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SOTD #5: Simon Bates would be proud
By Wolfie | July 20, 2008
Today’s song is Romeo and Juliet by Dire Straits
Well, 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 through thick and thin
Now you just say “Oh Romeo? Yeah, 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 realise it was just that the time was wrong Juliet?
Do you remember that ‘Our Tune’ feature that Simon Bates used to have on Radio 1? Where people would write in with often quite tragic stories, all of which were personified by one song? It often made for quite maudlin listening, but it was addictive. Just after 11am, Monday to Friday the nation would tune in to hear about the love story gone wrong, the brave but doomed fight against terminal illness, or whatever. As cheesy as it sounds, it actually could be truly heart-wrenching.
This song turned up quite a lot in these stories and I imagine there are a lot of couples out there who would consider it their tune. I know that me and my first serious girlfriend did. But when you really think about it, it’s a lament from one half of a couple that has already split up. Is that really the best song for a loving couple to have as their song?
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