Dire Straits - Romeo And Juliet (Official Music Video)

The Official Music Video for Romeo And Juliet. Taken from Dire Straits - Making Movies.
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Lyrics:
a lovestruck romeo sings a streetsusss serenade
laying everybody low with a lovesong that he made
finds a convenient streetlight steps out of the shade
says something like you and me babe how about it?
juliet says hey it’s romeo you nearly gimme a heart attack
he’s underneath the window she’s singing hey la my boyfriend’s back
you shouldn’t come around here singing up at people like that
anyway what you gonna do about it?
juliet the dice were loaded from the start
and i bet and you exploded in my heart
and i forget i forget the movie song
when you gonna realise it was just that the time was wrong juliet?
come up on different streets they both were streets of shame
both dirty both mean yes and the dream was just the same
and i dreamed your dream for you and now your dream is real
how can you look at me as if i was just another one of your deals?
when you can fall for chains of silver you can fall for chains of gold
you can fall for pretty strangers and the promises they hold
you promised me everything you promised me thick and thin
now you just says oh romeo yeah you know i used to have a scene with him
juliet when we made love you used to cry
you said i love you like the stars above i’ll love you till i die
there’s a place for us you know the movie song
when you gonna realise it was just that the time was wrong juliet?
i can’t do the talk like they talk on tv
and i can’t do a love song like the way it’s meant to be
i can’t do everything but i’d do anything for you
i can’t do anything except be in love with you
and all i do is miss you and the way we used to be
all i do is keep the beat and bad company
all i do is kiss you through the bars of a rhyme
julie i’d do the stars with you any time
juliet when we made love you used to cry
you said i love you like the stars above i’ll love you till i die
and there’s a place for us you know the movie song
when you gonna realise it was just that the time was wrong juliet?
a lovestruck romeo sings a streetsuss serenade
laying everybody low with a lovesong that he made
finds a convenient streetlight steps out of the shade
says something like you and me babe how about it?
#DireStraits # RomeoAndJuliet #MakingMovies

[@martinmaher6086]

40 years ago and it has never lost its magic. Genius.

[@RobertCooper-eb9kq]

Knofler X

[@TiffanyCorwin-dx4nj]

huh well if u see said dire tell him im comin home

[@TiffanyCorwin-dx4nj]

my bad Dyre or Sid or tyedye man he knows im stranded without him im nothin imcomplete broken barbie

[@reachlove6779]

❤

[@neilkitchen6313]

😢

[@guinneverehenderson2847]

This song holds more meaning for me than anyone could imagine. I was with my significant other for almost 30 years. We had separated, lived apart for a couple of years, still seeing each other almost everyday. By chance we ended up back together and it was so beautiful that we had a chance to fall in love all over again until after being 12 years in remission, he ended up with fatal brain cancer and was given not even 4 weeks to live. He graciously lived for over 5 more months and yet even being bed ridden and paralyzed on one side, my children and I were by his side. We all were blessed to have that time with him and he was so happy even considering the circumstances. He passed away and I was there for every moment including his last breath. There was a time long ago when he said to me... "You and me babe, how bout it? "... This song is so precious to me and I'll never forget those words. When this song appears in my feed, knowing I'm going to cry like a baby , I have no choice but to listen... Scott, you made my life complete. I miss you so much. Even though you've been gone for 2 and a half years already, it's fresh like it was yesterday. I'll forever hold our memories deep in my heart and remember your last breath you were still trying to say I love you even though you couldn't speak. I miss you so very much. Maybe one day we'll be together again. I'll forever be about you babe. Always and forever until we meet again my love... Thank you to whomever took the time to read this. Our love is forever and Romeo and juliet do truly exist. ♥️

[@marziamariabarozzi4908]

❤

[@pregoson]

Thank you for sharing such an amazing and deeply touching part of your life. Even though your story had an emotional impact on me, , it also echos how much I am in love with my better half, best friend, lover and wife. I am thankful every day for her choosing to share her life with me. I hope everyone who reads your story and my little reply, can take a moment to appreciate that someone is out there for all of us. If you found that someone, take a moment each day to let them know how much you care about them. Use any of the 5 love languages (yes it works) to convey your love. 💓 It makes a difference to them and makes you a better version of yourself, which also feels fantastic. 🤩 Give it a try if you don't believe me and see what happens. 😉

[@bigjumbo3606]

❤❤❤

[@mcmaximon1]

He loved you like the stars above ,he loved you 'til he died. God Bless x

[@DenMore1]

Same here, we agreed to stay apart till she finds the rest in her mind. I respect that. Stay strong and all the love to you!!!!

[@drama85007]

One of the most gorgeous, sad, wistful songs about a failed relationship. EVER. Just perfect. I owe a lot of needed tears to this song.

[@thetimemasheen1305]

Is that your interpretation too? I just had a breakup that I felt would be the one ... and the lyrics seem to point in that direction for me too. The most obvious part would be "just that the time was wrong" since she currently has so much in her life that she had no time for a relationship. The music video points in the direction of them moving on rather than getting back together though- what you think about the songs lyrics?

[@normandean8486]

Me too, hope you've healed.

[@claudesaintpierre7352]

I like it and it's so ironic

[@thartson]

Yes!

[@musiclover-ox7yy]

But at the same time it has beat that can pick you up

[@chiarastrologo228]

3:19 “all I do is miss you and the way we used to be” so simple yet it’s when I cry harder

[@pearlharbor4790]

Yes my favorite is 'all I do is kiss you through the bars of a rhyme...'

[@LNPChina]

This is the perfect song about longing. I listened to it in the back of my dad's car when I was a kid, longing to grow up and understand and feel how song described. As a young man, it described how I longed for the women that I loved and lost. And now I watch it and miss the young man I was, and what it felt like to be young, to be in love, and have my heart broken. It's so bittersweet - beautiful and sad, makes me nostalgic and also connected to each period of my life. It feels so personal, yet when I read all the comments here, I realise I'm just one of many that feels that way.

[@barnabylee9763]

LNP China as a young guy going through my first love loss. This song is so perfect

[@anirbanroy3071]

Right in the feels... Even I feel the song....

[@sm6993]

love the way you put your words together

[@ianeagle40nil]

Petra Europe very well said. Word for word my thoughts😌 Such a beautiful song - a simple melody, interspersed with whimsical guitar licks, like little flights of fancy. The music light but the subject heavy. (I met my wife at 15 and had a weird thought that We’d end up together, but one of us was always in a relationship. It wasn’t until 23 that we were both free at the same time, and we married at 26.💟☮️

[@garyhall4449]

Same hear. Listened to this as a kid with my girlfriend. Now at 46 listening to it going through our divorce..

[@jmac6350]

One of the most beautiful songs that will ever exist.

[@namyarasree]

From a beautiful story.....!!!!

[@lunemagick2903]

Yes ♥🎶

[@nugnug118]

@@lunemagick2903 can only be beaten by two other of his songs, telegraph road and my favourite tunnel of love, give them a listen if you haven't already.

[@kathyraymelles.80]

So beautiful

[@markfisher61]

Agree. It's a pity the video is so awful.

[@hafizhardhani5614]

It's been exactly 39 years since this was released, Still one of the best songs ever!

[@Luca_Amodeo]

It will be 40 in October... unbelievable.

[@StevenStoddart]

39 years ago?? Gawd... that makes me feel old 😊 Still, I do love this song... both lyric and score.. they combine to make something so loaded with a sense of longing...

[@nineteenthly]

Exactly why I'm listening to it now.

[@johnbecay6887]

one of the saddest, that's for sure

[@russellmilam5686]

1st video I ever saw

[@ianthelycos3786]

I think once you've really loved someone, it's in your heart forever.

[@user-qr9uh1fd8g]

Yeah. And that one day at Julietta s balcony in Italy 😢. The blur of a sad life. The joy of the holy Spirit.

[@T4Liam]

The line "It was just that the time was wrong" gets me. So many of us must know that feeling of completely falling for someone, but not being able to do anything about it.

[@squamish4244]

Yes, a lot of people here say it's about a failed relationship, but to me it's about one that never got started. As in my case.

[@claudesaintpierre7352]

The dices were loaded on the start

[@bppmurphy]

Too relatable. Either the one we fall for are already in a relationship or they just don't love us the same we love them

[@jenlarge9036]

I always and still do love the line'I cant do anything, but I would do anything for you" . Being in a bad relationship, it was my fantasy to find someone who actually cared enough about me to say that.

[@Daimo83]

Or completely FAILING with someone, and not being able to do anything about it. You just have to make sure you're a better person for the next time.

[@markcoluzzi5754]

So my girlfriend and i fell in love to this song in 1978. 46 years later it still does the same thing to us. Talk about the power of love and music. I love you Nancy.

[@toddgaak422]

Dude, that's awesome. Congrats.

[@klaasj7808]

funny she has an affair with me since 1981

[@markcoluzzi5754]

@@klaasj7808 so you're the father of our 5th kid! Lol😂

[@klaasj7808]

@@markcoluzzi5754 even the first

[@markcoluzzi5754]

@@klaasj7808 I know that's not true because I know the guy who's the father of the first 😂😂😂

[@jonathankillian3503]

Making Movies The album Is timeless. Great Song

[@lorenzodatti2489]

i’m 17 and this song is just on another level compared to nowadays songs (and to older ones too), too good, too flipping good thank you dire straights for gifting us with this beautiful masterpiece that will forever be 100/100

[@chriskavanagh4896]

You've got an old show

[@lou-anhsinnassamy1854]

im 16 and i agree

[@claytonrodriguesinacio6065]

Uma ótima musica romântica de direstrait

[@keithm9337]

You will never know the magic of that era. We were bombarded with hits songs day after day by outstanding artists like this. So much in fact we got jaded and did not appreciate the time we were living in. When I go back and listen now the music we had, it is astonishing because nothing like that exists now. I am so grateful to have experienced that chunk of time that artists actually created beautiful music.

[@barca44]

I'm 17 too and I totally agree

[@michaelallen434]

When life gets too hard, music like this make it bearable

[@CaroleWhite-kt4nv]

Absolutely agree with that.... ❤❤❤ DS

[@BobSmith-ip1mb]

No one said life was easy, but they never said how hard it would be😢

[@jck01010101]

The most beautiful love song ever.

[@TeodoroSunna]

Che sentimento, alle volte è sufficiente uno solo per aprire una "PORTA" ❤❤❤. INDIMENTICABILI. GRAZIE da parte mia

[@joycecandido6317]

I agree .....monumental

[@ShSy-ni6zq]

Diana Ross Barbara Streisand Sam Cooke John Lennon ....might disagree Maybe the fact that I argue all the time is why I'm single This is a Desperation song I can do the talk on TV

[@jomomma5281]

I'm in my late 50's. I come to remember my real first love,we lived together for 6yrs. Separated,met yrs later, I was his last girlfriend 🥺 he passed from liver cancer. U never realise what we have & lost until it's way too late. See ya on the flip side Mick.😘

[@kjellesperas5132]

Love from Norway strong women ❤

[@christianegroe3018]

I think, he knew how deep you loved him. ❤

[@kellie7512]

Who else thinks the line " I'll do the stars with you ,anytime yet " is just so beautiful , gee words are so powerful and some bands seem to get it right ,dire straights did xx

[@donnacsrpenter7226]

Werd

[@sandystephens120]

I learned to play this when my wife passed away and it still breaks my heart listening to it but it is a great song perhaps the greatest love song ever x

[@hertenbergershenanigans]

The old saying… “it is better to have loved and lost… I believe this is true. I believe that we can know love is real and everlasting because we have both received and given it. I am sorry for that loss. I think that we disdain death so much because we know it does not belong. To be born again, we must die. When faced with the prospect, let us all walk, or run, to Love, Life, and Light, so that we may see each other again.

[@anthonycouldlewissimmons]

Just keep Safe whith love TONY SIMMONS i London north l last my mum and dad LAST year dad in April and in December 2 weeks b FOR xama 93 years old

[@jmoriarty8000]

It’s definitely up there for me. My favourite is Thank you- Zeppelin

[@jacquelinefortune8621]

I'm so sorry for your loss. Agreed, it's the greatest love song ever x

[@brandymcevoy2481]

I actually refer to this as the greatest love song ever written, always. Sorry about your wife.

[@abir5814]

This line “Juliet, when we made love you used to cry You said, "I love you like the stars above, I'll love you 'til I die." It gives me the chills every time I hear it, cuz it’s just so fking beautiful, represents how crazily in love you can be with someone. The lyrics of this songs are just fucking beautiful!!

[@ozymandias7940]

Yup and then it all turns to shit.... Been there so many times.

[@julieknox1682]

@@ozymandias7940 Yep. Going through the remnants of that now. This song kills me, but I love it. Kinda like love itself

[@ozymandias7940]

@@julieknox1682 Hey, sorry to hear that. You're probably sick of hearing this, but it does get easier. Keep your chin up, soldier on, one day at a time. 🙂

[@abbymckay3791]

I still feel the same x

[@matrix26uk]

Then it turns out she's a liar!

[@rozatoldi5555]

Juliet says, "Hey, it's Romeo, you nearly gave me a heart attack" 💯♾🎶💘Always

[@HappySnappyChappy]

"Hey La - my Boyfriend's back" :o)

[@21hazza]

This song is an emotional journey and the line " I can't do anything except be in love with you" gets me every time. ❤️

[@jamesclukey7488]

" I love you like the stars above, I'll love you till I die ," or, " what happened to thick or thin ?" Loss of love, broken vows, betrayal. It's all there.

[@donnacsrpenter7226]

My favorite song luv Dire Stairs n got to meet the band it was fucking awesome!!!!

[@MrsSlocombesPuddyCat]

Creepy stalker territory ❤

[@rakino4418]

Its just raw honesty. Its the whole song condensed into a single line.

[@chrisnotaro1525]

If you think it's "creeper stalker territory" you will never experience the beauty of true, and real love,therefore Your life will never be full, but empty.

[@raycornford283]

'All I do is kiss you, through the bars of a rhyme' - one of my all-time favourite lyric lines

[@juliagribble6512]

mine to

[@oiabuni]

Mark Knopfler is the best of the best and this song is simple and special!

[@benjaminmarshall-camm5595]

The perfect story of a long lost love, with the justification of failure being 'it was just that time was wrong'. There is a place for 'us', I truly hope.

[@juliagribble6512]

miss you John

[@blackcorp0001]

One of the greatest guitar bands ever

[@martymcfly3159]

Early 80s, beautiful years!! Simply life, happy life, beautiful music, beautiful movies, no smartphone and internet... TRUE EMOTIONS!!! TRUE LIFE!!! Regards from Italy

[@WD-4T]

You forgot about AIDS

[@cfccfc7341]

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿👏👍

[@sergiydotsenko5368]

So, please turn off KZbin Chanel and this perfect song. You don't need Enternet!

[@squamish4244]

The secret isn't no smartphone or Internet. The secret is YOU WERE YOUNG.

[@totalprocall6894]

@@squamish4244 The internet, despite its many helping ways, has detracted from the good stuff in life. Nothing now is appreciated as everything is availabel on tap...it encourages less creativity, more depression, poor attitudes, and general mental illness as evidenced by 95% of twitter. In the older days you were friends with people around you, you were limited in what you heard so would obsess over songs like this for montsh and years on vynl or cassette. I could go on...its certainly not just about being young.

[@wolverinethad]

Mark Knopfler is criminally underrated as a songwriter. This and Brothers In Arms are two standout songs that should be preserved in the Library of Congress.

[@kathyraymelles.80]

He's my go to guitar player...the best

[@jesstajames]

👏👏👏👏

[@nariosixpence8082]

Your latest trick and why worry too

[@nocoskull44]

@@nariosixpence8082 the man's too strong !!!!

[@tylsimys67]

And, maybe, "Sultans Of Swing", "Expresso Love", "Private Investigations" and "Money For Nothing"...?

[@mattcameron9349]

There’s something slightly magical about the fade out on this song. I’m 44 years old, but whenever I watch this now, by the time the song is fading out I am right back to being that 12 year old boy in the mid-80’s, watching it with the lights off in my bedroom on my small portable television, playing from a beat up old VHS player clunking away a pirated copy I recorded from VH1, and with my old CB radio crackling away from under my bunk-bed. It’s like a time-machine, yet timeless in itself.

[@peteeasterman6025]

I love reading memories like yours

[@mand9330]

I was born in 1979 and my Dad was a huge Dire Straits fan. Mark Knopfler will always be a legend in our house ❤

[@lukew7343]

I was also born in 79 and my dad also was a huge Dire Straits fan. Listening to this music really brings back memories of my childhood.

[@daviddaniels4075]

"All I do is kiss you through the bars of a rhyme " What a great line.

[@A_A_J.]

Thank you! I never understood that line. I thought it was about rain.

[@lalee9918]

My favorite one too but I also like I'd do the stars with you anytime

[@garybamford1066]

All I do is kiss you through the bars of Orion.

[@ToffeenoseToffee]

Just said that to my mrs before I read your comment 👌👍

[@pageturner6747]

Ah shit, Im always singing Orion. He is singing about the stars the line before, so it made sense in my head. XD

[@annadudek9941]

“Can’t do anything except be in love with you”, masterpiece, nothing to add but said everything. Just beautiful 🤩

[@CTurner64]

one of my favourite songs. But my god this is the most literal video ever. It's like the director literally interpreted every word of the song on a low budget.

[@chesterdonnelly1212]

Yes literal. I've never seen another video like it.

[@kellysmart5774]

I agree love the song it’s older than me, I also remember my dad playing it when I was little. The video clip is a too literal though, it is such a good song a bit of mystery in the film clip would of made a whole lot better

[@3madppl]

Exactly my thoughts. Almost like Bollywood haha. What a song though.

[@besbin7]

I absolutely love this video actually

[@pauls6320]

Yeah, I know. Pity. Imagine the vide they COULD have made!

[@garethjamesdavies6850]

Mmy husband Gareth & I listened to this on cassette in the car back in the day, over& over. Lost him in 2020 to cancer at 58 yrs old. Feel as if I'm back there in that car whenever I hear this- love you Gar- miss you love 💔💔

[@milliewray]

God bless you sweetheart

[@joannemollis3022]

😢

[@vukunger7826]

God bless you ❤

[@Saprofane]

If you don’t get goosebumps listening to this song then you are missing a soul

[@АндреСам]

У Моей Наташки должны быть, а так только я в гавно попадаю))))

[@АндреСам]

Не Мурашки, значит я Мужик)))

[@jenklineclark9548]

Ok,my daughter is officially missing a soul.

[@SteffenSchäfer-m6t]

Oh piss off, dude! Like srsly.

[@Deontjie]

Great song, stupid video.

[@badzioch64]

One of my favourite songs for 40 years. Gets better and better. I miss Dire Straits

[@lizxu322]

I'm 25 and it's been my favourite song since 19.

[@CONNIERHarrison]

Ye

[@CONNIERHarrison]

I love them too❤

[@CONNIERHarrison]

❤❤❤😂😂🎉🎉

[@CONNIERHarrison]

Yes

[@stephaniedawson380]

When I was a kid, my father played this song in the car all the time. He died 5 years ago, it just makes me think of my childhood and life before it all got too complicated

[@benhodkinson6467]

Chin up chap!

[@israelhasmoney]

me to rip dad

[@theRoyalFamilyOfFrance]

I’m 13 and ever since I was a kid, I’ve loved the songs my dad played for me, he is playing this one now, appreciate your loved ones, they won’t be there forever, and we are lucky to have any at all 💗

[@xota-prebs4593]

🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@paraloidb72]

Very wise comment. Love your Dad he won't be there forever, though his love will be

[@TheChaoslord66]

This song is a wonderful piece of art, the lyrics are so powerful and mean so much, Mark is a master of melody and is a bloody genius on the guitar.

[@abir5814]

You forgot about the lyrics!!! He is a frikking godd!

[@maryashworth2963]

Knopfler at his understated best. A true gem of a song. Magical !

[@bernardkatic6165]

After so many years, still absolutely the best love song ever....

[@jackgammon4084]

" You said 'I love you like the stars above, I'll love you 'til I die' "

[@warrenweidmann563]

I've always thought that the closing guitar solo's call and response notes starting at 4:53 were a depiction of the two star-crossed lovers and the wonders of their shared young love, but these hypnotizing notes and their echoes rather portray an entitled Juliet's slow, and unsympathetic stroll down the road of fame, and away from poor Romeo, forever...

[@Octocoupler]

Sadly I've only two beers left tonight, I wish I had an endless supply so I could continue my aural enjoyment . Keep safe, enjoy life and love one another.

[@JDAbelRN]

Oh, yeah, a bitch when ya run outta a beers, and still wanna watch a bunch of great old classics...😭🤯😵‍💫😵

[@JayckeobRLDavis]

Lyric’s to a song is a never ending beer/shot🥂

[@shashankmongrel]

Always another day

[@victorwaddell6530]

I have 30 + beers , two bottles of Evan Williams Peach Bourbon ,and three packs of menthol cigarillos . Wish you were here to share with me . I'm gonna listen to The Pogues now .

[@davidharvey2526]

It's a beautiful song, I have a long lost Juliet.

[@Maatttttttttttt]

"I can't do a love song, the way it's meant to be" Well that was a lie

[@ramzialawadhi2055]

Lol

[@donnacsrpenter7226]

They did a damn fine job..

[@CatholicSaintslayIncorrupt]

It's Not always easy to do a love song. But do something ! Keep trying

[@pavluxaemelyanov1517]

Did you miss a letter "f" in your last word...

[@charliegillenwater8572]

Smartass

[@billy9361]

Why are the rest of dire straits members so underappreciated, the bass in Sultans of Swing, the keyboards in the song Brothers in arms, the drums in this song and tunnel of love are all brilliant.

[@mrgilbe1]

Fun fact: many of bruce springsteen's E street band were playing on the tunnel of love album, including this song.

[@stevestefanick9886]

@@mrgilbe1 You mean the Making Movies Album?

[@blbeats5789]

@@stevestefanick9886 Yes he does, the keyboard player from the E street band, Roy Bittan, played on Romeo & Juliet and Tunnel of Love etc.

[@SjorLovre]

the drummer in sultans of swing (alchemy live) is the most amazing ive ever heard

[@amalaletajohnson8745]

because most people dont even want to analyse the components of the music, if it sounds good, thats enough. Roses smell nice no-one cares about the protein structure of the chemical compound that makes the smell. Getting in too deep in the analysis often obstructs your appreciation of it.

[@taylorboyle2960]

I’m 15 and it’s 12am on a Friday night, this song just plays in my head on repeat 24/7 and always will be

[@steffanhoffmann]

Great choice of 🎶 Taylor from these British gents. 🇬🇧 🤝 🇺🇸

[@007JHS]

Good for you.. a classic song to be beguiled by.

[@ramen7317]

I've searched for this song for quite some time now...Dad used to play this song alot when I was a kid.. Glad I finally found it❤️..

[@emmakeeshan836]

This band will always give me good memories for my dad who passed.. I will always listen to these songs and remember you dad.. your were a one off.. love ❤️ you. Big man ❤❤❤

[@mikeknox859]

I regret losing the woman Iove. This song makes my heartache. Listen to it every night sighhh

[@alcinha78]

@@mikeknox859 all good to you, happy new year!

[@zoelawrence3912]

I feel you 💔

[@bronsonhilliard6841]

Flawless. The best pop love song of the past 40-plus years.

[@briandutcher5447]

Agreed 💯

[@h0ldz]

As you get older, you learn to live with how it was, how it should be & how it is. It’s a tribute to those who were there before us & who’ll always be there. Gone but never forgotten! 💜

[@phokjiouh59]

1:57 The "fall for chains of silver / gold" part with that piano hitting hard in between is goose bumps pure.

[@brendahawkins3965]

Hi would love to know what you think of this cover my 17 year old grandson did when he was 15 kzbin.info/www/bejne/hnaxqphrmthqarM

[@KatKrueger]

Two hours into 2022 and I’m crying at beauty and hope that this song brings. ✌🏻💜

[@javierolaya6785]

The hope never die

[@joycecandido6317]

I agree after decades , so riveting, and after 53 years apart I'm now with the first love of my life , you can't make this stuff up ❤️ love you til I die. .....

[@John_Locke_108]

Mark's vocals are so gorgeous. So much emotion in this song.

[@3isammartil478]

Mejores tiempos de oro

[@GenericAccountVLR]

@@John_Locke_108 And the guitar solo at the end. Devastating.

[@Tampo-tiger]

This song is so clever and beautiful, how on earth does the human mind devise something so incredibly wonderful?

[@knojohn8787]

I think the most wonderful thing is to think about that while listening to this songs . It's the situations that people face and try to deal with . I just can't live without music anymore

[@rakino4418]

Its up there with Shelter from the Storm and Tangled Up in Blue by Bob Dylan for storytelling

[@Tampo-tiger]

@@knojohn8787 Nope, you are right. Music is fundamental to the existence for some of us, and with modern technology there is no reason why you shouldn't be enjoying it for hours every day. It turns a bus journey or commute into a pleasure. For postmen and similar jobs there is music all day, and for anyone whose jobs were once solitary and boring there is now a huge world of your favourite music and the opportunity to get into music you may have thought was not to your taste. With so much time to listen, we can try anything. For those of us who've been enjoying music for 60 or 70 years we are now so lucky that we don't have to turn on a hifi and select a record; instead we can simply pop on the headphones, select one of thousands of albums and away we go, and the quality of sound can be extraordinarily good, in some cases to match the best hi-fi systems available. I really love your statement: 'I just can't live without music any more'. To people like us, life without music would be empty and colourless.

[@keithm9337]

I have wondered that myself. These people are gifted, no question about it. There is somthing special in their brain that allows them to come up with the wonder which is these beautiful songs. I have played guitar for 50 years, and all the time I have spent, I could never come up with something like this. They are very special, gifted people that allows something like this to happen.

[@chrisnotaro1525]

Simply, through their personal experiences. Creative people tend to be more sensitive, so when love is lost, it affects them deeply.

[@danielezuccon4285]

Sono passati 40 anni e questa canzone dovrebbe essere dichiarata Patrimonio dell'umanità.. 🎉

[@STEFANO98504]

Fantastica!!!! Anni 80 unici!!!! Abbiamo vissuto momenti indimenticabili..... Non ci servivano i telefonini di oggi per divertirci. L-"emozione di aspettare una telefonata al telefono fisso non aveva eguali!!!! TI AMO BETTY E TU AMI ME LO SO!!!!!!

[@russellrandy99]

As a young man I listen to this song and never knew what it was truly saying. As an older man who loved an lost I can now appreciate the song truly. I can lament the loss and the passion that burned to quickly or I can relish the fact I loved so deeply.

[@ivyfenix]

Some loves are never forgotten because of this song. It was just that the time was wrong : Oh Juliet.

[@juliagribble6512]

john wish we had lasted

[@michaelt.wardlespider2496]

Great guitarist. Great songwriter. Great storyteller.

[@JoanneBeechey-pp7bf]

They done it , Marvelous a real tearjerker. Performance was really, realy fantastic. Well-done. 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@irishfairy492]

15 years later and this still gets me in the heart. I wish the time had not been wrong... 😭

[@sotwoodz2714]

You promised me everything, you promised me thick and thin. Now you just say "oh yeah Romeo, I used to have a scene with him".

[@michelledin2230]

The yearning in the guitar bit right after , You and me babe. How about it?❤

[@wpb.sailor]

There are many, many great Dire Straits songs. Hands down this is in the top 5. Brings me back to those care free days. Peace and Progress

[@PatriciaSlover]

Peace and Progress to you also.

[@viralityac]

What a song! "all I do is miss you and the way we used to be" always hits home. Oh if only we could change the past 😔

[@1sttvbn]

That closing guitar solo at 4:50 is so damn melodic. Doesn’t hurt that the babe can really break it down too…

[@ericb2501]

He makes a 🎸 😢

[@eyevolutionsmithljw]

This song is the anthem of my school sweet heart break up and aftermath. Such sweet memories and regrets. I've lived a whole life after that... This song is like a time machine and all I will say is I still yearn for her. Just don't tell anyone

[@RectorSihlangu-uh2st]

Yeah

[@mattm4570]

Great song makes you feel either great or depressed but that’s probably what it’s meant to do. Matt from Australia 🇦🇺

[@brettscott8288]

LOVE this album.... this song, Skateaway and TOL...wow...

[@LMCSM]

The part at 4:32 sends chills down my spine. So simple yet so wonderful 💜

[@scarezone2559]

Read some morons critique of this song and video and his description of the dancer at the end was "a 'sexualized' version of Elaine Benis"... I'm sure his version of twerking would be the answer for him... I'd like to know who that dancer is because she had the attention of every straight male in high school... And she didn't have to be half naked like they do today to get recognition...

[@jonathankaranja5857]

I like 4:48-5:52.

[@HollyInkpen]

I’m 21 and grew up listening to bits and pieces of Dire Straits from my parents and I don’t know why I was always so drawn to this song. Now that I’m older I just think it’s one of the most fantastic songs. It’s so romantic and the end gives me shivers every time (4:42). So much appreciation for this song! What a masterpiece!

[@andymackay5195]

Holly Best tune

[@leogowing9101]

Can I copy and paste this comment hahaha

[@alessioiossa8343]

Holly. Very

[@alessioiossa8343]

Leo Gowing hay

[@zekebeukes7380]

Same with me. My dad used to get wasted and listen to dire straits on full blast. I eventually ended up listening to it by myself and till this day it still sounds amazing

[@Punchy_Climber]

"When you're gonna realise it was just that the time was wrong. Juliet" Great song by a great group.

[@JohnBishop-b7n]

All i could do was love you through the bars of a rhyme ❤❤❤😢

[@corradoferretti124]

Canzoni così ora sono solo un sogno ora esiste solo il peggio del peggio😢

[@mkhululimndende8858]

this song is perfect in every way

[@andreamolnar5333]

I grew up in Hungary, Central Europe, in the 90's that was post-communist, expecting a lot from America and itself at the end of the cold war. I grew up on this song blasting from my grandad's radio while I played football with my cousin in the yard, surrounded by the flowers my grandma planted. It was such a special time. We thought everything was possible and we only needed to reach for the sky. I'm living in the US now, but no feeling is as sweet as dreaming away in 90's Hungary, thinking that the world was my oyster.

[@jenniferlaughlin47]

Yes but dire straits are english

[@andreamolnar5333]

@@jenniferlaughlin47 Duuuuh.... I know. I'm reminiscing of the times I listened to Dire Straits in HU as a child. And now I live in the US for the moment. No correlation with DS beimg English or not :D

[@steffanhoffmann]

​@@andreamolnar5333To us 👉 🇬🇧 it matters. Don't be so rude.

[@andreamolnar5333]

@@steffanhoffmann Really? You know, me and my husband worked and lived in England before we eventually moved to the US. He always said it was good riddance, because you Brits froze him out. And he was working in the forefront of your scientific research and development. As for me, moving away broke my heart and I've been missing England desperately ever since. Thank you for showing me my husband had a valid point. I'll be sure to reconsider. 😉

[@andreamolnar5333]

@@steffanhoffmann Oh and: Mark and David knopfler are half-Hungarian. Just so you know.

[@CathyCassavaugh]

Love this song so much. This video on the other hand... WTF???

[@nevermindthe]

The silver chain, the tear....the 80s mixture of surreal & very literal. So weird!

[@mariateresafeggi4716]

Questa musica non ha età è sempre attuale e speciale, bravissimi

[@2010dame]

released 43 years ago and still sounds amazing now as it did back then

[@steffanhoffmann]

It came out in 1979

[@5150show]

I was broken hearted as a young man cos the girl I loved ditched me for another dude , this song made the pain hurt more . When I hear this song 35 years later , I still think of her.

[@melloncolliemelon7948]

😭😭

[@peteeasterman6025]

Same here

[@PELOTON3090]

the same history in another place in the world (ushuaia argentina the weather ist rainy and windy like in scotland)

[@RectorSihlangu-uh2st]

Im sorry my man

[@chrisnotaro1525]

Same here brother, " just that the timing was wrong" I've not felt love for 40 years.

[@jazgreen1009]

One of the most beautiful songs ever! And if you disagree - What ya gonna do about it?!

[@Rockandrollgeerage]

Absofucknloutly

[@briankennedy1192]

Oh fuck yeah.

[@lloris4019]

I concur... second only to Nickelbacks- How You Remind Me.

[@allchange2536]

Stood the test of time, mosey definitely....

[@allchange2536]

Most*

[@cynthialangley7338]

This song is the most beautiful expression about true love, which is eternal. 🌹

[@gege4707]

yes it is!

[@eddie7167]

When that guitar kicks in at the end , chills

[@stephaniesemmel3666]

One of my absolute favorite songs in high school & now! Takes me right back there to a particular guy I was completely in love with..wonder where he is now?Song gives me goosebumps ❤️

[@cfccfc7341]

Smooth

[@attikamek1248]

It’s me !

[@emmasmall4257]

me too, takes me back 43 years

[@edh656]

England!!!...thank you for so much for the good music!!!... like it wasn't enough with The Beatles...

[@markroberts1301]

I love the minimalist themes of these early Dire Straits videos, This one, Skateaway and Tunnel of Love all get the point across without overwhelming you with visuals. They let the lyrics come through and tell the story.. Magic stuff....

[@bmr622]

@Markroberts 1301 My favorite album side of all time.

[@sledge2742]

prettier women, better dancing, MUCH better music.... damn i wish i grew up in this era

[@eamonnholden4071]

I did, they were better times.

[@donnacsrpenter7226]

I wuz there n it wuz fkn awesome

[@christineorourke225]

Loved this song when a was 15 ma boyfriend did too he's dead now good memories ❤

[@steffanhoffmann]

An admirable comment.

[@lizgriggs7881]

I did , fantastic times

[@david8_0]

I was born in 1979, I remember my Dad playing these in the car. Marvellous ❤

[@davidadams7113]

Brilliant song absolute classic. I grew up with dire straits my dad constantly had them on. Miss you Lawrence ❤️

[@leedoss6905]

Happy birthday Mark and many more to come.

[@full2763]

R.I.P Music Video Director Lester Bookbinder (1929 - 2017)

[@ravenhill-nightchill-1968]

me and my sister used to fall asleep to this at night, in our bedrooms back in the 80s.

[@PatriciaSlover]

I love this song! It breaks my heart every time I hear it but I love It still.The words and music tell a beautiful sad story.

[@EvanEdwards]

Nearly 20 years ago I introduced my wife to this song. She was getting her PhD at Penn State and we were driving on Colonnade Drive in State College. She was having a bad day so I put it on, unaware she hadn't heard it. She was so enraptured we listened to it twice more and I told her about Dire Straits and how Mark Knopfler was in it (she knew Sailing to Philadelphia, as I played it often). We had met in California, and last year on Easter Sunday she passed away from cancer in our home in Nashville just after she turned 40. My memory of this song is pulling at my guts, remembering how it made her so happy. I wish I could play it for her tonight. I miss you, Sarah Jane.

[@ryandennis9007]

I woke up with this song in my head this morning. The rhythm makes it sound like it should be in a Farrelly brothers movie. I love it

[@marcelaqueiroz286]

Amo isso também!

[@blackknight3496]

Same here woke up with this playing in my head

[@torreador1972]

I was 8 years old when I heard this track. It hooks you instantly. I've hit my half century and it's still glorious

[@007JHS]

This is the most perfect of songs... and whoever conceived of and put this clip together, the most perfect of clips.... Has a special place for me...met my O/H in our final year of high school...tumultuous first few years courting... an at times equally tempestuous marriage... still together... still strong.

[@terrysalminen4951]

Good for you two. ❤❤😅. Keep going strong. At least if one of you gives up, the other doesn't and you fight it out together. 😊. Much love. ❤

[@007JHS]

@@terrysalminen4951 Thanks.... We often tell people we were the original template for Sandy and Danny

[@marlanaferro1481]

This song has a melodic rock, poetic grit. I've always loved it. Underrated, though.

[@mixtapemaster1985]

A beautifully crafted song! Loved it back in the 80s and still love it now!

[@cosmicsunbeams]

One of the best songs ever written ❤ thanks Mark!

[@Starlite_Collector]

Thank you so much for writing this Mark, and sorry you had to feel so much pain in order to do it.

[@waltersora6050]

❤Canzone fantastica ❤chi lascolta come me nel 2024?❤

[@annascognamiglio4564]

Io ❤

[@giovannasperni2095]

Io 2024

[@rayjay6941]

As many have have stated... This was a powerful song when I was mid teens. From Glasgow, I knew of Mark, as I was learning guitar at the time.. This was one of ‘those’ songs that enduringly relate to an era of ones life... In ‘82 it was a moving moment in time for me. First love, appreciation of music in general and guitar and song writing abilities. Thing started to make sense to me.. my ‘Juliet’ lasted 4 years, and has always had a special place in my heart.. even to this day I think “the time was wrong”.. I thank Mark Knopfler for his talent, and the memories his music helps keeps alive..

[@LMCSM]

This song brings me such feelings of calm. I'm 32 and this is the sort of music I live for. Timeless perfection 💜

[@PeteMcGrath-x6n]

The Dire Straits music videos were quite creative. Incredible really.

[@thaliemiel]

A trip on the train to my Grandpa's funeral, devastating 35mn with Dire Straits' music on... Thx it helped even though it's still hard; music is THE language, the universal one, the only one anybody can relate to.

[@thomasfox6323]

Respect ✊

[@asham76]

Here for my Dad R I P Roger ❤️❤️❤️

[@cfccfc7341]

👍

[@ToffeenoseToffee]

🙌

[@hammertime250]

me too RIP your Dad

[@donnacsrpenter7226]

Bless u ñ ur dad God rest n grace u both...Respectfully Ms.M