Brothers In Arms (4:50)
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“Brothers in Arms” is a 1985 song by Dire Straits, appearing as the last track on the album of the same name. It is in G# minor. It peaked at #16 in the UK.
There are actually two studio recorded versions of this song: the album version which is 6:58 seconds, and the shorter version which is 6:05 seconds and features slightly different (and shorter) solos at the beginning and end of the song. The version that appears on Dire Straits’ greatest hits album, The Very Best of Dire Straits, is 4:55. The On The Night-version contains an extra slide guitar-solo and is 8:55 seconds.
Mark Knopfler usually played the song on a Gibson Les Paul guitar, rather than his usual Schecter “Stratocaster”, and a Les Paul appears in the distinctive promo video, which is in the style of a charcoal drawing, interspersing scenes of the band playing with scenes of war. During Dire Straits’ tour On Every Street 1992, Mark used his Pensa Suhr MK1 for this song, like most of the others.
There are actually two studio recorded versions of this song: the album version which is 6:58 seconds, and the shorter version which is 6:05 seconds and features slightly different (and shorter) solos at the beginning and end of the song. The version that appears on Dire Straits’ greatest hits album, The Very Best of Dire Straits, is 4:55. The On The Night-version contains an extra slide guitar-solo and is 8:55 seconds.
Mark Knopfler usually played the song on a Gibson Les Paul guitar, rather than his usual Schecter “Stratocaster”, and a Les Paul appears in the distinctive promo video, which is in the style of a charcoal drawing, interspersing scenes of the band playing with scenes of war. During Dire Straits’ tour On Every Street 1992, Mark used his Pensa Suhr MK1 for this song, like most of the others.
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hanginchili wrote:
Fools to make war full stop!
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Cyankali wrote:
Timeless!
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Sterntaler-2009 wrote:
:-)
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lautlos123 wrote:
To me - one of the greatest songs ever - timeless!
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wiwaU2 wrote:
gefühlvoll ... schön ... besonders ... :-)
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Lynyrdy wrote:
einer der besten songs aller zeiten!!!!!
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ColorCaptn wrote:
super, super Song !
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toddt62 wrote:
An excellent tribute to Brothers in Arms all over the world, one day after Veteran's Day in the US!!! Thank you all.
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merimad wrote:
This song has so much meaning. Fuck it made me cry now ;__;
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thosch71 wrote:
fine tribute to the british and argentine lads who fought and died in goose green. no one thought that something like that was ever possible back then.
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davidthemugman wrote:
so nice and i love ohh i hope i didn't sell it but i had it on record!
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frankmarkerink1 wrote:
This one is BRILLIANT!!
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Hessen13a wrote:
Eines der besten Stücke von einem der besten Alben auch und immer noch nach fast 25 Jahren.
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HarryHamburg wrote:
Klasse !!!
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ainwen86 wrote:
One of my absolute favorite Dire Straits songs. One of my favorite songs period. Amazingly wonderful. It introduced me to Dire Straits and Mark Knopfler's skill with guitars. Just fabulous.
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Kickersbruder wrote:
Gänsehaut Duck skin ;-)
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bigmanbmoney wrote:
please tell me who still writes music like this.
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myrtlepark wrote:
Superb !
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Honkey_Monkey wrote:
schoen.
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Krommi wrote:
ohhh das gefällt mir am besten vom Gitarrengott
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