Ultimate Love Song...

[markl]

My vote goes to Van Morrison's "Sweet Thing" from Astral Weeks. This is the kind of song you might sing under her window at midnight, if you were so inclined...

Mark

 

[carlo]

all great ones (love being a complicated thing):

Nick Cave - Into My Arms
Bob Dylan - Most Of The Time
Bob Dylan - Lay Lady Lay*
Bob Dylan - She Belongs To Me
Bob Dylan - Tangled Up In Blue
Marvin Gaye - I Want You
Marvin Gaye - Lets Get It On
Etta James - I Just Want To Make Love To You
Joni Mitchell - A Case Of You
Otis Redding - The Happy Song (Dum Dum)
Otis Redding - These Arms Of Mine
Lou Reed - Turning Time Around
The Velvet Underground - Pale Blue Eyes
Tom Waits - Martha
Lucinda Williams - Passionate Kisses
Stevie Wonder - Knocks Me Off My Feet

more later.

*= in my opinion the greatest love song of all time

 

[Hirsch]

Nick Drake: Northern Sky

 

[markl]

Carlo--
Your taste in music is so close to mine it's scary. Damn, man, I can't dispute any of those incredible choices. I must have your CD collection disc for disc. And that's a big collection!!

Hirsch,
What can I say except-- hell ya!!!

Mark

 

[carlo]

mark,

yeah, we definitely have some overlap in our collections

. i think where we differ is your love for yes and other progressive bands, while i drift closer to crazy dudes playing guitars like maniacs (stooges, oblivians, etc).

i should add chuck berry's "ding a ling" off the london sessions for good measure...

best,
carlo.

 

[markl]

Carlo,
It's Dusty Chalk that's so fond of Prog I think. Eeeew!! Me no likey the prog.

So, how's that Tom McRae coming??

Mark

 

[arnett]

god only knows from the beach boy's pet sounds album.

check this for a more specific allmusic.com review:
http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p...H&sql=X2827568

there's another great love song on that album called don't talk (put your head on my shoulder).

 

[williamgoody]

"I love my wife" by Francis Albert Sinatra

 

[BoardC3]

everyone knows im big on alternative so im going to have to say

stellar - incubus

shimmer - fuel (actually thats kinda anti-love) "all that shimmers in this world is sure to fade away"

those and what i didnt know - athenaeum are my favorite 3 songs

 

[pigmode]

Living Loving Maid (She's Just A Woman)

They really understood women in the '60s.

 

[carlo]

Quote:

Me no likey the prog. - markl

yeah, same here, sorry for the mixup

tom mcrae is still on the fringe of the rotation... i don't know what it is man but right now it just sounds whiny to me. i see the potential for the greatness you speak of, but it hasn't gotten me (yet?).

how about that jonathan richman cd?

i'm blanking on any more songs for the list, but richman's "everyday clothes" is up there for me.

 

[TaffyGuy]

BoardC3: RRRRRR wrong, try again

Pigmode: damn effing straight.

love song...
"good morning little schoolgirl" -dead

ssssssuckit.

okay maybe paul simon was a better choice, but i'm not in the mood.

 

[grinch]

posting on behalf of carlo (in an entirely heterosexual way), because he first gave me a nudge in the direction of this album/song:

tom waits - i hope that i don't fall in love with you

my crappy list:
tom waits - coney island baby
rolling stones - wild horses
beatles - norwegian wood (for my dad, one of his favorite songs of all time)
nirvana - heart-shaped box
death cab for cutie - champagne from a paper cup
soul asylum's cover of "sexual healing"
final fantasy iv piano collections - theme of love (does this count?)
modest mouse - trailer trash
sunny day real estate - song about an angel

ugh, i'm pathetic. sorry to butcher this thread, but i tried.

 

[TaffyGuy]

oh grinch, you shouldn't have... gee i feel all warm and cuddley inside.

i'm sticking with zep.
"Dazed and Confused"
"Since I've been lovin you"

hell, even "whole lotta love"

take your pick.

if you don't squeeze my lemon the way i want you i oughta knock you right outa bed.

 

[Aong]

ben folds - The luckiest *sniff*