Talk:Brothers in Arms (song)

Brothers in arms was a self titled album made in 1985, by the dire straits.

Yeah, but this article is about the main song from it, and not the album (which has another page)...

Gordan Lederer
"During the Croatian war of Independence, one of the most famous video footages of the war was Banijska ratna praskozorja (Banija war dawns) featuring the "Brothers in Arms" melody in the background. The footage was made by a famous TV journalist, Gordan Lederer, showing dawn patrol of Croatian soldiers in the morning mist. At the end of the footage, which is very melancholic and much of it is in slow motion, Gordan Lederer was shot by a Serb sniper."

Is it famous? I've never heard of the clip. And how could Gordan Lenderer make the clip with the Brothers in Arms soundtrack if he was shot filming the footage? Kransky 13:10, 11 July 2007 (UTC)


 * I haven't heard of the clip either. Well, it can't be that famous, can it? Maybe in Croatia, but not worldwide. By the way, filming Croatian soldiers is like filming US-troops in Iraq or soldiers anywhere else in the world and putting a sad song over it. No matter if they are fighting for conquest, defence or independence. You never know if this is meant to be a tribute to those guys (and the reason they are fighting for) or an honest statement for peace.--80.133.229.86 16:59, 29 October 2007 (UTC)

Actually it is very famous.It was shown on BBC and CNN and various other stations. The person who wrote it,unfortunatly made a mistake.The film indeed is filmed by Gordan Lederer,who was shot later vith a sniper. He is not shot on the end of the movie. Here is the link http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ofg8UuF7bf4 —Preceding unsigned comment added by 89.164.37.26 (talk) 14:01, 10 November 2007 (UTC)

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Song Meaning?
I've seen several discussion on the meaning of the song, without much agreement. If anyone has any reference to any such comment by the band itself (which I have yet to find), I think it would be a valuable addition here. Yonyb (talk) 02:58, 8 August 2008 (UTC)

Similarity to Bird of Paradise by Snowy White
Do you think there should be something written about it?82.166.145.155 (talk)

CD single
According to the CD single article, "Brothers in Arms" was the first CD single (in a very limited edition). If this is true, it should be mentioned here. (And if it's not true, it should be removed from the CD single article.) --Zundark (talk) 09:35, 1 April 2009 (UTC)

Pop Culture?
This song also appears at the end of the Miami Vice episode "Out where the buses don't run" —Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.200.168.102 (talk) 07:21, 4 February 2011 (UTC)
 * I have removed the whole section as WP:TRIVIA. – Finnusertop (talk ⋅ contribs) 07:59, 3 March 2016 (UTC)

Grammy Win
The page should probably mention how it won the Grammy in 1987 for Best Short Form Music Video. 76.98.155.46 (talk) 19:16, 6 February 2012 (UTC)

Dutch Top 40 Chart
Seems a little bit strange that under the "Charts" section, the Dutch Top 40 chart is listed, but next to it the result from dutchcharts.nl is listed, which is a different chart. Furthermore place 59 does not exist in the Dutch Top 40...

Music Video
In the first seconds of the clip, a zoom-out is seen from the animated clip from the single "Money for Nothing" from the same album.

This is not true. Only, on DVD music video compilations, "Brothers in Arms" may be cross faded with "Money for Nothing". — Preceding unsigned comment added by 93.128.159.173 (talk) 18:40, 21 January 2016 (UTC)

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Knopfler's strat?
On e of the many great things about this amazing song is knopfler's, who was up to that point primarly known as a strat player, warm sound of his les paul guitar. So i don't think the spin comment "and Knopfler's Strat cuts a dark swath across the battle-scarred landscape..." should stand. It might seem a minor thing to non guitarists, but everyone who has played electric guitar for let's say 2 years will reconfnize the stupidity of this comment. Hazy24 (talk) 03:40, 28 December 2023 (UTC)