BROTHERS
IN ARMS
DIRE
STRAITS
SONGWRITER: MARK KNOPFLER
COUNTRY: U. K.
ALBUM: BROTHER IN ARMS
LABEL: VERTIGO RECORDS
GENRE: ROCK BALLAD
YEAR: 1985
Dire Straits were a British rock band formed in
London in 1977 by Mark Knopfler (lead vocals and lead guitar), David Knopfler(rhythm
guitar and backing vocals), John Illsley(bass
guitar and backing vocals) and Pick Withers(drums
and percussion). They were active from 1977 to 1988 and again from 1991 to
1995.
Their first single, "Sultans of Swing",
from their 1978 self-titled
debut album, reached the top ten in the UK
and US charts. It was followed by hit singles including "Romeo
and Juliet" (1981), "Private Investigations"
(1982), "Twisting by
the Pool" (1983), "Money for Nothing"
(1985), and "Walk of Life"
(1985). Their most commercially successful album, Brothers in
Arms(1985), has sold more than 30 million copies;
it was the first album to sell a million copies on compact disc and is
the eighth-bestselling album in UK history. According to the Guinness Book
of British Hit Albums, Dire Straits have spent over
1,100 weeks on the UK albums chart, the fifth most of all time.
Dire Straits' sound draws from various
influences, including country, folk, the blues rock of J. J. Cale, and jazz. Their stripped-down
sound contrasted with punk rock and
demonstrated a roots rock influence
that emerged from pub rock.
There were several
changes in personnel, with Mark Knopfler and Illsley being the only members who
lasted from the beginning of the band's existence to the end. After
their first breakup in 1988, Knopfler told Rolling Stone:
"A lot of press reports were saying we were the biggest band in the world.
There's not an
accent then on the music, there's an accent on popularity. I
needed a rest." They disbanded for good in 1995, after which Knopfler
launched a solo career full-time. He has since declined reunion offers.
Dire Straits were called "the biggest
British rock band of the 80s" by Classic Rock magazine; their 1985–1986
world tour, which included a performance at
Live Aid in July
1985, set a record in Australasia. Their final world
tour from 1991 to 1992 sold 7.1 million
tickets. Dire Straits won four Grammy Awards,
three Brit Awards(Best British
Group twice), two MTV Video
Music Awards, and various other awards. They
were inducted into the Rock and Roll
Hall of Fame in 2018. Dire Straits have sold an
estimated 100 million units worldwide, including 51.4 million certified units,
making them one of the best-selling
music artists.
"Brothers in Arms" is a ballad by
British rock band Dire Straits, the
closing track on their fifth studio
album of the same name, released on 14 October 1985. It
was written in 1982, the year of Britain's involvement in the Falklands War. In
2007, the 25th anniversary of the war, Knopfler recorded a new version of the
song at Abbey Road Studios to raise funds for British veterans who he said "are still suffering
from the effects of that conflict." "Brothers
in Arms" has become a favorite at military funerals.
These mist covered
mountains
Are a home now for me
But my home is the lowlands
And always will be
Someday you'll return to
Your valleys and your farms
And you'll no longer burn to be
Brothers in arms
Through these fields
of destruction
Baptisms of fire
I've witnessed your suffering
As the battle raged high
And though they did hurt me so bad
In the fear and alarm
You did not desert me
My brothers in arms
There's so many
different worlds
So many different suns
And we have just one world
But we live in different ones
Now the sun's gone to
hell and
The moon's riding high
Let me bid you farewell
Every man has to die
But it's written in the starlight
And every line in your palm
We're fools to make war
On our brothers in arms.
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