Opera Singer Reacts to Home Free Brothers in Arms | Performance Analysis |
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- Опубліковано 8 лип 2023
- What's up UA-cam it's me Jess and I'm an opera singer. Today's video is going to be a performance analysis of Home Free's cover of Brothers in Arms.
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On Austin’s channel, now you’re back to them, Rob and Austin sing Nessun Dorma , Rob’s voice will surprise you.
I actually cried when i heard it. No idea what they were singing about but i felt it
I second that
Yes ❤💯💯💯
I third that
I fourth that.
Been waiting for a Homefree return. I was not disappointed, but I think it’s time to react and breakdown their cover of Cam’s Mayday. I personally think it’s top 3 of all of their songs.
It’s my fav of theirs. 🏠🍟
If you want to hear how great of a singer, Tim Foust, really is checkout his solo single Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow/Stay and his collaboration with The Bass Gang on Hooked on a Feeling. Gets to show off his 5 octave range on both of those songs. This really shows he’s not just a bass singer, he’s just a great overall singer that just happens to sing bass as well.
In his discussion with Peter Barber, Tim says he will often sing a high harmony when Austin is lead. With Adam Chance as bari/bass their vocal flexibility is superb.
@@ericclayton6287 “Mayday” is a perfect example of this. Tim sings the same high tenor notes as Rob and Austin, with Chance doing the bass line.
As a military veteran, this is a song that always brings tears to my eyes and nobody does this song better than Home Free. Thank you for looking into it!
This arrangement of the Dire Straits piece was originally by a Finnish a cappella group Club for Five, nine years earlier and used with their permission. If there ever was a group to outshine the original, Home Free is it.
This is, in my opinion, one of their absolute masterpieces. It was a joy to see and hear you recognize each and all the nuances of harmony, melody, dissonance and transition. So many reactors miss those vocal interpretations, stressing the lyrics and the visual production of this piece. All those are important to the whole experience, but I learned a bit more about music theory from you. Thank you for your reaction.
In my opinion this is their masterpiece
Have to say that when Adam does not beatbox, they are always stunning. I don't know what it is but, that 5th vocal adds so much.
What I picture from this song - A casket in a large mostly-empty cathedral. The deceased veteran is singing from his spirit and is surrounded by several brothers-in-arms that would have gladly taken the place of the deceased if they could. The last two notes emphasize the solemn nature of the song.
As conceived he is dying in the field as his Brothers In Arms stay with him, that is what the line "and always will be" is about. They get to return to the valleys and farms be he will not. At the time the Falkland War was the current one but the opening like about mist covered mountains is straight out of Vietnam. You are right about the others surrounding him but he is not dead yet when he has these thoughts. He dies at the end of the song which is why it ends on certain tones. I have listened to the original a lot.
Thanks for your analysis. I have always been a fan of this song by Dire Straits but think Home Free did an excellent version of this song. Tim's natural breathy bass was awesome along with Chance's smooth baritone & loved it when all the guys were doing 5 part harmonies. Who would believe humming could sound so good. They gave it a very solemn feeling. I love that they don't overproduce their songs. These guys are my favorite a cappella group out there.
The lyrics they sung together must indicate a common suffering amongst those seeing their brothers die. Great job and thanks for putting extra importance on that.
Holy moly, Jess, that was awesome! Thank you! I doubt I'm the only one here who, as a fan of both Dire Straits and Home free, would enjoy and benefit from your thoughts after you've heard the original. I hope you enjoy it as much as we do.
Indeed - The Dire Straits band ( Mark Knopfler) in particular the great guitar work ..... is just phenomenal music .... instruments make their sound - these five vocal geniuses are so talented it's amazing ! Both experiences do inspire.
If there is one word to accurately summarize the video of this: haunting.
Tim and Chance present a ghostly figure standing in front of the window and no beatboxing except wind noises from Adam who is singing.
Tim actually moved his hand a few times in this, but the other ones you didn’t mention may have been subconscious. I believe Tim and Geoff Castellucci of VoicePlay have both admitted to not always being able to stop their hands from moving on the low notes as if they’re downshifting in a car.
This was the first CD I ever bought once I could afford a CD-Player way back then. I am 60 years old now and still love it. Home Free did this track justice!
I like their Love Over Gold album too.
50yrs old, and this was the first ever CD I bought too - for my mom for Christmas, because she loved this song.
15 years later I'd rock my colicky infant daughter around the room to it, trying to hang on to the shreds of my sanity, lol...
This album's been an intimate part of my life for so long.
this piece also celebrates honor and standing faithful to ones post
When you were talking about Tim moving his hand, you missed his low note signal. He drops his right hand and points at the floor as he hits his extremely low notes.
DAMMIT LADY NOW I'M CRYING HARDER
.... well done 😁
I loved the details you picked out even though yes they did make me cry harder, which meant the song worked better
Masterpiece by Home Free. Your insight and analysis is exceptional. Thank you!
Jess - You took us to school. Another great teaching in HomeFree Appreciation Class. You notice, observe and explain details that some of us just hear as great singing. Thank You again Professor Jess.
Thank you!
A favorite version of this song. Haunting. Great analysis. Thanks. If you have not covered it their version of "Bless the Broken Road" is good as is "In the Blood".
Love this song. A Dire Straits song about the Falkland war. HF do a great rendition of it. Love it!❤
Huh. I thought it was about the Irish civil war ("Troubles")
Mark Knopfler wrote this song in 1982 or 1983 and he had the Falkland war in mind. A war between Brittain and Argentina in early 1980's on the Falkland island.
@@bennyboman6570 cool. this is the problem with history classes that are so sh!tty you learn more from reading Pratchett *wanders off to google*
Thank you for this. I haven't listened to this one in awhile and your analysis is exceptional. I have found Home Free's performance of this hits me in all the emotions - not to mention all the goosies I felt during the harmonies. Excellent analysis.
Chills every time, i hear this song...
Loved the reaction 😊
I really enjoyed your reaction and analysis on this song! You got the original artist correct but this unique arrangement came from another a cappella group Club For Five. They gave Home Free permission to use the arrangement. Home Free did not disappoint on this touching song. Unique perspective of a man writing a song as a mortal injury ( second verse) is ending his life and how war has no use as his life ends! Gods love to you! Low bass Kenneth!
Yes, but as he is dying his Brothers In Arms stay with him until it is over.
Hey, awesome analysis. As you mentioned, singing very low is really hard to squeez the words out. What's even more fascinating is that, Tim can sing low really clearly with a great control on his vibrato. Which is even more hard to do when singing low. Anyways, thank-you for the RV. Keep safe!
It’s hauntingly beautiful. I loved the echoes too. Tim goes incredibly low on that one part. So good that they can carry harmony on humming notes too. Just beautifully done. Great analysis. HF is such a good band. Helplessly Hoping, One Man Band, In the Blood. 😄🤩
Jess did a nice reaction to “Helplessly Hoping”. 🌼
You rarely hear a bass sing softly and breathlessly and yet articulate so clearly.
His vocal effects really sold the idea that he was struggling, and fading from his wounds.
@@itzel1735 Thank you. I missed it
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Voices from the grave. Whispers in the wind.
Every reaction video for Brothers In Arms has missed the wonderful unison cadence on the end. It is the 'Amen' or 'it is so' for the song. And you hear the wind blowing and the cry of the hawk over the graves. That is genius in my opinion.
Plagal cadence
Jessica! Glade to see you back reacting to Home Free. I really enjoy your thorough analyses on complicated pieces. I would love to see you react to Home Free "American Pie" featuring the artist and song writer himself ~Don McClean. He collaborates with the boys to give us this wonderful up to date version. Thanks Darlin.
Dear lord!!!!! Listen to the original. It is a MASTERPIECE!!!!!
My understanding is that Tim adjusted another arrangement of this for a cappella. Someone else will probably remember the name of the other group he got the arrangement from. The chords the do throughout the song always remind me of a pipe organ. I also love the 5th part in the harmonies that we get from Adam Rupp.
Thank you for this - it makes a great companion piece to Peter Barber's analysis, because you are both being very detailed but focusing on different things. I think the reason Tim can be so clear on "brothers" is simply that it _isn't_ the extreme of his range! I can sing along OK, but I'm stretching at that point so it's getting raspy; he isn't stretching yet.
I think you would appreciate their version of "Auld Lang Syne".
Thanks for actually analyzing this performance.
When I first heard this song, I thought they said "so many different sons" instead of suns. Speaking of how many sons we've sent off to war. It added to my regard for the song to look at it in that way.
Either interpretation makes sense.
Take Me Home Country Road.... Such a dynamic composition and I would be here for it all day to hear you break that intricate take on a classic down 💜
Tim also head and eyes followed the moon rising and traveling across the sky then setting.
So hauntingly beautiful. Master class in 5-part harmony. The "organ chords" at the end are absolutely stunning.
HF are the best. This song gets to me every time. I have two nephews who served in the military. Thank God they made it back home safely. Great reaction.
There is so much of Home Frees library that you have passed up on and or missed out on!
It would be AWESOME if you would be willing to check out their vault of fantastic music as a 2nd look if you will... as I have NEVER heard a bad release! I know you will enjoy!
peace
Jess, I appreciate your detailed analysis, it brings me closer to understanding music development using a song style and group that I appreciate.
Good God this song is a tear-jerker. I want this shit played at my funeral just to make everyone cry.
"We're fools to make war on our brothers in arms". HOLY SHIT I'm just gonna drink myself into an early grave now, TTYL
Thank you for explaining to me so much, Aquarius! Haha great reaction to a very somber masterpiece! Yes, at the end there is resolution because his buddy has passed and the video is ghostly for that reason. It was written by Dire Straits. I love your explanation of all the reasons I find it haunting.
HF has such respect and respect when they do a cover. just coincidentally make it theirs. Such intricity , you have watch lots
I LOVED your reaction and analysis.
Thank you 🙂
Love it
Wonderful to see a reaction to this incredible piece by Home Free. So powerful, and such a great use of Tim's talent, not just the bass voice, but giving us the tenderness and meaning in a song. You could have someone hitting the notes, but not giving us anything so much like a punch in the gut.
Thank you for the reactions and all the info.
There are a couple Home Free covers that will Rock your world! I believe your subscribers would love to hear you react to Home Free's: "Ring of Fire", Cam's "Mayday" and Tim Foust with Peter Hollens singing "Misty Mountains"! Then you will be ready to hear the cherry on top, When Home Free (Rob and Austin) sing, "Nessun Dorma" in a video called, "Two Country singers try to sing Opera!" We really really look forward to seeing your reactions and opinions on these, especially the last one :) Thank you!
It's four part harmony supporting a melody or lyrics. Centuries old genre and wonderful.
That is a great song. Illustrated so well!
You'll enjoy the original by Dire Straits, Jess. It's very different to this one though: Mark Knopfler's forte is guitar playing rather than singing, though an analysis of his style would still be interesting. Several of the songs on the album (called " Brothers In Arms") have a war theme: Ride Across the River is a song about the similarities and differences between a guerilla and a mercenary, while The Man's Too Big is about the kind of local tyrant who starts wars getting his come-uppance.
Mark Knopflers guitar work on the original by Dire Straights is a must listen. Absolutely hauntingly beautiful!
Thank you for that wonderful reaction;I learned so much. I’m not knowledgeable when it comes to music and this informed me a lot. Home Free never disappoints. Along with their talent they have wonderful arrangements as well as physical backgrounds. The starkness of the barren field spoke volumes.
Great analysis!
Tim can rattle the paint off a wall! More importantly, he is musical and has impeccable pitch! These guys are the real deal!❤️
The moving harmony part is the guitar riff.....well done
Nicely done ma’am! Thanks for mentioning the genius of their arranging!
When the bvs came forward with a wall of sound, I heard that as representing the battle
Yep this along with Helplessly Hoping is a couple of my absolute favorites from HomeFree
wonderful analysis thank you
Wow, that was a fabulous reaction. Many thanks. Have always loved this performance but you added a ton to the appreciation
That ending sounded like a pipe organ. Thank you Tim.
I like how you break down the song. Great teaching! They remind me of a pipe organ at the climax. Hauntingly beautiful yet sends a powerful message.
Love your breakdown of their rendition of this piece. Thank you.
The song is about the thoughts of a dying solder as his brothers in arms watch him die. This will now be his home since he can not return to the valleys and fields like they will. The further lyrics are about his other thoughts as they stay with him.
The first 3 echo effects on worlds, sun, and world are on the downbeat, and the echo on ones is on the syncopated upbeat. It's small changes like this that keeps the music so interesting.
Goosebumps and tears always from this song.
they, satanding still remind me of tombstones in a military cemetary, so well done as usual.. thank's for the excellent explaination!
Across lots of their videos, you can catch glimpses of Tim self-conducting, usually with right hand motions.
Having listened to this group for a very long time, it amazes me that Adam Rupp is not given enough credit for the incredibly high tenor notes and harmony that he adds. His vocal percussion is next to none but his singing voice lends so much in several of their renditions. You can watch him in How great tho art and listen to the music.
Regarding your comment about movement, when Tim says the worlds gone to hell, he looks down and then say and the moons rising high, he looks up.
Mark Knopfler of Dire Straits is one of those musicians that the most impressive guitar players idolize.
The moving parts in the humming are mostly Knopfler's expressive guitar lines - he adds them after many of the lines he sings, in addition to during the intro and solo.
I recommend listening the Club For Five's original version also, because Tuukka Haapaniemi's bass on that one is truly a thing to hear and the rest of the group compliment his voice really well. Another Finnish A cappella recommendation would be a group called Rajaton: "Rajaton - Butterfly (live)". And there's this one too: "TUULETAR - Ievan polkka (Loituma COVER)".
Chills! Always appreciate your breakdowns.
First time watching you and I love how in depth you go, not many do anymore. Please please please do more voiceplay and home free!!!
The song was written in the perspective of a soldier who is dying after being wounded.
I love everytihing they do ... but for me, this is one of their masterpieces
Oh my. Had to comment, it's amazing for me to be able to hear and understand the lyrics. Always had a bit of an issue with the hearing... WHAT! :)
Turn on closed captions like I do. I am hard of hearing and I miss certain tones easily.
Jess, amazing reaction... I really love how your musical training let's you point out so well why themes and arrangement in music is so, so powerful...listening to this truly powerful, emotionally poignant song we all know we being deeply affected by the artistry, but we aren't seeing why the music impacts us the way it does, but with your insights and invitations to look at how all the parts of the music work together for this effect it completely changes the way we experience the music now...I'll hear "Brothers in Arms" forever now with a new, richer appreciation of its artistry.... thank you
Thank you for this comment. It made my day 😊
Home Free always seems to have a way of interpreting a song to make it pleasing to the ear. I have always loved their tight harmonies and the fact that they don’t need all the instruments. This song is one of my favorites. And you made interesting points in specific sections, especially with the mmms, oohs, and ahhhs. You’re a master in this trade!
I thought the breaths were those of a dying soldier. It added to the melacholy.
Certainly (my opinion) the best thing Dire Straits ever did... yet Home Free one-upped them with this stunning cover. I think this is one of their most powerful songs. Both the harmonies and the leads are superb. I knew you would love this! Great reaction.
Loved your breakdown! When you got me really listening, I thought in one part at the end that I heard a hawk scream in the background. Adam Rupp is sooooo talented! All of them are! That song brings tears to my eyes!
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That’s a very solid analysis of all of the multiple aspects of the background vocals and lead parts. I can’t recall anyone else going quite as in-depth with those details. So it’s great to learn so much about such vocal parts, as well as numerous nuances of the rendition. That kind of deep assessment is definitely appreciated.
Lest We Forget
Due to my age, I have a very large collection of a cappella songs, which are the very foundation of the Doo Wop recordings of the early Rock and Roll era. However, I am always on the lookout for the very best of vocal harmony in THIS era. I very highly recommend "Hallelujah" by Pentatonix for your analysis, and also, a vocal group from Australia, The Tesky Brothers, singing "Hold Me" a cappella.
You are so good.! I have noticed the background vocals when Tim sings "The Sun's gone to hell". They fade out and gives it a eerie feeling.! I wondered why no reactors had mentioned that .!You're the best.!
I really love your breakdowns.❤
Brilliant analysis,
This was a superb analysis! Subbed for more. Thank you. 🙂
When Tim sings "brother" you made an excellent point, it is difficult to be clear at the extremes of his range, in Tim's case, I do not believe that was near his extreme.
Wonderful reaction! I really appreciated your analysis and impacts you felt. 👏
❤ great to hear you break it down for us.
Given Xmas season- Do You Hear What I Hear would be a good, so many layers!
I sure like watching the wheels in your head turn via your expressions and eye movements while you're tryin' to take it all in, all the while analyzing and simultaneously enjoying what's being offered. I have a hunch you're smarter than I am with one brain tied behind your back....well....in this area anyway. 🙂
Hi Jess. New to your channel, but love it so far! Just a note: The harmonies at the beginning and throughout the song are their tribute to and interpretation of Mr. Knopfler's guitar. This is one of my favourite songs and I love the version that Home Free has done. If you haven't heard it, you should take a listen to Dire Straits' original version.
Did you see Tim put is arm down on his low note and the end does sound like a organ or piano.Tim looks up with the stars verse.
The song is originally by dire straits, this cover is by club for five and tim tweaked the arragement some
Great reaction Jess Tim modified another groups arrangement to fit their group.