Dire Straits - Sultans Of Swing (Alchemy Live)
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- Опубликовано: 6 сен 2012
- Official Live Video for Sultans Of Swing. Taken from Dire Straits - Alchemy: Dire Straits Live.
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Lyrics:
You get a shiver in the dark
It’s raining in the park but meantime
South of the river you stop and you hold everything
A band is blowing Dixie double four time
You feel all right when you hear that music ring
You step inside but you don’t see too many faces
Coming in out of the rain to hear the jazz go down
Too much competition too many other places
But not too many horns can make that sound
Way on downsouth way on downsouth London town
You check out Guitar George he knows all the chords
Mind he’s strictly rhythm he doesn’t want to make it cry or sing
And an old guitar is all he can afford
When he gets up under the lights to play his thing
And Harry doesn’t mind if he doesn’t make the scene
He’s got a daytime job he’s doing alright
He can play honky tonk just like anything
Saving it up for Friday night
With the Sultans with the Sultans of Swing
And a crowd of young boys they’re fooling around in the corner
Drunk and dressed in their best brown baggies and their platform soles
They don’t give a damn about any trumpet playing band
It ain’t what they call rock and roll
And the Sultans played Creole
And then the man he steps right up to the microphone
And says at last just as the time bell rings
‘Thank you goodnight now it’s time to go home’
and he makes it fast with one more thing
‘We are the Sultans of Swing'
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I’m 78 and listening to it now May 2, 2024, for the millionth time, that’s how good this is
The drummer definitely understood the assignment 🎸🥁
What a really really excellent drummer is correct - too bad he’s using his talent for the world instead of his maker Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ 🙏
Se vê❤@@alberthamel6039
YUP
LOL, Jesus isn't real. @@alberthamel6039
Hot!!!
Don't care what anyone else says, Mark Knopfler is the greatest guitarist of his day.
yes Sir..,
This is by far the best version of Sultans ever played. Period. Full stop.
my absolute favorite
Love how Mark gives each member of the band their own 'space'.
🤣🤣🤣🤣😂
The best song and guitar solo ever and still listening to it in 2024 never feel bored with it..!
same
I agree.. 😊
I concur !
ffffffff@@robertocampos9671
Dude could make that Strat really sing. Wow!
One of the most powerful songs ever. Ageless. Mark Knopfler's guitar solo is something not from earth. Thanks, from Brazil.
Never gets old 2023
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No question.
I want to lough and to cry the same time. Amazing, unbelievably, I love it. This was and is music.
What a feeling the 80ies were
Terry Williams, the drummer, was epic in this performance 👏 🙌 👌
Terry Williams one of the best drummers ever, so fast, so concise and the timing is always perfect.
can we talk about the drummer !!!!!!! holy shit
I completely agree. The drummer is, like the rest of the band, something else.
Drummers never get their credit! This man was unbelievable .
'Insane' is another adjective that comes to mind.
Terry Willians
Williams the drums as they call him in Wales.
4:48 @@normanacree1635
Yes, he really tied everything together and made the band sound really tight, especially in the end part.👍👍👍
Not only was the guitar solo one of the best ever, the whole group was in union with each other thru the whole song ,the drummer was fantastic. Applause!!
Terry Williams was a mighty god that night ❤cheers 🤟
DRUMS!!! DRUMS!!! DRUMS!!! 🔥🔥🔥🔥
Knopfler's guitar is just an extension of his arm . Genius.
The drummers timing is impeccable
Best drummer I’ve heard for yrs Terry Williams
Yes indeed.... that guy is the best rock drummer I have ever heard!!!
So much so that it's an extension of his mind and doesn't even need to be plugged in ....
@@Markus-ih4gt yes I like it haha very true though , the man is an all round musical genius .
more like extension of his Mind, Immagination and Talent.
When Mark knopfler is playing the guitar YOU know Mark knopfler is playing the guitar 😮😳🥺 👴🏼 🎸 👌🏼
Clásico entre los clásicos. Melodía hecha para trascender. La armonía no tiene geografía, nadie puede apropiarse de genialidades como ésta. Debería declararse patrimonio inmaterial de la humanidad. Gracias Dire Straits por este regalo que alimenta el alma y nutre el espíritu. Cali Colombia Suramerica
De aedo onig
Terry Williams had a monster night in Hammersmith Odeon. This must be a performance of his life. Absolutely insane. Incredible..
Same goes for Hal, John, Alan and Mark himself. He was never able to duplicate this performance.
The drummer is phenomenal. Such talent!
Who's still listening in 2024 ? I will do this forever
He just auctioned all his old geeetars for $11 mil, where else to see the man at work?
Timeless brilliance!!!! Awesome!!
me now im listening...
Moi tous les jours
To me this is the most perfect live performance that I have ever heard. I have been listening to this version for years and I won’t be stopping.
2:30
Even Mark was like "Damn Terry, your fucken rockin it!!!"
Gingeresque. Perfect.
There’s not even anything to say... Just listen and cry... Dire Straits - geniuses
You have never lived until you have heard this version of Sultans of Swing - definitely inspirational!!!!
The absolut perfection !!! 😮😮
❤❤q 9:23
Right, this is crazy🎸🔥🎸🔥😍
I still remember celebrating my 18th birthday (self treated) at their concert in Melbourne in 1983. Skipped last class in Year 12 just for their concert. They played this song of course, about almost as good as this version. I still remember that like it was yesterday.
Well skipped.
@@ruthlessgoat3702lucky you.
Cool!
The drumer is on fire
Terry Williams, Welsh rock drummer!
The drummer is incredible. Unbelievable how he is banging the drums
Dire Straits were probably one of the best bands at changing volume and tempo repeatedly throughout a song and bringing out every subtle nuance in their performance. This is what live performances should be like. Even if you're not a musician, there's something that everyone can take out of seeing and hearing something unique. It also allows the players to avoid being overcome with boredom -- playing the song the same every night. It does, however, require that the band have that deep connection and know how to play together, and play off of each other. This is a clinic in how to do that. Utter brilliance!
Perfeito!
Swwĺ⁹
Wholeheartedly agree with your assessment 👍 🍻 Salud!
100% agree! They create an experience With their music
Chingones todod
This drummer is the very best that I have ever heard and seen! Bravo!!!!
you are absolutely right. the drummer is as good as mark. or better.
Perfect..
How he hit the skins... 😮
Terry Williams! You did it this time as no one!
2:30 holy shi*t. That drumming is unreal!
I heard this first when I was 31 and I still listen to this masterpiece when I'm 71. That says it all. Will always love Dire Straits!!!
78 and still listening
standing the test of time.. over 40 years later we still jamming to this awesomeness...
그러나
Uselessjoe Class
This song will be relevant as long as the human species are 😅
OMG! We were blessed to have such talent in our young lives.
John's bass is soooo vital in this song. Nobody is saying that. It gives a lot of groove to this masterpiece in the record (like in six blade knife and in the gallery).
John simply deserves more credit.
I'm an 72 years old fart who loves motorcycles, skiing and dire straits, never get tired of this song..
As long as there's dire straits you live forever dude❤
Im 35 love motorcyclec have yamaha virago 750 and love this music . You are not old Fart greatings from Poland You amazing!
😮😢😢😅?😊
.🎉난.😊😊😊
I'm 72 too and love it
Good music is good music it doesn't age unlike us I'm also an old fart of 67.
No other song in my 73 years of life has rocked my soul as much as this masterpiece, Sultans of Swing by Dire Straits. T
Great number, indeed. I was considering Job from the Bible... He was in "Dire Straits" ... I had to hear Sultans of Swing one more time!
Maybe Just maybe R.E.M. Loosing my religion...😄😁😆
i could not agree with you more. simply amazing. i have heard it a 1000 times . never tired of it.
A song that will be eternal.
Hieno ♥️
I am 67 always loved the guitars and drums with these Dire Staits boys of the band
Don't just listen to the guitars. Listen to the drums. Awesome.
The drummer, Terry Williams, is the best drummer I have ever heard. He literally sets the tempo for this cut and without him Dire Straits would only be half of what they are here. The people filming this agree due to the amount of time they spend cutting to him, something rarely done in videos. I love listening to perfection.
Try Neil Peart of Rush! Amazing drummer as well!
Maybe I don't know the history well enough. When did Pick Withers leave? (Okay for that matter, is it David Knophler still on rhythm guitar?)
@@Derickbass ....Hal Lindes on rhythm
@@Derickbass ...That's Hal Lindes rhythm guitar
@@hennagaijin100 Thanks. I guess I need to bone up on the history. I thought Mark's brother had played in the ban at one point?
This is one of the finest live recordings there is. Knopfler is obviously something else on this, but it's the rhythm section of Hal Lindes, Terry Williams and John Illsley that create the foundation for this version to be as good as it is.
In fact, the entire album is up there. The Tunnel of Love rendition is probably their masterpiece.
I listen to this several times a day! What a perfect performance!
@@buckachiddy W45yxuyxt3tr2
❤😮
From my home town, Mark Knopfler is the most humble genius the world has ever seen.
He wasn't born in Newcastle, Mark is Scottish but he did grow up in Newcastle.
This is literally a masterclass in rock drumming dynamics.
Drummer has a nice conversation going, please end!!
Early Dire even just on CD is awesome. Drummer I took for granted all these years. First album was the best for me, Brothers In Arms later classic. I dont know all those music type terms I just know its special. What I grew up listening too, I will leave listening too, kids today don't know Jack!!!
listen to some grand funk railroad
Terry Williams is a beast! At his best here
@@hsvgts4349 Never been one to really give the drummers a lot of credit other than in solos, but this dude totally drove that song from front to back, kudos for the rest of the band for keeping up with him, you could even see Knopfler looking back and smiling several times!
One of the greatest live performances in pop/rock history. True or what? Can you imagine any modern performers doing this?
You're right. There's no way any modern artist/performers can do this live. This is beauty.
@@theakwrdguy2449 for me it's wrong I saw, and I see many bands, different than dire strait , but making great, fantastic ! live performances , Live Music will never die...
@@francksoulat It's pretty easy to say the more close to soberness artists are, the best they perform on stage. No member of Deep Purple was alloid on stage if he wasn't sober for example, there was a time for the job and time to party once the job done.
I have listened to this version at least a thousand times over the years and every single time I’m blown away.
Genio genio
God Terry Williams was on fire superb
I'm not diminishing the amazing guitar work but that drummer could teach a master class in his craft!
These guys are in a class by themselves - and that drummer is INSANE!!
Terry Williams underrated animal
Mark Knopfler playing the Guitar 🎸 makes everything else disappear
@@italogabriele534 drummer definitely makes himself heard it’s awesome when you put em together
Still a masterpiece 40 years later. I like listen to it again and again ...
C'est vrai, dire straits est un groupe, le groupe de pop/rock de ts ls tps. Merci à toi, Mark de ns faire vivre et revivre de tels instants. La génération actuelle devrait prendre modèle sur ce groupe.
mythique.
I gotta get my daily fix!
Musik Oscar für den Schlagzeuger🥁🥁🥁🥁
The drummer dude...man that guy was unconscious. Took it to another level
Pick Withers
One of THE best live performances of all time.
What a great band. The guitars sound incredible. The drummer is unreal ! One of my all time fav songs.
Don't forget the keyboarder!
Could be the best band ever. The tallent hear is ridiculous
Social Conditioning, it is all fake stuff. Alchemy live...says it all
Terry Williams best drummer on the planet
@@switch12345678He is unreal
Cant stop feeling this one. Drummer is insane + 3x guitars + Keyboard in a perfect moment of time.
British music is DEFINITELY the BEST in the world!!!💞💞💞
Incredible version of this song. The whole band was on fire!
😊
And they were playingTOGETHER not trying to prove something against each other. The way they looked at each other and smiled.
There is no better version on net.
In a thousand years listeners will still enjoy this magical masterpiece of musical art! Definatly all time top 10 stuff in my opinion.
I have it in my top 10 best ever too. You have great taste in music : )
There is best dong of the history
Dear Lord this is one of the best live I ever listen! Absolutely fantastic!
YOU ARE THE KINGS OF ELECTRIC GUITARS
What a performance! The guitar solo is one of the best that has ever been played, but the drummer performance is also extraordinary!
Extraordinary!!
Me to also Jimmy Hendrix😅
I agree - those drums are doing serious work!
They were ON FIRE! Best live performance ever!! EPIC PERFORMANCE!! What I would have done to have been there!! Dire Straits....BEYOND AMAZING!!
I remember when the song came out I was a little kid and I was in love with this song and doing guitar imitations with my hands...I'm still in love with the song just like then!!! Eternal music.❤❤
Loved Dire Straits but just in the last few months I have realised how insanely good this Alchemy version of Sultains of Swing is. The best live version of a tune ever with all band members giving their all except the drummer who was nuts!!
Terry is a beast on drums holy shit.
Mark is titan with that Strat.
You don't forget that keyboard guy = sensational.
Glenn Hayes Terry Williams was and is the best drummer they ever had.
Glenn Hayes This is not a strat, it is a schecter
Home base banbury
They win. Stop!
When Live version is BETTER than studio recording version 😎👍
Mark Knoffler is one of the best gutarist of all time.Will be on MY Top 10 Best guitarist ever.. and that is EASY!
I love it when rock Gods go freestyle on their solo entirely different from original .....
Dire Straights - one of the worlds best bands and Mark Knoffler, you are one of the worlds best guitarists ever! Another great performance from great musicians
Ditto encore!
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Lets show some appreciation for the drummer, absolute amazing.
The man is a machine. Awesome!
Awesome 👍
👏👏👏👏
Amen
HELL YEAH!!
I’m always mesmerized by his guitar playing but that drummer! Take a listen to him mostly next time, my god🙌🏻
The Drummer is on other level🔥🙌🏽
He is the BEST
Tamos juntos
Todos!!!
Mind blowing 😁
The Drummer “is” The Level😍🙌🏽.
I have probably watched this in excess of 500 timed and god this still gives me goosebumps......this has to be just the absolute perfect performance of this song....
Red Rock His Farewell Tour Blew my READ OFF
HEAD
@@shannondaly3844ĺooôôo
OMG,who’s listening this beautiful live performance in 2,023.You are awesome!!!!!!
Terry Williams, what an amazing drummer 💜
Ok
Amuse toi bien
Terry Williams #1
One of the most underrated and easiest overlooked drummer out there, he's absolutely amazing
This has been my favorite for as long as I can remember. This live performance is beyond being awesome. What's sad is everyone aging and things no longer like they used to be. This music keeps me young... Thank you Dire Straits and thank you RUclips...
It's def one of the most beautiful songs ever.
2:22
Timeless one of the few records that the live version is miles better than the studio one and to see every one thrashing their instrument to an inch of its life awesome
wow the best from NL and CANADA. The Best.
That drummer is on fire! Amazing. I wish I could single out the drums and hear just him. The man is totally in control.
Hes actually not. His time changes when he pays fills. He speeds up slightly. Its a no no in the drumming world.
10:46 minutes of perfection from every performer.
What a fantastic drummer!
Knopfler was perfect and yet Clark and williams destroyed
Pure perfection on drums
There are nights in the life of every band when everything just works...all the musicians are on top of their game & everything comes together perfectly...this is one of those nights!
Yes 🥰💕
Seriously this. I mean, Mark is awesome no doubt, but every single one of the band is giving it their all. The drummer is on fire, they're having fun on stage..everything just works. 💯👌🏻Seriously wish I was there.
Well put..I think a Rock Symphony like this classic if we can call it that is much harder to pull off given the blistering pace and the all too high probability of messing it up so easily and just once..may be a better trained ear can spot some minor inaccuracies in the workmanship here but to the average fan, this is just flawless.
And doing it live on stage with no chance for a do over or re recording is just icing on the cake...how supremely talented they are individually and collectively !!
Hear, hear stewartmac1. I'm an old London rock chick, veteran of so many live gigs. This one was special back in the day and 40+ years on is still bloody special. Mind you, I never went to a gig at Hammersmith Odeon that wasn't special. xxx
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I've been a huge fan of Dire Straits for years and what I think makes them a fantastic band is they are all individually great musicians in their own right. Of course Mark continues to have great solo career
So does John Ilsley he has a great band give him a listen
fantastic i love it
Absolutely fantastic version, THE WHOLE BAND--- WOW😮😮😮
Как будто солнечный весенний Ветерок залетел .Обдал Свежестью !Новизной !Сочностью! Бодростью!Чистотой !
I have watched and listened to this piece hundreds of times (maybe a thousand) and still get goosebumps. To me it’s simply the best live performance from all involved I have ever witnessed. Everything in complete sync, and Williams on drums the icing on the cake! You knew you were going to get a great mark knopfler but it’s everybody.
To this day I’m so blown away by this production, and I’m 69 years old.
Absolute PERFECTION.
I agree, this song is the best thing that ever happened to me. I actually like more the live performance one than the original.
The icing on the cake to some.. bit in reality he is more akin to the forces of gravity that drive the crashing of waves onto the shore 🍺🥁
Same here😁😍
Same here. same age. And I agree. I listen to this version all the time. Peace out Dude
Same here,55,greetings from Greece
I love the fact that you can see tons of different languages in the comments section. Makes me think how music is universal and touches different people from different cultures. Awesome! Great song and great performance!
Agree. Great comment. And not a beg.
Sérgio Alexandre Mophobics Here?
Sérgio Alexandre mrc mrk
당신의 의견 의미가 남다름
Sérgio Alexandre poprostu dinozaury muzyki ale wiecznie mlodzi
SURREAL!!!
Is there anyone better than Mark on this tune!! So amazing. Still!!!
Mark knofler one of the most talented lead guitar/ singers in the 80's. dire straits rocks
Amore mio yu sei la mia vita... e sto impazzendo perché voglio vedere i tui splendidi occhi che mi fanno andare BMW in tilt. E vado ha 3000
Ti Amo♥️💚♥️💚♥️💚♥️♥️♥️💚♥️💋💋SenzA di te non posso piu stare cto diventando matto
And Pink Floyd.
80s? Try of all time.
Totaly agree with you mate
Milano
Using whatever criteria, including even Mozart and the performance itself, this is, without doubt, one of the greatest pieces of music ever written.
I think people in mozart’s time we’re having these kind of experinces
Hey guys... The drummer is a beast...Terry Williams is the one and the best i love his style
I told him Dad I have had enough of your Max Bygrave collection I wanna listen to Dire Straits
This must be the finest live version of this song - it’s absolutely flawless✌️😎
Alan's piano part as overture in guitar solo missing here. THAT is a HUGE flaw. You can hear it at "On the night" concert. Absolutely amazing piano part.Everything else is absolutely perfect.
Andrew Owen, de quelle pays êtes-vous ? Je m'appelle Annie Orvoën, je suis de Bretagne, France. Pour le nom, for the name? OK ?
Agree
@@damonz.king.8952 Iistia😅
Geezus, who died and left you the Maestro of Rock??!! @@damonz.king.8952
Dire Straits is one of those rare groups where I like their live versions even better than the excellent recorded versions. Here, for instance, the drummer really let's her rip, and Mark Knopfler shines on the guitar.
all the greats are better live
Wiliam Brothers In Arms 🎆🔅🎆 ruclips.net/video/lLeEYkkjUX4/видео.html
Coolest dude, ever!
This drummer is absolutely terrific!! Plus he truly enjoys what he's doing.
2022 and I still get goosebumps again and again. I love this version!
Это лучшее, что мы слушали в СССР, и сейчас все свежо и живо!!! ✨✨✨✨✨✨🤗😍
Yep!.
Ik know. Me too.
One of the most bad ass songs ever written and performed!
@@raybates3119 Hahaha, well, i wouldn't use the words Bad ass for a bad ass, is not something a sane person would ask for (i know it's an expression, a lousy one), but you mean to say, it's great music, that only a genius canb make, isn't it? Maybe your doctor can help you with your Bad Ass??? ;-)
For me this is the best version! Never gets stale. Now approaching 70yrs, difficult to find other live songs with such near perfection😎😎
Set
Yes
Yes
Completely agree
Comfortably Numb, Pink Floyd live from Pulse..goosebump stuff
Words can’t express…I’m simply blown away. And that, I think, is the most worthy praise you can give to music.