Brothers In Arms :Dire Straits

[Swede]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a6oWvAGmiCo


These mist covered mountains
Are a home now for me
But my home is the lowlands
And always will be
Some day you'll return to
Your valleys and your farms
And you'll no longer burn
To be brothers in arms

Through these fields of destruction
Baptisms of fire
I've witnessed your suffering
As the battles raged higher
And though they hurt me so bad
In the fear and alarm
You did not desert me
My brothers in arms

There's so many different worlds
So many different suns
And we have just one world
But we live in different ones

Now the sun's gone to hell
And the moon's riding high
Let me bid you farewell
Every man has to die
But it's written in the starlight
And every line on your palm
We're fools to make war
On our brothers in arms

[TheKentuckian]

1. Rec on a wonderful song that never got much play (nt)

[shadowknows69]

6. It did on my radio show every Veteran's Day.

[RamboLiberal]

2. One of my favorites

One of the best uses of the song was in this segment from West Wing. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uaUPDYXQUtw

[RagAss]

5. I remember it on a strange "Miami Vice" episode in the 80's.

[Zywiec]

8. Was that the one where they found the bodies in the wall?

Great song!

[RagAss]

16. yes.

[RamboLiberal]

11. Out Where the Buses Don't Run

Here's the video. http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xacqgf_miami-vice-brothers-in-arms_shortfilms?from=rss

The one they found the body in the wall.

I got introduced to more great music on Miami Vice than listening to the radio. Heard some good stuff on West Wing as well.

[unpossibles]

3. Cool! Was not aware there was a video

I love that album, and cover "The Man's Too Strong" and "Ride Across the River"

[RamboLiberal]

9. I like most of Dire Straits

Another favorite of mine is Iron Hand.

[Catshrink]

4. I just put that on my mp3 player last week

It's haunting.

[dixiegrrrrl]

7. I first heard that version on West Wing.

The Baez version had been out for some time, is very good, but nothing touches Knopfler's guitar
playing on the song.

[LWolf]

10. An old favorite.

Still runs on my ipod.

[Diclotican]

12. Swede

Swede

Still one of my favorites when it come to Dire Straits... And the lyric is meaningsfull

Diclotican

[lumberjack_jeff]

13. Romeo and Juliet is another old favorite.

Knopfler is teh awesome.

[Nikki Stone1]

14. This belongs in the Lounge or Entertainment forums

Unrec

[bullwinkle428]

18. Veteran's Day makes the significance of this thread GD-worthy.

[Gus2525]

15. I remember watching Private Ryan wondering why this song wasn't used.

[bullwinkle428]

17. Definitely my favorite artists; possibly my favorite song of theirs!