Mark Knopfler performing 'Money for Nothing'.
Think about a man who has a guitar player for this song named Eric Clapton. Knopfler also sings along with Sting who performs back-vocals.
Now, you think about a man who has a drummer on his back named Phil Collins.
What a team,…
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The moment when Eddie Murphy was working for him in an award ceremony.
He requests him to fix the microphone because he needs to speak.
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I can't believe this was recorded 66 years ago.
Johnny B. Goode performed by Elvis but it was released by Chuck Berry in 1958.
What a song, what a performance!
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Heart band members talking about Stairway to Heaven that they performed for honouring Led Zeppelin.
They specifically mention the tears of Robert Plant at that night.
Ann Wilson saying that his eyes were full of tears because of a bunch of reason.
Dire Straits performing "Money for Nothing" live at Knebworth.
Money for Nothing was released in 1985 within Dire Straits' album "Brothers in Arms" and the song became a hit of the album.
In this live version, Eric Clapton also plays along with Mark Knopfler.
Amazing…
Dire Straits performing 'Money For Nothing' live at Basel, Switzerland, in 1992.
Basel Concert of Dire Straits is seen as one of the best live shows of the band. The tracks that they played in this concert are most loved ones, fans even compare this version to the album…
On this day, in 2024, Pearl Jam released their 12th studio album, Dark Matter. The album consists of 11 songs.
What's your favourite song from this newest release of Pearl Jam?
I'll start:
My pick is the 9th track, Something Special.
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It's been 7 years since we lost the legendary vocalist Chris Cornell. He was the vocalist for Audioslave, Soundgarden, and Temple of The Dog during his music career
He inspired so many musicians for their dreams and contributed a lot to rock music. In memory of Chris Cornell,…
Mark Knopfler of Dire Straits talking about the band's greatest hits of all time, Sultans of Swing, on his meeting with AC/DC's Brian Johnson.
Knopfler tells the story of how he came up with the lyrics. He specifically mentions the day that he started to write Sultans of Swing.…
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A street musician performing for two legends of Rock and Roll.
AC/DC's Brian Johnson and Dire Straits' Mark Knopfler listening to a guitar player on the street and the guy plays two amazing solo from both bands.
What a moment for him, what a moment!
🎸Neil Young teaching a fan whom he came across on the road Cinnamon Girl with fan's acoustic guitar.
👉🏽He also tunes the guitar and plays a bit to show Cinnamon Girl.
🗣️Do you think that guy who owns the guitar retuned the strings ever?
Led Zeppelin members listening to a whole orchestra singing and playing Stairway to Heaven live at Kennedy Center Honors in 2012.
You can realise that Robert Plant's eyes were full of tears when he was listening the masterpiece they created.
Such an emotional moment it must be.
Eric Clapton performing Layla live onstage along with Mark Knopfler who takes the role for back up parts in the song.
While Clapton performing the song as the lead guitarist and vocalist, Knopfler plays the little riffs when verses are performed.
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Eddie Van Halen explaining how he discovered tapping technique on the guitar by giving some details about Jimmy Page of Led Zeppelin.
What is your favourite guitar player🎸?
Dire Straits performing "Tunnel of Love" live at The Old Grey Whistle Test, BBC Two, UK in 1980.
The song "Tunnel of Love" was released within the band's 3rd studio album "Making Movies" and it was the first track of the album.
Tunnel of Love itself is entirely by Knopfler,…
Mark Knopfler of Dire Straits is considered one of the best guitarists of all time, but here in this interview, he denies this and says that this is nonsense.
This little interview took place live at The Project.
What I would like to mention is that the greatests are always…
Robert Plant is asked what does Stairway to Heaven mean?
His answer is not exactly satisfying because he also didn't know what he meant with Stairway to Heaven.
He also states that he still tries to figure out the lyrics he wrote at that time.
Just give it a watch.
Dire Straits performing ''Sultans of Swing'' live at Wembley in 1985.
Sultans of Swing was released within the band's self titled album in 1978. The song was written by the lead vocalist and guitarist Mark Knopfler.
What's your favourite Dire Straits song?
Jimmy Page gives details about how Led Zeppelin songs came out. He basically states that every tone happens by improvising in their 3 hours of rehearsals. It would be hard to guess what they were playing in that time because it was happening within the they spend together.
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Two years later, in 2012, Led Zeppelin was honored at Kennedy Center. Here is Lenny Kravitz's performance of Whole Lotta Love.
What an honor it should be!
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Led Zeppelin performing one of their greatest hits of all time, Whole Lotta Love live at their famous Madison Square Garden concert in 1973.
Mark Knopfler of Dire Straits speaking about one of the greatest hits of their band, Money For Nothing in an interview.
He specifically mentions a person's word that are used in the song. That guy was talking about a video that was on the TV at that time and Knopfler took those…
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RHCP performing one of their greatest hits of all time, Otherside, live onstage.
This performance happens with an impressive and amazing audience! What a show it must be!
Robert Plant of Led Zeppelin was offered to play as an actor in the famous series Game of Thrones.
In this video, he explains why he rejected the offer. Go watch it down there, don't forget to repost👇🏽🎸
🌟Foo Fighters performing "Mississippi Queen" live on their meeting with Howard Stern at Howard Stern Show.
🎸The band's guitar player Chris Shiflett, who uses a Fender Telecaster on this performance, burning off the stage with his playing.
He is an inspirational guitar player…
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In an award ceremony, Michael Jackson thought Eddie Murphy was working for him.
Jackson requested Murphy to fix the microphone for him because he couldn't figure out what the problem is.
Lady Gaga singing the soundtrack, Shallow, of the movie A Star is Born at the table read.
Bradley Cooper, leading actor of the same movie, sitting and watching her singing. His eyes looks amazed with her pure voice sounding like this.⤵️🔥
Robert Plant of Led Zeppelin states his best experience and period when he was a member of the band.
Here you can see how and when good was Led Zeppelin for Robert Plant.👇🏽🎸🎤
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Robert Plant speaking about the band's greatest hit Stairway to Heaven and he says that he doesn't specifically know what he meant while writing lyrics.
Steven Tyler of Aerosmith performing ''Dream On'' live onstage at Howard Stern Birthday Bash.
Tyler is not alone while performing this legendary song, he invites Slash of Guns N Roses onstage. Slash performing a great solo on this song and burning the strings off with his Red…
Eddie Van Halen responding to a question on whether he feels nervous to be called a guitar hero.
This interview happens on MTV News in 1988.
He smokes his cigarette, replies to the question which probably was asked to many musicians.
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Is he the best guitar player of all…
Chris Cornell pointing out his ideas about "Fell On Black Days" which was released within Soundgarden's ground-breaking album -Superunknown- in 1994.
"Fell On Black Days" is a song that has stood the test of time and stands as a testament to Chris's brilliance.
The acoustic…
Jimmy Page, the legendary guitar player of Led Zeppelin, speaking about the writing and recording process of their ground-breaking hit of all time, Stairway to Heaven.
This interview was recorded by BBC News.
Stairway to Heaven was released in 1971. After 53 years of its…
''So what have you got at the end of the day?''
Dire Straits performing ''Private Investigations'' live onstage at their 1985 Wembley Stadium Concert.
What's your favourite Dire Straits album?
Dire Straits performing "Romeo and Juliet" live which was released within their album Making Movies in October the 17th, 1980.
This performance took place live at On The Night. Mark Knopfler uses his famous National Style Resonator guitar in this live performance.
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OTD, in 1978, Dire Straits released their debut album. The album contains 9 special songs including 'Sultans of Swing' which was released as a single in May, 1978.
You can listen to a very early version of the band's greatest hit, Sultans of Swing, down there.
Dire Straits…
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Mötley Crüe vocalist Vince Neil performing song in a funny way beacuse he doesn't sing the lyrics as they are. A complete confusion in terms of lyrics create funny moments for the fans.
The same night, in 1997, The Concert for Montserrat, live at Royal Albert Hall.
The song is different, this time Brothers in Arms. Knopfler grabs his legendary Les Paul and plays the song along with his friends.
Well, this night must be an awesome night for rock music! It…
Ringo Starr of The Beatles mentioning his gratitude for the role Paul McCartney took for the band.
He says that him and John Lennon were the guys hanging out in the garden, on the other hand, McCartney was the guy who calls them into studio every time.
McCartney's love for work…
Another ground-breaking performance from the same night.
Sting grabs his guitar and takes the lead. He's performing "Message In A Bottle" live at Royal Albert Hall, in Montserrat, 1997.
Roy Cooper, Eric Clapton, Mark Knopfler, Phil Collins, and more musicians at the same night,…
🌟A compilation of Kurt Cobain when he smiles.
Such a cute and cool guy he is when he's happy.
📝Kurt Cobain, being the frontman of Nirvana, was one of the most famous vocalists of all time although he was heavily criticised by many people in terms of his vocal and guitar…
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For sure, this young man who lives in our heart is a better performer, oh, may be the best performer of the rock music history.
Freddie, Mercury.