Sultans of Swing: Very Best of Dire Straits

This is a great collection of Dire Straits' videos from the beginning ("Sultans of Swing"), to the end ("Heavy Fuel"). There are 13 videos presented here with three live "videos" taken from the "On Every Street" tour. The total running time is right at 90 minutes, and much of the material is rare, so it is wonderful to see all these on one DVD.The videos are as follows:"Sultans of Swing" - This is from the very early days of music video, and it shows. This is basically a staged version of the song. Mark looks so young in this video that it is almost startling."Lady Writer" - I found the "Puffy Shirt" from Seinfeld! Well, maybe not exactly, but you have got to see the shirt that poor Pick Withers has to endure back at the drum kit (it really does look like its "Puffy Shirt" namesake). Very lame production values from the late 1970s, once again."Romeo and Juliet" - This is the first Dire Strait's video that tells the story largely through actors performing the song as a narrative. Some interesting hairstyles are featured."Tunnel of Love" - This is a great early video, albeit featuring some very bad early 1980s clothes and hair."Private Investigations" - This is the only video that reveals that Mark is actually left handed if you watch for it. This one is well done, and is genuinely creepy, as per the song's subject matter: highly recommended."Twisting by the Pool" - From the EP of the same name, it is a comparatively rare track, and is up-tempo fun. It features film shot from the time of "Alchemy.""Love Over Gold" - This one is a bit boring, but honestly it may be my bias: this is not one of my favorite Dire Straits' songs."So Far Away" - This is a very conventional and captivating video featuring a lot of studio footage from the band."Money For Nothing" - This is, of course, one of the most influential videos in history, introducing computer generated characters to videos. It didn't hurt that the song is the biggest hit ever by Dire Straits."Brothers in Arms" - This is an impeccably crafted and suitably somber video. It is incredibly well conceptualized and executed, particularly the "machine gun to guitar" edit introducing Mark's solo. It is the best Dire Straits video, hands down."Walk of Life" - Another great concept, this time illustrating the lighthearted side of the band with sports bloopers."Calling Elvis" - This is an interesting video of a relatively weak single from the early 1990s. It was very creative to use "Thunderbirds" marionettes that looked like the band in this one, a very cool concept."Heavy Fuel" - A video shot through the eyes of a roadie. It is very amusing and well done, and shows some interesting behind the scenes footage that fans will love.The last three "videos" are from early 1990s concert footage, and consist of "On Every Street," "Your Latest Trick," and "Local Hero-Wild Theme," which is always a favorite of mine.This is a great package and as a bonus features an audio interview with Mark Knopfler that is very interesting. I highly recommend this DVD to Dire Straits fans, just expect to laugh at the production values of the earliest videos: the band sure came a long way in fifteen years.

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Matches the cd song for song. Is a mixture of live performances and videos.

I bought a Dire Straights Sultans of swing, An Eagles and Rolling Stones DVD all separate times and none play, And one time a Beach Boys which wasn't even in the case as I opened it~! My days are done buying this type of product on Amazon. I really wanted them for my collections

I'll keep this short and start off by admitting I'm a huge DS fan. Knopfler certainly doesn't have the greatest voice however you have to admit the man does know his way around a guitar. You can certainly argue this point but I believe Money for Nothing is close to the greatest rock song of all time; I love the unique melody and lyrics, humourous point of view, unusual video animation, etc. Many videos on the disc are not all that noteworthy however MfN just about makes the dvd worth the price all by itself.

I love Dire Straits, and I love this compilation of some of their best-known songs. It's a good mix. The individual albums are better in a way, but this one has all the popular songs, with their very excellent videos.The one quarrel I have is that it has the stupid sports bloopers video for "Walk of Life", rather than the completely wonderful one that was filmed in the the Underground and which was really pertinent to the song.

This arrived Sept 11. Just in time for my B-day 9-13. It is high quality; completely satisfied.

I bought this dvd for my husband, who is a huge fan of Dire Straits. I also like the band. The way they put together clips from live concerts, along with music videos (when music videos were actually interesting) was very well done. A great trip down memory lane for any "baby boomer"!