I was a military wife for 20+ years, lost my hero to PTSD, they made this into a amazing tribute to the military, I cry every time I listen, been a Home Fry for years, but this song just sealed my love of Home Free, thank you God for them, they are all angels

Thank you Dire Straits for this beautiful gem and even more thanks to Home Free for reshining the light on Brothers In Arms. Simply magnificent.

Adam Chance has said that this is his favorite song since he was a teen. BTW, it was Tim's idea to add the echo effect after those few lines. Genius move on his part.

Every time I watch this i burst into tears as my brother served in the Australian Army and Afghanistan

No other group does harmony like Home Free they just kill it ever time

This was released in time for Veterans' Day.

I find it amazing how Home Free always seems to one up themselves on a consistent basis, even though I thought their previous performance was outstanding. Can they continue to blow my mind???

This totally took me by surprise. I didn’t think after hearing MAYDAY they could top it. I didn’t think any song would get any better than Mayday. Lord, I’m at a lost for words.

That was gorgeous wasn’t it?!! Stunning. Loved this. Those harmonies were so good. Loved Tim’s low notes. Can you believe he can sing tenor too? Amazing. Loved the film. The black and white film and lighting made Tim and Chance look ghost like in the windows. Just amazing. Great reaction Christopher. Try Helplessly Hoping next.

The dropped jaw when Tim sings the opening lines seems to be the standard reaction from just about every reactor I've listened to. And the amazing thing is that there is no bass line in the harmonies behind the beginning of Chance's first lead. That means Tim was singing high harmonies there. They are all so amazingly talented.

I think what we feel when listening to this song at least I hope is knowing that many soldiers have paid the real price and we know it.

All I could think of listening & watching this video was the futility of war in any country. There are no winners only losers. I have always loved this song by Dire Straits but think Home Free did an excellent version of this song. Tim's natural bass was awesome & so were all the guys doing 5 part harmonies. And you are right these guys enunciate the words clearly where a lot of other singers mumble.

Great reaction ! Home Free saved my life, from depression. I will always love them my brothers.

You said it - their diction is so clear that one often realizes meanings in a song that you hadn't really heard previously (for example their rendition of "Born in the U.S.A." - I've seen American politicians use it and obviously they've misunderstood it!). Thanks for playing this and your analysis and commentary.

I love that we got to hear Adam sing in this one. I wouldn't be surprised if he was doing that high part you mentioned about halfway through the song. He has a beautiful tenor voice.

We told ya !! Eargasms & mind-blown, right ? Simply amazing !! But we expect that from Home Free !! Bless you too sir !!

The only word that comes to mind is breathtaking!

You almost need to listen multiple to times to absorb everything going on, the harmonies, the vocals, the emotion. Tooooo much all at once. Great reaction

Thanks for the love!

The harmonies are haunting, and Tim's Ab1 makes one's soul quiver.

Home Free just gets better and better if that is even possible. From Butts remix, Hillbilly bone, and others that show their vocal prowess AND humor, to Hopelessly Hoping, How Great Thou Art to this song, that puts you on emotional roller coaster. I cant say ANYTHING negative about any of Home Free's music, and this one is SO beautiful, and as you said, timely. Great reaction.

You should hear Tim in ""MISTY MOUNTAINS" if you would like to hear LOW!

We keep thinking they won't be able to top "this", and somehow they always do. The whole of this is perfection. Thanks for the reaction! 🥰🙏

when I hear this it tugs at my heart strings I am an Army veteran

Home Free is incredible! They continue to blow my mind with everything they do.

Haven't heard this song in years, or maybe even decades. Hearing this version brought on so much emotion! Had to go back and listen to the original Dire Straits which is just so powerful! To all of our brothers and sisters in arms who have put their lives on the line over the years defending the red, white and blue, I offer a most grateful thank you.

Angelic harmony.

I am emotionally wore out. So beautifully done by all, lighting, staging, singing, and harmonizing. I call Tim Foust (the bass singer) "The Singing Dragon", the depth that he can go and the "scale" he can go high is nothing but amazing!!

A solemn, respectful, and poignant masterpiece. Their haunting voices and images say so much.

This song is beautiful and haunting at the same time. Tim and Chance did wonderful and Austin, Rob and Adam held the background so well. Thank you for reacting to this amazing song.

And that sir, is why Home Free is the BEST!!! I was looking for new adjectives to describe them, because, honestly, I'm running out of words. So, I'm stealing yours... BISCUIT!!! ❤️ Thank you for your reactions! You are a sweetheart!!! 🤗

I love it better than the original.

Along with every musical gift you could pack into a song, the visual effect of the window frames being visible through the “phantom figures” was excellent! Yet another masterpiece

Just wanted to drop a line to let you know how much I enjoy your comments on the songs you react to including how the artists (especially Home Free who I have recently come to enjoy) form their harmonies & how their chords can affect your mood while listening. I subscribed because of the way you explain things. Stay safe & I look forward to your future reactions. 🤗🤗🥰🥰👏👏❤️❤️

The guys did a damn good job. Tim`s and Chance`s voices are phenomenal, wow! A very emotional song and Tim's super deep bass gives me goosebumps.

It's the Song of a dying Soldier.

Hauntingly beautiful. 😢

To me, they've raised their own bar on this one.

The moment I saw it I said oh boy gonna have to send Chris and hug.

Can't wait to see your reaction. These men sing like angels.

Great reaction sir! This one completely broke and actually left me breathless. Perfect harmonies and brilliant arrangement. The cinematography is Amazing, loving the way it makes the guys seem see-through and the way the light is at the windows. This one seems " Holy " to me like being on sacred ground!

Perfect arrangement, perfect vocals. Tim's bass gives the vocal weight that this song demands. And Chance's smooth baritone...I swear his voice was made for songs like this. But then he does something like "Some Girls Do" and I have to rethink it. Since we are heading into the holiday season, I would strongly suggest "Do You Hear What I Hear?" for several reasons. 1. Arrangement is by Adam Rupp (the beatboxer) and is one of the most unique and breathtaking arrangements of that song I have ever heard. 2. The Vocals are stunning. 3. You may be able to catch some of the things Tim does vocally. (Hint - Watch his hand. He tends to conduct himself, especially in his lower range) It is an older song, before Chance joined. At the time, co founder and brother of Adam Rupp, Chris, was covering the baritone/tenor range. But is still very much a masterpiece.

The echoes remind me when you do military funerals and hearing Taps….how the sound literally rolls across the hills….the acoustics in a cemetery is something similar to the effect,

Wow is all one can say...wow. This is so powerful... another one that is really gorgeous Is Helplessly Hoping. Thank you for commenting on their diction which makes them such a pleasure to listen to. Thanks for your Home Free reactions.

You're right ... there are no words !!! Thank you for your reaction .

I loved the original Dire Straits song and love the Home Free one even more. The eargasm you get from the harmonies, Tim's low notes, the words being sung just make you tear up. Nice to see there are others out there that feel the same listening to this song.

Enjoyed your reaction! I hadn’t caught the movement of Tim’s head for the sun and moon lyrics. HF continues to amaze me! ❤️

I feel this is may be their best song yet! Thank you 😊

Haunting, Mesmerizing and Beautiful

Their harmonies follow the guitar part in the song. Was on the English band Dire Straits album back in the early 1980s called "Brothers In Arms". Their album quite rightly was a worldwide smash hit!

not sure if you noticed but there was no vocal percussion. Typically when this happens, you will notice another layer that is extremely high. That new layer is Adam Rupp. You can really hear it in their version of How Great Thou Art (PSA: bring a tissue.)

A musical amen at the end 🥺🙏❤️

I am speechless…beautiful arrangement!! I LOVED the harmonies! Great reaction 🎉 I love Home Free😊

Great reaction. Subbed. Thanks for subbinng to HF. I always say I love HF's 'diction'. So many songs with unknown lyrics until HF cleared it up for me.

That gets to me every time too I cried just as much.. such a beautiful reaction.. Love my boys from Home Free...

I loved your reactions and comments to Home Free singing (Brothers in Arms)

Hauntingly perfect.. Home Free... and you got the names right! WTG! Thanks.. such a great reaction...such a great song.

This is the first time commenting on your channel but you are quickly becoming one of my favorite reactors. I really enjoy the way your love of music shines through and am glad I found you and subscribed. God bless from a TN Home Fry.

You will absolutely love the haunting harmonies...... And Timothy's bass....

Awesome to see a new fan see what we “himefries” have seen and felt. Great relation!!

Great reaction Chris. New subscriber here and can't wait to see more Home Free, especially as we get close to Christmas. So many fantastic songs, Do You Hear What I Hear, Auld Lang Syne, Grandma Got Ran Over By A Reindeer, etc... The Cinematography on this song is just on point here. Also, I don't know if it's been said yet so here goes. You may notice when Tim and Chance are at the windows, it gives the same silhouette you'd see on POW flags, which I thought is a very cool addition.

Love your reactions. With you then add Home Free. AMAZING. Thank you for what you help your listeners to hear. God Bless

Check out Adam Rupp (beatboxer)'s "drum Solo", you'll get a glimpse of just how ridiculous his range is too. Anything they do where Adam gets to join the harmonies is stunning.

This song is 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥, thank you for this Reaction 😊

Those chords always remind me of the haunting sound of a pipe organ.

The singing stabs you deep, but the LAST NOTE! …. How can they sound just like a pipe organ? WOW!

Adam Rupp will often sing very high passing notes when he’s not beat boxing to a song.

sure it's meant to be a solemn song However Home Free takes you to Church with it.

Another one for harmonies is How Great Thou Art.

It's absolutely a gorgeous song. Very heart felt and meaningful to anyone that is active duty , family members, or a veteran of the military. 😥💕 Could you please look into doing In The Blood by Home Free?

I’ve heard this many times, get goosebumps each and every time! Check out Helplessly Hoping, and Full of Cheer, I love these men!💕💕

the choirsound listen like a choir in church

Some of the high harmonies were Adam Rupp. He has a stunning tennor voice and I've read that Tim has said Adam has the biggest range in the group. Great reaction

I know this it has been 1 year ago since you reacted to his.. One thing to note in this that no one I have seen has commented on.. is Adam Rupp is SINGING in this one NOT doing his usual beatboxing. I maybe wrong but you asked who is doing the really high voice? It could be Austin or it also could be Adam Rupp! Adam Rupp did the high pitch voice sounds on Home Free's version of "Listen to the Music" cover from The Doobie Brothers. Also excellent and pretty much "Listen to the Music" has Adam Rupp's talents all over it! Not only in doing the phenomenal beatboxing but the high pitch sounds he makes in that video!

Thanks for your analysis and your reaction

I was SO EXCITED to see you do this! Those boys give me rolling chills time after time and I hoped they would do the same for you!

You are wonderful in this analysis.

As an experiment you might try listening to this again with over - the - ear headphones. New subscriber, can hardly wait until you start going through Home Free's holiday music. I love Snowglobe and What Child Is This for starters. Be well.

Subbed! Thanks so much. It's awesome isn'tit? I appreciate you immediately mentioning the minor chords. A lot of people don't realize that is not that easy to sing such tight harmonies, and even more so in minor. It's what makes things so haunting. Love this arrangement. Like organ chords here or there and the end one! Take care, thanks. So many more we love from these guys! We are super loyal fans, been to six live shows. They are hilarious and fun and funny. This one wasn't that way, of course, but love them all the time. They do sing their words so clearly don't they, in their live shows also. They are well trained musicians!

A lot of those high notes are also Adam Rupp. His range is insane and when he's not beatboxing, he's up in Tenorland doing more wonderful things with his voice.

Such a genius touch to show the silhouette of the fellas in front of the window. I know some see it as a "ghost"y reference but it strikes me as a reflection of the POW/MIA flag. We'll never know just how many of those met the same fate as the soldier of this song. 😥

This song brings tears to my eyes, and even though it makes me cry, it's also so beautiful, haunting, wonderful! As always, Home Free moves me in so many different ways!

You know, I know your channel is new, but your reaction to Home Free and Auston is phenomenal, I love it! *Bisquit!* So, now I've watched all your HF+Auston reactions like 10 times, and decided that it was about time to subscribe to your channel (knowing that you're doomed to continue falling into that rabbit hole). I can't wait till this journey makes you start reacting to Peter Hollens as well, he's a legend, and works so much with Home Free, and with their members individually, especially Tim. Can't wait for your reaction to "Helplessly Hoping", as Mette suggested below. And you haven't done "Man of Constant Sorrow" or "In the Blood" yet, I just can't wait to see your reaction to them! Awesome channel, I like your personality, and your explaining - it shows you're a teacher, love it!

Haven't heard this song in years but home free covered it so well they have such amazing voices the way they blend everything together

You earned a new subscriber.. Great reaction. I was around for Dire Straits' original.. mind BLOWN with this interpretation.

Powerful.

Even though this isn't a laughing Song. I get tickled just watching your reactions! Just found your Chanel.....much respect.

Beautiful reaction!

Absolutely fantastic musical and emotional reaction to this piece, but surprised you did not comment on the videography with them being transparent, denoting that these were the spirits of deceased soldiers.

Tim’s and Chance’s solos are magnificent and the harmonies are superb! I could listen to a whole song of just their harmonies.

I enjoy the A Capella style of music, I count myself as a "Home Free" fan & do think the group did a very admirable job on it... Unfortunately.... "Brother's in Arms" has been my all time fav Dire Straits song since it first came out in '85 & never fails to move me to the verge of tears. The lead-in of the light guitar notes mixed with the storm... the thought provoking lyrics Knopfler's soulful & absolutely ICONIC guitar... As said above, HF made a great effort, but to me, this falls short when compared to the original.

This arrangement is actually from another, older group called Club for Five (though they did make it their own of course). I'd love you to readt to the original version! kzfaq.info/get/bejne/fcuipZxqzZbSg2w.html

There's always a market for harmony. But it's always in short supply. When will they learn? Beatles anyone?

I'm a big fan of Home Free! Unbelievably beautifully sung! I believe the arrangement originally came from the Finnish vocal group Club For Five?

I think you are ready for reacting to Man of Constant Sorrow. A little older than what you've reacted to but showcases their talents.

second great reaction i see from you. You got my sub i really enjoy your reactions. keep up the amazing work.

Watching your reactions from "now to past" (sev hours), and liking most of them. But this one deserved a subscription :) Great! Keep it UP, please! EDIT: Hit your beginning on youtube, and I think THIS ONE is the best. Cheers!

Biscuits abound. Well done lad.

New watcher. Love your reactions❤

Beautiful reaction. Thank you very much. I’m now a sub.