Girls! Girls! Girls!- “Romeo And Juliet”- Dire Straits. “Romeo and Juliet” is my favorite Dire Straits song [which is saying a lot- they have a number of songs that I love}- it appeared first one their Making Movies album which came out in 1980. The song was written by Dire Straits Mark Knopfler about his failed romance with Holly Vincent- of the group Holly and The Italians.
from wikipedia-
The song speaks of a Romeo who is still very much in love with his Juliet, but she now treats him like “just another one of [her] deals”. Knopfler has both stated and implied that he believes Vincent was using him to boost her career. The song’s line “Now you just say, oh Romeo, yeah, you know I used to have a scene with him,” refers to an interview with Vincent, where she says “What happened was that I had a scene with Mark Knopfler and it got to the point where he couldn’t handle it and we split up.”
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Never listened closely to the lyrics and never knew the story behind the song. A love like he has for her is not one you ever get over. Even there he wants her to come back 😦 Beautiful song and masterful songwriting.
The Dire Straits original is great but I came across that one in concert a while ago- and loved that version too.
I like Dire Straits a lot, but somehow never heard this. It’s a lovely and bittersweet song.
One of my two most favorite Dire Straits songs. I can listen to it over and over. I didn’t know it was written about a real romance. That makes it even more special, which I wouldn’t have thought possible. It’s my first time hearing this version. I like it a lot.
I like the emotion in this version.
Me too.
Love this cut