Saturday, February 11, 2012

Music of Shakespeare, his words and stories

I have been looking around and discovered that there are quite a few songs that were influenced by Shakespeare's various plays.  I am going to list a few of them:

Love Story by Taylor Swift
  She sings about a forbidden love that continues to flourish in secret, comparing the boy to Romeo and herself to Juliet.  This one has a happy ending.

Check Yes Juliet by We The Kings
  Again, there is the common theme of a forbidden love.  The boy is telling the girl to run away with him so they can be together.

Oor Hamlet by Adam McNaughtan
  This tells the story of Hamlet in blunt form.  A Scottish band sings the song, and use the word "damned" in reference to Claudius's fate.

Hey Juliet by TMNT
  A guy saying that he likes this girl named Juliet, and wants to be her Romeo.

Double Trouble from Harry Potter
   The choir sings the song, and the lyrics are from the witches' scene in Macbeth.

Maybe I should try taking a part of a play and putting it to music, like a folk song tune. . .

2 comments:

  1. Oh my gosh, my fave is definitely the Scottish one! That one is awesome! Man, you are so good at blogging.

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  2. Thank You. I found the Scottish one in a list, and just about died listening to it.

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