MUSICURIOSIDADES

La historia de Romeo y Julieta, en la que esta le abandona al encontrar la fama, inspira la canción de Mark Knopfler, en este caso haciendo referencia a su relación fallida con Holly Beth Vicent, líder de la banda Holly and the Italians. Según dicen, Mark Knopfler mantuvo una relación con dicha cantante durante el comienzo de la carrera musical de Dire Straits.

“Romeo and Juliet” está incluida en el tercer álbum de la banda, Making Movies (1980). Supone el gran salto del grupo hacia audiencias más amplias.

Romeo and Juliet

A lovestruck Romeo sang the streets of serenade
Laying everybody low with a love song that he made
Finds a streetlight, steps out of the shade
Says something like, «You and me, babe, how about it?»
Juliet says, «Hey, it’s Romeo, you nearly gave me a heart attack»
He’s underneath the window, she’s singing, «Hey, la, my boyfriend’s back
You shouldn’t come around here singing up at people like that
Anyway, what you gonna do about it?»
«Juliet, the dice was loaded from the start
And I bet, and you exploded into my heart
And I forget, I forget the movie song
When you gonna realize it was just that the time was wrong, Juliet?»
Come up on different streets, they both were streets of shame
Both dirty, both mean, yes, and the dream was just the same
And I dreamed your dream for you and now your dream is real
How can you look at me as if I was just another one of your deals?
When you can fall for chains of silver you can fall for chains of gold
You can fall for pretty strangers and the promises they hold
You promised me everything, you promised me thick and thin, yeah
Now you just say «oh, Romeo, yeah, you know I used to have a scene with him»
«Juliet, when we made love, you used to cry
You said ‘I love you like the stars above, I’ll love you till I die’
There’s a place for us, you know the movie song
When you gonna realize it was just that the time was wrong, Juliet?»
I can’t do the talk like they talk on the TV
And I can’t do a love song like the way it’s meant to be
I can’t do everything but I’d do anything for you
I can’t do anything except be in love with you
And all I do is miss you and the way we used to be
All I do is keep the beat and bad company
All I do is kiss you through the bars of Orion
Julie, I’d do the stars with you any time
«Juliet, when we made love you used to cry
You said ‘I love you like the stars above, I’ll love you till I die’
There’s a place for us you know the movie song
When you gonna realize it was just that the time was wrong, Juliet?»
And a lovestruck Romeo, he sang the streets of serenade
Laying everybody low with a love song that he made
Finds a convenient streetlight, steps out of the shade
He says something like, «You and me, babe, how about it?
You and me, babe, how about it?»