“Brothers in Arms” is a 1985 song by Dire Straits, appearing as the closing track on the album of the same name. It is in G# minor. [wikipedia]

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“diamonds & rust” is a song written and performed by joan baez - it was released in 1975, but had been written the previous november.
in the song, baez recounts an out-of-the-blue phone call from an old lover, which sends her a decade back in time, to a “crummy” hotel in greenwich village; she recalls giving him a pair of cuff-links, and summarizes that memories bring “diamonds and rust” (i.e. time leaves us with both happy and bad memories). [wikipedia]

the song, which was a top-40 hit for baez on the u.s. pop singles chart, is regarded by a number of critics, as well as by baez fans, as one of her best compositions. it served as the title song on baez’s gold-selling diamonds & rust album in 1975. read the rest of this entry »