'Romeo and Juliet' in songs~

Angelic Devil · 05-21-2009, 03:50 AM

Hello!

I've been looking around for songs about Romeo and Juliet n__n, it is part of an assignment but I can't seem to find as many :/

I have chosen the following:
Taylor Swift - Love Story
Dire Straits – Romeo and Juliet
Blue Oyster Cult - Don't Fear The Reaper
Nino Rota – What is youth? (From movie)

I still need many more. I'm using themes such as " Love and romance, age and youth, love and violence, forces of love, the individual versus the society and the inevitability of fate."

Does anyone know more? I'd be really glad to know of more of them ^__^' and not just Romeo and Juliet, maybe even other characters of the story!

Cheers,
M

VenusInFurs · 05-25-2009, 03:53 PM

There's a verse in "Fever" that has Romeo and Juliet in it. A number of jazz singers do Fever.

And not sure if this works but the entire musical of "West Side Story" is based on Romeo and Juliet.

Helga · 05-25-2009, 05:26 PM

there is a popular song in icelandic... but I don't think that will help you...

Homers_child · 05-25-2009, 09:17 PM

It's not as contemporary and mainstream as some of the other songs you've listed. But you could also use 'Juliet' by Emilie Autumn.

The theme of the song is more focused on the love between them, but it also has a bit of the theme of the individual/s against society with the lines, 'The consequence is hanging there, the sky will fall but I don't care.'

Anyway, good luck, it sounds like an awesome assignment.

Angelic Devil · 05-31-2009, 08:37 AM

Thanks for your replies guys

I've already formed a list and I'll post it for in future need of them:

Tom Waits – Romeo Is Bleeding
Bon Jovi – I’d Die For You
Semisonic – Singing In My Sleep
Rick Astley – Romeo Loves Juliet
A Change Of Pace – Prepare The Masses
Radiohead – Exit Music (For A Film)
We The Kings – Check Yes Juliet

Hope that comes by as helpful, though I'm thankful for your replies.

Cheers,
M

Bernardb · 08-03-2009, 08:49 PM

Romeo and Juliet by Thomas Farnon
Dont know if that helps?
Many thanks
B

05-21-2009, 03:50 AM	#1
Angelic Devil Registered User Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 52	'Romeo and Juliet' in songs~ Hello! I've been looking around for songs about Romeo and Juliet n__n, it is part of an assignment but I can't seem to find as many :/ I have chosen the following: Taylor Swift - Love Story Dire Straits – Romeo and Juliet Blue Oyster Cult - Don't Fear The Reaper Nino Rota – What is youth? (From movie) I still need many more. I'm using themes such as " Love and romance, age and youth, love and violence, forces of love, the individual versus the society and the inevitability of fate." Does anyone know more? I'd be really glad to know of more of them ^__^' and not just Romeo and Juliet, maybe even other characters of the story! Cheers, M

05-25-2009, 05:26 PM	#3
Helga on a distant moon Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: hiding in a snow house Posts: 1,236 Blog Entries: 61	there is a popular song in icelandic... but I don't think that will help you... __________________ I hope death is joyful, and I hope I'll never return -Frida Khalo I'm 65 and I guess that puts me in with the geriatrics. But if there were fifteen months in every year, I'd only be 48. That's the trouble with us. We number everything. Take women, for example. I think they deserve to have more than twelve years between the ages of 28 and 40. -James Thurber

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05-25-2009, 03:53 PM	#2
VenusInFurs Registered User Join Date: May 2009 Location: Berlin, Germany Posts: 5	There's a verse in "Fever" that has Romeo and Juliet in it. A number of jazz singers do Fever. And not sure if this works but the entire musical of "West Side Story" is based on Romeo and Juliet.

05-25-2009, 09:17 PM	#4
Homers_child Registered User Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 61	It's not as contemporary and mainstream as some of the other songs you've listed. But you could also use 'Juliet' by Emilie Autumn. The theme of the song is more focused on the love between them, but it also has a bit of the theme of the individual/s against society with the lines, 'The consequence is hanging there, the sky will fall but I don't care.' Anyway, good luck, it sounds like an awesome assignment.

05-31-2009, 08:37 AM	#5
Angelic Devil Registered User Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 52	Thanks for your replies guys I've already formed a list and I'll post it for in future need of them: Tom Waits – Romeo Is Bleeding Bon Jovi – I’d Die For You Semisonic – Singing In My Sleep Rick Astley – Romeo Loves Juliet A Change Of Pace – Prepare The Masses Radiohead – Exit Music (For A Film) We The Kings – Check Yes Juliet Hope that comes by as helpful, though I'm thankful for your replies. Cheers, M

08-03-2009, 08:49 PM	#6
Bernardb Registered User Join Date: Aug 2009 Posts: 2	Romeo and Juliet by Thomas Farnon Dont know if that helps? Many thanks B