25th Anniversary playlist

Cafe Society
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This year will be me and my husband’s silver and I’d like to burn something lovey-dovey for him to play in his car. He loves old funk, classic rock and R&B. He also likes soft jazz–Spiro Gyra, Steely Dan, Herbert Laws.

My list so far:
I’ll Be Good To You-Brothers Johnson
You’re My Best Friend–Queen
No One-Alicia Keys
Ordinary People-John Legend

And that’s it. My problem is I don’t want anything too mushy or overtly “let’s fuck!-y”. Please help.

P.S. Posting using iTouch so please forgive any typos and such.

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Why not start with the classics?

  • Let’s Stay Together by Al Green
  • You Make me Feel Like a Natural Woman by Aretha
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Still the One – Orleans
Make Me Smile – Chicago

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Exactly what I was looking for, thanks!

Still The One, how could I have forgotten that? He sings that to me!

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Okay - if you’re going for Orleans, that means you have to consider Color My World by Chicago…

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Hmm, “I Hate U” and “Jack U Off” are probably out; let me think…Aw, here we go - “Better With Time” by Prince. “So Far, So Pleased” would probably also work. :slight_smile:

“In Your Eyes” - Peter Gabriel
“Wonderful Tonight” - Eric Clapton
“Reach Out I’ll Be There” - The Four Tops
“Cruisin” - Smokey Robinson

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Pooh Prince! He’ll love it. It’ll make up for the lack of Bootsey Collins.

Not a lot of enduring love in old funk.

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I Do – J. Geils

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You know, I was noticing that, too. THey were all about gettin’ up and gettin’ down but not gettin’ it on.

ETA: Well, not long-term gettin’ it on.

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The dangers of mobile posting. That should read ‘Ooh, Prince!’.

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A few years ago, I gave my wife a CD consisting entirely of songs from concerts we went to together. I had also been saving concert ticket stubs since we first married, so I put together a scrapbook of tickets and photos to go with it. Where I didn’t have original tickets or photos, I improvised with copies of album/CD covers, press pics of the band, photos of me or her wearing a band T-shirt, or whatever I could come up with.

One song per band, one page in the scrapbook per band. It was fun, and she really liked it.

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Okay, that makes more sense. I thought maybe it was some cool new thing that I wasn’t hip to. :smiley:

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Golden Lady or I Was Made to Love Her- Stevie Wonder
Lean on Me or Lovely Day - Bill Whiters (I like Use Me better, but I guess that wouldn’t really work, would it?)
Promises - India.Arie
Have A Little Faith In Me - John Hiatt
Oh Darling - the Beatles

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How about some Sade? Maybe “Smooth Operator” or “Sweetest Taboo”.

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Thank you by Led Zeppelin.

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The alternate 12" instrumental mix of “Sexual Healing.” This can be particularly effective (IME) because it makes people think the lyrics. :cool:

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“You’ve Made Me So Very Happy” - Blood, Sweat, & Tears

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Nah, go with the original version by The Marvelows. Much better.

Personally, for The Beatles, I’d go with “In My Life”. “Oh! Darling” has the lyrics “When you told me you didn’t need me anymore…” - not exactly anniversary material.

Also, “I’ve Been Loving You Too Long (To Stop Now)” by Otis Redding would be good.

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The thread has come back! Thanks.

Still can’t think of any funk love but I just remembered Larry Graham’s One In A Million. Not exactly Graham Central Station. It’ll have to do.

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Here’s a funky love song - Love’s Dance by Earth, Wind & Fire.

Or a classic - You Sexy Thing by Hot Chocolate.