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.
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
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 ❤❤❤
@@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.
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
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!
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 ♥ 👴🏼 🎸
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!!..🫠❤️💋💋💋💋
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.
Have you ever seen such perfection. Hes a genius, doesn't even read music, never had a music lesson. Great improve player. They never know what he's about to do so the band follows him! And he's absolutely gorgeous .... beautiful legs too ❤😅
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!!
@@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!)
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!
That's not true. They're getting better in some ways. The difference is you're not as likely to hear them because that's not what dominates. Just have to dig a little more.
Sublimissime! Une lumière incroyable ! Groupe de légende, stade de légende, chanson de légende, homme politique de légende, deux guitaristes de légende. Magnifique ! 🎡🌅🐬🎶⛲🌱🙏🌺🌈🍒🎇
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 !!!!
The golden age of popular music! Highly accomplished musicians whether classically trained or 'self taught' worked hard to achieve perfection and respected each other.
Quelle époque et quelle grande carrière pour ce génie de la guitare. Dommage qu'il naît été plus reconnu par ses pairs. Mais tant pis je l'adore et le suis toujours aujourd'hui. Merci Mark.
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.
I love how Mark is always confident, calm and super focused on his guitar playing.🎸
Man, that finger picking is too sweet. There's nothing like watching bands do it live.
Chris White's saxophone playing - so underrated in Dire Straits - is superb on Sultans of Swing
Eric looked happy to be playing alongside somebody he knows is every bit as much of a guitar genius as himself.
One of the best live tracks ever, so much in the hands of one person and sounds amazing
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?
There is a lot of great guitarists out there, but, for me, nobody makes it sound as smooth as Mark Knopfler.
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!
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.
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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?
Two of the best guitarists ever
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
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!
Knopfler + Éric clapton = 2 dieux réunis
Thank you Eric for extending my tears....love this song and love that you made it better
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
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
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.
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😅😅
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 ❤❤❤
The outro to this version is unmatched!! ❤️😭
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
Clapton and MK… kindred spirits, the best musicians in the world!!!
Masterpiece if ever there was. How he can play like this God only knows. Speechless.
Amazing guitarist & composer! Up there with the best
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
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!
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
masterpiece, flawless, Clapton added his rhytm guitar, what a play
So EPIC, we don’t get music like this now!
These guys known every fret, every chord , in every key. These are the greatest. If you don't believe me, just listen.
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 !
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 ♥ 👴🏼 🎸
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!!..🫠❤️💋💋💋💋
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 .
WOW!!! The 'CREAM' of Clapton AND Knopfler! They rose to the top!
Have you ever seen such perfection. Hes a genius, doesn't even read music, never had a music lesson. Great improve player. They never know what he's about to do so the band follows him! And he's absolutely gorgeous .... beautiful legs too ❤😅
Mark Knopfler is a living legend. 💖 💖 💖
As good as it gets.
Masterful. Utter musical perfection.
Two Guitarits legend, but M.K is my favorite.
Also, Big thanks for John Illsley & the band.
Love these two excellent artists
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!!
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!)
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
This great performance is still making me smile in 2021. Thank you guys
I´m from Argentina, and hear there are good musicians, but really this is one of the best songs i´ve ever heard
Knopfler and Clapton Epic!
Words cannot express perfection!
Great version feat Eric Clapton as a great special guest ♥️🎸✅👍☺️
Can it get any better than this!? Totally wonderful! Thank you for sharing and God bless everyone
Two of the greatest...no doubt...
Fantastic band and the great Eric Clapton ! ❤
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.
Clapton and Knopfler are the greatest guitarists
Yeah in your head
2 of the greatest@@mikereed8181
It dont get any better than this Mark and Eric Brothers in Arms with guitars
Lovvvve these guys, best guitarists of all 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!
Something for the eternity!
Great band, great song, great show!
I grew up listening to thez guys, Awesome!!!
Great cocaine and great guitars..man I want to go back to the 80s
Classic ❤
Fantastic song and guitar / sax solo.
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
Clapton and Knopfer...giants!!!
Clapton - that shows a lot of class on his part playing rhythm.
Friends...
What an awesome concert!!🎉
You knew it would be good - but somehow was even better.
What a band! What great musicians they are. As for the songs, unforgetable.
Masters of Guitar.
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
there will be no more guitar players like this, thats the time they use to make music. 70s and 80s best ever
for real though! they'll never be beaten
That's not true. They're getting better in some ways. The difference is you're not as likely to hear them because that's not what dominates. Just have to dig a little more.
Sublimissime! Une lumière incroyable ! Groupe de légende, stade de légende, chanson de légende, homme politique de légende, deux guitaristes de légende. Magnifique ! 🎡🌅🐬🎶⛲🌱🙏🌺🌈🍒🎇
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 😮❤…
Perfect just perfect❤️🦂
Unbelievable!! I’ll go to my grave ever claiming that Knopfler & Lindsay Buckingham of the greatest guitar players I’ve ever heard!!
Mark and Eric , the ultimate guitar duo
perfect match - no more words needed - enjoy - peace and love
The great ones are the ones who do it even when they think they can't.
Reach *beyond.*
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 an incredible performance. Mark Knopfler never looks like he's even trying, it's so effortless.
On ne peut avoir meilleur que ces deux là
Incredible sound flows out of this band !
Mark Knopfler e Eric Clapton due geni della musica .....irripetibili e ineguagliabili. Fantastici ARTISTI:
The golden age of popular music! Highly accomplished musicians whether classically trained or 'self taught' worked hard to achieve perfection and respected each other.
good old times eric clapton
ABSOLUTELY AMAZING TWO LEGEND F FOREVER CLASSIC
A very happy Eric Clapton.
Unmatched!
Quelle époque et quelle grande carrière pour ce génie de la guitare. Dommage qu'il naît été plus reconnu par ses pairs. Mais tant pis je l'adore et le suis toujours aujourd'hui. Merci Mark.
two Legends
Masterpiece..
¡Magnifica versión! Mark no es de este planeta 🛸Gracias por subir este hermoso registro audiovisual.🎸💥
Greatest guitar soloist ever
Bar none!
Le plus grand régal auditif que je connais... Heaven in fingers!!!
Una de las mejores canciones, de todos los tiempos ❤genios de la guitarra ❤
Two legends jamming wuth ever hit number awsome.
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 😜
You must be really good if Clapton is playing rhythm for you.