Romeo And Juliet (6:02)
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“Romeo and Juliet” is a song by the British rock band Dire Straits, recorded in 1980. It first appeared on the album Making Movies and then on the live albums Alchemy and On the Night. It was released as a single in 1981.
The song was written by Dire Straits singer and lead guitarist Mark Knopfler.
The song opens on an arpeggiated resonator guitar part played by Knopfler, who also sings the lead vocal. The instrumentation remains simple during the verses and moves to a full-on rock arrangement in the chorus sections.
The lyrics of the song comprise a description of a conversation between the two lovers of the title.
In addition to the obvious reference to William Shakespeare’s play of the same title, the song makes playful allusion to other works involving young love, including the songs “My Boyfriend’s Back” and “Somewhere” from West Side Story (which is itself based on the Shakespeare play).
This song was inspired by Mark Knopfler’s broken romance with Holly Vincent, leader of the band Holly and the Italians.
The song was written by Dire Straits singer and lead guitarist Mark Knopfler.
The song opens on an arpeggiated resonator guitar part played by Knopfler, who also sings the lead vocal. The instrumentation remains simple during the verses and moves to a full-on rock arrangement in the chorus sections.
The lyrics of the song comprise a description of a conversation between the two lovers of the title.
In addition to the obvious reference to William Shakespeare’s play of the same title, the song makes playful allusion to other works involving young love, including the songs “My Boyfriend’s Back” and “Somewhere” from West Side Story (which is itself based on the Shakespeare play).
This song was inspired by Mark Knopfler’s broken romance with Holly Vincent, leader of the band Holly and the Italians.
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How I play the intro to Romeo and Juliet by Dire Straits using standard guitar tuning. I have a capo on the 5th fret. The disadvantage to standard tuning is that you can't play that wonderful, deep…
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toto47 wrote:
Danke für diesen Song, MK!
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fran_flakes wrote:
always reminds me of empire records :)
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ABM1708 wrote:
Yeah, how about it?
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Edy67 wrote:
meine Jugend......war eine super Zeit
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gungh0 wrote:
How about it ?
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BigHans1 wrote:
Brilliant song.
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hoboloco wrote:
Nils Lofgren get the riff of "jungleland" of bruce springsteen and he put it in this wonderful song... good! good! good!
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jstabarracuda wrote:
Reminds me of young LOVE, yet isn't that the truest LOVE? : )
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FrankTyrell wrote:
Just a movie song...but i like it :))
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CovertSushi wrote:
This song states exactly how I feel right now.
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Musikfreak1000 wrote:
Ahhh...zu diesem Song hatte ich mal fantastischen...ähh....dingsbums
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donnasensuale wrote:
romeo i will love till i die se tu vivi fino a 100 anni io volgio morire a 100 meno un giorno cosi nn saro senza te' i will love you till i die. romeo.
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donnasensuale wrote:
i love this song hey romeo, you almost gave me a heart attack but you are ok and i am so happy to be with you again <3<3 invitiamo tutti del lastfm al nostro matrimonio romeo romeo *****
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CaesarAnavel wrote:
Oh, nice track. I hate how poorly radio represents these great bands...
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gungh0 wrote:
I forgot how much I loved this song.
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chinagirl84 wrote:
.....it was just that the time was wrong......
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Ceri182 wrote:
"when we made love ,you used to cry" great lyrics :-)
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Lootza wrote:
the dice was loaded from the start, and i bet, and you exploded into my heart.... loooove this song
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Daddoman wrote:
<3
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malungo100 wrote:
ღ♥ღ ♫ღ♥ღ ♫ღ♥ღ ♫ღ♥ღ ♫
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