The best love songs ever made...
 

Tell me what you think is a good compilation of love songs. I'm at a loss for them and cannot think of any.

hmmm , dashboard confessional - so impossible (yea he is a sell out but his older stuf =good)

Reunited- Peaches and Herb
You lost that loving feeling-Everly Brother
Escape (The Pina Colada Song) - Rupert Holmes
Oh Sherri- Steve Perry
2 out of 3 ain't bad- Meatloaf

All My Love--Led Zep
Castles Made Of Sand-Hendrix
Wonderful Tonight-Clapton
I'm Gonna Crawl-Led Zep
Angie- the Stones
Child In Time-Deep Purple
Roxanne-The Police
These Eyes-The Guess Who
God Only Knows (Where I'd be Without You)-Beach Boys
Suite Madame Blue-Styx

That's the first ten.

Sparklehorse - Shade and Honey *swoon*

Just Like a Woman
Lay Lady Lay
Visions of Johanna
Tangled Up in Blue
- Bob Dylan
Of course there's numerous more but they'd ake so long to list...

Derrick and the Dominoes - Layla...a song good enough to seduce a Beatles wife away

There are precious few genuinely affecting love songs out there.

Derek And The Dominos - Bell Bottom Blues (less overexposed compared to Layla)
George Harrison - If Not For You (way better than the Dylan version)
Bob Dylan - Sad-Eyed Lady Of The Lowlands (possibly the best love song ever)

Yeah, I'm in an oldies kind of mood.

Hunters & Collectors - <i>Throw Your Arms Around Me</i>
Righteous Brothers - <i>Unchained Melody</i>
Beach Boys - <i>God Only Knows</i>
Bryan Ferry - <i>Slave To Love</i>
Chris de Burgh - <i>The Lady In Red</i>
Dixie Cups - <i>Chapel Of Love</i>
Otis Redding - <i>I've Been Loving You Too Long</i>
Peter Gabriel - <i>In Your Eyes</i>
Sade - <i>No Ordinary Love</i>

ben folds - the luckiest

Simon and Garfunkel - For Emily, Wherever I may find her

I Wanna Get Close To You - Rose Royce
Your Love Is So Doggone Good - Isaac Hayes
Jennifer Save Me - Golden Smog
Until You Came Along - Golden Smog

Love Me Tender - Elvis Presley
I Want You - Elvis Costello
Always On My Mind - Elvis Presley
Another Vote for "Bell-Bottom Blues"!
I Can't Stop Loving You - Ray Charles
Return to Me - Dean Martin
Your Sing - Elton John
Let's Get It On - Marvin Gaye
Fuck Her Gently - Tenacious D :D

Why not the whole album; it's one of the rare times that "Classic Rock" truly applies. Listening to Clapton pour his soul out would make a statue weep.

air supply - all out of love
poison - i hate every bone in your body but mine
skid row - i remember
warrant - heaven

Firehouse "love of a lifetime"
Grateful Dead "Sugar Magnolia"
Sting "Every Breath You Take"

the acoustic version of everlong (Foo Fighters) has to be my favorite of all time.
the beatles - Something
Oasis - Wonderwall
Norah Jones - Come Away With Me

say goodbye - dave matthews band
come away with me - norah jones
wicked game - chris isaak
i'll stand by you - pretenders
by your side - sade
i'll be - edwin mccain
i miss you - incubus
if your gone - matchbox 20
pictures of you - the cure
my all - mariah carey

off the top my head.

Exit Music (for a film) - Radiohead

Ben Harper - Forever
Marvin Gaye - Sexual Healing
Anything by Al Green
Me'shell Ndegeocello - Beautiful

My Love Is Like A Tire Iron - Ted Nugent
In Your Eyes - Peter Gabriel

Waiting In Vain
Satisfy My Soul
Stir It Up
by Bob Marley and the Wailers

most of you sound pretty damn young

Van Morrison - have I told you lately
Van Morrison - These are the days
Marc Cohn - she's becoming Gold
Peter Gabriell - in your eyes
Kathy Matea - Asking us to dance

And for everybody married in the 70's endless love

You mean the Righteous Brothers, but good choice.

Thanks I get those two confused.

My favorite is "I Am Yours" by Derek and the Dominos.

MAroon 5 - Sunday Morning
Dispatch - Out Loud
Keith Urban - Somebody Like You
Randy Travis - Forever And Ever, Amen
Lonestar - Amazed
Randy Travis - My Love Is Deeper
Peter Gabriel - In Your Eyes
Lionel Richie - Stuck On You
KC & Jo-jo - All My Life

Perfect Day - Lou Reed.

Never Tear Us Apart - INXS.

By Your Side - Sade.

Lady in Red - Chris de Burgh.

Half of all country songs known to man.
The other half are about the opposite, heartbreak.
I'm very sure you don't want any country, but just in case, I'll list some anyway:
It's Your Love-Tim McGraw
When You Say Nothing at All- Allison Kraus
Austin- Blake Shelton

and the TWO best Country love songs, by THE best Country artist:
Carried Away
Unconditional
by George Strait

From Autumn To Ashes - "Short Stories with Tragic Endings"
Poison The Well - "Parks and What You Meant to Me"
In Pieces - "The Anchor", "Your Switch to the Sun", and "A Mistake I'd Make Again"
--not love songs in the traditional sense, very abstract, but if you get into the lyrics and hear the emotion, its there.

Led Zepplin - "All of My Love"
more traditional type love song.

D'Angelo - Untitled (How Does It Feel)

Open Arms; Faithfully; When you love a woman -- Journey
Don't wanna miss a thing; Fly Away from Here;
Falling in love (is hard on the knees) -- Aerosmith
100 miles; with you in a heartbeat;
Feel Like makin' love -- Bad Company
Day after day; baby blue -- badfinger
always; bed of roses; thank you for loving me;
i'll be there for you-- bonjovi
something about you; more than a feeling; amanda;
with you -- Boston
(everything I do) i do it for you;
please forgive me -- bryan adams
the flame; tonight it's you -- Cheap Trick
if she would have been faithful; niagra falls;
you're the inspiration -- chicago
godsend -- dcTalk
promises; miss you in a heartbeat; two steps behind;
let me be the one -- def leppard
love of a lifetime; when I look into your eyes -- firehouse
you and I; sweet mystery -- Guardian
once in a lifetime; bells of st. james; perfect lover - kansas
breathing -- lifehouse
shilo -- neil diamond
mama I'm coming home -- ozzy
you got It -- roy orbison
i need you - savage garden
can't fight this feeling; keep on loving you; just for you;
till the rivers run dry -- REOSpeedwagon
I'll never let you go -- steelheart
lady; babe; show me the way -- Styx
stop loving you -- toto
heaven -- warrent
when I'm with you-sherrif
carrie -- europe
fly to the angels-- slaughter
when I see you smile -- bad english
high enough -- damn yankees


anyway, those are most of my favorites

Nirvana - About A Girl
Nirvana - Heart Shaped Box
Pearl Jam - Last Kiss (Cover)
Red Hot Chili Peppers - I Could Have Lied
Stone Temple Pilots - Sour Girl
Sublime - Santeria
Foo Fighters - Everlong (Can't Believe no one said this song yet)
Limp Bizkit - Hold On
Led Zepplin - Thank You

Cool topic... it's harder than it looks cause a good love song should have both the lyrics and the music to go with it. I therefore choose as my number one, Paul McDermont's cover of a Hunters & Collectors, Throw Your Arms Around Me. Of note, it was purely lyrics, sabra cadabra and 16th Floor would tie for first. Here then is my list in order I think of them...

<i>Pau Kelly - 16th Floor</i>
<i>Black Sabbath - Sabra Cadabra</i>
<i>Paul McDermont - Throw Your Arms Around Me</i>
<i>The Beatles - Hey You've Got To Hide Your Love Away</i>
<i>Jeff Buckley - You Should've Come Over</i>
<i>Bob Dylan - Tangled Up In Blue</i>
<i>Smashing Pumpkins - Said Sadly</i>
<i>Dire Straits - Water Of Love</i>
<i>Dire Straits - Romeo And Juliet</i>


Hmmmm That'll do donkey, that'l do (If you get this joke, you have seen Shrek too many times and/or are a toonphile)

For me, it's "Let's Get It On" by Marvin Gaye. Having said that, I have the urge to state that "High Fidelity" was a great film, and the original book by Nick Hornby was a great... well, love book, so to speak.

I Let Love In - Nick Cave.

Nirvana-Heart Shaped Box
Led Zeppelin-Whole Lotta Love
Three Dog Night-One
Iron Butterfly-In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida :D:D:D Something about a 8 minute drum solo is cool to me.


Damn, reading this thread made me dig out the old vinyl. I'm listening to "Solsbury Hill" by Peter Gabriel right now, And I'll break out Zep 1, 2, 3, 4, and Iron Butterfly later. Anybody who tells you a CD sounds better than a LP that is cleaned properly and played on a good turntable needs to be shot.

random thoughts from a wacky CD collection...

Dave Matthews - Crash
Peter Gabriel - In Your Eyes
Alison Krauss - When You Say Nothing At All
Maria McKee - Breathe
Genesis - Follow You, Follow Me (though I might vote for the Red House Painters' cover)
ELO - Do Ya
Jonell Mosser - Your Love is Working in My Life
Bob Welch - Sentimental Lady
Kevin Gilbert - When You Give Your Love to Me
Kim Richey - This Love
Meat Loaf - For Crying Out Loud (better choice, for me, than those already mentioned off this album)
Elvis Aaron Presley - Can't Help Falling in love with You
Paul McCartney - Silly Love Songs
Wings - Maybe I'm Amazed
Air Supply - Lost in Love
Tom Waits - I Hope that I Don't Fall in Love with You
Semisonic - Singing in My Sleep
Journey - Feelin' that Way
Gerry Rafferty - Right Down the Line
Gary Wright - Love is Alive
Jimmy Buffett - Why Don't We Get Drunk and Screw
Bon Jovi - I'd Die for You
The Police - Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic
Walter Egan - Magnet and Steel
Sister Hazel - All for You
U2 - All I Want is You
Big Star - When My Baby's Beside Me
Big Star - I'm In Love with A Girl
Blues Traveler - Canadian Rose
Dave Mason - Every Woman
Brother - Believe Again (wow.)
Peter Himmelman - 7 Circles
Cheap Trick - I Want You to Want Me
Neil Diamond - I'm A Believer
Marvin Gaye - Let's Get it On
Fleetwood Mac - Crystal
John Hiatt - Have A Little Faith in Me
John Hiatt - Thing Called Love
John Hiatt - Angel Eyes
Peter Himmelman - Raina
J. Geils Band - I Do
Lone Justice - Shelter
Lowen & Navarro - Rapt in You
Material Issue - When I Get This Way (Over You)
John Mellencamp - Key West Intermezzo
Styx - Lady
10cc - I'm Not In Love

by far..

Gorecki by Lamb, and Gabriel by the same artist.

1000 oceans by Tori Amos

Like the Deserts miss the Rain by Everything but the Girl

I don't have Anything by Vast

urgodhere... are we in the ballpark? was there a specific mood you were looking for? Cuz "Love Stinks" could be called a love song, too...

;)

You've got so far to go - Alkaline Trio.

Sometimes their songs are a little warped, but this one has a great line in it