Dire Straits performing live during the 'Love over gold'-tour in 1983. This one is from 'Alchemy; Dire Straits Live', recorded in Hammersmith Odeon. High quality available! Enjoy!
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@amfipolos13 жыл бұрын
alchemy is the best live performance recorded ever, in my opinion. they topped themselves with that one.
@chrishall79152 жыл бұрын
So true
@blbip2 жыл бұрын
@@chrishall7915 Than is 100% correct! BEST!!
@poweragricolo2 жыл бұрын
Right
@poweragricolo2 жыл бұрын
Impossibile in human bean to make another alchemy one
@waligerber94102 жыл бұрын
I believe it‘s because it is there real first big world tour, and when you see how happy Mark is with the sound quality, he reacts like a kid on Christmas as soon he heard the keys and his guitar, and he knows it will be not only a Lp but a video too, you can feel the energy!
@kebobradley582 Жыл бұрын
Mark Knopfler understands, what so many guitarist don't. There are times,when playing softly and using silence actually accentuate,what you're trying to convey.
@user-eo2oz2tf4q Жыл бұрын
Yes
@davidfeltz869710 ай бұрын
A gifted storyteller and his guitar work is ridiculous!
@DeesoSaeed5 ай бұрын
It's called dynamic range, and sadly in modern music is frequently overlooked.
@RideAcrossTheRiver3 ай бұрын
@@DeesoSaeed It's weird how male players today are afraid to play with range.
@yunusbasesme9317 Жыл бұрын
I really think those who have been to this concert are the luckiest among the people who have ever existed
@markhewson19626 ай бұрын
Yes saw them live in Sydney mid eighties
@9645710345 ай бұрын
I ve been thinking the same for ages
4 ай бұрын
If I could pick any concert I could have possibly seen during my lifetime - this would be the one. I was nin years old at the time and living in Sweden, but hey, this is peak music.
@annetteturner59723 ай бұрын
Yes, I was at this concert!
@ImperialMJG2 ай бұрын
This is just a concert from the tour captured on camera? Do you think the other shows were worse?
@jannuman7361 Жыл бұрын
O my god! My dad used to listen this live Alchemy song. So much better than studio version. RIP. Thanks dad.
@redboyjan5 ай бұрын
🧡
@korkenknopfus4 ай бұрын
I understand your dad. In the 90’s I listened to this song thousand of times. In cassette, man! And video in VHS. I couldn’t stop. Today I land into this video and listened to it once again. What for memories.
@alabhaois11 жыл бұрын
I have never heard ANYONE play like Knopfler. He's in a class by himself.
@poweragricolo2 жыл бұрын
Mark teaches god hoh to play
@ahmednagy512 жыл бұрын
Thumbs up if you Like John Illsley 's Base in this version.
@jamesdavies542 Жыл бұрын
It’s outstanding 😊
@jerryd5471 Жыл бұрын
Absolutely 💯🎶
@Rich915 Жыл бұрын
Hell Ya Say…👍
@ilbuitre75 Жыл бұрын
Cool bass line
@thiammady4782 Жыл бұрын
John illsley is amazing 😍
@Simo-om3ii Жыл бұрын
Am I the only one who thinks that this is the best version of the bass in once upon a time in the west?
@jop77721 күн бұрын
I do agree. What to say about the tremendous Terry Williams at the drums!!!
What happened in 1979? The band formed in 1977 and this is 1983.
@RideAcrossTheRiver3 ай бұрын
@ They hit their third album by 1980. A successful band has to reinvent by that point.
@michaelshell33113 күн бұрын
Yeah, they are so tight - almost intuitively so; not to mention Mark Knopfler's weaving phrases in and out of diatonic modes, pentatonic boxes and raking arpeggios.
@jaredwilliams1367 Жыл бұрын
My god John Illsleys bassline is rock solid and grooves like nothing else….carry’s the song imo
@ericbrouet Жыл бұрын
I drive home to this version every Friday!
@jlbuenomeandro11 ай бұрын
👌
@redboyjan5 ай бұрын
Choice
@z55live10 жыл бұрын
It's hypnotic from 5.10 to 8.40, One of the best songs on Alchemy.
4 ай бұрын
For me the first 10 minutes and 53 seconds are magical.
@dorkbrandon4422 Жыл бұрын
In 2016 I took a week to myself by hiring a cottage in the peak district during springtime, I walked for 6-8 hours a day through fields and country lanes listening to this live album on repeat with cans of beer in my backpack everyday and a pouch of golden virgina baccy and would be in my own heaven out in the countryside especially when this song played .
@ZZMJo Жыл бұрын
I used to do the same, instead of walking, it was on repeat for 400miles while driving home...
@poweragricolo Жыл бұрын
You are not alone.
@jrb4935 Жыл бұрын
Why does no-one listen to natural sounds anymore when out? Literally everyone has earphones.
@ZZMJo Жыл бұрын
@@jrb4935 Bc I don't want to listen to their bad taste in music? 😀😀
@jrb4935 Жыл бұрын
@@ZZMJo Eh? Whose music? I'm saying, why does everyone now have earphones when they're out?
@HoudaMed-jb4qw11 ай бұрын
Knoppler is a true master of the guitar perhaps the best of all time
@thiammady47829 ай бұрын
A left-handed.
@user-eo2oz2tf4q8 ай бұрын
Got be in the top 5... To Please.
@juvserr11 жыл бұрын
Alchemy Live is simply, one of the greatest rock and roll albums ever - I doubt there's a band that's ever sounded better than this in concert - this version of this particularly song frankly changed my life when i heard it the first time, probably 25 years ago - stunning.
@malcolmhardwick42582 жыл бұрын
Well said ! Fan for 34 years and still going strong !
@bernhardkaiser95672 жыл бұрын
I am not the greatest Dire Straits fan in the world, but have to agree. I have neverheard a better Live Album. Excellent Song selection and every song is improving the studio version, many times by a lot!
@tommasocalo9084 Жыл бұрын
Beatles
@tommasocalo9084 Жыл бұрын
But I agree dire straits are far underrated
@tommasocalo9084 Жыл бұрын
Especially mark knopfler listed out of 20 best guitarist for Rolling Stones, it is clearly a mistake, very original and clean sounds
@Saad-us6tj Жыл бұрын
The best once upon a time in the west performance ever.... Thank you
@carloscelorinda698 Жыл бұрын
sem duvida....
@lonepoulsen5802 Жыл бұрын
👍👍😃
@jacekzrodo7517 Жыл бұрын
And where is this excellent control of dynamics, synoptic playing, phenomenal combination of hi-hat/werbe of Pick Withers drums? I think it's time to get your ears checked :-) kzfaq.info/get/bejne/q7x1qMeV3NPDhY0.html
@Undertheinfluence81 Жыл бұрын
So tight, Mark is a true legend and the way he’s leading the band while performing vocals and lead guitar is phenomenal.
@davidfeltz869710 ай бұрын
Yep. They killed it!
@prateekjain7423 Жыл бұрын
I mean what the fuck bro! How is it even possible to make this out of the studio version of this song? OMFG! Literally blown away!
@scottsuga336211 ай бұрын
Bass line in song is fantastic. Me. Isley is one of the best !
@ricardcalonge4542 Жыл бұрын
Alchemy Live. The Best Live Album Ever. No doubt.
@terrycox2063 Жыл бұрын
john Illsley bass line is amazing, drives the song well1
@Laneboy0078 ай бұрын
The way they put the magic wand to the studio tracks,and give them their life fully fulfilled live
@jon4521 Жыл бұрын
The Dire Straits happy years. Alchemy was the best live recording of all times in the 80's. The John Illsley unique bass sound is amazing as a backgroung Knopfler personal guitar sound. The best.
@mrlearnitall Жыл бұрын
Bassist is a legend❤
@iainlightbody810411 жыл бұрын
this must be one of the finest songs ever written. simply sublime.
@stewartboyd31282 жыл бұрын
never gets old. must have listened to this 10 thousand times.
@RideAcrossTheRiver3 ай бұрын
LOVE this because Mark doesn't even use his signature 'Strat' tone. Just the neck pickup, clean and glassy. A jazzy urban reggae song with Sergio Leone spaghetti western title!
@pinkfloydfan5642 жыл бұрын
The Odeon's walls and stage had the privilege to showcase this Magnificent Concert,, Mark and his guys just outdid themselves.
@HoudaMed-jb4qw9 ай бұрын
Wonderful song and great guitarist knoppler one of the best of all time
@c.c2979 Жыл бұрын
I remember buying Alchamey on VHS back in the day and my brother and I never realised at the time that we were witnessing greatness. Never to be replicated never to repeated a moment in time that will be remembered for generations “Ladies & Gentlemen can you please welcome to the stage dIRE sTRAITS”!! 🎸
@jayzinho188510 жыл бұрын
The drummer is just perfect i love him so much!
@armandogomes46312 жыл бұрын
The drummer its" terry Williams...."
@user-eo2oz2tf4q8 ай бұрын
Cool.
@arnaldotanta3630Ай бұрын
Terry Williams 🤘🤘
@salvatorepittalis48014 ай бұрын
Uno dei migliori live della storia. La canzone poi è un capolavoro
@pandara912 жыл бұрын
Two minutes intro that worth everything... and that "Ahhg" is so classic, phenomenal...
@steveoh19012 жыл бұрын
I used to listen to this over and over as a teenager and still think its one of the best songs to make you forget all your problems and go somewhere "else" for a while. All of them are amazing but I always think about the discipline of the drummer and rhythm guitarist throughout the song. Bl**dy amazing!
@poweragricolo2 жыл бұрын
Hands up for "discipline"
@waligerber9410 Жыл бұрын
That is one of MK magic, he can take you on a journey with his songs! One of the best story tellers!
@maddonzi83 Жыл бұрын
It just came on my flo and I was instant tears but good ones as it triggered memories from 30+ years so thank you
@stefanchaziparaskevas8034 Жыл бұрын
Especially the instrumental part in the middle is simply out of this world!
@porschepod Жыл бұрын
As a kid I played Alchemy endlessly. Love how different and extended these live tracks are vs the studio albums, absolutely sublime. The live version of Wild West End in 85 is right up there with this classic. Pure gold.
@joseandrade162511 ай бұрын
❤Perhaps the best concert opening of all times!❤ from Portugal.
@wbravo669 жыл бұрын
So much light, shade and subtlety with this guitar playing, it doesn't get the recognition it deserves, this song part one and two, the whole concert set the bench MARK for live performances, a great nuch of musicians, Terry White on drums matches every MK note on guitar
@terri-annematthews7369 Жыл бұрын
Terry is white but his surname is Williams
@wbravo66 Жыл бұрын
@@terri-annematthews7369 Thanks for the correction, how did I make that mistake. Best wishes
@anne-mariemeiffren7090 Жыл бұрын
Et bien, en 1985, j'avais 30 ans. Et j'ai pas fini d'ecouter Alchemy. Toujours. Comme un fil de vie qui accompagne les décennies, comme une evidente presence, toujours.
@beatricedesbois2108 Жыл бұрын
🤗🎸🎼🎵🎶😉💚👍
@execatty2 ай бұрын
This is one of the best live albums ever
@mikeibby69Ай бұрын
Alchemy Dire Straits, U2 Under a Blood Red Sky, Simple Minds Live in the City of Light. I'm an oldie.....😄
@virgiliooliveira34248 ай бұрын
Tinha 15 anos quando ouvi este álbum, hoje tenho 53!! Sensacional!!
@wbravo6612 жыл бұрын
Every note is a symphony
@tormodi5925 Жыл бұрын
We like to highlight the performances of these Alchemy recordings (Terry Williams' drums for instance), but the bass groove throughout this particular track is superb. Just listen, but maybe 4:30 and onwards
@roelslegers2688Ай бұрын
I am playing and replaying this for weeks now. And much more from Dire Straits. I can’t stop listening to them especially live. Greets from a born 1969 belgian music lover.
@henridelia550521 күн бұрын
U are like me. I was born in 1969 and Mark Knopfler = Dire Straits for me always is = are the best of the besst
@sensey07 Жыл бұрын
The interplay between the drums and the lead in the middle part of this is eerie and moody ... my favorite Knopfler work, even though solos on tracks like Tunnel of Love and Telegraph Road show more virtuosity.
@davekite113510 жыл бұрын
Wow, this concert is over 30 years old and still sounds just as great today as way back then. Timeless. Knopfler is just outstanding on the guitar, its live, he is making that Strat sing and taking you on a journey with his playing. And not just a small repetitive riff, a real lead guitar player, and one of the very best with out doubt. Just don't hear this anymore these days, such a pity. This whole concert is amazing.
@wbravo669 жыл бұрын
Dave Kite Dave one of the best comments on you tube, may I quote you?
@maurocasanova9929 Жыл бұрын
Mark in a wonderful shape! Young but not too much young, he played his guitar like never before. Great songs and solos construction for all concert. Amazing inspiration. The best i’ve ever heard
@waligerber9410 Жыл бұрын
And he did it so smooth, it seems he is singing, playing the guitar, looking around, keep the band in rhythm, and thinking something different!
@ecu8r Жыл бұрын
I loved this album so much that I had the cassette, the VHS tape, then years later bought the DVD which I still own today. That Sultans of Swing and this song is by far the best live version of any songs I ever heard.
@user-jz3lo7vi8m Жыл бұрын
Same 😂
@user-eo2oz2tf4q8 ай бұрын
The early days... R.
@Wombat32 Жыл бұрын
When the sustained chord hits at :59, you know you're in for a ride. Strap on the headphones and just shoot this straight into my veins
@marceloleoneticosta7222 Жыл бұрын
Amazing!! Awesome!! Incredible!! Astonishing!! Dire Straits forever!!
@kouassizabo542910 ай бұрын
il était une fois a l'ouest ce monsieur est excellent exceptionnel mon Dieu ♥️♥️♥️
@pedrovannes16 жыл бұрын
i heard this song when i was 11 or 12. after i want to became drummer in a rock n rolle music !! 20 years later, this song is so good...
@asticot5808 Жыл бұрын
The best live in the history !
@carloscelorinda698 Жыл бұрын
BEST SONG EVER.........
@janfriend43905 ай бұрын
I'm glad this album was recorded before Brothers in Arms was released. Whilst a good album, it doesn't beat their earlier material which is performed here so brilliantly.
@davidplatten9872 Жыл бұрын
Drummer is soooooooooo fekin’ good….. John’s bass is the best ever too.
@Laneboy0078 ай бұрын
My favourite of the album
@cierakitty Жыл бұрын
Been listening to him since way way back. Still love to hear them. Love how Mark checks his band while doing his thing up there. That smile says...good going guys
@xanderholmesmusic Жыл бұрын
Dire straits always be looking like they’re not sure if they’re musicians or tennis players
@VenusElectricRecords11 жыл бұрын
Man they are so polished... flawless brilliance. These guys earned their place at the top.. so much respect. :)
@alipython13 жыл бұрын
Alchemy : live music does not get better than this
@vincentkerr181910 ай бұрын
I had a belter getto blaster back then the bass one it was amazing 1983 fantastic day's 👏 I'm 58 now and still enjoying the master of guitar 🎸 something else 😀.
@alabhaois11 жыл бұрын
How many ways can I say I love it??
@dannico8572 Жыл бұрын
Dire Straits at their best ! Terry and Bill are the saints,and Mark is God...
@ebeefhart Жыл бұрын
Who is Bill?
@dannico8572 Жыл бұрын
@@ebeefhart Bill illsley,bass player.
@ebeefhart Жыл бұрын
I thought that his name is John Illsley.
@maddonzi83 Жыл бұрын
I thank my dad for bringing me up listening time these legends 🙌
@Harani662 жыл бұрын
i much prefer this up tempo live version to the studio version
@pikkuapuri2 жыл бұрын
For me always the one.
@levorgo11 жыл бұрын
I listen to this song all day and just can't stop
@poweragricolo Жыл бұрын
Of course
@SjinT16 жыл бұрын
Just heavenly! Tears in my eyes and goosebumps, such sweet melody. One of the best songs ever performed live by Dire Straits.
@moonchild1227 Жыл бұрын
Musical talent at its best......its fuckin beautiful. Gotta love that groove
@vomit6844 Жыл бұрын
This music would be good in a film/tv show. It’s very atmospheric.
@F3FisGoodforYou12 жыл бұрын
This is certainly the song I listen the most in my life... one of the best song I know...
@user-sv4fm9po9m5 ай бұрын
Melhor e maior guitarrista de todos os tempos!!!
@dvoradahan7950Ай бұрын
❤
@pomkemon12311 жыл бұрын
all day working,told everyone to go to bed coz I need to relax,hope one day we can relax and enjoy this together.
@redboyjan5 ай бұрын
🤙🏼
@chencheehan86278 жыл бұрын
I keep repeating this rock band till now, I'm already 48. just don't know what the hell!!!
@Generalhammond60199 жыл бұрын
Terry Williams!!! WOW
@NIQBAL21 Жыл бұрын
In late 80s during my uni days, my Friday movie night was to play ' Alchemy ' VHS. Still love Dire Straits and their music.
@tubbers2013 жыл бұрын
One of my all time fave 'live' songs and I love MK's fingerpicking style. :^)
@davidfeltz869710 ай бұрын
Ing awesome. Nobody like him!
@spomenkazlokolica30612 жыл бұрын
Like a powerful version of a top song. Such a well-designed shift of relaxation and top-notch charge .. after this song I am completely exhausted ....
@poweragricolo2 жыл бұрын
Yeah you're right
@felsner112 жыл бұрын
Love the groovy bass line...
@hibbihassan637 ай бұрын
L un des plus grands de tous les temps
@Dragonblaster14 ай бұрын
A band of virtuosi, and they all love what they're doing. But, Mark, you were one of those in the '70s who turned me on to becoming a competent rhythm and lead guitarist, I worked at my legato, my portamento. my vibrato, and my scales (though I found modes more useful (tone, semitone, tone, tone, semitone, tone, tone tone will be the Aeolian Mode, no matter in which key you play it) but I was never able to rid myself of a plectrum. In all my jeans (except when washing), in the little right pocket) is a small case of plectra. I was good enough to spend 16 years as a popular heavy metal lead singer, lead guitarist and songwriter, and at the age of 61, I can still hack it. But I will never, ever be able to sound like you, Mark. You are an inspiration. I did take away the extended "orgasm song" thing (David Gilmour does it too), but always acknowledge my betters and superiors. _Salue,_ Mark Knopfler. You are inspiring.
@simesh1547 Жыл бұрын
When Mark's guitar kicks in! BRILLIANT 👍😊🎸🎶🎶
@VACOCH Жыл бұрын
J'adore! Même après toutes ces années.... Le son, le jeu, l'échange avec le batteur, c'est pour moi les meilleurs moments dire straits dommage que j'étais trop jeune pour voir ça en concert !!! Après pink Floyd, c'est mon meilleur groupe !
@tomcee7Ай бұрын
I still have the album that i bought in 84. It is still in excellent condition.
@stanswaby6 ай бұрын
Who’s protecting the innocenti? Fell in love to this tune…..
@ruviniringler21662 жыл бұрын
00:43 these fingers💕
@paulmorgan566111 жыл бұрын
The album was released in 1984 and stated on the sleeve that it was a live performance with no overdubs or reworking of any kind. Something of a rarity in the live album genre. So, what you're hearing here is what was played on the nigh and it is most certainly 'live.'
@imgoodatmoaning95612 жыл бұрын
I’ve always been impressed by that too.
@zeplinglrАй бұрын
Merci M.K d avoir produit ce chef d œuvre
@fernandosanchez62482 жыл бұрын
Masterpiece
@gurmanbal3525 Жыл бұрын
Alchemy Live KILLS!!!
@joeb8383 Жыл бұрын
The sound track of my youth....
@mullerdonald3 ай бұрын
Mark's dynamics are amazing. I wore this tape out 35 years ago.
@RideAcrossTheRiver3 ай бұрын
I can't believe how well he had that guitar set up. Not a dead or scratched note possible.
@monkey5555002 жыл бұрын
fantastic album...i love it
@GKAltair12 жыл бұрын
It's so beateafull! May be the woman says that she like it too, will be the the second half of my soul!
@user-zz8nq6cl2e2 жыл бұрын
Бас класс !!!Терри-чудо!!!Марк-гений!!! Ну а все вместе-просто какое-то музыкальное великолепие !!!👍👍👍👏👏👏👏👏❤❤❤❤❤
@yazfat Жыл бұрын
And this ladies and gentlemen, is how it is done… 5:10
@alexbaum22042 жыл бұрын
For me, it’s right up there with Machine Gun, Baila Mí Hermana, and No Quarter for greatest ever guitar solos. Just mind blowingly beautiful. I have specifically listened to this song in the most beautiful places I’ve been - places where time seemed to stand still and I was alone - because I knew listening to this gorgeous piece of music would take me back there in some way.
@eddiehenry4263 ай бұрын
38 years ago heard and watched this awesome concert video back then chur like many other great artists from that Era such a pleasure to have discovered them back then lovely to walk down memory lane
@anaraquel1511 жыл бұрын
Saudades desse passado imortal... as música de hoje não tem o mesmo brilho... Maravilhoso Dire Straits