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Currently Playing: How Mark Knopfler accidentally wrote a masterpiece

Romeo and Juliet is one of Dire Straits' most loved songs but it was inspired by heartbreak in more ways than one, something a lot of people never understood. This is the story of how Mark Knopfler wrote the song, stumbled upon the iconic intro and created a modern masterpiece. - Join our Patreon community and watch ad-free, extended videos: https://www.patreon.com/musicmongoose Become a channel member: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCeRLnT9z-s8e52MI0WK7VRg/join - TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@musicmongoose Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/musicmongooseuk/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61563930892700 - 📧Keep up to date with the Music Mongoose Mailing List: www.musicmongoose.com 🖊️Read our stories on the Music Mongoose Blog: www.musicmongoose.com/blog 🛍️Music Mongoose Merchandise: https://music-mongoose-shop.fourthwall.com 🤔Suggest a topic for a future Music Mongoose video: https://www.musicmongoose.com/send-an-idea - Stock Images and Videos: Getty Images Alamy Images in this video may be used under Creative Commons licenses. The specific license will be shown in the bottom left corner of the video. You may find the corresponding licence here: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/list.en - We use secondary sources for our stories, which means they’re 100% accurate… probably. - Comment 'silly sausage' in the comment section if you've found this secret message. Oh, and subscribe to the channel, you silly sausage!