Video: Romeo and Juliet - The Killers

I hope you haven't spent 70-something quid on the Killers at Marley Park, but if you have, say "hi" to my girlfriend. She's the sexy one. Ah no, if you've bought tickets for the Marley park gig, you'll also get to see Bloc Party, who released a splendid album a couple of years ago. And hopefully they'll play a good tune or two from the new record (not that 'Mercury' nonsense). The night before they play Marley Park, however, the Killers will play a special intimate gig at The Academy - that's August 20th, so pretty [...]

Well, yesterday was my one-year anniversary - aka the Paper year - and the overarching theme of the day was people telling me my wife is slumming by staying with me, and I should be very happy she hasn't realized that yet. Whether or not that is true (which it is), we've had a great first year. Traveling to Vietnam for our honeymoon started it all. So in tribute to our great year, I've added a song I love, featured in a movie she likes, covered by a band she likes. Happy anniversary Nic :) [...]

• Dire Straits - Romeo and Juliet
• The Killers - Romeo and Juliet (Live Dire Straits Cover)

It's a dicey proposition covering one of the greatest songs ever written (imho). The safe route is to play it pretty similarly and hope that people just like the fresh take of a slightly different production. The dangerous route is to mess around with it. So The Killers played it safe. But I don't blame them. And I don't hate this. It's just not as good as the original . (And since that video was so abysmal that I couldn't get through 1 minute of it, here's [...]

It's a dicey proposition covering one of the greatest songs ever written (imho). The safe route is to play it pretty similarly and hope that people just like the fresh take of a slightly different production. The dangerous route is to mess around with it. So The Killers played it safe. But I don't blame them. And I don't hate this. It's just not as good as the original . (And since that video was so abysmal that I couldn't get through 1 minute of it, [...]

Thanks to Simpsons Fan for the link. It's a beautiful rendition of the Dire Straits track (which is indeed my favorite song), but I'm not sure that it adds anything new to it. Listen and judge for yourself.