![]() Making Movies (1980) [ larger cover art ] |
''Narrator:''
A lovestruck Romeo sings the streets a serenade
Laying everybody low with a love song that he made
Finds a street light, steps out of the shade
Says something like, "You and me babe, how about it?"
Juliet says, "Hey it's Romeo, you nearly gave me a heart attack"
He's underneath the window, she's singing, "Hey la, my boyfriend's back
You shouldn't come around here, singing up at people like that"
Anyway, what you gonna do about it?
''Romeo:''
Juliet, the dice was loaded from the start,
And I bet, then you exploded in my heart,
And I forget, I forget, the movie song
When you gonna realize, it was just that the time was wrong, Juliet?
Come up on different streets, they both were streets of shame,
Both dirty, both mean, yes and the dream was just the same,
And I dreamed your dream for you, and now your dream is real
How can you look at me as if I was just another one of your deals?
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 thick and thin yeah
Now you just say, "Oh Romeo, yeah, you know 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 realize, it was just that the time was wrong, Juliet?
I can't do the talk like the talk on the TV
And I can't do a love song, like the way it's meant to be
I can't do everything, but I'll do anything for you
I can't do anything 'cept be in love with you
And all I do is miss you, and the way we used to be
All I do is keep the beat, the bad company
And all I do is kiss you, through the bars of a rhyme
Julie, I'd do the stars with you, anytime
Ah 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 realize, it was just that the time was wrong, Juliet?
''Narrator:''
And a lovestruck Romeo he sings the streets a serenade
Laying everybody low, with a love song that he made
Find a convenient streetlight, steps out of the shade
And says something like, "You and me babe, how 'bout it?"
''Romeo:''
"You and me babe, how about it?"
| Lazarus (Bethany) | Posted: May 17, 2013 - 21:06 Everybody in my church loves this song... from the year 1594: Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet JULIET: |
| Stephenater (Marin County, CA) | Posted: Apr 04, 2013 - 15:19 dputlak wrote: Mark Knopfler has always been one of my favorite guitarists. It may sound strange, but to me, the notes that he doesn't play are almost as good as the notes that he does play. He keeps me wanting more. Very well said... |
| suesblues (Sydney, Australia) | Posted: Mar 16, 2013 - 02:41 nooooooooooooo, this foray into the early 80s is going just a little too far! The Police's Message in a Bottle had some gumption, this is just plain bland, sorry. It doesn't give any sense of passion, really, just too wet and sentimental. |
| Lazarus (Bethany) | Posted: Jan 12, 2013 - 09:26 This song makes me feel all warm inside... love it... |
| dputlak (Chicago) | Posted: Jan 12, 2013 - 09:25 Mark Knopfler has always been one of my favorite guitarists. It may sound strange, but to me, the notes that he doesn't play are almost as good as the notes that he does play. He keeps me wanting more. |
| rockpommel16 (rockpommel´s land...near the netherlands) | Posted: Dec 31, 2012 - 11:44 ....a 7 for the music + 1 for the memories = 8 from the german jury.......well done,bill....thx...forgotten HOW good this song is.... |
| WakeUpWorld (St. Petersburg, FL) | Posted: Oct 29, 2012 - 18:47 This has alway been one of my favorite songs, understated guitar, just perfect. If you like this song, you be be pleasantly surprised at the Steve MIller Band song, "Circle of Love". There is a similar tone on Steve's 2 1/2 minute guitar solo duing the fade and I think you will enjoy it. You Tube it. I am not saying that it is better than this song, few songs are.... |
| enidualc (Guyville) | Posted: Oct 29, 2012 - 18:44 so beautiful, still. |
| pixelpeda (a small forest, a runnel) | Posted: Oct 24, 2012 - 08:47 This ist not only one of the best songs ever. This is also from one of the best vinyl albums ever. Starting from the great cover design going through deeply touching and genious lyrics and finally never ending in whatever this music does or has done with it's listener. Thank you Mark Knopfler for beeing and thank you Bill for not forgetting! |
| ycb661 | Posted: Oct 10, 2012 - 06:56 Indigo Girls' version: it's overly dramatic (is that a sexist thing to say?), but it's great. avatar71 wrote: I have to vote for the Indigo Girls version too... |
| kimschoice (Bosstown) | Posted: Sep 28, 2012 - 07:14 Bill, please play the live version. Really adds another element to this song that has made it one of my "10"s. |
| black321 (Bong Island) | Posted: Sep 28, 2012 - 07:14 Poignant |
| Sturff (Moscow, Idaho) | Posted: Sep 22, 2012 - 20:06 Damn, does this song just hit you!? God I it is an awesome song on alcohol fumed saturday evening. Love it! Thanks paradise. |
| ziakut (Right Here) | Posted: Aug 27, 2012 - 18:45 I have a new found respect for Mark Knopfler in Dire Straits, but even more so as a solo artist. This is a great tune. Never at a lost for good lyrics and expertise in the 'guitar department'. What more can one ask for...? Hey...Bob Dylan...this is how to speak/sing, dude. |
| (former member) (hotel in Las Vegas) | Posted: Aug 27, 2012 - 18:44 LongGoneDaddy wrote: romeo, romeo, where for art thou romeo? I'm right here! Hope you are having a marvelous time right this minute! Love this song... we be dancing... ![]() |
| avatar71 (Sebastopol, CA) | Posted: Aug 27, 2012 - 18:44 I have to vote for the Indigo Girls version too... |
| LongGoneDaddy | Posted: Aug 22, 2012 - 08:56 homeo, homeo, where for art thou homeo? |
| coding_to_music (Beantown) | Posted: Aug 22, 2012 - 08:15 Yep, godlike |
| bluecshells | Posted: Aug 22, 2012 - 08:14 Bosami wrote: I thought it was: And all I do is kiss you through the bars of Orion No? Yes...both sound beautiful |
| juanos (Somewhere between the US and Guatemala) | Posted: Aug 22, 2012 - 08:14 This song will ALWAYS remind me of my brother and his first and only love... they loved this song until his very last day! |
| Bosami (Deep in the heart of nowhere) | Posted: Aug 08, 2012 - 06:11 bluecshells wrote: And all I do is miss you and the way we used to be All do is keep the beat and bad company All I do is kiss you through the bars of a rhyme Julie I'd do the stars with you any time I thought it was: And all I do is kiss you through the bars of Orion No? |
| jpapagelis (Thessaloniki, Hellas) | Posted: Aug 08, 2012 - 06:07 One of my firts LPs...I love it !!! |
| TJS (Bradley, Il) | Posted: Jul 27, 2012 - 08:50 This is one of the most achingly beautiful songs of love and loss that I have even heard. When I first heard this song it was about 11 or 12 years after it came out and I was in the Navy getting ready to lose my wife due to the strains of the military. It touched me very profoundly then and in fact in late 1992 I saw a concert via satellite of DS performing this song somewhere in Europe. This song made me weep. It was as much for the performance as the song itself. I'll always love this song. |
| bluecshells | Posted: Jul 27, 2012 - 08:50 And all I do is miss you and the way we used to be All do is keep the beat and bad company All I do is kiss you through the bars of a rhyme Julie I'd do the stars with you any time |
| bluecshells | Posted: Jul 27, 2012 - 08:47 Ahhhh....thanks RP! |
| (former member) (hotel in Las Vegas) | Posted: Jul 21, 2012 - 22:14 Bobert_ParkCity wrote: art least you make them pay! I'm good for the money... thank you Radio Paradise for playing such a wonderful song! |
| toterola (Further) | Posted: Jul 07, 2012 - 19:45 Damn, I love this song! |
| Bobert_ParkCity (Actually, No longer in Park City Utah) | Posted: Jul 07, 2012 - 19:43 romeotuma wrote: Love this song... it is the story of my lives... sigh... art least you make them pay! |
| (former member) (hotel in Las Vegas) | Posted: Jun 20, 2012 - 10:34 Love this song... it is the story of my lives... sigh... |
| Manel | Posted: May 25, 2012 - 01:46 my first vinyl... :) |
| Bobert_ParkCity (Park City Utah) | Posted: May 19, 2012 - 15:49 Who doesn't love this song? An all-time fav. |
| lily34 (lexvegas) | Posted: May 19, 2012 - 15:38 love it. |
| borderlessworld (Good Old Germany) | Posted: May 05, 2012 - 07:27 ah, the memories, the pain, the joy, the music :) |
| kingart (Brooklyn NY) | Posted: Apr 23, 2012 - 08:13 Great lyrics, great music, one of the great albums. Making Movies, Brothers in Arms, and Love Over Gold — albums don't come much better than these. |
| (former member) (hotel in Las Vegas) | Posted: Apr 17, 2012 - 22:06 This song is soooo good it puts a spring in my step this spring night... love it! |
| d-don (Oregon) | Posted: Apr 03, 2012 - 14:35 guielmo wrote: I swear, if i could i would burn this Goddamn hotel down! And I bet a lot of guys here would help me... Uh, I bet you'd be on your own on that one...idiot. |
| (former member) (hotel in Las Vegas) | Posted: Mar 02, 2012 - 22:04
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| (former member) (hotel in Las Vegas) | Posted: Feb 19, 2012 - 21:40 marvelous... love this song soooo much... sigh... |
| myersei (Denver, CO) | Posted: Feb 19, 2012 - 21:37 one of the best songs of one of the best bands of all time! |
| jenntenn (Indy) | Posted: Feb 14, 2012 - 11:14 This? After Elliot Smith Waltz #2 on Valentine's Day?!? Bill, Bill, Bill! (awesome!) |
| raga (Italy - Como) | Posted: Jan 31, 2012 - 05:52 this album was a milestone of my youth |
| guielmo (croatia) | Posted: Jan 26, 2012 - 11:44 peter_james_bond wrote: What the hell is wrong with you???? Are you jealous? Take a damn chill pill and relax. Am I jealous of the lifeless attention seeking freak? I think you should think this trough... |
| S-curvy (Lovely Alameda, the Isle of Style) | Posted: Jan 13, 2012 - 17:04 Moaner wrote: As the years go by I love this song even more. I get older and my juliet stays young and vibrant. I am so sorry Annie will you ever forgive me? So true, so very wistfully true. Do we get do-overs??? For 32 years (it was released in 1980) this song has held powerful sway over my emotions. Even now, I have to be careful to listen to it in such a way as to not get all choked up. |
| peter_james_bond (West Of The Burg) | Posted: Jan 13, 2012 - 16:49 guielmo wrote: I swear, if i could i would burn this Goddamn hotel down! And I bet a lot of guys here would help me... What the hell is wrong with you???? Are you jealous? Take a damn chill pill and relax. |
| (former member) (hotel in Las Vegas) | Posted: Jan 13, 2012 - 16:48 love this song soooo much... sigh... |
| (former member) (hotel in Las Vegas) | Posted: Dec 30, 2011 - 11:20 linden wrote: Forget her, romeotuma. She wasn't good enough for you. I still love her... and I love this song.... sigh... JULIET: 'Tis but thy name that is my enemy; Thou art thyself, though not a Montague. What's Montague? it is nor hand, nor foot, Nor arm, nor face, nor any other part Belonging to a man. O, be some other name! What's in a name? that which we call a rose By any other name would smell as sweet; So Romeo would, were he not Romeo call'd, Retain that dear perfection which he owes Without that title. Romeo, doff thy name, And for that name which is no part of thee Take all myself. William Shakespeare Romeo and Juliet Act 2, Scene 2 lines 38-49 |
| guielmo (croatia) | Posted: Dec 30, 2011 - 11:19 romeotuma wrote: Everybody in my hotel room loves this song about me and Juliet... I swear, if i could i would burn this Goddamn hotel down! And I bet a lot of guys here would help me... |
| linden (Santa Cruz, CA) | Posted: Dec 30, 2011 - 11:18 romeotuma wrote: Everybody in my hotel room loves this song about me and Juliet... Forget her, romeotuma. She wasn't good enough for you. |
| Moaner (Island Heaven!!) | Posted: Dec 30, 2011 - 11:18 As the years go by I love this song even more. I get older and my juliet stays young and vibrant. I am so sorry Annie will you ever forgive me? |
| jlind (Chicago, IL) | Posted: Dec 30, 2011 - 11:17 What a song! |

