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Wednesday’s Forgotten 45: Dire Straits


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November 11th is Veterans Day, a day that commemorates the service of all U.S. veterans. Today’s Forgotten 45 at 3:45 is the title track to Dire Straits biggest album it’s “Brothers in Arms”.

The song was released in the Fall of 1985, the song was originally written in 1982 when Britain was fighting in the Falklands War, the bands Mark Knopfler did a special version of the song in 2007 to raise money for veterans that were still suffering from that conflict. The video of the song is shot in black and white and overlays the band performing with clips from World War I, and it won the Grammy Award for Best Video in 1987.

With thanks to all of our veterans, it’s Dire Straits with “Brothers in Arms” today’s Forgotten 45.

Jeff Winfield
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