Dire Straits - "Romeo And Juliet"
Dec 13, 2005 22:23:35 GMT -5
Post by stevie nice on Dec 13, 2005 22:23:35 GMT -5
An awesome rock ballad from 1980, this track was taken from the band's set "Making Movies." The album cast them as a 3 piece outfit with the removal of leader Mark Knopfler's kid brother David from the band, and solidified them as the #1 band worldwide at the time, (no s**t) which would be strengthened by their follow up "Love Over Gold," their appearance as the headliner at the Prince's Trust Ball (in which worldwide phenom Duran Duran opened for them) and, of course, the 1985 classic "Brothers In Arms." (that wasn't a run-on was it??)
If anyone offers you a choice between listening to the Indigo Girls remake and a bullet to the temple, do yourself a favor and opt for the latter. Trust me, it's the right choice. I had to sit through their rendition of it once because my sister-in-law is a big Indigo Girls fan, and my brother told me not to even argue my point because it wouldn't get me anywhere.
Anyways, the entire album is a classic rock staple, with the E Street Band's Roy Bittan playing piano on most tracks, the album is not unlike a Bruce album and Bruce and Mark are my 2 all time favorite lyricists, so I feel comfortable making that comparison.
Other notable cuts from "Making Movies" are "Tunnel Of Love" which was a prominent track in the film "An Officer And A Gentleman," "Skateaway" (which was one of the very early MTV videos,) the classic rock tracks "Expresso Love" and "Solid Rock" and the un-PC "Les Boys" which sounds lyrically like it picks on French gays and is set to a cabaretesque melody.
If anyone offers you a choice between listening to the Indigo Girls remake and a bullet to the temple, do yourself a favor and opt for the latter. Trust me, it's the right choice. I had to sit through their rendition of it once because my sister-in-law is a big Indigo Girls fan, and my brother told me not to even argue my point because it wouldn't get me anywhere.
Anyways, the entire album is a classic rock staple, with the E Street Band's Roy Bittan playing piano on most tracks, the album is not unlike a Bruce album and Bruce and Mark are my 2 all time favorite lyricists, so I feel comfortable making that comparison.
Other notable cuts from "Making Movies" are "Tunnel Of Love" which was a prominent track in the film "An Officer And A Gentleman," "Skateaway" (which was one of the very early MTV videos,) the classic rock tracks "Expresso Love" and "Solid Rock" and the un-PC "Les Boys" which sounds lyrically like it picks on French gays and is set to a cabaretesque melody.
