The Killers - Romeo And Juliet

The Killers At Abbey Road
Transmitted 09 Feb 2007

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Killers
• Romeo
• Juliet
• Dire
• Straits
• Cover
• Abbey
• Road

[thedavman1984]

MY NAME IS EARL...........WHATS YOURS??????

[nufcadamc1994]

respect to killers for respecting dire straits and mark knopfler. the cover was great but it simply doesnt beat dire straits. Dire Straits live performances are wayyy better than their recorded song! so give respect to them and little bit of time to watch them. but im glad they covored it, brings back the real music and dire straits :).

[Salivorin]

Doesn't quite nail nail the sad, almost cry of the original, but it's still a good version, and a great way to get people into Dire Straights :)

[IhaveaPhDinTV]

i respect a tribute or cover to Dire Straits over any original song by any idiot on the top 40 right now, like turn the radio on now. yep, anything related to Dire Straits is never never a waste of time. a waste of time is covering an auto tne song.

[IhaveaPhDinTV]

whatever, it sux in comparison but THEY ARE OBVIOUSLY PAYING SOME SORT OF TRIBUTE ( OR TRYING) TO THE BEST BAND EVER- AND THE BEST GUITARIST EVER= DIRE STRAITS. I would listen to all of Dire Straits in a VW bus if my dad had one, duh.

[markgillam242]

*could be introducted to them." Basically he is saying i doubt we will do the song justice, but maybe if some of the younger generation listen to our version then that will introduce them to the greatness of dire straits. As for the weather he is just commenting on the bands skill, there ability to ignore there drab surroundings and write songs like this one.

[markgillam242]

@Gez97 mate your in the wrong here id just give up now if I were you, when SuperAmik said brilliance he was talking about the origional dire straits song. Also if you watched the introduction to this video he says and I quote "Romeo and Julet, I think is one of the most beautiful songs I have ever heard. I don't know if that's a reason to cover it, because we probably wont do it justice, one of the reasons I guess is mabye a person who is a fan of the killers who doesnt know about dire straits.

[Gez97]

Comeback when the killers are as good as the Straits then maybe you can argue the toss, until then unlucky. Nothing wrong with the grammer chump! and dont worry no-one will copy The Killers coz theyre shite compared to Knopfler one of the greatest guitarists of all time FACT and its embarrassing so see a great song put to shame

[SuperAmik]

@Gez97 OK, whatever you say, you grammatically challenged dipshit. Also, cover and copy - you might want to learn the difference.

[Gez97]

This version sucks, should be no such thing as a cover, do your own stuff if your good enough. Brilliance?? i dont think so, theres never any brilliance in a copy

[SuperAmik]

@Gez97 Take a deep breath and relax there, junior. Clearly you missed the obvious fact that The Killlers were paying deep respect to Dire Straits, Mark, and the song's brilliance. Brandon's point about the song not sounding like it was from England was a compliment, dumbass. England has shit weather, does it not? He's saying this song transcends it. For the record, I'm a huge Dire Straits fan and a passing admirer of The Killers. Yet, I find this cover excellent. Get a grip, twat-boy.