Brothers In Arms Live ft Eric Clapton (Dire Straits Reaction)

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Жыл бұрын

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@davismiller4369 Жыл бұрын

As a classical and jazz guy, Mark Knopfler is the one and only rock guitarist I admire. His play, his lyrics, his composition are genuinely sublime.

@somersetcace1 Жыл бұрын

Not really featuring Eric Clapton> More like Eric graciously playing rhythm while Mark slayed it.

@kentl7228 Жыл бұрын

I think Clapton was a little blown away by the solo

@RhiannonFan Жыл бұрын

More that just strumming a basic rhythm. Listen to the song using good quality headphones, and you will hear Eric's guitar through the right channel. I think most people who listen to Mark's solo are blown away; he was inspired

@gretchenpike4990 Жыл бұрын

Eric Clapton is a psycho racist.

@jezjukes Жыл бұрын

@RhiannonFan it's brothers in arms. Nuff said. You're right though. Listened again.

@Orbitalmercury Жыл бұрын

I heard that Eric is in awe of Marks talents and loves the chance to join in

@samlawrence4670 Жыл бұрын

Knopfler and Clapton played rhythm guitar for each other on various shows a fair few times in this era.

@blabla48076 Жыл бұрын

The fact that Knopfler was lost for words at the end says something about the music, the lyrics and the fate of Nelson Mandela. Very emotional.

@ImperialMJG Ай бұрын

I think he had a Lump in his throat and wouldnt manage to get anything out anyway. Thats how it looked for me

@gerselinde 9 ай бұрын

This guitar is like a " _mourning guitar_ " accompanying a dying man.

@chrisbanks5925 Жыл бұрын

This is Mark's song . . . Clapton is playing back up, which shows massive respect.

@karlfran0404 Жыл бұрын

Dire Straits was one of the best live performers ever. From pub rooms to giant stadiums they built a solid confidence I haven’t seen matched.

@Orbitalmercury Жыл бұрын

I can never listen to this song without tearing up. Sooo beautiful.

@CoolCoyote Жыл бұрын

so right, every time for me lol

@franchk8372 Жыл бұрын

That is just so so so so beautiful. 💙💙 Knofler and Clapton are guitar Gods in my eyes.

@buddyneher9359 Жыл бұрын

There's so many different worlds So many different suns And we have just one world But we live in different ones

@TrianglesAndCircles Жыл бұрын

Momma momma many worlds I've known since I first left home.

@sueflynn9886 Жыл бұрын

I cannot listen to this song without tears welling 😢❤

@tomosprey6310 17 күн бұрын

Not a dry eye in the house.

@SotonCueMan Жыл бұрын

Clapton did not solo on this song - would have spoiled it in my opinion as this is so iconically Knopfler's. He did solo on other songs at this gig - Walk Of Life, Solid Rock and Money For Nothing [where he broke a string]. He also sang Wonderful Tonight. I used to have a bootleg copy of one of the warm up gigs they did in early June 88 getting ready for this one! Knopfler played in Eric's band over the next couple of years [until Dire Straits started up again]. I saw Mark play in Eric's band in Birmingham in January 1988 and at the Royal Albert Hall in January 89. I went to 15 of Eric's RAH gigs between 89 and 93 including blues nights with Robert Cray, Jimmie Vaughan, Albert Collins and Buddy Guy. Great times and great memories!!!

@CoolCoyote Жыл бұрын

mark knopfler and dire straits are amazing, I really wish the younger gen had what i had, this song on Vinyl and the old huge brown speakers you cant get better quality music than that, you can only hear it, hard to explain unless you're gen X

@davidgagne3569 Жыл бұрын

POWERFUL. That's the word that comes to mind watching this.

@callagc Жыл бұрын

Probably the greatest guitarist that ever lived

@martinstubbs7974 Жыл бұрын

Absolutely Charles!!!

@danwood4171 Жыл бұрын

Greatest guitarist is one of the most difficult ranking problems of all. Greatest golfer; There are two to debate. Greatest Quarterback; Tom Brady although there's an argument for Payton Manning at his peak. Greatest rock keyboard player; Keith Emerson But there are too many amazingly great guitar players. There are those that can play the guitar into submission. Jimmy Hendricks, Stevie Ray Vaughan, and others. Then there are those that make amazing nuanced beauty with the guitar. Two of my fav's are David Gilmour and Mark Knopfler. But what about Chet Atkins, Tommy Emmanuel, Glen Campbell, ... But what about the many many legends I'm leaving out from the Who, LZ, and on and on and on. Best guitarist of all time!? I haven't a clue but I just enjoy all of them.

@martinstubbs7974 Жыл бұрын

@@danwood4171 very well said. There are a lot of great guitarists that I admire including Gary Moore. Great point Dan. It's so subjective but Mark Knopfler touches my soul. Take care.

@jjc5407 Жыл бұрын

@@danwood4171 whilst I appreciate your point, I find the examples you give over-simplistic. The greatest QB for example. Just because Brady has been the most successful doesn't necessarily make him the greatest. He's had all the benefits of playing in an era where all the rules favour the position. Joe Montana could just as easily be in the conversation, with 4 Super Bowl wins and 3 Super Bowl MVPs to his name in an era where the QB could be hit high and low and well after the ball had been thrown. No 'tuck rule' for him either. You simply can't compare players from different eras. As for the greatest rock keyboard player, Rick Wakeman says 'hello'.

@sharonsnail2954 Жыл бұрын

@@danwood4171 This GOAT business infuriates me too. We've had it recently with Messi, Pele, Maradona and so on. All great players, just enjoy. Your list of guitarists misses Django Reinhardt and Wes Montgomery, for instance. How do you compare those two with SRV? Why bother? ☺

@xxFORDIExx Жыл бұрын

Mark Knopfler is a guitar virtuoso.... all the gods look up to him lol

@timjones9727 Жыл бұрын

The guitar sound is utter brilliance. I had a poster on my bedroom wall of Knopfler from this concert when I was seven. My parents who were passionate about supporting the anti apartheid movement let me stay up for this concert. One of my earliest memories was Mandela being released from prison.

@stevewest4994 Жыл бұрын

Interesting that he was playing on Suhr guitar although the song is usually thought of as having a Les Paul sound. Mark Knopfler sounds like Mark Knopfler whatever guitar he plays!

@corbe1970ify 6 ай бұрын

This performance should be the 8th wonder of the world 🥺

@tomosprey6310 17 күн бұрын

The world would be a better place if it was.

@letitbesummer6536 Жыл бұрын

In this version you can tell he was very emotional singing it that night. You can hear the tears in his voice. 😢 Such a beautiful song

@eirikrdberg1161 Жыл бұрын

You can detect in Knofler that this was a great honour to be invited to. Remember that in the late 80s the awareness of apartheid was really getting it’s international notice. With the cry freedom movie leading the way. A film we watched in school that affected many strongly. A friend of mine wrote a bunch of songs about apartheid after seeing that film he was so moved and devoted his life to the cause. Proud of him 35 years later, because he never wavered. As stubborn as you find them and made a difference helping individuals. Anyway. This was a special concert that was in the news prior, during and after in the late 80s.

@dalegallacher7074 Жыл бұрын

Mark is my favourite concerts late 70s still memorable

@Bry293 5 ай бұрын

Clapton was there as a rhytmn guitarist, apart from on "Wonderful Tonight," which was his contribution to the set. A wonderful set.

@petervenkman69 Жыл бұрын

Eric and Mark have toured together and you can find quite a few instances of them playing together.

@muntaserali7978 Жыл бұрын

Wonderful emotional song. Great review Syed. 10 out of 10

@timjones9727 Жыл бұрын

The synths are the result of Guy Fletcher the younger of the two keyboard players. He joined Knopfler to play on a film score in ‘83 & Dire Straits in ‘85. His skills and brilliance meant he carried on working with Knopfler after Dire Straits disbanded in ‘93 and has been a core part of his recording band, co-producer on his eight solo albums. Fletcher is also the musical director for Knopfler’s live band.

@waligerber9410 Жыл бұрын

Mark and Alan ( on keys ), went on tour with Eric in 88, Mark played rhythm and some lead and one ore two dire straits songs! After the first split up Mark did some other records, one with Chet Atkins and he founded the Notting Hillbillies, till they came together for the last album in 91. Mark wrote over 15 film soundtracks too and a lot of songs for other musicians like Tina Turner and played with so many awesome artists on there record! A good one is „Eric Clapton and Mark Knopfler - Cocaine“!!!. Thank you for your reactions and time to make these videos.

@tigervv6437 Жыл бұрын

Clapton plays one of the solo‘s in Money For Nothing at the same concert. Actually snaps a string during the solo. You should also check out the live version of Layla where Knopfler plays with Clapton and casually fingerpicks the tune.

@vincentkerr1819 11 ай бұрын

This is amazing I was there the guitar 🎸 from Mr knopler is other worldy.

@gerhardbraatz6305 Жыл бұрын

Clapton is a guitar God.

@carlburnett5986 Жыл бұрын

And a racist. I suppose you can’t win ‘em all

@georgesheffield1580 Жыл бұрын

Backing up another guitar God, both superb composers and singers.

@John-ux8zj Жыл бұрын

You have to check out ”money for nothing”. First the studio and then a live appearance of the same song with Mark Knopfler, Sting, Eric Clapton and Phil Collins. Loved this video as well.

@ImperialMJG Ай бұрын

Watch the whole concert. Eric played rythm for the entire Dire Straits performance. This is something Dire Straits put together for 4 nights I think, and they always closed it...of course. Eric played rythm I think because their normal rythm guitarist had to go cause his wife was in labour.

@troyalcorn1184 Жыл бұрын

I wish people could know the history and why this song is so touching to some of us.

@ellamuir Жыл бұрын

Timely, timeless. Ukraine comes to mind. "... Someday you'll return to your valleys and your farms..." To my mind, Mark Knopfler is right up there with Bob Dylan. They certainly inspired each other. I hear some of Jimi Hendrix and "All Along the Watchtower" in this song. Listen to Bob Dylan singing "Mississippi," released on September 11, 2001. "...Sky full of fire, pain pourin' down ..." Grateful to have found your KZfaq channel.

@darthmoll2u 7 ай бұрын

A lot of reaction channels or OK and some are better than that. I like the ones where the person or persons are more knowledgeable. Your channel is one of those.

@jaewok5G Жыл бұрын

hey syed, I've just started watching your channel a couple days ago and I've got a list that's already hours long, but my favorite live Clapton solo that you can find online is "don't think twice" from the Dylan 30th anniversary concert … you should watch that and then the whole concert … but watch the video, not just listen to the song.

@TrianglesAndCircles Жыл бұрын

Welcome to the channel. Syed is awesome. He has an organic understanding of things which is refreshing and insightful.

@jaewok5G Жыл бұрын

@@TrianglesAndCircles -_- are you his publicist? thanks for the tip.

@TrianglesAndCircles Жыл бұрын

@@jaewok5G Nope just a subscriber

@jamesmcrory3419 Жыл бұрын

sultans of swing at this same concert!! amazing guitaring

@jeffstevens4262 Жыл бұрын

It's another brilliant reaction Syed and of course, you're spot on about Mark Knopfler's abilities but Clapton has done a number of these with other guitarist 'headliners' and he just backs the main man rather than encroach on their very personal territory. That's the class of the man. If you get the time, plesae check out Clapton and Stevie Winwood playing 'Cocaine' the great JJ Cale track. The two of them together are just wonderful.

@gabrielemargadant8469 Жыл бұрын

That's what I like about Clapton, too. The Crossroads performance of After Midnight with JJ Cale is another example.

@theemaygoogleme151 Жыл бұрын

There is a performance of Clapton and Knopfler doing "Cocaine" from one of EC's tours in the 80's floating around out there somewhere along with other tunes.

@matthewf Жыл бұрын

I remember seeing this live on TV and it was an incredible set, Eric Clapton played a bigger part in Solid Rock which they closed with, but he was essentially there as a guest guitarist for this show. Although Brothers In Arms was the standout song from their set as you've pointed out, the emotion it conveys is incredible.

@malcolmhardwick4258 Жыл бұрын

You got to check out the Live in 85 concert !

@malcolmbn5804 10 ай бұрын

MK never missed a note

@rogersullivan5351 8 ай бұрын

You need to watch sultans of swing live at this same concert

@neilshayler3119 Жыл бұрын

Eric had the best seat in the house that night he watched a masterclass from 10ft

@lathedauphinot6820 Жыл бұрын

I saw a Clapton show in Dallas where Mark Knopfler played 2nd guitar. They played two Dire Straits songs, and the rest were “Motherless Child”, “Layla”, of course: guitar songs. Great show. When they’re playing together you realize how fluid Clapton is: he makes Knopfler seem almost wooden by comparison, at least in that show he did, and Knopfler’s brilliant.

@kentl7228 Жыл бұрын

I think Clapton is the lesser guitarist. Pioneer or not. Knopfler is just more unique as well.

@georgesheffield1580 Жыл бұрын

Research Mark's background and you will see where his music comes from , Eric 's also . Check out other greats the have played with .

@babylonsister118 Жыл бұрын

This exact concert has also, the very best version of Sultans of Swing.

@RhiannonFan Жыл бұрын

Agreed

@MMAFan1984 Жыл бұрын

Knopfler is Bruce Lee, Eric Clapton is Chuck norris

@jono.pom-downunder Жыл бұрын

Check "music for Montserrat" Full of great artists collaborations. The concert was arranged and produced by George Martin, and starred many iconic British and American rock musicians such as Phil Collins, Ray Cooper, Carl Perkins, Jimmy Buffett, Mark Knopfler, Sting, Elton John, Eric Clapton, Paul McCartney, Midge Ure, Arrow and many more, all of whom had once recorded or produced on the island. A DVD was released with the most famous songs from the concert, such as "Your Song", "Layla", "Brothers in Arms", "Blue Suede Shoes", "Money for Nothing", "Yesterday", "Hey Jude", and "Message in a Bottle".

@jbellinger99 Жыл бұрын

Knopfler has some outstanding solo work. "The Rag Picker's Dream" , and "All the Roadrunning" with Emmylou Harris are standouts. He has made an exceptional career in soundtrack work as well. Dire Straits was just the beginning for his career.

@eirikrdberg1161 Жыл бұрын

Dire straits was the epitome of his career. Yeah, he did decent solo work, but the dire straits albums are his legacy.

@jbellinger99 Жыл бұрын

@@eirikrdberg1161 with regards to his commercial success, yes, but he has really stretched himself artistically. He does not sell nearly as many records, but his artistry has grown. To say his relatively few years with Dire Straits was his legacy is to sell him short. He is still building his legacy, and it has already gone far beyond Dire Straits, as good as they were.

@jjc5407 Жыл бұрын

@@eirikrdberg1161 Mark's legacy goes way beyond just Dire Straits.

@kentl7228 Жыл бұрын

@@eirikrdberg1161 I feel Knopfler solo is great storytelling but the solos have become less the fore

@norahdenovan8658 Жыл бұрын

Pink Floyd are also genius live ❤

@kathleenmayhorne3183 Жыл бұрын

If you haven't seen the movie, The Princess Bride, do so, Mark Knofler wrote music for it.

@georgesheffield1580 Жыл бұрын

You should see Mark live ,not a live video , same with Eric . Hearing them live ,or for that matter any good musician LIVE is well worth it .

@lynseyadams6584 Жыл бұрын

Oh sorry, my mistake - I thought we were going to see the performance, not 12.53 mins of your reaction to it and comments over it. You're a good looking guy and all that, but would prefer to see the artistes.

@gforce4063 Жыл бұрын

Any Zappa

@gforce4063 Жыл бұрын

Hungry Freaks Daddy, Frank Zappa

@StevenQ74 Жыл бұрын

Jack Sonni had just left Dire Straits and there was no new rythim guitarist yet, but durng this time Mark Knopfler had played a few shows playing rythim guitar for Eric so he asked Eric to join Dire Straits for this concert. A few years later Eric also played with Dire Straits at Knebworth music festival where they played a song that was written by Mark but never recorded by Dire Straits, it ended up being recorded by Jeff Healy, but the performace by Mark and Eric was great kzfaq.info/get/bejne/fa6JY9N4t86Un58.html

@jjc5407 Жыл бұрын

Technically Jack hadn't left the band at this point. They were all taking a break after the gruelling Brothers in Arms world tour and got back together specially for this concert. Jack's wife had just given birth though so he couldn't be there, which is why Eric stepped in. Incidentally Mark played second guitar and sang backing vocals on The Jeff Healey Band's version of I Think I Love You Too Much, although he recorded his parts entirely separately and was never in the studio with the guys. As much as I like Jeff Healey's version, that live performance with Mark and Eric trading solos is truly special. 😃

@sharondavid-melly1498 Жыл бұрын

Vietnam

@af8543lo 6 ай бұрын

Metallica has made a cover of Thisted song

@grimreaper-qh2zn Жыл бұрын

I wonder why KZfaq blocked you? I have watched many times this video on youtube in other reactions.

@KNOPFLERSGOD Жыл бұрын

This is a great performance aurally but the director did an awful job, a better version is this one: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/as6RlJZ20dHWooE.html From Dire Straits last tour, you can see Mark and the band actually playing. Or this one: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/kJmPe7d4ybK8fGg.html Which is a Mark Knopfler solo performance

@drobichaud1000 Жыл бұрын

Blocked

@markbrooks8144 Жыл бұрын

You can hear Eric’s guitar throughout this track but he didn’t play lead at any point. The tone of his guitar wouldn’t have suited it. He did play lead at different times on other tracks at this concert though. Added a different flavour to Money for Nothing for example. The narrator is dying in this track as well bu the way.

@ursgeiser6570 Жыл бұрын

Somehow unique (once seen is enough?), but also disappointing. Really terrible camerawork; no one who felt the music and who knew who was in front of him. Eric Clapton played rhythm guitar and, in my opinion, totally got lost in the soundscape. It's a pity a missed opportunity, which - yes Mr. Knopfler - could have been solved differently. I wish everyone finally peace, confidence and good health!!!

@jjc5407 Жыл бұрын

I couldn't disagree more. The cameras do a great job of capturing Mark's emotion. Clapton was playing rhythm guitar, which meant he wasn't the focus of the 'soundscape'; he's supposed to be in the background. There was no place for him to launch into his own solo in this song. This was a Dire Straits performance. Eric was just helping out his friend by stepping in when the band's rhythm guitarist was unavailable because his wife had just given birth. There were other numbers where Eric was given the opportunity to play more to the fore, but for this song it wouldn't have been appropriate.

@twpsy634 Жыл бұрын

This is universally considered one of the greatest live performances ever.

@jjc5407 Жыл бұрын

@@twpsy634 let's be honest, if a list of the Top 100 live performances of all time was compiled Dire Straits, Pink Floyd and Queen would fill half the slots between just the three of them!