by Keepcoolbutcare on Tue Feb 14, 2006 8:05 pm
Crimson and Clover - Both versions, but I prefer Joan's to Tommy James...
Heart and Soul - T'Pau
Nobody Know's What Goin' on in My Mind But Me - The Chiffons
Happy - The Wrens - Really, all hopeless romantics and those into great indie rock should have this song. Best song I heard in 2004, by a longshot.
Any Way That You Want Me - Evie Sands (soul) and Spiritualized (indie shoegazing)...just fuckin' beautiful, either way.
Son of a Precher Man - Dusty Springfield
What a Wonderful World - Sam Cooke
Bonita Applebum - A Tribe Called Quest
Left and Right - D'Angelo ft. Method Man and Red Man. For Jay Dee, R.I.P., too young to go at 32.
My Best Friend - Annie - Written to her former (as in deceased) ex-boyfriend/DJ...it's sad, wounded, achy and beautiful all rolled into a sugar coated (bitter) pill.
Tender - Blur - C'mon, it's Valentines Day!
B-A-B-Y - Carla Thomas
Love to Love You Baby - Donna Summer
The Killing Moon - Echo and the Bunnymen - "Fates...up against your will...through the thick and thin...you will wait until...you give yourself to him..." Swoon. Another great back seat of the car blow job song, which bring up...
Fade Into You - Mazzy Star
Tiger Lilly - Luna
A.M. 180 - Grandaddy - So beautiful, you might've heard it during the shopping spree in 28 Days Later.
Teenage F.B.I. - Guided By Voices - "Someone tell me why/I do the things that I don't want to do/ when you're around me/ I'm somebody else"...Oh Robert Pollard...dick pants, drunken carroling, and sometimes, sometimes, beautiful music.
If it Wasn't For You - Handsome Boy Modeling School (Thanks Brock!)
I Want You Back - Jackson 5
What is it This Time - Jamie Lidell - You will never believe, after hearing his voice, that Jamie Lidell is a scrawny 'lil honky. Best neo-soul album of the past year, hands down.
Don't Stop Honey - R.L. Burnside
Trailer Trash - Modest Mouse
Anyone Else But You - The Moldy Peaches - "...I don't see what anyone can see in anyone else, but you..." The song is so fuckin' simple, yet utterly powerful, I ended a relationship based on it's lyrics. Stupid move in the long run, but still a knockout anti-folk, pro-love tune.
Gigantic - The Pixies
I Thank You - Sam and Dave
One More Hour - Sleater-Kinney - "Oh you've got the darkest eyes..."
should 'prolly be an anti-love song, but I love that hook...
Kool Thing - Sonic Youth - Not exactly a love song, but play this for me, and I'm all yours...
Damn, I Wish I Was Your Lover - Sophie B. Hawkins
Caress Me Down - Sublime - Best song they ever did.
Ana Ng & Birdhouse in Your Soul - They Might Be Giants
I'm the Man Who Loves You - Wilco
This Heart's On Fire - Wolf Parade
Nowhere Near - Yo La Tengo - "Everyone is here...but you're nowhere near..." Heartbreaking.
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