Grew up listening to Dire Straits and Mark Knopfler assiduously. At 23 Grunge took me away, then it was post-Rock, Jazz, all kinds of stuff...and at 45 one feels like going home to Knopfler. It is often said Mark is an underrated guitarist; he is not, at least not for those of us who've been listening to him and who've seen him being celebrated since the 1980s. He just belongs to a class of his own. When this song came out I became addicted to it; thirty years later, I'm still addicted and well surprised I've never grown tired of listening to it. Not a bit. You've given us so much pleasure and joy, Mark; thank you.
Mark Knopfler has for many years, been my favourite guitarist. He makes playing, look absolutely effortless. The wink that Tom Jones gave him at the end of the song is his way of saying.. "You absolutely nailed that".
I just wrote this and I hope it gives your family some light and peace ANGELS STARS By Suzanne Siebert "Love is bigger than hearts, its explosive between them” Just take a look at all the stars, the Angels say. They keep an infinite love shining within each and every one, for each of us. Just take a look at all the stars, now you're looking into infinity. That is how much you are loved. Go further than that; beyond eternity, its not even close to expansive enough to how we will embrace you with love as your own angels star shines on
32 People don't know anything about real good music.... Excelent guitarplaying on that Gibson. The sound of the Hammond organ and Tom's mastervoice gives me goosebumps, even on the hottest summerdays. This masterpiece must be played for sure when my life has come to an end.
By my family's account I was a huge fan of Sir Tom Jones at the age of four, they said I constantly sang Delilah and It's So Unusual. Then, at the end of primary school, I've heard Sultans of Swing on the radio and, Immediately became a fan. I couldn't find who performed it for quite some time. I became a big fan of Dire Straits and Mark Knopfler, I still am, of course. Tom Jones somehow slipped my mind and some ten years ago I rediscovered him. It is such a pleasure for me to hear two amazing musicians together. It feels like coming home.
One of the most gorgeous songs of the history of the music. And with the voice of Tom Jones and the unforgettable solo of Knopfler. 🎯💎💯🤩💡🎼🎵🎶🎶🎙🎸👌👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
My horrible family are trying to stop my Mum from practicing her faith even though she's terminally ill, I know that God knows that she hasn't given up on him and he won't give up on her so when the time comes and my mum feels like going home I hope she does so peacefully and God is waiting ❤️🙏
I think that music doesn't get much better than this. T.J's great voice and M.K's soulful guitar sound and solo, that is so, so beautifully rich and he hold up the tune so well, with his guitar. Oh yeah, this is a classic !
I remember that I watched the show back then. Always been a Knopfler fan and this duo with Tom J is just brilliant. No one Can make a guitar sing like Mark can. Unfortunately it is not possible to buy the show on DVD
Jesper jesson, remember watching it at the time too around Christmas if I'm correct, ( when I read in the TV guide of Mark guesting I quickly set up my VHS video recorder to tape the entire prog as I didn't want to miss any banter at the start of Mark's song, didn't know at the time what it would be, turned out to be in my favourite 3 songs if all time, what a guitar solo or should I say 2 and Tom's voice WoW!!! ( I'm a huge MK fan so I bought the official Video of the show which I still have to this day🎸💎👍☘️🇨🇮
Tom outlived and out-sang them all: Elvis, Sinatra, Little Richard... take your pick. As one fan put it so succinctly: Not just a singer, but a force of nature.
Hi Jim, I bought the official VHS video Tom Jones & Friends especially for this gem of a song at the time and I remember rigging my VHS player to my DVD Recorder hitting the record button and getting a perfect copy have it somewhere in my DVD collection still, good job as my Video player is no longer working 👍☘️
Gives me goosebumps listening to Tom Jones rendition of this beautiful song. BTW I found it an insult that it took so long for Dire Straits induction to the Rock and Roll hall of fame. No wonder Mark didn't show up.
robert gowing Me too. Mark Knopfler's guitar is flawless. I know it's not realistic, but I wish his guitar solo was longer. Simple and effective, not flashy. R.I.P. Charlie Rich the original artist.
Hermosa cancion, los mejores artistas del mundo, Sir Tom Jones con su voz y el Sir Mark Knopfler con su guitarra que casi habla que grande. Impresionante y brillante actuacion de los dos. Me emociono cuando oigo cantar al Sir TJ con esa voz tan fuerte.
Both of them great Michael, there's a Tokyo complete show still out there on DVD Mark Eric and Elton also check out live in Monseratt concert ( may not have spelt that correct) also the 1988 Concert for Mandela where EC joins Dire Straits for the full show introduced by Billy Connelly
Jamie I read a few years ago it was Ron Sexsmith that wrote it but everyone says it is Charlie Rich so you may correct, maybe it is one of the Notting Hillbillies songs that Ron wrote instead ( I'm not one to argue😃)
Grew up listening to Dire Straits and Mark Knopfler assiduously. At 23 Grunge took me away, then it was post-Rock, Jazz, all kinds of stuff...and at 45 one feels like going home to Knopfler. It is often said Mark is an underrated guitarist; he is not, at least not for those of us who've been listening to him and who've seen him being celebrated since the 1980s. He just belongs to a class of his own. When this song came out I became addicted to it; thirty years later, I'm still addicted and well surprised I've never grown tired of listening to it. Not a bit. You've given us so much pleasure and joy, Mark; thank you.
Oh my goodness, that guitar solo is absolutely breathtaking.
Marvelous,or more,o still enjoy the original
It was written by Charlie Rich@@ashbhammar
Two players, top of their game.
Mark Knopfler has for many years, been my favourite guitarist.
He makes playing, look absolutely effortless.
The wink that Tom Jones gave him at the end of the song is his way of saying..
"You absolutely nailed that".
He really doesn’t get the recognition he deserves. But a trained ear won’t miss it
Yeah,it was like thanks for lifting me even higher than i already am ,,total respect!
My Dad and his buddy recorded this to play for my sister's memorial service....28 years ago. Too young to leave us. Tom and Mark nail the emotions😢
I just wrote this and I hope it gives your family some light and peace
ANGELS STARS By Suzanne Siebert
"Love is bigger than hearts, its explosive between them”
Just take a look at all the stars, the Angels say.
They keep an infinite love shining within each and every one, for each of us. Just take a look at all the stars, now you're looking into infinity. That is how much you are loved. Go further than that; beyond eternity, its not even close to expansive enough to how we will embrace you with love as your own angels star shines on
I am friends with a Sue Seibert so when I saw your name , it impacted me. Thank you for your reply and keep expressing yourself in your writing
Mark doesn't have to make it cry or sing to play a fabulous solo.
Songs like this sure hit hard when you have loved ones in heaven, but certainly helps put things into perspective! Beautiful! 😢
32 People don't know anything about real good music.... Excelent guitarplaying on that Gibson. The sound of the Hammond organ and Tom's mastervoice gives me goosebumps, even on the hottest summerdays. This masterpiece must be played for sure when my life has come to an end.
By my family's account I was a huge fan of Sir Tom Jones at the age of four, they said I constantly sang Delilah and It's So Unusual. Then, at the end of primary school, I've heard Sultans of Swing on the radio and, Immediately became a fan. I couldn't find who performed it for quite some time. I became a big fan of Dire Straits and Mark Knopfler, I still am, of course. Tom Jones somehow slipped my mind and some ten years ago I rediscovered him.
It is such a pleasure for me to hear two amazing musicians together. It feels like coming home.
That is probably the most beautiful thing I have ever heard.. Beautifully sung and the guitar was simply awesome.. Loved it..
One of the most gorgeous songs of the history of the music. And with the voice of Tom Jones and the unforgettable solo of Knopfler. 🎯💎💯🤩💡🎼🎵🎶🎶🎙🎸👌👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
This guitar speaks - Two masters - in one place
My horrible family are trying to stop my Mum from practicing her faith even though she's terminally ill, I know that God knows that she hasn't given up on him and he won't give up on her so when the time comes and my mum feels like going home I hope she does so peacefully and God is waiting ❤️🙏
On your side Anne, hope this beautiful masterpiece of a song gives you comfort 👍
❤🙏❤ My mum hid a beautiful prayer to her saviour in her purse. My family openly rubbished her faith. I found the prayer after she passed 2016.
Im sure..sail away.
This song will never get "tired or weary," for sure. The singing and superb guitar playing goes "right through you."
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The song was written by the late great Charlie Rich during his years at Sun Records.
I think that music doesn't get much better than this. T.J's great voice and M.K's soulful guitar sound and solo, that is so, so beautifully rich and he hold up the tune so well, with his guitar. Oh yeah, this is a classic !
don't we all get this feeling from time to time?
I remember that I watched the show back then. Always been a Knopfler fan and this duo with Tom J is just brilliant. No one Can make a guitar sing like Mark can. Unfortunately it is not possible to buy the show on DVD
Couldn't agree more, two of the best
Jesper jesson, remember watching it at the time too around Christmas if I'm correct, ( when I read in the TV guide of Mark guesting I quickly set up my VHS video recorder to tape the entire prog as I didn't want to miss any banter at the start of Mark's song, didn't know at the time what it would be, turned out to be in my favourite 3 songs if all time, what a guitar solo or should I say 2 and Tom's voice WoW!!! ( I'm a huge MK fan so I bought the official Video of the show which I still have to this day🎸💎👍☘️🇨🇮
What a great and fantastic solo by Mark..i love it with al my heart and i listening it almost every day.
E bello sentire cantare la chitarra di Mark...😊😍😘🎶🎸🎶💘💓💋💯🌅🍀
one of the best duets with a very soulful song...amazing.
I LOVE IT..... Tom and Mark you both did an awesome job singing and playing this tune .CHEERS GENTLEMEN !!
Tom Jones is a super-star, what a set of pipes!
And that is as close to perfect as you will get.
Probably the best on a guitar ever.
It is Jim, no probably 👍
What a brilliant version two greats together. Searched Apple Music for it found many others singing this but this version is by far the best !
Yes Mac ( by a Million miles)👍
Tommy lives to sing and sings to live! ❤️🙏😎🎼🥂🍾🌟
That solo gives me shivers ❤️🙌🏻
Sam me too, favourite solo of all time☘️
Tom outlived and out-sang them all: Elvis, Sinatra, Little Richard... take your pick. As one fan put it so succinctly: Not just a singer, but a force of nature.
that's an apt way to put it!
Little Richard isn't dead
The guitar solo is absolutely perfect for the music of the song 🎵 🎶
That’s just majestic phrasing from Knopfler
i so much like to see them enjoying playing together, it’s breathtaking
What a soulful solo from MK, no one can repeat it in this way.
MK is gods guitarrist.
One of Sir Tom's best. He is it for me. He is the best ever. Loved this man for a long time. Always classy.❤💋
A duet between two beautiful voices!
yes!!!! That guitar is more than words!
This is so beautiful and emotional. Wondrful.
Mark Knopfler and Tom Jones , oh what great skills!. Both Legends , total magic!
Two great artists in their own fields superb singing and equally superb guitar playing
What à beautifull song
I want this to be played on my funeral. Whether Im going down or up, time will show...
Love your sense of humour😃😃 and you recognize a masterpiece too👍🇨🇮☘️
This is so beautiful
I had this at my grans funeral 😭
Hi Tom how did you manage to record it, I need it for a very special special in my life
Hi Jim, I bought the official VHS video Tom Jones & Friends especially for this gem of a song at the time and I remember rigging my VHS player to my DVD Recorder hitting the record button and getting a perfect copy have it somewhere in my DVD collection still, good job as my Video player is no longer working 👍☘️
Undisputed Amen !!!
Mark Knopfler sem dúvidas o melhor guitarrista do mundo, esse solo é emocionante. A letra é um hino.
Met zijn 80 jaar nog steeds een geweldige stem en Marck een geweldige gitarist.
Soulful. Powerful. Peaceful. LOVE!
love the voice of tom and i love the quitar work of mark.. result: pretty awesome song.. greatz from holland
dani carravell please send me 1000 trillion dollars
@@jobymanuel6447 check your bank account...Just sent
Das ist so unfassabr gut, dass ich das jeden Tag sehen muss!
A moment of ''amazing grace''...more than words.love f'or all you gave to me sir Tom! ....Xxx
Denne skal eg ha på min aller siste dag. Helt fantastisk flott. Knopfler har eg alltid støtta meg til i godt og vondt.
The voice and the geetar man,a match made in heavem beautiful x
Gives me goosebumps listening to Tom Jones rendition of this beautiful song. BTW I found it an insult that it took so long for Dire Straits induction to the Rock and Roll hall of fame. No wonder Mark didn't show up.
Don't feel insulted Simon, there simply wasnt a catagory " better than anyone else". ;))
Don't feel insulted Simon, there simply wasnt a catagory " better than anyone else". ;))
E bello sentire cantare la chitarra di Mark...😊😍😘🎶🎸🎶💘💓💕💯💋🍀🌅
Perfect guitar!
Thnk you Mark!
Amazing duet !!!
Best of Mark Knopfler and Tom Jones
Mark's beloved 1958 Gibson Les Paul Standard "Burst". He literally kisses it before putting it back in the case. Worth a cool £500,000........
Love Mark and love this tune!
Nádherná skladba, hudba, zpěv .
Pro mne, dva nejlepší světoví umělci, giganti, sólisti hudebního světa/nebe, kytara a zpěv .
Could listen to this song every day of every year of my life
robert gowing Me too. Mark Knopfler's guitar is flawless. I know it's not realistic, but I wish his guitar solo was longer. Simple and effective, not flashy. R.I.P. Charlie Rich the original artist.
As a vocalist and guitarist I gotta say this is a mutha fuggin awesome
O inimitável, inconfundível, inesquecível.... Mark knopfler 💖Vida longa querido...🇧🇷💃
Top of there game... They make it look effortless
One word...AMAZING!!!!
Amen Hallelujah...
Perfect !
Beyond perfection!
What a powerful voice and what a special musical background. Great pleasure! Thanks for this rare video. Greetings from Lower Bavaria!
Muita emoção 😢
Grandes artistas na guitarra e na voz.
On my wake playlist. The last song before the lights dim
Mark and Tom is SUPER!
❤❤❤ Can It get any better????
Quel 🎸 guitariste exceptionnel
Hermosa cancion, los mejores artistas del mundo, Sir Tom Jones con su voz y el Sir Mark Knopfler con su guitarra que casi habla que grande. Impresionante y brillante actuacion de los dos. Me emociono cuando oigo cantar al Sir TJ con esa voz tan fuerte.
And now, in 2024, the two of them are reunited for an episode of 'Johnson and Knopfler's Music Legends'-on Sky Arts. Well worth a look.
Tom & Mark do a great job on this Charlie Rich song. I wish I had an HD video of this.
I may be wrong here but wasn't it Ron Sexsmith wrote it?, I know it's on one of the Notting Hillbillies albums
Los dedos q tocan la guitarra, tocan de la misma manera mi corazón. Siento como llora la guitarra
Two great talentdi could just keep listening to.
Che bella canzone!sono emozionata per questa grande performance...😊😍😍😘😘🎸🎶🎸💘💓💋💋💋💯💯🌅🍀
Standing Ovation Ladies & Gentlemen !!!
This song is my Prayer to Christ Jesus, after fighting the Good Fight of Faith...
With you on that Benjamin👍
Amen!@@donhanlon7121
Beautiful and absolute Great - Great - Great - Greatest !
That folks is how it's done and it don't get any better than that .
Menahan nafas menikmati permainan gitar Mark..kena di hati. Love you Mark❤
Tom Jones!unico immenso inimitabile...grande performance...😊😊😍😍😘😘🎶🎸🎶💘💓💕💋💯💯💋🍀🌅
Knofler playing one of his 59 Les Pauls - $400k of guitar right there!
It's a 58 ;)
Lovely guitar though!
It's not the price..It's value of hand by which it is played..MK the GOD..He is worthy of it..N same way guitar is worthy of MK. Very few are..
Wow... S'offrir Mark Knopfler pour l'accompagner à la guitare ! Il en a de la chance Tom Jones !
Tom und Mark are absolute Great.
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Tom Jones! You are the best
Love this song... Indeed
What talented people but much more than that such soul
Beautiful
Que voz la de ton Jones preciosa
deze muziek wil ik nalaten...als ik home ga !!!
Fantastic
I want this at my funeral
My final,song boys so,don’t fuck it up
Beautiful ❤️
chitarra poetica grazie Mark grazie Tom ma su tutti grazie Charly
Mille grazia per esta cansone super
love it....
Like this song? Don't forget to listen to the version of the guy that wrote it...the great Charlie Rich!
agreed, the demo version with the piano! i loved the Mark Lanegan version till I heard the original
And the Notting hillbillies
That guitar sound
awesome
He's never wrote a bad song/he's easily better than Clapton
Both of them great Michael, there's a Tokyo complete show still out there on DVD Mark Eric and Elton also check out live in Monseratt concert ( may not have spelt that correct) also the 1988 Concert for Mandela where EC joins Dire Straits for the full show introduced by Billy Connelly
But MK didn’t write this song. It is a classic Charlie Rich song.
Jamie I read a few years ago it was Ron Sexsmith that wrote it but everyone says it is Charlie Rich so you may correct, maybe it is one of the Notting Hillbillies songs that Ron wrote instead ( I'm not one to argue😃)