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@yiddos19712 ай бұрын
Thank you for an amazing reaction to one of the best live performance in history, great channel, great reactions from great people
@gibsongibson-rh3mw2 ай бұрын
Hey Jess can you please make a reaction video of frank Spencer.. British comedy series...many thanks..
@mattpstreet742 ай бұрын
Telegraph Road was spawned by Mark taking a bus ride down the road of that name in Michigan. It's a song about civilization spawning from nothing and some think it's about boom and bust America in general. Great reaction friends.
@MattsDrumCovers2 ай бұрын
An absolutely phenomenal record. A moment, a period of time, a set of musicians brought together…never, ever to be repeated. Those musicians in Dire Straits are the epitome of professional. Musicians that know their instruments, know about composition, musicians so intertwined with each other they know what each other is going to do and when. And when that happens you have a serious weapon.
@OCNygard2 ай бұрын
Thank you. Loved this. Next one must be Tunnel of Love. Also from Alchemy off course. You will love it, promise. 😊
@nancyholm21602 ай бұрын
Worth noting that this was the encore of the concert. The band had already been playing for nearly two hours before they pulled off this epic. What a group of musicians.
@inverterville15 күн бұрын
i saw the Straits on this tour. The energy I cannot explain. I am so glad there are younger generations enjoying this amazing band.
@TenCapQuesada2 ай бұрын
Love the fact that while "Sultans Of Swing" gave the drummer a chance to shine, this does the same for the pianist.
@fredt80382 ай бұрын
This is the best Rock Symphony ever and a masterpiece.
@kevinharding4092 ай бұрын
Mark is truly one of the very very finest guitarist in the world in my opinion
@crawfb2 ай бұрын
One of the (few) benefits of age is the pleasure of watching young folk discover something that has been part of my life since the day it happened. Not too long ago it would have been fashionable to sneer at or deride anything 'old' (i.e. from a time before they were born). Now, thanks to KZbin and fine reactors like yourselves I can enjoy the excitement and, most importantly, respect shown to these performances from an age that seems only five minutes ago to me. Thank you.
@daviddunn67792 ай бұрын
very well said
@bydavidmitchell2 ай бұрын
Couldn't agree more sir!
@davecarson13152 ай бұрын
Well said Sir
@PortilloMoment2 ай бұрын
That's an excellent comment. We lose far too much of our pasts and anything that can preserve some of it is valuable.
@mariaparker75452 ай бұрын
Love your comment and so true young ones think they know it all now a days.. We certainly had the best music by far!
@tonygeddes95582 ай бұрын
Mark Knopfler is one of the all time great guitarists. Just ridiculously talented.
@markwakefield8533Ай бұрын
@@tonygeddes9558 along with Mike Oldfield the two best finger pickers going
@michaelmclaughlin941019 күн бұрын
Indeed sir.
@ebow796413 күн бұрын
Don’t forget Albert Lee ,
@3COLORSMUSIC-ul2cn2 ай бұрын
Every time Dire Straits finish a song everyone wishes it would never end. 🌺
@michaelstamper56042 ай бұрын
Possibly my favourite Dire Straits song. Especially this performance, and for all the reasons you both mentioned. Almost symphonic. Just wonderful.
@LucaLacchini2 ай бұрын
Drummer (Terry Williams IIRC) going crazy is the cherry on top of this glorious musical cake.
@SISU88920 күн бұрын
Agreed , he is sh.t hot ! A stand-out drummer .
@janneroz-photographyonabudget2 ай бұрын
The greatest performance ever, with a great reaction to it. Thanks for your uploads.
@JohnTaylor-cc6tm2 ай бұрын
So glad you guys have found Dire Straits 80s stuff. This is the sound of so many British people's youth from the era. It's musically and lyrically so sophisticated and that's what audiences wanted and appreciated back then. You must check out the many suggestions
@xxFORDIExx2 ай бұрын
Another Knopfler Penned masterpiece and masterclass by the whole band. They don't make them like that anymore. My musical hero.
@Neil_BT2 ай бұрын
It does my heart so much good to watch people enjoying music I've known and listened to for best part of 40 years. Always going back to listen to the Alchemy gig. And I can't see birds sitting on electricity wires without thinking of Mark's line, "all the birds up on the wires and up on the poles, they can always fly away from this rain and this cold." Apparently Mark Knopfler insisted that the show was recorded in the absolute best quality possible at the time so it would be pretty future proof. What an inspired decision that was because as you mention it's still stunning today.
@paulhooton62612 ай бұрын
this is what true musicians do.
@kieranobrien73422 ай бұрын
The music is in the space between the notes and these guys really are the masters
@cheryltotheg28802 ай бұрын
Mark has this expression of complete effortlessness which to me makes him so attractive 😅. Adore this song. Romeo and Juliet is my favourite Dire Straits song it is beautiful ❤
@MB-wl2bm2 ай бұрын
Yes, this is live, musicians of the highest level are capable of such performances. All members of the band are professionals of the highest level, it just couldn't be better. A masterpiece.
@ernesthakey33962 ай бұрын
Even better, though, is you can see that they really enjoy playing with each other, and Mark K. doesn't lord it over them, he loves seeing them shine too. ❤️ Seeing him watch his band mates do their thing and smiling always makes me smile.
@TonyClark432 ай бұрын
Please add the live version of Dire Straits "Private Investigation" to your viewing list from On the Night 1993. It is another different epic of building an atmosphere and a story.
@Andrey_K702 ай бұрын
I agree, that was phenomenal
@coffeemanandy19662 ай бұрын
Private Investigations live "on the night" in 1993 is unspeakably brilliant - truly stunning and a must watch
@ursgeiser65702 ай бұрын
The whole thing is always a matter of taste at DS: musically diverse, sophisticated arrangement or “young” energy and spontaneity. One time it's good, another time it's too good (to put it politely). Have fun with all kinds of good music.
@npageejay2 ай бұрын
‘On the Night’ is a great gig and the songs from it deserve more reactions!
@richardmodglin39002 ай бұрын
"They're too good to be in the same band". I almost concur....that statement is a high compliment to the band though. What makes a decent band great is their creative, vocal and musical talent.... as well as the countless hours, day's, week's, months, years, and even decades of practice time together they put in. This kind of band is in it for more than just the fame and money. Its their unified desire and dream to perform to an audience and bring...them.... to their...knees! There is no short cuts. What a musical era we once had!
@victor-vg8ci2 ай бұрын
Superb storytelling by the band, about the actual Telegraph Road and the USA. From the always super sunny N.E. Cornwall, England.
@davidholwell20602 ай бұрын
So so love this performance. Dire straights. What a band.🎉🎉🎉
@peterbowerman1109Ай бұрын
Mark writes the tunes and lyrics of virtually all their songs, a musical genius.
@rickyhilton45322 ай бұрын
That’s why it’s called alchemy it’s chemistry where they come together as one. Mk is the goat of time on the guitar.
@GlynHarbinson2 ай бұрын
My problem with Mark Knopfler is that he plays the most intricate riffs and is so casual about it. A genius
@annettehesselius742 ай бұрын
Not really a problem is it 😅
@hummingbard4513Ай бұрын
@@annettehesselius74 it very much is, because if you try to replicate it, it's a waste of time :P
@davecleggett93712 ай бұрын
'Tunnel of Love' has to be you next one then! You are gradually prepping yourselves for 'Close to the Edge' by Yes, though you don't realise it yet! Can you imagine us kids hearing bands like this for the first time when we were growing up? Surrounded, week by week, by fabulous music played by brilliant musicians. And you are so right Jess - they don't make it like this anymore! Thanks for sharing!
@StevenQ742 ай бұрын
Tunnel of love from Wembley 1985 is truly epic kzbin.info/www/bejne/bKPPnGZqg9p8pas
@lotfilotfi79122 ай бұрын
'Tunnel of Love' has to be the next one !
@thenortherner38902 ай бұрын
The story of the building of America in a masterful song - only Knopfler could do this to this day.
@olisipocity2 ай бұрын
For me, the absolute Dire Straits masterpiece
@MinistryOfDarkness112 ай бұрын
Always loved this performance. Also Private Investigations, Brothers In Arms and Calling Elvis from DIRE STRAITS- Live " On The Night" 1993 are just three more of my favorites. They're awesome. Nice reaction and channel. Cheers from Australia 👍🎸🎸🎸
@isuckatguitar62522 ай бұрын
Brilliant songs!
@yodjmc2 ай бұрын
If I could click many more likes on those suggestions I would! That performance of Brothers in Arms has so much feeling, and sound production is better than the Mandela concert IMHO.
@MinistryOfDarkness112 ай бұрын
@@yodjmc Yes absolutely agree 👍🎸🎸🎸
@JohnTaylor-cc6tm2 ай бұрын
I commented a few days ago but, I'd just like to add if I may: 1. The deliberate opening sounds evoking the near- pristine American wilderness 2. The sheer poetry of Mark's lyrics! 3 The power of the metaphor - the road, and Detroit, as metaphor for how modern capitalism can leave whole communities "high & dry", and that's long before 2008 4 The deliberate 'imitation' of a distinctly U.S guitar sound. 5 The duetting of guitar and piano. 6 Terry Williams drum work! It is truly a masterpiece and in some ways, 'peak' rock.
@davewilson44932 ай бұрын
Regarding the U.S. guitar style, it's seems to (UK) me that it's a very US story he's telling. There just isn't enough empty space here for this to sound realistic back here, and that's how it felt back in the 80s, and to me it had a real resonance with Springsteen's "Born in the USA" album.
@JohnTaylor-cc6tm2 ай бұрын
Yeah, agreed. Me too. But he's using the guitar sounds we'd all heard from Springsteen and others, and in "western" movies, inc the spaghetti versions.@@davewilson4493
@simonscantlebury8557Ай бұрын
I'd agree, I always feel that the piano symbolises the wilderness whereas the guitar plays the part of man with the two interacting in different ways as the music moves through the timeline the story portrays.
@tom74712 ай бұрын
Thanks for the reaction of this epic performance! It was definitely a masterclass.
@J-ol1dd2 ай бұрын
He was born in Glasgow to a Geordie mother, a teacher, and a Hungarian father, an architect. He was raised in the North East of England. Mark is a musician, singer/songwriter, and record producer. He has composed and produced film scores for nine movies. Mark still works today.
@tomtd2 ай бұрын
Brother on base.
@Astro-Markus2 ай бұрын
Oh yes. I love love love the film Local Hero. Everybody please watch it.
@MikeSkinner632 ай бұрын
No. @@tomtd
@naebodyknows70162 ай бұрын
His brother is playing 2nd guitar. @@tomtd
@GuitarPlayersFun2 ай бұрын
@@naebodyknows7016 Alchemy live is second guitar played by Hal Lindes. Mark his brother "David" allready left the band.
@StevenQ742 ай бұрын
Mark Knopfler is not just one of the best guitarists ever, he is also an amazing songwriter. He also released 10 solo albums after Dire Straits.
@psypher81842 ай бұрын
Private Investigations is another Dire Straits masterpiece. Mind you, whatever this band played is a masterpiece.
@rogerb44362 ай бұрын
I think Jess would love the Romeo and Juliet story version....tge wife and i really enjoy Jesse's laugh and bubbly attitude.
@Georgeolddrones2 ай бұрын
One word guys, brilliant 😂🇬🇧
@harpothehealer2 ай бұрын
Great reaction ,I crossed paths with Mark Knopfler many moons ago. Yes it's nice when music in this genre has space to expand and improvise within the structure that's why live music is an outlet vehicle for expansion when the music is often set, because it sits in the popular category.
@merrilynhunt78192 ай бұрын
This performance was at the end of a 2-hour show. Another one from the show is "Once Upon A Time In The West" that really shows Mark's talent. Best album ever made.
@paulboag55552 ай бұрын
Best track of the gig
@merrilynhunt78192 ай бұрын
@@paulboag5555 I recently bought the DVD of the Alchemy concert and it is sooo good. Also got On The Night concert but wont play on my player. Need to get PAL converter in order to watch it.
@beverleyrankin34822 ай бұрын
Yes, they opened with that song. Not many have reacted to it, which is a pity. I love it.
@alankicks788Ай бұрын
I agree - Alchemy is my favorite Album of all time.
@davidbingham663 күн бұрын
This is just stunning. I saw Thin Lizzy at Hammersmith Odeon, I wish I had seen Dire Straights. MK, song writer extraordinaire, stellar vocalist and off the scale guitarist - amazing talent.
@sandracole25789 күн бұрын
Grew up listening to Dire Straights. Mark is such a lovely, humble man. God they make me proud to be British.
@ba-gg6jo2 ай бұрын
They were so good at story telling. "Brothers in Arms" is worth seeking out. Always reminds me of my father and guaranteed to bring a tear to my eye. Glad you enjoyed it.
@neilshayler3119Ай бұрын
Music at its very best no auto tune no poxy dancing just epic masterclass Dire Straits soundtrack to my life MK genius DS live were just ridiculously on another level
@jno52 ай бұрын
Private Investigations, Money For Nothing, Romeo and Juliet or for an Album track try Why Worry
@wessexdruid75982 ай бұрын
Brothers in Arms....
@PhilH919Ай бұрын
Alan Clarke on piano is just magic. Meshes so well with Mark's guitar and the rest of the band.
@tonibaker38232 ай бұрын
Telegraph Road is a major north-south 70-mile (110 km) thoroughfare in Michigan, and Mark Knopfler was inspired to write the song while riding in the front of the tour bus, which made the journey down Telegraph Road.
@AdrianRussell-h8o2 ай бұрын
You really must listen to them playing, in concert, the tune ‘Going Home’ from the film ‘Local Hero’. The way Mark plays the guitar brings such depth of feeling to it and it’s from their more recent years, showing that they can still hold an audience.
@isuckatguitar62522 ай бұрын
One of my faves...
@Lilly8Listens2 ай бұрын
The best version of that is in Basel
@bydavidmitchell2 ай бұрын
Thank you so much for reacting to Telegraph Road. Dire Straits have been my favourite band since I was a kid. I woke up one Saturday morning to my dad playing Telegraph Road on vinyl. He blared it throughout the house. It was 1985 and I was 5 years old, and from that moment on, I have been a huge fan of Dire Straits, and in awe of Mark Knopfler's song writing and musical talent. Telegraph Road is, in my opinion, a musical masterpiece. Every single person on the stage that night performed phenomenally. The piano was sublime, Terry Williams absolutely destroyed that drum kit, and Mark made that guitar answer him back on every possible occasion. I hope you continue your Dire Straits journey. I've been following and subscribed to you guys now for a couple of months and I'm loving your channel so much. Thanks for all your hard work and dedication. Keep up the great work, and much love from across the pond ♥
@ratsters72 ай бұрын
I don't think I've ever heard anyone make a guitar SING the way Mark Knopfler can. The expression he wrings out of it is unparalleled, even within a single note. Yet he looks so laid back and relaxed. An absolute master of his instrument. Alan Clark's keyboards are brilliant too. Classically trained pianist and it shows. Another of their beautiful marriages of piano and guitar is Private Investigations - and in particular the Wembley 1985 version, which is the best version I've ever heard them do of it. Just stunning.
@dracula54872 ай бұрын
Ever heard of David Gilmour?......................😜
@ratsters72 ай бұрын
@@dracula5487 of course, and I love him! (I was born at the end of '59 so I was lucky enough to have grown up listening to some of the best), and they all have their unique sounds and brilliance. 🙂
@dracula54872 ай бұрын
@@ratsters7 End of '61 for me............................😊
@garyjohnson8062 ай бұрын
Gary Moore?
@dracula54872 ай бұрын
@@garyjohnson806 Who?.......................😜
@crackpot1482 ай бұрын
This isn't simply a musical performance it is a complex narrative, a musical conversation between each of the musical instruments involved in that performance
@TheCornishCockney2 ай бұрын
Romeo and Juliet and Tunnel of Love from their best album imo,Making Movies next please. One of those bands who were actually better live than studio. Another great British band.
@charlesyateschalfantАй бұрын
I've seen the band do this live 5 times over two tours, and Mark with his solo band. Never gets old.
@johntindall6702Ай бұрын
one of the best bands I saw with the late wife happy days
@DingleyDell2 ай бұрын
Awesome performance, we don't listen to Dire Straits, we experience it. Brothers in Arms remains my all time favourite (makes my eyes leak every time).
@alexsmith5651Ай бұрын
As a musician you spend most of your career looking for a reaction like Jess at 15:35 sheer surprise and joy at the skills and talent. Love you guys!
@CountvonCount3317 күн бұрын
This song is literaly the birth of America!
@chronicles832412 күн бұрын
british band i think
@Skydog7228 күн бұрын
@@chronicles8324Doing a tune named after a road here in Michigan (M-24) ....
@PeteTheRock712 ай бұрын
Wow. Incredible.
@jaydenrockslewisАй бұрын
seen dire straits at the playhouse edinburgh they were phenomenal. the reception they got was 10 min long they just stood and watched the crowd and eventually put their guitars and instruments down and sat on the front of the stage taking it all in, what an experience. love your enthusiasm love your channel xx
@stephentarry44752 ай бұрын
Got the LP for my 23rd birthday. Took It home whacked it on the turn table and WOW..... 1982! It doesn't age people.....
@paullilley38792 ай бұрын
Mark has said that he wanted the whole concert filmed on just one night,not pieced together over a few nights. Isn't it a glorious thing that they realised they had to film it & wasn't the camerawork outstanding? You guys got it spot on❤
@user-man-now802 ай бұрын
I have seen Telegraph Road several times on YT, and thoroughly enjoyed every presentation, but yours was by far the best, visually - we saw you two in the bottom corners doing your great reaction and then in the background, on full screen, was the band with a classical performance of a superb track. As a couple you are my favourite presenters on YT. Cheers, Sheffield South Yorkshire.
@theemaygoogleme1512 ай бұрын
Mark is still making great music at 75. His releases from this year are worth a listen. Plus his band now has been together for decades and it shows
@medo_pg77862 ай бұрын
Unfortunately, he doesn't do live performances anymore
@niallstranix54122 ай бұрын
You guys are rapidly becoming my favourite reactors. Great choice on this one! Keep it up!
@aidiess2 ай бұрын
I was in a pub in Scotland in the seventies when they hit the ground running with Sultans !! If there is or ever has been a live concert/album that comes anywhere near this, then I've yet to hear it ! I'm now 77 years of age, and I think Mark is around 73 and still playing ! He is a rock legend as are his band, and this line up was the benchmark ! I still have a Strat and a Telecaster, both original American versions, which I still play most days but oh to be able to emulate just one percent of the talent on show here tonight. Thanks for reacting to and appreciating the likes of what we will never see again. ps. the recording is still available to buy on CD. ?
@AntonyBall-hm4jo2 ай бұрын
You young man, are spot on - we have been lucky to see/hear a lot of many talented groups in our lifetime (I'm 64 and have loved every year of my life through music). Prog rock era for me (going to see a Genesis tribute band next month in Manchester play Lamb Lies Down on Broadway) but, I do appreciate newish indie bands - mainly US bands - Future Islands, The War on Drugs & Manchester Orchestra. From the UK, I also have a soft spot for Sam Fender - think he is a future phenomenon.
@jerryclukey30448 күн бұрын
Fantastic video. Mark is the best and cleanest guitar player that I've heard. He sings with a very special voice. There are many great artists on KZbin, and Mark, for me, is one of the top five. He consistently produces great music.
@Mr3011522 күн бұрын
Dire straits is my favourite band and Mark (now solo) just phenomenal! Story telling where you can create your own scene in your head parallel with the lyrics. At the end of each song the Instrumentals of another track. As mentioned in the video the Instruments also tell the story,like all their songs. I cannot sing their praises enough!
@raycornford2832 ай бұрын
And this was the encore to the concert!
@bjennings106711 күн бұрын
Dire straits are what in our day we called so tight brilliant been a fan from a time when they were first formed as a rock band great times so much musical talent emerging in the sixtees onward these guys one of my many favourites pink floyd the stones beatles zeppelin the kinks queen mood blues the list goes on we were spoilt for choice still can't get enough 75 years young and still loving every minute of it great reaction from you guys keep on rockin
@SteveW-ee8cj2 ай бұрын
Good work guys. Greetings from the bright October sunshine of central England.
@watchreadplayretro2 ай бұрын
To certain someone I knew.... their fav song.... this touched deep, thank you so much guys!
@brianross40572 ай бұрын
Dire Straits came to Darwin Australia in the late 80's on a world tour and held the concert at an out doors venue and was absolutley amazing and they didn't even stop when a tropical rain storm blew in, I bought their first album "Sultans of swing" when I was 19 years old and played the hell out of it, and still do.
@ndboulton2 ай бұрын
AAAAHHHH!! Yes you guys are legends. Thanks for doing this one.
@sarahcarrette2193Ай бұрын
Was lucky enough to see them in an outdoor arena in Mark's home town of Newcastle in 1992 and the atmosphere was incredible. In 1983 when I was 16, not long after this came out, I went on a French exchange with my school. We had to join in with English lessons in the French school. The first thing the teacher did was to play Telegraph Road and ask us to explain the lyrics ... in French! I was speechless, but fortunately I was with the boy who was top of the class which saved me!
@YnwaChrisАй бұрын
Mark Knopfler, one of the best guitarists ever.
@pietrofasulo95072 ай бұрын
All the bands in the 70s and 80s gave me the soundtracks to my life I was 30 in 1983. So nice to see you appreciate those bands. Your parents were part of my generation
@luisfilipe121510 күн бұрын
There is the old say "No one is perfect" but here you just witnessed perfection.
@michaelmclaughlin8918Ай бұрын
Remember listening to the radio whilst on a training course back in 1976 and listening to one of our UK DJ's on BBC Radio One called John Peel who played a plethora of different music and he suddenly said on his show, 'I was over in Canada last week and these blokes came up to me and said hello we're Dire Straits' he then put Sultans of Swing on and the rest is history!
@DavidG-u2k2 ай бұрын
Great reaction to one of my favourites. Tunnel of Love is one of their best, especially the version from Wembley '85.
@Laurie-u8g2 ай бұрын
I was at that gig and have to agree 👍
@richardhargrave60822 ай бұрын
Thanks for saying that this gig was before you were born! Thanks because I was there! And now I feel old😄😄 I was 18, I'm 59 now, hair gone but this gig was awesome. We were on the balcony, just behind the people you could see clapping We were blown away, the whole band were the best of the best of the day. Alan Clark's keys are exemplary Terry Williams drumming, the best, he always played like that, possibly the best live I've seen, and I've seen Phil Collins, Chester Thompson, Mark Brzezicki, Charlie Watts.... So glad you enjoyed it I'm even more glad the best tech of the day was used to record this gig We didn't think they'd play "Telegraph" live, its too complicated, they killed it with Sultans, we were satisfied, then, the last song, they played Telegraph Road, unbelievable and they killed it! The encore was Solid Rock Great days So glad you enjoyed it
@Paul_Allaker84502 ай бұрын
This makes Taylor Swift look like a talentless nobody. This is just epic.
@brianross40572 ай бұрын
I'm afraid she does that all on her own.
@Simon-wi3dk2 ай бұрын
Taylor swift is nothing more than an industry plant , like so many .
@RideAcrossTheRiverАй бұрын
How far we have fallen.
@marlew66292 ай бұрын
Legendary band. Legendary performance. Very few bands could match their live shows.
@johnkovaliski3174Ай бұрын
Love your reactions guys. Was lucky to see the band live. Close to musical perfection as you can get. Mark is one of the greatest guitar players ever.
@rhajmand19338 күн бұрын
Telegraph Road is a timeline of a real place. From a path in the wilderness to a six-lane highway near Detroit. Amazing storytelling.
@Lilly8Listens2 ай бұрын
Mark Knopfler is my favourite guitarist by a mile.
@samlawrence46702 ай бұрын
Mine too.
@brucethrasher8551Ай бұрын
He's got my vote!
@jackyboygee77710 күн бұрын
Hi guys, another great reaction video of the greatest Strat player and band there ever was.......Telegraph Road was actually written by Mark on the tour bus as they travelled along Telegraph Road, while touring the USA.......So much more to react to guys.
@tonybennett41592 ай бұрын
Story telling was a big part of what singer-songwriters were about in their heyday. Not saying there aren't singer songwriters around today, but the number of them then and the quality of their material was astounding.
@anthonybutler63652 ай бұрын
I was lucky enough to see them twice in the eighties absolutely brilliant live Telegraph Road tells a story and just builds to a great finish, love your reactions whether it’s to groups or comedians keep putting them on here and we will keep watching them
@lukeblundell56102 ай бұрын
Rest assured you were reacting... And in the best way - you'd totally fallen into the story of that song! So much of the truly legendary music of this era was taking flight in the music and landing ~15mins later, not quite realising just where you'd been taken too. Your faces at the end was wonderful; you were SO captivated!
@gregor-the-bug2 ай бұрын
There are not enough superlatives to describe Dire Straits, especially this Alchemy live concert. It is perfection from start to finish. If you don't feel emotion with this performance, you have no emotions. One last thing, a line toward the end of the song makes more and more sense as time goes on . the line is "I ran every red light on memory lane."
@alanhodgson6714Ай бұрын
I love it when Mark sings, "We aren't going to pay wor toll." Pure Geordie dialect for 'our' but it just fits so seamlessly into the lyrics.
@johnfraser22012 ай бұрын
one more time go listen to so far from the clyde awsome track. he was born in glasgow mark Knoffler.
@Simon-b9gАй бұрын
Born '68 Watched DireStraits live. I know theres more bands , but Dire Straits - two keyboards, Pink floyd - two drummers, two keyboards, and U2 were always the Big 3 for me. [John Farnham is another great 2 hour + performer] I was in a small band that played U2's pride (Denver version) as a finale and theres nothing like being in a team performance and you can see all the bands really enjoying their music. so great to see.
@derekdamms7380Ай бұрын
WHAT MAKES ME LAUGH IS (MARK) RARELY LOOKS AT THE GUITAR STRINGS. A COMPLETE GENIUS
@arnodobler10962 ай бұрын
Funny you mentioned movie, do you know his score? "Wild Theme" from the movie Local Hero (Burt Lancaster), put it on the list, this and "Going Home" were played at the end of the concerts. Other films include "Wag the Dog" with Robert DeNiro and Dustin Hoffman, "Princess Bride", "Last Exit to Brooklyn" and more
@anthonysharp80792 ай бұрын
Please make this old English bloke a happy, happy man and react to Brothers in arms live a Wembley. Mike will be able to see Mark incredible finger work close up as the camera lingers on his hands and Jess will get very emeotional with the lyrics. Thanks for reacting to the music you two beautiful people. Love to both.
@corbe1970ify2 ай бұрын
You will never witness anything quite like this again ever again 🥺
@HitchUpAndTow2 ай бұрын
Thanks for taking me back. Love this band
@Fezz710Ай бұрын
Jess is right - they don't make music like this anymore. So glad you both found this and enjoyed it for what it was. A wonderful live performance of storytelling and musical magic. As someone of that vintage privileged to have lived through that era, it's great to have you and your generation enjoy this. As much as I appreciate a cultural phenomenon like a Taylor Swift Eras tour that resonates with today's generation, in this commercialised world I sadly don't think we will get anything like a Dire Straits or Pink Floyd anymore, with the musical masterpieces they gave us. So enjoy the music and the experience. Keep doing what you do!
@watchthesky.2 ай бұрын
Listen to Chris Rhea,Road to hell.......brilliant.
@markwakefield85332 ай бұрын
@@watchthesky. parts one and two
@magnuskjellman16062 ай бұрын
Nice reaction to an amazing performance. Mark Knopfler is an epic guitar player.