Guest Kirk Posted November 3, 2008 Share Posted November 3, 2008 Salut! Stie cineva povestea reala (de unde sunt inspirate versurile) a melodiei Brothers in Arms de la Dire Straits? De 2 zile caut pe net ca disperatu si nu gasesc nimic oficial. Mersi! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted November 3, 2008 Share Posted November 3, 2008 (edited) http://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=2549 This song is about the Falklands War, which was going on when Dire Straits lead singer Mark Knopfler wrote the song. The Falklands War was a conflict between Argentina and England over islands off the coast of Argentina that each country claims rights to. The islands are British territories, but in 1982 Argentina tried to reclaim one of the islands. Britain reclaimed their territories, but lost 258 soldiers in the conflict. In 2007, a new version of this track featuring Mark Knopfler was released to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the Falklands War. Proceeds from the sale of the single went to a program that brought British veterans back to the site of the war in an effort to help them deal with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. This is played in the Brad Pitt/ Robert Redford film Spy Game when Robert Redford's character meets Pitt's character in Germany after the Vietnam war. The song begins as Brad Pitt is flown out of Vietnam, the link being the fact that this is a song about comrades in war. (thanks, Mark - Guildford, England) Compared to the music video for "Money For Nothing," which was very modern for the time, very colorful and also very '80s, the video for "Brothers In Arms" is quite the opposite. It features sketchings of an ocean, a pendulum, soldiers, an island and the band playing as well as real footage of landscape and the band. This keeps the colors in black, white and gray with the exception of the end that is a colored sunset. Metallica covered this song when they played Neil Young's Bridge School Benefit on October 27, 2007. (thanks, Line - Viborg, Denmark, for above 2) v2. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Why_Worry_(song)#Side_2_2 The title of the album (Brothers in Arms) inspired by a conversation in which Knopfler's father remarked. "We shouldn't be at war with our brothers in arms". This conversation is said to have taken place at the time of the Falklands conflict, though Mark Knopfler has denied the two have a direct link. Edited November 3, 2008 by Guest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Kirk Posted November 3, 2008 Share Posted November 3, 2008 (edited) Am citit asta. Totusi se pare ca Mark nu confirma ca asta ar fi sursa de inspiratie. Mersi oricum! Edited November 3, 2008 by Kirk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quetzalcoatl Posted November 3, 2008 Share Posted November 3, 2008 Cand te gandesti ce au relatat soldatii britanici care au luptat in Falklands,marcati pe viata de razboi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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