# Favorite Love Songs **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 13, 2014, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-love-songs/704567 "2014-11-13T20:59:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Slade](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5ac83/32.png) [@Slade](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slade)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2014, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-love-songs/704567/21 "2014-11-15T22:21:36Z")
[Linda Thompson’s No Telling (What a Love Song Will Do).](http://tinyurl.com/n7tcwul) ---
**Author:** ![Mixolydian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/da6949/32.png) [@Mixolydian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mixolydian)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2014, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-love-songs/704567/22 "2014-11-17T20:09:07Z")
The love songs from VM’s “[Astral Weeks](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astral_Weeks)” [Astral Weeks](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ech6pZoBJ4) [Beside You](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ke27QakSPxM) [Sweet Thing](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2QzDWIOUnM0) [Ballerina](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZdB5N4meH9g) “The Way Young Lovers Do” is great too, but these four are other-worldly. ---
**Author:** ![justmeetee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/898d66/32.png) [@justmeetee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/justmeetee)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2014, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-love-songs/704567/23 "2014-11-17T21:07:47Z")
I’ve had a 37 year on and off love affair with the “love of my life”, which might explain; Meatloaf- For Crying Out Loud Lonnie Mack- Falling Back In Love With You The Beatles- in My Life Gary Moore- Still Got The Blues For You ---
**Author:** ![Jeff\_Lichtman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jeff_lichtman/32/1531_2.png) [@Jeff\_Lichtman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jeff_Lichtman)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2014, 7:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-love-songs/704567/24 "2014-11-18T07:58:50Z")
[All the Things You Are](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OPapxr8GvGA), here sung by Ella Fitzgerald [My Funny Valentine](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jvXywhJpOKs), sung by Chet Baker ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2014, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-love-songs/704567/25 "2014-11-18T18:25:48Z")
“This Is Us” by Emmylou Harris and Mark Knopfler is another good one, in the vein of “Remember When”, but more upbeat. I love both of those. ---
**Author:** ![Helena330](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/helena330/32/531_2.png) [@Helena330](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Helena330)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2014, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-love-songs/704567/26 "2014-11-18T18:50:10Z")
I love everything about\*\* Amanda\*\* by Boston. the lyrics, the vocals (all done by Brad Delp) and the guitar harmonies. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2014, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-love-songs/704567/27 "2014-11-18T23:06:55Z")
“God Only Knows” by the Beach Boys, followed by “Something” by the Beatles. I would also like to put in a vote for “Thirteen” by Big Star for adolescent/first love and “This Will Be Our Year” by the Zombies . ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2014, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-love-songs/704567/28 "2014-11-19T00:21:27Z")
[Naima](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QTMqes6HDqU), John Coltrane _Wonderful Tonight_, Clapton ---
**Author:** ![Labdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/439d5e/32.png) [@Labdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labdad)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2014, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-love-songs/704567/29 "2014-11-21T17:25:10Z")
I’ve always loved [_Darling Be Home Soon_](http://www.lyricsdepot.com/lovin-spoonful/darling-be-home-soon.html), by the Lovin’ Spoonful. Especially this part: "And now A quarter of my life is almost past I think I’ve come to see myself at last And I see that the time spent confused Was the time that I spent without you And I feel myself in bloom So darling be home soon I couldn’t bear to wait an extra minute if you dawdled My darling be home soon It’s not just these few hours but I’ve been waiting since I toddled For the great relief of having you to talk to" ---
**Author:** ![saucywench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/85e7bf/32.png) [@saucywench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saucywench)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2014, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-love-songs/704567/30 "2014-11-21T19:31:16Z")
“Love to Love” by UFO from \*Lights Out \* [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/hIBhwWbviFw/hqdefault.jpg "UFO - Love to Love") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hIBhwWbviFw) ---
**Author:** ![Living\_Well\_Is\_Best\_Revenge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/6bbea6/32.png) [@Living\_Well\_Is\_Best\_Revenge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Living_Well_Is_Best_Revenge)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2014, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-love-songs/704567/31 "2014-11-21T20:35:26Z")
I’ve always liked Angie by the Rolling Stones and Thank You by Led Zep ---
**Author:** ![Sailboat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sailboat/32/461_2.png) [@Sailboat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sailboat)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2014, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-love-songs/704567/32 "2014-11-21T22:56:44Z")
Unchained Melody, by the Righteous Brothers. ---
**Author:** ![thelurkinghorror](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7c8e57/32.png) [@thelurkinghorror](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thelurkinghorror)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2014, 5:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-love-songs/704567/33 "2014-11-22T05:23:26Z")
The Magnetic Fields - 69 Love Songs. An album. Guess how many tracks. All on the topic of love, but not all about being in love, or wanting love, or necessarily positive emotions. ---
**Author:** ![SeaDragonTattoo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/df705f/32.png) [@SeaDragonTattoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SeaDragonTattoo)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2014, 11:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-love-songs/704567/34 "2014-11-22T11:32:06Z")
The Indigo Girls cover of “Romeo and Juliet” still makes me cry over 20 years later. Props to Mark Knopfler for writing it, but [Amy Ray’s delivery is just astounding to me.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0fiXkvsKpdk) ---
**Author:** ![elbows](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b3f665/32.png) [@elbows](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elbows)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2014, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-love-songs/704567/35 "2014-11-22T13:53:52Z")
“Wilder Than Her” Fred Eaglesmith “She’s a summer storm, I’m a hurricane. One just blows through town, the other blows the town away. 'Cause I’m wilder than her.” “Emotionally Yours” Bob Dylan “Come baby, rock me, come baby, lock me into the shadows of your heart Come baby, teach me, come baby reach me, let the music start I could be dreaming but I keep believing you’re the one I’m living for And I will always be emotionally yours.” ---
**Author:** ![SuperNelson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7feea3/32.png) [@SuperNelson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuperNelson)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2014, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-love-songs/704567/36 "2014-11-23T22:50:25Z")
I’m partial to something a little more wistful, like Tom Waits’ [Martha](http://youtu.be/y9Mse62NFl4), and Jimi Hendrix’s [Little Wing](http://youtu.be/03yPUlBE5OU) ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2014, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-love-songs/704567/37 "2014-11-23T22:57:13Z")
Favorite love, or any category, song: [Haunted](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OLpcyHVhM4U) by The Pogues (as well as several other covers). ---
**Author:** ![Aspenglow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspenglow/32/76_2.png) [@Aspenglow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspenglow)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2014, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-love-songs/704567/38 "2014-11-23T23:18:00Z")
I love a lot of the ones already named, and I could go on for hours. (I’m kind of a sap.) Though I’m not generally a country fan, here’s one that just tore my guts out. It’s the Zac Brown Band’s [Colder Weather](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oouFE51HcqM). ---
**Author:** ![CheshireKat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cheshirekat/32/1207_2.png) [@CheshireKat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CheshireKat)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2014, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-love-songs/704567/39 "2014-11-24T00:22:34Z")
The Gershwin’s song from 1926 - “[Someone to Watch Over Me](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KTeZFo3C6YY)” as sung by Linda Ronstadt. This was my mother’s favorite song so I’ve heard it all my life but I love Ronstadt’s version the best. (In the video, you can skip to 1:00 if you don’t want to listen to the spoken intro). ---
**Author:** ![ghostman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a3d4f5/32.png) [@ghostman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ghostman)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2014, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-love-songs/704567/40 "2014-11-24T14:31:02Z")
Too on the nose? [Lovesong - The Cure](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hXCKLJGLENs) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-love-songs/704567.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-love-songs/704567.md?page=3)