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EP by Shinee | ||||
Released | May 25, 2009 | |||
Recorded | 2009 | |||
Genre | Pop, R&B, dance | |||
Length | 21:94 | |||
Language | Korean | |||
Label | SM Entertainment | |||
Producer | Lee Soo Man | |||
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Romeo is the second EP of South Korean boy group Shinee, released on May 21, 2009 in South Korea. The track "Juliette" were used as the promotional single,[1][2] an instrumental remake of Corbin Bleu's "Deal with It".[3] It was later announced that their comeback was going to be delayed due to Onew damaging his teeth and the release of the mini-album was pushed back to May 25, 2009.[1][4] The EP was released in Japan on July 29, 2009, with an alternative cover and a bonus DVD featuring the music video for "Juliette". The release peaked at #39 on the weekly Oricon chart, charting for three weeks.[5]
No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Length | |
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1. | "니가 맘에 들어 (Talk To You)" (I Like You) | Kim Tae-sung (Xperimental Production) | Carol Borjaf | 3:27 | |
2. | "줄리엣 (Juliette)" | Jonghyun | Mikkel Remee Sigvardt, Jay Sean, Mich Hansen, Joe Belmaati | 3:25 | |
3. | "차라리 때려 (Hit Me Baby)" (Might as Well Just Hit Me) | Young-hu Kim | Carol Borjaf | 3:56 | |
4. | "세뇨리따 (Señorita)" | Kim Jung-bae | Kenzie | 3:32 | |
5. | "잠꼬대 (Please, Don't Go)" (Sleep Talking) (Jonghyun + Onew) | Jungyup | Jungyup, Eco Bridge | 4:10 | |
6. | "소년, 소녀를 만나다 (Romeo+Juliette)" (Boy Meets Girls) | Lee Sung-su | Lee Sung-su, Chon Hong-sung | 4:44 | |
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Romeo Montague is one of the title characters in William Shakespeare's tragedy Romeo and Juliet. He serves as the play's male protagonist. Romeo, the son of Montague and his wife, secretly loves and marries Juliet, a member of the rival House of Capulet. Forced into exile by his slaying of Juliet's cousin, Tybalt, in a duel, Romeo commits suicide upon hearing falsely of Juliet's death.
The character's origins can be traced as far back as Pyramus, who appears in Ovid's Metamorphoses, but the first modern incarnation of Romeo is Mariotto in the 33rd of Masuccio Salernitano's Il Novellino (1476). This story was adapted by Luigi da Porto as Giulietta e Romeo (1530), and Shakespeare's main source was an English verse translation of this text by Arthur Brooke. Although both Salernitano and da Porto claimed that their stories had historical basis, there is little evidence that this is the case.
Romeo, an only child like Juliet, is one of the most important characters of the play, and has a consistent presence throughout it. His role as an idealistic lover has led the word "Romeo" to become a synonym for a passionate male lover in various languages. Although often treated as such, it is not clear that "Montague" is a surname in the modern sense.
Carl Winckow known in Spain, where he spent most of his working life, as Carlos Winkow (6 February 1882 – 16 January 1952) was a German type designer who worked primarily for the Naçional Typefoundry.
"Romeo" was the Norwegian entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1986, performed in Norwegian by Ketil Stokkan.
The song is a moderately up-tempo number, with Stokkan addressing the object of his desires. He sings about his elaborate preparations to "seduce you" - going to the lengths of borrowing clothes to look better. Unfortunately for him, his advances appear to have been over-eager, as he sings "My greatest pleasure was to touch you/My biggest stupidity was to feel you up". His paramour compares him unfavourably to Romeo, telling him that "the Gods shall know that you will never become a/Romeo, Romeo, try to take it easy", even as he is begging on his knees for the relationship to work.
Despite the somewhat unconventional lyrics - Eurovision entries tending to be about requited love - the song is more significant for the appearance onstage of a drag queen, a member of the Norwegian drag troupe "Great Garlic Girls", dressed in stylised clothing reminiscent of the 18th century.