Dire Straits - Romeo And Juliet (Official Music Video)

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  • čas přidán 6. 12. 2016
  • The Official Music Video for Romeo And Juliet. Taken from Dire Straits - Making Movies.
    Dire Straits - Live 1978-1992' is out now (UK/ROW). Out January 19th, 2024. (US). Order now: DireStraits.lnk.to/live78-92ID
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    Lyrics:
    a lovestruck romeo sings a streetsusss serenade
    laying everybody low with a lovesong that he made
    finds a convenient streetlight steps out of the shade
    says something like you and me babe how about it?
    juliet says hey it’s romeo you nearly gimme a heart attack
    he’s underneath the window she’s singing hey la my boyfriend’s back
    you shouldn’t come around here singing up at people like that
    anyway what you gonna do about it?
    juliet the dice were loaded from the start
    and i bet and you exploded in my heart
    and i forget i forget the movie song
    when you gonna realise it was just that the time was wrong juliet?
    come up on different streets they both were streets of shame
    both dirty both mean yes and the dream was just the same
    and i dreamed your dream for you and now your dream is real
    how can you look at me as if i was just another one of your deals?
    when you can fall for chains of silver you can fall for chains of gold
    you can fall for pretty strangers and the promises they hold
    you promised me everything you promised me thick and thin
    now you just says oh romeo yeah you know i used to have a scene with him
    juliet when we made love you used to cry
    you said i love you like the stars above i’ll love you till i die
    there’s a place for us you know the movie song
    when you gonna realise it was just that the time was wrong juliet?
    i can’t do the talk like they talk on tv
    and i can’t do a love song like the way it’s meant to be
    i can’t do everything but i’d do anything for you
    i can’t do anything except be in love with you
    and all i do is miss you and the way we used to be
    all i do is keep the beat and bad company
    all i do is kiss you through the bars of a rhyme
    julie i’d do the stars with you any time
    juliet when we made love you used to cry
    you said i love you like the stars above i’ll love you till i die
    and there’s a place for us you know the movie song
    when you gonna realise it was just that the time was wrong juliet?
    a lovestruck romeo sings a streetsuss serenade
    laying everybody low with a lovesong that he made
    finds a convenient streetlight steps out of the shade
    says something like you and me babe how about it?
    #DireStraits # RomeoAndJuliet #MakingMovies
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  • @Octocoupler
    @Octocoupler Před 2 lety +1780

    Sadly I've only two beers left tonight, I wish I had an endless supply so I could continue my aural enjoyment . Keep safe, enjoy life and love one another.

    • @JDAbelRN
      @JDAbelRN Před 2 lety +78

      Oh, yeah, a bitch when ya run outta a beers, and still wanna watch a bunch of great old classics...😭🤯😵‍💫😵

    • @JayckeobRLDavis
      @JayckeobRLDavis Před rokem +28

      Lyric’s to a song is a never ending beer/shot🥂

    • @shashankmongrel
      @shashankmongrel Před rokem +23

      Always another day

    • @victorwaddell6530
      @victorwaddell6530 Před rokem +59

      I have 30 + beers , two bottles of Evan Williams Peach Bourbon ,and three packs of menthol cigarillos . Wish you were here to share with me . I'm gonna listen to The Pogues now .

    • @davidharvey2526
      @davidharvey2526 Před rokem +34

      It's a beautiful song, I have a long lost Juliet.

  • @LNPChina
    @LNPChina Před 5 lety +3347

    This is the perfect song about longing. I listened to it in the back of my dad's car when I was a kid, longing to grow up and understand and feel how song described. As a young man, it described how I longed for the women that I loved and lost. And now I watch it and miss the young man I was, and what it felt like to be young, to be in love, and have my heart broken. It's so bittersweet - beautiful and sad, makes me nostalgic and also connected to each period of my life. It feels so personal, yet when I read all the comments here, I realise I'm just one of many that feels that way.

    • @barnabylee9763
      @barnabylee9763 Před 5 lety +34

      LNP China as a young guy going through my first love loss. This song is so perfect

    • @anirbanroy3071
      @anirbanroy3071 Před 5 lety +23

      Right in the feels...
      Even I feel the song....

    • @sm6993
      @sm6993 Před 5 lety +54

      love the way you put your words together

    • @ianeagle40nil
      @ianeagle40nil Před 4 lety +37

      Petra Europe very well said. Word for word my thoughts😌
      Such a beautiful song - a simple melody, interspersed with whimsical guitar licks,
      like little flights of fancy. The music light but the subject heavy.
      (I met my wife at 15 and had a weird thought that We’d end up together, but one of us was always in a relationship.
      It wasn’t until 23 that we were both free at the same time, and we married at 26.💟☮️

    • @garyhall4449
      @garyhall4449 Před 4 lety +40

      Same hear. Listened to this as a kid with my girlfriend. Now at 46 listening to it going through our divorce..

  • @guinneverehenderson2847
    @guinneverehenderson2847 Před 6 měsíci +1077

    This song holds more meaning for me than anyone could imagine. I was with my significant other for almost 30 years. We had separated, lived apart for a couple of years, still seeing each other almost everyday. By chance we ended up back together and it was so beautiful that we had a chance to fall in love all over again until after being 12 years in remission, he ended up with fatal brain cancer and was given not even 4 weeks to live. He graciously lived for over 5 more months and yet even being bed ridden and paralyzed on one side, my children and I were by his side. We all were blessed to have that time with him and he was so happy even considering the circumstances. He passed away and I was there for every moment including his last breath. There was a time long ago when he said to me... "You and me babe, how bout it? "... This song is so precious to me and I'll never forget those words. When this song appears in my feed, knowing I'm going to cry like a baby , I have no choice but to listen... Scott, you made my life complete. I miss you so much. Even though you've been gone for 2 and a half years already, it's fresh like it was yesterday. I'll forever hold our memories deep in my heart and remember your last breath you were still trying to say I love you even though you couldn't speak. I miss you so very much. Maybe one day we'll be together again. I'll forever be about you babe. Always and forever until we meet again my love... Thank you to whomever took the time to read this. Our love is forever and Romeo and juliet do truly exist. ♥️

    • @marziamariabarozzi4908
      @marziamariabarozzi4908 Před 6 měsíci +5

    • @pregoson
      @pregoson Před 6 měsíci +32

      Thank you for sharing such an amazing and deeply touching part of your life. Even though your story had an emotional impact on me, , it also echos how much I am in love with my better half, best friend, lover and wife. I am thankful every day for her choosing to share her life with me. I hope everyone who reads your story and my little reply, can take a moment to appreciate that someone is out there for all of us. If you found that someone, take a moment each day to let them know how much you care about them. Use any of the 5 love languages (yes it works) to convey your love. 💓 It makes a difference to them and makes you a better version of yourself, which also feels fantastic. 🤩
      Give it a try if you don't believe me and see what happens. 😉

    • @bigjumbo3606
      @bigjumbo3606 Před 6 měsíci +3

      ❤❤❤

    • @mcmaximon1
      @mcmaximon1 Před 6 měsíci +20

      He loved you like the stars above ,he loved you 'til he died. God Bless x

    • @DenMore1
      @DenMore1 Před 6 měsíci +5

      Same here, we agreed to stay apart till she finds the rest in her mind. I respect that. Stay strong and all the love to you!!!!

  • @martinmaher6086
    @martinmaher6086 Před 7 měsíci +172

    40 years ago and it has never lost its magic. Genius.

  • @Maatttttttttttt
    @Maatttttttttttt Před 3 lety +523

    "I can't do a love song, the way it's meant to be"
    Well that was a lie

  • @jmac6350
    @jmac6350 Před 2 lety +1539

    One of the most beautiful songs that will ever exist.

    • @namyarasree
      @namyarasree Před rokem +12

      From a beautiful story.....!!!!

    • @lunemagick2903
      @lunemagick2903 Před rokem +7

      Yes ♥🎶

    • @nugnug118
      @nugnug118 Před rokem +15

      @@lunemagick2903 can only be beaten by two other of his songs, telegraph road and my favourite tunnel of love, give them a listen if you haven't already.

    • @kathyraymelles.80
      @kathyraymelles.80 Před rokem +3

      So beautiful

    • @markfisher61
      @markfisher61 Před rokem +26

      Agree. It's a pity the video is so awful.

  • @Saprofane
    @Saprofane Před rokem +464

    If you don’t get goosebumps listening to this song then you are missing a soul

    • @user-lr4zd6zo6y
      @user-lr4zd6zo6y Před 10 měsíci

      У Моей Наташки должны быть, а так только я в гавно попадаю))))

    • @user-lr4zd6zo6y
      @user-lr4zd6zo6y Před 10 měsíci

      Не Мурашки, значит я Мужик)))

    • @jenklineclark9548
      @jenklineclark9548 Před 9 měsíci

      Ok,my daughter is officially missing a soul.

    • @user-bj2cl2ne5n
      @user-bj2cl2ne5n Před 7 měsíci +1

      Oh piss off, dude! Like srsly.

    • @Deontjie
      @Deontjie Před 3 měsíci

      Great song, stupid video.

  • @jomomma5281
    @jomomma5281 Před 3 měsíci +56

    I'm in my late 50's. I come to remember my real first love,we lived together for 6yrs. Separated,met yrs later, I was his last girlfriend 🥺 he passed from liver cancer. U never realise what we have & lost until it's way too late. See ya on the flip side Mick.😘

  • @T4Liam
    @T4Liam Před rokem +752

    The line "It was just that the time was wrong" gets me.
    So many of us must know that feeling of completely falling for someone, but not being able to do anything about it.

    • @squamish4244
      @squamish4244 Před rokem +56

      Yes, a lot of people here say it's about a failed relationship, but to me it's about one that never got started. As in my case.

    • @claudesaintpierre7352
      @claudesaintpierre7352 Před rokem +17

      The dices were loaded on the start

    • @bppmurphy
      @bppmurphy Před rokem +15

      Too relatable. Either the one we fall for are already in a relationship or they just don't love us the same we love them

    • @jenlarge9036
      @jenlarge9036 Před rokem +12

      I always and still do love the line'I cant do anything, but I would do anything for you" . Being in a bad relationship, it was my fantasy to find someone who actually cared enough about me to say that.

    • @Daimo83
      @Daimo83 Před rokem +5

      Or completely FAILING with someone, and not being able to do anything about it. You just have to make sure you're a better person for the next time.

  • @drama85007
    @drama85007 Před 2 lety +614

    One of the most gorgeous, sad, wistful songs about a failed relationship. EVER. Just perfect. I owe a lot of needed tears to this song.

    • @thetimemasheen1305
      @thetimemasheen1305 Před 2 lety +18

      Is that your interpretation too? I just had a breakup that I felt would be the one ... and the lyrics seem to point in that direction for me too. The most obvious part would be "just that the time was wrong" since she currently has so much in her life that she had no time for a relationship. The music video points in the direction of them moving on rather than getting back together though- what you think about the songs lyrics?

    • @normandean8486
      @normandean8486 Před rokem +10

      Me too, hope you've healed.

    • @claudesaintpierre7352
      @claudesaintpierre7352 Před rokem +3

      I like it and it's so ironic

    • @thartson
      @thartson Před rokem +1

      Yes!

    • @musiclover-ox7yy
      @musiclover-ox7yy Před rokem

      But at the same time it has beat that can pick you up

  • @sherylflennery5947
    @sherylflennery5947 Před 17 dny +7

    If you can fall for chains of silver you can fall for chains of gold. REMEMBER THIS.

  • @ibas3543
    @ibas3543 Před 4 měsíci +30

    The 80s: When music was at its peak...Long live the 80s...!

  • @wolverinethad
    @wolverinethad Před rokem +933

    Mark Knopfler is criminally underrated as a songwriter. This and Brothers In Arms are two standout songs that should be preserved in the Library of Congress.

    • @kathyraymelles.80
      @kathyraymelles.80 Před rokem +19

      He's my go to guitar player...the best

    • @jesstajames
      @jesstajames Před rokem +5

      👏👏👏👏

    • @nariosixpence8082
      @nariosixpence8082 Před rokem +8

      Your latest trick and why worry too

    • @nocoskull44
      @nocoskull44 Před rokem +10

      @@nariosixpence8082 the man's too strong !!!!

    • @tylsimys67
      @tylsimys67 Před rokem +16

      And, maybe, "Sultans Of Swing", "Expresso Love", "Private Investigations" and "Money For Nothing"...?

  • @daviddaniels4075
    @daviddaniels4075 Před 4 lety +236

    "All I do is kiss you through the bars of a rhyme " What a great line.

    • @A_A_J.
      @A_A_J. Před 3 lety +1

      Thank you! I never understood that line. I thought it was about rain.

    • @lalee9918
      @lalee9918 Před 3 lety +1

      My favorite one too but I also like I'd do the stars with you anytime

    • @garybamford1066
      @garybamford1066 Před 3 lety +11

      All I do is kiss you through the bars of Orion.

    • @ToffeenoseToffee
      @ToffeenoseToffee Před 3 lety +2

      Just said that to my mrs before I read your comment 👌👍

    • @pageturner6747
      @pageturner6747 Před 3 lety +1

      Ah shit, Im always singing Orion. He is singing about the stars the line before, so it made sense in my head. XD

  • @chiarastrologo228
    @chiarastrologo228 Před rokem +9

    3:19 “all I do is miss you and the way we used to be” so simple yet it’s when I cry harder

  • @rozatoldi5555
    @rozatoldi5555 Před měsícem +18

    Juliet says, "Hey, it's Romeo, you nearly gave me a heart attack" 💯♾🎶💘Always

  • @carlabrogan4825
    @carlabrogan4825 Před 5 lety +3644

    Hey did yall hear, Shakspeare is writing a play based on this song!!!

    • @mikkywhalan
      @mikkywhalan Před 5 lety +81

      Yeah
      Finally something new for once,

    • @brendandoocey7956
      @brendandoocey7956 Před 5 lety +8

      Carla Brogan
      K

    • @mikkywhalan
      @mikkywhalan Před 5 lety +5

      @@brendandoocey7956
      What's does K Mean?

    • @duffman18
      @duffman18 Před 4 lety +68

      @@mikkywhalan it'd slang for Ketamine, a recreational drug that's pretty fun. They must have been on some when they posted that

    • @jamesclifford9814
      @jamesclifford9814 Před 4 lety +61

      “Shall I compare thee to a summers day?” replaced by “you and me babe how about it?” 😂

  • @hafizhardhani5614
    @hafizhardhani5614 Před 4 lety +990

    It's been exactly 39 years since this was released, Still one of the best songs ever!

    • @Luca_Amodeo
      @Luca_Amodeo Před 4 lety +13

      It will be 40 in October... unbelievable.

    • @StevenStoddart
      @StevenStoddart Před 4 lety +10

      39 years ago?? Gawd... that makes me feel old 😊 Still, I do love this song... both lyric and score.. they combine to make something so loaded with a sense of longing...

    • @nineteenthly
      @nineteenthly Před 4 lety +4

      Exactly why I'm listening to it now.

    • @johnbecay6887
      @johnbecay6887 Před 4 lety +5

      one of the saddest, that's for sure

    • @russellmilam5686
      @russellmilam5686 Před 4 lety +2

      1st video I ever saw

  • @lorenzodatti2489
    @lorenzodatti2489 Před 8 měsíci +169

    i’m 17 and this song is just on another level compared to nowadays songs (and to older ones too), too good, too flipping good thank you dire straights for gifting us with this beautiful masterpiece that will forever be 100/100

    • @chriskavanagh4896
      @chriskavanagh4896 Před 5 měsíci +1

      You've got an old show

    • @lou-anhsinnassamy1854
      @lou-anhsinnassamy1854 Před 4 měsíci +3

      im 16 and i agree

    • @claytonrodriguesinacio6065
      @claytonrodriguesinacio6065 Před 4 měsíci

      Uma ótima musica romântica de direstrait

    • @keithm9337
      @keithm9337 Před 3 měsíci +4

      You will never know the magic of that era. We were bombarded with hits songs day after day by outstanding artists like this. So much in fact we got jaded and did not appreciate the time we were living in. When I go back and listen now the music we had, it is astonishing because nothing like that exists now. I am so grateful to have experienced that chunk of time that artists actually created beautiful music.

    • @barca44
      @barca44 Před 2 měsíci +1

      I'm 17 too and I totally agree

  • @andreamolnar5333
    @andreamolnar5333 Před 7 měsíci +32

    I grew up in Hungary, Central Europe, in the 90's that was post-communist, expecting a lot from America and itself at the end of the cold war. I grew up on this song blasting from my grandad's radio while I played football with my cousin in the yard, surrounded by the flowers my grandma planted. It was such a special time. We thought everything was possible and we only needed to reach for the sky. I'm living in the US now, but no feeling is as sweet as dreaming away in 90's Hungary, thinking that the world was my oyster.

    • @jenniferlaughlin47
      @jenniferlaughlin47 Před 28 dny

      Yes but dire straits are english

    • @andreamolnar5333
      @andreamolnar5333 Před 28 dny

      @@jenniferlaughlin47 Duuuuh.... I know. I'm reminiscing of the times I listened to Dire Straits in HU as a child. And now I live in the US for the moment. No correlation with DS beimg English or not :D

  • @abir5814
    @abir5814 Před 2 lety +538

    This line “Juliet, when we made love you used to cry
    You said, "I love you like the stars above, I'll love you 'til I die." It gives me the chills every time I hear it, cuz it’s just so fking beautiful, represents how crazily in love you can be with someone.
    The lyrics of this songs are just fucking beautiful!!

    • @ozymandias7940
      @ozymandias7940 Před 2 lety +22

      Yup and then it all turns to shit.... Been there so many times.

    • @julieknox1682
      @julieknox1682 Před rokem +4

      @@ozymandias7940 Yep. Going through the remnants of that now. This song kills me, but I love it. Kinda like love itself

    • @ozymandias7940
      @ozymandias7940 Před rokem +4

      @@julieknox1682 Hey, sorry to hear that. You're probably sick of hearing this, but it does get easier. Keep your chin up, soldier on, one day at a time. 🙂

    • @abbymckay3791
      @abbymckay3791 Před rokem +1

      I still feel the same x

    • @matrix26uk
      @matrix26uk Před rokem +4

      Then it turns out she's a liar!

  • @martymcfly3159
    @martymcfly3159 Před 4 lety +273

    Early 80s, beautiful years!! Simply life, happy life, beautiful music, beautiful movies, no smartphone and internet... TRUE EMOTIONS!!! TRUE LIFE!!! Regards from Italy

    • @WD-4T
      @WD-4T Před 3 lety +8

      You forgot about AIDS

    • @cfccfc7341
      @cfccfc7341 Před 3 lety +2

      🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿👏👍

    • @sergiydotsenko5368
      @sergiydotsenko5368 Před 3 lety

      So, please turn off CZcams Chanel and this perfect song. You don't need Enternet!

    • @squamish4244
      @squamish4244 Před 3 lety +4

      The secret isn't no smartphone or Internet. The secret is YOU WERE YOUNG.

    • @totalprocall6894
      @totalprocall6894 Před 3 lety +7

      @@squamish4244 The internet, despite its many helping ways, has detracted from the good stuff in life. Nothing now is appreciated as everything is availabel on tap...it encourages less creativity, more depression, poor attitudes, and general mental illness as evidenced by 95% of twitter. In the older days you were friends with people around you, you were limited in what you heard so would obsess over songs like this for montsh and years on vynl or cassette. I could go on...its certainly not just about being young.

  • @stephaniedawson380
    @stephaniedawson380 Před rokem +92

    When I was a kid, my father played this song in the car all the time. He died 5 years ago, it just makes me think of my childhood and life before it all got too complicated

  • @derkeheath5172
    @derkeheath5172 Před 16 dny +3

    This band's early material deserves so much more love than it gets. It sounds very contemporary - it could easily be a song by The KIllers or any number of similar bands.
    One of the few songs out there that can bring tears to my eyes every time I listen to it for the first time in a while.

  • @asham76
    @asham76 Před 3 lety +42

    Here for my Dad
    R I P Roger
    ❤️❤️❤️

  • @kellie7512
    @kellie7512 Před 4 lety +185

    Who else thinks the line " I'll do the stars with you ,anytime yet " is just so beautiful , gee words are so powerful and some bands seem to get it right ,dire straights did xx

  • @ivyfenix
    @ivyfenix Před měsícem +18

    Some loves are never forgotten because of this song. It was just that the time was wrong : Oh Juliet.

  • @jonathankillian3503
    @jonathankillian3503 Před 4 měsíci +8

    Making Movies
    The album
    Is timeless.
    Great Song

  • @CTurner64
    @CTurner64 Před 4 lety +205

    one of my favourite songs. But my god this is the most literal video ever. It's like the director literally interpreted every word of the song on a low budget.

    • @chesterdonnelly1212
      @chesterdonnelly1212 Před 4 lety +8

      Yes literal. I've never seen another video like it.

    • @kellysmart5774
      @kellysmart5774 Před 4 lety +4

      I agree love the song it’s older than me, I also remember my dad playing it when I was little. The video clip is a too literal though, it is such a good song a bit of mystery in the film clip would of made a whole lot better

    • @3madppl
      @3madppl Před 2 lety +3

      Exactly my thoughts. Almost like Bollywood haha. What a song though.

    • @besbin7
      @besbin7 Před 2 lety +4

      I absolutely love this video actually

    • @pauls6320
      @pauls6320 Před 2 lety

      Yeah, I know. Pity. Imagine the vide they COULD have made!

  • @MarwanMovies
    @MarwanMovies Před 4 lety +426

    Anyone Here Enjoyng Mark Knopfler Masterpieces during The Covid-2019 ?

    • @sheilam.santos6639
      @sheilam.santos6639 Před 4 lety +3

      The best guitar.

    • @siddhantsankar6730
      @siddhantsankar6730 Před 4 lety +3

      Regardless he couldn't write a love song as stated in the lyrics, this inversion keeps us up at nights.

    • @paulmurphy5547
      @paulmurphy5547 Před 4 lety +2

      This album brings back great memories, I didn’t really like the direction they took after this but yeah Making Movies was a great album

    • @kathleenohora6517
      @kathleenohora6517 Před 4 lety +7

      Every time I hear this song the world stops spinning and I feel such love, amazing perfection💕💕💕💕💕

    • @007JHS
      @007JHS Před 4 lety +1

      Totally!

  • @mattm4570
    @mattm4570 Před 7 měsíci +7

    Great song makes you feel either great or depressed but that’s probably what it’s meant to do. Matt from Australia 🇦🇺

  • @benjaminmarshall-camm5595
    @benjaminmarshall-camm5595 Před 10 měsíci +10

    The perfect story of a long lost love, with the justification of failure being 'it was just that time was wrong'. There is a place for 'us', I truly hope.

  • @sandystephens120
    @sandystephens120 Před rokem +308

    I learned to play this when my wife passed away and it still breaks my heart listening to it but it is a great song perhaps the greatest love song ever x

    • @hertenbergershenanigans
      @hertenbergershenanigans Před rokem +11

      The old saying… “it is better to have loved and lost…
      I believe this is true. I believe that we can know love is real and everlasting because we have both received and given it.
      I am sorry for that loss. I think that we disdain death so much because we know it does not belong.
      To be born again, we must die.
      When faced with the prospect, let us all walk, or run, to Love, Life, and Light, so that we may see each other again.

    • @anthonycouldlewissimmons
      @anthonycouldlewissimmons Před rokem +3

      Just keep Safe whith love TONY SIMMONS i London north l last my mum and dad LAST year dad in April and in December 2 weeks b FOR xama 93 years old

    • @jmoriarty8000
      @jmoriarty8000 Před rokem +1

      It’s definitely up there for me. My favourite is Thank you- Zeppelin

    • @jacquelinefortune8621
      @jacquelinefortune8621 Před rokem +3

      I'm so sorry for your loss. Agreed, it's the greatest love song ever x

    • @brandymcevoy2481
      @brandymcevoy2481 Před rokem +2

      I actually refer to this as the greatest love song ever written, always. Sorry about your wife.

  • @rheino
    @rheino Před 3 lety +43

    I’ve been walking wrong all these years

  • @user-so3mi1cf4b
    @user-so3mi1cf4b Před měsícem +18

    I am 48 now and I have loved this song all my life. A truly beautiful voice ❤❤❤

    • @theamerican8337
      @theamerican8337 Před 23 hodinami

      49 here and I feel the same way...I am sure we aint the only ones but this is me and my beautiful wifes song lol. 30 years married now

  • @saminkarki232
    @saminkarki232 Před 6 lety +540

    You can fall for chains of silver,
    You can fall for chains of gold,
    You can fall for pretty strangers,
    And the promises they hold..............

    • @bimarshakalikote807
      @bimarshakalikote807 Před 5 lety +2

      Nepali ko comment dekhda ramro lagyo.

    • @stevemills4662
      @stevemills4662 Před 5 lety +19

      You exploded in my heart

    • @marktaylor3809
      @marktaylor3809 Před 5 lety +6

      There is always someone who types the lyrics, why do this, we all know this song mate.

    • @scotsman8552
      @scotsman8552 Před 5 lety +31

      @@marktaylor3809 shut up ya hotdog

    • @marktaylor3809
      @marktaylor3809 Před 5 lety

      lol i love yummy hotdogs with onions and tomato sauce mmmm.

  • @raycornford283
    @raycornford283 Před rokem +17

    'All I do is kiss you, through the bars of a rhyme' - one of my all-time favourite lyric lines

  • @blackcorp0001
    @blackcorp0001 Před 3 měsíci +8

    One of the greatest guitar bands ever

  • @jupitersailing
    @jupitersailing Před rokem +52

    This song is so clever and beautiful, how on earth does the human mind devise something so incredibly wonderful?

    • @knojohn8787
      @knojohn8787 Před rokem +2

      I think the most wonderful thing is to think about that while listening to this songs . It's the situations that people face and try to deal with . I just can't live without music anymore

    • @rakino4418
      @rakino4418 Před 5 měsíci +1

      Its up there with Shelter from the Storm and Tangled Up in Blue by Bob Dylan for storytelling

    • @jupitersailing
      @jupitersailing Před 5 měsíci

      @@knojohn8787 Nope, you are right. Music is fundamental to the existence for some of us, and with modern technology there is no reason why you shouldn't be enjoying it for hours every day. It turns a bus journey or commute into a pleasure. For postmen and similar jobs there is music all day, and for anyone whose jobs were once solitary and boring there is now a huge world of your favourite music and the opportunity to get into music you may have thought was not to your taste. With so much time to listen, we can try anything. For those of us who've been enjoying music for 60 or 70 years we are now so lucky that we don't have to turn on a hifi and select a record; instead we can simply pop on the headphones, select one of thousands of albums and away we go, and the quality of sound can be extraordinarily good, in some cases to match the best hi-fi systems available.
      I really love your statement: 'I just can't live without music any more'. To people like us, life without music would be empty and colourless.

    • @keithm9337
      @keithm9337 Před 4 měsíci

      I have wondered that myself. These people are gifted, no question about it. There is somthing special in their brain that allows them to come up with the wonder which is these beautiful songs.
      I have played guitar for 50 years, and all the time I have spent, I could never come up with something like this. They are very special, gifted people that allows something like this to happen.

    • @chrisnotaro1525
      @chrisnotaro1525 Před 4 měsíci

      Simply, through their personal experiences. Creative people tend to be more sensitive, so when love is lost, it affects them deeply.

  • @badzioch64
    @badzioch64 Před rokem +261

    One of my favourite songs for 40 years. Gets better and better. I miss Dire Straits

  • @sledge2742
    @sledge2742 Před 3 lety +15

    prettier women, better dancing, MUCH better music.... damn i wish i grew up in this era

  • @warrenweidmann563
    @warrenweidmann563 Před 10 měsíci +9

    I've always thought that the closing guitar solo's call and response notes starting at 4:53 were a depiction of the two star-crossed lovers and the wonders of their shared young love, but these hypnotizing notes and their echoes rather portray an entitled Juliet's slow, and unsympathetic stroll down the road of fame, and away from poor Romeo, forever...

  • @2010dame
    @2010dame Před rokem +58

    released 43 years ago and still sounds amazing now as it did back then

  • @mattcameron9349
    @mattcameron9349 Před 4 lety +26

    There’s something slightly magical about the fade out on this song. I’m 44 years old, but whenever I watch this now, by the time the song is fading out I am right back to being that 12 year old boy in the mid-80’s, watching it with the lights off in my bedroom on my small portable television, playing from a beat up old VHS player clunking away a pirated copy I recorded from VH1, and with my old CB radio crackling away from under my bunk-bed.
    It’s like a time-machine, yet timeless in itself.

  • @full2763
    @full2763 Před 2 lety +9

    R.I.P Music Video Director Lester Bookbinder (1929 - 2017)

  • @alinskyrocks784
    @alinskyrocks784 Před 7 měsíci +49

    I listened to this when I thought our marriage was failing and it strangely brought me peace. 20 years on (and still happily married) it still does!

    • @cabeast2233
      @cabeast2233 Před 7 měsíci

      W

    • @mjchecksfield914
      @mjchecksfield914 Před 5 měsíci +2

      Yeah, when you get to twenty years, the cracks start showing! I still hanging on now year 30 thanks to great music like this which holds me together when the pain gets too much wondering where the love went!

  • @lizxu322
    @lizxu322 Před 9 měsíci +5

    This song fucks me up every single time

  • @21hazza
    @21hazza Před 4 lety +181

    This song is an emotional journey and the line " I can't do anything except be in love with you" gets me every time. ❤️

    • @jamesclukey7488
      @jamesclukey7488 Před 2 lety +7

      " I love you like the stars above, I'll love you till I die ," or, " what happened to thick or thin ?" Loss of love, broken vows, betrayal. It's all there.

    • @donnacsrpenter7226
      @donnacsrpenter7226 Před 2 lety +1

      My favorite song luv Dire Stairs n got to meet the band it was fucking awesome!!!!

    • @MrsSlocombesPuddyCat
      @MrsSlocombesPuddyCat Před 10 měsíci

      Creepy stalker territory ❤

    • @rakino4418
      @rakino4418 Před 5 měsíci +1

      Its just raw honesty. Its the whole song condensed into a single line.

    • @chrisnotaro1525
      @chrisnotaro1525 Před 4 měsíci +1

      If you think it's "creeper stalker territory" you will never experience the beauty of true, and real love,therefore Your life will never be full, but empty.

  • @5150show
    @5150show Před rokem +76

    I was broken hearted as a young man cos the girl I loved ditched me for another dude , this song made the pain hurt more . When I hear this song 35 years later , I still think of her.

  • @bronsonhilliard6841
    @bronsonhilliard6841 Před rokem +22

    Flawless. The best pop love song of the past 40-plus years.

  • @oiabuni
    @oiabuni Před 6 měsíci +17

    Mark Knopfler is the best of the best and this song is simple and special!

  • @user-vi3cf6dm6c
    @user-vi3cf6dm6c Před 4 měsíci +7

    Love this song so much. This video on the other hand... WTF???

    • @nevermindthe
      @nevermindthe Před měsícem +1

      The silver chain, the tear....the 80s mixture of surreal & very literal. So weird!

  • @a-aron3257
    @a-aron3257 Před 4 lety +166

    After filming this video the director shouted “your move Spielberg”

  • @jazgreen1009
    @jazgreen1009 Před 3 lety +195

    One of the most beautiful songs ever! And if you disagree - What ya gonna do about it?!

  • @user-ck8cx1un4k
    @user-ck8cx1un4k Před 9 měsíci +41

    I’m 13 and ever since I was a kid, I’ve loved the songs my dad played for me, he is playing this one now, appreciate your loved ones, they won’t be there forever, and we are lucky to have any at all 💗

    • @xota-prebs4593
      @xota-prebs4593 Před 9 měsíci

      🤣🤣🤣🤣

    • @paraloidb72
      @paraloidb72 Před 8 měsíci +1

      Very wise comment. Love your Dad he won't be there forever, though his love will be

  • @danielezuccon4285
    @danielezuccon4285 Před 10 měsíci +13

    Sono passati 40 anni e questa canzone dovrebbe essere dichiarata Patrimonio dell'umanità.. 🎉

    • @STEFANO98504
      @STEFANO98504 Před 20 dny

      Fantastica!!!! Anni 80 unici!!!! Abbiamo vissuto momenti indimenticabili..... Non ci servivano i telefonini di oggi per divertirci. L-"emozione di aspettare una telefonata al telefono fisso non aveva eguali!!!! TI AMO BETTY E TU AMI ME LO SO!!!!!!

  • @1sttvbn
    @1sttvbn Před rokem +37

    That closing guitar solo at 4:50 is so damn melodic. Doesn’t hurt that the babe can really break it down too…

  • @billy9361
    @billy9361 Před 4 lety +114

    Why are the rest of dire straits members so underappreciated, the bass in Sultans of Swing, the keyboards in the song Brothers in arms, the drums in this song and tunnel of love are all brilliant.

    • @mrgilbe1
      @mrgilbe1 Před 3 lety +10

      Fun fact: many of bruce springsteen's E street band were playing on the tunnel of love album, including this song.

    • @stevestefanick9886
      @stevestefanick9886 Před 2 lety +1

      @@mrgilbe1 You mean the Making Movies Album?

    • @blbeats5789
      @blbeats5789 Před 2 lety +4

      @@stevestefanick9886 Yes he does, the keyboard player from the E street band, Roy Bittan, played on Romeo & Juliet and Tunnel of Love etc.

    • @SjorLovre
      @SjorLovre Před rokem +1

      the drummer in sultans of swing (alchemy live) is the most amazing ive ever heard

    • @amalaletajohnson8745
      @amalaletajohnson8745 Před rokem

      because most people dont even want to analyse the components of the music, if it sounds good, thats enough. Roses smell nice no-one cares about the protein structure of the chemical compound that makes the smell. Getting in too deep in the analysis often obstructs your appreciation of it.

  • @taylorboyle2960
    @taylorboyle2960 Před 5 měsíci +15

    I’m 15 and it’s 12am on a Friday night, this song just plays in my head on repeat 24/7 and always will be

  • @david8_0
    @david8_0 Před 6 měsíci +13

    I was born in 1979, I remember my Dad playing these in the car. Marvellous ❤

  • @annadudek9941
    @annadudek9941 Před 3 lety +78

    “Can’t do anything except be in love with you”, masterpiece, nothing to add but said everything. Just beautiful 🤩

  • @tomwoods8255
    @tomwoods8255 Před 2 lety +25

    Shakespeare liked this song so much that he traveled back in time and wrote a story about it, mad respect

  • @eyevolutionsmithljw
    @eyevolutionsmithljw Před rokem +12

    This song is the anthem of my school sweet heart break up and aftermath. Such sweet memories and regrets. I've lived a whole life after that... This song is like a time machine and all I will say is I still yearn for her. Just don't tell anyone

  • @aliceflanagan3672
    @aliceflanagan3672 Před 6 měsíci +2

    Knopfler gets into your soul and rummages around.

  • @janicedick2449
    @janicedick2449 Před 3 lety +373

    My sister loved this song 😞. But couldn’t play it at her funeral she passed away at 27 with a heart attack ❤️❤️❤️

    • @ramzialawadhi2055
      @ramzialawadhi2055 Před 3 lety +18

      Rip ur sis

    • @Gromnomicon
      @Gromnomicon Před 3 lety +21

      my condolences ❤️ your sister had beautiful taste in music

    • @ToffeenoseToffee
      @ToffeenoseToffee Před 3 lety +17

      So sorry for your loss Janice . She knows you miss her 🙌🙌🙌🙌

    • @krampus5068
      @krampus5068 Před 3 lety +15

      We played it at my fathers funeral since it was his favourite song too. I’m sorry for your loss

    • @kuhmuh4610
      @kuhmuh4610 Před 3 lety +13

      I am really sorry for your loss

  • @KatKrueger
    @KatKrueger Před 2 lety +177

    Two hours into 2022 and I’m crying at beauty and hope that this song brings.
    ✌🏻💜

    • @javierolaya6785
      @javierolaya6785 Před 2 lety +3

      The hope never die

    • @joycecandido6317
      @joycecandido6317 Před 2 lety +7

      I agree after decades , so riveting, and after 53 years apart I'm now with the first love of my life , you can't make this stuff up ❤️ love you til I die. .....

    • @jxchamb
      @jxchamb Před 2 lety +7

      Mark's vocals are so gorgeous. So much emotion in this song.

    • @3isammartil478
      @3isammartil478 Před 2 lety

      Mejores tiempos de oro

    • @GenericAccountVLR
      @GenericAccountVLR Před 2 lety +2

      @@jxchamb And the guitar solo at the end. Devastating.

  • @JohnJoannou-xq5rq
    @JohnJoannou-xq5rq Před 9 měsíci +27

    One of the best rock bands of the modern era!

  • @mand9330
    @mand9330 Před 5 měsíci +5

    I was born in 1979 and my Dad was a huge Dire Straits fan.
    Mark Knopfler will always be a legend in our house ❤

    • @lukew7343
      @lukew7343 Před 4 měsíci +1

      I was also born in 79 and my dad also was a huge Dire Straits fan. Listening to this music really brings back memories of my childhood.

  • @bernardkatic6165
    @bernardkatic6165 Před 2 lety +97

    After so many years, still absolutely the best love song ever....

    • @jackgammon4084
      @jackgammon4084 Před 2 lety +3

      " You said 'I love you like the stars above, I'll love you 'til I die' "

  • @vaderfett3229
    @vaderfett3229 Před rokem +30

    "I can't do everything but I'll do anything for you
    I can't do anything except be in love with you" THIS... these words are what it means to love a woman with every ounce of your being. This isn't a song - it's a beautiful poem.

  • @robertbroadbent3038
    @robertbroadbent3038 Před 5 dny

    Dire Straits were perfect in a perfect time.

  • @f1refall
    @f1refall Před rokem +5

    wonderful song, horribly video to accompany it. Think slightly less literal, when the story is that vivid

  • @lynnea.9887
    @lynnea.9887 Před 3 lety +6

    Ricky. If you’re still listening.....
    How about it Babe?
    Miss you everyday. Even now ❤️
    Lucy

  • @allthatis8327
    @allthatis8327 Před 5 lety +361

    Absolute classic. 2019 anyone?

  • @vickytoriat295
    @vickytoriat295 Před 7 měsíci +3

    My dad loved Dire Straits. Same birthday as Mr. Knopfler. Miss you dad 😢 every day ❤

  • @AsInLifeSoInMusic
    @AsInLifeSoInMusic Před 9 měsíci +5

    We use to share our thoughts, influenced by discovering and listening to great songs like this.
    Now, everyone shares thoughts influenced by what social media tells them to listen to.

  • @mojokid5
    @mojokid5 Před 5 lety +30

    “If ever there was a tale of woe, it was of Juliet and her Romeo.” - Simon Skinner

    • @AndyCigars
      @AndyCigars Před 4 lety +4

      Yarp.

    • @E6hosting
      @E6hosting Před 3 lety +1

      "Sergeant Angle to the managers office, managers office sergeant Angel"

    • @ondstzofny
      @ondstzofny Před 3 lety

      "You never watched Bad Boys 2?!?!"

  • @peterisnardi1197
    @peterisnardi1197 Před 3 lety +9

    Given enough time, even regrets become beautiful...

  • @punkeasy
    @punkeasy Před rokem +2

    Legend has it; those actors are still walking like that today.

  • @etherdog
    @etherdog Před rokem +6

    Gotta do another vid--this is a nightmare.

  • @maryashworth2963
    @maryashworth2963 Před 2 lety +164

    Knopfler at his understated best. A true gem of a song. Magical !

  • @TheChaoslord66
    @TheChaoslord66 Před 4 lety +180

    This song is a wonderful piece of art, the lyrics are so powerful and mean so much, Mark is a master of melody and is a bloody genius on the guitar.

    • @abir5814
      @abir5814 Před 2 lety +1

      You forgot about the lyrics!!! He is a frikking godd!

  • @nycytc8055
    @nycytc8055 Před rokem +2

    For never was there a story of more woe. Than this of Juliet and her Romeo...

  • @johngrant2502
    @johngrant2502 Před 9 dny +1

    Thanks for sharing your genius with the world Mr. Knopfler. Your music will live on for thousands of years.

  • @irishfairy492
    @irishfairy492 Před 4 lety +65

    15 years later and this still gets me in the heart. I wish the time had not been wrong... 😭

    • @sotwoodz2714
      @sotwoodz2714 Před rokem +3

      You promised me everything, you promised me thick and thin. Now you just say "oh yeah Romeo, I used to have a scene with him".

  • @emmakeeshan836
    @emmakeeshan836 Před rokem +89

    This band will always give me good memories for my dad who passed.. I will always listen to these songs and remember you dad.. your were a one off.. love ❤️ you. Big man ❤❤❤

    • @mikeknox859
      @mikeknox859 Před rokem +1

      I regret losing the woman Iove. This song makes my heartache. Listen to it every night sighhh

    • @alcinha78
      @alcinha78 Před rokem +1

      @@mikeknox859 all good to you, happy new year!

    • @zoelawrence3912
      @zoelawrence3912 Před rokem +1

      I feel you 💔

  • @corriedebeer799
    @corriedebeer799 Před rokem +3

    This is the best love song ever made.

  • @ChristineZietsman
    @ChristineZietsman Před 7 měsíci +7

    An unforgettable classic... Those were the days

  • @demo9299
    @demo9299 Před 3 lety +10

    I love how they used this song on Hot Fuzz movie

  • @MsZachattack333
    @MsZachattack333 Před 3 lety +43

    I had a guy play this song as he was breaking up with me when I was 17 - little did I know he was sleeping with his best mates missus....I was heartbroken...ended up in hospital after a suicide attempt...My 46 year old self would like to go back in time and throat punch the waste of space x I love the song though x

    • @donnacsrpenter7226
      @donnacsrpenter7226 Před 2 lety +2

      Hunny KARMA will get his ass without a doubt.Just watch her go!!! Ms.M

    • @ilovecola7767
      @ilovecola7767 Před 2 lety

      Throat punch because two animals want to root? That's right I can tell my kind from a CZcams comment away, and you got issues sweetheart! Imagine actually careing about something so menial and boring as to try and do that over something that should have been so inconsequential.

  • @andreasfrom6837
    @andreasfrom6837 Před 7 měsíci +2

    This video is AI before AI! Great song!

  • @hellotelephone1
    @hellotelephone1 Před 3 měsíci +2

    hats off to the designers of this music video.

  • @allDGoodNamesRtaken
    @allDGoodNamesRtaken Před 3 lety +776

    One time, just on a whim, I took my wife's hand (maybe it was before we were even married), and said, "You and me babe, how about it?"
    This became, forever, my song for her.
    She left the planet eleven years ago. (Childhood illness finally caught up with her.) I'm even happily re-married, to a childhood crush. But today, with my wife out of the house, I listened to his and had a good cry.
    Happiness doesn't relieve pain. It just counterbalances it.

    • @michaelreid322
      @michaelreid322 Před 3 lety +33

      Beautifully put.

    • @adan7420
      @adan7420 Před 3 lety +14

      Oh. Sorry for your loss.

    • @featuredcats3390
      @featuredcats3390 Před 3 lety +36

      Sounds like you're a lucky man to have had two amazing women in your life from the 80's. This kinda sums up my own experience with a first love from the 80's too. To have loved and lost is both sweet and painful.

    • @chrisgaulding4820
      @chrisgaulding4820 Před 3 lety +17

      This made me tear up!!

    • @dunjazgonc4457
      @dunjazgonc4457 Před 3 lety +5

      stay strong

  • @michaelt.wardlespider2496

    Great guitarist. Great songwriter. Great storyteller.

  • @s.jackson1960
    @s.jackson1960 Před 3 měsíci +3

    Oh the past, the look to the past more and more. My time was then, the greatest music, times and love. The future uncertain, outlook questionable. Lets turn this ride around and head back to everything that was great. Wish i could live the rest of my life in reverse. A much better outlook.

  • @WolfLikeMyself
    @WolfLikeMyself Před 10 měsíci +1

    "The dice was loaded from the start... and I bet... then you exploded into my heart." That's some of the most romantic shit ever.

  • @cynthialangley7338
    @cynthialangley7338 Před rokem +25

    This song is the most beautiful expression about true love, which is eternal. 🌹

  • @johnsurrey7426
    @johnsurrey7426 Před 3 lety +12

    The song is actually about Mark Knopfler’s brief romance with Holly Vincent. During an interview about it, she said about Mark Knopler ‘I used to have a scene with him’. So that went into the song.

  • @kerstenweltlich9999
    @kerstenweltlich9999 Před rokem +3

    Wahnsinnsnummer ❤

  • @markfewings8614
    @markfewings8614 Před 5 měsíci +3

    this and tunnel of love .. standout