Did Dire Straits Create the Coolest Riff Ever? Yep
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Жыл бұрынDid Dire Straits' Mark Knopfler create the coolest riff ever?... YEP! I'll explain!
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@dragonfire61 Жыл бұрын
An interview with Mark Knopfler would be amazing Rick. Just saying 😂
@kentl7228 Жыл бұрын
Agreed! I would adore to listen to that. I think he is wary of interviews but with Rick, there would be mutual respect, the questions would stimulate Knopfler and he would want to learn some things from Rick.
@UnspecializedCuriosity Жыл бұрын
That would be so cool!
@newwavepop Жыл бұрын
i would love that. but i dont think Mark does things. i mean like i think he is literally retired and wants nothing to do with attention of any sort.
@AKLZ01780 Жыл бұрын
Yes, invite him for an interview!!!
@darringodden7225 Жыл бұрын
I believe it was the Chris Evans radio show where I heard Mark say he would like guitar lessons. So if I am correct it would be very interesting to hear what Rick could help him with. No doubt the interview would be an epic as Mark is a right down to earth chap.
@Craig2760 Жыл бұрын
Several years ago I asked a bandmate and guitarist friend if he would give me some guitar lessons. Told him I want to play like Mark Knopfler. He replied, "We ALL want to play like Mark Knopfler!"
@ChrisZwolinski Жыл бұрын
We all have dreams😆😅🤣😂
@Nick-xh6of Жыл бұрын
Mark Knoplfer and Chet Atkins are like PB and J.
@mattiasjohansson7231 Жыл бұрын
And django Reinhardt
@driggs2821 Жыл бұрын
And Metheny. Good God, Metheny.
@alanh7247 Жыл бұрын
knopfler wanted to play like jj cale.
@nunocosta6138 9 ай бұрын
Mark knopfler is without a doubt one of the best songwriters and guitarists in music history.
@heathercollins4432 5 ай бұрын
"CGP" ("Certified Guitar Player") according to Chet Atkins....😎
@edcollins9377 4 ай бұрын
Outstanding guitarist yes, and a decent songwriter, but that's about it since he has only 1 amazing song (Sultans of shwing as Austin Powers would say)..
@joedwyer3297 3 ай бұрын
@@edcollins9377brothers in arms is a masterpiece
@PhilipJanoff 3 ай бұрын
@@joedwyer3297 as is Telegraph Road
@ac1646 3 ай бұрын
@@edcollins9377 Nice bait 🥰
@iainsutherland1113 Жыл бұрын
Dire Straits are one of these rock bands that stand out from the crowd because you can genuinely say they created their own ‘sound’. They were around at a time when we weren’t short of unbelievable bands but you can put on a Dire Straits record and instantly tell it’s them, no one else sounds like them. 😎
@tamedshrew235 Жыл бұрын
I agree and also think Steely Dan fits that definition for the 70s
@mrnice7570 10 ай бұрын
Beautifully put
@irajserpent8453 10 ай бұрын
I think kings call from phyl lynott really sounds like dire straits
@grantstanfield6636 10 ай бұрын
Mr. Knopfler is a genius and makes a sounds that instantly improves my mood and outlook on life. If I had the chance to meet him, I would thank him from the bottom of my heart.
@bugscorb 10 ай бұрын
This is true, but at the same time every album was unique with its own sound. The closest in sound were Dire Straits and communiqué, although still different. But the rest had their very own style and sound. Knopfler didn't try and rehash from what went on before.
@cooldude.1811 Жыл бұрын
The effortless melodic solos of Mark Knopfler are unique, but what is sometimes lesser appreciated is the pure poetry of his lyrics.
@c.s.christopher5801 Жыл бұрын
Especially in Brothers in Arms
@humblepie8638 Жыл бұрын
I was just thinking the same thing - a poet storyteller.
@chipsterb4946 Жыл бұрын
“All I can do is kiss you through the bars of a rhyme” One of my favorite lyrics of all time! Is it a pun? Sort of… but in a way music is his prison maybe, or at least a barrier between him and Juliet. Alternatively music is his only way to communicate his love to her… Mark Knopfler’s lyrics are so poetic, so efficient it’s just amazing to me. Money for Nothing is about MTV, a visit to Circuit City, and pop culture all at once …
@martinaddison4880 Жыл бұрын
Romeo and Juliet is hard if not impossible to beat.
@MetteC5 Жыл бұрын
lesser appreciated by whom?
@somerandomhomeboy Жыл бұрын
"Sultans Of Swing" is great on so many levels; the groove, the lyrics, the fact that the singer is also the lead solo guitarist.
@sydneysdaddy2007 Жыл бұрын
It's the best song ever created
@simpleysteve2536 3 ай бұрын
S o S a standout tune from the 70s.
@jasonmansfieldsr8645 Ай бұрын
Totally the best. Ever.
@Sandysand701 7 ай бұрын
Sultans of Swing, a rock band singing about a jazz band, just brilliant.
@donaldcoffey800 8 күн бұрын
Much like Dire Straits,The Sultans of Swing had big dreams of their own, but sometimes, dreams just don't come true.
@drdave971 Жыл бұрын
Whenever I hear Brothers in Arms , I start tearing up pure feel , pure emotion all I can say is wow Mark Knopfler
@jlkoenig4377 Жыл бұрын
Knopfler is like a freakin' gold medal Olympic gymnast of the guitar, bless him for all the musical thrills he's given us.
@chad0x Жыл бұрын
Mark Knoflers guitar playing always sounds so effortless doesn't it? Like he's just dropping it in without even thinking about it. Incredible. Brothers in Arms is one of the best Albums of all time.
@dougm5341 Жыл бұрын
Brothers in Arms is arguably the greatest song ever
@EsternoPidovana Жыл бұрын
I disagree, Making Movies is definitely better and with more great songs. In Brothers in Arm there is much less Marc guitar and more keyboards and saxophone.
@briang530 Жыл бұрын
@@EsternoPidovana that's a hard sell but I could see the argument for it. I have original presses and digital remasters of every Dire Straights and Knopfler solo album (except for ShangriLa which I only have digital files of and can't find the vinyl in good shape for love or money). I'd be hard pressed to pick a favorite among them though. I do find that I actually play Love over Gold most, but that is probably on account of It being a more languid and relaxed album. The OG self titled album gets the nod for energy and a pleasing more raw sound. Making Movies is probably the most interesting musically, and Brothers in Arms is the most mature sounding.
@EsternoPidovana Жыл бұрын
@@briang530 Of course, it all depends on personal taste in the end. I like big solos and all the guitar note that accompanies the singing and the piano intrusions like in Tunnel of Love, Expresso Love, Solid Rock, but also in Telegraph Road or Love over gold. It seems to me that in the Brothers in Arms album these parts that I love have been reduced, and they distort what Marc did in the previous albums. Perhaps it was Knopfler's personal choice, but for me it was an unfortunate choice. Aside from the title track, there isn't a solo of note; even Walk of Life, which I really like, is almost exclusively played by keyboards.
@briang530 Жыл бұрын
Totally fair.
@BOOMNERD51 9 ай бұрын
The clean tone Mark plays with enchants me
@ericstein7243 6 ай бұрын
Rick Beato is a genius in his own right. Just hearing and understanding what's behind these riffs, and being able to explain it clearly, is as ingenious as the riffs themselves. You're a true treasure, Rick; I haven't seen anyone on KZfaq who does more to advance music theory comprehension and appreciation for young and emerging musicians.
@QuicknStraight Жыл бұрын
The live version of Sultans on Alchemy is just incredible. Knopfler is a genius.
@adityamohan1773 Жыл бұрын
It's the best version of that song. It sounds gorgeous.
@mrsvle Жыл бұрын
One of the best live albums in rock history !!
@BMPagano Жыл бұрын
First album I've ever bought!! I was 5 years old, in 1982, and my dad took me to a record store and he bought me a double cassete issue of that amazing album!! Many incredible moments and renditions of DS songs on that album - I still have it, by the way ;-)
@Metal_Auditor Жыл бұрын
Personally I prefer the 1992 Basel version. The duel between Mark and Chris White is just spectacular.
@u2santos Жыл бұрын
Sultans and Tunnel Of Love from Alchemy are honestly 2 of the best guitar moments I've ever heard.
@musicbymarkplake3945 Жыл бұрын
Mark Knopfler and Lindsay Buckingham are two players who have guitar techniques that are surprisingly hard to duplicate.
@kingsleysaxon9710 Жыл бұрын
And the lesson in that is that you don't become a MK or LB by "duplicating" technique. Develop your own and let your music lead your technique not the other way around.
@WellnessRosterHQ Жыл бұрын
Both influenced by Chet Atkins which probably has a little to do with it. Best thing to do is learn from them and not try to duplicate them as everybody sounds like themselves.
@wirenutt57 Жыл бұрын
Knopfler is left-handed, but plays guitar right-handed. That has something to do with it.
@WildernessTamed Жыл бұрын
@@wirenutt57 me too. Plus I finger pick and I'm a Geordie. Must be something in the water here up north.
@bobbybeast1000 Жыл бұрын
Two of my favourite guitarists, because they understand how guitar fits into the song so well, because they’re great singer songwriters themselves
@kyrafox1435 6 ай бұрын
Telegraph Road is one of the greatest songs ever. It builds and builds to pure perfection! The guitar solo is amazing. The drums as well. I love Dire Straits! Skate away is another fave.
@runvti3274 Ай бұрын
Telegraph feels like really underrated song.
@corriefraser Ай бұрын
Don't forget the piano by Alan Clark, one of the most underrated rock pianists ever. He was given a gem to work with but he took it to a new level.
@lynnestamey7272 23 күн бұрын
I loved Skate away! Well, anything MK did is fine by me.
@vintagethings9187 Жыл бұрын
I saw Dire Straits as a support, before they were famous. I was standing right at the front and was just blown away by Knopfler's energy. He was so taut, like his tendons were electrified, but so clear in what he was playing. He just grabbed you. So much attitude and eloquence in his hands. I've never tried to find the words before. I thought they were special. And Sultans stood out from the whole set.
@raulsuazo5015 Жыл бұрын
The best mark knoppler solo is the second solo of “tunnel of love”. If your soul doesnt shrink in pain and you do not shed a tear listening to it you have no soul.
@kentl7228 Жыл бұрын
Thank You Australasia live in Sydney is my favourite concert for Dire Straits. The Tunnel of Love solo on it is amazing.
@harryosullivan9632 Жыл бұрын
Tunnel of love is perhaps the best guitar solo of all time by anyone.
@WegrennerX Жыл бұрын
Totally agree!
@milanforever7014 Жыл бұрын
@@harryosullivan9632 one of the best for sure ;)
@plspiri Жыл бұрын
I have to agree, and a great song too.
@calikiwi Жыл бұрын
I was working bar on Hamilton Island, Australia when Dire Straights was touring Aussie flying to venues from Hamilton. After a show they’d come down to the staff canteen and play everyone else’s music but their own and we all called out other tunes and they’d do it with their twist! The last concert was close and all the staff that could went, but Soph the breakfast waitress got a ticket late but had missed the rides and getting off and back to the island was hard… sooo the guys heard this and THEY TOOK HER ON THEIR PLANE WITH THEM!!! Cool guys, the whole island staff had a blast with them over the time they stayed!!
@tracker3952 Жыл бұрын
Ride on! 👍😎👍
@kremepye3613 Жыл бұрын
I bet they ran a train on her tho
@guitarfreekin Жыл бұрын
Lucky you!!!
@customsongmaker 25 күн бұрын
"These guys were so nice, they bought free drinks for my girlfriend and even let her spend the night with them!"
@truthseeker9688 7 ай бұрын
Mark Knopfler is argueably the best guitarist ever.
@tomdebom1346 4 ай бұрын
@@iloveaviation-burgerclub-a8145”hiding behind effects” is a myth, most effects exacerbated any mistakes/flaws
@heiskari Жыл бұрын
Sultans of Swing´s version in the Alchemy Album is the best live song ever recorded. Absolute perfection. The whole album is unbelievable tbh.
@arnoudwalrecht8479 Жыл бұрын
100% agree
@5.126 10 ай бұрын
Hell yeah
@nostromo7928 11 күн бұрын
I have Alchemy on DVD. What a concert video! Sultans of Swing sounds almost like a brand new song, there's so much fire in it, and the song's climatic notes!
@prakashkrishnan9646 Жыл бұрын
Mark Knopfler's a musician's musician. Just impeccable taste and choice of notes in his playing. Often imitated but seldom matched...
@hwyisalive 6 ай бұрын
The solo during the last couple minutes of "Tunnel of Love" is my favorite ever. Finished with Roy Bittan's arpeggio outro, and it's pure magic.
@TimMer1981 5 ай бұрын
Indeed.
@notanotheraccount 5 ай бұрын
It's truly amazing, the way it builds so slowly to that supreme high note, then fades away. Makes me nearly cry every time.
@richarddavis3239 5 ай бұрын
Totally agree, the last couple of mins are awesome.
@mattjohn2782 2 ай бұрын
Here is one more vote for Tunnel of Love. That song is pure magic.
@rahl1994 2 ай бұрын
😮💨👌🏻
@LivingOnCash 3 ай бұрын
Mark is the king of outro's. Not only his technical ability but his mastery of melody is amazing.
@deefsound Жыл бұрын
Telegraph Road live by Dire Straits, is one of the best pieces of rock music and poignant storytelling I’ve ever experienced.
@Marcus_C51 Жыл бұрын
Yes--one of his most poignant , expansive numbers. Love it!
@neilcrawford8303 Жыл бұрын
I think it must be one of MKs favourites to. Lucky enough to see him perform four times, and every time he's played Telegraph Road. Just amazing to listen to and watching him play.
@LukasMatejka-du5hb Жыл бұрын
such a shame they didn't make more of these epic tracks...... you can listen to Mark solo for 3-4 minutes and you won't get bored for a second...... like with D. Gilmour on guitar
@Marcus_C51 Жыл бұрын
@@neilcrawford8303 Wow, that is something else-nice! How could he NOT love that song? Must be a blast for him to play.
@Acemechanicalservices Жыл бұрын
My family took a 24 hour car trip in 1985. I was 14 years old, and I had a Walkman cassette player with 2 tapes. Dire Straits - Brothers in Arms and Night Ranger - Midnight Madness. I listened to them back to back, non stop. The batteries were wearing out, and I continued to listen as it got lower and slower. I’ll never forget it, and those records give me a unique feeling to this day because of it.
@Headloss Жыл бұрын
Born in 81 and my parents would drive me and my sis out to the sticks to visit my uncle, aunt and cousins every so often. It was a 3hr journey home at night and 'Brothers In Arms' was the soundtrack to it. My father died last year and I was creating a playlist for his wake. Was drawn to the album, which I hadnt heard since back in the 80s and it instantly took me back there. All the songs, the running order. Felt like I was on that journey home again. So good to be able to appreciate that album as an adult now.
@jbro6236 Жыл бұрын
Cool story.
@DonLytle Жыл бұрын
Midnight Madness was a staple of my life bro. Cassette format FTW (at the time). :)
@markp.9707 Жыл бұрын
Two great albums to take with you on a 24 hour car ride!!! I never tire of either Bands. Night Ranger never gets talked about but that album was pretty good.
@markp.9707 Жыл бұрын
@@Headlossthe beauty about music it always takes you back to that moment when you heard it for the first time or it’s lyrics meant something special.
@jmayer29 Жыл бұрын
The Alchemy Live version of this song is AMAZING.
@thedolphin5428 Жыл бұрын
My story about DS and SoS, was that in summer 1977, my brother-in-law and I went to some 2-bit pub in North London for a beer. A band was playing. Cost £1 to get in. About 50 people standing around listening. They played SoS. Most amazing, unique guitar work we'd ever heard. My b-i-l said to me "If these guys ever record that, it's gunna be a fkn monster hit". A year later, it sure was. (Closest I've ever gotten to Mark Knofler !)
@PsychoGallagher Жыл бұрын
I could go on and on about how fantastic both Dire Straits and Mark Knopfler solo are, how much they mean to me etc. But really they're simply one of my most precious musical safe spaces. Mark Knopfler and his bandmates give me immense comfort and greatly-needed healing. The music is such a gift to humanity!
@mikaylachapman9036 Жыл бұрын
You described exactly how I feel about them. All their songs have such a warm feel. I can go and listen to other bands, but I always come back to Dire Straits. Wild West End is my favorite, it's like the musical equivalent of a hug. It's what I imagine falling in love is like.
@jhmclane Жыл бұрын
@@mikaylachapman9036 +1 to that. "Greasy greasy greasy hair - easy smile"- killer words and the way he delivers them is so full of affection and nostalgia, a boy could fall in love with that conductress just from hearing the song.
@mikaylachapman9036 Жыл бұрын
@@jhmclane Yes. Also, the lines "Excuse me talking, I wanna marry you. This is Seventh Heaven Street, don't you seem so proud?" from the first verse. It's like you can hear the smile in his voice, if that makes any sense. Instantly fell in love with the song from that point. Mark, although not the greatest singer, conveys so much feeling in his voice, it's more like having a conversation with him, rather than simply listening to a song.
@utternonsenseproductions2415 Жыл бұрын
I saw Mark Knopfler live in Manchester, 2015. All I'll say is that him and his band were sensational and to me it was one of the best gigs I've ever been to. Mark told stories, chatted away like he was everybody's favourite uncle and he played everything beautifully. Sensational.
@chancemiller9340 Жыл бұрын
HE... 👍
@celyn_27 Жыл бұрын
I was at the same gig, was spectacular. Would love to be able to catch him live one more time.
@utternonsenseproductions2415 Жыл бұрын
@@chancemiller9340 what?
@hugogreen13 11 ай бұрын
They were amazing when they played the Rylands, Manchester Uni Union 1978. Sultans of Swing had just come out
@Central-Scrutinizer Жыл бұрын
Add me to a long list of people who think that Brothers in Arms is an incredibly beautiful work of art. One can put headphones on, close eyes, and float away on a voyage of story and spirit.
@remy0779 Жыл бұрын
Glad to see Mark being highlighted here, fantastic artist with a unique sound.
@jeroenneve5807 Жыл бұрын
Mark Knopfler is a storyteller first and foremost. I can lose myself in every lick, in every note he plays. His work after Dire Straits is even more amazing.
@mer101010 Жыл бұрын
i agree
@poorbrokeguitarist Жыл бұрын
I have not listened to anything after dire straits. I will now check it out though. Thank you for pointing that out.
@msmoniz Жыл бұрын
@@poorbrokeguitarist Oh my you have been doing yourself a MASSIVE disservice! His post- Dire Straits albums are amazing! You're in for a treat!!
@Reckefisch Жыл бұрын
@@poorbrokeguitarist Good lord, you were missing out. Some recommendations from various albums in no particular order: Junkie Doll Song for Sonny Liston Punish the Monkey Summer of Love Speedway at Nazareth Basil Privateering What it is Rudiger ... I could go on forever, I fear. So much great stuff and every single album of Knopfler's contains some real gems! Go find 'em
@hueffel987 Жыл бұрын
@@Reckefisch Sailing to Philadelphia Darling Pretty Monteleone Stand up guy Piper to the end The way it always starts The Last Laugh Smooching .... And listen to Band The Notting Hillbillies
@SausageFingers73 Жыл бұрын
Rick, what I think a lot of people miss is that the little bits and pieces between the lyrics are almost sound effects for what he has just sung, like the the chime of the last orders bell, he makes a chime sound, or the step right up to the microphone is followed by a walking up melody line. Lots of little bits in it like that. Another one, is the trumpet players blowing that sound, he makes like a brass stab kind of thing. Very under the radar kind of stuff, but it makes it, it's almost like a second line of lyrics
@johncollins5552 Жыл бұрын
Knopfler "he knows all the chords" but not strictly rhythm, he knows how to " make it cry and make it sing"!
@conflagratus Ай бұрын
My radar has always been all over that stuff. Most famous Blues descended players, like Hendrix, were MK x 10. Mark gave it a polite English-syle nod.
@kathrynadamson3886 2 күн бұрын
Yes! This!!
@biffphuddle6581 Жыл бұрын
The thing I like about Knofler is when Sultans of Swing came out he showed guitarists it was cool to play clean without gobs of effects. VERY Tasty. Steve Miller could do that too.
@emelle1283 9 ай бұрын
effects are heaps better though
@joedwyer3297 3 ай бұрын
@@emelle1283he didnt say no effects he basically said without overusing them
@lewisg1736 Жыл бұрын
I love Knopfler’s guitar playing for the “notes” that he doesn’t play. Those pauses create the tension that makes his music both recognizable and brilliant.
Жыл бұрын
A very long time ago I had discussed it with my best ever friend who passed last year ripping half of my heart away. The veirdest truth is, I never missed those tones "missing". For me these are just right there without the "missing parts", cos' I was then and remained the same weirdo when it comes to music, my oldest love. Now I'm aged enough to remember sitting in smoky places around the decades ago lost 7th district of that old, absolutely different way than now dirty slummy Budapest listenig them with him, and a bit later realizing, a lot of people and (including absolutely great musicians as well) hated them, especially him, I never getting learned why in 90's and so far in the early twenties. And nowadays this song comes again and again crossing my way framed by random people being astonished and lamenting about how good it is. So long.
@Frank-wx2ym Жыл бұрын
The outro solo of "Are we in trouble now" is absolutely fantastic. Same goes for "Tunnel of Love", "Telegraph Road", "Brothers in Arms" and many more.
@I_like_turtles_67 Жыл бұрын
Mark is a phenomenal player. An excellent song writer/story teller too.
@mingthemerciless886 Жыл бұрын
Telegraph road, what a song!
@bikegiant1376 Жыл бұрын
Yes!!! The solo on “Are We In Trouble Now” pure heaven!
@mikelindeman9755 Жыл бұрын
Agree with all - Are We in Trouble Now is hypnotic. Also like the recurring emotional guitar throughout Far From the Clyde. Nobody makes it sing like Mark. If you’ve never seen on KZfaq, Search for Mark with Tom Jones doing “Feel Like Going Home”.
@1104kdd Жыл бұрын
I was in London when Sultans of Swing was released. Some DJ on Capital Radio spent a whole afternoon asking people to phone in and say who had played a guitar riff like that before. It was infuriating him that he couldn't remember. There were all kinds of suggestions. But the truth was no one. Almost uniquely the sheer quality of their albums never waned. About 15 year ago, my son, then about 15, maybe younger, suddenly appeared and said Dad, Dad, I've just heard this song, Telegraph Road, and I reckon it's the greatest song ever. Not gonna argue.
@mkguitarproject Жыл бұрын
Telegraph Road from the Alchemy album is perhaps THE perfect rock song. And the fact that it's been recorded live makes it even more special.
@devilboner Жыл бұрын
Telegraph Road really is something special. Whenever I've heard him play it at a concert, suddenly tears just started streaming down my cheeks. It's really that profound and emotional of an experience to listen to, to me anyways.
@markmiwurdz202 Жыл бұрын
@Keith Duckett. The DJ who first played "Sultans Of Swing" was Charlie Gillett ( who I think sadly died). I believe the first play of Sultans was a demo' record(ing). Excellent parenting with regard to your son's comment on "Telegraph Road".
@MikkaShrednik Жыл бұрын
As much as "The Sultans of Swing" took over rock radio waves, the only country that had that album hit number 1 was... ready? Former Yugoslavia?
@nickzivs Жыл бұрын
Arguably one of the best ever and definitely my favourite. He's just an effortless finger picker and the man is an unbelievably thoughtful lyricist as well. Truly underrated and that's just fine.
@MetteC5 Жыл бұрын
Underrated by whom?
@DaveTaste 9 ай бұрын
They sold over 100 million albums.
@PhilipJanoff 3 ай бұрын
@@MetteC5 Rolling Stone had him ranked only 96 on the list of 250 greatest guitarists…
@MetteC5 3 ай бұрын
@@PhilipJanoff oh, so a magazine should change my mind. Is that how you live?
@PhilipJanoff 3 ай бұрын
@@MetteC5 you asked where he was underrated and I provided an example. I disagree with them - I’d have him in the top 10
@humblepie8638 Жыл бұрын
I remember my 6 foot 3 brother dancing to Sultans of Swing at his wedding, stomping all around the dance floor in total bliss. Joyful riff, tasteful leads, wonderful brother.
@mikecoughlin4128 2 ай бұрын
lol. I’m 6’4” and love to dance. I sure hope no one sees me as “stomping around “!
@MickLoud999 Жыл бұрын
I am older than most. My favorite Dire Straits albums are the first two. Communique is sublime. Just the feel of Knopfler's playing just sends chills. "Oh yeah, Once Upon a Time in the West"
@razona5139 Жыл бұрын
I've always said the Communique was there best. Single handed sailor and Lady writer really stand out as some of their best written and produced tracks to me. Pure perfection in musical form.
@sealisa1398 8 ай бұрын
Single Handed Sailor, Once Upon a Time…I love the album.
@Breakbeats92.5 Жыл бұрын
I can listen to Sultans of Swing over and over again.
@olizalzeortolan8322 Жыл бұрын
Same It's so addictive
@padraiglyons5439 Жыл бұрын
I always thought just the famous repeating triplets in the second solo followed by the bend were worth the price of the album alone, one of the catchiest parts of a solo ever.
@randallkelley3600 Жыл бұрын
Yes!
@BigBri550 Жыл бұрын
I could listen to that whole first album over and over again, and I did habitually back when it first came out.
@lylecampbell9036 Жыл бұрын
Yes I can and I do
@harriscl100 Жыл бұрын
Dire Straits "You and Your Friend" is probably one of the best songs for audiophiles to test speakers and systems. His guitar in that track is beyond human!
@sudarmaji77 Жыл бұрын
ha I used the intro as my ringtone
@Frank-wx2ym Жыл бұрын
You're right, it's absolutely brilliant!
@mykhailoskachkov5946 Жыл бұрын
I prefer Planet of the New Orleans
@MrChrisWhitten Жыл бұрын
@@mykhailoskachkov5946 Some of the best guitar is Nashville's own Paul Franklin
@harriscl100 Жыл бұрын
@@mykhailoskachkov5946 Had not thought about that one! good call!
@tenzingsherpa9874 Жыл бұрын
Mark’s guitar approach on every song is way too genius! One of the greatest ever for sure 🙌
@shibolinemress8913 2 ай бұрын
I was 15 in 1978. This and Kansas' Dust in the Wind were 2 of my favourite songs, and still are. We're so blessed to have grown up in the 1970's!
@zoltanrudolf9413 Жыл бұрын
Sultans of Swing has BOTH the coolest guitar riff AND the coolest guitar solo in music history.
@nicoladisvevia Жыл бұрын
The whole "Love over Gold" album is IMO a masterpiece that's not been celebrated enough. I still remember buying it when it first came out, the smell (records always had their own special smell!), taking it home, then playing the first side, then the second, then the first again, then the second, ... With this record, Knopfler had reached a whole new peak in technique, musicality, expressiveness, complexity and depth of meaning.
@fu6817 Жыл бұрын
Yea it's great... not their best album thought :) Can't beat Brothers in arms no matter how you look at it.
@Marcus_C51 Жыл бұрын
Ahh yeah-Love over Gold! Love the perfect title and yes, a masterpiece that doesn't get it's due. "Telegraph Road" is one of those epic tunes...
@swankeepers Жыл бұрын
I had a workmate that made the comment "what do you do after you've made the perfect album?" referring to "Love Over Gold". I can listen to "Telegraph Road" on continuous repeat.
@Marcus_C51 Жыл бұрын
@@swankeepers I hear you--I've done it myself. What an epic journey!
@thewaygokid3135 Жыл бұрын
Agreed. Telegraph Road and the title track are so great! If you haven’t checked out The Ragpickers Dream album it’s really good too.
@stanleytesla1651 9 ай бұрын
Mark Knopfler, master of fingerstyle. Such a fine nuanced sound that was a rare gem in commercial music at that time.
@timmorrow9780 Жыл бұрын
The debut album by Dire Straits has to be one of the all time debut albums. Love Down To The Waterline, sounds really good loud, such a haunting intro. You know you're good when Chet Atkins invites you to play with him.
@CB-xr1eg 6 ай бұрын
Water Of Love, the best song on the album after "Sultans", for me.
@Patrick-857 5 ай бұрын
It's nuts how polished the songwriting and musicianship is for a debut album.
@DDGVET4 Жыл бұрын
Sultans of Swing was one of our favorite songs while on deployment to the Persian Gulf during the Iranian Hostage Crisis in 1980. We had a few shipmates that made up a 3 piece band and played the song at a Halloween party we threw on the fantail of our guided missile destroyer while underway Halloween night. A fellow by the name of Mark Hayden played the lead flawlessly. I have never forgotten it and when I hear it now at the age of 65 I crank it up and relive that time on that ship as if it were yesterday. I can see the faces of all my old shipmates as they were then.
@deanelsworth817 Жыл бұрын
Fantastic memories, music just has that ability to transport you back to memories from years ago. It is almost like time travel.
@katdog1738 Жыл бұрын
I was tending bar paying my way through Tulane in 1980-82, and we’d trip u0 the jukebox to play sultans, rather often, as we covered our heads (cigarette smell defense) with towels and baseball caps and slung drafts and drinks half the night.
@ivocanevo Жыл бұрын
Wow, I'll just stop typing my little Sultans of Swing story now. 😅
@DDGVET4 Жыл бұрын
@@ivocanevo Don't do that. We want to hear yours too!
@seviregis7441 Жыл бұрын
Military musicians have a special something, I’m sure those moments were awesome.
@FoardenotFord Жыл бұрын
Knopfler is the reason I got into playing guitar - one of the greatest of all time.
@sehgalvaibhav Жыл бұрын
On Every Street... esp. the second half... what a simple riff, but so beautiful and melodious esp. when the drums kick in.
@brettjamz3 7 ай бұрын
Mark is one of the most underrated of the underated guitar 🎸 players when ever we talk about ranking guitar players. Which I personally hate ranking any form of art. Seriously he's as good a song writer and player as anyone else
@gasaholic47 Жыл бұрын
Some of Knopfler’s most beautiful work was done on the soundtrack to Local Hero. Brilliant stuff!
@sealisa1398 Жыл бұрын
Just gorgeous…
@angelikalindenau943 Жыл бұрын
You made the comment I was going to add myself - YES! 🤫
@bronwynhellings3909 Жыл бұрын
Local Hero was an exceptional score
@typhoon-7 Жыл бұрын
I was recently in Torridon where Local Hero was filmed and had to play Going Home on the stereo as I drove over the mountains and down to the sea. Talk about a perfect combination of music and scenery.
@othgmark1 Жыл бұрын
Local hero is simply perfect for the movie.
@KennethGonzalez Жыл бұрын
Mark Knopfler is so good! Great technique, tone, and sense of melody. Always inspiring to listen to. I love the album he did with Chet Atkins "Neck and Neck"
@samp7552 Жыл бұрын
And the subtle humour in it!
@stuartmenziesfarrant Жыл бұрын
Great song writer too. Check out Mason Dixon Line
@MikeGgeetar Жыл бұрын
Is anybody hurt?
@kellycny65 Жыл бұрын
INCREDIBLE album.
@punns643 Жыл бұрын
Was he's slow now
@mathewbrust398 7 ай бұрын
Knophler was a true genius. I think I first heard Sultans when I was about 10 or 11, and that guitar has blown my mind ever since.
@donnahighley2940 4 ай бұрын
He IS a true genius, not was.
@mathewbrust398 3 ай бұрын
True, my bad. He still can jam!
@999gremlins 7 ай бұрын
All those years ago I switched to claw hammer style because of that song. It also gave the guitar more of a "piano feel" all the noites of a chord would ring simultaneously as opposed to the one string at a time sequence that a guitar pick plays. 40+ years later, still playing the same way.Every once in a while i'll play with a pick so I don't forget how. :)
@neugey Жыл бұрын
This song brings back memories as it's one of the last songs I heard with my mom before she died. I was driving her to the hospital and I happened to be playing Sultans on CD and she really loved the clean guitar sound. It reminded her of the guitar playing she loved from oldies and surf rock and was surprised at how relatively new this song was.
@MikeMorton Жыл бұрын
I never noticed how much it sounds like surf rock before. That's a great memory to have.
@shorerocks Жыл бұрын
Money For Nothing gets me every time. How he plays it... magnificient.
@paulwood5803 Жыл бұрын
And that's one of their least good songs IMHO. Brothers In Arms or Telegraph Road are the best Dire Straits songs.
@I_like_turtles_67 Жыл бұрын
@@DexterHaven Sultans is just as good as money for nothing. If not better.
@nt3523 Жыл бұрын
I was 13 when I first heard Money for Nothing blasting from some highschool kids car. I was blown away. Bought the cassette and fell in love with the whole album. Your Latest Trick's horn and sax solos are like velvet.
@clemclemson9259 Жыл бұрын
@@paulwood5803 opinion
@najib1 Жыл бұрын
People shouldn't dismiss Money For Nothing tbh. The riff so difficult to replicate, the sound, the climatic intro with Sting's voice... It had such impact when it was released not even including the groundbreaking music video.
@terryheatwole6153 10 ай бұрын
I love how music takes you to a place and time in your life like it was just five minutes ago.
@christinabarnesful Жыл бұрын
Watching him play with Chet Atkins blew me away. Absolute legends and so humble.
@callagc Жыл бұрын
Mark is such a beautiful guitarist, you can tell he's put his 50k hours in but it's the space he leaves between notes. Such a difference between him and the shredders. The storytelling for me is his greatest achievement, you feel he puts so much into his writing. I absolutely love his solo work with songs like get lucky and down with Bonaparte. Keep them coming Rick.
@Marcus_C51 Жыл бұрын
Very good point, so many of these virtuosos get caught up in the torrents of notes with no space...music is all about the rests too! Plus Mark's phrasing is legendary, another thing that some of these shredders don't always get.
@Patrick-857 5 ай бұрын
Yeah, he's a songwriter who just happens to be a phenomenal guitarist imo. He's like if Bob Dylan was a virtuoso guitar player who didn't feel the need to show off. He's understated and tasteful in his playing, and all the while he's casually and conversationally telling you a story with multiple characters that have their own ways of speaking. All in a gravelly voice that isn't what most people would think of as a good singing voice, until you realise he's a great singer.
@mandygreer3732 Жыл бұрын
Oooooo- an interview with Mark would be SO EPIC!! I think if Sting can do one Mark will, too! 🤞🏼🤞🏼🤞🏼
@esmenhamaire6398 Жыл бұрын
I'm not a musician, but I was blown away when Sultans of Swing was first released here in the UK - and didn't hit the top of the charts immediately. (it did some months later, when it was re-released in the UK after having charted in the USA) The lyrics are clearly audible and tell a great story, about numberlesss bands who never make it big despite being good musicians themselves but play for the love of music anyway. Sung over music that sounds at first as if it's yeah, good, but somewhat mundane but when you pay attention (bear in mind again - I'm not a musician I don't understand the technicalities, but i know good playing when I hear it) is actually pretty damned clever, and absolutely beautifully played - it's an absolute gem. I never tire of hearing Sultans of Swing, it's THAT good!
@kevinrose4281 3 ай бұрын
What a first single.
@billmcdonald4335 9 ай бұрын
What I love is when Mark plays all understated-like. 'So Far Away From Me', for example. That minimalist guitar throughout just screams volumes.
@GianclaudioNativo Жыл бұрын
Mark Knopfler's style is unique and unmistakable, as is his touch. He mostly plays with his fingers and this greatly affects the uniqueness of his sound. His genius can be found in many of his songs like "Telegraph Road", "Brothers in arms", "Local Hero", etc... but, in my humble opinion, it's in "Romeo and Juliet" that he had an "illumination": he composed a Love ballad using a National (a resonator guitar used above all in the blues and bluegrass) moreover tuned in Open-G. Incredible! It's not for everyone... Mark is great!
@WouldbeRenaissanceLady6926 Жыл бұрын
You can sooo say that again! I absolutely agree. Love Romeo and Juliet and Telegraph Road, sheer heaven. I can listen to Mark Knopfler play until the cows come home and beyond!
@phishphan5732 Жыл бұрын
Oh, Romeo… I used to have a scene with him. 😉 his lyrics tell such stories and draw you in
@BWater-yq3jx Жыл бұрын
I learnt that in standard tuning; so that's why it was so annoying to play. 🤦♂️ 😆
@thewaygokid3135 Жыл бұрын
His newer stuff is also great! Always interesting lyrics and licks
@mickeystanic4750 Жыл бұрын
Nothing so unique about his sounds nor playing in the world of guitar players. It's his song writing and his voice that are more recognisable. But for those who don't play guitar I can see how they may think that.
@alanbrown3963 Жыл бұрын
I saw DS at Red Rocks Amphitheatre near Denver in 1985. No lead up band, just 3 hrs of Dire Straits and their absolutely riveting skill. No doubt one of the best concerts I have ever attended. I fell in love with Dire Straits when our Belgian foreign exchange student introduced me to Making Movies in 1981. Every track on that album moves me every time I listen to it. Such an amazing group and Knopfler is brilliant. I think I wore a steering wheel out playing air guitar to DS while I learned to drive. LOL
@jackblevel8296 Жыл бұрын
I saw that Tour when they got to Melbourne Australia, they set ticket sales records and played 18 nights. I saw them at the Sidney Myer music bowl. Absolutely stunning show, the sound was incredible.
@ericjohnson26 Жыл бұрын
I was at this concert also. Absolutely amazing show!!!
@johnathanasiou9284 Жыл бұрын
Sultans of Swing & Lady Writer are my 2 favourite Mark Knopfler riffs. Mark is a genius!
@davemakesnoises Жыл бұрын
knopfler is prob my biggest guitar influence. he plays such melodically rich statements with such a sense of ease, absolutely the smoothest
@mathieulamaure1487 Жыл бұрын
As a classical guitarist, Knopfler is one of the few rock guitarists that still blow my mind. His Musicality/expressivity is really what sets him apart. Listen to the phrasing, the dynamics, the touch, Those are things you just can't do with a pick.
@pachudoblas Жыл бұрын
Exactly: musicality unmatched in other rock guitarrista
@stephenmetcalf3172 Жыл бұрын
From what I have read and heard, Knopfler was not a classical guitarist, his finger style came from folk, roots, blues and country.
@nahnope8581 Жыл бұрын
@@stephenmetcalf3172 I think he's just saying from his perspective as a classical guitarist
@tommy2buttz668 Жыл бұрын
As a plumber, i second your opinion
@davidmfass Жыл бұрын
I definitely agree about the phrasing and dynamics. His playing is like a dialog. He makes short emphatic points with just one or two notes, slapping the strings on the fretboard, intermixed with thoughtful pauses, then a longer melodic passages. It's really like he's having a conversation with the song itself.
@fast_richard Жыл бұрын
As a non-musician I have heard of arpeggios, but I never had a solid idea of what they were. Now I know. The examples Rick uses from Sultans of Swing are the little flourishes that I always think of as really being the icing on the cake that takes that song from pretty good to fantastic. Now I even know what to call them. This is why I listen to Rick Beato, I learn things.
@Lowpro68 10 ай бұрын
I feel the same. Thank you Rick Beato.
@thirdman27 Жыл бұрын
He’s been a hero and phantom mentor of mine for years. I’ve been obsessed with Dire Straits for years
@lennardd.180 Жыл бұрын
And then he goes on stage in Hammersmith 1983 just to make the solo even better in what is, in my opinion, one of the best live performances ever.
@brianmyers4444 Жыл бұрын
👍👍
@annetteturner5972 10 ай бұрын
Yes, I was there for Alchemy at Hammersmith Odeon 1983, amazing
@cranklabexplosion-labcentr8245 Жыл бұрын
The amount of Mark Knopfler content randomly coming out from various KZfaqrs is pleasing
@bfs007a Жыл бұрын
If you get Knopfler in there for a talk..that would be peak most things.
@maaikeroeleveld2415 Жыл бұрын
That would be great, if Mark would be up for a talk with Rick.
@Wooffred Жыл бұрын
Mark Knopfler just did things effortlessly as all good guitar players do. They seem to be able to do anything, on guitar, forever.
@SirHatchporch Жыл бұрын
This illustrates the greatness of Rick. I've heard "Sultans of Swing" a thousand times in my life and never gave it much thought. Now I'll never hear it the same way again.
@Kundabaggins Жыл бұрын
After 4-5 years of waiting for a Dire Straits video, you've given us one Rick. Bless you! I couldn't believe my eyes when I saw this earlier on KZfaq and I thought, "now I can die happy". But then now I'm thinking, "can we have a What Makes Thing Song Great" on Dire Straits please? :D
@ArthurBrendler Жыл бұрын
I'm glad that Rick made this vídeo about Sultans. But he talked more about Page than Knopfler. It's clear that Rick, as a guitar player, is more Rock/Fusion oriented and he is not too much into Dire Straits/Mark Knopfler. He recognizes MK as a great player and that's it. But i am happy about it, at least he spokes a bit about my favorite player and composer.
@Kundabaggins Жыл бұрын
@@ArthurBrendler Yes, noticed it too! Agree with you...though of course one of the reasons I love Rick Beato is his ability to appreciate all types of music.
@thorman944 8 ай бұрын
someone was commenting about 1978. We really can't forget the best and most influential live album ever (also from 1978) Live at Budokan from Cheap Trick. 'cryin cryin cryin' from the crowd without the band expecting it... priceless! That alone makes 1978 special in rock history.
@josevi5835 10 ай бұрын
With no doubt Knopfler is one of the best, if not the best, guitar player, composer, lyrics writer and leader of a rock band all-in-one. I have never heard such a clear sound of an electric guitar and a wiser use of the silences and tempo. When listening to his Sultans of Swing Alchemy live version you realize that his control of the timing is incredible. He also enhances the importance of the rythm structures and has a fabulous commercial acumen. Mark is the GOAT.
@vintagestrings6 Жыл бұрын
Mark Knopfler is a musical genius and gifted writer. Sultans of Swing has to be one of the best ever recorded Stratocaster sound. The engineer was gifted. Been enjoying the ride with Mark since 79.
@jonessperandio Жыл бұрын
I think Tunnel of Love is the best recorded Strat sound. At least it's the one I like the most, it gives me goosebumps nearly every time.
@steveh8724 Жыл бұрын
@@ady9830 It's like how Mark Knopfler is with music.
@TerryClarkAccordioncrazy Жыл бұрын
@@ady9830 One definition of genius is that you can look at a really smart and competent person and think "if I worked hard and practiced and trained and thought about that for a long time I would be able to do what they just did", whereas a genius makes you think "I'd never have done what they just did even if I studied and practiced and worked my whole life".
@reinierreitsma4733 Жыл бұрын
@@jonessperandio Wasn't that played on a Shecter (Dream Machine) in stead of a Fender (Strat)..?
@jonessperandio Жыл бұрын
@@reinierreitsma4733 Yes, I believe so. Interesting how the best Strat tone (IMO) was done on a copy, just like the iconic tone from Appetite for Destruction was produced by Slash on a Les Paul replica.
@Rombizio Жыл бұрын
He is one of the greatest guitar player in history. And he is a better composer than guitar player. And a better lyricist than composer. And a better album producer than lyricist. It is insane.
@23hojojo 9 ай бұрын
Its Prince all over again.
@Rombizio 9 ай бұрын
@@23hojojo Prince was good. Not like Mark though.
@23hojojo 9 ай бұрын
All in one artis Plus dance and acting...both voice,production,writing,music,fantastic gutar playing,genious music evergreens
@josevi5835 6 ай бұрын
Fantastic post!! Agree with you. Very talented artist like Prince, Elton John and few others.
@dickstryker Жыл бұрын
Knopfler really is a Sultan Of Swing. Riff lord of the highest order. Definitely a memeber of The Pantheon.
@stringpicker5468 Жыл бұрын
I remember driving down a very busy road in Sydney Australia and this song came on the radio. The guitar said "hey no one sounds like this" and it was Sultans. Just bloody amazing. No other sound has given me that buzz.
@jeffjfindley4802 Жыл бұрын
"Romeo & Juliet" is one of the hardest damned fingerpicking songs I've ever learned. Simultaneously simple and impossible. I've gotta revisit that one... Also, gotta say It's funny you posted this today, because a student and I were working on "Tunnel of Love" like two days ago and we decided that MK might just be the GOAT. To play with that level of taste, AND write the lyrics he does... Just nutso.
@elliotbaker5416 Жыл бұрын
I still think Dire Straits are hugely underrated and Mark especially, he’s a genius musician, lyricist, guitarist and songwriter. His overall musicality is greatly under-appreciated, in terms of groove, feel and instinct. Of course they have famous songs like Money For Nothing and Sultans, but far less people know about brilliant songs like Six Blade Knife, Southbound Again, Setting Me Up, Tunnel of Love, Romeo and Juliet, Skateaway, Expresso Love, Lady Writer, Love Over Gold, Telegraph Road, Industrial Disease, Private Investigations, On Every Street, It Never Rains. Listed all my favourites in the hope that at least a few of them get a little more recognition
@user-mv9jc9jq9n 9 ай бұрын
Love all of those. I would also add Wild West End ❤
@ChristianRThomas 9 ай бұрын
@@user-mv9jc9jq9n Or even Down to the Waterline... How did that get left out? :) :)
@DaveTaste 9 ай бұрын
They've sold over 100 million albums.
@elliotbaker5416 9 ай бұрын
@@DaveTaste and yet they’re still not talked about nearly enough, their (mainly Mark’s) musical ability is on the level or surpasses that of the Beatles, Zeppelin, Sabbath, Dylan. Better than Queen, The Smiths, The Cure, Oasis, countless others, but they aren’t nearly as well known or respected.
@robertweldon7909 9 ай бұрын
I'd toss in "Down to the Water Line" and Single Handed Sailor and Sailing to Philadelphia.
@doctorstainy Ай бұрын
I like how his singing is kind of chill but poetic almost talking, and the guitar is his real singing, together with the rest of the band they create these beautiful atmospheres taking you to a different time.
@DennisfromMunich Жыл бұрын
I had the great privilege to see Knopfler live various times and all I can say is that his live playing is even more classy and interesting than the recordings. He surrounds himself only with the best and his shows are masterclasses in improvisation by all musicians involved. And he sells soundboard recordings that are mixed and mastered on thy fly at the boards. That’s so gutsy and shows the amount of skill and trust in the skill involved!
@EdHeinzelman Жыл бұрын
after working in other peoples record shops for years, I finally opened my own place in 1978. What an absolutely magical time to be in the record business.
@JohnNewkirk1 7 ай бұрын
One of my top 3 fav songs of all time. It is perfection! Love this channel! Well done, Rick!!
@jeffurey6399 10 ай бұрын
Mark's solo career was phenomenal as well! Such a balladeer!
@annetteturner5972 10 ай бұрын
Is phenomenal...still hoping for more!
@stephaniechaffin1154 Жыл бұрын
Money for Nothing has the greatest intro ever. I remember the exact moment I first heard it and fell in love with the song and the guitar in particular.
@cucamongaduke3600 Жыл бұрын
Telegraph Road is one of my favorite musical compositions and lyrical stories of all time.
@jimlahey3919 Жыл бұрын
There’s no denying Mark Knopflers greatness. This has always been one of my favorite guitar works. Mark is very under appreciated. He and Tom Scholz were both amazing but don’t get the recognition they deserve
@MetteC5 Жыл бұрын
Don't get the recognition they deserve in what context? They're perfectly appreciated in mine.
@johncollins5552 9 ай бұрын
They're World famous millionaire musicians for decades, well deserved recognition! Taylor Swift, Beyonce and Ed Sheeran fans probably never heard of them😅
@JonnyCrash Жыл бұрын
All the things you cover in this video make it abundantly clear to my why I seem to love Mark Knopfler's music so much. One of my favorite Dire Straits tunes is Once Upon a Time in the West. Really good guitar work in that one as well.
@telecasper Жыл бұрын
Mark is amazing, unique and one of my favourite guitarists, but I think David’s rhythm playing is such an understated ingredient to the first two Dire Straits albums… it was really their combined sound plus Pick’s drumming, gosh…
@vascofigueiredo7594 Жыл бұрын
Dear Rick, you really are a true story teller, besides being a well of musical knowledge. Thank you for sharing so much of both with us!
@stephenm8725 Жыл бұрын
it's truly remarkable and inspiring
@johnsmith-sw7ii Жыл бұрын
Not only is it the best riff ever but NO ONE ELSE can play it like him. I have listened to this 1000s of times and still want to hear more!!!
@tgsgardenmaintenance4627 3 ай бұрын
Mark Knopfle r is an absolute legend! My tiny little island gave the world the Beatles, David Bowie, Dire Straites, Pink floyd , Fleetwood Mack, Iron Maiden, Queen, and for me,the greatest rockband of all time, The Rolling stones! Just to mention a few,. Not too shabby!!🇬🇧 💪
@PapaShongo25 Жыл бұрын
Mark in the rare list of guitarists where you can hear a song he’s playing and know it’s him without ever hearing it before.
@gpolenik Жыл бұрын
Many of the greatest bands can be replicated but some like Pink Floyd and Dire Straits don't have copy cats. Because they can't be copied. No one sounds like Knopfler. Such an imaginative guitarist. The fillers in sultans of swing are genius
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