Best lovesong

[Spitfire]

My favourit lovesong - the one I play for my wife. The one I even used in my speach at her 50s birthday is:
The Wind beneath my Wings - sung by the fantastic Bette Midler.
To me this song says it all.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jI7ZCCJHGaw - not her best performance of the song, but I guesse you get the idear.

Whats you favourit, most loved lovesong?

 

[Lady Day]

'You Really Got a Hold On Me' by Smoky Robinson and the Miracles. Messes me up every time

LD

 

[Technonut]

One of my all time favorite lovesongs...


Bobby Caldwell - What you won't do for love


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UP2nj_WrzXs&mode=related&search=

 

[LizzieMaine]

Any recording of Jerome Kern's "All The Things You Are." Mushes me up every time.

 

[thebadmamajama]

Nat King Cole's original "Unforgettable." Period.

 

[HadleyH]

Etta James "At Last".

 

[dhermann1]

Any recording of Jerome Kern's "All The Things You Are." Mushes me up every time.

"You are the angel glow that lights a star
The dearest things I know are what you are"
I don't know if I have a particular favorite, but you picked a good one.
I think I have a version by Artie Shaw with Helen Forrest singing, very swoony.
Come to think of it, and of that era, I really like the Glenn Miller arrangement of "Serenade in Blue".
My girlfriend and I have a thing with "You're Just Too Good to be True", but I really don't like the song that much. It just became a thing.

 

[happyfilmluvguy]

"Unchained Melody" has been considered one of the greatest love songs in history.

 

[BegintheBeguine]

"Unchained Melody" has been considered one of the greatest love songs in history.

Lyricist just passed. http://news.independent.co.uk/people/obituaries/article2733232.ece

 

[CharlieH.]

Too many to choose from... Jo Stafford and the Pied Pipers' rendition of Embraceable You comes to mind first.

 

[Prairie Dog]

Nat King Cole's original "Unforgettable." Period.

Nat King Cole's original "Stardust". Period.

 

[Baron Kurtz]

You're Mine, You!

I'm afraid i like the love songs with the hint of darkness, the menace and absolute dependence behind the strong emotions. Especially as sung by Chet Baker. Such melancholy has never been expressed more profoundly.

You're mine, you.
You belong to me, you.
I will never free you.
You're here with me to stay

bk

 

[Smithy]

I'm afraid i like the love songs with the hint of darkness, the menace and absolute dependence behind the strong emotions.

You'll like "Every Breath You Take" then Baron?

 

[Technonut]

Originally Posted by Baron Kurtz
I'm afraid i like the love songs with the hint of darkness, the menace and absolute dependence behind the strong emotions.

Perhaps this:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iCDw3TNV6ps&mode=related&search=


lol lol

 

[nightandthecity]

on the lighter side I'm very fond of Al Bowley's version of "The very Thought of You", but basically I'm with the Baron, I prefer 'em dark. So perhaps GLOOMY SUNDAY, especially the Artie Shaw/Pauline Byrne version

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CsbIvUx3CBc

 

[Baron Kurtz]

Perhaps this:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iCDw3TNV6ps&mode=related&search=


lol lol

Yes, G'n'R are great. Though that particular song doesn't really strike me as melancholic.

bk

 

[Edward]

Tough call. I'm a sucker for the Spector stuff, especially Baby I Love You, and especially the Ramones' version from End of a Century, their 1981 album he produced.

I love the Beach Boys' God Only Knows - something about opening a love song with "I may not always love you..." Catatonia pulled out a few good ones too, in that beautiful bouncy-guitar-pop concealing very dark lyrics way - Mulder & Scully, Strange Glue, You've Got a Lot to Answer For....

The Pogues did some great stuff as well, not least Fairytale of New York, as heartbreaking now as it was back in '87.


I also adore Teenage Kicks by the Undertones, but I don't think it really counts here, being as it's actually about teenage Irish Catholic boys, ehm.... interfering with themselves because they can't get girlfriends....


The Clash's Should I Stay of Should I Go, Train in Vain, among others.

Frank and Nancy's Something Stupid is a classic (I have that as a ringtone on one particular number in my mobile phonebook, my little joke with myself!).

Beyond the Sea is a real favourite too.

 

[nightandthecity]

when it comes to non-Golden Age material it has to be Joy Division, Love Will Tear us Apart.....

 

[KittyT]

"I Love You Because" by Elvis (I know, he didn't write it)

I love you because you understand dear
Every single thing I try to do.
You're always there to lend a helping hand, dear.
I love you most of all because you're you.

No matter what the world may say about me,
I know your love will always see me through.
I love you for the way you never doubt me.
But most of all I love you 'cause you're you.

I love you because, because my heart is lighter
honey everytime, everytime I'm walking by your side
and I love you, yes I love you because the future is a little bit brighter
and the door, the door of my happiness, you open wide

No matter what may be the style or season,
I know your heart will always be true.
I love you for a hundred thousand reasons,
But most of all I love you 'cause you're you.

Bobby Darin "Wear My Ring" - I like Gene Vincent's version of it

Sam Cooke - "I'll Come Runnin' Back To You", "Just For You", "Nothing Can Change This Love, "Rome (Wasn't Built In A Day)", "That's Where It's At".... or anything in his catalogue. You just cannot top Cooke's pure genius and raw emotion.

I'm also a sucker for Elvis's version of "Trying to get to you"

 

[NicolettaRose]

" The Way you Look Tonight"