Romeo and Juliet
Kevin has done a mammoth post about love songs for Valentine’s Day, and you should go check it out. The big revelation for me though was that the Killers did a cover of “Romeo and Juliet” by Dire Straits. How did I not know this?! That is one of my favorite, favorite songs. Kevin prefers the original, but I’ll always have a soft spot for the raw desperation of the Indigo Girls’ version. (I remember drunkenly belting that out many times with my college roommates. Yeah, I hung out with a lot of lesbians.) That said, I really like the Killers’ version too. Just bought it off iTunes, in fact…
Kevin
February 15, 2010 — 11:18 am
Actually, my favorite cover of “R+J” — and I kinda hate myself for liking it because of the weird Ivy League predilection for acapella groups — is an acapella version by the Brown Derbies. I would’ve added it to my post, but couldn’t find a version of it on Youtube.
Kris
February 15, 2010 — 12:22 pm
Ha! So the running gags about Andy Bernard’s Dartmouth acapella group are more realistic than I thought! (ND had the all-male Glee Club, but I didn’t tie it in with any larger trend.)
The Devil
February 20, 2010 — 9:27 am
“Hung out,” huh? Is that what you call it?
Kris
February 22, 2010 — 10:53 pm
Hey, what’s not to like about hanging out with the LJ’s? 😛