties in my old 1974 green VW with my Pioneer radio KP 3500, I was 18 years old on that moment, imagining how lucky was that people enjoying in live to MK guitar solo, amazing!! Thanks to the guy who upload this song and particularly from this concert. Guess this is the best performance of this song, recorded in the Alchemy Album. I lost that Album.
@quogir1Ай бұрын
This Allan Clark is a magician.
@micktray111 жыл бұрын
My one regret in life was never going to see them .still makes my hair stand on end when i listen to them
@altarguild10010 жыл бұрын
This is wonderful and it makes me happy. Thank you.
@leslieratzlaff313810 жыл бұрын
Unmistakable Dire Straits sound, rhythm. Best rhythm of all time. Long live rock and roll and Dire Straits. Love love love them.
@Josibel311 жыл бұрын
This solo is very crazy!!!
@tonyso01 Жыл бұрын
Emociona hasta las lagrimas. No es el ver como entregan toda su habilidad en tocar los instrumentos y cantar; sino la calidad de la interpretacion. Fue un concierto memorable. Lo escuche del CD original; y es realmente un orgasmo musical. Grande Dire Straits
@garybarnard21682 жыл бұрын
oo they knew it was special at the time
@Fnortner014 ай бұрын
My favorite version.
@roberteberle23053 ай бұрын
I hate Mark Knopfler! I’ve been playing guitar for 40 years. I can accept that. I can’t approach the technical mastery of a great guitarist. Or that I could never write anything close to the masterpieces he composes. But when I hear a great guitar solo by other great guitarist on songs that I love, I can imagine, someday playing or thinking about playing something like that. I can understand it. With Knopfler on a song like Tunnel of love I’m surprised and awestruck. In my wildest dreams I simply couldn’t even think about playing those notes he strings together. It’s simply beyond my comprehension. So I try to analyze what he does, so I could approach that genius. I want to throw my guitar away because I know I could never even think that I could approach not just Mastery but the creative mastery. It’s a gift that I was never given or that I believe very. Very, few have. I hate him, but I could never stop listening or being amazed.
@llangol11 жыл бұрын
I saw them in 1985, Birmingham, England. I'll never forget it.
@glennhorne678311 жыл бұрын
I was lucky enough to see them in 1985 at Deeside Chester. 30 years on and it's still one of the best things I'm glad that I did. Absolutely fantastic. Micktray1, yeh hair stands on end, whats left of it anyway!
@allanpetersen342711 жыл бұрын
One of them. There are sooo many, but who can't love this? And, the whole band played fantastic.
@jbelafonte Жыл бұрын
Dire Straits are the kings of dynamics.
@stefanstewart9313 жыл бұрын
my favourite straits solo of al time
@SuperHadassa111 жыл бұрын
Jeanne, the guitar playing is beyond words...
@weimargesang9 жыл бұрын
Qui siamo al top della storia della musica moderna
@rumcoke91232 жыл бұрын
top 5 live album of all time without a doubt
@frankybass7211 жыл бұрын
one of the best rock & roll songs of all times!
@anacristinabraga3451 Жыл бұрын
Já imaginou nós dois, em Spanish City, entrando nesse Tunel of Love, ouvindo Mark tocar essa música? É só fechar os olhos e viajar... 🙃❤️💋
@jamesholmes8020 Жыл бұрын
Been as a kid ...now revisit as often as I can..."Spanish City"was like the Taj Mahal to us ...quote on the building
@lucianoxx921010 ай бұрын
@@jamesholmes8020 Did you lived in some city around Spanish city ?
@filipekonrote Жыл бұрын
Best live band I ever seen , amazing!
@davidcarpenter9020 Жыл бұрын
Greatest finger picker to ever live RIP MARK
@IhaveaPhDinTV Жыл бұрын
This is my ocd song. The outro pleases every bit of my of energy
@jeannestafford150611 жыл бұрын
He is sublime.
@robwood83313 ай бұрын
6mins give me chills
@jeannestafford150611 жыл бұрын
Telegraph Road is perhaps the best song ever written.
@edithmmota Жыл бұрын
Mk 💕o melhor de todos os tempos🇧🇷
@lucianoxx9210 Жыл бұрын
Sim, Mark Knopfler é uma aula de bom gosto musical.
@semalga32092 жыл бұрын
Gracias Max por compartir esta joya 👍🏻 Es muy difícil quedarse con sólo 1 canción de DS, pero para mí esta versión de tunnel of love en directo es la mejor. Desgarradora y emotiva tocada por todos los músicos de 10!. La canción perfecta. Gracias Mark por tus composiciones y hacernos mejor nuestras vidas 👏👏.
@Diego0200 Жыл бұрын
Escuchandola hoy 20/11/022, 11:45 pm, sin dudas te pone a recordar la vida, como pasa el tiempo tan rapido, uno de los solos de guitarra mas hermosos, te transporta a otro mundo sin dudas Mark Knopfler uno de los mas grandes guitarristas de la historia
@GeorgeTel1003 ай бұрын
The solo part at the end is B E Y O N D B E L I E F !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
@angelcourty1070 Жыл бұрын
Knopfler a monster, the baterist another one.
@ThomasJakobMusic13 жыл бұрын
most epic live performance ever
@jussymucky12 жыл бұрын
sublime
@chadherriott1169 ай бұрын
Mark at 10:17 delivering the kill shot. Incredible.
@abdulazizabdullah64978 жыл бұрын
methinks the solo at the end of Tunnel of Love - Dire Straits is the greatest ever played by mankind ;) With due respects to Layla Hotel California Freebird Stairway to Heaven etc etc Tunnel of Love solo is the only one that will make me cry tears of joy and the feeling of being blessed to hear a guitar GOD at his finest. Hail Sir Mark Knopfler!
@pb006w351116 жыл бұрын
brilliant song writer brilliant guitarist
@BIJOsk9 ай бұрын
Bardzo podoba mi się gra klawiszowca, zwłaszcza przy końcu utworu, kiedy" biega" palcami po wszystkich oktawach pianina.