Favorite love songs
 

What are some of your favorite love songs of all time. Help me out here i suck at figuring out what is just sappy and what is quality when it comes to love songs.... my area is more dark rock as a rule.

The Cure - Love Song
311 does a good cover of the song too.

Red Hot Chili Peppers - Hard to Concentrate
Don't know if it's considered a love song...but it's a good song nonetheless.

Coldplay - Swallowed in the Sea
The Beatles - All you Need is Love
Eric Clapton - Wonderful Tonight
Muse - Invincible

All I can think of off the top of my head.

"Love will tear us Apart" by Joy Division

"The Shape I Found You In" by Girlyman

"The Return of the Grievous Angel" by Gram Parsons and Emmylou Harris or Lucy Kaplansky

"Broken Things" by Lucy Kaplansky

"You Rise and Meet the Day" by Dar Williams

The Hollies::The Air that I Breathe

The Babys::Every Time I Think of You

Dream Theater::I Walk Beside You

"Crazy Love" : Van Morrison :)

Dave Matthews Band - Crush
Headstones - Blonde & Blue

Nat King Cole - Unforgettable
Cure - Just Like Heaven
Marvin Gaye - Let's get It On
Righteous Broters - Unchained Melody
Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons - Swearin' To God
Johnny Mathis - Chances Are
Conway Twitty - It's Only Make Believe
Blood, Sweat & Tears - You've Made Me So Happy
Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell - Ain't No Mountain High Enough
PM Dawn - Set Adrift On Memory Bliss
Carpenters - Close To You
Willie Nelson & The Beach Boys - The Warmth Of The Sun
Barbara Lewis or Yvonne Elliman - Hello Stranger
Dream Academy - The Love Parade
Smokey Robinson - Being With You
The Chiffons or Rita Coolidge - One Fine Day

Al Green - let's stay together
this is my favorite one.
Lonestar - Amazed
I love this one too.... can't think of more that weren't posted.

November Rain, GNR (its a love song, right?)
The Power of Love, Frankie Goes to Hollywood
Love will Tear Us Apart, Joy Division

Save Me - kd lang
You're Gonna Make Me Miss You When You Go - Bob Dylan
When You Say Nothing At All - Alison Krauss & Union Station
Here, There and Everywhere - The Beatles
Adore - Prince
The Bargain Store - Dolly Parton
The Nearness of You - Ella Fitzgerald
Body & Soul - Lots of people...
When the World Ends - Dave Matthews Band
Buckets of Rain - Bob Dylan
When the Deal Goes Down - Bob Dylan
Misguided Angel - Cowboy Junkies
Harvest Moon - Neil Young
Something So Right - Paul Simon
Something in the Way She Moves - James Taylor
Pink Bullets - The Shins
The Sweetest Taboo - Sade
Don't Give Up - Peter Gabriel & Kate Bush
In Your Eyes - Peter Gabriel

lots and lots more, I am sure..........

Niiice list, mixedmedia.

My list, for an evening of BoR lovin', includes (but is not restricted to);

Can’t Take My Eyes Of You – Andy Williams
Unchained Melody - The Righteous Brothers
Unforgettable – Nat King Cole
Blue Velvet – Bobby Vinton
All I Have To Do Is Dream - The Everly Brothers
An Affair To Remember - Vic Damone
Strangers In The Night – Frank Sinatra
Isn't It Romantic – Ella Fitzgerald
Fly Me To The Moon – Frank Sinatra
What A Wonderful World – Louis Armstrong
Return To Me – Dean Martin
Only You - The Platters
Annie’s Song – John Denver

So Are You To Me by Eastmountainsouth
In Your Eyes by Peter Gabriel (prolly because of Say Anything haha)
Congratulations by Blue October and Imogen Heap (really more heartbreaking than anything. Kinda romantic.)
Colorful by The Verve Pipe
Right Here Waiting by Richard Marx
Open Arms by Journey
When You Say Nothing At All by Alison Krauss and Union Station
Wake Up by Coheed and Cambria (also heartbreaking, little wierd, but very sweet)
Brighter than Sunshine by Aqualung
Citadel of Stars by Iver (All time favorite I think. I should add that the band is a guy and a girl, two pianos.)

Lovesong-Cure
Far Away-Nickelback
Closer-NiN(ok, not a love song, but hot)
A Night to Remember-Bryan Adams
Beautiful-Gordon Lightfoot
Shameless-Garth Brooks cover
Wait for Me-Bob Seger
In Your Eyes-Peter Gabriel
Wicked Game-Chris Isaak
Damned If I Do-Alan Parsons Project
Mad About You-Belinda Carlisle
Gold to Me-Ben Harper
Cab Driver-Darryl Hall
Please Forgive Me-David Gray
I'll Stand By You-Pretenders
Possession-Sarah McLachlan(live version but the lyrics are hot)
Forgot one of my favorites because the title just didn't come to me(damn brain farts):
You Overwhelm Me-Robert Palmer

A lot of mine are repeats and somewhat unconventional...oh well.

Let's Get It On - Marvin Gaye
Unchained Melody - The Righteous Brothers
When A Man Loves A Woman - Percy Sledge
Oh Darling - The Beatles
Always - Bon Jovi
I Will Always Love You - Dolly Parton
Some Kind of Love - Kate Wolf
When You Say Nothing At All - Allison Krauss
Is This Love - Bob Marley
Shameless - Garth Brooks
Can't Help Falling In Love - Elvis
Have A Little Faith In Me - John Hiatt or Mandy Moore
Sara - Bob Dylan
Inner Smile - Texas
Somebody - Depeche Mode
When You Love Someone - Bryan Adams

Etta James - At Last (all time favorite)
Harry Belafonte - Unchained Melody
Billy Paul - Me and Mrs. Jones
Fleetwood Mac - Say That You Love Me

My song choices are 100.1% better than everyone elses!

The Hot Club of Cowtown - Polkadots and Moonbeams
The Cardigans - Lead Me Into The Night

Fleming and John - Don't Let It Fade Away*
*Its not really a love song, as much as its a "If you don't love me anymore just break up with me okay?" song

I'm suprised no one mentioned "The Darkness - I Believe in a Thing Called Love" yet, they have a few songs touching the subject and theyre quite good. :)

Also:
A Kiss to build a Dream On – Louis Armstrong
I Touch Myself Lyrics (sung by Scala - i recommend them to anyone who likes rock music, it will blow you away, origynally performed by The Divinyls)

I have a few, most are in the "Punk" Area though

Dead Boys- All this and More
Generation X-Kiss me Deadly
The Casualties-Punk Rock Love
Dead Boys- I Want you to Know(What love is)
Bob Marly-No woman no cry &Is this Love
Wisenhiemer-United states of Hysteria
Misfits-Saturday Night
NoFX-Whatever deedee wants.
SNFU-Painful Reminder
The Police-So lonely
Bouncing Souls-Serenity

Love Song by Tesla

more along the lines of break-up/finding yourself....but a great song anyway

...and they're hometown boys, too!

Stevie Wonder doing I really love you. It is from "Fulfillingness' First Finale" IMO his best work.

Great Big Sea
Shines Right Through Me

The Elders
Love of the Century

George Harrison
If Not For You

Luka Bloom
Ciara

Neil Young
Unknown Legend
Harvest Moon
Dreamin' Man
Natural Beauty

(I'm sure there's more NY love songs, but that's all I could come up with at the moment)

Nick Drake
Time Has Told Me

The Push Stars
Everything Shines

Steve Earle
Poison Lovers (for the flip side o' love)
Poor Boy
The Galway Girl
Lonelier Than This (once again for the flip side o' love)
When I Fall
Don't Want To Lose You Yet
All My Life
Carrie Brown

The Cure
Lovesong
Just about everything else they do, especially the "Bloodflowers" album (for the flip side o' love)


TISM
Everyone Else Has Had More Sex Than Me

Pantera
P.S.T. '88

That's all I can think of at the moment. If I think of others I'll post 'em.

Anything by motherfuckin' Barry White.




Actually, I'm one of few people that think this but any song by the Deftones. The most romantic hard rock band ever.

Into The Night - Benny Mardones
Open Arms - Journey
Wildflower - Skylark
Waiting For A Girl Like You - Foreigner
Angel Song - Great White
Making Love Out Of Nothing At All - Air Supply
Faithfully - Journey
You Are Everything - Sylistics

Never My Love by The Association. It's our song, Grancey's and mine.

I always had a soft spot for Garth's "To make you feel my love" and "one Big Love" by Patty Griffen

yeah, good call. him an' Al Green........

Faithless - Crazy English Summer

It's quite short, just a little ballad kinda thing. I'm not sure what it is that catches me, but I love it.

I have to agree with DMB - Crush and The Cure - Love Song (as well as the 311 cover).
Also...
Oasis - Wonderwall
Lovehammers - Trees
Snow Patrol - Chasing Cars (I know it's been overplayed by the radio and has become the anthem of teen girls everywhere, but I liked it before the radio picked it up soo I have to add it in here)
O.A.R. - Love and Memories
Dashboard Confessional - Hands Down
The Doors - Light My Fire

"First Day of My Life" - Bright Eyes

Can I trust you with my heart - Travis Tritt
How am I supposed to live without you - Michael Bolton
I wanna know what love it - Foreigner
Can't fight this feeling - REO Speedwagon
Close enough to perfect for me - Alabama
Somewhere out there - Peter Cetera & Amy Grant (American Tale theme)
Unchained Melody - walked down the aisle to that song
Can't help falling in love with you - was sung at our wedding
Wonderful Tonight - Eric Clapton

AIR SUPPLY: (my favorite love song group)
Making Love out of nothing at all
Lost in Love
All out of love
Can't fight this feeling
now and forever
I just died in your arms tonight
Here I am
Even the nights are better

Elton John - Your Song, ("true");
The Rolling Stones - Beast of Burden, (lustful);
Against Me! - Pints of Guinness Make You Strong, (Platonic, tragic);

When you kiss me - Shania Twain
Anytime - Brian Mcknight
All My life - KC and JoJo
Differences - Ginuwine

I'm glad Bill O'Rights brought up Frank. I'd be upset if this thread had gotten this many replies and nobody had thought to include any Sinatra. That said, a short list:

Aerosmith - Amazing
Don't Wanna Miss A Thing
Crazy
Love In An Elevator (well, sort of)

Barenaked Ladies - Alternative Girlfriend
Be My Yoko Ono
Call and Answer
If I Had $1,000,000
Jane
What A Good Boy
most of their stuff has a cute/charming vibe...

Cheap Trick - I Want You to Want Me

Derek and the Dominos - Umm... well, their one and only album is called Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs. So, Layla and other assorted love songs.

Elvis Costello - Alison
Shipbuilding
These are pretty songs as long as you don't listen to the lyrics too closely. They get a bit creepy when you do.

Foo Fighters - See You
February Stars
Walking After You
Everlong
Razor
Surprisingly, Grohl can write a good love song. Everlong is pretty rockin and See You is nice and boppy, but if you want sappy Walking After You is about as good as it gets.

Frank Sinatra - In the Wee Small Hours of the Morning
It Had to Be You
I've Got You Under My Skin
Send In the Clowns
The Very Thought of You
The Way You Look Tonight
These are all great and I don't think I repeated any of BoR's suggestions. Send In the Clowns is a bit melancholy, but the rest are all very sappy.

Guns N' Roses - Don't Cry
Sweet Child O' Mine
November Rain

Hootie & the Blowfish - I Go Blind
Hold My Hand
Only Wanna Be With You
Yeah, I know I Go Blind is a cover. I prefer Hootie's version.

Jack Johnson - Banana Pancakes
Belle
Bubble Toes
Sexy Plexi

John Mayer - Back To You
Come Back to Bed
My Stupid Mouth
Your Body Is A Wonderland

Journey - Don't Stop Believin'
Yeah, it's a love song. Sort of. Kind of. Okay, I just wanted to put some Journey in and Open Arms is already in here. Love is an element in this song, good enough for me.

Led Zeppelin - All My Love

Marvin Gaye - Err... well, anything really.

The Rolling Stones - Wild Horses
The staple of high school dances everywhere

And I think it would be a sin if I didn't mention The Sweetest Thing, by U2. Even people who don't like U2 like this song. It is the quintessential love song (and should be, considering how it came to be).

EDIT - Hagatha beat me to November Rain, but a quick glance over the thread leads me to believe that's the only repeat.

My all-time favorite is "If I Could" by Phish, but it doesn't work for everyone.

"Take me to another place, she said
Take me to another time
Run with me across the oceans
Float me on a silver cloud

If I could I would, but I dont know how
..."

I love it because it is so honest.

David Gray - This Year's Love
Coldplay - The Scientist
Oasis - Talk Tonight
Paul McCartney - Maybe I'm Amazed
Al Green - Ain't No Sunshine When She's Gone
Train - Drops of Jupiter
Our Lady Peace - Somewhere Out There
Gary Allen - Lovin You Against My Will
Chris Isaak - Wrong To Love You
Dixie Chicks - Let Him Fly
Del Amitri - Tell Her This
Old 97's - Question
The Cult - Painted On My Heart
And tons of George Strait Songs