Dire straits romeo and juliet lyrics genius lyrics. Click here for a spotify playlist of countdown songs. The steve gibbons band 1976 any road up uk folk pop rock s. Discover all dire straits s music connections, watch videos, listen to music, discuss and download. Yeah, there were a lot of similarities there at the time. We took the highestranking songs and turned them into a countdown for something fun while were all in lockdown mode. Are dire straits and bruce springsteen have similar riffs. Romeo and juliet is a song by the british rock band dire straits, recorded in 1980. Dire straits, romeo and juliet alchemy live, 1983 on vimeo. On this page, hear how romeo and juliet by dire straits sounds like bruce springsteen. Lyrics and video for the song romeo and juliet by dire straits songfacts. Bruce s album born to run is from 1975 and have 8 songs including jungleland, which have similarities with romeo and juliet.
Taken from their 1980 album making movies, the beauty of romeo and juliet for me is the way mark knopfler who wrote the song in addition to singing it seamlessly merges the classicism of. Dire straitss romeo and juliet sample of the angels. Bruce even lent roy bittan to dire straits for recording their best album that is to me tunnel of love. Scrobble songs and get recommendations on other tracks and artists. A lovestruck romeo sings the streets a serenade laying everybody low with a lovesong that he made finds a streetlight steps out of the shade says something like you and me babe how about it. Jungleland by bruce springsteen 1975 vocals lyrics rock pop. Romeo and juliet 1980 sampled jungleland by bruce springsteen 1975 was covered in romeo and juliet by the killers 2007.
Steve gibbons 1971 short stories uk folk pop rock s. Stuff like romeo and juliet would fit into any old springsteen album. Dire straits live from basel 1992 recorded from norwegian. Romeo and juliet is a song by the british rock band dire straits, written by frontman mark knopfler. Romeo and juliet by dire straits discover this songs samples, covers and remixes on whosampled. Dire straits samples, covers and remixes on whosampled. We had a number of people ask about all of the songs we played today, so here is the full list. Your user agent does not support frames or is currently configured not to display frames.
I adore dire straits, one of my all time favourites. This time im showing you the first few measures of dire straits romeo and juliet from 1980. Jungleland downloads the circuit bruce springsteen. But am i the only one to hear a strong assonance with jungleland by bruce springsteen. Were just pointing out how elements of songs can be very similar. The guitar intro to romeo and juliet sounds like the piano intro to jungleland. Jungleland is the closing song on bruce springsteen s 1975 album born to run.
It contains one of e street band saxophonist clarence clemons most recognizable solos. It also features shorttime e streeter suki lahav, who performs the delicate 23note violin introduction to the song, accompanied by roy bittan on piano in the opening. It first appeared on the 1980 album making movies and was released as a single in 1981. Dire straits samples, covers and remixes whosampled. Listen online to bruce springsteen my hometown and see which albums it appears on. Lyrics for romeo and juliet by dire straits songfacts. Juliet says hey its romeo, you nearly gimme me a heart attack.
It first appeared on the 1980 album making movies and was released as a single in the same year. Point your bittorent program to the correct folder and. Or you can make a new torrent and upload a show from your harddisc that hasnt been on jungleland before, or has a dead torrent. Some of the songs on that album really bear affinities with some of bruce s themes. It first appeared on the album making movies and then on the live albums alchemy and on. Its makes to references to west side story which was based on shakespeares romeo and juliet. Knopflers voice hits every note with such passion that i never get tired of this fine arrangement. But, what we listened to, is that one of his songs is very similar to the romeo and juliet classic song of dire straits from 1980. This topic is now archived and is closed to further replies. After going through much of our library, we grabbed several thousand songs and gave each a score. Long and articulated stories that are reminiscent fo incident on 57th street and spirit in the night. Knopflers younger brother david, how was rhythm guitarist in dire straits, left the band during the album sessions. The song subsequently appeared on the dire straits live albums alchemy and on the night, and later on knopflers live duet album with emmylou harris.
Then ill play the first few measures of bruce springsteen s jungleland from 1975. Romeo and juliet dire straits song pop culture wiki. Playing his dire straits classic, mark knopfler brings romeo and juliet to ken bruce s show in the radio 2 piano room. Having two brothers in the same band caused tension and arguments. Romeo and juliet by dire straits sampled bruce springsteen s jungleland.
In the first of a series of articles examining the lyrics behind wellknown songs, carlton boyce takes a look at romeo and juliet by dire straits. The video has been restored in high definition clarity and audio remixed in. Romeo and juliet by dire straits samples, covers and. Also note that the romeo and juliet on this song on the balcony are having a strained relationship. The piano intro on that was played by roy brittan who is a guest keyboard player on romeo and juliet. If you thought you recognised the intro, then it may well be that you know bruce springsteen s jungleland, the epic track that closes bruce springsteen s 1975 album born to run.
Tunnel of love is a better song than bruce s tunnel of love it pains me to say. Romeo and juliet by dire straits sampled the angels american groups my boyfriends back. Listen to both songs on whosampled, the ultimate database of sampled music, cover songs and remixes. I left because it was no longer possible for mark and i to work in the same band. Bruce springsteen brings young fan up onstage to perform growin up. Add video add image romeo and juliet is a song by the british rock band dire straits, written by singer and lead guitarist mark knopfler. Bruce s album born to run is from 1975 and have 8 songs including jungleland, which have similarities with romeo and juliet we do not say anything is rip off, but we just pointing out how the elements of songs can be very similar. This used to for romeo and juliet by dire straits but youtube made me swap the song because of licencing laws. Romeo and juliet is a song by the british rock band dire straits, written by singer and lead guitarist mark knopfler. Jungleland is nothing like romeo and juliet other than they have a piano in common, love over gold is my favourite ds album.
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