Greetings from Argentina❤

Worked with some ex servicemen. Absolutely wonderful men. They did too!

Mark, du bist einfach nur geil

No hay razón ni patria que justifique dar la vida por ella. Sin embargo que pasa cuando ves que tus hermanos si lo hacen?

@@juanmanuelgrandabergese1572 Danke. Liebe Grüße in die Welt aus Thüringen.

not only the guitar

Grandissima performance!capolavoro assoluto...😊🤗😍😘🎶🎸🎶💘💓💔💯💋🌅

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It is terrifyingly beautiful indeed.

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Masterpiece

Best tune ever!!

Yes. And the voice of his guitar … 😭❤️

..and always will be

thanks so much for your sacrafice. Peace be with you

🤲

We're no longer on the two sides of the war so I wish you good health, Sir. [I'm Vietnamese.]

the thought of forgiveness (the enemy) is the only way to healing - it seems You have survived(?)

@@convit92 Many of my Brothers-in-Arms, and I, wish you well also. Trung úy 1967-68

Couldn't agree more my friend

It's definitely time for Sir. Mark Knopfler

Mark Knopler is the Shakespeare of our day Everyman has to die he sings and time stands still ‘ the mans to strong’ i say as I listen to brothers in arms live at the Albert hall at 5.00am in this gonna be thunderous day

Unfortunately he wrote the walk of life . .jeez that was shite by anyones standards.

@@mnhyti You write shite yourself. Fair comment!

Šo Man No War

Am. Not lost my frand in war sorry😢

cannot say but yes! referring to my own brief comment up here

Wow

Commiserations. May your father fly high, until you meet again.

@@mariahewitt9787 Thank you so much for your kind words, needed to hear them right about now 💗

You got me. Choked up. And I'm a dad. My little girl is in another country for 20 years now.. Oh well. RIP to your father and commiserations to you Jolene

Toutes mes condoléances, vos mots m'ont beaucoup ému... ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

I would also consider Santana to be another unique and expressive guitarist. He has recorded with a huge variety of musicians and styles.

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My vote is to Mark. Just love the way he played the guitar. Sultans of Swing just simply beats them all

You’ve got my vote on that bro just love there music

The two best guitarists of all time. Telegraph Road and Comfortably Numb back to back is heaven to me...

THE most important 🙏

Agreed.

Great tune but why is it important??

Not a genius.His guitar style is inspired by JJ.Cale.

@@frenchyman77 Every guitarist is influenced by someone. I was referring to the song, which in my opinion is better than anything written or performed by JJ Cale.

God rest his soul mate, brilliant song and a good choice. You did him proud with this one. Good man 🍻😎👍🏻

I want The Long Road from the Cal soundtrack CD to be played at my passing. I request it when I feel it's appropriate at friends funerals sometimes. Not often but a couple times I have. It's Top Shelf to be sure ! Check it out if you are not Familiar with it..... The entire CD is one of my Favorites ! Love Knopfler. May he live long.....

It is a classic, great choice, condolences to you.

should never give you the shivers.....only good memories, why else would you play it then?🙏

Extra class simply perfekt

Yep touch the long grass and remember.

Even a 41 men cry here too. You are not allone m8..... maybe different memories............ talk about it .... best regards from the netherlands

Me to well done

What... the at 71 he should be crippled!!! You’ll get there Son.

At 5:14 and many other places he also made that guitar cringe, your tripping if you think this was good guitar playing, Knopfler isn't even 10% the guitarist he was. I'm not hating, he's my favourite guitarist, but this is god awful.

@@rockywaters9592 I agree this isn’t his greatest performance but he’s 71 years old and it’s the way he plays with such raw emotion that makes it amazing to me

What a tune wish so many people understood what the lyrics mean 😢😢

@@paulmullen7417 Was it about the Falklands war?

@Sam Pizna my wife once said to me “ just be thankful that you are” …..so profound……

So true Leonardo but what a privilege to be brought up in an era of such great music

Being old now is a fair trade for being young during the greatest time for popular music.

...that's strange...me too...❤❤🇿🇦😭😭🙏

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In my opinion the only musical instrument that can talk and cry in the hands of a pro guitar player

After all, if the music doesn't move you in some way, on this strange 'walk of life' we are all on, then that really would be sad eh??!! Cheers all.

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Thank you for your service sir.

Thank you for your service sir!

Love you, brother

People like you are always in my heart god bless you ♥

Iam with you there , 18years with the UK army , feeling the pain every single day

Playing this song at the end of the lesson likely taught those students something they'll never forget. For that, I thank you.

Thanks 👍

Firstly, don’t take this as a rebuttal of how you and everyone (mostly) view the song. I come from a Quaker family and my grandfather was a conscientious objector on an ambulance train during WW1. His only regret? Not being a combatant in the war…. As Quakers we absorb the blame for not volunteering (and ignore) doesn’t matter it’s a conscious decision. The regret my grandfather had is different and challenging to reconcile with today’s narrative. Nonetheless, I still feel in a conscious, and probably subconscious way, that his view albeit without context has merit. In biblical terms turn the other other cheek until your fellow humans suffer disproportionately as a result.

Unfortunately the power brokers who create wars for geed and power will never listen to these songs.

@@dannybruce4142 That's the truth.

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I’ve seen proper tough arsed veterans cry over this song. Brave and honourable to a man as well. A privilege to have worked with them!

He was too hurt inside. God bless you and your siblings, we all have so many scares. Fortunately for us we can talk ...they were forbidden...God love us all

I feel your lose

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live on!, god bless ya bro!

So true

Totally agree I love this guy.

absolutely !

Bon courage de France

God bless him ❤

I’m so sorry💔

Very good analogy!!!! It is an inner WAR.

Understand what you're talking bout. I am on heroin since 40 years. Have the same feelings

Good one....lol. I had the Long Road played at mine. See ya in the future. Or the Pasture.....ha ! Be safe and watch your altitude !

@@donaldlyons537 I had Sinatras "I did it my Way" on mine. Perhaps the three of us could have a beer together discussing music as pretty much nothing else seems to matter by now ;-)

... a part of you will 💫

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I want the original played at mine. And they had better play the full album version, and not one of the shortened versions, like on ones on some of their greatest hits completions, or I'm going to come back to life and go after everyone's brains.

I agree

so we are two :-)

@@nbuehster and god says: we will take the full version.... over and out :-)

long live U .hahaha

Yup

@John J So true bro ,so true , awesome

Especially when Mark plays it

Hahaha 😅

That's true. An icon played by an icon.

Fantastic guitar 🎸 player I can listen to this song every day as its so brilliant 👏

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I agree! The best guitar player there has been in this world. Indeed. Because David Gilmore is not from this world. Both genius.

@@andrerogerioleandro Really!...Mark Knopfler said about Paco de Lucia "Al verle, he entendido que no se tocar la guitarra"...WTF...

@@andrerogerioleandro totally agree with you, I love them both, for different reasons, truly awesome….

Sort of says it all really.

Thank you for your service, too your Country.

Be at peace John Hughes.

@@chrisleonard5850 thank you Chris....

Thank you for your service.

One of the top 3 guitar players of all time.

It's the economy of movement that sets him apart, he can still put so much emotion into his playing with so little apparent effort. You see other guitarist try to play like this and their bends and vibrato send the guitar stock all over the place, his guitar barely moves (nor does his right hand). It is truly masterful.

Ever. One of the most outstanding musicians ever.

100%

Couldn't agree more, my friend! What a legend Mr. Knopfler is! Beautiful lyrics, so utterly timeless...

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😭😭😭😭

War- the most evil word in any language.....

@Leonidas 300 Pozdrav I tebi brate

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One of the greatest. Please listen to Gary Moore. RIP Gary Moore.

È il mio preferito vorrei tanto essere, 1/64di lui, ma c'è tanto da studiare,

I was there that night with my old man. Beautiful and haunting rendition by Knopfler. Legend .

@@mariahewitt9787 Loved Gary Moore but love Mark more, showing your age Maria. Always the people you grow up with mean the most i think. God bless.

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best

Absolutely yes!

Ohhhh yes

The best comment on here 👍

Not really

Stay strong, brother. Bug hug.

You and your family are in my prayers. God bless you from Patrick

Thank you for your service.

You and your family are now in my prayers. God bless you from Patrick

Yes I understand very well for having been there I lost my husband to this crap cancer ....., I am to Lille dans le Nord...

Underrated?? Mark Knopfler??

Thanks for all the love and support. I am blown away by the love from ya'll. I know these are hard times but with love and faith we shall all see the light again 🥰❤️❤️. Love you 🤗.

Not beautiful, poignant, for my mates forever young.

Thanks I appreciate,do you have email let's chat over there

The man is a master on the guitar

Hello Kathy how are you doing?

Lol

Thanks for all the love and support. I am blown away by the love from ya'll. I know these are hard times but with love and faith we shall all see the light again 🥰❤️❤️. Love you 🤗.

He.ll live forever with this classic ..all the best to you all

My cousin died yesterday and i find myself listening to this tonight. May your brother rest in peace.

@@adeyt205 and your cousin to. God bless you and yours. 🙏

@@carlocrolla7564 thank You

Wayne, so very sorry about your brother - what a beautiful song as a send off to play at his funeral. I lost my brother less than a month ago. He was the best friend I have ever known. I miss him. Somehow these poignant songs bring me comfort. Peace to you. -John

Вы совершенно правы! Я обожаю Марка! Он огромный талант!!!!!!

This ain't Rock 'n Roll. This is self indulgent crap. Puts me to sleep. Just wanted to see if he had learned a lesson. Seems he hasn't.

Work like this is up there with the classical great masters. Johann and Ludwig would have loved this. I think Dire Straits works will last just as well.

From an 82 yr old man. Just magic!!

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exactly, it touches one´´ s skin itself so softly ,

@@nickcarter1102 Blimey, he would be pleased. Mark Knopfler is 71 as of 12 August this year (2020).

Knöpfler?

I had the exact same thought brother, it would be fantastic to get this to no 1 , with the proceeds going to the displaced people of Ukraine, glory to Ukraine !

Война вна Украине которую заметили только сейчас началась восемь лет назад и начал её Турчинов. А продолжили Порошенко и Зеленский. И Россия её закончит.

Yeah it really hits you in yr feels...😢

The Russian and Ukrainians are "Brothers in Arms"....that's the point.

"War raging in Ukraine" - yep ethnic Russians have been killed in their thousands there for a long time. That's what you are referring to, I assume?

Agreed from here mate :)

DotarSojat most radio stations will play it on the day but it needs to be on 11.11.11

yesI so agree

check out the vid for the Falklands War with this, as upheld by Mark.

Parabéns te ouço desde 1978 .Grande banda , parabéns !

Raf 3561 this song and his playing has been with me for years especially since the bad days back in the 70s as a soldier in Northern Ireland where this was played at many funerals and still is for many veterans. I have been lucky enough to see some of the greatest players ever and only managed to see Mark once, but he is awesome. I missed seeing Stevie Ray Vaughn by a couple of weeks due to his demise and wont bore you with the others but this guy wow

@@peterdockerty8077 such things never bore me. Thanks for your reply - and service. 👍

My special regards to all for whom the music was created. Extra claps to the musician.

@@peterdockerty8077 I was lucky enough to see both Mark (with Dire Straits) and Stevie Ray on the same bill in 1985. It doesn't get a whole lot better than that.

Hi Raf3561, same for me; Even if I listened to the many versions of this song hundreds of times. Still so emotional. And live at the 2019 concert (Antverp/Belgium) was a timeless moment

I'm born in 1964, first i saw him in Frankfurt Germany in 1980, 16 years old, then 19... ans 20... and still unbelievable...Just like and love Himmel and will be there whereever their is a chance to

@@peterditscher9317 lucky I was born 1966 here in Australia. My dad got all the records before they were in the store because he had contacts in the music industry. Fell in love with Mark and the band before most people here had heard of them.

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Esatto the best

For me he just tops them because he plays fingerstyle and Im trying and its fkn hard 👍

May...??? No way.

Hes brilliant a legend hes on par with Clapton and hendrix it's brilliant to see

Well said stevie. Me too.

same here Bud love this track play it all the time its frickin awesome i grew up with Dire Straits im 52 now

Ditto

Wow amazingly put speaking same for a lot of us 👏

me also..

Respect from a old Belgium Paratrooper !!!

Oh yea..this was a theme when I was 8

I don't know anything about music, but this guy is stunning skills.

Very nice to see someone still comments on the basic things in few words for a huge amount of bitterness in our world today. Thank you for that.

@@evelyninman2442 for whites

I think you mean goose bumps but I know what you mean . I get a shiver every time I hear it

Hell yeah, every word bro...

Same!!

Listening at midnight. 03-01-21. Great music good luck to you all

I think I was 14 years and now 49. I feel you 🙏

I didnt realise that was what the song was to be, i just love it

Here we go….. stick your chest in

You are so right marcelo.... if only we all could just wise the fuck up !! One flag ... white with a dove of peace

@Sir John Bull Thanks!!. You will always be welcome and share a wine in Argentina, or an exquisite tea in England. Peace and blessings!!

@Sir John Bull that old chestnut

Имхо, этот речитатив лучше любого "пения".

He ain't gone yet!

No creo que el precisamente la escribiera para eso .Es un hombre tremendamente pacífico .

God bless you brother you made it home

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Only the best

Timeless sure!

Absolutely brilliant

I m really sorry for you. Mine passed some months ago. Still painful. Mike arkous

Oh dear i feel with you. Lost my Mom and know what it feels. Mark his Musik helps in hard times...

Snap...my dad's aswell...class song

My dad had this playing at his funeral

My father just passed too... but he was a cnt

Respect to you from Britain. My uncle was Kia 17th April 1943. (RAF Volunteer Reserve Lancaster W4317 of 61 Sqn)He was 22. My grandad was a preacher and someone told him he’d have trouble preaching of the love of God. Grandad replied, ‘“it wasn’t the love of God that killed my son, it was the folly of men” Again respect to you and all veterans.

Thank you. For this post. For your service. For your profound humanity. Perhaps, some day, more people will be like you, and this world will be a better place. Be well.

respect

I really agree with you. It's the same for me. God bless you and Dire Straits. Kindly regards from Germany

pity he is making so many mistakes and bum notes,no bad comment but a true one he WAS A GREAT GUITAR PLAYED BUT SADLY NOT NOW

@@kennyhallford830 unfortunately i agree

@@29031994290 i was not commenting to be cruel sad to see a good man down I cannot play a note and have no right to say anything but felt the need to express my voice being an underachiever human

perfect

Limey Turtle Cute way of saying you think he'll die soon

@@zacharysizemore5694 Not soon but be realistic and think how many decades Mark has left to live. We will all die and I'm so happy to still see him and hear him playing amazingly and of course hope that he will be with us many many years

As I sit here now learning "brothers" with my susuki acoustic...I would say..noone...no one..

Joe Bonamassa can still replace him

You are wrongly educated if you think so..

Take comfort in the knowledge your brother was a brave man and your hero. He will never be forgotten and always be proud of him. RIP.

Ich bin mit dir und deinen Bruder!Fühlt euch umarmt und geliebt!

I pity all those Argentine teenagers who were sent into battle or who died on the Belgrano which was a war crime. Sorry to hear your brother was involved in this shameful episode in British history. May he rest in peace. Best wishes . . . . .

Just take a moment to remember the true brothers of time...WOW...

I had left regular service when the Falklands was on. Two old colleagues of mine lost their lives there. I was in 4 Para TA at the time and felt for those guys.

Tell me about it, getting older sucks!

@@derekzufelt2886 We are only on this earth, for a short time.

So true .. The problem is that kids nowadays dont appreciate the emotion that went into this music. This was the song of my youth along with Sultans and of course Goodnight Saigon(I'm aware its a different artist but still a great tune). happy days

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Well said.

I'm the son of a WW2 Normandy Veteran Joseph Grace holder of the military medal for bravery 🇬🇧🇬🇧 Sadly killed on the coal face at Manton Colliery Worksop aged 37 year's ❤️

I disagree with handful. Let’s see. Gallagher. Hendrix. Page. Cale. Buchanan. Blackmore. Elliot Randall of steely Dan, Angus Young, and loads more that others will add. George Benson. Les Paul. Joe Walsh, plz it’s endless.

Yeah. But he's north-eastern.

@@deepsouth81 don't forget Gilmour, Vai.....and you are right, so many others!

Jim Hood on the CD credits go to EC, i think Eric Clapton played on the original. That "woman" tone.

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