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She Called It a Scene. He Made It Immortal.

Dire Straits | Romeo and Juliet Through the Bars of a Rhyme Mark Knopfler admitted he couldn’t write a love song ‘the way it’s meant to be’, then wrote maybe the best love song in rock, born from a real breakup and a 1937 resonator guitar at The Power Station in 1980. Here’s a song […]

Taylor Swift Rewrote Shakespeare with a Key Change

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Taylor Swift | Love Story Twenty Minutes on a Bedroom Floor A 17-year-old Taylor Swift got sent to her room after her parents vetoed a boyfriend, grabbed a guitar, and came back with a song that rewrites the ending of Romeo and Juliet through a single key change. Here’s the scene. It’s sometime in early

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