Making a CD and I need some cool love songs. I don’t know how I would define cool but this is what I have so far;
This Year’s Love - David Gray
In Your Eyes - Peter Gabriel
Can’t Help Falling in Love With You - Elvis Presley
Songs that are obviously about love but don’t feel corny. Any songs are gladly accepted, I’ll sort them out later.
The coolest is undoubtedly Playground Love, by Air.
And I Love Her - The Beatles
Fever - Peggy Lee
The Girl From Ipanema - Astrud Gilberto
I really like that Playground Love, I had never heard it before. Really cool. I completely forgot about the Beatles, I’m running throught their songs now, good stuff. Haven’t heard Astrud’s song yet.
The ultimate cool tragic love song – Richard Thompson’s “1952 Vincent Black Lightning”
Once again, the all encompassing answer to these sorts of music questions: Sexy Motherfucker by Prince.
“Wicked Garden” – STP. That is if it doesn’t make you think of macho SUV’s :smack:
I’m more of a fan of idealistic, naive songs - songs that are more about the feeling of being in love. Try:
I Can Feel It - Sloan
Such Great Heights - The Postal Service
Elevator Love Letter - The Stars
In fact, the entirety of The Stars’ output is about love, in one form or another. Their new album, “Set Yourself on Fire,” is highly recommended.
One more - the Broken Social Scene’s “Anthems for a Seventeen-Year-Old Girl.”
“God Only Knows”—The Beach Boys. One of the loveliest songs ever written. Period.
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“Je t’aime”—Serge Gainsbourg & Jane Birkin (more a sex song than a love song)
“If You Need Someone”—The Field Mice
“I’ll Stand By You”—Girls Aloud (depends on your definition of “cool.”)
“The Luckiest Guy on the Lower East Side” (or “A Chicken with its Head Cut Off”)—The Magnetic Fields
“Teardrop”—Massive Attack (not sure if it necessarily qualifies as a love song, but the lyrics start out “Love, love is a verb/love is a doing word/feathers on my breath.” I think this song is sexy as all get out.)
“As Lovely As You”—Alison Krauss & Union Station (for a bit of country & western)
“Wonderful World”—Sam Cooke
“Nothing Can Stop Us Now”—St. Etienne
“This Will Be Our Year”—The Zombies (from one of the greatest pop albums ever, Odyssey and Oracle
“Thank You”—Led Zeppelin (although Tori Amos has a version from her Crucify EP which I dare say isn’t all that bad.)
“Girlfriend”—Matthew Sweet
“I Couldn’t Live Without Your Love”—Petula Clark
“Hep Cat’s Love Song” - Cab Calloway
“I Don’t Know Why I Love You” - Ivy
“I Would Die 4 U” - Prince
“Million” - Jawbreaker
“I’d Have You Anytime” - George Harrison
“I Believe (When I Fall in Love It Will Be Forever)” - Stevie Wonder
Be warned, I’m a bad judge of what’s cool and what isn’t. But…
Wicked Game—Chris Issak
Rachel’s Song—Blade Runner soundtrack
I’ve got a list of songs I’m going to do this too, when the opportunity and time arise… Here’s a few I have on my list, I tried to edit out the ‘uncool’ ones for you.
This Kiss - Faith Hill
You’re still the one - Shania
Message in a bottle - Police
You were wonderful - clapton
Crazy - Patsy Cline
Summer Breeze - Isley Bros
Grow old with me - Lennon
Someone like you - Van Morrison
Your song - Elton John
Babylon - David Gray
Unforgetable - Natalie & NatKingCole
In the Cool of the Evening- sung by damn near everyone
I’ve got you- Stone Temple Pilots
“Stand By Me.” I like Ben E. King’s original, but my favorite version is John Lennon’s. The raw sound on the vocal works for me, as does the guitar sound on the solo.
Dance Me to the End of Love - Leonard Cohen
Or anything else by Leonard Cohen…I’m You Man? …depending of course just how far you want to go on the corny-to-creepy spectrum.
I would also recommend looking into some old jazz tunes…back when people knew how to sing about love without sounding stupid.
Going through my music collection…
Perhaps the most beautiful love song:
Something - The Beatles (George Harrison)
Wonderful Tonight - Eric Clapton
Me and Bobby McGee - Janis Joplin (Kris Kristofferson)
Melissa - The Allman Brothers
Be my Yoko Ono - Barenaked Ladies
Lovers in Dangerous Times - Bruce Cockburn
Lean on Me - Bill Withers
Ingrid Bergman - Billy Bragg and Wilco (okay, it only love of Ingrid Bergman)
Lay Lady Lay - Bob Dylan
Hard Headed Woman - Cat Stevens
Layla - Derek and the Dominoes
Thank You - Dido
Best of My Love - The Eagles
Wild Horses - The Rolling Stones
Kim - Eminem (JUST KIDDING! Consider it a sorbet, to clear the palate)
More Than Words - Extreme
Hey Julie - Fountains of Wayne
Frank Sinatra Love Songs:
*I Get a Kick Out of You
I’ve Got You Under My Skin
The Way You Look Tonight
My Funny Valentine
The Last Dance
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I’ve Got My Mind Set on You - George Harrison
If You Could Read My Mind - Gordon Lightfoot
Rosie - Jackson Browne (You didn’t say WHAT he had to love…)
Two Hearts - The Jayhawks
All the Right Reasons - The Jayhawks
Angelyne - The Jayhawks
I’m Gonna Make You Love Me - The Jayhawks
Foxy Lady - Jimi Hendrix
You are so Beautiful - Joe Cocker
Annie’s Song - John Denver
In Spite of Ourselves - John Prine and Iris Dement
Fell in Love With a Girl - The White Stripes
Some Kind of Wonderful - Grand Funk
Maggie May - Rod Stewart
Loves Me Like a Rock - Paul Simon
This Must be Love - Phil Collins, before he started sucking
You are the Sunshine of My Life - Stevie Wonder
My Cherie Amour - Stevie Wonder
Isn’t She Lovely - Stevie Wonder
I Just Called to Say I Love You - Stevie Wonder
Crazy Love - Van Morrison
Never Too Late for Love - Warren Zevon
Reconsider Me - Warren Zevon
A Certain Girl - Warren Zevon
Amanda - Waylon Jennings
Gentle on my Mind - Glenn Campbell
The entriety of the Magnetic Fields’ “69 Love Songs.”
Second that.
Motel Matches by Elvis Costello
Two Angels by Peter Case