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Once Were Brothers

When you talkabout songs that are reflective of your past, it becomes a jigsaw puzzle,...

When you talk
about songs that are reflective of your past, it becomes a jigsaw puzzle, because... you write
about what you know

Full Transcript

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When you talk about songs that are
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reflective of your past,
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it becomes a jigsaw puzzle,
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because... you write about what you know.
Duration
11 seconds
Views
49
Timestamp in Movie
00:02:00
Uploaded
May 28, 2025
Genres
documentary, biography, history
Production
Bell Media,White Pine Pictures,Imagine Documentaries,Diamond Docs,Universal Music Canada,Imagine Entertainment

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Movie Summary

A confessional, cautionary, and occasionally humorous tale of Robbie Robertson's young life and the creation of one of the most enduring groups in the history of popular music, The Band.
When I stumbled onto this song, "Once Were Brothers"... - Once Were Brothers 00:05
When I stumbled onto this song, "Once Were Brothers&quo...
It really did, for me, - Once Were Brothers 00:06
It really did, for me,
* Once were brothers * - Once Were Brothers 00:25
* Once were brothers *
It was so beautiful it went up in flames - Once Were Brothers 00:04
It was so beautiful it went up in flames
* When I get off of this mountain * - Once Were Brothers 00:24
* When I get off of this mountain *
Simply their name, The Band, that was it. - Once Were Brothers 00:05
Simply their name, The Band, that was it.
* Up on Cripple Creek She sends me - Once Were Brothers 00:47
* Up on Cripple Creek She sends me
* She mends me I don't have to speak * - Once Were Brothers 00:20
* She mends me I don't have to speak *
To have any one of those guys would be the foundation - Once Were Brothers 00:11
To have any one of those guys would be the foundation
* That's when That little love of mine * - Once Were Brothers 00:20
* That's when That little love of mine *
This... just didn't seem like anything else. - Once Were Brothers 00:05
This... just didn't seem like anything else.
Taj Mahal: No one sounded like those guys. You know, - Once Were Brothers 00:10
Taj Mahal: No one sounded like those guys. You know,
* She defends me A drunkard's dream * - Once Were Brothers 00:07
* She defends me A drunkard's dream *
Robbie: I think about Levon, - Once Were Brothers 00:21
Robbie: I think about Levon,
* Oh, I could get you with my yodel, I go * - Once Were Brothers 00:06
* Oh, I could get you with my yodel, I go *
* No, no, no, no, no * - Once Were Brothers 00:04
* No, no, no, no, no *
(film projector whirring) - Once Were Brothers 00:08
(film projector whirring)
Robbie: Since I was a kid, I see stories - Once Were Brothers 00:08
Robbie: Since I was a kid, I see stories
These stories are powerful, - Once Were Brothers 00:06
These stories are powerful,
Maybe that's because my upbringing was - Once Were Brothers 00:07
Maybe that's because my upbringing was