TS: Thin Lizzy's 'Romeo and The Lonely Girl' vs. Dire Straits' 'Romeo and Juliet'

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For some reason, I've heard both of these several times over the last couple of weeks and the little interest that I have in mid to later Dire Straits notwhithstanding, theirs is a compelling tune, slightly sentimental but no more so, in reality than the TL song. Phil Lynnot's voice is the one that pops up in my head more often though.
What say you?

― M. White (Miguelito), Tuesday, 9 August 2005 15:43 (twenty years ago)

Ohhhhhhh poor romeo

Robinson

― Robinson (Robinson), Tuesday, 9 August 2005 15:45 (twenty years ago)

this is tough! that's my favorite Dire Straits song....but obv. in general Thin Lizzy kicks the crap out of DS.....that "sittin' on his own-neo" rhyme always kinda bother me in the TL song....

― M@tt He1geson (Matt Helgeson), Tuesday, 9 August 2005 15:59 (twenty years ago)

thin lizzy by a bazillion milez.

― hstencil (hstencil), Tuesday, 9 August 2005 16:01 (twenty years ago)

As a general rule, TL kicks DS all over the place which is why I started this thread. 'Romeo and the Lonely Girl' is a good song but the lyrics are mediocre at best, and Knopfler's melodic shtick works really well with the lyrics in 'R&J'.

― M. White (Miguelito), Tuesday, 9 August 2005 16:07 (twenty years ago)

the lyrics are awesomely mediocre!!!

― hstencil (hstencil), Tuesday, 9 August 2005 16:08 (twenty years ago)

actually i think the verse lyrics are fine and the forced rhyme with romeo is just so dumb it kinda works.

― hstencil (hstencil), Tuesday, 9 August 2005 16:09 (twenty years ago)

TL TL TL. i esp like the bit where the chorus comes back, and the gtr solo keeps going in a very tom verlaine-y way for the rest of the song

― geoff (gcannon), Tuesday, 9 August 2005 16:12 (twenty years ago)

Steve Forbert's "Romeo's Theme"

― The Good Dr. Bill (The Good Dr. Bill), Tuesday, 9 August 2005 16:22 (twenty years ago)

of course thin lizzy are better, but i defy anyone to listen to r&j at top volume at 6am and not be moved (tracer hand knows what i'm talking about).

― lauren (laurenp), Tuesday, 9 August 2005 16:23 (twenty years ago)

I know Lizzy are usually pretty much undissable on ILM, and Lord knows I've heard far worse rhymes; but I've gotta say that "Poor Romeo/Sittin' on his own-e-o" makes me gag as surely as the worst, most pretentious Sting lyrical dropping you could imagine. Sorry, but for that reason alone, Dire Straits gets the decision.

― Myonga Von Bontee (Myonga Von Bontee), Tuesday, 9 August 2005 16:44 (twenty years ago)

TS: Listening to Thin Lizzy do a routine sound check wherein they continue to try to work out a feedback hiss on a bass amp by playing the same five notes over and over again versus listening to Dire Straits' entire catalog, digitally remastered in full, luxurious surround sound while sipping an ice cold Pina Colada and getting a foot massage from Heidi Klum.

Thin Lizzy still wins.

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Tuesday, 9 August 2005 16:47 (twenty years ago)

pretentious? if anything it's art-less!

― hstencil (hstencil), Tuesday, 9 August 2005 16:53 (twenty years ago)

Xpost

(...oops, shoulda read the full thread first. Anyhow, what Matt said.)

― Myonga Von Bontee (Myonga Von Bontee), Tuesday, 9 August 2005 16:54 (twenty years ago)

Alex,

TS: Good Music vs. Free Drinks and Laydeez?

― M. White (Miguelito), Tuesday, 9 August 2005 17:13 (twenty years ago)

sitting out on his only-o
muy goofy but still better than mark knobler at his "poetic" best

Jailbreak is one of those mystically perfect albums I've heard so many 1000 of times that even the lesser songs reek of genius

cf. alex listening to dire straits is like getting a prostate massage from your doctor while sippin a warm prune juice smoothie

― password reset limbo, Tuesday, 9 August 2005 20:49 (twenty years ago)

Hahahahahaha

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Tuesday, 9 August 2005 21:49 (twenty years ago)

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