Down to the Waterline (Cover) - Dire Straits - Rumpus Machine - Live Classic Rock & Originals Band

Down to the Waterline by Dire Straits off their self-titled album from 1978. Wow what can we say...? We love this song. What an incredible flow of energy as the guitar surfs the underlying rhythm of drums and bass with a great story line of lyrics by the incredible Mark Knopfler. Another song that's right up there with Sultans of Swing and off the same album! Turn it up or listen in headphones please :)
Rumpus Machine is a sibling rock band playing live classic rock music and original songs! We are brothers and sisters from Auckland in New Zealand. We like to learn and perform new songs together and play modern music and classic rock songs. We also write our own original songs too and publish to Spotify & Apple Music etc. We like to play live if we can - but also enjoying sharing our music online. We like to learn the new songs and polish them up as much as we can before we decide they’re ready to video and share. It’s gives us something to aim for and it’s also good to have for the future.
Ashley on drums and Hannah on the bass are twins and 13 years old. Matthew on guitar is 14 and Daniel on guitar and lead vocals is 16. Thanks for watching!
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[@gregtweedie8396]

I rarely ever comment on KZbin but you guys just beg me to say how amazing you ALL are.

[@rumpusmachinenz]

Haha great 👍 thanks

[@baytidescafe]

so true!

[@jirka7180]

It brings tears to my eyes... This music is my life, and it is awesome to hear playing this music by a teenagers. Thank you very much guys and girls ! Many greetings from Czech Republic :-) !

[@Rafael-pi4mq]

Ya dad deserves a grammy for teaching you guys how to play guitar and man you guys nail it every time amazlng you guys really sound spontaneously awesome.i love classic rock i love rock period you guys make me love it even more wow thank you please live for ever from NEW YORK to New ZEALAND LOVE and ABUNDEOUS RESPECT.❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@rumpusmachinenz]

Hello 👋 that’s awesome thanks!!

[@blenderandgymaddict5244]

Wow! 🤩🤩🤩Fantastic rendition of this Dire Straits classic. Gave me goosebumps! Well played Rumpus! 👍🎸👍🥁👍

[@rumpusmachinenz]

Rock on!

[@MinistryOfDarkness11]

One of my fave songs ever not just DS. Sounded awesome. You guys are so talented. That bass gets me all the time, sounds like John Illsley. Its so hard to sound like MK. Pick Withers would be so impressed with the drummer and great, great guitar work from both.😊. Cheers all the best from Australia. 🎸🎸🎸🥁🎤

[@rumpusmachinenz]

Thanks so much!

[@richardladd9327]

Wow, you guys nailed this song! That first Dire Straits album is a classic.

[@rumpusmachinenz]

Yeah it’s great 👍

[@bubamaranovichok4901]

Yes this song was the first song I heard from DSin the late sixties. Yes I’m that old but you guys and girls make me feel young again.

[@33Астерикс]

Thanks guys! thanks to you, people will not forget what good and real music is !❤🤟😀

[@rumpusmachinenz]

Yeah!!

[@linotano6506]

Excelente!!! Cada día se nota la evolución positiva de la banda, rumbo al estrellato!!!

[@rumpusmachinenz]

Thanks very much!

[@mikepagliassotti]

These kids are really awesome!

[@rumpusmachinenz]

Thanks

[@sinjin88]

Tight!

[@rumpusmachinenz]

Thanks 😊

[@rodvgomes]

I'm from Brazil and I love your sound!

[@jeffbeck9347]

Yeah wohooo! Now that's a kick-ass cover!

[@rumpusmachinenz]

Yes 👍 thanks!!

[@Stephan..M.]

*_Great Sound, great Song, great Band. The Heroes of my teenie Time. Greatings from Bavaria/Germany._* 👍👍👍

[@mlsargent51]

That 4 minutes flew by super fast!! Wonderful job! I also said before, who ever is mixing these songs does a fantastic job too!

[@rumpusmachinenz]

Thank you very much!

[@shineamen3107]

Talent overload! Fantastic playing, singing and recording! Big up!

[@rumpusmachinenz]

Thank you very much!

[@rukiddingmewiththis]

That was bad ass.

[@sergionos7980]

Bravissimi !!! Saluti dalla Sardegna (Italy)

[@fluteminer]

Best cover ❤

[@rumpusmachinenz]

Thanks 😊

[@b-music9329]

Awesome!

[@rumpusmachinenz]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@williamholden7573]

A great rendition.Very talented band of musicians.Excellent.

[@rumpusmachinenz]

Thank you

[@bubamaranovichok4901]

Seen Hanna smiling should be a delicatessen, please darling Hanna smile more, you lighten up this old man life.

[@rumpusmachinenz]

Thanks 😊

[@zenagain]

WOW !!! Played to perfection, as always. You all do Dire Straits soooo good. Thank you for posting this and all.

[@rumpusmachinenz]

No worries!!

[@collenfisher3635]

Simply bloody amazing!!!!!!!

[@rumpusmachinenz]

Great stuff

[@C.AugustoPortillo]

Awsome! Very young and you're fantastic! Keep on line! Mark and dire straits wold be proud for you.

[@megarvnono7445]

WAOUH quel rythme !!! MERCI beuucoup ..

[@rumpusmachinenz]

Merci!

[@baneblanca]

Goosebumps wow you guys are awesome wow.great voice guitar playing drumming singing fantastic.

[@rumpusmachinenz]

Thanks so much!!

[@iainmason264]

I've very glad this came up in my recommended. Absolutely fantastic job all round. Great to see a very talented and hard working group.

[@rumpusmachinenz]

Thank you very much!

[@texanranger7212]

The best cover of that tune I have ever heard. Excellent! You keep improving as a group both in terms of technique and tightness. Practice, practice and more practice.

[@rumpusmachinenz]

Wow, thank you!

[@davidgoodman4546]

Brilliant

[@gghenry21]

I had the honor of being the first person to comment but my comment disappeared. I renew my congratulations to everyone for your great talent, each with their instrument. I listened to Dire Straits a lot and really enjoyed listening to your version. Have a nice weekend. Kind regards. Gerard

[@rumpusmachinenz]

Bonjour Gerard, we found that our first upload of this song had a strange problem where there was sound missing for about one second or so.. so we deleted and re-uploaded.. thanks and glad you enjoyed it!

[@mauricio.oficial]

Thank you guys and girls, beautiful performance, how about recording the other songs on the album? Setting me up , water of love , six blade knife , southbound again , in the gallery , wild west endonde , lions. Greetings from Brazil 😎

[@rumpusmachinenz]

Oh yeah so many good songs

[@thecorbies]

AMAZING! One of the best covers I've EVER heard of this tune. Kudos to ALL of you. Regards Mark in the UK

[@rumpusmachinenz]

Thanks for listening

[@RickHardcore]

Very well played and great sound my friends! Keep the covers coming!! 🎸

[@rumpusmachinenz]

Thank you! Will do!

[@tokyoguitar]

Really great, friends. The sound and the talent are there. Thank you for this moment of happiness listening to you.

[@rumpusmachinenz]

Our pleasure!

[@randalskinner1194]

That was pretty cool !!!😎 Rhythm guitar 🎸 was spot on, lead guitar and front man 🎤, awesome on the very technical chords and has that “it” factor going on and the confidence is growing each and every post, bass guitar and vocals 🎸🎤 are ,as always, right on the money, and for the often overlooked drummer 🥁, that wasn’t an easy gig (that particular song 🎼), a lot of timing ⏱️ and changes going on in that song (most will overlook the hard work it takes to get that done just right hence,”often overlooked”drummer) and you pulled them off like a pro! The sky’s the limit !! The only real question is, how far do you guys plan to go ? That’s just a fans humble opinion. 🤙🏽

[@rumpusmachinenz]

Hello 👋 thanks very much! Glad you like it and who knows where it will go.. we will see!

[@randalskinner1194]

…….and we will watch 😉 !!!!

[@accadoza]

🌟

[@rumpusmachinenz]

Thanks 😊

[@noelwalford3387]

Wow wow wow guys wotta start for my morning love yas.

[@rumpusmachinenz]

Ha that’s cool thanks 😊

[@noelwalford3387]

Merry Christmas to you all and the family have the best day guys

[@daveb8638]

Wow, haven't heard that song in awhile, great job

[@rumpusmachinenz]

Thanks very much!

[@eligunn9304]

This is awesome

[@bruffie]

Great job guys. One of your best for me. Instrumentally spot on. Loved it.

[@rumpusmachinenz]

Thanks a ton!

[@Amyjanelewis]

Incredible!

[@rumpusmachinenz]

Thanks

[@marcusantebi4896]

Fantastic. What talent

[@rumpusmachinenz]

Thank you so much 😀

[@TonyGustavsson-p4z]

I can just say that this is the best cover of dire straits I have heard. You have done fantastic job and you are so young. Please keep up the good work. you are talent, please take care of that. Br, Tony

[@rumpusmachinenz]

Thank you! Will do!

[@HillcrestSpong]

Yet another simply fantastic performance guys and girls! Simply brilliant in every way showing your amazing skills, talent and work ethic. I see this one's starting to go viral on TikTok like your Sultans of Swing cover did. I feel so lucky to have seen you playing live several times now. I'm truly a super-fan!

[@mauricio.oficial]

Thank you guys and girls, beautiful performance, how about recording the other songs on the album? Setting me up , water of love , six blade knife , southbound again , in the gallery , wild west endonde , lions. Greetings from Brazil 😎

[@rumpusmachinenz]

Hi there, yes nice to see you and yeah TikTok seems to like rumpus machine! Thanks

[@osaturn6756]

Awesome Rumpus Machine...It was GOOD...! Keep ém coming

[@rumpusmachinenz]

Thanks! Will do!

[@MrIanmmackay]

Ace - one of my favourite Dire Straits tunes too! 👊

[@rumpusmachinenz]

Thanks very much!

[@TheBent139]

Early (really all) Dire Straits is wonderful music. And you played this so well. Would love to hear you cover something from Communique.

[@rumpusmachinenz]

Cool we will check it out

[@robertlisle4147]

Nice, love yalls music. I can't wait for yalls original tunes. Keep on Rockin.

[@rumpusmachinenz]

Thanks for listening! We have a few originals on Spotify and Apple Music etc 👍

[@justis4men211]

WOW.

[@rumpusmachinenz]

Thanks very much!

[@charliejg]

Really nice job with a really beautiful song. Always loved the drum lead in on this song and you nailed it!

[@rumpusmachinenz]

Thanks very much!

[@bubamaranovichok4901]

Another masterfully played cover.

[@rumpusmachinenz]

Cool

[@danielmiller210]

Damn y'all nailed it my favorite dire strat song

[@rumpusmachinenz]

Yes 👍 thanks

[@chuckwolfe3272]

AMAZING!! You guys are awesome... and you did a fantastic job on that song!!!!

[@rumpusmachinenz]

Thanks 😊

[@MaddMusic5]

Awesome job!

[@rumpusmachinenz]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@steveleyland3358]

Huge fan. French kisses in the doorway. Phew! UPDATE This is so fantastic and I said so on tiktok. (zif what I say is important). Thank you. You all rock. Keep up with covers and look forward to hearing your own stuff too.

[@rumpusmachinenz]

So cool! Thanks

[@Ganief-n7i]

Brilliant cover

[@bigalp1831]

Amazing jobs guys! Mix is perfect also! 💙👍

[@rumpusmachinenz]

Glad you think so!

[@mjrodriguez8670]

This song sounds very well-done!

[@rumpusmachinenz]

Great thanks 😊

[@Hobbietone]

FANTASTIC!!!! Keep on Rockin.

[@rumpusmachinenz]

Thanks! Will do!

[@carolkennedy7263]

You are all amazing, I love Dire Straits and your covers really do them justice, keep up the good work 👏👏👏

[@rumpusmachinenz]

Thank you so much!!

[@jluna_oficial]

I love this band....

[@rumpusmachinenz]

Thanks 😊

[@keytoncabral1]

Girl drummer is getting great skills over the videos. I play drums too and she got great evolution. Are all brothers and sisters? nice music! BTW, I have a Roland VAD306, nice default sounds! greetings from Fortaleza, Brazil.

[@rumpusmachinenz]

Yes all brothers and sisters.. girls twins.. thanks 😊

[@Williamrc3409]

Very good! Top!

[@rumpusmachinenz]

Thanks a lot!

[@MarkFern-fc1eu]

Wow. Way to find the album cuts. Top flight here.

[@rumpusmachinenz]

Thanks

[@isthisrealmedia2552]

WOW!!!!

[@rumpusmachinenz]

Thanks very much!

[@matte67]

Pretty close fantastic guys keep it up

[@rumpusmachinenz]

👍

[@jimmymcclain6757]

well done

[@rumpusmachinenz]

Thanks

[@ianmbaker]

Fantastic, as always.

[@rumpusmachinenz]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@JohnJohnson-fq9fs]

unreal, you guys are awesome!!

[@viviannedonnelly233]

That was great- love you guys!

[@rumpusmachinenz]

Cool thanks 😊

[@mickneals4202]

Another job well done!

[@rumpusmachinenz]

Thanks again!

[@drikaum6256]

Perfect.

[@cedricpellerin7925]

Really amazing guys ! You improve yourself almost every video :)

[@rumpusmachinenz]

Thank you so much 😀

[@danieledelrio3761]

Great cover ❤❤❤❤ try "brothers in arms" !

[@rumpusmachinenz]

Great song but we think it has lots of synth…

[@farleyjose8959]

TOP

[@rumpusmachinenz]

Thanks 😊

[@santinocurcuruto1]

🔝

[@rumpusmachinenz]

Thanks very much!

[@kennethbugler1083]

Superb, Love the female backing vocals. Ref other comment your not Mark, play ot your way.

[@rumpusmachinenz]

Thanks for that!

[@kennethbugler1083]

What's some of your other stuff, dreadlock holiday is better than 10cc version.

[@badebolden1]

💪💪👏👏🇩🇰

[@rumpusmachinenz]

Thanks very much!

[@ralorpa]

...remember we used to run and Hyde

[@rumpusmachinenz]

Haha 😆 classic!

[@kamarcupu]

Bro's come to my home please

[@rumpusmachinenz]

Haha thanks 😊

[@karstenkie109]

🇩🇰🇩🇰🇩🇰🇩🇰👍👍👍👍

[@rumpusmachinenz]

Great 👍

[@LesGiamette]

Always open to be educated.

[@rumpusmachinenz]

Thanks

[@bubamaranovichok4901]

Would it be a huge favor to ask some family pictures?

[@rumpusmachinenz]

Hi if you go to our Facebook you can follow and we post photos and stuff

[@gpm975]

It's a good job... But it should be played with fingers. You can hear the pick attack. And that's not Mark's sound

[@Maia_nz]

Yeah fair enough, but it's their version of the song and they do covers of different genres as well as their own original music, but totally understand Mark's style

[@rumpusmachinenz]

Cool

[@skeeterreteeks4894]

Pick Withers needs a deeper snare,,,keep goin,,,its fekkin great

[@rumpusmachinenz]

Cheers

[@linewolff]

Awesome!

[@rumpusmachinenz]

Cool 😎

[@wb1985]

Awesome!

[@rumpusmachinenz]

Thank you! Cheers!