kickass!

I was hoping Clapton would do more than play just rhythm

You_mean_Im_gonna_stay_this_color: I was hoping Clapton would do more than play just rhythm

Eh, he doesn't want to make it cry or sing...

shivashakti: You_mean_Im_gonna_stay_this_color: I was hoping Clapton would do more than play just rhythm

Eh, he doesn't want to make it cry or sing...

I suppose an old guitar is all... he can afford?

gawd, this song sucks; probably the worse DS song.

Music is so-so and lousy lyrics.

Again, Making Movies/Brothers in Arms ftw.

douchebag/hater: gawd, this song sucks; probably the worse DS song.

No way. This song is much better than half the stuff off of "On Every Street".

Great guitar solo in "Sultans".

I've always liked Mark Knopler, but I have to say this:

You might have made it in the business when Eric Clapton joins you onstage to play rhythm guitar.

That is all.

WeenieGuy: I've always liked Mark Knopler, but I have to say this:

You might have made it in the business when Eric Clapton joins you onstage to play rhythm guitar.

That is all.

Eh, no. You've made it when Weird Al covers one of your songs. Clapton's just icing.

Pure wonderful. I'm going to send this to my dad; he'll get a kick out of it. Thanks for posting!

Subby...thank you very much. That was awesome. Much appreciated.

anybody else hate the addition of the sax on this song, on the BIA tour and after?


/good version
// but the "alchemy" version will always be the best version in my mind / in my humble opinion.

Third_Uncle_Eno: anybody else hate the addition of the sax on this song, on the BIA tour and after?

/good version
// but the "alchemy" version will always be the best version in my mind / in my humble opinion.

This man knows what he is talking about. I agree with you on both counts. The Alchemy LP is one from my dad's collection that I swiped many times.

What's cooler than Mark Knopfler? Godzilla and King Kong going on a drinking binge?

Knopfler toured with Clapton about 20 years ago and I saw them together in Mountain View CA. They did a set of DS songs and I thought I'd die, it was so good.

Have to say though that Sultans is my least favorite Dire Straits song, but I enjoyed this video.

Mark Knopfler and Chet Atkins >>>>> Mark Knopfler and Eric Clapton.

FirstNationalBastard: shivashakti: You_mean_Im_gonna_stay_this_color: I was hoping Clapton would do more than play just rhythm

Eh, he doesn't want to make it cry or sing...

I suppose an old guitar is all... he can afford?

haha, nice

dodecahedron: Knopfler toured with Clapton about 20 years ago and I saw them together in Mountain View CA. They did a set of DS songs and I thought I'd die, it was so good.

I saw that tour, too. First up, a 22-minute version of Crossroads.

Mentat: WeenieGuy: I've always liked Mark Knopler, but I have to say this:
You might have made it in the business when Eric Clapton joins you onstage to play rhythm guitar.
That is all.
Eh, no. You've made it when Weird Al covers one of your songs. Clapton's just icing.

Behold.

BTW, that's Knopfler playing guitar. Al asked him permission and Knopfler told him only if he could play guitar.

Third_Uncle_Eno: but the "alchemy" version will always be the best version in my mind / in my humble opinion.

The alchemy version is probably the pinnacle of Knopfler's guitar playing from a speed and accuracy standpoint. That ending solo makes my face melt every time I hear it.

Currently, I don't think Knopfler likes playing Sultans very much. For me it seemes forced every time I hear a new live version. Since that is the songs that most of the fans want to hear, I can see where he would feel obligated to play it, even though his heart is not much into it.

Mark Knopfler actually played with Eric Clapton alot when Clapton went solo, so seeing them on stage together isn't so weird. It is a bit strange to see Clapton not play lead, but it's still good.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DJubwPUGxyc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J8qeacBZGA4&feature=related

Knopfler and Sonny Landreth

HeadLever: Third_Uncle_Eno: but the "alchemy" version will always be the best version in my mind / in my humble opinion.

The alchemy version is probably the pinnacle of Knopfler's guitar playing from a speed and accuracy standpoint. That ending solo makes my face melt every time I hear it.

Thanks for posting the video. I can't believe the audience manages to stay seated during that performance! I'm ready to stand up and dance at my desk from all that energy.

And as an (amateur) guitar player, I just can't believe the speed and power that Knopfler channels with fingerpicking. Mind-blowing.

Dig the crazy special effects at 7:45

Dire Straits has got to be one of the worst albums in my collection. Almost every single song on that album sucks.

Needless to say I never sought out much more Knopfler, but I do like "That's What It Is" and a few other songs from that album.

"people curse the government and shovel hard food down"

Bah, I submitted them doing a duet on "Same Ol' Blues" the other day and got redlit. Better than this by far. =P

Five Tails of Fury: Bah, I submitted them doing a duet on "Same Ol' Blues" the other day and got redlit. Better than this by far. =P

Badge is probably the best video of these two together, since they actually trade the lead back and forth.

headlever
Currently, I don't think Knopfler likes playing Sultans very much. For me it seemes forced every time I hear a new live version. Since that is the songs that most of the fans want to hear, I can see where he would feel obligated to play it, even though his heart is not much into it.

unfortunately THIS.

I saw him on tour two years ago, and he just sounded like he was tired of playing it. It was an average version, even the two solos didn't sound that great. [but people really cheered when he got to that speedy end part. lol. that was nice.]
the one really neat/nice thing about it was for that song, the band was stripped down to a four piece, just like the good old days. no keyboards [which were fine - if a tiny bit out of place - on the alchemy version] and certainly no sax.

I don't blame him for getting tired of playing it. It was the most popular song off their first album, so they had to play it at every tour since then, for 30 years.
Hell, he was probably tired of most of the debut album because they had to play it a lot on the first tour, but by the second tour they had more songs to pick from, etc. etc.
but then again MK liked to play new songs they were working on [often from the upcoming album at the time] on tour, which would've been pretty cool, and would've spiced things up.

I remember hearing/reading the [**paraphrased**] following in an interview a while ago... [in an 1984 interview on youtube and a magazine article from 1992.]
that he doesn't like to go back and listen to any of his records, but he mostly still likes playing the songs in concert, likes touring, but the best moment for him seems to be the actual writing of it. Once it's on the record and released, he doesn't really care about it as much anymore, because he would be then into writing something new.


/p.s. he didn't play "money for nothing" at that concert i went to... a few people in the crowd beside me were disappointed in that.

FDR Jones 2009-11-20 01:16:33 PM
Dire Straits has got to be one of the worst albums in my collection. Almost every single song on that album sucks.

Needless to say I never sought out much more Knopfler, but I do like "That's What It Is" and a few other songs from that album.

"people curse the government and shovel hard food down"

From Making Movies: 'Two men say they're Jesus; one of them must be wrong...'

douchebag/hater: From Making Movies: 'Two men say they're Jesus; one of them must be wrong...'

That's from "Industrial Disease" off Love Over Gold.

Five Tails of Fury: Bah, I submitted them doing a duet on "Same Ol' Blues" the other day and got redlit. Better than this by far. =P


it puts the lotion on the butthurt.

i think i saw john tesch on sax.

i love dire straits but i hate 'I want my MTV'. that sucked hairy monkey balls. 3 favs are Sultans, Romeo and Juliet and So Far Away.