Dire Straits - Sultans Of Swing (Alchemy Live)
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Published 2012-09-07
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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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All Comments (21)
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The drummer dude...man that guy was unconscious. Took it to another level
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Terry Williams one of the best drummers ever, so fast, so concise and the timing is always perfect.
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Love the way Mark gets the great sounds without a pick
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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!!
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The drummer is incredible. Unbelievable how he is banging the drums
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Love how Mark gives each member of the band their own 'space'.
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2:30 Even Mark was like "Damn Terry, your fucken rockin it!!!"
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I am 67 always loved the guitars and drums with these Dire Staits boys of the band
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Don't just listen to the guitars. Listen to the drums. Awesome.
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The drummer is phenomenal. Such talent!
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The drummer definitely understood the assignment 🎸🥁
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SURREAL!!!
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One of the most powerful songs ever. Ageless. Mark Knopfler's guitar solo is something not from earth. Thanks, from Brazil.
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Terry Williams, the drummer, was epic in this performance 👏 🙌 👌
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OMG! We were blessed to have such talent in our young lives.
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Musik Oscar für den Schlagzeuger🥁🥁🥁🥁
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I completely agree. The drummer is, like the rest of the band, something else.
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There’s not even anything to say... Just listen and cry... Dire Straits - geniuses
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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!!
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Knopfler's guitar is just an extension of his arm . Genius. The drummers timing is impeccable
