# The song that best describes your love life **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 18, 2008, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-song-that-best-describes-your-love-life/453331 "2008-06-18T13:04:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![psycat90](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ea924/32.png) [@psycat90](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psycat90)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2008, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-song-that-best-describes-your-love-life/453331/41 "2008-06-18T22:56:45Z")
There are a few we both really like, our wedding song, songs that just remind me of him or him of me. I actually put together a mix a few nights ago on last.fm for my husband since our 5th wedding anniversary is coming up. He hasn’t seen/heard it yet as he’s away on a biz trip, but I’m sure it’s sickeningly sweet enough to give him a toothache when he does. Lately I’ve really been liking “No One” by Alicia Keys and “You Make Loving Fun” by Fleetwood Mac. I’d go with the first though, since my husband has told me recently it sums up his feelings for me. (And vice versa. ;)) ---
**Author:** ![RancidYakButterTeaParty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/53a042/32.png) [@RancidYakButterTeaParty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RancidYakButterTeaParty)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2008, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-song-that-best-describes-your-love-life/453331/42 "2008-06-18T23:06:28Z")
**Why Can’t I get Just One Kiss** by the Violent Femmes or \*\* or \*\*Love the Same \*\*by Damien Jurado. ---
**Author:** ![malkavia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/malkavia/32/5621_2.png) [@malkavia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/malkavia)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2008, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-song-that-best-describes-your-love-life/453331/43 "2008-06-18T23:18:31Z")
> [@](#): > > In this place it seems like such a shame. > Though it all looks different now, > I know its still the same > Everywhere I look youre all I see. > Just a fading fucking reminder of who I used to be. [Vlah vlah.](http://www.lyricsfreak.com/n/nine+inch+nails/something+i+can+never+have_20100905.html) ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2008, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-song-that-best-describes-your-love-life/453331/44 "2008-06-18T23:27:29Z")
A goodly portion of **The Church** ’s oeuvre would qualify for me, but “Feel” seems most apt. ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2008, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-song-that-best-describes-your-love-life/453331/45 "2008-06-18T23:35:17Z")
Wheat “[I Met a Girl](http://www.sing365.com/music/lyric.nsf/I-Met-a-Girl-lyrics-Wheat/11B4DBC0522FC9BD48256E6A00123F3E)” I’m all too often “the girl” ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Sunshine\_and\_Smiles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a5b964/32.png) [@Sunshine\_and\_Smiles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunshine_and_Smiles)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2008, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-song-that-best-describes-your-love-life/453331/46 "2008-06-18T23:52:35Z")
“I know it’s over” by The Smiths. For this stanza: If you’re so funny then why are you on your own tonight? and if you’re so clever then why are you on your own tonight? if you’re so very entertaining then why are you on your own tonight? if you’re so very good looking why do you sleep alone tonight? I know. Because tonight is just like any other night. ---
**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2008, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-song-that-best-describes-your-love-life/453331/47 "2008-06-19T01:05:24Z")
More Today Than Yesterday ( Spiral Starecase ) > [@](#): > > Oh, I love you more today than yesterday > But not as much as tomorrow ---
**Author:** ![amarinth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3be4f8/32.png) [@amarinth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarinth)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2008, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-song-that-best-describes-your-love-life/453331/48 "2008-06-19T01:06:37Z")
“But Not For Me” by George & Ira Gershwin ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2008, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-song-that-best-describes-your-love-life/453331/49 "2008-06-19T01:18:04Z")
Tough call. If I’m allowed to nominate something that’s also ‘our song,’ I think I have to give the nod to “Dear Prudence” by the Beatles. Thematically the song just applies to us very strongly. It’s also the song I used to get her attention before we started dating. I was sitting in my car with about 60 seconds to think of something to show her I was interested. We couldn’t talk about it because we weren’t alone. So I flipped through my CD case and that was the song I settled on. Runners up would be “Here Comes the Sun,” since she is particularly a fan of George Harrison, and “A Man Needs a Maid,” because Neil Young’s music is very significant to us. ---
**Author:** ![Talon\_Karrde](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Talon\_Karrde](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Talon_Karrde)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2008, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-song-that-best-describes-your-love-life/453331/50 "2008-06-19T02:51:48Z")
[QUOTE=RancidYakButterTeaParty] **Why Can’t I get Just One Kiss** by the Violent Femmes [/QUOTE] The song is actually called “Add it Up”. I was thinking of posting either that or something by The Smiths. ---
**Author:** ![Lucky\_13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucky_13/32/13209_2.png) [@Lucky\_13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucky_13)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2008, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-song-that-best-describes-your-love-life/453331/51 "2008-06-19T03:22:17Z")
Right now? “Nowhere Girl” by B-Movie. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![phil417](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/6bbea6/32.png) [@phil417](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phil417)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2008, 6:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-song-that-best-describes-your-love-life/453331/52 "2008-06-19T06:43:14Z")
My dear heart & I celebrated our 11th anniversary Saturday. My contribution for this thread is Alice Coopers _You & Me_ [http://youtube.com/watch?v=-C5GuTTz5iw](http://youtube.com/watch?v=-C5GuTTz5iw) DH is 58; I’m 54. We’re crazy in love…that’s “just enough for me.” Love, Phil ---
**Author:** ![Staggerlee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/staggerlee/32/3134_2.png) [@Staggerlee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Staggerlee)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2008, 10:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-song-that-best-describes-your-love-life/453331/53 "2008-06-19T10:46:28Z")
[QUOTE=Sunshine and Smiles] “I know it’s over” by The Smiths. [/QUOTE] An excellent choice. If the sun wasn’t out, I might choose **Alice** by **Tom Waits**. > [@](#): > > And so a secret kiss > Brings madness with the bliss > And I will think of this > When I’m dead in my grave ---
**Author:** ![lobotomyboy63](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobotomyboy63/32/2900_2.png) [@lobotomyboy63](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lobotomyboy63)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2008, 11:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-song-that-best-describes-your-love-life/453331/54 "2008-06-19T11:11:48Z")
[QUOTE=phil417] My dear heart & I celebrated our 11th anniversary Saturday. My contribution for this thread is Alice Coopers _You & Me_ [http://youtube.com/watch?v=-C5GuTTz5iw](http://youtube.com/watch?v=-C5GuTTz5iw) DH is 58; I’m 54. We’re crazy in love..that’s “just enough for me.” Love, Phil [/QUOTE] Congrats, Phil! I always loved this song. From the liner notes to “The Best of Alice Cooper: Mascara and Monsters” _Showing my romantic side that I usually kept hidden. Frank Sinatra once covered this song while performing at the Hollywood Bowl. Backstage, he came over to me and said, “You keep writing 'em kid—and I’ll keep singing 'em.” Wow!_ ---
**Author:** ![Siege](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dbc845/32.png) [@Siege](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siege)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2008, 11:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-song-that-best-describes-your-love-life/453331/55 "2008-06-19T11:53:45Z")
We’re still newlywedding it up around here, so I’d go with Meatloaf’s _[Heaven Can Wait](http://www.lyricsfreak.com/m/meat+loaf/heaven+can+wait_20091333.html)_ or _[I Could Not Ask For More](http://www.lyrics007.com/Edwin%20McCain%20Lyrics/I%20Could%20Not%20Ask%20For%20More%20Lyrics.html)_. Here’s part of the second piece: > [@](#): > > These are the moments I thank God that I’m alive > These are the moments I’ll remember all my life > I’ve got all I’ve waited for > And I could not ask for more ---
**Author:** ![aldiboronti](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9fc348/32.png) [@aldiboronti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aldiboronti)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2008, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-song-that-best-describes-your-love-life/453331/56 "2008-06-19T13:29:07Z")
[A Four-Legged Friend.](http://lyricsplayground.com/alpha/songs/a/afourleggedfriend.shtml) Just kidding. Really, I swear I am! ---
**Author:** ![si\_blakely](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d9b06d/32.png) [@si\_blakely](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/si_blakely)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2008, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-song-that-best-describes-your-love-life/453331/57 "2008-06-19T13:49:43Z")
_Sitting on a park bench …_ I kid even more Si ---
**Author:** ![kittenlm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ce7236/32.png) [@kittenlm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kittenlm)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2008, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-song-that-best-describes-your-love-life/453331/58 "2008-06-19T18:05:19Z")
There are so many good ones out there. Our wedding song is [It’s Your Love](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KzO0mm_ctsA&feature=related) by Faith Hill and Tim McGraw, so that song will always have a special place in my heart. [Back To You](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l0lPEOu5HgM) by John Mayer is the song that brought us back together after our separation 6 years ago. However, [Eternal Flame](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sxf6Xd75yUo) by The Bangles really hits home for me. ---
**Author:** ![plnnr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ea924/32.png) [@plnnr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/plnnr)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2008, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-song-that-best-describes-your-love-life/453331/59 "2008-06-19T18:15:23Z")
**Let’s Get It On** by Marvin Gaye We are insanely, madly, passionately, lustfully in love with each other. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2008, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-song-that-best-describes-your-love-life/453331/60 "2008-06-19T18:16:01Z")
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