Best Love songs

[Redmullet]

We all have an occasional soft spot for love songs. Id like to hear some of your favorites. Here's a few of mine.


My Bloody Valentine - sometimes
Songs Ohia - lioness
Yo La Tengo - our way to fall

and currently enjoying Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Maps

[Miss Tasty Princess]

Tim Buckley "Buzzin' Fly"
Big Star "Thirteen"
Peggy Lee "Hallelujah, I Love Him So"
Motörhead "Dirty Love"

[vesper]

I guess my be-all-end-all love song would be "I Loves You Porgy" by Nina Simone.

[ChilenoJew]

Tom Waits: Please Call Me, Baby
Yo La Tengo: Our Way To Fall
Wondermints: Ooh Child (Stan Vincent)
Nina Simone: Suzanne (Leonard Cohen)

[pabost]

Definitely "Thirteen" by Big Star. I love that song.

Also, "You and Your Sister" by Chris Bell.

[yardleyone]

i'm thinking love hurts by nazareth... if you want to get all "indie" on me you can substitute the version that kim deal and bob mould did for the love and a .45 soundtrack

[Miss Tasty Princess]

Originally posted by pabost
Also, "You and Your Sister" by Chris Bell. I had a major crush on a guy when that CD came out and that song just kept running through my head (esp. 'cause the guy had a sister but she actually liked me and seemed to be trying to push us together). It was quite interesting when I found out years later that Chris Bell was gay.

[bmmello]

Spiritualized - I think I'm in love


(with heroin probably)

[bitterfruit]

Magnetic Fields - Book Of Love

[Paul]

Originally posted by yardleyone
i'm thinking love hurts by nazareth... if you want to get all "indie" on me you can substitute the version that kim deal and bob mould did for the love and a .45 soundtrack

*pssst...I think you mean Bob Pollard*

[Paul]

I don't think indie rock when I think of love songs. You guys are way too cool for your own good.

[Paul]

Originally posted by Mr.HCI
...I found out years later that Chris Bell was gay.

He was? I guess you really do learn something new every day.

[gwai]

nine inch nails - closer

[maroonwalrus]

Big Star - man, they had the tunes.

"Thirteen" is surely a great love song, but in terms of just fucking amazing pop writing, "September Gurls" gets the edge in my book.

[maroonwalrus]

Originally posted by Mr.HCI
Tim Buckley "Buzzin' Fly"
Big Star "Thirteen"
Peggy Lee "Hallelujah, I Love Him So"
Motörhead "Dirty Love"

Mr. HCI -

Didn't the Happy Flowers cover "Thirteen"?

I was a little late making that connection.

[Miss Tasty Princess]

Originally posted by maroonwalrus
Mr. HCI -

Didn't the Happy Flowers cover "Thirteen"?

I was a little late making that connection. Yep, on our final album, Lasterday I Was Been Bad.

[Dayne1234]

I would have to go with two...one upbeat love, one heartbreak love...

Upbeat..."Friday I'm In Love" The Cure
Heartbreak..."Answering Machine" by The Replacements.

Two of the greatest songs ever written in my book. In fact, Answering Machine is my favorite song of all time. Has been for years!

[abevigoda]

These Arms of Mine by the Big O

[Jason]

"The Red Telephone"

[ChilenoJew]

...and "Ain't Nothing Like The Real Thing", by Marvin Gaye,
plus "Oh Yoko" By John Lennon

[ChilenoJew]

...and "Let's Stay Together" by Al Green, also very good.

[Paul Davis]

"Love Of A Lifetime" by Firehouse!!!!

[supermaff]

sorry to give you all the bad news, but there isn't such a thing as a 'best love song' - they all suck! :)