I Can't Believe This Song Is 40 Years Old

Probably the greatest guitar song ever written ( well in my opinion anyway )

Written 41 years ago and recorded May 1978. Where as that time gone?

Just sit back and listen to the greatness that is " Sultans Of Swing " from Dire Straits.



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a reply to: alldaylong
I love this one by them also.

a reply to: alldaylong

When I first heard that song it was almost a religious experience and still is....thank you!

a reply to: alldaylong

That is a great version of a great song , seen the Alchemy video many times and it never fails to impress , the drummer is on another level.

a reply to: alldaylong

Can it really be THAT old!!!!?!?!???!!!!

YIKES!
I like that one....and Brothers in Arms as well.

The Dire Straights are amazing... back when they first came to some attention, I was a music snob and they were a form of rock I didn't usually like as much as the more dangerous underground sound, but ... wow.

All their stuff is fantastic and drips with talent ...both technical and artistic, but I love the "Making Movies" album most of all.

Anyway, yeah, 40 years... sucks, but at least we all got old, right? Many of us did not.

"Money for Nothing" is the only one I liked by Dire Straits. But once I learned about the "poke" at another artist , that is one of my favorites, I never cared for the group afterwards.
I was more into the Oz Man and Black Sabbath.

a reply to: alldaylong
Why not???? it is one of their best....What is 40 years of Great Music in a life time we try to live in....enjoy and live it!!!

originally posted by: Gothmog
"Money for Nuthin" is the only one I liked by Dire Straits. I was more into the Oz Man and Black Sabbath.

That was the first track I heard at college when in a bar. They had satellite TV (which my parents didn't have), so everyone watched MTV. There are other videos I remember watching and can't find. My "iPod" consisted of a little Saishio boombox which could fit inside a jacket pocket and could play tape cassettes.

a reply to: alldaylong

I had a feeling of what it was before I even read the Op.

Sultans is just jamin. Epic song.

ETA, it's aged like fine wine, or cheese....

Yeah great song.
Even better when you hear this guy play it.

a reply to: alldaylong

That ain't workin' that's the way you do it

That was a great ALBUM(or cassette). I was into Sabbath, Zepp, Deep Purple, etc, harder stuff but talent shines through musical tastes. 40 years. Damn.

originally posted by: intrepid
That was a great ALBUM(or cassette).

Don't lie, you had the 8 track.

I still remember the first time I came across a song from high school on the radio, jammed to it until the end, then heard the announcer tell me I was listening to the "oldies" station.

a reply to: incoserv

Yeah. Now I hear "oldies" and I was married at the time. Cripes. This is an oldie to me.

a reply to: alldaylong

Anything by them is great. I like Mark knopfler solo stuff too.

a reply to: intrepid

I played that song at work today. I work on a geriatric psychiatric unit.

Great song! I like it! Sometimes I don't think it is possible for the modern musicians to write such songs.

a reply to: alldaylong

One of the greats for sure.