Love Top Three Love Songs
posted by on October 12 at 14:12 PM
[Editor’s Note: This comes from our Freaky Friday Slogger Original Monique, but since it’s a music-related post, we’re putting it in Line Out instead of Slog. Plus, danmohr wanted some ladies in the mix.]
So a friend and I were talking on IM yesterday about music. He mentioned to me that one of his top three love songs was on Stone Temple Pilot’s album Purple. This lead to an interesting conversation about our top three favorite love songs. He immediately knew his top three:
“Still Remains” – Stone Temple Pilots
“Wish You Were Here” – Pink Floyd
“Lovesong” – The Cure
He had it down in 30 seconds.
I thought about it, and was struggling to even pick one of a possible top three. I am a chick (don’t hate on me for saying this fellow feminists), so I should totally of had ONE. I scoured through my iPod to see what I could find. It took me well over two hours to nail down a top three, and even now….I am not sure. I decided that of the three songs, I wanted one that was a classic, one that was nostalgic, and one that was cheesy. All things I think are part and parcel to love songs. This is what I came up with:
Just Like Heaven – The Cure
Someone – Ascension
Kiss of Life – Sade
Hey commenter’s (and Mr. Poe!)…what are your top three favorite love songs, and how long did it take you to come up with them?
chet baker - "time after time"
pete krebs - "patiently"
bjork - "hyperballad"
30 seconds.
I'll Be Seeing You (Jo Stafford version is my favorite)
How Can You Mend A Broken Heart (Al Green, not BeeGees)
You Tear Me Up (Buzzcocks)
3 minutes.
"I'll Take Care of You"- Mark Lanegan's version
"Pulse" by Ani DiFranco (shut up)
"I Will Follow You Into the Dark"- Death Cab
So cheesy, and I'm sure I'll change my mind almost immediately, but that's what I could come up with in a couple minutes.
etta james - "at last"
yo la tengo - "our way to fall"
dntel feat. ben gibbard - "(this is) the dream of evan and chan"
about a minute.
right at this particular moment?:
otis redding - "cigarettes and coffee"
neil young - "heart of gold"
dean martin - "i don't know why"
how long? about 2 minutes.
And yet, no one is addressing the fact that a Stone Temple Pilots song made it into anyone's Top 3 list of anything, let alone a love song.
The Impressions "I'm So Proud"
Frank Sinatra "Night and Day"
Nick Lowe "You Inspire Me"
Took me all of five seconds. I already had to take this test when I got married.
P.S. ...And I just gotta say that that Stone Temple Pilots CD, is at least better than anything Bon Jovi has ever done.
UGGHH!! If I ever have to hear "At Last" again, I will have to keeeelll someone!
"Wish You Were Here"? What? Don't they have to be love songs to be in your top 3 love songs? Umm, s**t, if it's that wide open why don't I start with "Hey Joe," which is at least about a man-woman relationship....
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