This scene takes place right before Romeo, Mercutio, and Benvolio enter the Capulet party. Romeo is still feeling lovesick and Mercutio is sick of his attitude. Mercutio tries to help Romeo, but his curing suggestions are a bit different than Benvolio’s. Benvolio just wants to enter the party, dance, and have a good time. I think the song Canned Heat by Jamiroquai represents this scene because this song is basically about wanting to dance and forget your troubles. Mercutio wants Romeo to feel this way. He wants Romeo to mask his issues, dance, and have fun rather than mope about his love problems. That is why I think ‘Canned Heat’ represents this scene.
“All the bad times I’m going through just dance” – This is how Mercutio wants Romeo to feel. To mask his problems, dance, and have a good time.
“Got canned heat in my heels tonight…” – (1.iv.34-35) Benvolio has canned heat in his heels. He is impatient because he is really itching to dance.
“Stuck between hell and high water I need a cure to make it through” – Romeo doesn’t exactly want to dance because he is still lovesick about Rosaline and needs a cure, Mercutio tries to help him with this.
There is another qote from the song you chose that could aply to the scene in Romeo and Juliet.
She says you know that you can go much faster"
This relates to the part where Marcutio gives the meb speech. In the speach Marcutio is telling Romeo "She rides over mens' noses when they lie sleeping." the wind would be refering to Queen Meb. The part where it says "She says you know that you can go much faster" This relates to when Marcutio is saying in the Meb speach that "sometimes she driveth o'er a soldiers neak, and he dreams of cutting foreign throats." So going much faster is showing you what you are capable of through queen Meb.
This is an extremely convenient song. The connections that were made were creative and insightful. Well done!
Well thought out song as it totally relates to the text in the fact that Mercutio wanted Romeo to dance to relive him on his lovesickness. This song seems very original so I would not know if you knew about it. Though well thought out explanations. You managed to highlight the main points of this scene. Keep up the great work.