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. Juliet says hey its romeo, you nearly gimme me a heart attack. Romeo and juliet is a song by the british rock band dire straits, written by singer and lead guitarist mark knopfler. Romeo and juliet dire straits song pop culture wiki. Dire straits live from basel 1992 recorded from norwegian. Lyrics for romeo and juliet by dire straits songfacts. Romeo and juliet by dire straits samples, covers and. But am i the only one to hear a strong assonance with jungleland by bruce springsteen. Jungleland by bruce springsteen 1975 vocals lyrics rock pop. Playing his dire straits classic, mark knopfler brings romeo and juliet to ken bruce s show in the radio 2 piano room. Romeo and juliet is a song by the british rock band dire straits, written by frontman mark knopfler. Dire straits samples, covers and remixes whosampled.
Jungleland downloads the circuit bruce springsteen. We had a number of people ask about all of the songs we played today, so here is the full list. Bruce springsteen brings young fan up onstage to perform growin up. It first appeared on the 1980 album making movies and was released as a single in 1981. Dire straitss romeo and juliet sample of the angels. 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. Discover all dire straits s music connections, watch videos, listen to music, discuss and download. On this page, hear how romeo and juliet by dire straits sounds like bruce springsteen. Knopflers younger brother david, how was rhythm guitarist in dire straits, left the band during the album sessions. Romeo and juliet is a song by the british rock band dire straits, recorded in 1980. Your user agent does not support frames or is currently configured not to display frames. Romeo and juliet 1980 sampled jungleland by bruce springsteen 1975 was covered in romeo and juliet by the killers 2007.
The steve gibbons band 1976 any road up uk folk pop rock s. Are dire straits and bruce springsteen have similar riffs. Then ill play the first few measures of bruce springsteen s jungleland from 1975. Bruce s album born to run is from 1975 and have 8 songs including jungleland, which have similarities with romeo and juliet. This time im showing you the first few measures of dire straits romeo and juliet from 1980. The video has been restored in high definition clarity and audio remixed in. It first appeared on the album making movies and then on the live albums alchemy and on. Scrobble songs and get recommendations on other tracks and artists. The guitar intro to romeo and juliet sounds like the piano intro to jungleland. Bruce even lent roy bittan to dire straits for recording their best album that is to me tunnel of love. Some of the songs on that album really bear affinities with some of bruce s themes. 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. Steve gibbons 1971 short stories uk folk pop rock s.
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. 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. Lyrics and video for the song romeo and juliet by dire straits songfacts. Click here for a spotify playlist of countdown songs. Tunnel of love is a better song than bruce s tunnel of love it pains me to say. This topic is now archived and is closed to further replies. Romeo and juliet by dire straits sampled bruce springsteen s jungleland. 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. Its makes to references to west side story which was based on shakespeares romeo and juliet. Stuff like romeo and juliet would fit into any old springsteen album. Yeah, there were a lot of similarities there at the time. Having two brothers in the same band caused tension and arguments.
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. It first appeared on the 1980 album making movies and was released as a single in the same year. Dire straits romeo and juliet lyrics genius lyrics. Point your bittorent program to the correct folder and. 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. Dire straits, romeo and juliet alchemy live, 1983 on vimeo. Released as a single in 1981, the track updates the classic romeo and juliet narrative, skipping over the death and destruction. Jungleland is nothing like romeo and juliet other than they have a piano in common, love over gold is my favourite ds album.
After going through much of our library, we grabbed several thousand songs and gave each a score. 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. I adore dire straits, one of my all time favourites. 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. We took the highestranking songs and turned them into a countdown for something fun while were all in lockdown mode. It contains one of e street band saxophonist clarence clemons most recognizable solos. This used to for romeo and juliet by dire straits but youtube made me swap the song because of licencing laws. 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 is the closing song on bruce springsteen s 1975 album born to run. Romeo and juliet by dire straits discover this songs samples, covers and remixes on whosampled.
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