Help me make a V-day mix cd!

Cafe Society
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I knoooow, I already asked you to help me make Valentine’s frushi, but now you get to make the background music too. :stuck_out_tongue:

I’m looking for some soft, pretty music to play with low lights and wine… lyrics, if present, need to be appropriate (lovey dovey mushy stuff)… slow is good, acoustic is good, non-overbearing vocals are good. Please god no Kenny G or power ballads.

This is what I’ve got so far, in no particular order:

“Paper Tiger”- Spoon
“Echo” - Incubus
“Part One” - Band of Horses

and those aren’t definites. I want to put something by Iron & Wine on here, but I don’t know what… and I want so bad to use “Delicate” by Damien Rice, but I read the lyrics and apparently they’re not as mushy as I thought. :[

Pleeeeease help. And thanks in advance for helping to make my Valentine’s day more icky. :wink:

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“Annie’s Song” - John Denver. Buries the needle on the mush-o-meter. :slight_smile:

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My Funny Valentine – several versions: Julie London and Chet Baker have my favorites.

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No Valentine’s CD would be complete without Peter Gabriel’s “In Your Eyes”.

(Happy birthday yesterday Pete!)

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I like Iron & Wine’s “Such Great Heights”. It’s pretty romantic.

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Well, my favorite, um, love song is "Ice Cream " by Sarah McLachlan. It’s more sweet, giddy love than, er, smouldering passion, though.

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My all-time favorite love song (used for my wedding reception first dance): Big Star’s “I’m in Love with a Girl.”

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“You Belong To Me”, the Bob Dylan version from the *Natural Born Killers * soundtrack. His voice can be a little jarring, but despite that I think it’s just a beautiful performance of a beautiful song.

“The Power Of Two”, Indigo Girls

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“The Luckiest” - Ben Folds
“Question” - the Old 97’s

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For Iron & Wine, you can use “History Of Lovers”, which they did with Calexico.

Also, “What’s Love Got To Do With It?” by Tina Turner.
And “I Wanna Hump You” by Chixdiggit!

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I just previewed your selections on iTunes, and realized my original list might not have been appealing, so I added and Indie/Alt section. Good luck.
Smooshy and Romantic:
Van Morrison - “Crazy Love” or “Tupelo Honey”
Tony Bennet - “I’ve Grown Accustomed to Her Face” or “Sophisticated Lady”
Norah Jones - “Come Away With Me”
Dan Fogelberg - “Longer”
Kurt Elling - “Moonlight Serenade”

Indie/Alt: (note- I can’t understand most of these lyrics, so fair warning…)
Pagoda - “Down to the Road”
Wilco - “I’m Always in Love”
Candy Bars - “Violets”
American Analog Set - “Immaculate Heart i”

Theatrical:
The Music Man - “Goodnight My Someone”
The Sound of Music - “Something Good” or “'Till there was You” (you could do the Etta Jones version)

Playful:
Ray Charles - (Night Time Is) The Right Time
Madeleine Peyroux - “Dance Me to the End of Love”
Luna - “Dizzy”

To the Point (if you’re a Dude):
AC/DC - “Let Me Put My Love In You” or “Giving the Dog a Bone” :wink:

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Add Romeo & Juliet by them (or Mark Knopfler).

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Air - Playground Love

Trust me on this one.

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Enya’s Only Time is a beautiful song.

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My tastes are more mainstream than some of the previous posters, but these always worked for me:
“Follow You, Follow Me” by Genesis
“Love Song”–The Cure
“If I Fell”–The Beatles
“Still the One”–Shania Twain
“Suavecito”–Malo
“Mad About You”–Belinda Carlisle
“I Like It, I Love It”–Tim McGraw
“Amazed”–Lonestar
“Woman”–John Lennon

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How about “Closer” by NIN? :eek: :wink:

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I’d say dig out the old motown 45’s. Al Green Lets stay together is a great one in my book. Also, if you’re in a freaky mood you can listen to R kelly and…well you know how he gets down :wink: :smiley: