I have always been a fan of this song by Dire Straits but think Home Free did an excellent version of this song. Tim's natural breathy bass was awesome along with Chance's smooth baritone & loved it when all the guys were doing 5 part harmonies. Who would believe humming could sound so good. They gave it a very solemn feeling. I love that they don't overproduce their songs. These guys are my favorite a cappella group out there.
You're right, but her mondegreen fits as well with the message of the song, that warfare is not glorious for the soldier on the front lines, but a dangerous and pointless thing that they are thrust into.
I've enjoyed this song since it came out in the 80's. I understood the words, but really didn't FEEL them. I almost skipped this reaction because Home Free sent this to new meaning for me, and it's actually hard for me to listen to. There are patriots on both sides of every war. May God be with them all.
I think you need a HomeFree playlist so we can easily see what you've already heard and make informed suggestions. Because, girl, you are a Home Fry! 🏠🆓️
Thank you for reacting to this song, as a disabled veteran this song touches my heart. You are so right it is spiritual, and it pays tribute to our fallen soldiers. One of the reasons that I love watching your reaction channel is that you get the meaning of the songs, plus you are funny when you need to be. Your channel will always have my support.
Indeed. My mom can't handle songs like these without crying. They remind her of losing her brother Bobby in Korea when she was a kid. Bobby isn't buried in Arlington but it still gets to her.
Somber, but full of respect, recognizing those that had given all, while their brothers continued on in the effort they were also not deserting their brothers in arms. Even as the brother in arms was fading he was able to relay the sentiment his brothers had not deserted him. Often the brothers surviving feel guilty that they survived and felt it should have been them instead. The weight of these feelings washing over the survivors is intense and reverberate through their minds and souls for life. May we always remember them in honor and dignity for they served on our behalf. Best regards, Thank You! ❤️🔥
They were playing at Mandela's 70th birthday celebration. It hits a little harder knowing that they were playing that song for that man. That live version is one of the best. You can't help but see the emotion on Mark Knopfler's face and voice; and guitar, of course. "One humanity, one justice"
These men are absolutely incredible! Everything they perform is amazing and pure perfection! And 😂 your face Britt when Tim started singing! 😂. Thank you for making me smile every day! ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
Great performance as always! But Mark Knopfler's guitar work in the Dire Straits original was special, and that's one thing Home Free can't quite recreate.
Finally, Home Free's "Brother in Arms" 👍 You'll find more outstanding harmonies performed by HF in: - Auld Lang Syne - Helplessly Hoping - How Great Thou Art :)
Love Home Free and this song is a tribute to our Military and their families and our great Country America. GOD BLESS YOU AND EVERYONE🙏🙏🙏😇😇😇❤️❤️❤️🎶🎶🎶🎵🎵🎵🎤🎤🎤🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
This gorgeous cover makes me feel as if I'd attended a church memorial service. Solemn, respectful and beautiful. Home Free always goes straight to the heart. Great reaction !!
Hauntingly beautiful. One of my favorites of theirs. You got a couple of lyrics wrong, “baptism of fire” and “we’re fools to make war on our brothers in arms”. It was originally written by Dire Straits about the Falklands War with Britain/Argentina. Love Tim and Chance’s solos and yes, they looked ghost like in the windows. Stunning! Good one Britt!😍😃
As good as this is, I think it pails in comparison to the original (Dire Straits from the album of the same name). You can’t ignore Mark Knopfler’s tone, especially the guitar. Check out the original to compare.
If you have not done so already, I highly recommend listening to the original version by Dire Straits. Then you can fully apprecaite how well the background voices are doing mimicking the instruments of teh original song
Sadly many must be wondering why these days In the states of government's around the world Also the certain individuals in society RIP to all brave services people who risks their lifes Its up to us in society to make sure it wasn't for nothing
What’s striking about “Brothers In Arms” is just how much Knopfler who wrote the song, manages to convey in a minimum of words. With startling efficiency, he inhabits the soul of a wounded soldier who muses on his surroundings and waxes philosophical as his life ebbs out. It seems likely that Knopfler had the Falklands War, which took place in 1982 between the United Kingdom and Argentina, in mind when he wrote the song. But by keeping specifics out of the narrative, he makes the song a timeless treatise on the senselessness of war.
He very much had the Falklands in mind.What gets my goat, is that its starting to become an American soldiers song, like 'I vow to thee my Country.' Respect these songs by making sure what & who they were written for to be known.Its ok to borrow a song, but not to claim & take it over as ur own.The US has plenty of songs for Their own Soldiers.
This bass singer, Tim Foust, Was the one singing with Austin on My Maria which you recently reviewed. He has an amazing 5 octave range which you heard some of it in that review. One of the great set of vocal chords on this planet. If you get a chance please react to their amazing mash up cover of Thinkin Out Loud/ Lets Get It On. Austin and Tim take the leads with Tim crushing Lets Get it On. Love your reactions!
Home Free are so good at conveying feelings. I love their version of this classic song. This is a song by a famous British band in the 80's, Dire Straits, and it was written in 1982 about the Faulklands war. It is not an american song, but it is very well transposed here.
I’m not sure if someone else in the comments has pointed this out yet, but this is a cover version of a song written in 1982 by a British rock band called Dire Straits. Both versions are amazing in their own way, IMHO.
BRITT,, MUSIC IS ENJOYED AND APPRECIATED DIFFERENTLY BY EACH PERSON!!!!! I AM 81 YEARS OLD MY ENJOYMENT OF MUSIC IS NOT THE SAME AS IT WAS WHEN I WAS YOUNGER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
If you want a fun bts fact to fend off the tears... During many of the close up shots, Tim's rather large dog was laying on Chance's feet just enjoying the sound and the vibrations of the room.
SOMEONE THAT HAS SERVED IN THE "MILITARY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WILL UNDERSTAND THIS SONG!!!!!!!!!!!!! THE BOND THAT YOU FEEL WITH "YOUR BROTHERS IN ARMS" IS UNLIKE ANY OTHER FEELING!!!!!!!!
At a recent tribute to a fallen sherrif in a rural mountain community this was played. Incredibly meaningful for someone who served as a calvery officer around the globe and then worked with troubled youth through ewuine therapy. A beautiful tribute.
I hadn’t thought of this until now but the line “now the sun gone to hell” is perhaps these young men in war watching as the sun goes down when real fear comes since you don’t know what’s there in the dark but fear is surely of hell.
Not to take anything away Home Free's excellent cover of this song, but it is the capstone of a longer story by Mark Knopfler fronting Dire Straits on their 1985 album "Brothers in Arms". The full story plays out over the four songs taking up side 2 of the original album [yeah, ancient and arcane 33-1/3 r.p.m. vinyl phonograph record; U. S. Govenrment certified Old Far..., ehr, Dude remembers]: "Ride Across the River", "The Man's Too Strong", "One World", and "Brothers in Arms". 20 minutes and 57 seconds of incredible music that will break your heart, but will also enlighten your mind.
Britt... enjoying your journey through a multitude or genres of music...just make sure your children don't get stuck in just one lane... Music will acclimate them to all different cultures they will experience thru out there lives... they'll be able to find pleasure in all of them.. P.s..your such a beautiful yourself... GenX Texan..
I would love to sit with you and react to music! your facial expressions are just like mine, when it's good, it's good and it shows...Keep up the good work of sharing good music most people wont hear because it's not 'mainstream" I had to add to my comment. My moms dad was drafted into WWII, and was killed in Germany, Buried in France in1947, leaving behind 3 children, my mom being one. War is never a solution
Tim's low, breathy voice is reminiscent of the way Mark Knopfler started the original song, IMO. Home Free is covering a cover done by a Finnish group named Club for Five, with some small deviations.
In the Description, HF mentions the divisions in our own country. How true; we're fools to make war between ourselves and others. We've lost the art of tolerance, compassion, compromise, and peace. (I'm not anti-defense, I'm anti-warmongering. )
These mist covered mountains (not colored) Baptism of fire (not higher) We're fools to make war (not forced) "The ooo's of this feels like a Christmas song..." What one should be noticing in this hymn is that the boys are emulating a church pipe organ, the ooo's are the flute registers and Tim is playing the pedals. That is what emphasizes the solemnity.
Dire Straights wrote this song about the Falklands war, about British soldiers. In my mind, that's where the tribute will always be. Home Free did a great job on this cover, but as an American Veteran, I'd rather hear an American group write their own tribute.
Not baptism of fight... it was baptism of fire.... and the next mistake was that you didn't catch that the bass part drops just before Tim sings... no that was we're fool's to make war on our brother's in arms....
As talented as Home Free is, the original by Dire Straits is SO MUCH better. This singing makes war seems angelic whereas Dire Straits is melancholic, as it should be.
I feel like when a reactor pauses a video to comment, at that moment, their mind is sharing focus with what they are watching and what they are wanting to say. It's easy to think you heard everything, but at that moment, right when you're reaching to pause, your mind is already ahead of you into the comment. If you make it a practice to always back up 5 or 10 seconds before hitting play, you might notice something you missed. I doubt anyone would get upset with you wanting to make sure you didn't hear something wrong, or miss something all together.
Its ok, but tbh i don't think its a patch on the original Dia Straits Imo. The bass voice was too low/strained in places which kind of ruined it for me, just too far away in range from the rest of the group..
The intention is good, but to me this is too forced. We all know that they are good and sublime, however trying to cram in those extreme low base notes in this is over the top (under the bottom maybe better?)...
My brother and I used to work out to Dire straits brothers in arms mid eighties album.... was a great workout album, these men do it soooooo much better.
Male voices, low to high, are Bass, Baritone, and Tenor. The Tenors are sometimes split into Tenor 1 and Tenor 2, or the really high tenor called a contra-tenor or counter-tenor.
That is a tough song to wrap any one meaning around. Just take it for a lament to not make that war on our brothers in arms. And if you are in a war, and you die, your brothers in arms will remember and Home Free themselves will sing your praises - and we can thank the dead and Home Free for the expression of all of our gratitude and remembrance to our noble and honorable brothers that took up the arms so that we did not have to.
This is a cover of an arrangement by a Finnish group, Club for Five, of the original by Dire Straits. They were gracious enough to allow Home Free to use it, but Home Free made some minor changes. The song is about the war in the Falkland Islands and was released in 1985.
