Dire Straits - Tunnel Of Love (Rockpop In Concert, 19th Dec 1980)

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  @cwmiller2006 · 3 years ago

  I have been a diehard DS/MK fan since I first heard Sultans in 78. I saw DS live in 85 and then in 91. Seen MK  live 5 times through the years. Tunnel of Love is by far my favorite DS song among many others.  Im not partial to any single rendition, but this one sounds raw and stripped down compared to the classic Alchemy version (my favorite). I love the lineup here with  Pick, John, Hal Lindes, and Alan Clark. May have been Pick's final year before he left the band. I read somewhere that MK doesn't play TOL because it was his Dad's favorite song and after he passed away, Mark says it's too hard for him to play. Luckily It forever lives on Youtube.

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• CA

  @CarinTibellAhlin · 1 year ago

  Mark Knopfler should be awarded a Grammy for his life time achievement in the service of music! 🎶🎸✍️ Come on now, it's long over due, don't you think?

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• SM

  @smallbugsy · 3 years ago

  If you have a first-class musician in front of you, then this becomes clear as soon as he takes a musical instrument in his hands.

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• IA

  @ianrobinson4435 · 3 years ago

  The days of concerts like this has gone. How luck i am to be old enough to have been able to enjoy without 1000’s of phones spoiling audience participation.

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• AL

  @alfson68 · 1 year ago

  Once upon a time there was music....once upon a time there was Dire Straits....once upon a time in the Mark Knopfler's west

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• DA

  @danking935 · 3 years ago

  Just maybe the greatest piece of music ever written.

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• FA

  @fabfore4 · 2 years ago

  One of the most beautiful songs ever written!! And the emotions in the guitar work are without equal

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• RO

  @ronniemckeown3916 · 2 years ago

  I was on the east London tube from Rotherhithe to Whitechapel and upon reaching the street a man down on he’s luck approached me . Son come here.  I stopped dead . Got 50p for a cup of tea for me . Yer here . Where you going work I said.  Grateful son here take this and he gave me an album that was tucked under he’s arm . No you keep it . I insist. When I got home I put it on the radiogram . I was hooked and been a faithful admirer of mark and he’s work since. I guess the man who was down on luck is long gone now but I am truly thankful to him for turning my life round .If you’re looking down old friend from heaven your life wasn’t in vain . And I thank you from the bottom of my heart

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• GR

  @Grethe-t7r · 3 years ago

  His strong personal expression with the guitar gives me an unforgettable experience.

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• NO

  @NOLAgenX · 3 years ago

  My favorite group of all time! I saw them in November of ‘82 at 15 years old. I am still blown away even after a lifetime of concerts with how mesmerized I was with Mark’s guitar playing for 2 and a half hours! What a magnificent collection of musicians as well.

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• GI

  @GibsonFender · 2 years ago

  That is the most beautiful guitar I have ever seen in my life.

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• CA

  @carinvanhummel8621 · 3 years ago

  The Master himself 🎸🔥there will never ever be another one playing the gitar like he does!! Legend❤️

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