Our Mark is so humble that he neglected to mention that he auctioned a large portion of his guitar collection at Christie's in January. He earned nearly £9 million and gave 25% away to 4 of his favourite charities! God bless you Mr. Knopfler.
@lukecarvill77217 ай бұрын
Tax deductible . I donate nearly all my money to the government and all the other shit related that ends up with the government so I can watch the wealthy get richer whilst also giving away our money to freeloaders and British hating foreigners that don’t hate the freebies. Dire straits were awesome, shame he ended it and the other band members were cut from the big time prematurely
@guiltseeker7 ай бұрын
You mean his Charity "earned" it...
@jamesgrant30695 ай бұрын
Yah mean he gave away the tax component that his accountant recommended 😂
@thedutchfisherman7078Ай бұрын
@@jamesgrant3069and what have you ever done for mankind? 🙄
@lisafrances805117 күн бұрын
Yes indeed he is an amazing man. Absolutely love him and all he has done for people!
@777colin17 ай бұрын
A little story, I was living in Sydney Australia in the 80s. Dire Straits came to play some dates in early 1986. The tickets sold out in minutes, so the organizers went back to Mark and said could they possible do more shows. Mark said we will play as long as you can sell tickets. The played 21 shows at the Sydney Entertainment Centre and then went to Melbourne and did 19. I believe they still hold the record for the most number of shows.
@10ordersonline347 ай бұрын
How good was that tour. They played in smaller venues requiring 21 shows. 950K tickets. I saw them three times on that tour. Just awesome. Pink and Ed Sheeran have sold more tickets on one tour in Oz than DS but the MCG holds a few more than Sydney Entertainment Centre or the Myer Music Bowl. Great memories I will have forever so thank you Mark Knopfler.
@johnsilverlargo7 ай бұрын
The best "Tunnel of Love" live version was performed in one of these concerts
@iancurry7 ай бұрын
Was my first ever concert, at the Sydney Entertainment Centre. Travelled by train from Wollongong...
@lewistravel17 ай бұрын
They did something like 260 dates in a year ! Brothers in arms tour.
@PatrickRobertson-co9yw7 ай бұрын
Jj.Cale and this dude are my all time faves . Been fully pro for 56 years now and their songs have helped me get through bad times and good .Respect and gratitude.
@briankavo7 ай бұрын
The personification of contentment, happy in his studio with no desire to relive the past, respect.
@chrisg96157 ай бұрын
Its called cope. You can't run around living the rockstar life being cheered everywhere you go when you're a grandpa in his 70s. Unless you're Ozzy Osbourne anyway
@EvgeniyNeutralMusician7 ай бұрын
@@chrisg9615 In this case it's not coping, kid, because he does not want to relive those and play again as Dire Straits.
@hua..4 ай бұрын
@@chrisg9615 how is that coping? are you just throwing around buzzwords you read on the internet because you think they sound funny?
@nicholaswoolfenden52547 ай бұрын
MK. Incredibly authentic and unaffected. We're bless to have him.
@snesmonkey7 ай бұрын
Fabulously humble and interesting guy...massive bonus to the UK music scene
@sallybutton62377 ай бұрын
The very first record I ever bought with my first wages was “Sultans Of Swing” I’m now 62 & want to say thanks for so many good memories every time I hear that tune Mark! 🙋🏻♀️🇬🇧
@heike73487 ай бұрын
Same here... I'm 65...
@hkpr-ro6ui7 ай бұрын
The first album is an all-time classic. Wild West End, Sultans, an amazing debut album.
@Rafael-eo7md7 ай бұрын
here 62 as well ... I remember that gangly boy from the early 80s
@barbarawilkie13737 ай бұрын
It brings back very happy memories of a Devon holiday with my fiance at the time! I'm 66, but 19 again when I hear it!! Here's to Mark X
@christiaanseton7 ай бұрын
61, same 🎸
@michaelwells67977 ай бұрын
A truly decent and honouable man,supremely talented,never let fame go to his head,still the same down to earth guy.
@off93187 ай бұрын
Yes, he remained a real person. Fame did not spoil him.
@777jones6 ай бұрын
He was already a grown man when he became famous. That has helped.
@tomhansen597 ай бұрын
You've got to admire Mark Knopfler, one of the greatest guitar players of all times, signature style and sound, band leader, lead vocalist, wrote the odd mega hit or many and yet no rock star antics, no silly hair, no outrageous clothing, no weird tats, I'll tip my hat to that.
@garydunn30377 ай бұрын
He did have, back in the day, his legendary "Bandana"
@jeffreylebowski5197 ай бұрын
@@garydunn3037 I'll forgive him that bandana (well almost) and just add and agree that he is one of the most humble Guitar God's ever. Doesn't harp on about how great he is and how much he's worth, for him the music is its own reward. A few could take note (cough... Andy Summers... cough cough) 🎸
@RideAcrossTheRiver7 ай бұрын
@@garydunn3037 You needed that under hot stage lights.
@DanielGarciaArchitect7 ай бұрын
different breed. It ain't about him, it's about the music.
@danielfisch3897 ай бұрын
@@RideAcrossTheRiver indeed Mark stated that fans in front of the stage had complained about him sweating all over the place, so he decided to do something against it. It was no fashion statement.
@missduck97 ай бұрын
Huge respect for Mark Knopfler. Master musician, humanitarian, all-around treasure of a human being. I have loved his music forever.
@amaraljose41547 ай бұрын
Ss
@albertopet525 ай бұрын
@missduck9 Ottimo strumentista e compositore! I suoi brani sono una vera delizia per le orecchie. Grande Mark.
@baynesstreetblues7 ай бұрын
Mark ageing gracefully, with sublime guitar skills still intact.
@deanmarsland92937 ай бұрын
How true
@MercedesCruz-qe1nj7 ай бұрын
I have always sensed peace in your voice, now more than ever. Thank you for the gift of your music.
@paulsimes159329 күн бұрын
😮
@wuodbonde7 ай бұрын
Lovely man, exceptional musician. This is Mark Knopfler's world, and we are lucky to be living in it.
@jamesbradley25857 ай бұрын
MK is not just a singer and guitarist; he's penned some of the most memorable and deeply moving songs in pop/rock history. He is up there with the greatest.
@jackarmstrong18387 ай бұрын
Its a sin to make war on Brothers In Arms. Holy Cow.
@andyclark66497 ай бұрын
The greatest guitar player, singer song writer this country has ever had
@tonyburton57067 ай бұрын
Certainly top 10.
@christopherfarrington92707 ай бұрын
@@DameTremonti bit harsh putting ed sheeran above knopler the rest are up there though.
@joansmith82157 ай бұрын
Ed Sheeran? 😂😂😂
@anthonyhainan45677 ай бұрын
Ed needs help to write songs@@DameTremonti
@2019freddie7 ай бұрын
@@DameTremonti Ever heard of David Gilmour? He's better that any of your list.
@henrylubinda40697 ай бұрын
I stumbled on Dire Straits's Sultans of Swing CD, as a young African graduate doing development work in the Southern African country of Zambia in early 2000. Music by Dire Straits and Mark Knopfler has been truly been inspirational ever since. Its a pity I have never had a chance to see Mark live on stage. Really, a great guy and fantastic music!
@dennisgreen74895 ай бұрын
Big respect for Mark Knopfler one of greatest musician in the world 👏👏👏
@CaptChaos19647 ай бұрын
I went to Sotheby’s 2 days before the auction, minding my own business, found myself standing next to Mark, I still can’t believe it happened to be honest.
@seahorselady17 ай бұрын
Do tell, what was he like?
@quogir15 ай бұрын
Nice
@robgardner47547 ай бұрын
A genius, a master poet, and one of the best guitarists this world has ever seen. “These days I get to where I'm going Make it there eventually Follow the trail of breadcrumbs To where I'm meant to be To where I'm meant to be”
@murielread82472 ай бұрын
Did he know Lady Diana?
@P88KER6 ай бұрын
Born in 58 . My teens in the 70's . My 20's in the 80's . The explosion of MTV and on into the 90's and beyond . What a time to live ... the most fantastic music !!! . However it has taken me some time to appreciate this man and ageing has made it all worth while . So proud of his roots ... so humble . His warmth/genorosity of spirit and incredible catalogue of music . Mark Knopfler you are indeed a treasure . May god bless you Sir !!!
@keesakkermans24026 ай бұрын
I'm also from 58 and you put your words in my mouth indeed. Mark just delivered another brilliant album and most important of all; he still is a normal person without "sterallures" as we would say in The Netherlands. Do your thing and act normal! That's Mark. "Pure" is the right discription I think.
@talktalk24126 ай бұрын
Sounds like you've had a good life!
@myla61356 ай бұрын
'57 here. What a time ... the 70s, the 80s and like you I sort of thought of Dire Straits as pretty good ......... but now? Well Knopfler is really special. God, we were lucky.
@worthington36376 ай бұрын
Born in 58, so young. All those great songs you missed, but I agree with you. He definitely should be Sir Mark.
@amcmenemy56477 ай бұрын
Rockaway, Rockaway, from Cullercoats to Whitley Bay.
@fjavierpozzi6 ай бұрын
Currently listening to the Alcvhemy version. I have just come back from work. It's an autumn night in northern Argentina.
@Andreas.M187 ай бұрын
Mark Knopfler mit Dire Straits war der Grund, warum ich mich dafür vor 40 Jahren entschieden habe, Rockmusik oder besser gesagt Musik zu hören. Danke mein Herr Knopfler. 
@onlylexus7 ай бұрын
I have only 2 brothers in the music industry who I love with all my heart, one was Leonard Cohen and the other is Mark Knopfler. God bless both of them.
@fillyhart42226 ай бұрын
Oh my hat. Me too. And I have no idea why.
@ibaigentАй бұрын
Totally agree with both !
@yvonne73316 ай бұрын
No other musician ever touched my heart as Mark did through his songs..cant really explain but it helped me through so many hard times and listened to him for 40 years…🙌…biggest poet and musician to me😊
@michaelsampson77316 ай бұрын
😊
@odettepross24352 ай бұрын
❤
@mikeonb4c7 ай бұрын
I was lead singer in a band in 1977 and getting by selling jeans that I picked up from a friends factory outlet in Deptford. Having seen the then not quite famous Dire Straits on Old Grey Whistle Test the night before and loving their guitar player, I happened to spot a guy that looked like him as I was walking along the pavement near Deptford High Street. So I went up to him and asked if he was the guitar player I'd seen on TV last night and he said yes. We ducked down a side street and talked for half an hour about music and issues getting a good sound on stage and in a studio. He was a lovely guy, enthusiastic about music like I was, and not the least bit bigheaded. He said they were playing at a local pub that night and to come down and see them. I never made it, and within a matter of weeks they were too big to be playing in local pubs! I've always loved Marks Knopfler's music and remember that day and where we stood and chatted almost as if it was yesterday. ♥
@frankschmidt43117 ай бұрын
Simply the best sounding guitarist ever......
@jeshkam7 ай бұрын
And Jeff Beck.
@dk2000-mi5fg7 ай бұрын
...says the man with the profile pic of the album cover of the other greatest guitarist ever - David Gilmour. They're my favourite two guitarists anyway.
@yogeshbhandari10405 ай бұрын
Gary Moore and Mark
@vxcomanche7 ай бұрын
He’s such a lovely soft spoken British gentleman, you forget what a kickin’ rock star he is 🙌🏼
@tonyc9455 ай бұрын
71 here. These interviews of classic musicians who reflect on their lives and the eras they live in are among my favorites! The golden era of rock and roll, it was a great time to be alive!
@RichardFelstead19494 ай бұрын
Sure was.
@alexmook67867 ай бұрын
I have idlozied this man since I was a teenager, and at 56 years old I still do. An absolute treasure of a musician and human being.
@syrdax2 ай бұрын
I'm from Argentina, 54 years old and I always loved Mark. I got the chance to live in Spain and in my whole life there I only went to once concert and it was when he was at Barcelona. I loved every bit of it. I like many many artists but seeing him live was the thing I wanted to achieve in my life and I made that dream come true.
@BillMurrayonGoogle2 ай бұрын
Ditto... at 77 years. Legendary! (We're from Toronto... the band infected my kids, too, when we all attended the band's concert here.)
@oliviernoir66692 ай бұрын
55 and exactly the same feeling. Alchemy is still one of my favorite albums.
@normmcinnis41027 ай бұрын
I watched the 'Local Hero' theme music video with the young Mark Knopfler and I teared up because he had this genuine beautiful smile
@maude51603 ай бұрын
❤️What a treasure we have in Mark and his music.
@DC-xx4kv7 ай бұрын
I love this man’s genius music and musicianship. The new album on LP is on its way and I should have it by Thursday at the latest. Don’t ever stop Mark. Thank you for everything! ☮️
@markhunter95247 ай бұрын
I went to see Bob Dylan once at the Hollywood bowl in LA. It had long been a dream of mine to see Dylan and where better to do it? Unbenownst to me Mark Knopfler was the opening act. I was blown away. Not by Dylan...by Knopfler. Really magical. Such a unique sound. Was not a huge fan before then, but sure am now.
@sandywaters41987 ай бұрын
I admire this man’s desire to control his own life. Fame has eaten up so many. His commitment is to the creative enterprise. Kudos. I love watching the journey.
@paulbird32357 ай бұрын
50yrs on, and he is "still ahead of the game" a musical hero of our time. Thank you for whar you have given MK.
@barriesansom20707 ай бұрын
My hero..so gracious as a musician and person..a National treasure..thanks for posting!🎸
@mikefellows39017 ай бұрын
Legend and gentleman to boot !
@jamesm91707 ай бұрын
Its so awesome that Mark is still making fantastic music. I really like his new album ' One Deep River'
@Inglese0017 ай бұрын
Great that he mentioned Glasgow. He was born in Scotland and spent the first 7 years of his life there.
@bobbyscott21237 ай бұрын
That’s cool my home city Always loved these guys 👍
@amcmenemy56477 ай бұрын
Earl Street, Scotstoun.
@Roystreatham7 ай бұрын
His mother was from Blyth and so they went back to their roots i.e. the North East.
@johnfitzpatrick40077 ай бұрын
@@RoystreathamIf Blythe is the north east,whereabouts is Aberdeen And Inverness.
@seahorselady17 ай бұрын
Great Western Road Glasgow apparently.@amcmenemy5647
@haydnd27647 ай бұрын
One of my best memories of my time at Southampton University was seeing Dire Straits performing Sultans of Swing at the student refectory in c1978 before they made it big.
@susannehouse38577 ай бұрын
Ah...how lovely.....my home town.
@Released_Sausage7 ай бұрын
Scumhampton.
@RideAcrossTheRiver7 ай бұрын
@@Released_Sausage No hate, please
@matttovey53277 ай бұрын
Mark, if I ever meet you.. I would give you a huge hug! The best musician & song writer this country has ever seen. Thanks for all your hard work. Matt
@Spuzzmacher7 ай бұрын
Sometimes it's funny where Knopfler pops up. My sister was dating a guy really into Bob Dylan, who left an odd boxed set there. While I waited I put it on, made it some of the way through before one song in particular just floored me, called Blind Willie McTell. I played it on repeat and couldn't believe the incredible power and beauty Dylan had managed to pack into the interaction of the dramatic acoustic guitar over the simple piano lines. Easily the greatest Dylan song I've ever heard, and just one of the greatest songs I've ever heard ever. Finally I read the liner notes. That's a Knopfler guitar track. One take. Like he just whipped that out off the cuff? Absolutely unreal.
@kingshearer27 ай бұрын
Blind Willie McTell was a blues guitarist.
@susannehouse38577 ай бұрын
I loved him in 1978.....still love him now......
@fionaandersen32537 ай бұрын
Mr. Knopfler is the very best - his storytelling is brilliant made even better with his amazing arrangements. I am a huge fan!
@CarinTibellAhlin7 ай бұрын
Thanks for sharing this. I've loved Mark's music for 45 years, but living in Sweden of cource I wouldn't be able to watch interviews like this one without the help of other fans. So, thanks again. 🙏💯
@markpilgrim54387 ай бұрын
Eaa9q
@craignolan88557 ай бұрын
The Alchemy Album recorded Live over several nights at the Hammersmith Odeon back in 1983 has to be one of the Best DS Albums of all times ,over the years I have owned in on vinyl ,cassette ,CD and now hold the album via the streamed version from tv . Simply a magical album that has never been copied . Thank you .
@annetteturner59727 ай бұрын
And I was there. Can't believe it now!
@garico74647 ай бұрын
I could sit and listen to him all day. What a dude.
@Larrymarx7 ай бұрын
When I heard *Sultans of Swing* for the first time when it just came out, I said to myself; what am I listening to? It just blew me away♪♫♪
@vordman7 ай бұрын
Totally grounded, despite selling truck-loads of records all around the world. Top man.
@veredwald67767 ай бұрын
Mark's haunting guitar playing on: You & Your Friend with the famous Rudi Pensa guitar, is simply sublime.
@Brian77Gilmour7 ай бұрын
You and your friend is one of my favorite tracks by Mark
@RideAcrossTheRiver7 ай бұрын
He uses the 1983 Les Paul on the album. I saw _On the Night_ in a movie theatre when it was released in 1993!
@JanetteFinnegan7 ай бұрын
My all time favorite! Always a pleasure. Since 1976!
@tonykerry7 ай бұрын
Great interview with a true gentleman that is an outstanding musician and songwriter. No wonder all the greats dig him!
@MaryamElAlaoui-z1s7 ай бұрын
Me too love Mark Knopfler very much and for ever❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
@dorotakacprzynski58967 ай бұрын
Absolutely in love in his music. The man, the voice , the guitar!Looking forward to the new tour.😊
@garyssimo6 ай бұрын
His speaking voice ks just as lovely as his singing voice! We ?OVE you Mark. may you live till 107! or more
@garyssimo6 ай бұрын
I lovedbig rock candy mkuntain and made rock candy in a jar because of the song.
@lonepoulsen58023 ай бұрын
Totally agree with you
@zedman65167 ай бұрын
I've been a fan of his for decades now, I've lost count of how many... Sultans Of Swing, what a masterpiece. Thanks Mark for your lifetime commitment to giving us such a great fantastic body of work.
@naysmith52727 ай бұрын
Cool - I recorded this when I saw it on TV this morning. Thanks for posting, definitely well worth sharing.
@richardrampley49807 ай бұрын
Awesome man. No edge to him a genuine superstar...
@hansigrunwald34942 ай бұрын
Knopfler is an absolutely exceptional guitarplayer
@FxnWaySheGoes6 ай бұрын
What a guy. Best guitarist that ever lived to me, great man also. Long live MK!
@AyeZimbra6 ай бұрын
AGREED!
@claudehopper98137 ай бұрын
Listening to the new songs Mark is putting out they are so good and Marks songs & guitar playing just keeps getting better ...I never met Mark but he has been a guiding light from the first time i heard Sultans .
@jean-pierrem65177 ай бұрын
J’ai 70 ans mais quel bonheur de pouvoir encore profiter depuis toutes ces années de sa musique merveilleuse …Dommage je ne comprends pas beaucoup l’anglais j’aurais aimé une traduction je l’ai vu une fois en concert à paris en 1996 j’en garde un souvenir impérissable👍👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
@jeffmoore41537 ай бұрын
It always rains in Whitley Bay. As I look outside now, it is.
@mikesolomon4817 ай бұрын
Such an incredible talent ! One of my all time favorites
@willemienblankestijn88296 ай бұрын
One,of.my.all.time.favoritesö❤
@briancampbell77127 ай бұрын
Thanks Mark for a life of living with your music...what a blessing...all the music you have made and continue to make...it will live on forever...🎶🎸
@antoniopinto82607 ай бұрын
Mark you are the best for you ,and dire straits my favorite group ❤❤❤
@KingsleyThomson-j1w11 күн бұрын
The Genius of Mark Knopfler always shines through from Dire Straits to all his musical ventures,,a humble down to earth superstar,,, from all your fans in Australia love you Mark,,,🇦🇺👍
@MrTupeloFlash7 ай бұрын
Hank Marvin was the reason i wanted to play guitar, Mark Knopfler is the reason I continue 🙏🏻
@Amy-xw7sd7 ай бұрын
Just was reading a 1996 article where Peter Green referenced Hank, as his first real guitar influence. You’re in great company!! He said ,Cliff was suppose to be UK’s Elvis and I guess he was, but all the young guitarist loved Hanks play, his phrasing💚😊 Mark ranks right at the top of my list of beautiful, soul felt , players. No one sounds like Mark Knophler!
@allanthacker60727 ай бұрын
Missed the boat with my guitar lessons, (80). Must comment on the young guitarist having lessons. “I wanna play like MK”, teacher, “listen mate, we all wanna play like MK”.😅😊
@alistairewen95587 ай бұрын
Like thousands of us !
@DameTremonti7 ай бұрын
Hank Marvin only plays one string at a time. He's completely overrated.
@tomhoppe34037 ай бұрын
@@DameTremonti Richard Thompson, Pete Townshend, Eric Clapton, Brian May, David Gilmour, et al. would disagree with you. You must be a real virtuoso.
@truerosie6 ай бұрын
So amazing to see Mark Knopfler, as an 'old bloke'. What a truly great human being. Thank you for sharing your extraordinary talent Mr Knopfler.
@charlie015467 ай бұрын
True legend, look forward to new album. Totally down to earth bloke, not spoilt by fame🎸
@voiceguy36357 ай бұрын
Never would have guessed this was Mark Knopfler--until I heard the guitar.No doubt,then.
@zondrabarricks46666 ай бұрын
Thank you for all the great music and love you’re still in it. Bravo!
@1wiesehoefer17 ай бұрын
I heard Dire Straits in 1978 when I drove with my little sport car over the Reeperbahn in Hamburg from the university to my house and still today with 68 years I hear him and saw him 5 times live 😊 many thanks for making a great good music for my life ❤
@dylanvanmaanen87597 ай бұрын
I am so gratefull to see Mark when i was 15 in Amsterdam! I am curently 20 years old and I still listen to one of his or Dire Straits songs everyday. Legend!!
@iancurry7 ай бұрын
I visited the Spanish City, Whitley Bay, in December on a visit to the UK from Australia. Didn't check the weather app and was freezing and windy lol, but was so beautiful and I managed to play a Dire Straits (Tunnel of Love) tribute, with very cold fingers, anyway... 😀
@iancurry7 ай бұрын
@@thevoid6818 I love that the Lyrics are now in the paving stones...
@danwedderburn55507 ай бұрын
Thank you for describing my home town so eloquently. Its only ever glorious or peeing down & cold here.
@iancurry7 ай бұрын
@@danwedderburn5550 We had a lovely afternoon there. A seal made an appearance just off shore and we had an excellent hot soup in the big cafe...😀
@catherinecepuder35207 ай бұрын
Great to see Mark Knopfler....words fail me! The music carries on, that's it!🎶🎼👍
@youkyouk74717 ай бұрын
Mon Guitariste (et Compositeur ) préféré ! ( Et il est si humble .)
@ronturner55603 ай бұрын
I tip my hat to Mark Knopfler, I'm almost 78 and his music I consider modern, though it has the same values as music my heart is dedicated to from the 50s - 60s. Thank you Mark for many times I listen to what I consider 'spiritual music' .
@disender7 ай бұрын
It’s so cool that Mark tells a coherent story about why he quit Dire Straits. It’s a real comfort to hear the same explanation. It builds his credibility. Go Mark and can’t wait to hear your new album.
@VuongDuong-h4v6 ай бұрын
I am 21 years of age and found Mark's music while sifting through some music playlists. Started with Sultans and then money for nothing. Ended up at his modern stuff and LOVE it! I love this new album!
@29brendus7 ай бұрын
Mark stayed down to earth. Great player, wrote great songs, and I can still remember what I was doing the first time I heard Sultans of Swing, driving around Dublin, Ireland. Coincidentally, The Big Rock Candy Mountain was one of my first songs to sing and play when I was about 5yo. These days, I am 68 and still performing Money for Nothing and The Walk of Life.
@profsteve76536 ай бұрын
1978 Great concert in a little bar club in Georgetown,Washington,DC on a late night weekday. Their first album was getting a lot of radio play, so at the last minute I drove downtown got in line and ticket for $20 sat up front at a table sipping Heinekens while Mark and the band rocked the club for 2 hours. 46 years later it still remains one of my most favorite shows. His music has traveled with me my entire life since that moment. Everything about Mark is superb. Thanks for a great show and memories Mark.
@wokeupandsmellthecoffee2147 ай бұрын
Making Movies album is one of my all time favourite albums.
@RubeeKikuyu6 ай бұрын
Legend, this man, so gifted, so brilliant, so harmonic, so warm, so attractive - he lit up my late teens and early 20s and lit up my heart.
@perjohansson12587 ай бұрын
My favourite guitar player of all time
@gdfggggg7 ай бұрын
Just listened to one of his songs. Balled my eyes out. Says it all.
@derekclacton7 ай бұрын
2:19 “I’ll be wondering if it’s raining in Whitley Bay” really could be a line from one of Mark’s songs ☔️
@trevorclarey33367 ай бұрын
I'm gonna nick it.😆
@BillySBCАй бұрын
Absolutely love Mark Knopfler and his style of telling stories and helping people to know history through his songs as well. There are national treasures and there are world treasures, and Mark is everyone's brother across the world.
@user-hm5zb1qn6g7 ай бұрын
I saw Mark Knopfler and his band open for Bob Dylan on a tour about 10 years ago. Front row. By gawd it was amazing.
@frankvogel56517 ай бұрын
Thank you for the music 🎸 👍💯💕🎶Mark ♥️🍀
@oldnwise81237 ай бұрын
The most naturally talented guitarist ever. And he is now very happy in his skin. Ps. Being listening since charlie Gillet.
@Rain-Dirt7 ай бұрын
I remember hearing Sultans of Swing for the first time when I was a teenager, and not liking his voice at first, but it grew on me ever since. That was the first song I ever heard of Mark Knopfler/Dire Straits, and it was already two decades old. Nowadays his music means a lot to me personally. What a guitar talent, a true master! The fact that his fingerprint has remained the same while allowing his music to evolve with age, (to me) adds something extra beautiful to enjoy while listening to his music. Mark Knopfler, one of my top favourite artists!
@williammckay92297 ай бұрын
Saw Dire Straits March 21, 1979 at a bar called Texas Oprah House in Houston, Texas. Just over 45 years ago. Happy we’re still here. The new music sounded good! Of course it did. Mark Knopfler is fantastic. P.S. that show cost $5.00.
@matthewmoggridge52217 ай бұрын
If ever I fly anywhere and it gets to that moment when the plane is at the foot of the runway and then starts to roar forward, I try and sort out the sounds and listen to that opening riff of Money for Nothing. What a song! What a guy! Love Mark Knopler!
@lizdouglas19527 ай бұрын
I love Mark Knopfler. Couldn't wait for the next Dire Straits album. When Mark ventured out, it was even more incredible. His guitar playing is not only a gift, but it's poetry. His music, lyrics, voice. Absolutely beautiful. It takes you away...far far away in your mind, and soul. The beauty of his songs allows you to take it how you like. I'm incredibly grateful to be alive at this stage of my life to continue to absorb myself in Mark's music. Words aren't adequate, but this is written from my heart. God bless you, Mark. 😘♥️🎸🎶🙏
@maxthepupp7 ай бұрын
I'd buy this man a pint. Anytime, anywhere.❤🤘😎🤘 Looking forward to the new album!
@Unknown-bv7lv7 ай бұрын
One for me too.mate 😂
@Ashadowman7 ай бұрын
An incredibly talented man ... has given me the non stop inspiration to play and learn. Big rock candy mountain - i learned this one right after i saw the movie " oh brother where art thou". The lyrics are fun and well said
@hamishkirkpatrick98317 ай бұрын
Thanks for sharing this it is easy to miss something like this
@judithbrown246 ай бұрын
I love Mark Knoflee. He''s such a unique writer, singer, & performer .I saw him in September 2015 at Red Rocks. Perfect in every way
@francescociavardini65997 ай бұрын
Love from italy ❤
@markread86507 ай бұрын
Great timing Mark! This is exactly what I need now. Thanks
@stevenclark19737 ай бұрын
One of the very best guitarists of all time.
@tonynaccarato47517 ай бұрын
Mark was heaven sent, beautiful for everyone to enjoy, cheers.