# Songs about Brothers

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-brothers/496727>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [May 17, 2009, 6:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-brothers/496727 "2009-05-17T06:47:43Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![neguloz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ee59a6/32.png) [@neguloz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/neguloz)\
**Post date:** [May 23, 2012, 11:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-brothers/496727/21 "2012-05-23T11:41:30Z")

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I love this list of [Songs About Brothers](http://www.bestsongsabout.com/best-songs-about-brothers/). Pearl Jam and Alice in Chains get mentions.

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**Author:** ![Oly](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/oly/32/8255_2.png) [@Oly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oly)\
**Post date:** [May 23, 2012, 12:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-brothers/496727/22 "2012-05-23T12:41:24Z")

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[What Slayde Says](http://www.mp3lyrics.org/n/nomeansno/what-slayde-says/) by nomeansno. But it may not convey the mood you’re looking for.

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**Author:** ![Musicat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/musicat/32/20189_2.png) [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\
**Post date:** [May 23, 2012, 12:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-brothers/496727/23 "2012-05-23T12:44:30Z")

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[Brothers,](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xLAJ1YooNIw&feature=related) Philly style.

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**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\
**Post date:** [May 24, 2012, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-brothers/496727/24 "2012-05-24T01:01:30Z")

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The Band’s “The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down” has lyrics in which one brother describes the death of another during the Civil War:

[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/jREUrbGGrgM/maxresdefault.jpg "The Band - The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jREUrbGGrgM)

I always thought that Don McLean’s “Vincent,” about Vincent Van Gogh, is worded as if sung by his beloved brother Theo, although it doesn’t say that explicitly:

[![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/nkvLq0TYiwI/hqdefault.jpg "Starry Starry Night") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nkvLq0TYiwI)

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**Author:** ![Wesley\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wesley_clark/32/20581_2.png) [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\
**Post date:** [May 24, 2012, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-brothers/496727/25 "2012-05-24T02:04:00Z")

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It isn’t about brothers, but the song ‘PS you rock my world’ is fairly good. It was written by the singer after his sister died.

There is only one non-live copy on youtube, and the acoustics are terrible though.

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**Author:** ![koeeoaddi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/koeeoaddi/32/408_2.png) [@koeeoaddi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/koeeoaddi)\
**Post date:** [May 24, 2012, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-brothers/496727/26 "2012-05-24T02:07:07Z")

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[Brother, Brother](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x0AyCGBi_ok), Carole King

[Use Me](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ROGOHNSEBs), Bill Withers _“My brother sit me right down and he talked to me…”_

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