# Overlooked love songs **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 4, 2005, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/overlooked-love-songs/292952 "2005-03-04T19:50:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Pensandfeathers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a183cd/32.png) [@Pensandfeathers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pensandfeathers)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2005, 7:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/overlooked-love-songs/292952/41 "2005-03-06T07:09:28Z")
> [@LifeOnWry](#): > > “Love Song for a Vampire” by Annie Lennox. (OK, part of the second verse is a little maudlin, but it ends happily.) I bought the soundtrack to _Bram Stoker’s Dracula_ specifically for this song. I’m so happy you mentioned it. The emotion in that song - its so exposed and raw. Very intense. At least that’s what I get from it. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![melondeca](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b5a626/32.png) [@melondeca](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/melondeca)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2005, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/overlooked-love-songs/292952/42 "2005-03-06T16:40:49Z")
> [@Ranchoth](#): > > “Girl, You’ll Be a Woman Soon”—Urge Overkill > > Well, those last three might be best for the honeymoon. 😉 > > Good luck, and tell us what you decide on! > Ranchoth This suggestion made me laugh and I may have to use it just because my friends would crack up. They all know me too well. 😉 With all the great music here I am going to have enough for several receptions. I haven’t decided which songs I am going to use from the ones mentioned here but some of the ones I was already planning on using are: “Ice Cream”-Sarah McLachlan “Luna”-Smashing Pumpkins “I Could Die For You”-RHCP’s “In The Mood” and “Sentimental Journey”-Glen Miller “Stickshifts and Safetybelts”-Cake “Two Step”-DMB “Kissing You”-Des’ree “Carry You”-Dispatch “At Last”-Stevie Nicks version “Landslide”-Fleetwood Mac (for my dad) “Ball and Chain”-Social Distortion 😃 “Kind and Generous”-Natalie Merchant “Castles Made of Sand”-Tuck and Patti Some Eva Cassidy, Norah Jones and various other stuff that I can’t think of right now. Thanks again for all the great suggestions from everyone. ---
**Author:** ![scotandrsn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a4c791/32.png) [@scotandrsn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scotandrsn)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2005, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/overlooked-love-songs/292952/43 "2005-03-06T17:03:49Z")
I can’t imagine how you’d ever find it… but if you can get a copy of a CD called [Flat World](http://maine.maine.edu/~n-audio/Stranger.html) by a band called Stranger than Pretty (really a woman called Claire Harding, who seems to be on the faculty of the All Newton Music School in Newton, MA, now), the song “It Never Gets Better (Than This)” is the best love song I have ever heard. ---
**Author:** ![Spoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@Spoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoke)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2005, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/overlooked-love-songs/292952/44 "2005-03-06T17:07:38Z")
Nobody’s mentioned **Sam Cooke**? You Send Me (I Love You) For Sentimental Reasons Cupid Nothing Can Change This Love Wonderful World You Were Made for Me All wedding-appropriate Sam Cooke classics. A few more: Up on Cripple Creek - The Band (This one will take a sense of humor) This Magic Moment - The Drifters It’s Oh So Quiet - Bjork There Is a Time - The Dillards (bluegrass classic, if you want to mix things up) Ring of Fire - Johnny Cash Love Me Tender - Elvis Presley (come on…you gotta have some Elvis) Teddy Bear - Elvis (some _danceable_ Elvis) Oh Boy! - Buddy Holly (speaking of danceable) True Love Ways - Buddy Holly ---
**Author:** ![MeepersC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/meepersc/32/12088_2.png) [@MeepersC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MeepersC)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2005, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/overlooked-love-songs/292952/45 "2005-03-06T17:41:33Z")
How Do You Fall in Love - Alabama Grow Old With Me - John Lennon (being sung at my wedding) **pulykamell** and **Tracy Lord** - I’m actually having _God Only Knows_ sung at my wedding this fall. ---
**Author:** ![Grasshopper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/f19dbf/32.png) [@Grasshopper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grasshopper)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2005, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/overlooked-love-songs/292952/46 "2005-03-06T20:30:35Z")
Suddenly Seymour - Little Shop of Horrors. No really, it’s good! ---
**Author:** ![VanGogh\_sEar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/ee59a6/32.png) [@VanGogh\_sEar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VanGogh_sEar)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2005, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/overlooked-love-songs/292952/47 "2005-03-06T21:01:22Z")
_Anniversary Song_- Cowboy Junkies _Call My Name_-Prince (some serious funk here, use at your own risk) 😃 _My One and Only Love_-Sting cover _Flowers in the Window_-Travis _Always_-Stevie Wonder _The Truth_-India.Arie _By Your Side_-Sade _A Sort of Fairytale_- Tori Amos ---
**Author:** ![gommsn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bcef8e/32.png) [@gommsn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gommsn)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2005, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/overlooked-love-songs/292952/48 "2005-03-07T03:32:43Z")
> [@melondeca](#): > > This suggestion made me laugh and I may have to use it just because my friends would crack up. They all know me too well. 😉 > > With all the great music here I am going to have enough for several receptions. I haven’t decided which songs I am going to use from the ones mentioned here but some of the ones I was already planning on using are: > “Ice Cream”-Sarah McLachlan > “Luna”-Smashing Pumpkins > “I Could Die For You”-RHCP’s > “In The Mood” and “Sentimental Journey”-Glen Miller > “Stickshifts and Safetybelts”-Cake > “Two Step”-DMB > “Kissing You”-Des’ree > “Carry You”-Dispatch > “At Last”-Stevie Nicks version > “Landslide”-Fleetwood Mac (for my dad) > “Ball and Chain”-Social Distortion 😃 > “Kind and Generous”-Natalie Merchant > “Castles Made of Sand”-Tuck and Patti > Some Eva Cassidy, Norah Jones and various other stuff that I can’t think of right now. > > Thanks again for all the great suggestions from everyone. I love Stevie Nicks and her version of “At Last” is great BUT the difinitive rendition of this song is by “Etta James”. So help me! If you havent heard it, find it, give a listen before you finalize your list. I plan on using it for the same purpose in the near future. ---
**Author:** ![picunurse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7bcc69/32.png) [@picunurse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picunurse)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2005, 8:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/overlooked-love-songs/292952/49 "2005-03-07T08:23:34Z")
_At Last_ _Longer_ Dan Fogelberg - we’ve only just begun\* Karen Carpenter _The First tTime Ever I saw Your Face_ Roberta Flack _Our House_ Crosby, Stills and Nash. _I won’t last a day without you_ Barbra Streisand _Page nine_ Janis Ian (Will you really come and live with me? We can watch TV when the nights are cold and its hard to sleep…) ---
**Author:** ![melondeca](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b5a626/32.png) [@melondeca](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/melondeca)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2005, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/overlooked-love-songs/292952/50 "2005-03-07T19:17:42Z")
> [@gommsn](#): > > I love Stevie Nicks and her version of “At Last” is great BUT the difinitive rendition of this song is by “Etta James”. So help me! If you havent heard it, find it, give a listen before you finalize your list. I plan on using it for the same purpose in the near future. I love Etta James and everything she does, including “At Last”, but I am going to be using Stevie’s version for personal reasons. But not to worry, Etta will have a prominent place at our reception. ---
**Author:** ![Cornelius\_Tuggerson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/13edae/32.png) [@Cornelius\_Tuggerson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cornelius_Tuggerson)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2005, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/overlooked-love-songs/292952/51 "2005-03-07T22:07:52Z")
> [@irishgirl](#): > > Nick Cave’s “Into My Arms” Yes. Most definitely. Came here to mention it and what do you know? Its already taken care of 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![Ranchoth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranchoth/32/1066_2.png) [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2005, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/overlooked-love-songs/292952/52 "2005-03-10T03:55:16Z")
One more…_And Forever_, the end-titles music from the anime series _Big O_. (The uncut version, 'natch.) It takes a little looking, but you can probably find it. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/overlooked-love-songs/292952.md?page=2)