When I was 16 I used to think that this was one of the best songs I had ever heard. I’m 59 now and still think that it’s one of the best songs I have ever heard.

The world needs this song today.

My husband who was a true rocker at 71, but he loved Mark's music. I played this song at his bedside while he lay dying In ICU. .It seemed to bring him peace and settled his heart rhythm so he could pass in peace.. Thank you Mark. RIP MY love.. 10-13-21

For all my old mates in the Royal Marines, I sit with my single malt shedding a tear. We did our duty, we paid a heavy price. Never forgotten brothers X

When I was 18 I used to think that this was one of the best songs I had ever heard. I’m 43 now and still think that it’s one of the best songs I have ever heard.

“Brothers in Arms” was released in 1985. I was 37 (Vietnam era Boomer). Now I’m 72 and still listening.

As a veteran, this song touches my heart and soul and reminds me of my brothers in arms from long ago. Most people don't really understand that bond but this soulful song sums it up better than anything I know.

After 27 years as a police officer, 16 years in the reserve military, all the things I've seen, and how brutal humanity can be to one another, this song brings tears to my cheeks Every. Single. Time.

What possesses a man to write this master piece of music about human nature and its effects? He certainly is touched with a gift very few guitarist will ever attain. I salute you Mark Knopfler.

This is the most intensely beautiful, haunting, torturous and loving song ever created. Thank you, Mr Knopfler. We all thank you.

I think Mark is one of the best guitar player in the world today

One of the most hauntingly brilliant songs of all times. The guitar and violins are crying. So am I.

For my fallen Brothers...I am now 64 years old....this song will always give me a lump in the throat...those that paid the ultimate price....peace....look at the world today....us humans will never learn...it's all about greed and power ..sad very sad indeed....

it's great, I am Moroccan, from a different culture than the Anglo-Saxon culture but I find that this music calls out to the soul of any person in spite of his culture ... it is quite simply a sublime universal language

There is only one Mark Knopfler. The album "Brother's in Arms" is a masterpiece, we all remember! This is a touching performance !

I’m a grown man and simply cannot halt the tear which comes to my eye when I hear this tune.

If this song doesn’t touch you….you have no heart.

When I came back from a Bosnia tour in 1994 I just listened to this song again and again for days....thankfully got over things and focused on my my wife and children who I love more than anything

Mark knopfler was and will always be the greatest guitarist of all times

"We are fools to make war on our brothers in arms". This song has been part of my life for nearly 40 years and that line has only gotten more poignant. Chills every single time.

Still baffles me that Mark Knoplfer doesn't get the same mainstream recognition as Clapton/SRV/Jeff Beck/Hendrix etc - he's an absolute genius who's style of playing is both instantly recognizable and nearly uncopyable.

A Moroccan fan sitting in his house in Bali Island enjoying this Master piece. Hello to All.

Love Marks restraint in playing this version, to give his fellow musicians the spotlight they deserve. What a dude.

My husband loved this music! Impossible don’t cry remembering him! Rest in peace, Baby! Still love you…❤❤❤

In 2004 I Iost my last 4 brothers to cancer all in a 13th month period all who served their country I am 71 and every time I here this song I still cry it just means so much. Such beautiful words and music and a absolute genius playing the guitar.

I know that you will never read this, but Dire Straits was a huge part of my life growing up. Thank you so much for keeping the memories that I have left.

I am 16 right now, porbably one of the youngest listeners of this masterpiece. But it doesnt matter, wish i would have lived in Marks prime time!

The guitar has been invented for this exceptional man

The finest song ever written and performed by a genius. One incredible piece of music.

This song was played at my brother's cremation. April 2019. My youngest of 5 brothers, Owen, so loved and never ever forgotten. I love you. Your big sister Mary. 💕

One of the most insightful lyrics. I played the cold war as a submariner. Still pertained to us. Anytime a submarine went down we felt they were a brother in arms. We all fought the sea. And sometimes the sea wins. God speed and following winds my shipmates.

Я из СССР. И когда я услышал эту песню в 1985-86 г.г. по ТВ она запала мне в душу. И сейчас, когда мне больше 50 лет, я с удовольствием слушаю ее, и вспоминаю свои юные года... Так все было хорошо тогда. Спасибо Mark Knopfler. Это восхитительно! I'm from the USSR. And when I heard this song in 1985-86 on TV, it sank into my soul. And now I am over 50 years old, and I enjoy listening to her, and I remember my young years... So everything was fine then. Thanks to Mark Knopfler. It's amazing!

I lost a cousin in Vietnam. He was a chopper pilot. Also, I have a grandson serving stateside currently. There isn’t a moment while listening to this beautiful song, that I don’t think of them, or all of our brave men and women in uniform. Thank you Mr. Knopfler for this extraordinary expression of our military members shared experiences. Maybe one day we might all make the leap beyond this insanity of harming each other with such precision, and work toward a different future. Here’s hoping that day arrives soon. Peace to all.

Never has a human being been more at one with a guitar than when Mark plays this song. Absolutely spellbinding work of genius.

I admire him a lot because he respects all the artists who play with him, with his smile he motivates them all. His immortal songs.

I wonder if Mark has any idea just how powerful that song is? And how it reasonates very deeply for so many veterans?

I lost a friend in Afghanistan, I never served with him. Two different eras between us, But the pain is real, I'm sitting here listening to this and I'm in tears. This song hits home real hard. Thank you Sir.

My husband listens to this song all of the time when he is alone and thinking of his army days & nights. A wife knows these things.

Being a cop in Brazil for 10 years this is the anthem for any soldier and law enforcement. Thank you Mr. Mark.

An absolute musical genius , the greatest music writer and guitarist of his generation. I'd be close to saying THE greatest.

With 37 years military service, and 25 years federal law enforcement….this remains an anthem for those who suffer under oppression, those who resist it, those who fight to prevent it, certainly those who make the ultimate sacrifice, and those who stand and support them…..whether for country, principle, or life. And this live version pulls at the heart like no other.

Timeless. Knopfler is in the pantheon of greatest guitarists of all time.

No one lives for ever, but Mark's music and songs will be heard in the stars for ever.

One of the very best performances of this song. Especially like the violins.

This performance is definitely one of the golden pages of music. Mark engraved his name in gold to the music history stone and this will never fade. This is music of eternity. This is music of our life. Thank you, Mark !

I'm United State Marines served two tours in Nam 1969. This song in my automatic eye drops every time I listened to it. I remember all my brothers who did not make it home to see their love ones. Semper Fi to all my brothers and sisters live on.

Beautifull !!! Also funny to see how people waited for the very silence at the end to applaude in order not to miss a single part of a note : these are real fans !!!

Mark is the epitome of less is more in this version of the song. Pure honey and the strings arrangement just adds rosewater…its sublime

The world will only be saved by people of passion, poetry and persistence - who overcome politicians who are only interested in power, profit and perversion.

No screaming at the mic, no auto tune, no scantily clad dancers, just pure magic! Letting the instruments take you on a journey. Remembering friends, comrades, Family. .......

18 years of Army Service and an Iraq veteran this song speaks to me like no other. I know its meaning is not what I feel but still it reaches a place that few songs can.

I've been listening to this track since it was first released & it never fails to hit home. Just look at the times we're in. Look at how long love has managed to survive. Look at what we've endured through all the ages, and yet here we still are, but once again on the brink. Has there ever been a more poignant song written? And for times such as these? You are an absolute genius Mark! And I love you brother!

If this doesn’t touch your soul, if this doesn’t make you stop for a minute to reflect, if this doesn’t make you almost want to cry...... I fear for your soul.

The guitar was invented long ago by craftsmen who knew that one day long in the future a man would step forward and use their invention as they dreamed it should be. He was mark knopfler

Definitely my funeral song when I go

Mark Knopfler : it’s been said has the most emotional playing style of anyone before. I love to listen to Mark, I have almost every song by him. There are two songs that will be played in the services when I’m laid to rest. Thank you Mark.

During the darkest hour, happy to be here with you all, Brothers. [from the Italian North-West]

As a musician, the hardest thing to do is to maintain your relationship with your songs. To remember what drove you to write it. And how we feel when it comes together. Music is how we remember our lives. The feelings that were so strong. But have faded. For me it's always a emotional revival. This ties us together.

This will be my reflection song during the showing of a life well lived when I'm dead. At almost 73 years of age and with a grandfather who served on the Somme in the Light Horse, my Dad in the RAAF and me missing the " American War, as the Vietnamese people correctly call it, by one day, I totally comprehend the futility of war. Just look at where the world is now. Enough said. So, as family and friends head for a wake to be long remembered, " Going Home " from Local Hero shall send them to craft beer, exceptional wines, non-alcoholic beverages if required and to finish off, a selection of exceptional single malts. I just wish I could be there. And to you Mark Knofler, what a wonderful legacy you have bestowed on people who appreciate, respect, and absorbe the brilliance of your special gift of composition and sharing. I took my oldest daughter, who is now 40, to see you at the Sydney Entertainment Centre before it's was redeveloped. A wee tear slid from my eye when you sang two of my three favourite compositions. Slainte.

this guy’s creative genius is from a different planet… not of this world !!❤

Probably the best emotive guitarist ever. Let my music take you for a walk and tell you a story that will last a lifetime

I was very young when I often went fishing with my father. We drove to a beautiful spot outside the city we lived in. During the ride he played a mix-tape with songs of Bruce Springsteen, Fleetwood Mac, Toto, Dire Straits, The Cure and Pink Floyd. I loved it, but as I child my mind could easily switch into other subjects. Years passed by, I got older and developed my own taste in music. Suddenly these artists and songs came back. We went fishing when I was 6 or 7. I got back to these songs when I was twenty or so. And now, at the age of 38, I listen to these songs over and over again. Thinking of those days. Of my father back then. Being there for me. Always. And he still is. Now I'm a father as well. Hopefully my kids will have the same memories when they are older. Memories about me. The current days. Their childhood. And the music they hear.

With no doubt it is best song I have ever heard. Thank you Dire Straits.

I will never tire of this work of art, it's beautiful, poignant, painful yet transcends you to a place of deep transient thought. Thank you Mark, a true living legend paying tribute to all whom have fallen in war. May peace one day be our future, not war, famine and hate. God bless everyone reading this comment, may love and light always shine on you as you take this unknown journey through life. ❤️

This one of the best songs ever in the history of music on the planet earth !

Since I was very young I identified with the songs of Dire Straits, until now 48 years old, I see that this legacy passed on to my 23 year old son who admires Mark Knofler so much ... Congratulations

I am just so glad that I grew up while Mark was just getting famous. I'am 100% confident I grew up during our greatest generation.

I remember flying to the drop zone in a chopper playing this in my earphones 1990 its still sends shivers down my spine x

To my dear friend and true brother, Vesa, who passed away recently. I miss you so! Vesa was a big fan of Dire Straits and Mark Knopfler. His funeral will be held tomorrow 28.3.2020 and i will play this song over there!

This is Mark Knopfler at one of best moments of his career, absolutely killing it with his 58 Les Paul. You'll go a long way to find anything better. Absolutely astounding.

Man this song reaches you on a deep level.

One of the best pieces of music ever created in my eyes!! So full of emotion! No one in this generation could ever imagine to try to create such a masterpiece

Mark. It's about time you go live worldwide and perform this song... the world needs peace!!!!!!!!

"Brothers In Arms" Dire Straits 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 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 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

This is a masterpiece 🎶🎶

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One of those moments when you can't hide your tears and you pray for peace all over the world. Thanks for sharing this amazing video and thanks to Mark Knopfler for this giant piece of music!

who are the people who gave this classic a thumbs down? their ears must reside in their feet.... Mark is awesome......

One of the greatest musicians I’ve ever witnessed live and online. Thank you Mark

Sweet Lord above.... the main word that comes to me to even ATTEMPT to put words that might even come close to describe Mark's incredible talent is: SENSUAL. If he played me like he plays his guitar, I would die one incredibly happy woman!!!!😊❤

Mark knopfler has this weary old man's voice filled with wisdom and it's feels like he is telling a story yet in a absolutely beautiful way.

Mark Knopfler is one of the greatest, yet underrated, guitarists to ever live.

Mark K , you are a legend... Just pure magic.... Very moving ... 🙏😰

this is probably the most beautiful piece of music ever.

This moves me now, at 71 years of age, as it did then; absolutely magical song and performance.I served as did many others and the bond is strong.

I am 72year old I cry every time I hear this song 😢

This is music at its very best. Mark has reworked this so many times over the decades since i first heard this and it just gets better and better. Love the way at the end Mark just enjoys the last few moments of this piece as the ensemble bring it to a close.

I will always remember I have the chance to meet Mark and the rest of the Dire Straits band in 91 in New Zealand, I was security for them and Hot house flowers opened for them. It was raining and they sang "I can see clearly now" but the big thing for me was just how nice and down to earth Mark Knopfler was, he may not remember me but I will always remember him

This song will never get old in a million years...! Respect to u Sir.... For making one of the best creations

Lyrics 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

M = Mark | M = Masterpiece | M = Magic | M = Milestone in Music

A fabulous version of one of the greatest songs ever written. Always moving, but especially poignant right now.

Been listening to this song since mid80s when stationed in West Germany. Still brings tears to my eyes, especially knowing young kids are still being sent to die in foreign lands. When will it end? Thank you Mark for such a great song!

Chills. Just chills. Thank you M.K. et al for this stunning piece of music!

Unglaublich! Gänsehaut pur! Besser geht Gitarrenspiel nimmer mehr! Ausgesprochen höchstes Niveau! Und dazu diese unvergleichlich "rauchige" Stimme!!!☝☝☝

This song will be played at this soldier's funeral as they roll my casket out the church. Thank you!!

Just been crying on the phone with my dad. Man. God. I’m 50. He’s 73. He loves Comfortable Shoes. He a decent rhythm guitarist so am I but mark we watch you and think nah never in a million years of practice. We Rhythm guys. Back bone. But anyway. I remember 1985 Live aid I had my 3ltrs of Irn bru. Telly was mine for the day. 15. Wire trailing across the living room floor to tape it. Taped it on Betamax. And what did he do. He taped over it! Now we can relive it all. I’m a massive music fan and please kiddo. Never stop. And all those greats you love? Remember as daft as it seems prob to you. We think you are great. Thanks for the memories mark. Over the years I’ve leaned on u a bit. And your music has meant a lot.

Es gibt viele gute Gitarristen, aber nur wenige, die Gefühle so vermitteln wie Mark Knopfler. Du nimmst mich immer wieder mit ❤️

You are the best in the world , i'm 52 years old, and i spent a long time learning and playin your great songs ( juliette, etc.....), thanks for your music , you are a legend MARK.

At some point Mark's performance just made me stop and be entirely still and start filling up with deep sense of humanity, and some sadness, in other words, touched. Thank you