My dad fought in WW2 and had a Gurkha friend. A stick grenade exploded and wounded my dad in the arm. When he looked around his friend had taken the full blast and was killed. My dad hardly ever spoke of the horrors he experienced but said that he was shielded by his friend and would probably be dead. He lost a lot of mates during that time but he never got over the loss of his Gurkha friend and said he was the kindest, bravest man he ever met. My dad never hated the Germans and thought it was sad that politicians always start wars but are rarely affected by them on both sides. This song always hits me right in the guts every time. ✌️❤️🇬🇧
One of the greatest things I have read on RU-vid in months..! My parents were both Officers in WWII only Mom out ranked my Dad (he was a B25 Pilot headed to China and they call them CBI's
This song is like a prayer, has made me cry every time I have/heard it since it came out! At their concert in the 1990s I and all the other audience cried thru their performance of this great prayerful hit ✌️
It is a song about war and a warrior dieing and his hopes and wishes slipping away. Anybody who has been to war knows that moment, holding your Brother in Arms hand and feel him slip away I walked through the valley of death and have no tears left, for this live.
This is why Mark is in my view one of the best guitarists in the world. He can make a guitar weep. And his playing style is so recognisable. For another moving war song, have a listen to James Blunt's "No Bravery". James served in the British Army during the war in Kosovo in the 90s with the UN peacekeepers and he wrote this song about what he saw while over there.
What a beautiful song, by a master of song ,tears in my eyes. Poor soldiers fighting politicians battles, would they be any wars if they had to fight as well?
I have some good recs for you. They are "Seven Bridges Road" by The Eagles. "Still, you turn me on," "Ces't la Vie," and Lucky Man" by Emerson Lake and Palmer. "Go Insane" by Lindsey Buckingham.❤ Have fun.
If you feel it you have soul, conscience is a better word you may be like me a starseed , an old soul reincarnated for this event to enable and guide in the transition from the third to the fifth dimension we are being guided and enabled to succeed in this transition by those who know better, unencumbered by those who have held us back for Millenia, those who have lied, deceived and manipulated to remain in control of we the peeps against sources or gods will, the truth is we are winning, have patience, faith and the resilience to succeed, keep on keeping on peeps,nuffsaid!
To be honest, i'm a little fed up seeing quite a lot of "reaction" youtubes to this song. The song has been out years and yes it is GREAT...but please stop doing them, it has become so "samey"; and I have started to doubt the motive of youtubers to do this. Lets be honest here, it for your own likes and thumbs up and watchers isn't it ? and by the way I was a serving member of UK forces when this came out , so I know what it's about.
What makes this song so extraordinary is that it could be a soldier on a battlefield anywhere in the world, at any point in human history. It's a rare thing for a musician to write a song with such a timeless quality.
Great reaction! I can't through this song without shedding tears...Mark's words and the emotion in his guitar make it this way. This song can apply to ALL service people, no matter which conflict through time. It's message is truly universal!
Yes, to me also the most moving lyrics in the song are when he says " and though they did hurt me so bad, in the fear and alarm, you did not desert me, my brothers in arms". So powerful...
Saw Mark Knopfler once in Oberhausen. Due to a back injury he sat on a bar chair. I guess there were about 10-15.000 people there, but sometimes the venue was so silent, you could hear a needle drop and it felt like he played in your living room. Absolute legend. Only man on the planet who has a goosebump-voice and plays goosebump-guitar...Greetings from the "Ruhrgebiet"
The song is actually about a dying soldier saying goodbye to his friends, and them continuing to speak to him until his eyes slowly closed and he was gone. 🇺🇸😎
Yes it was Lieutenant Lawrence shot by an Argentinian Sniper on Mount Tumbledown in the Falklands War ...he was shot they say when the Agentinians were retreating and he stood up and shouted to his men "are you having fun yet!"
2Lt Lawrence survived being shot in the head, so it is not about him but about war in general with a heavy bias on those killed on both sides in the Falklands; RIP Lcpl N 'Meano' Smith 2 Para, 'til the final RV cousin 😢
Thank you from the bottom of my heart - yours was a truly sincere and moving reaction to one of the greatest anti-war songs. It always brings me to tears. To quote another memorable song from the past "War. What is it good for? Absolutely nothing."
We are in the saddest of times as Israel and Hamas begin world war 3. Brothers warring against brothers. It's so sad the state our world has been in ever since Satan deceived Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden. Satan has been turning us against each other and against God for 6,000 years. It is very very sad. [1Co 15:1-4 KJV] 1 Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand; 2 By which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain. 3 For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures; 4 And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures:
Talking about solders I lost so many friends during the iraq war i see you keep putting outstanding music on sarah keep the music and reactions are like 🍒 s on top 🤠😅
Yes, to the comments below this one. I've been moved to tears by it since it came out. Mark Knopfler is a musical genius, w/o a doubt. There's a beautiful live version of this that I would really recommend to you: from their DVD, On the Night, 1993. If anything, more powerful. Thanks for doing him, and please do more.
Absolutely Michael! That concert was extraordinary from start to finish. Thank God the audio and video work done to produce the DVD were equally as impressive. Everyone’s performance on the stage that night still inspires. It’s surprising how many have no idea it exists. Everyone I show it to is blown away. Saw both this show and Pink Floyd’s Pulse Tour that same yr only months apart. Two of the greatest shows I’ve seen in 50yrs. To a fellow traveler, regards…
I grew up listening to Dire Straights, my parents would always play their albums when they had friends over, and remember hearing their music from by bedroom.
I can relate to this song and it always brings a tear to my eye. It was played at the funeral of one of my friends who served with me. I was not the only Scotsman who cried that day. March no more my soldier laddie, march no more now the battles O'er. You described the song well, your description came straight from your heart ❤️
-We can see a classic scene with this song, on the TV show "Miami Vice" in the 1980's, (in last scene of the episode: 'Out Where the Buses Don't Run').
I must have heard this track 10,000 times. Last time, like my first time, it reminded me of brothers long gone and past. Still bring tears to my eyes, memories are distant but not all forgotten. Thanks for your take on this.
Greetings young lady a great band and a great song.Did you have a look at Dire Straits - Sultans Of Swing (Alchemy Live)?If not it is smashing.Stay safe young lady.
Hey Sarah ♥️ ich schreib mal auf deutsch. Jedes mal wenn ich diesen Song höre, laufen mir die Tränen. 2 Grunde gibt es dafür... Den Song selber und zu sehen das andere normale Menschen auch noch Gefühle haben und ein bisschen nachdenken. 1 world, living in different once!... Sarah, mach weiter so und bleib wie du bist 🤘♥️
I asked my family to please play this song at my funeral. The eternal human dilemma. Those closest to each other fight the most. Europeans are, factually, genetically, culturally, in terms of everything, a variation of a theme, and we have been in war, killing each other, for at least 2000 years, and it still is going on right now. WHY the F..in HELL? And Sarah -- a) thanks for sharing your emotions. It helped me a lot with crystalizing an African female protagonist in a Novel I am working on. AND: I struggled for a moment with your accent. First thought: something South Georgia (US). Second thought: no way... she is the real thing. Ghana perhaps? But no. Then I got it: Nigeria! Fun fact: When I studied in Hawai'i, I had a Sri Lankan roommate. His accent was somewhat similar ;-). Oh -- and just for clarification: the African novel character I referred to is a refugee who made it to Europe all by herself, after incredible heartship, at age 16. She worked and studied really hard, became an engineer, got her Ph.D. and at the current stage in the novel is head of a maritime engineering research lab. So far in my writing she lacked emotional depth 🙂
@jedislap8726 We assume it was about the Falkands War because of the timeline when it was written. If the songwriter wanted it to be specific he could have been. It was about all war and useless loss of life regardless.
"Every man has to die". Everybody dies in war. Only, some of us get to live to tell the tale, and some of us don't. That's just the way it is (the ugly truth that stings). Clint Eastwood put it best at the end of the movie "The Outlaw Josie Wales", saying: I guess we all died a little in that damn war.🇺🇸😎
Back in 1985 i bought this album. It became the first to sell over 1 million copies on the new CD format. To this date it's still up there with the best. The title song is a true masterpiece that rips your heart apart. 😢
No cover version could ever do this justice as I believe Mark wrote this with the guitar playing already an integral part of the whole song. Take away the guitar and the whole song loses so many dimensions.
Simply one of the greatest anti-war songs ever performed. Mark Knopfler was simply a genius during the "Brothers in Arms" sessions. One of the great works of art during the 80s'.
In 1985 I had the LP Brothers in Arms. first time I heard this song I cried. It stirred up sorrow, pain and despair from past lives, hidden deep in my soul. I've been a warrior many times, bur each time I hear this song I'm quit.
This song will always remind me of an episode of 'Our Tune' which was introduced by Simon Bates on Radio 1 I can't remember the year, but a Woman had written in to the Show to explain the loss of her Husband in a War (at that time) leaving her and her Children on their own. Simon Bates told the Story to the listening audience, with his usual heart felt description, then he introduced this song that the Woman had chosen as 'Our Tune'........It simply had me in pieces listening to it. I hope today that this Woman and her Children are much happier.
DAMN!!! Why oh why is the reviewer always the hugest part of the screen and the featured artist a tiny square down at the bottom???? REVERSE it for damn sake! We want to see and hear the music not see you during the music!!! WTF! They all do it FFS!
A lovely review/reaction video. Always remember the average person is even wager 99.9% of the worlds population don’t want to live in a constant flux of fear & war. Nearly every single person just wants to live a good life and be kind to others. It’s the people we elect, the politicians who wage war & division. Let’s make them go to the front line. Stay safe people.
yeah, if your heart doesn't break listening to this, be thankful you do not understand it. Go live your life thankful to those that gave all, so we could have something. RIP to all brothers in arms. And live in peace, those that survived. Thank you too. Your effort and sacrifice matters, even if it don't feel like it does. It matters to me and many others I know. What you did no matter where, nor the outcome, so that others might have a chance to live in peace. Thank you my brothers in arms.
Mark knopfler and David Gilmour are without any doubt are the best guitarist in the world… I want to also include Eric Clapton is also included in the top 5 in the world .. what these 3 artist have achieved in their career is nothing but phenomenal contribution to the music industry… I would put as no1 David Gilmour at no2 slash no3 mark knopfler no 4 eric Clapton no5 van halen
As an old soldier & an absolute fan of Dire Straits, this is always played at our reunions but....to see you upset watching this actually made my old weary eyes start to leak a bit. I honestly do not think I ever cried at Brothers in Arms as it has always been a bit of an anthem within the military.....until now 😪
I just had open heart surgery. It does something to your emotions. I’ve known this song since it first came out. I’ll bet it has something to do with the troubles in Ireland your reaction to it. I could hardly watch you. I’ve cried the whole time my sister in music
Humanity is one single race and that the day has come for its unification in one global society - The earth is but one country, and mankind its citizens. The Baha'i Faith
We will never have world peace until every last evil man is either changed for the better or else destroyed. There's no other answer. Hamas' cruel and barbaric acts against the civilians of Israel are only the latest incident. And all men of peace can only condemn what they see ...
