And this song can be considered timeless because it fits so well with any who have fought the wars through time. It especially makes me think of those wonderful people of the "Great Generation". I am seventy five years old, and they were my mentors as I grew up. Now they are almost all gone, and I miss them all. The guys who were vets lived the horrors they had witnessed in their dreams at night. Their wives would tell my folks, or even myself this, because the wives lived the broken sleep also. And yet, through all they had lived, they remained loving and caring people through the remainder their lives. This song truly represents these people for me. And the last lines are so hard hitting.
Played at the funeral of my beautiful brother, aged 33. Even 8 years later to remember the sight at least 30 soldiers crying to this, as the flyover and bagpipes played will remain with me forever. May all those who served and gave the ultimate sacrifice, rest in peace xx
Me too….I dedicate this song to all my Airborne Brothers in Arms , until that day I walk through those huge wooden doors into the great hall of Valhalla……I think of you everyday and night…..Airborne…..❤
I’m 15 and I lost my dad in august. I remember warm summer nights sitting outside listening to this song among others. He would always tell me that when he passed every time I here this song I’d think of him. I wasn’t expecting to lose him so soon. Cancer is a terrible thing. It slowly destroys you from the inside out. Watching him fade away until he was just a skeleton of his old self is the hardest thing I’ve ever witnessed. This song helps me to remember the dad I loved, the happy, loving, smart man that raised me. I don’t like to remember him in the later stages of cancer, that wasn’t him. I miss you dad... I’d give everything to have you back for even a second :’/
Sorry for your loss Alcazar 😔 😢 I lost both my parents CANCER its a terrible disease and nobody should have to go through what our parents have been through. God bless 🙏 my friend. Don x
The title of the song matches perfectly with how the show ended. Jeremy, James and Richard for two decades were brothers through everything. Gonna miss the Grand Tour.
Ecco perso il compagno che ti copriva le spalle....ora ti senti perso non hai piu il sentimento giusto....ti sei spento😢prova a scrivere cosa provi in questo momento
Definitely a powerful one! For me it was: "We are fools to make war on our brothers in arms." It portrays the senselessness of war and the infinte amout of suffering it creates...
@@Chrisoricit’s written in the starlight and every line in your palm, we’re fools to make war on our brothers in arms ❤ really powerful and true. It’s in our dna to not make war, karmically devastating
I am sorry they were killed but at the least an apology to all the Vietnamese men, women and children bombed maimed and killed, who did nothing to the US but the US went half-way round the world to kill these poor people, who also, in the end, defeated the US
Yes, it is. They do not make music like this anymore. Pink Floyd, the Who, Dire Straits, and some other epic bands. It is as if all nowadays music is soul- and meaningless. Just electronic noise. With some exceptions of course….
It has been one hell of a ride. The trio cant be replaced - and this song was the perfect ending. The whole episode is one of the best they did. Dont be sad its over - be happy that it happened.
As a Vietnam combat vet, this tune really resonates with me. Mark Knopfler is one of the most underrated guitarists and songwriters ever, in my humble opinion.
Dear Mark, This song grips and touches every person that has served. Every time I listen to this masterpiece, it brings tears to my eyes. Its a truly timeless piece of art that expresses what you and I lived true. Combat brings up the best and the worst in us humans. The duality of live. Peace brother.
1989. I sat with my only son and we held hands listenng to this piece, enjoying the moment. A week later he was dead, having taken his own life on his 17th birthday, using my 12 bore,. I still listen to this piece, sitting there, holding his hand.
сомневаюсь в вашем заявлении.Одно могу сказать никакой бункер не спасёт от ядерной войны,бункер только отсрочит.И только в фантастике возможно что мы!, выжевем,радиация убивает в течении ни 100 лет а больше,и продуктов,воды,воздуха,фильтров и так далее не хватит для выживания даже небольшого количества людей!
Perfect song for the scene. Also lost my best friend in september '22... He loved Dire Straits. I'm a bit emotional yes but hey... Thank you Jeremy, Richard & James. I'm 28 now and loved TG from the beginning. I made tens of English class essays about you. :D Most importantly; rest in peace Olli. A man couldn't have asked for a better buddy. Miss ya brother ❤️
My dad was dying of cancer and asked me to make sure this song was in his funeral. I lost him 5 days after his diagnosis due to sepsis. Me and my brother proudly carried him to this song and I come back to it every time I miss him. Amazing song
"Amazing song"? Yeah...it really is!!! Honestly...I may not have ever known your father...and do not even know YOU...! But his last wish...and also the fact, you carried him to this song, it demands respect!!!
This terrible cancer, I known what it means, my best friend was dying of cancer, my thoughts are at you and all people suffering of this disease. I can't understand what happenes in the world, how much people must die in war, so much money for weapons.. We could better give it in the health system.. In great solidarity, take care on you.. 💚
I was a young journalist working in Central America when this came out. During that terrible time this song was a powerful secular hymn to me, and it still has the power to draw an old man's tears.
@@ericjohnson8326 No, I was mostly based in Honduras along the Nicaraguan border. Early in the morning we'd ride out in a helicopter, looking for shooting. This album would be playing on my Walkman, which dates me. I was later in Panama for that party.
I lost fellow soldiers. I have lost a son. I have lost a father. Somehow this haunting song brings them back to me briefly. One of the only things left that can bring me to tears.
Bubba I know this feeling too - I'm crying right now as the memories of the Falklands flood my mind. Especially carrying out a mate on my back as he was dying. Fk those 2 Sisters!! Per Mare Per Terram 42nd
I was five when my eldest brother went to Viet Nam. He came back - but was always a broken man. This song gets to me with its beautiful lyrics and haunting melody.
Hammond,Clarkson and May. The petrolhesd trio that inspired an entire generation. From crazy challenges, to Firey lorries to driving 267mph to sailing cars to track racing and cars for the elderly. We have all grown up and evolved with them. We all together are truely 'Brothers in Arms'.
One of the greatest mood songs ever written, on one of the greatest albums ever written. No one will ever touch the 1980s, may its spirit in us never die!
I am 32 years old now. I was merely 21 when I was deployed to Afghanistan. Next to me sat a younger boy -none of us were men then, men know what they're doing, we didn't- named Alex. He was only 19. Alex was an orphan, just another lost soul sent to fight for a country that never cared for neither him, neither any soul it sent to its doom. Alex and I began nervously talking and before the plane landed, we were inseparable. We became the closest of friends over the course of our time in Afghanistan, we had to learn to kill and accept death. It wasn't easy, nothing was, but at least, in the middle of all the crap that went on, we had formed a friendship, a friendship so strong I dare say it was almost a brotherhood. I loved Alex both as a friend and as the younger brother I never had -and apparently was never meant to have. I felt responsible for him, felt like I had to teach him things I didn't even know myself. Most of all I cared for that boy more than I cared for myself. Alex died 11 years ago today. He dove on an Afghan grenade, saving my life and 12 others. Born a zero and died a fucking hero. The word "hero" is the least I can say to describe him. But they didn't talk about him on tv, they didn't give him a medal and they just forgot about him. Just another lost soul never finding its way. I was sent home a little after all that. A taxi took me from the airport and took me back to my family. This is the first song that played on the taxi ride. Needless to say, I burst out crying right then and there. I had lost people in my life, but nothing hurt more than the loss of Alex. Thinking about it years later, I believe that this song playing on the radio was a signal from Alex up in the sky, telling me that he finally found his peace beside God, and telling me not to worry about him and go on with my life. Anyway, wherever you are, Alex, I miss you, my brother in arms... RIP Alex 09/09/2010.
I know it’s not the same but I just wanna say it. My father said *”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* *My brother in arms.”* At his best friends funeral which he has known since he was a 7 year old boy as well as his other friend. They grew up in a small village in Congo which people found odd when he tells them about it because he is white but he is Belgian and they had colonised Congo so I assume it’s why they were there, he is now 53. They called themselves the 3 musketeers, Kris(*the one who has died*),Lawrence my dads other best friend and my dad Thierry. The 3 of them went to school together, shared a room with each other at boarding school. They all grew up together. Everything they did they did together. His father was an abusive alcoholic and died when my father was 9 while his mom was in hospital with cancer which she overcame but died 3 years later from TB so he didn’t really ever have family, but he told me that the 3 of them were brothers. Whether they were blood or not. After school they would go down to the river and get on their little wooden sail boat that they borrowed from a local fisherman with a few friends. There were crocodiles and hippos there but they didn’t care, they were young and foolish but they had fun. One of his friends had a brother who had gone missing, 3 days later one of his arms were found on the banks of the river(irrelevant, I know). The 3 musketeers later went to Belgium to finish their studies so they could make it one day, when they had finished they all moved to South Africa because they missed Africa, but it wasn’t the same kind of Africa. When they came here they had very little money so the 3 of them rented a small apartment and stayed in it together. They searched tirelessly for jobs and my dad and Kris found jobs here, they both became engineers, the other friend Lawrence went back to Belgium because he couldn’t get one here and later found one there. Kris introduced my mom to my dad and he is the reason I,my brother and my sister exist. He was the one who had wanted a family the most out of the 3 of them, he had many girlfriends in the past , he ended up finding the right one who unfortunately may not have been and they got engaged and a few months later she died in a car accident. Years past, my dad and Kris had some fights and didn’t see each other for a few months but they resolved their problems. He finally found the person who would become his wife and start a family with. They tried many times to have children but she had some problem with her which was preventing her from getting pregnant, they went to doctors and tried to sort out the problems and after some time they finally managed to have children, 2 daughters 1 year difference in age. The 3 musketeers still saw each other often even tho the one lives in Belgium who also has a family of his own now and the other lives almost 2 hours from us. They all made it and were successful in life but Kris seemed to be an unlucky man, he then got COVID when working on some project in Congo which is ironic. The last time the 3 of them were together was 2 years ago because of COVID/ lockdown. Lawrence and his family came here because it was Kris’s 50th birthday. That was the last time we saw Kris. He died on the 16th of August 2, 2021, 2 days before my dads birthday and the same day my dad had a heart attack 7 years ago. After being in hospital fighting COVID for nearly 2 months, my mom called me to come downstairs and I had the feeling something was wrong and I saw my mom and dad standing in the kitchen, they told me that Kris had died just before my mom started crying, my dad tried to act strong like always but at the dinner table halfway through dinner he just started crying, I had never seen my dad cry in my entire life, I am 17. He had multiple infections and organ failures and my father wasn’t allowed to visit him but it would have been pointless because towards the end he was tired and looked deathly ill and was mostly sedated, a week before he died his wife went there and kept telling him he will be fine and he will make it but with the little strength he had , he shook his head and said no his wife Charlene told us, he asked to see his girls who are 5 and 6 but they weren’t allowed in. They are now currently with us as his wife is suicidal and has gone to some institute to try and get help because she doesn’t know how to carry on.The girls don’t seem to understand what death is and that he isn’t coming back because they say “my daddy died and that’s why we aren’t at home but we waiting for mommy and daddy to come back” They don’t seem to be upset but they keep saying they miss mommy and daddy which hurts me to hear and I think it hurts my dad more as his friend isn’t here but his 2 daughters are and they will grow up without knowing their father like my dad did. My dad had to carry the coffin and do the eulogy which is when at the end he said those words because Brothers in arms was Kris’s favourite song. But now *The 3 musketeers are no more*. I am writing this with tears in my eyes as I find it very upsetting, I had to watch the funeral online as your are only allowed 50 people in a venue. My dad put his hand on his coffin and patted it and said something which he says is just for Kris. The rest Kris’s family couldn’t fly here because of restrictions so they had to do a funeral in Belgium without the coffin. We had to watch it online. Lawrence did the eulogy too but he broke down at the end. It was in french so I couldn’t understand but my dad could. He was very upset for the rest of that day and didn’t say a word, I think it re enforced the fact that he is gone and there is no changing it and you can’t do anything. My dad is now depressed and he doesn’t know what to do with his life which is upsetting for me and my family but the words he said in the eulogy *“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* *My brother in arms.”* I will always remember those words. My dad has tears in his eyes when he listens to this song now. He says when it’s his turn he wants his song to be *Blood Brothers* By Bruce Springsteen because Lawrence will be the last one. Rip Kris. I know it’s not the same, I don’t know what it is like for you as I didn’t go to war and lose someone I was so close too like that so abruptly and in a way like that, and then for him to not even get the recognition that he deserved but I’m sure the people he has saved will always remember what he did and will forever be grateful as they were able to return to their families because of his sacrifice. Many people have gone to early before their lives even really started and it isn’t fair. I have never had a friendship or a bond like you guys have so I will unfortunately never know.
I always had a special view of this song: My great-grandfather fought in WW2. One day, he got really sick (the flu or whatever), and was send to a field hospital a few kilometers away. He recovered unusually fast and as he was on the way back to the frontline, he was told that his whole Platoon had been killed. He saw his disease as some kind of miracle, but was of course still devastated. The lyrics represent exactly what he must have gone through, and him getting sick is the only reason I'm alive today, what always comes into my mind when listening to this
Your beautiful comment brought me to tears. My dad fought in WW2. He had stacks of books on the subject, and it was like he was trying to find a reason, or an answer he could live with. He was captured and was a prisoner of war. The only thing he ever told me was that he accidentally shot a woman. It haunted him. I so wish he was still alive so I could tell him how much I love him.
Your comment strikes my heart. My father was in WWII. He broke his ankle when the Jeep he was a passenger in rolled into a ditch. His platoon went on. When he recovered, he was assigned to guard German POWs because he spoke some German. We read many books about WWII together and would discuss them. I don't think that he could ever process the whole thing. I wonder would I have even existed but for a car accident. I also wonder why we humans cannot learn from history.
This song will never get old - it is so full of emotion, not just the message/the words, but the guitar is literally crying at points and you can really appreciate how real and raw this song is on so many levels. A true masterpiece.
I served for over 2 decades in the Army and I lost to many brothers in arms. I cannot begin to express how emotional this song makes me particularly today (11 Nov.)
This came on in the car today (18th November) and it made me realise that, with all of the other things going on in the world at the moment, I had not taken particular note this year of Armistice Day, which made me feel sad and guilty. Then I realised that the people that we are honouring would probably far rather hear this than two minutes of silence, so I skipped it back to the start, cranked it up, and took the long way home: It is because of their sacrifice that I could do this. As a free civilian: Thank you and your Brothers & Sisters for your sacrifices.
My fathers 1st piece of music on his funeral yesterday....he was carried in to this...he was 87 years old....and it has cut me to bits losing him....I hope I can carry on making you proud Dad🙏💔
To everyone I served with in Northern Iraq, living and deceased, this song is dedicated to you and the memories we all share. You are all my Brothers in Arms and I will carry you in my memories and my heart forever. I love you all my Brothers in Arms. Sincerely Former Spc. Christopher T Munro 714th SECFOR KS ARMY NATIONAL GUARD
This song.....still a masterpice.............tears roll every time. Memories of those who paid the ultimate price, and for those who did not give up the struggle!
This song makes me think of my cousin who was a NYC firefighter on 9/11/2001 going up the stairs with a hose on tower 1 trying to help people when the building went down. He didn’t have a weapon, just a hose. It makes me think of him and all his brother and sister firefighters who lost their lives trying to help people.
Utmost respect, to your cousin, and all people around the world, who make the ultimate sacrifice, trying to help and protect others. The very best of the human spirit. 🙏🧡
I’m now listening to this song for the umpteenth time, just to read the comments. It’s magical how music touches people’s hearts, awakens memories and longings within them, and brings them together as one in a time marked by war and turmoil.
GaLimotion The only similarity between Birds of Paradise and Brothers in Arms is that they share the same key and almost the same tempo... other than that they're completely different in arrangement and structure.
My father loved this song, he was a soldier in life. He fought for what he believed in, and for his children. I miss him every day, but his suffering has gone. My brother in arms 💔
Lost my husband 3 month’s ago his favoriet film was gladiator. We visited the colloseum two years ago and hé loved it. We played this song at his funeral. Thank you Hans Zimmer for the wonderful music you compose.
this is one of the last songs my dad listened to before he committed suicide. I miss him so much everyday. If you’re struggling, reach out. It’s not weak to speak. R.I.P dad❤️
Oh my God, I’m so sorry. He must have been in the deepest pain, we can not imagine. I confess I have battled with these thoughts for a life time. My heart breaks for you, for him. Damn it, I wish he could have stayed, but he just couldn’t. Please accept my sincere condolences.
Abraço forte pra você que em algum momento da estrada da vida perdeu aquele BROTHER IN ARM . Eu perdi , escuto essa linda canção e as vezes me revolto , mas calma, existe um DEUS .
A song more relevant now than ever... (Not downplaying what happened in Iraq, Afghanistan, Checnya, Palestine, Georgia, and what is still happening in Syria and Yemen).
Putin will now end this 8-year war! What do you say about the 14,000 deaths in Donbass over the past 8 years? Died at the food distribution or on the way to school. Just thank the US who infiltrated Ukraine for their geo interests.
I'm listening this song few times a day and always crying because of my father in law who died last year, He was the one who showed me this song for the first time...
My Dad passed this morning at 6am. R.I.P Thomas Smith- July 4th 1950 - May 2nd 2021 - this was one lf his favorites. I'll never forget you pops! Love you!
30 years have gone by, and this incredibly sensitive piece of art still moves me to tears. The minimal-yet-deep lyrics, the almost-whispered singing as if mourning a loved one, the crying guitar riffs that sting the heart in perfect contrast to the restrained singing, the church-like synth cords, the soft drumming and caressing bass line - all accompanied by one of the classiest animation-videos of all times... this is the ultimate lamentation on the sheer display of human stupidity which we call war.
+אלעד דניאל Well said ! The only time I think all humans will come together will be if we are all under attack (e.g. from aliens, or by an incurable virus like Ebola)
Some albums are just masterpieces no matter the quality of the bands past or future offerings. This song's album is one of that select few, and this song caps the album in spectacular triumph.
To whoever is reading this comment, I wish you all the success in your endeavors and that you reach for and achieve your dreams and have a great life. Please treat others well and with respect, as you would like to be treated. We have one life and one world, as the song says.
In 1984 a friend who was the only person in Cleveland who cared about an immigrant playing basketball and teaching my first lesson in playing Golf 18 pot gave me this casset as a parting gift to collage. In the early 90's went back to the visit and surprise him. Knocked on his door and his mother answered the door and when I asked If Daniel still lives there, she burst to crying telling me that he had passed and not one of his friends has ever stop by the house. I was shocked and asked if I can go to his room and cry. His room was the same with the same posters. 😭 Till today I still have his gift. Daniel, my brother, Brothers In Arms, forever. May your memory be for a blessing bro. 🙏
We are like a vapor 1 minute we are here and the next minute we are gone. Your friend Daniel lives in your heart. The cassette he gave you was Bob Seger ? Carry him with you wherever you go. Because sometimes the road is dark and you will need a friend to walk with.
One of the most beautifully sad songs ever played. If these lyrics and painful guitar licks don't reach deep down into your heart, you sadly have no heart. Your only hope is to journey to Emerald City to beg and plead for one.
This masterpiece is nothing short of breathtaking. The melody, the lyrics, the emotions-it all comes together so flawlessly. It's rare to come across a song that resonates so deeply and feels timeless, but this one does exactly that. I’m adding it to my evergreen playlist, a collection I reserve only for the greatest songs that truly stand the test of time. This is the kind of music that touches the soul and stays with you forever. Absolute brilliance!
This song man... it just gives me goosebumps. The lyrics, Mark's soft voice, the guitar "crying", it creates a perfect atmosphere that sends shivers down my spine. Imho, Mark Knopfler is the best guitarrist of all time. Not in speed or flashiness, but in taste and feeling.
God bless him and all who have died and fought for freedom. I was USAF. Vietnam vet and a hundred other no name places. Thank God we still have men and women in this world willing to fight for freedom, like your brother did. God rest his soul.
Renata CindrIĆ nije dao zivot za slobodu desilo se da su uspeli da razjebu Jugoslaviju od braće da naprave neprijatelje sve je to politika i globalizam u pitanju na zalost ,neko je rekao e sad cemo da cepamo državu i pobiše toliki narod ,najgore medjusobno samo sto su u Bosni dosli mudzahedini koji su sekli glave najgore uzase su pravili tamo, na stranu sve zao mi je ja sam tada bila dete vise gladno nego sito zbog koga,zarad čega? I sad nam je kao bolje ,ajde reci jeste li? Imam familiju u Zagrebu koju nisam videla od prokletog rata ovde samo majku imam i nikoga vise,sve je to tuzno i zalosno ne dao Bog ratova vise i neka svi ratovi prestanu molimo Boga za to!❤
Aunt / surrogate grandmother last Friday, grandfather seven months ago, and other lesser figures in the past several months. I feel your pain. May he rest in peace.
Having been a soldier, and gone to war, this song absolutely resonates to me. My Regimental colleagues were my brothers in arms, but actually the enemy also were, in a sense. They’d been sent there by politicians, and so had we. And we had respect for them. Just ordinary fellows, doing what they’d been told to do.
This song came out back when I was a teenager, and it always remind me of the feeling of being drafted (it was compulsory army service back then where I live). We soldiers would hum this tune, it spoke to us on a gut level what an actual war would be like, sitting there in the freezing trenches looking up at the stars.
The '80s was probably the last decade of incredible music ~diverse, multifaceted, glorious, celebratory, melodically beautiful, technically perfection and oh my God some beats that are Unforgettable. After about 94, which produced four of my favorite songs that also reflected those sorts of things I just mentioned and then it all seem to go downhill with very few exceptions. And those 1994 songs I realize could have all just as easily come out in the seventies or eighties and been right at home. For the sake of interest: 1. Mr Jones and me 2. The Mmmmm Song (I think that's what it's called, LOL) 3. I found out about you 4. Good vibrations, (Mark wahlberg) Of course since then there have been some wonderful songs, but as a whole it's been pretty sucky. Jmo
The deep and thoughtful sentiment of this piece is phenomenal and should be standard listing for future generations. Mark Knoffler never served but he absolutely connected with the ex service community with his compassion.
Goofy I totally feel you, I was 11 years old when my father passed on. I'm 56 now you never totally get over the pain and loss. Keep in mind he and ancestors before him follow you and live the best life you can with love in your heart and compassion for others.
So true, first time I ever heard this song was, when we found out we were heading to desert shield, that's what they called desert storm before the war started, a guy from Maine said I got something we all need to hear, he played this song an we all started crying, never cried while listening to a song in my life, we all hoped an prayed we see each other again after if was over, an thru god's mercy we did, still talk to some to this day
Every time I listen to this wonderful music I cry like a baby cuz I remember all my brothers who din't make in Vietnam 51 yrs ago. Now I'm 71 yrs old considered my self a lucky man. SEMPER FI TO ALL MY BROTHERS & SISTERS WHO ARE STILL LIVING TODAY.
The Dire Straits are a timeless band.
it's : dIRE sTRAITS *without the THE'* and yes they are! i was born before the 80s so I know! Mark Knopfler is a REAL Legend! and Artist too
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I agree, bro
And Supertramp
And this song can be considered timeless because it fits so well with any who have fought the wars through time. It especially makes me think of those wonderful people of the "Great Generation". I am seventy five years old, and they were my mentors as I grew up. Now they are almost all gone, and I miss them all. The guys who were vets lived the horrors they had witnessed in their dreams at night. Their wives would tell my folks, or even myself this, because the wives lived the broken sleep also. And yet, through all they had lived, they remained loving and caring people through the remainder their lives. This song truly represents these people for me. And the last lines are so hard hitting.
Played at the funeral of my beautiful brother, aged 33. Even 8 years later to remember the sight at least 30 soldiers crying to this, as the flyover and bagpipes played will remain with me forever. May all those who served and gave the ultimate sacrifice, rest in peace xx
Rest in peace 🙏
Rest in peace 🙏
I’m so sorry for your loss. We’ve lost many who we served with. I guess it’s our age group, but we’re undone by this song every time.
God bless all who serve to take care of us, we are so very sorry for your loss... Ultimate respect to all who serve xx
May his soul rest in peace
Late March of 2024. I'm now 71. This song carries on to the current day. Truly one of his best. Thank you Mark Knopfler.
I feel ya. 72 here any day now. This song makes me tear up 🤔 ☮️✌️
This song always makes me cry...
Mr Knopfler was simply outstanding. He is a true artist.
Me too….I dedicate this song to all my Airborne Brothers in Arms , until that day I walk through those huge wooden doors into the great hall of Valhalla……I think of you everyday and night…..Airborne…..❤
He JAMMED !
Ein Lied was durch Seele und Geist geht...ich bin 67er..i love it !!!!
I’m 15 and I lost my dad in august. I remember warm summer nights sitting outside listening to this song among others. He would always tell me that when he passed every time I here this song I’d think of him. I wasn’t expecting to lose him so soon. Cancer is a terrible thing. It slowly destroys you from the inside out. Watching him fade away until he was just a skeleton of his old self is the hardest thing I’ve ever witnessed. This song helps me to remember the dad I loved, the happy, loving, smart man that raised me. I don’t like to remember him in the later stages of cancer, that wasn’t him. I miss you dad... I’d give everything to have you back for even a second :’/
Well said
He’s always with you, in your heart and soul my friend
Sorry for your loss Alcazar 😔 😢 I lost both my parents CANCER its a terrible disease and nobody should have to go through what our parents have been through. God bless 🙏 my friend. Don x
Sorry for your loss. I lost my mother to cancer ten years ago so I know your pain.
Watching them waste away is heartbreaking.
Oh man. How utterly shit. So sorry.
Whoever chose this for The Grand Tour deserves a bonus. Absolutely awesome.
Awesome 👍
Agreed, wholeheartedly 💗
What an epic end for GT.
Probably Clarkson to be fair. All the music is his taste.
@@final_mile_music9713 Maybe Clarkson, more likely Andy Wilman
The title of the song matches perfectly with how the show ended. Jeremy, James and Richard for two decades were brothers through everything. Gonna miss the Grand Tour.
So true they will be missed😢🫡🫡
Ecco perso il compagno che ti copriva le spalle....ora ti senti perso non hai piu il sentimento giusto....ti sei spento😢prova a scrivere cosa provi in questo momento
It's a shame we don't have music like this anymore.
Yet that music is still around!
Yes we do albeit not as much- you just have to know where to look.
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All planned I am afraid 😢
"...every man has to die.".
The most powerful line in any song I've ever heard IMHO.
Definitely a powerful one! For me it was: "We are fools to make war on our brothers in arms." It portrays the senselessness of war and the infinte amout of suffering it creates...
@@Chrisoric I agree wholeheartedly with you there.
@@Chrisoric you are so f***ing right!
@@Chrisoricit’s written in the starlight and every line in your palm, we’re fools to make war on our brothers in arms ❤ really powerful and true. It’s in our dna to not make war, karmically devastating
@DiegoGarcia-nk8cj Well?
To all my brothers in arms I lost in Vietnam, I miss you all, rest in peace
Brothers
Prayers. And thank you.
same
I am sorry they were killed but at the least an apology to all the Vietnamese men, women and children bombed maimed and killed, who did nothing to the US but the US went half-way round the world to kill these poor people, who also, in the end, defeated the US
@@Mikee22ification don't involve politics with this comment! It's about the men who lost their lives
We're in the year of 2024 - And this Dire Straits Song Is Timeless. 🫡✌️🫡🇬🇧
klopt
Yes it is.
Masterpiece incredible ❤
Listen to it at least once a week. ❤🇧🇻
Yes, it is. They do not make music like this anymore. Pink Floyd, the Who, Dire Straits, and some other epic bands. It is as if all nowadays music is soul- and meaningless. Just electronic noise. With some exceptions of course….
To iest żal po stracie tych ludzi, ale również ciepło serc, które go czują. To jest właśnie sens wszystkiego. Chwała im
Thank you Clarkson,Hammond and May for giving me a little happiness and this gem of a song.
It has been one hell of a ride. The trio cant be replaced - and this song was the perfect ending. The whole episode is one of the best they did. Dont be sad its over - be happy that it happened.
I never thought I'd get so emotional at the ending, thank you boys for the years of entertainment
Legend 😥😥😥
What a song to leave the show on, true British car entertainment at its best 👌
They really did help so many of us little insignificant people get a scrap of happiness 😊 we will always have the memories
Thank you, Clarkson, Hammond, and May for the memories all these years
The ending hit so hard… I’ll miss them.
Perfect ending of alla time.
It was a perfect ending imo, just doing whatever they please without having to listen to anyone..I'll miss them after 22 years
And on that bombshell..
It’s so hard.
I can't hear this the same ever again after the Grand Tour finale. What a journey.
I am 72, brings me back to the golden age of music!!!!
How lucky you was to be alive in that era, very jealous🙏
I'm a veteran. I remember where I was that day on 911. I was working in Camden NJ. My boss sent us home that day.
Just lost my dad hours ago. This was one of his all time favorite songs
Rip to your Dad. Bet he loved you lots
Rip, god bless u and ur fam 🖤
Sorry for your loss bro , if you wanna talk i will be there
Sorry for your loss mate
May he rest in peace... wish you the best...
As a Vietnam combat vet, this tune really resonates with me. Mark Knopfler is one of the most underrated guitarists and songwriters ever, in my humble opinion.
I don't think he can be described as "underrated", unless that word means something different these days.
top man MarkD- English Patriot
You are what? Ahahahah stop man please ahahahahahaha
Dear Mark,
This song grips and touches every person that has served. Every time I listen to this masterpiece, it brings tears to my eyes. Its a truly timeless piece of art that expresses what you and I lived true. Combat brings up the best and the worst in us humans. The duality of live. Peace brother.
тебе наверное. уже много лет, друг?
Mark's voice tells the story
The guitar expresses the pain...
Perfectly analysing
Fact❤
Like I ever said: he has the guitar who crys... A genius 🙌🕊️
those are the words i've been looking for. Could not have put it better.
1989. I sat with my only son and we held hands listenng to this piece, enjoying the moment. A week later he was dead, having taken his own life on his 17th birthday, using my 12 bore,. I still listen to this piece, sitting there, holding his hand.
This song goes out to every soldier on all sides in all the wars ever fought. WE ARE FOOLS TO MAKE WAR ON OUR BROTHERS IN ARMS!
People, we are brothers in arms......
сомневаюсь в вашем заявлении.Одно могу сказать никакой бункер не спасёт от ядерной войны,бункер только отсрочит.И только в фантастике возможно что мы!, выжевем,радиация убивает в течении ни 100 лет а больше,и продуктов,воды,воздуха,фильтров и так далее не хватит для выживания даже небольшого количества людей!
We are fools to make war !!!!!!!
4:09
love to listen to the music and words ....
🎼🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶
I'm listening, ❤❤❤ From Sweden.
Brother's and sisters this song is hope and life let yours be it too
I hope WE ARE!!! & WE'll ALWAYS BE!!!
Lost my son to cancer and he loved dire straits
R.i.p Harry
Rip Harry😢
R.I.P harry.
May his soul be blessed.
R.i.p Harry
🖤🖤🖤🕊
RIP Harry
May you rock on brother!!!!
That last scene was too emotional
This track was the only logical choice. I'm glad they went with it
😢
Perfect song for the scene. Also lost my best friend in september '22... He loved Dire Straits. I'm a bit emotional yes but hey... Thank you Jeremy, Richard & James. I'm 28 now and loved TG from the beginning. I made tens of English class essays about you. :D Most importantly; rest in peace Olli. A man couldn't have asked for a better buddy. Miss ya brother ❤️
🤷 *WhaT last scene.!?* 🧐
@@TheAGODAMI the scene where the boys were driving up to Kubu Island
For the millions who died for us for just a few hundred meters of ground. God bless them all x
One of the best, most emotive songs ever written. Thank you, Dire Straits.
Questa..canzone..ha...un..grandissimo...significato...per...me...ciao...by...gio..sss...primo...Milano...italy...ciao.....
Класс _это шикарноЯ!!!!@@@@!!!!!!!@!!!@!!@@@@@
I agree. Cannot listen to this without tears.
My dad was dying of cancer and asked me to make sure this song was in his funeral. I lost him 5 days after his diagnosis due to sepsis. Me and my brother proudly carried him to this song and I come back to it every time I miss him. Amazing song
"Amazing song"? Yeah...it really is!!!
Honestly...I may not have ever known your father...and do not even know YOU...! But his last wish...and also the fact, you carried him to this song, it demands respect!!!
Blessings to you sir.
@@JohnDoe-vj2yy all of e
I don't know why but that's my father favourite song too. He is 58 years old. There is something beautiful in this song.
This terrible cancer, I known what it means, my best friend was dying of cancer, my thoughts are at you and all people suffering of this disease. I can't understand what happenes in the world, how much people must die in war, so much money for weapons.. We could better give it in the health system.. In great solidarity, take care on you.. 💚
I was a young journalist working in Central America when this came out. During that terrible time this song was a powerful secular hymn to me, and it still has the power to draw an old man's tears.
Friends and family die in the civil war in el Salvador, this song is just amazing.
And some old men still have tears when we hear it.
Me to, in tears just remembering old days...missing and regretting all the lost and wrong choices 😔
Were you in El Salvador?
@@ericjohnson8326 No, I was mostly based in Honduras along the Nicaraguan border. Early in the morning we'd ride out in a helicopter, looking for shooting. This album would be playing on my Walkman, which dates me.
I was later in Panama for that party.
Just feeling a little sad on Christmas for all those we have lost
❤
Feliz 2025...desde Santa Cruz, Argentina abrazo grande...
Some songs aren't just songs. They are emotions. And everytime you revisit , it's then you'll realise that memories never fade.
100%
Verdade!
Exactly…makes me too emotional
So true, so very true ...!!
👍👍👍
This song is almost 40 years old and the lyrics are more important than ever before...
Been there and done it, we have absolutely no business going back. imo
this song is all i can think about since the invasion’s inception...devastating xx all my love to the people of ukraine xx
Absolutely. Listening February 2022
The song from The Scorpions, “Wind of Change” was my second war song, how I would love it see no more unnecessary war.
This is the song that I often to revisit, since it appeared in 1985. Today, a special sad moment, I listen this song again.
Clarkson Hammond and May, a trio that raised a generation of petrol heads. Their work is done.
Interestingly, petrol, gas, coal, solar, nuclear, they all come from thermonuclear energy of the Sun and the Universe
@@USA-AMERICA-iq6qkso?
3 Generations at least
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😅😊😅😅😅😅
Count me in I loved them and the song
"But it's written in the stars
And every line in your palm
We're fools to make war on our brothers in arms"
Such a beautiful song ❤
To future generations.....Don’t let this masterpiece ever be forgotten
Tells a story we must never forget. Great words mate.
@@andrewatkins1635 Back atcha, Andrew!
Will tell them.
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i´m 16 and i´m in love with this masterpiece
I lost fellow soldiers. I have lost a son. I have lost a father. Somehow this haunting song brings them back to me briefly. One of the only things left that can bring me to tears.
R.I.P
I know the feeling my friend , I lost some friends in the Angolan bush war. God Bless.
Made it all about u bro ...grrrr
just love
Bubba I know this feeling too - I'm crying right now as the memories of the Falklands flood my mind. Especially carrying out a mate on my back as he was dying. Fk those 2 Sisters!! Per Mare Per Terram 42nd
I was five when my eldest brother went to Viet Nam. He came back - but was always a broken man. This song gets to me with its beautiful lyrics and haunting melody.
I'm sorry 😔
@@joanabarbosa2000.... Why are you sorry.... You didn't even know him
Respect for those that saw things that they can never unsee…😢
@@kellyboon4918That’s not empathetic. You clearly do not understand humanity.
I'm sorry about the loss of your brother 😢
Hammond,Clarkson and May. The petrolhesd trio that inspired an entire generation. From crazy challenges, to Firey lorries to driving 267mph to sailing cars to track racing and cars for the elderly. We have all grown up and evolved with them. We all together are truely 'Brothers in Arms'.
One of the greatest mood songs ever written, on one of the greatest albums ever written. No one will ever touch the 1980s, may its spirit in us never die!
I am 32 years old now. I was merely 21 when I was deployed to Afghanistan. Next to me sat a younger boy -none of us were men then, men know what they're doing, we didn't- named Alex. He was only 19. Alex was an orphan, just another lost soul sent to fight for a country that never cared for neither him, neither any soul it sent to its doom. Alex and I began nervously talking and before the plane landed, we were inseparable. We became the closest of friends over the course of our time in Afghanistan, we had to learn to kill and accept death. It wasn't easy, nothing was, but at least, in the middle of all the crap that went on, we had formed a friendship, a friendship so strong I dare say it was almost a brotherhood. I loved Alex both as a friend and as the younger brother I never had -and apparently was never meant to have. I felt responsible for him, felt like I had to teach him things I didn't even know myself. Most of all I cared for that boy more than I cared for myself. Alex died 11 years ago today. He dove on an Afghan grenade, saving my life and 12 others. Born a zero and died a fucking hero. The word "hero" is the least I can say to describe him. But they didn't talk about him on tv, they didn't give him a medal and they just forgot about him. Just another lost soul never finding its way. I was sent home a little after all that. A taxi took me from the airport and took me back to my family. This is the first song that played on the taxi ride. Needless to say, I burst out crying right then and there. I had lost people in my life, but nothing hurt more than the loss of Alex. Thinking about it years later, I believe that this song playing on the radio was a signal from Alex up in the sky, telling me that he finally found his peace beside God, and telling me not to worry about him and go on with my life. Anyway, wherever you are, Alex, I miss you, my brother in arms...
RIP Alex 09/09/2010.
Oh, man.
I know it’s not the same but I just wanna say it.
My father said
*”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*
*My brother in arms.”*
At his best friends funeral which he has known since he was a 7 year old boy as well as his other friend. They grew up in a small village in Congo which people found odd when he tells them about it because he is white but he is Belgian and they had colonised Congo so I assume it’s why they were there, he is now 53. They called themselves the 3 musketeers, Kris(*the one who has died*),Lawrence my dads other best friend and my dad Thierry. The 3 of them went to school together, shared a room with each other at boarding school. They all grew up together. Everything they did they did together. His father was an abusive alcoholic and died when my father was 9 while his mom was in hospital with cancer which she overcame but died 3 years later from TB so he didn’t really ever have family, but he told me that the 3 of them were brothers. Whether they were blood or not. After school they would go down to the river and get on their little wooden sail boat that they borrowed from a local fisherman with a few friends. There were crocodiles and hippos there but they didn’t care, they were young and foolish but they had fun. One of his friends had a brother who had gone missing, 3 days later one of his arms were found on the banks of the river(irrelevant, I know). The 3 musketeers later went to Belgium to finish their studies so they could make it one day, when they had finished they all moved to South Africa because they missed Africa, but it wasn’t the same kind of Africa. When they came here they had very little money so the 3 of them rented a small apartment and stayed in it together. They searched tirelessly for jobs and my dad and Kris found jobs here, they both became engineers, the other friend Lawrence went back to Belgium because he couldn’t get one here and later found one there. Kris introduced my mom to my dad and he is the reason I,my brother and my sister exist. He was the one who had wanted a family the most out of the 3 of them, he had many girlfriends in the past , he ended up finding the right one who unfortunately may not have been and they got engaged and a few months later she died in a car accident. Years past, my dad and Kris had some fights and didn’t see each other for a few months but they resolved their problems. He finally found the person who would become his wife and start a family with. They tried many times to have children but she had some problem with her which was preventing her from getting pregnant, they went to doctors and tried to sort out the problems and after some time they finally managed to have children, 2 daughters 1 year difference in age. The 3 musketeers still saw each other often even tho the one lives in Belgium who also has a family of his own now and the other lives almost 2 hours from us. They all made it and were successful in life but Kris seemed to be an unlucky man, he then got COVID when working on some project in Congo which is ironic. The last time the 3 of them were together was 2 years ago because of COVID/ lockdown. Lawrence and his family came here because it was Kris’s 50th birthday. That was the last time we saw Kris. He died on the 16th of August 2, 2021, 2 days before my dads birthday and the same day my dad had a heart attack 7 years ago. After being in hospital fighting COVID for nearly 2 months, my mom called me to come downstairs and I had the feeling something was wrong and I saw my mom and dad standing in the kitchen, they told me that Kris had died just before my mom started crying, my dad tried to act strong like always but at the dinner table halfway through dinner he just started crying, I had never seen my dad cry in my entire life, I am 17. He had multiple infections and organ failures and my father wasn’t allowed to visit him but it would have been pointless because towards the end he was tired and looked deathly ill and was mostly sedated, a week before he died his wife went there and kept telling him he will be fine and he will make it but with the little strength he had , he shook his head and said no his wife Charlene told us, he asked to see his girls who are 5 and 6 but they weren’t allowed in.
They are now currently with us as his wife is suicidal and has gone to some institute to try and get help because she doesn’t know how to carry on.The girls don’t seem to understand what death is and that he isn’t coming back because they say “my daddy died and that’s why we aren’t at home but we waiting for mommy and daddy to come back” They don’t seem to be upset but they keep saying they miss mommy and daddy which hurts me to hear and I think it hurts my dad more as his friend isn’t here but his 2 daughters are and they will grow up without knowing their father like my dad did. My dad had to carry the coffin and do the eulogy which is when at the end he said those words because Brothers in arms was Kris’s favourite song.
But now *The 3 musketeers are no more*. I am writing this with tears in my eyes as I find it very upsetting, I had to watch the funeral online as your are only allowed 50 people in a venue. My dad put his hand on his coffin and patted it and said something which he says is just for Kris. The rest Kris’s family couldn’t fly here because of restrictions so they had to do a funeral in Belgium without the coffin. We had to watch it online. Lawrence did the eulogy too but he broke down at the end. It was in french so I couldn’t understand but my dad could. He was very upset for the rest of that day and didn’t say a word, I think it re enforced the fact that he is gone and there is no changing it and you can’t do anything.
My dad is now depressed and he doesn’t know what to do with his life which is upsetting for me and my family but the words he said in the eulogy
*“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*
*My brother in arms.”*
I will always remember those words.
My dad has tears in his eyes when he listens to this song now. He says when it’s his turn he wants his song to be
*Blood Brothers*
By Bruce Springsteen because Lawrence will be
the last one.
Rip Kris.
I know it’s not the same, I don’t know what it is like for you as I didn’t go to war and lose someone I was so close too like that so abruptly and in a way like that, and then for him to not even get the recognition that he deserved but I’m sure the people he has saved will always remember what he did and will forever be grateful as they were able to return to their families because of his sacrifice. Many people have gone to early before their lives even really started and it isn’t fair.
I have never had a friendship or a bond like you guys have so I will unfortunately never know.
But my favourite part is when he says
Let me bid your farewell
Everyman has to Die.
It's difficult to even imagine the pain you've gone through and ofcourse ur brother in arms
And rip to the afghans that ur brother killed to be fair.
I always had a special view of this song: My great-grandfather fought in WW2. One day, he got really sick (the flu or whatever), and was send to a field hospital a few kilometers away. He recovered unusually fast and as he was on the way back to the frontline, he was told that his whole Platoon had been killed. He saw his disease as some kind of miracle, but was of course still devastated. The lyrics represent exactly what he must have gone through, and him getting sick is the only reason I'm alive today, what always comes into my mind when listening to this
God bless him n u 👍
War is a terrible thing my friend, but as a Christian Jesus Christ wanted you alive today so he could get to know you !
Your beautiful comment brought me to tears. My dad fought in WW2. He had stacks of books on the subject, and it was like he was trying to find a reason, or an answer he could live with. He was captured and was a prisoner of war. The only thing he ever told me was that he accidentally shot a woman. It haunted him. I so wish he was still alive so I could tell him how much I love him.
He's flying high now
Your comment strikes my heart. My father was in WWII. He broke his ankle when the Jeep he was a passenger in rolled into a ditch. His platoon went on. When he recovered, he was assigned to guard German POWs because he spoke some German. We read many books about WWII together and would discuss them. I don't think that he could ever process the whole thing. I wonder would I have even existed but for a car accident. I also wonder why we humans cannot learn from history.
Januari 2025 and the wars are still alive.
For all the victims and soldiers who are still brothers in arms ❤️🖤
❤❤
Dokładnie
This song will never get old - it is so full of emotion, not just the message/the words, but the guitar is literally crying at points and you can really appreciate how real and raw this song is on so many levels. A true masterpiece.
Well said.
a true live masterpiece
I lost my best friend today , my brother.
@@ewaguzinska7228 przykro mi Ewa. Pozdrawiam serdecznie i łączę sięw bółu
Už v roce kdy tato píseň vznikla jsem věděl že zasáhne do hodně životu na téhle nasi planetě. Zemi .Díky.
I served for over 2 decades in the Army and I lost to many brothers in arms. I cannot begin to express how emotional this song makes me particularly today (11 Nov.)
Brother, I wish you well and hope you're happy in life.
With you my brother..
Thankyou.xx
This came on in the car today (18th November) and it made me realise that, with all of the other things going on in the world at the moment, I had not taken particular note this year of Armistice Day, which made me feel sad and guilty.
Then I realised that the people that we are honouring would probably far rather hear this than two minutes of silence, so I skipped it back to the start, cranked it up, and took the long way home: It is because of their sacrifice that I could do this.
As a free civilian: Thank you and your Brothers & Sisters for your sacrifices.
Rip fallen comrades
My fathers 1st piece of music on his funeral yesterday....he was carried in to this...he was 87 years old....and it has cut me to bits losing him....I hope I can carry on making you proud Dad🙏💔
live for Jesus..pray he is with Him!!!
Hey funk we r hear 4 u .moving forward is only baby steps wen u r ready ,all of grieve different so do not b hard on ur self xx
@@conniegomez1321 bless you xx
@@minimoose3235 Thankyou my friend x
@@heatherknutsford2101 Thankyou my lovely x
To everyone I served with in Northern Iraq, living and deceased, this song is dedicated to you and the memories we all share.
You are all my Brothers in Arms and I will carry you in my memories and my heart forever.
I love you all my Brothers in Arms.
Sincerely
Former Spc. Christopher T Munro
714th SECFOR
KS ARMY NATIONAL GUARD
This song.....still a masterpice.............tears roll every time. Memories of those who paid the ultimate price, and for those who did not give up the struggle!
This song makes me think of my cousin who was a NYC firefighter on 9/11/2001 going up the stairs with a hose on tower 1 trying to help people when the building went down. He didn’t have a weapon, just a hose. It makes me think of him and all his brother and sister firefighters who lost their lives trying to help people.
🥲
A true hero!
I'm so sorry such bravery and sacrifice 🕊️💔 love from us in the UK
Utmost respect, to your cousin, and all people around the world, who make the ultimate sacrifice, trying to help and protect others. The very best of the human spirit. 🙏🧡
He died a hero
The Grand Tour reminded me of this gem. One of the greatest pieces of music ever recorded.
I’m now listening to this song for the umpteenth time, just to read the comments. It’s magical how music touches people’s hearts, awakens memories and longings within them, and brings them together as one in a time marked by war and turmoil.
Im not usually emotional, but this song really hits me hard. Classics like this will be remembered forever.
Thursday night Canada 2 am thinking about where my life went I'm 53,wow
I been listening to Johnny cash lately.his song hurt is summing up how I feel
So you think in 10,000 years people will be listening to this? (Obviously the species won't last another 1000 years)
Only if You and I (we all) keep it alive!
@@craigfalconer7152 you have failed
Never got tired of listening to this song during 40 years!! Thank you Dire Straits for this masterpiece!!
It's incredible, at that time we never imagined that good music would disappear, that's why these jewels are still intact 40 years later!
А не хуй бля соваться куда не надо. Не ваша земля
one of the greatest songs ever... a timeless masterpiece
SPOPictures John legend
SPOPictures i
GaLimotion The only similarity between Birds of Paradise and Brothers in Arms is that they share the same key and almost the same tempo... other than that they're completely different in arrangement and structure.
Halleluja jef buckley
Still moves me and brings me joy and tears after so many years.......
Im shedung my tears right now, from nostalgia, fromvthis beauty pf song.
My father loved this song, he was a soldier in life. He fought for what he believed in, and for his children. I miss him every day, but his suffering has gone. My brother in arms 💔
RIP to all fallen Brothers in Arms..
@@harryf788fuck war
@@luckyhunter5291 Grow up ,drama queen
@Andrzej Jasinski cool
@@harryf788 rip, but how can he, wasn't the song published years after the war was over? no offense btw just trying to explain this contradiction
RIP...
11.11.2023....still having goosebumps listening to this breathtaking song. We will remember them 🌺
Same here in Norway. If the world leaders just have listen to this masterpice. Peace❤❤
nice people still know better .. Peace to all
Ye on the 11/11 ❤
2023 🎉❤
Да
Lost my husband 3 month’s ago his favoriet film was gladiator. We visited the colloseum two years ago and hé loved it. We played this song at his funeral. Thank you Hans Zimmer for the wonderful music you compose.
this is one of the last songs my dad listened to before he committed suicide. I miss him so much everyday.
If you’re struggling, reach out. It’s not weak to speak.
R.I.P dad❤️
❤️
May your dad R.I.P ✝️✝️✝️
It’s not weak to commit suicide, either.
❤
Oh my God, I’m so sorry. He must have been in the deepest pain, we can not imagine.
I confess I have battled with these thoughts for a life time. My heart breaks for you, for him. Damn it, I wish he could have stayed, but he just couldn’t.
Please accept my sincere condolences.
One of the best of all time... And will always be...
Remember hearing my father listening to this song when I was a kid. Little did I know how personal this would get.
Love you pops, see you one day
Consciousness is forever, Love is eternal.
Anders Hermansen sorry to hear that man
its also my grandfarthers favorite song and money for nothin luckily hes still here
Me too. Dad loved dire straits Now I do too. I have my dad's taste in music. Dire straits, pink floyd and so on 🤘
Anders , He is with you always and forever !!!
Abraço forte pra você que em algum momento da estrada da vida perdeu aquele BROTHER IN ARM . Eu perdi , escuto essa linda canção e as vezes me revolto , mas calma, existe um DEUS .
A song more relevant now than ever...
(Not downplaying what happened in Iraq, Afghanistan, Checnya, Palestine, Georgia, and what is still happening in Syria and Yemen).
Yes, now. Ukraine 🇺🇦 🇺🇦 🇺🇦
@@byronharano2391 I am with you stay strong
Can't believe we doing it...
Putin will now end this 8-year war! What do you say about the 14,000 deaths in Donbass over the past 8 years? Died at the food distribution or on the way to school.
Just thank the US who infiltrated Ukraine for their geo interests.
@@BananenrepublikDE Das boot
This must be one of the best songs ever written. What a masterpiece. Still gives me goosebumps.
Agreed.
Me too!
I'm listening this song few times a day and always crying because of my father in law who died last year, He was the one who showed me this song for the first time...
Moves me to tears every time. In my top ten all time favourites. Yes, a true masterpiece, timeless
Absolutely
Thank you Jezza, Hamster and Captain Slow for everything
Orangutan*
Mr slowly
By..gio..sss..primo...italy...no..alla..guerra.. pace...pace....pace..ciao..by..gio.sss..primo...ciao..
One of the most ingenious works in the history of the world...
13/05/2020 - Today marks 35 years of the release of this masterpiece. Dire Straits, you are an absolute legend!
*34
Legendary
At least this time, there ain't molten lava hole on top of the mountain.
My Dad passed this morning at 6am. R.I.P Thomas Smith- July 4th 1950 - May 2nd 2021 - this was one lf his favorites. I'll never forget you pops! Love you!
God bless you xxxxx
So very sorry for your loss...may this song bring you comfort when you hear it and think of him.
Stay strong so sorry for you I know the feeling my dad used listen to this with me he took his own life totally unexpected R.i.P x.
Riposa in pace
@@jennifertodd8560 thanks ❤
30 years have gone by, and this incredibly sensitive piece of art still moves me to tears. The minimal-yet-deep lyrics, the almost-whispered singing as if mourning a loved one, the crying guitar riffs that sting the heart in perfect contrast to the restrained singing, the church-like synth cords, the soft drumming and caressing bass line - all accompanied by one of the classiest animation-videos of all times... this is the ultimate lamentation on the sheer display of human stupidity which we call war.
perfect interpretation
+Sundeep Photay Perfect response. I could not in any way have put it better :)
Well said!
+אלעד דניאל Well said ! The only time I think all humans will come together will be if we are all under attack (e.g. from aliens, or by an incurable virus like Ebola)
you are an incredibly sensitive piece of art.
Väga hea lugu on kohe aru saada millest laulja mõttleb ja mida ta öelda tahab sellega ❤❤❤
Jesus what a Masterpiece. Thank God for Mark Knopfler and his singing guitar
MK is just something special, he knows how to write an emotive song and then blows us away with the guitar
delbroox what a great song
Yeah. Masterpiece indeed.
delbroox classic mate. brings tears to my eyes. No lie.
Jackie Bayliss h
Music will never ever be better than this. Not in a million years. Thank you, Dire Straits.
Yes I agree 100 💯
This will go on for years absolutely masterpiece of music
You said it. To think what crap the kids of today have to make do with.!!
Some albums are just masterpieces no matter the quality of the bands past or future offerings. This song's album is one of that select few, and this song caps the album in spectacular triumph.
One of the greatest Ballads ever! Nothing more to say.
agree
Simply said and couldnt agree more...!!
Zgadza się,,, pozdrawiam
@@davidgraham9804 .
good
It‘s good to know that there are still many people out there who love and understand this song. There‘s still hope.
Spot on sir ! We are needed more than ever today ! Best wishes from Cambridge , England
we are here:)
This song is great!! It was always played in a dico when I was young. Each tine it Hit me!!! Greetings from Germany
Always hope My brother
@@davestreatfield2527 Cambridge in the mf house. Thank you
Man doesn't learn by mistakes. Today like yesterday... 😔🙏
This masterpiece is timeless ❤️🎶
Du hast leider so recht 😢
👍
Unfortunately, history repeats, man does not learn......😔
Exscusing but the Brotherhood of man does learnings from big mistakes some time.
They were a class group this song proves how brilliant they really are
To whoever is reading this comment, I wish you all the success in your endeavors and that you reach for and achieve your dreams and have a great life. Please treat others well and with respect, as you would like to be treated. We have one life and one world, as the song says.
Joe Sokolic thank you. Truely powerful comment
Sećanja....
thanks joe ./love from ireland.we have a deep inner sadness as bein irish to understand such words.
Beginning a new life in a new place and reading your message is awesome..thank you.. wish you the same..love from india
So true! Greetings from Germany
Lot of people from Croatia in 90s cried listening to this song 😢
Why
Balkan War in the early 90s.@@thomascabouret7978
Read the history.@@thomascabouret7978
@@thomascabouret7978 Croatian war of independence (1991-1995), this song became Croatian soldiers' "anthem" in the early 90s...
From Albania as well !!!big fun of dire straits
They don't understand their impact on billions of petrolheads. They were like friends to us. Thank you Clarkson, Hammond, and May.
More like family
Dude, theyre us. They know.
Dire Straits is a legend
So very true!
Because..."SHINBONE WANTS STATEHOOD"
True real Masterpiece!!
Still better of "music" today!
Kick ass!! 👏👏👏
In 1984 a friend who was the only person in Cleveland who cared about an immigrant playing basketball and teaching my first lesson in playing Golf 18 pot gave me this casset as a parting gift to collage.
In the early 90's went back to the visit and surprise him. Knocked on his door and his mother answered the door and when I asked If Daniel still lives there, she burst to crying telling me that he had passed and not one of his friends has ever stop by the house. I was shocked and asked if I can go to his room and cry.
His room was the same with the same posters.
😭
Till today I still have his gift.
Daniel, my brother, Brothers In Arms, forever. May your memory be for a blessing bro.
🙏
Oh my ❤❤❤❤❤❤ and his poor mom!!!!
Rjn, obrigada por tua generosidade em compartilhar deste sentimento...💎💙✨🇧🇷
Obrigada por compartilhar seu luto conosco. Fiquei com muita pena dessa Mãe 🥲
Sorry for your loss my friend. ❤from England
We are like a vapor 1 minute we are here and the next minute we are gone.
Your friend Daniel lives in your heart.
The cassette he gave you was Bob Seger ?
Carry him with you wherever you go.
Because sometimes the road is dark and you will need a friend to walk with.
This song is hauntingly beautiful -- each time I hear it, some new feeling emerges and touches a different part of my heart.
Yes, feel the same way, really really do..!!
Every time I listen to it, something new awakens in my heart and from time to time a tear escaped from my eyes.
Couldn’t agree more
One of the most beautifully sad songs ever played. If these lyrics and painful guitar licks don't reach deep down into your heart, you sadly have no heart. Your only hope is to journey to Emerald City to beg and plead for one.
This masterpiece is nothing short of breathtaking. The melody, the lyrics, the emotions-it all comes together so flawlessly. It's rare to come across a song that resonates so deeply and feels timeless, but this one does exactly that. I’m adding it to my evergreen playlist, a collection I reserve only for the greatest songs that truly stand the test of time. This is the kind of music that touches the soul and stays with you forever. Absolute brilliance!
I would be very glad if you could please share your playlist :)
Thank you Dire straits for this masterpiece. Just lost my brother in his battle with cancer! And this song has helped me to cope with such a loss.
💕
Your brother lives on and always be near you x
❤
I realy hope you find peace realy do 😇
This song man... it just gives me goosebumps. The lyrics, Mark's soft voice, the guitar "crying", it creates a perfect atmosphere that sends shivers down my spine. Imho, Mark Knopfler is the best guitarrist of all time. Not in speed or flashiness, but in taste and feeling.
its a perfect song man
I feel the same and think the same
spot on
Mark Knopfler & Dire Straits have played a huge part in revolutionizing music... this song is a solid proof!
You Are so fucking right 😉
My brother gives his life for our freedom before 32 years. Than you Marijo J. R. from Croatia 🇭🇷
God bless him and all who have died and fought for freedom. I was USAF. Vietnam vet and a hundred other no name places. Thank God we still have men and women in this world willing to fight for freedom, like your brother did. God rest his soul.
SO SORRY FOR YOUR LOSS HES WITH GOD ALMIGHTY NOW AND FOREVER...😢
Questa..e...una..delle..canzoni..preferite..da..by...gio..sss..primo..perché.. l..ha...suonata...anche..lui..con..loro..ciao..gio..sss..junior..in..by..gio..sss...primo..miami..florida..ciao..
Renata CindrIĆ nije dao zivot za slobodu desilo se da su uspeli da razjebu Jugoslaviju od braće da naprave neprijatelje sve je to politika i globalizam u pitanju na zalost ,neko je rekao e sad cemo da cepamo državu i pobiše toliki narod ,najgore medjusobno samo sto su u Bosni dosli mudzahedini koji su sekli glave najgore uzase su pravili tamo, na stranu sve zao mi je ja sam tada bila dete vise gladno nego sito zbog koga,zarad čega? I sad nam je kao bolje ,ajde reci jeste li? Imam familiju u Zagrebu koju nisam videla od prokletog rata ovde samo majku imam i nikoga vise,sve je to tuzno i zalosno ne dao Bog ratova vise i neka svi ratovi prestanu molimo Boga za to!❤
RIP Alfred Sharp
Thank you for your service and thank you for your friendship.
We are brothers in arms
I lost my father and grandmother two weeks ago. This music just makes me feels so emotional. It's painful but also helps me cope
Sending love ❤️
Aunt / surrogate grandmother last Friday, grandfather seven months ago, and other lesser figures in the past several months. I feel your pain. May he rest in peace.
I'm so sory!rest in peace!
@@ailtonpaulinoratsbone8349 thanks very much
Carry on, brother. Let their memories be honored through your actions everyday. Live as they told you so.
Having been a soldier, and gone to war, this song absolutely resonates to me. My Regimental colleagues were my brothers in arms, but actually the enemy also were, in a sense. They’d been sent there by politicians, and so had we. And we had respect for them. Just ordinary fellows, doing what they’d been told to do.
This song came out back when I was a teenager, and it always remind me of the feeling of being drafted (it was compulsory army service back then where I live). We soldiers would hum this tune, it spoke to us on a gut level what an actual war would be like, sitting there in the freezing trenches looking up at the stars.
Thank you, with all my heart, for your sacrifices. Sending you so much love and healing prayers. God bless you all 💚🕊🙏
Yes, absolutely. As I've said before, endless war for endless profit. And our soldiers paid for it with their lives. Unconscionable.
Если вдуматься, вы написали страшную вещь. Люди не должны убивать друг друга
That is the way of this world. Old men talking and young men dying. Nothing will ever change my friend. Thank you for your service. 🇮🇪
There are certain 80's songs that give me an overwhelming bittersweet sense of nostalgia. This is definitely one of them.
Me too
Maybe because the world was digging ourselves Out of the terrible nightmares of nuclear war. And yet it seems that we’re right back.
Exactly the sentiment im feeling at this precise moment !
The '80s was probably the last decade of incredible music ~diverse, multifaceted, glorious, celebratory, melodically beautiful, technically perfection and oh my God some beats that are Unforgettable. After about 94, which produced four of my favorite songs that also reflected those sorts of things I just mentioned and then it all seem to go downhill with very few exceptions. And those 1994 songs I realize could have all just as easily come out in the seventies or eighties and been right at home. For the sake of interest:
1. Mr Jones and me
2. The Mmmmm Song (I think that's what it's called, LOL)
3. I found out about you
4. Good vibrations, (Mark wahlberg)
Of course since then there have been some wonderful songs, but as a whole it's been pretty sucky. Jmo
This is not an 80's song, like Beethoven's 9th symphony is not an 19th century symphony but a classic symphony - this a CLASSIC song
This is the greatest video. A-HA got it because this song was to honest. Best music video of the 80's! I die on the hill.
Absolute genius, absolute masterpiece.
A classic for all time.
Genius is the only apt description.
❤❤❤
Humnn💐❤💐
The deep and thoughtful sentiment of this piece is phenomenal and should be standard listing for future generations.
Mark Knoffler never served but he absolutely connected with the ex service community with his compassion.
Well stated bro...
If politics was music there would be no wars just love+peace t.p.p.r
It's actually a war protest song about the Falklands war in 1982. "We are fools to make war on our brothers in arms".
*Sometimes, it’s not the song that makes you emotional; it’s the people & things that come to your mind when you hear it*
Plutôt, le son des 7 cordes.
It's true...
It's true...
Goofy I totally feel you, I was 11 years old when my father passed on. I'm 56 now you never totally get over the pain and loss. Keep in mind he and ancestors before him follow you and live the best life you can with love in your heart and compassion for others.
So true, first time I ever heard this song was, when we found out we were heading to desert shield, that's what they called desert storm before the war started, a guy from Maine said I got something we all need to hear, he played this song an we all started crying, never cried while listening to a song in my life, we all hoped an prayed we see each other again after if was over, an thru god's mercy we did, still talk to some to this day
INDEED...Dire Straits...one of the greatest bands who ever played!
my father was a soldier, dead on the battlefield. This is also dedicated to his soul. I love you Dad.
God bless.x
we're all together in this bullshit life, respect to your old man
@@wreccen unfortunately you're right, thank you
Respect to your father :).
Respect to your old man ❤️
Every time I listen to this wonderful music I cry like a baby cuz I remember all my brothers who din't make in Vietnam 51 yrs ago. Now I'm 71 yrs old considered my self a lucky man. SEMPER FI TO ALL MY BROTHERS & SISTERS WHO ARE STILL LIVING TODAY.
Thank you for your service .
🇺🇸❤️ .
Respect ...
From melbourne, Victoria , austraiia ..🇬🇸
A brutal war and too many good people lost , must have been hell , best wishes and thanks for doing your best .
God bless you
@@drozzzzzz3900 thank you very much
@@michaelwilson2419 Semper Fi my brother, well come home.
Remembering my dad today. One of his favourite songs. Happy fathers day dad i love you
Long life to you and your family!
You didn’t desert me my brothers in arms
Still one of the best, most haunting, guitar works of all time...in my opinion.
Yeap, don't know whose to blame for this, so both Knopflers, at least, are timeless geniuses
One of the greatest tunes of all time by a man who is one of the greatest guitar players of all time..Genius
Listen to the isley brothers whoes that lady hear the awesome guitar playing
Ciao....by...gio...sss...primo...music...company...e..gio...sss...terzo....Milano.. italy....ciao...no...alla...guerraaaaaaaaa...ciao........
@@francesconero1953 what does it mean in English
I think the most underrated guitarist i can think of.......i'll even forgive the barcode connection a pass🤣🤣🤣