They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old; Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn. At the going down of the sun and in the morning We will remember them.
Wow! Donald Trump said he “didn’t get it, the cemetery in France was for the American soldiers who died in WW1, draft dodging Trump called them losers and suckers. JSBIRD69 you foretold the future! Such a moving and sad song. 😔
I was introduced to Dire Straits by my eldest brother and would play his LPs overs and over. a year after he lost his battle to cancer I heard this song on the radio and I immediately burst into tears. I still cant explain it
I just watched you rocking out the Sultan's of Swing and now getting emotional with Brothers in Arms. These 2 songs couldn't be more different yet they are both powerful in their own way. He's an amazing songwriter and musician, isn't he?
Love how you absorb yourself into the music you listen to... Here's one that most everyone on your channel has never heard, but will move you to tears as you listen to this tribute to a fallen friend... we played this song at a friends funeral during my college years, and it's hauntingly beautiful. "Old Records Never Die" by Ian Hunter of Mott the Hoople fame. I hope your subscribers will take the time to check it out too. Peace
This song is a sympathetic look at the futility of war........ beautiful! Also good to see the drummer Terry Williams quickly in the video lol, he's my mates dad.
If you want the best version of this song look up the "On the night" recording. It's an amazing live version. Other great songs from them is "Private investigation" and "Why worry" Billy Rat Cyrus "Some gave all" is another great song.
This song gives me chills. Here is the information about this song from Wikipedia. FYI: The Falklands war was fought between Argentina and the UK in 1982. This melancholic song was written during the Falkland War, and is described by some as an anti-war song; though more accurately, it curates the experience of soldiers in wartime, and their need for solidarity; which in the final stanza includes their "Brothers" on the other side of the trenches. The war time motif is rather underwritten; but more offered as a natural backdrop ("these mist covered mountains"), increasingly marked by destruction ("these fields of destruction - Baptisms of fire") and death ("Now the sun's gone to hell - And the moon's riding high - Let me bid you farewell - Every man has to die"), suggesting the insanity of war: "We're fools to make war - On our brothers in arms." Mark Knopfler explains that the song is sung by a soldier dying on the battlefield; as a real singer he has to immerse himself, so to speak, in his view and feelings.[2] In the first two verses it is the own comrades to whom the speaker turns, i.e. the "brothers in arms". Only in the final line does it become clear that all enemy soldiers are included within "brothers in arms".
J Sowders thank you for posting this. I was going to go look it up as soon as the video finished. I always appreciate the people who post information like this in the comments.
Thats exactly what I got from this song. Thanks for verifying it. All war should end , "if only that were possible". Love Dire Straits and I'm a 72 yr old Canadian grandma.
Ex Navy. Fought in the Falklands. He wrote this in 1982 for us down there apparently. But this is really for all who serve. Lost good friends down the years. RIP to all my brothers and sisters, especially in Ardent and Antelope. Still on watch.
As a retired Army guy, shout out to those who lived and suffer from the futility of War and RIP to those who gave all. Sometimes it wasn't easy but it was a duty and an oath you take to defend at all costs. Army 1957-1978.
A beautiful tribute to your uncle. The pain you feel and your reaction to it show what a wonderful human being you are. I can't listen to this song without crying. It's the most beautiful anti-war song ever written.
the greatest voice in this song is the guitar and in the end....., regardless of race, creed, or color..., we are all Brothers in Arms and we must never forget that.
So beautiful. Thank you so much for sharing your emotions. I’m surprised no one has done this one yet, but try “He Ain’t Heavy, He’s My Brother” by The Hollies. (Do the b/w TOTP 1970 version) There are many origins of this phrase, but I’ve heard that this song references to the Vietnam war, with someone carrying a brother in arms from the battlefield. Beautiful song.
Mark said in an interview that he got a call from a “tank guy” that at the end of the Gulf War they linked all the tanks together and played this on the speakers. Must of been an amazing moment
It's always amazed that he never shows up on any of these "Most Under Rated Guitar Player Ever" lists, and the same with Alvin Lee. I mention their names, and I get all sorts of "They aren't under rated" responses, but none can explain why they are also never on the "Greatest Guitar Players of All Time" lists either. Mark Knopfler is at least top three in my book.
this was written during the Falklands war. The soldiers from Argentina were "brothers in arms" too. Do not make war on your brothers in arms. It's an anti-war song.
I remember using this track over footage of the troubles between the baltic states. 1984, 85 and 86 saw a number of what could be described as anti war songs. In 1984 you had Paul McCartney's 'pipes of peace' which told the story of the British and German cease fire at Christmas during the 1st World War and the game of football they played. Then there was Nik Kershaw's 'I won't let the sun go down on me', alluding to a nuclear war. Frankie Goes to Hollywood's 'Two tribes' really captured the fear we were all feeling during the early to mid 80s of a war between the US and the Soviet Union. Then in 1985 we had Paul Hardcastle's '19', the title referring to the average age of a soldier in the Vietnam War and the song itself used raw footage and soldiers speaking. Bruce Springsteen's 'Born in the USA' also alludes to the Vietnam War. Then we had the very melencholic Dire Straits track Brothers in arms. And in early 1986 Sting brought us back to the harsh reality of the cold war and again the fear of a nuclear war with his song 'Russians'.
This was written during the Falklands war. It was re-released to raise money for a Falklands veteran PTSD charity. Always gave me chills as I was a kid growing up in the UK when the Falklands war happened, stuck in my memory more than any other wars in my lifetime
It's a huge shame nobody ever reacts to Telegraph Road and it's such a shame it's by far one of their very best and the Alchemy Live version is so amazingly good It needs to be put out there it really does...
This song is one of the best from Dire Straits. The way he makes that guitar weep is magical to the hears and touches the heart. keep on your journey my friend we are here for you when you need it
Yes, It’s a HEAVY, war, and, anti-war song with powerful lyrics, and imagery, that has moved warriors and non-warriors to the depths of their souls since it first came out. But THE GUITAR, man! You can’t do this Dire Straits Musical Masterpiece reviewing justice without talking about Mark Knopfler’s moody, atmospheric, delicate, then crushing control of his GUITAR. This is not a million tapping notes of mindless Metal, or repetitious Rock chords on maximum volume. This is spirit music gliding over the mind and mental, smoking battlefields, with six strings tuned to the very frequency of the warrior soul through Mark Knopfler’s heart and fingers. There is nothing like it in all of ‘popular’ Music. (Maybe in some of the more virtuoso power symphonies by the Masters?, but from a 70’s rock band? Brothers is something SPECIAL!!)
AM SO PLEASED YOU USED THE ORIGINAL VIDEO! I always loved that song! Its a deep song but the video makes it whole! The part where the guitars turn into ak47s and whats being sung?? TOTAL CLASS! MK A GIBSON REISSUE MADE IN THE 80S I BELIEVE A HALF COCKED WHA WHA PEDAL AND A VOL PEDAL FOR SWELLING IN! AN A HUGE AMOUNT OF TALENT!
JBLETHAL TV, someone made a video to this Song with Real Combat Footage from When England went to War with Argentina in the 1980's over some Rocky Islands off the Coast of Argentina that they said it was theirs and England no those Islands are ours and Argentina sent Troops to the Islands and Occupied them and England Sent it's our Army and Navy and Beat the Crap out of Argentina
I’ve never been in the army, nor have I witnessed war, but this song always make me feel the pain and dispair of all the families and soldiers losing their brothers, fathers, sisters, moms and comrades in these meaningless armed conflicts all over the world. I always make the same wish at every new year’s eve: That someday we may experience just one day without humans killing each other. Just one single day in Earth’s history. But let’s face it, it’ll never happen. Mankind is determined to destruct itself one way or the other...
Dire Straits These mist covered mountains Are a home now for me But my home is the lowlands And always will be Someday you'll return to Your valleys and your farms And you'll no longer burn to be Brothers in arms Through these fields of destruction Baptisms of fire I've witnessed your suffering As the battle raged high And though they did hurt me so bad In the fear and alarm You did not desert me My brothers in arms There's so many different worlds So many different suns And we have just one world But we live in different ones Now the sun's gone to hell and The moon's riding high Let me bid you farewell Every man has to die But it's written in the starlight And every line in your palm We're fools to make war On our brothers in arms
I know this song as designed at war in general but as the video shows its WW1 that has had most effect on the British psyche than any other war probably not just because it had by far the highest deaths and injuries but that it seemed such a pointless war and a terrible waste of life, worst is that there would likely have never been a WW2 if for the grossly unfair Versailles Agreement.
You could do a bunch with dire straits. Sultan of swing Money for nothing Walk of life Heavy fuel The bug Calling Elvis This one is special. But on a different level for me. 4 times I had to go to a final roll call. For friends of mine. Seen to many empty boots.
Yes. It’s difficult and it’s tough. I don’t often relisten to this song, but when I do, I replay it over and over. It’s hard to move on from such a profound state.
I remember once I heard my Platoon Sgt said to us while deployed. He told us only the faces change in wars, but the names of the fallen stay the same. Eerie, but true. Rest in peace my "Brothers in Arms". 🙏🏼✌🏼❤🇺🇸
I have an undying love for Dire Straits and Mark Knopfler. This whole album is superb. Oh, the futility of war, the stupidity. Such a waste of life. Some people are of the opinion that the only people who return from combat without some degree of PTSD are those who are psychopaths before they go in, because it doesn't bother them to see, or inflict, death and suffering. They could be right.
Mark Knoffler is amazing...so beautiful! Keep listening to his music! From his Dire Straights stuff....including Money for nothing, which was one of the first on MTV overplay! He also did some amazing music for movies, including Local Hero, Princess Bride, Cal an Last Exit to Brooklyn
I was curious to hear a young person’s view of this song. I was in my teens when this album came out. I remember listening to Brothers in Arms on repeat in the dark. So powerful - so wistful and sad. I love the way the guitar sings in between Mark’s vocals - thoughtful balance between the two. I’m glad you enjoyed it.
Total respect to you for listening to this and thank you, not just to your uncle but to every man and woman who protects us 🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧God Save the Queen xx
I just discovered your channel and binge watched some of your videos. Watching you react to songs that I listened to many times before makes me relive the experience of hearing it for the first time. When I saw the title of this one, I knew I was in for a rough ride. I lost my father a year and a half ago and he wanted this song to be played at his funeral. Every time I hear it I'm crying like a little baby. Every word you said about this song seemed to fit my situation and cut right through my soul. It was a very painful experience but also beautiful in a sense. I miss you so much dad.
Hey i was in the Army and yes this song brings back so many memories to me i was in the Falklands and i lost my best mate, he was buried in Port Stanley I go every year to lay flowers on his grave but this song hits like a truck. God bless you Rico you will always have your Brothers in arms.
My best friend was a huge Dire Straits fan and they played it at his funeral, when he suddenly died from a brain aneurysm. It took me a long time until I could enjoy it again.
Thank you for reviewing this song. I retired Army Scout and served in Afghanistan 07-08 and this song hits me hard every time I hear it. I bought this album with the lyrics to this song scribed on one side. It hangs on my wall. Bless you brother
This song was released mid 1980's. I remembered it just before I enlisted in the Army. It's very real sometimes, the unrelenting feelings you have after returning from deployment. You try to put away the grossness but it's not easy... it never really goes away. Idk how I did it, but i served 25years serving mother country. Not one day I regret. Thank your relatives and your friends that served and still serving. PTSD doesn't cure itself, it starts with the individual and their will to survive and carry on. ✌🏼❤🙏🏼🇺🇸🤙
