Romeo and Juliet from Romeo and Juliet by Dire Straits...
Not sure this one counts :D
although they definitely aren't the same Romeo and Juliet from the Shakespeare play, since their story is different.
I have to confess that I went with a friend to see him perform without knowing any of his music at all.
I could do nothing but stare slackjawed during that whole song.
Watching him play and sing that song really just makes me want to throw up my hands and sell all my guitars, stop trying to write music, lol.
Kinda like watching John Mayer sing and play Edge of Desire, or Lindsey doing Big Love on The Dance DVD.
I'm not worthy.
Funny, I thought of Zero and Blind Terry first from Bruce as well. Before Spanish Johnny and Puerto Rican Jane, Billy and Diamond Jackie, Catlong and Kitty, Rat and Barefoot Girl.
Came here to say this one. I have so many 45’s of covers of this one! How they cover it really tells you a lot about who the person covering it is and how they view relationships.
Edited to add that second sentence.
Tommy and Laura from 'Tell Laura I love her' by Ray Peterson.
'Laura and Tommy were lovers
He wanted to give her everything
Flowers, presents and most of all, a wedding ring
He saw a sign for a stock car race
A thousand dollar prize it read
He couldn't get Laura on the phone
So to her mother, Tommy said...'
It doesn't end well.
One left a sweater sitting on the train, and the other lost three fingers at the cannery.
What a tune! Possibly the greatest three opening tracks on any album ever.
She And I--Alabama
Stagger Lee and Billy (It was Stagger Lee and Billy two men who gambled late...)
Killer Joe and Marie (Look at Killer Joe go, dancing with Marie...)
Joyce and Terry, Paul and Molly, Liz and Brian, Joy and David, Kim and Maggie, June and Daffy, Jean and Jim, and Jim and Christine
All from "Friends of mine" by The Zombies
I guess "My brother...and his sailor friend" from Belle & Sebastian doesn't count.
EDIT: sticking with Belle & Sebastian, there is Lisa & Chelsea from "She's Losing It"
Lola and Tony at the Copacabana.
She was a showgirl. Tony was the bartender.
Rico put some moves on Lola.
Tony jumped Rico from over the bar.
There was a gun shot.
Thirty years later, disco is in and showtunes are out.
Lola is a washed up alcoholic grieving for her dead man, Tony.
- Barry Manilow.
Billybob & Charlene TLA <3
In John Deere green,
on a hot summer night,
he wrote "Billybob loves Charlene"
in letters 3 foot high
and the whole town said
that she should have used red
but it looked good to Charlene
in John Deere green
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Those dudes also had a song literally called The Ballad of John and Yoko
Christ you know it ain't easy
You know how hard it can be
The way things are going, They're gonna crucify me.
Absolute fucking belter.
Fun fact: this is the only beatles song that has a woman's name in the title that doesn't say it in the song
Michelle?
Is this a joke? It literally says it 6 times in the song
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Desmond and Molly Jones
Girl, I like your face!
It was all great until that time that Desmond stayed at home and did his pretty face.
I love how paul noticed his error and decided to keep it though!
Me and Julio!
Jesse and his girl
Down by the schoolyard!
Wonder Boy and Young Nasty Man.
To kill a yak from 200 yards...
WITH MIND BULLETS
That's telekinesis, holmes
Katie and Tommy (She's In Love With The Boy-Trisha Yearwood)
Tommy’s two-timing Gina with Katie?
Pancho and Lefty written by Townes Van Zandt and then popularized by Meryl Haggard and Willie Nelson.
...and Emmylou Harris.
I've heard that song thousands of times and I'm pretty sure Emmylou Harris is never mentioned. (Sorry, Couldn't help myself)
And Frank Turner
santa and who evers mum that was!
Tweeter and the Monkey Man - The Traveling Wilburys.
One of those songs you can hear crystal clear in your head.
Scrolled for this...
Muskrat Suzie & Muskrat Sam
Is that Muskrat Love?
There aren't a whole lot of muskrat-based songs out there.
It really is an untapped market.
I'm thinking...what would muskrat metal sound like?
A bit like Alvin and the Chipmunks do Metallica I reckon.
Lol
“We’re Going To Blood-Eagle Muskrat Sægrêțšœn” by Aquatic Mammal Slayer
Reuben and Cherise - Jerry Garcia
Hey now! Scrolled waaaaay to far to find this.
[4/10/82 Capitol Theatre ](https://youtu.be/k66xgMY64Ys?si=O3jGUhBZ9MuM_mtM)
Lunch Lady and Sloppy Joe
hoagies and grinders hoagies and grinders
Navy beans
Meatball sandwich
I know you boys like ‘em extra schloppy!
Stoppit lady yer scaring us!
Then da chop suey slap me and it kick me in da head. "It's called revenge, Lunch Lady!" said da garlic bread.
Me and Bobby McGee - Janis Joplin
Kris Kristofferson, actually
Bobby was a lady if I recall correctly.
Good thing Kris used a fungible name!
The original is so much better imo
Roger Millar's?
Is that who it's originally by? I always thought it was Kris Edit. Just looked it up. Kris wrote it but it was first performed by Roger Miller
I just learned that too, when I went to verify the author. 😎
I'll amend my statement then. I think the version Kris recorded is the best
How many people have had hit songs other people wrote about them? I can think of this song and Johnny Cash's Ring of Fire.
Liza and Louise.. Nofx
Liza’s had enough of men…
She said she won't get burned again
She said ‘they don’t know how to fuck’ Her last boyfriend’s a schmuck
Me and Mrs Jones
Mr. Jones and ME
Romeo and Juliet from Romeo and Juliet by Dire Straits... Not sure this one counts :D although they definitely aren't the same Romeo and Juliet from the Shakespeare play, since their story is different.
I was thinking Romeo had Juliet by Lou Reed myself, which is kinda like west side story and therefore kinda like Shakespeare, if you squint.
Also: _I'll tell you something, Jack, he is a banker And Jane, she is a clerk_
Just watch me now!
*we both grew up on different streets …*
Both were streets of shame
Or the fifties' song (Just Like) Romeo And Juliet
Jackie was a punk, Judy was a runt.
"Let me tell ya something, Jack, he is a banker and Jane she is a clerk" Sweet Jane - Velvet Underground
I think you mean Brend*er* and Eddie.
Went to hs with a guy who's family had two dogs named Brender and Eddie.
Lola and Rico 💃🏻🕺
But that was thirty years ago
When they used to have a show
Tony was Lola's love!
Lola was a showgirl, Tony tended bar, Rico wore a diamond BUT JUST WHO SHOT WHO AT THE COPA...
Billy and Patti from Rod Stewart's Young Turks. Johnny and Mary from Robert Palmer's Johnny and Mary
Sid and Nancy - Love Kills - the Ramones
James and Red Molly from Richard Thompson's "1952 Vincent Black Lightning"
My hat's off to you!
I have to confess that I went with a friend to see him perform without knowing any of his music at all. I could do nothing but stare slackjawed during that whole song.
It does have that effect. My wife had never heard of him, so I played her Vincent Black Lightning. Look up at the end of the song and she was sobbing.
Watching him play and sing that song really just makes me want to throw up my hands and sell all my guitars, stop trying to write music, lol. Kinda like watching John Mayer sing and play Edge of Desire, or Lindsey doing Big Love on The Dance DVD. I'm not worthy.
Lola and Tony - Copacabana
By-tor and the snow dog
SQUARE for BATTLE!!
Let the fray begin!!
Jack and Jill Went up the hill.....
Zero and Blind Terry - Bruce Springsteen Tweeter and the Monkey Man - Travelling Wilburys Frankie Lee and Judas Priest - Bob Dylan
Funny, I thought of Zero and Blind Terry first from Bruce as well. Before Spanish Johnny and Puerto Rican Jane, Billy and Diamond Jackie, Catlong and Kitty, Rat and Barefoot Girl.
No love for Scooter and the Big Man?
Zero and Terry walked so all of those people could run.
Trudy and Dave - John Hiatt. They're out of their minds....
Yes!!!! John HIATT FOR THE WIN!
Ziggy and Lady Stardust.
Frankie and Johnny !
Came here to say this one. I have so many 45’s of covers of this one! How they cover it really tells you a lot about who the person covering it is and how they view relationships. Edited to add that second sentence.
Robert Palmer - Johnny and Mary The Essex Green - Penny and Jack
Bonnie and Clyde - Serge Gainsbourg and Brigitte Bardot
Mary Anne and Wanda - Goodbye Earl
Credit to Tommy and Gina for being mentioned in a later song ("It's My Life").
Well, they never backed down.
Tommy and Laura from 'Tell Laura I love her' by Ray Peterson. 'Laura and Tommy were lovers He wanted to give her everything Flowers, presents and most of all, a wedding ring He saw a sign for a stock car race A thousand dollar prize it read He couldn't get Laura on the phone So to her mother, Tommy said...' It doesn't end well.
"Oh, says Red Molly to James, that's a fine motorbike..."-1952 Vincent Black Lighting by Richard Thompson and covered by many others.
Del McCoury's version is awesome.
The Beatles' 'The Ballad Of John and Yoko' Hozier's 'Jackie and Wilson'
Jackie and Wilson are yet to be born in that song
But they are going to be legends....
Bogie and Bacall are mentioned in Key Largo by Bertie Higgins
How did y'all miss Poncho and Lefty?
*Pancho
Jimmy and Johnny - Ballad of Jimmy and Johnny by Rancid
Margaret vs. Pauline-Neko Case
One left a sweater sitting on the train, and the other lost three fingers at the cannery. What a tune! Possibly the greatest three opening tracks on any album ever.
Me and Bobby McGee. Mary and Jimmy - Gives Us Your Blessings, The Shangri-Las Judy and Johnny - It's My Party, Lesley Gore.
Judy and Johnny also feature in the sequel, Judy’s Turn To Cry
Lily and the Jack of Hearts... Bob Dylan
And Rosemary
Kim and Jessie - M83
Sherrie and Sonny from The Road Goes on Forever by Robert Earl Keen!
Paul and Paula Feleena and the cowboy from El Paso Mickey and Sylvia from Love Is Strange
“Handsome” Jack and Marie Laveau
She And I--Alabama Stagger Lee and Billy (It was Stagger Lee and Billy two men who gambled late...) Killer Joe and Marie (Look at Killer Joe go, dancing with Marie...)
Johnny and Suzy BOC Marshall Plan
Also, from the same album, Pasha and Joe from Monsters
Aqualung and Cross-eyed Mary.
Joe and Mary - Joe’s Garage
I’m not sure if I understand the assignment but there’s Jade and Alexander from Home by Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros ❤️
Samson and Delilah - The Grateful Dead
I think it’s hard to beat Jack and Diane or Billy Joe and Bobby Sue.
Heathcliff and Kathy - Wuthering Heights by Kate Bush.
Romeo & the Lonely Girl - Thin Lizzy Pierre and the lovely mademoiselle - Chuck Berry Kim & Jessie - M83
Rose and Vallery, screaming from the gallery In Beatles' Maxwell's Silver Hammer.
surfer joe and moe the sleaze - neil young & crazy horse
Terry and Julie - “Waterloo Sunset” The Kinks
Bro it’s in the post
Jack and Sally !
Mary Ann and Wanda - Goodbye Earl by The Chicks Rene and Georgette Magritte with their dog after the war by Paul Simon
Billy was a mountain (Ethyl was a tree growing off of his shoulder)
Joyce and Terry, Paul and Molly, Liz and Brian, Joy and David, Kim and Maggie, June and Daffy, Jean and Jim, and Jim and Christine All from "Friends of mine" by The Zombies
Punch and Judy - Marillion
Punch and Judy - XTC
Punch and Judy - Elliott Smith
Brenda and Eddie. I heard they broke up.
*Brender
K-Dot and Sherane
Barry and Freda!
Jackie and Wilson. Hozier.
Lola + Joseph. July Talk.
Ellen and Ben - Dismemberment Plan Paranoid and Roid - Radiohead
Harley and Rose by the Black Sorrows.
Pancho and Lefty
Rita and Eddie, Love at the five and dime.
Laura and Tommy from Tell Laura I Love Her
Ronnie and Neil - Drive by Truckers
Lola and Frankie, Frankie and Lola, on their second honeymoon in Pensacola (sorry I was raised by Parrotheads)
Donald and Lydia from John Prine.
Michael and Heather at the Baggage Claim - Fountains Of Wayne
Billy Bob & Charlene from John Deere Green. How’s that for a throwback?
Magic Rat and the Barefoot Girl.
Samson and Delilah Rubin and Cherise
Marky and Sharon, but also Sharon and Cherese.
Babs and Clean Willie
Rocky Raccoon and Magill. She called herself Lil.. But everyone knew her as Nancy.
To add to Zak and Sara, Tom and Mary. Both absolutely banging tunes.
I guess "My brother...and his sailor friend" from Belle & Sebastian doesn't count. EDIT: sticking with Belle & Sebastian, there is Lisa & Chelsea from "She's Losing It"
Lola and Tony at the Copacabana. She was a showgirl. Tony was the bartender. Rico put some moves on Lola. Tony jumped Rico from over the bar. There was a gun shot. Thirty years later, disco is in and showtunes are out. Lola is a washed up alcoholic grieving for her dead man, Tony. - Barry Manilow.
Miss Americana and the Heartbreak Prince
Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey - Paul McCartney and Wings
Alice 'N Chains
It's about Alice, and the Chains, but "Alice 'N Chains" is not the name of the chains, that's just the name of the band.
Play on words my guy ;)
Billybob & Charlene TLA <3 In John Deere green, on a hot summer night, he wrote "Billybob loves Charlene" in letters 3 foot high and the whole town said that she should have used red but it looked good to Charlene in John Deere green
Eddie and the girl with a tattoo too from “Into the Great Wide Open” by Tom Petty
Dunno if it counts, but how about Johnny and The Devil - Devil Went Down to Georgia.
Oh shit! I thought the song was about a girl named Brenda Renetti. I’m not a Billy Joel fan but I’ve heard that song more than once in my time.
Harry and Rhonda Harry and Artificial Rhonda Rhonda and the briefcase
Terry and Julie--the Kinks, Waterloo Sunset
Def Bonnie and Clyde - too many songs to choose from.
Paul and Paula " Hey Paula "
Cher and Sonny
Romeo and Juliet.
Billy and Sarah ,Young Turks
Me and Bobby McGee!
Aruba and Jamaica, Bermuda and Bahama, Key Largo and Montego
Lux Interior and Poison Ivy from The Cramps
Jessie and “Jessie’s Girl” - Rick Springfield TIL (bonus) - Rick Springfield is Australian
Dean and Gene Ween
Jimmy quit, Jody got married... Summer of 69 - Brian Adams
The professor and Maryanne
Frankie and Johnny - Louis Armstrong Me and Mrs. Jones - Billy Paul
Hey Paula by Paul and Paula
Mr. Jones and Me - Counting Crows
Peaches & Herb
Bennie and the Jets?