Unforgettable version. That guitar has written music words that will survive for centuries. Magnificent! BTW, commercials during this video represent a crime which should be prosecuted.
This is undoubtedly the best live version of Sultans, it's always good live, but this is just the pinnacle. I love the line about Guitar George not wanting to make the guitar cry and scream which is exactly what Mark is doing. Drummer, Keyboard and Sax all brilliant and Clapton just quietly strumming away as if he was sitting at home by the fire. A true work of art/genius and yes the adverts interrupting it are criminal. Lucky enough to see Mark live I think in 2018 or 2019, can't remember now, but he was fantastic.
I saw it yesss I have chills he was zoned into that guitar and the footage is perfectly focused on his face then hands. Love this man, he's so emotive and brilliant, that guitar says it all. x
Can't get better than this. Last of the generation. Those who are listening should understand that such sounds will never be created again, nobody makes or will make music like this any more....this realization will them appreciate this more
Это песня,этот концерт часть моей жизни,начало моего музыкального вкуса.....в первый раз послушал когда отец записал с телевизора в 1992 ....и стоило каждый раз отцу включить этот запись и непослушные мальчики становились тихими и послушными как никогда....покойся с миром дорогой отец .....😢❤это музыка на все времена ❤❤❤
Ascoltata e vista migliaia di volte, questa è assolutamente la migliore esecuzione di sempre di questo brano. Assolutamente perfetta! L'ho vista in diretta allora e registrata in VHS e ancora adesso mi emoziona, fantastica.
Mark Knopfler Plays chords nobody ever heard of!! Genius on the guitar. In my estimation, nobody plays faster than him either. He's a gunslinger on the guitar!!!
There is faster guitar players but they don't make the same sense as what knopfler does they're just an absolute noisey made up mess of chords with no direction at all, knopfler is genius
@@farmerbill6855 Better? All great but better? Subjective list. Just like guy saying EC is the greatest is subjective. I appreciate them all and many others. No greatest.
This version is god same epic it made me cry. We (younger generation) just don’t deserve this music enough. Thank you!!!! Grew up to Eric Clapton music. But this man
It took me 20 years to realize that what it was great it wasn't only mk but the entire band, the keyboards make a wonderful harmony, the bass also is making great harmoney, even if mk play solo, it's not the same, they were a great band.
my first click of the remote when we first got cable installed in the mid 1980's landed me on MTV and Dire Straits "Money for Nothing" This band though, and certainly this song, will be very happily and forever scorched into me
I don't know who to thank but thank goodness for Mark knopfler, no guitarist blows me away like he does, complete player of the 6 strings what a genius and thank you ♥ 👴🏼 🎸
I loved 80's music. I spent so much time listening to radio and watching videos, that I thought I'd heard almost every tune performed in that decade. But here I am 33 years later, and now I hear my FAVORITE tune from that era for the first time!
Eric Clapton playing rhythm guitar 😮 willingly taking a backseat to Marc Knopfler…just 2 guitar gods playing off each other. It just doesn’t get any better than this!
How great Mark is my god!! Throughout all his career we feel the same vibe and passion for his songs and shows!!.... Dio ti benedica Markito!!..🫠❤️💋💋💋💋
@@sofianeofficial I don't know about "best" as it's a bit different from this one but the energy of the Alchemy one is insane (and Terry Williams on the drums was maybe even more on fire then!)
Ohhh.. Wonderful 10 minutes that makes your spirit shake!! Mark Knopfler what a great poet all your songs have a powerful and deeply meaning, you play with the soul!!
Awsome version of Sultans of swing....incredible feeling...sound, solos...like always... MK is a genius !!!....Next summer back in France for Mark and his new album !!!...Excellent !!!!
Sublimissime! Une lumière incroyable ! Groupe de légende, stade de légende, chanson de légende, homme politique de légende, deux guitaristes de légende. Magnifique ! 🎡🌅🐬🎶⛲🌱🙏🌺🌈🍒🎇
The golden age of popular music! Highly accomplished musicians whether classically trained or 'self taught' worked hard to achieve perfection and respected each other.
Man, that finger picking is too sweet. There's nothing like watching bands do it live.
La VIDA ESTÁN CRUEL Y ASÍ
Y NI SIQUIERA SAVEZ X DÓNDE TÉ VÁ AYEGAR 😂😂😂
Those 40 sec of arpeggios is just mad.
It’s how it looks to come so naturally to knoffler it’s amazing
you know you're good when eric clapton is your rytthm giutarist
Eric was strictly rhythm, Mark was the one that made it cry or sing.
Io non amo mano lenta non mi piace non.e paragonabile minimamente a Marc. La stampa può scrivere quello che le pare ma la realtà e un'altra.
And you know it when Eric is 100% ok with it. A lot of respect between those 2 gentlemen for sure.
@@CB-xr1egYou're crazy, Mark played the rhythm of several versions live at Clapton shows
@@gabriellaamatucci9079hahahahahaha XDDDDDDD
I love how Mark is always confident, calm and super focused on his guitar playing.🎸
Chris White's saxophone playing - so underrated in Dire Straits - is superb on Sultans of Swing
Two of the GREATEST guitarist EVER on the same stage. This long version solo of Mark's is simply remarkable.
Agreed, this is one of my top handful of favorite songs, is this is probably my favorite version of it. I've got this saved for sure!
Unforgettable version. That guitar has written music words that will survive for centuries. Magnificent!
BTW, commercials during this video represent a crime which should be prosecuted.
Stefano...We need a damn good lawyer to Force u tube to NOT INTERUPT
A work of Art ...which this is!!!*
Exactly . indicted , convicted and incinerated .
Do you live in Australia? The ads ruin every TV show. I have stopped watching free to air because I am sick of the ads.
This is undoubtedly the best live version of Sultans, it's always good live, but this is just the pinnacle. I love the line about Guitar George not wanting to make the guitar cry and scream which is exactly what Mark is doing. Drummer, Keyboard and Sax all brilliant and Clapton just quietly strumming away as if he was sitting at home by the fire. A true work of art/genius and yes the adverts interrupting it are criminal. Lucky enough to see Mark live I think in 2018 or 2019, can't remember now, but he was fantastic.
@@martinharvey2390 Have you never seen the alchemy version?
Eric looked happy to be playing alongside somebody he knows is every bit as much of a guitar genius as himself.
I love that Mark doesn't sing it word by word, he feels so much more emerged in the music that he actually thinks about what to say, it's beautiful.
yeah, always singin it slightly different makes it everytime unique 👍
Son especiales..!!!
Pues eso es lo que le hace único!!! Por eso es diferente y único!!
Así es!
Notice Mark's eyes as he is starting his solo after sax solo. In such a zone and goes on to perform arguably one of the best solos ever.
I saw it yesss I have chills he was zoned into that guitar and the footage is perfectly focused on his face then hands. Love this man, he's so emotive and brilliant, that guitar says it all. x
I was in the crowd all those years ago... truly unforgettable!
What year was it? Can't find it
@@goncalofreitas2094 1988
Lucky you!!
Lucky man!
Where was this?
You can be cool, but you will never be ”clapton playing rhythm for you”-cool
If you are Mark Knopfler you are cool enough to have Eric Clapton to support you with his guitar.
Que npasa contigo
The sky is the limit
Believe or not, I think Clapton was a last minute stand in because the regular rhythm player's wife had just had a baby.
ruclips.net/video/N8C1uarrGts/видео.html
The last three minutes of this performance are simply the pinnacle of modern guitar pop music. Unbelievable, how easy it seams for Mark Knopfler.
Genios grandes de todos los tiempos
One of the greatest guitar riffs in the history of music
Yup. And there are more if you can find them,
Stairway to Heaven et all.
Just look and you will find them
This is one of the best
Yes it is. One very underrated guitar riff is the intro to Back on the Chain Gang.
As a live performance. Best song in my book.
mark knopfler and eric clapton two legends for the price of one..awesome version of a monster hit
Why does mark always look so bored.
@@harrysachs2274 he's concentrating
@@harrysachs2274 he doesn’t look bored at all though
@@harrysachs2274 Because he knows all the chords
Two of the best guitarists ever
Knopfler + Éric clapton = 2 dieux réunis
Musical perfection on the guitar, Knopfler and Clapton, can’t get much better!
If only Tom Petty joined in it would be even better.
Let's not forget Chris White on the saxophone.
Clapton didn't do much, even i can play the chords he's playing lol
Tom Petty and Gary Moore
@@myxanoz9742 Yeah lets forget White, White is shite, no Sax in a rock band thank you.
There is a lot of great guitarists out there, but, for me, nobody makes it sound as smooth as Mark Knopfler.
Can't get better than this. Last of the generation. Those who are listening should understand that such sounds will never be created again, nobody makes or will make music like this any more....this realization will them appreciate this more
I think the closest we have is John Mayer. He’s no Clapton or knopfler, but a guitar virtuoso in his own right
Thank you Eric for extending my tears....love this song and love that you made it better
Это песня,этот концерт часть моей жизни,начало моего музыкального вкуса.....в первый раз послушал когда отец записал с телевизора в 1992 ....и стоило каждый раз отцу включить этот запись и непослушные мальчики становились тихими и послушными как никогда....покойся с миром дорогой отец .....😢❤это музыка на все времена ❤❤❤
I was 28 when this song first released. Damn Didn't we have it good back then?!
Yes, we sure did!
I was 28 or 29!
Ascoltata e vista migliaia di volte, questa è assolutamente la migliore esecuzione di sempre di questo brano. Assolutamente perfetta!
L'ho vista in diretta allora e registrata in VHS e ancora adesso mi emoziona, fantastica.
Mark Knopfler Plays chords nobody ever heard of!! Genius on the guitar. In my estimation, nobody plays faster than him either. He's a gunslinger on the guitar!!!
mostly finger picken; as with most his songs.
There is faster guitar players but they don't make the same sense as what knopfler does they're just an absolute noisey made up mess of chords with no direction at all, knopfler is genius
How much respect is that. Having perhaps the greatest guitarist ever playing rhythm for you.
Great...The 'est ever' is a stretch, no? Great though and a true pro for just playing as a support to mark
Lots better players than Clapton. Prince, Richards, Knopfler, Glen Campbell, Vince Gill, Chet Atkins, just the first six off the top of my head.
@@farmerbill6855 Better? All great but better? Subjective list. Just like guy saying EC is the greatest is subjective. I appreciate them all and many others. No greatest.
@@farmerbill6855 Hendrix. Peter Green
When Mark Knopfler is playing the Guitar you know it's HIM Original Sound. BEAUTIFUL
This version is god same epic it made me cry.
We (younger generation) just don’t deserve this music enough.
Thank you!!!! Grew up to Eric Clapton music.
But this man
The outro to this version is unmatched!! ❤️😭
It took me 20 years to realize that what it was great it wasn't only mk but the entire band, the keyboards make a wonderful harmony, the bass also is making great harmoney, even if mk play solo, it's not the same, they were a great band.
He makes the music dance
This is what Mark is ALSO known for perfection from the band. That's why Dylan used him with The Band .
Masterpiece if ever there was. How he can play like this God only knows. Speechless.
Amazing guitarist & composer! Up there with the best
my first click of the remote when we first got cable installed in the mid 1980's landed me on MTV and Dire Straits "Money for Nothing" This band though, and certainly this song, will be very happily and forever scorched into me
A very happy Eric Clapton.
One of the best live tracks ever, so much in the hands of one person and sounds amazing
I don't know who to thank but thank goodness for Mark knopfler, no guitarist blows me away like he does, complete player of the 6 strings what a genius and thank you ♥ 👴🏼 🎸
I loved 80's music. I spent so much time listening to radio and watching videos, that I thought I'd heard almost every tune performed in that decade. But here I am 33 years later, and now I hear my FAVORITE tune from that era for the first time!
Mark & Eric. It doesn’t get any better folks. Going to see Mr. Clapton on Sept 21st in Nashville one more time. Cannot wait.
Lucky you !
Two Guitarits legend, but M.K is my favorite.
Also, Big thanks for John Illsley & the band.
The expression he gets at 9:43 expresses pure love for music. A unique moment that always give me chills and always will.
i agree its like a drug for him
Awesome! For me his music appreciation part is at 8:26
Most people need words to speak. Mark Knopfler does not, he can use his guitar to do the speaking.
...he's the vocalist too.
DO NOT FORGET THIS GREAT DRUMMER..
@@michaelcelani8325 all of the above brother!
Yess dialoga con su guitarra. Es un placer escucharlo.
He makes his guitar cry and sing 😜
So EPIC, we don’t get music like this now!
perfect match - no more words needed - enjoy - peace and love
Best version ever of "sultan of swings" nothing more to say.. Hallelujah 🙏🙏🙏
Alchemy Live version light years better.
Alchemy version >>
Wembley 1985
Of course not, Sultans of swing has to be played with a stratocaster like guitar. The Pensa is less fluid.
This great performance is still making me smile in 2021. Thank you guys
Clapton and MK… kindred spirits, the best musicians in the world!!!
They really know all the chords
Yeah, and they make their guitars cry AND sing
Especially that guest rhythm guitarist. All he's playing are chords!
Bravo pour le grand guitariste que j'ai aimé depuis l âge de l enfance je vous le jure.
@@peterlawrence6079 Ha ha ha!!
Lol😅😅
masterpiece, flawless, Clapton added his rhytm guitar, what a play
You must be really good if Clapton is playing rhythm for you.
Knopfler, é o melhor guitarrista do mundo 🌎
This was truly a day of days for Dire Straits!!
one of the best. I played sax an this guy is good. Not a Harvey Muncen, but good
It dont get any better than this Mark and Eric Brothers in Arms with guitars
Eric Clapton playing rhythm guitar 😮 willingly taking a backseat to Marc Knopfler…just 2
guitar gods playing off each other. It just doesn’t get any better than this!
Great version feat Eric Clapton as a great special guest ♥️🎸✅👍☺️
How great Mark is my god!! Throughout all his career we feel the same vibe and passion for his songs and shows!!.... Dio ti benedica Markito!!..🫠❤️💋💋💋💋
This extended version is Just awesome.
And the sax part is mind boggling
did you heared/seen the Live aid version? spoiler... it's Legendary
@@angelchavez8814 Alchemy?
Alchemy version is the best
@@sofianeofficial I don't know about "best" as it's a bit different from this one but the energy of the Alchemy one is insane (and Terry Williams on the drums was maybe even more on fire then!)
Thankfully it was recorded to share with the everyone for all time. Music like this will never be created again, sadly, in a world like we live today.
Clapton - that shows a lot of class on his part playing rhythm.
Friends...
Ohhh.. Wonderful 10 minutes that makes your spirit shake!! Mark Knopfler what a great poet all your songs have a powerful and deeply meaning, you play with the soul!!
Can it get any better than this!? Totally wonderful! Thank you for sharing and God bless everyone
I´m from Argentina, and hear there are good musicians, but really this is one of the best songs i´ve ever heard
Lovvvve these guys, best guitarists of all time...
Such a pleasure to listen to.
Great band, great song, great show!
The smirk when he finally breaks loose in the last solo, he knows he's they're killing it
Love these two excellent artists
Birds of a feather, the bests ones, playing together.
Knopfler and Clapton Epic!
Words cannot express perfection!
Fantastic song and guitar / sax solo.
These guys known every fret, every chord , in every key. These are the greatest. If you don't believe me, just listen.
Perfect just perfect❤️🦂
Mark Knopfler e Eric Clapton due geni della musica .....irripetibili e ineguagliabili. Fantastici ARTISTI:
My days what can a say all the Madness in the world this bring us back to earth peace love and unity. Best part 6.10 and the sax to hit the soul
Masterful. Utter musical perfection.
Mark can really make it cry and sing
I was there in 1990 …anybody else that was will remember the rain !! FANTASTIC day and what a line up it was .. headlined by Pink Floyd 😮❤…
Unbelievable!! I’ll go to my grave ever claiming that Knopfler & Lindsay Buckingham of the greatest guitar players I’ve ever heard!!
Awsome version of Sultans of swing....incredible feeling...sound, solos...like always...
MK is a genius !!!....Next summer back in France for Mark and his new album !!!...Excellent !!!!
How did you feel about the Commercial at the end?????
What a band! What great musicians they are. As for the songs, unforgetable.
Fantastic band and the great Eric Clapton ! ❤
I grew up listening to thez guys, Awesome!!!
One of the best guitar players ever playing as a rithym one, Clapton needen't to prove nothing at all, that's why he can do things like this.
he played rhythm fantastic, and added new flavor to this song
Two of the greatest...no doubt...
No one can quite sing with and with his guitar like Mark....
I appreciate many guitarists, but not quite as many artists with their guitar as this.
Sublimissime! Une lumière incroyable ! Groupe de légende, stade de légende, chanson de légende, homme politique de légende, deux guitaristes de légende. Magnifique ! 🎡🌅🐬🎶⛲🌱🙏🌺🌈🍒🎇
WOW!!! The 'CREAM' of Clapton AND Knopfler! They rose to the top!
Wow this is a magnificent performance by all, I love the way they're vibing together in the middle, just chin wagging, being in the moment.
La mejor canción en la mejor versión en directo de todos los tiempos.
No hay más, es sencillamente insuperable.
Bravo Mark Knopfler!!!! ♥️
Busca en RUclips esta: Dire Straits - Sultans Of Swing (Alchemy Live)
Despues opinas.
Claramente no escuchaste la versión “alchemy live”
@@Poli-IX Buscaste la que te dije?
Es más calidad.
Something for the eternity!
What an awesome concert!!🎉
Incredible sound flows out of this band !
Marks gutar speaks sings and bangs on every heart n mind thru out the heart of music lovers in the entire world.
The golden age of popular music! Highly accomplished musicians whether classically trained or 'self taught' worked hard to achieve perfection and respected each other.
Eu ti amo , você é o melhor guitarrista de td os tempos, tenho 62 vou continuar curtindo eternamente vocês 👏👏❤❤
❤
מרק לעולם✌️👑🎸
The great ones are the ones who do it even when they think they can't.
Reach *beyond.*
We are the Sultans, the Sultans of Swing. Knopfler and Clapton said. I tend to agree!!! God bless you, for this honey to my ears and soul! 🙏
This concert was broadcast all over the world in 1988, one day before my 16th birthday. I was glued to the TV, the memory still gives me goosebumps.
Two legends jamming wuth ever hit number awsome.
Mark and Eric , the ultimate guitar duo
Clapton and Knopfer...giants!!!
¡Magnifica versión! Mark no es de este planeta 🛸Gracias por subir este hermoso registro audiovisual.🎸💥
Cuando 2 genios se reunen nos regalan obras maestras
The real music ❤❤