# 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:** 18\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![OtakuLoki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ac8455/32.png) [@OtakuLoki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OtakuLoki)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2008, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-song-that-best-describes-your-love-life/453331/61 "2008-06-19T19:21:41Z")
If you’d asked me a month ago I’d have probably said, _Eleanor Rigby_. (Though I’d never heard it before this, I’m also fond of **FlightlessBird** ’s selection upthread.) However, I did this [thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=9835631&postcount=2) last month, and find that the suggestion I got in there can’t be topped: The Intermission track from Christine Lavin’s _Live at the Cactus Cafe_ album. There is something powerfully appropriate about a track where there’s just some muted sounds of people shuffling chairs. :smack: ---
**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 20, 2008, 11:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-song-that-best-describes-your-love-life/453331/62 "2008-06-20T11:08:31Z")
[QUOTE=Ludovic] Is that snot running down your nose, or are you… [/QUOTE] I’m not _Thick as a Brick_, thank you very much. 😃 and that was a gutter, as I recall Si ---
**Author:** ![Agnostic\_Pagan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c4cdca/32.png) [@Agnostic\_Pagan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Agnostic_Pagan)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2008, 12:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-song-that-best-describes-your-love-life/453331/63 "2008-06-20T12:49:42Z")
The Buzzcocks - Ever Fallen in Love (With Someone You Shouldn’t) I always fall for the ones that are unavailable … the latest one is an international student who goes back to France in August, and its not feasible to follow her. c’est l’amour, c’est le guerre, c’est la vie… AP ---
**Author:** ![Angel\_of\_the\_Lord](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/angel_of_the_lord/32/2949_2.png) [@Angel\_of\_the\_Lord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Angel_of_the_Lord)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2008, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-song-that-best-describes-your-love-life/453331/64 "2008-06-20T18:57:30Z")
On a historical basis (including all relationships)? Alanis Morisette. [Not the Doctor](http://lyricwiki.org/Alanis_Morissette:Not_The_Doctor). Not that I like the song, mind you; I kinda _don’t_. But it fits. On a right-now basis? Hüsker Dü, [Could You Be The One?](http://lyricwiki.org/Husker_Du:Could_You_Be_The_One%3F). Except not in a depressing way. Or Dido’s [Here With Me](http://lyricwiki.org/Dido:Here_With_Me), which is a special kind of ironic. But not bad. ---
**Author:** ![JThunder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e95f7d/32.png) [@JThunder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JThunder)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2008, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-song-that-best-describes-your-love-life/453331/65 "2008-06-20T19:11:26Z")
[QUOTE=amarinth] “But Not For Me” by George & Ira Gershwin [/QUOTE] Dang. That one gets to me as well. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2008, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-song-that-best-describes-your-love-life/453331/66 "2008-06-20T19:53:40Z")
I Fooled Around and Fell in Love. ---
**Author:** ![Mojo\_Pin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Mojo\_Pin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mojo_Pin)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2008, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-song-that-best-describes-your-love-life/453331/67 "2008-06-21T18:51:09Z")
It’s been sounding more and more like this recently: [how to fight loneliness with wilco](http://kr.youtube.com/watch?v=BBJ53_YDfU4) ---
**Author:** ![RunSilent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e0b2c6/32.png) [@RunSilent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RunSilent)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2008, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-song-that-best-describes-your-love-life/453331/68 "2008-06-21T19:10:50Z")
“Lonely, I’m Mr. Lonely, I’ve got nobody, to call my own…” ---
**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 21, 2008, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-song-that-best-describes-your-love-life/453331/69 "2008-06-21T20:30:01Z")
[QUOTE=Mojo Pin] It’s been sounding more and more like this recently: [how to fight loneliness with wilco](http://kr.youtube.com/watch?v=BBJ53_YDfU4) [/QUOTE] Awesome. Great song, and I get where yer coming from. ---
**Author:** ![Green\_Bean](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/green_bean/32/1760_2.png) [@Green\_Bean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Bean)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2008, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-song-that-best-describes-your-love-life/453331/70 "2008-06-21T23:09:56Z")
“I’m In Love With My Car” by Queen. Hey, at least my car’s not annoying. ---
**Author:** ![racer72](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/racer72/32/3075_2.png) [@racer72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racer72)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2008, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-song-that-best-describes-your-love-life/453331/71 "2008-06-21T23:58:30Z")
The Stroke by Billy Squire ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Lust4Life](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ecc23a/32.png) [@Lust4Life](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lust4Life)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2008, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-song-that-best-describes-your-love-life/453331/72 "2008-06-22T04:02:10Z")
Eveyones got to learn Sometime by the Korgis. ---
**Author:** ![janis\_and\_c0](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/janis_and_c0/32/21_2.png) [@janis\_and\_c0](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/janis_and_c0)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2008, 7:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-song-that-best-describes-your-love-life/453331/73 "2008-06-22T07:17:10Z")
Cheesy though it be ours is I got You Babe By Sonny & Cher (among others but that’s the only one I’m willing to share 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Scarlett67](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scarlett67/32/7387_2.png) [@Scarlett67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scarlett67)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2008, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-song-that-best-describes-your-love-life/453331/74 "2008-06-22T15:11:56Z")
I’ve always been partial to Elton John’s “The One”: > [@](#): > > For each man in his time is Cain > Until he walks along the beach > And sees his future in the water > A long lost heart within his reach We both thought we were doomed to a life alone . . . until we found each other. SO this song gets me every time. ---
**Author:** ![snailboy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/97f17d/32.png) [@snailboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snailboy)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2008, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-song-that-best-describes-your-love-life/453331/75 "2008-06-22T16:56:40Z")
With my recent ex-girlfriend, I’d say [Living in Sin](http://www.lyricsmode.com/lyrics/b/bon_jovi/living_in_sin.html) by Bon Jovi. Her hardcore baptist family didn’t appreciate her dating an agnostic man. Now, I’m going to say [Cold](http://lyrics.rare-lyrics.com/C/Crossfade/Cold.html) by Crossfade. ---
**Author:** ![evangelinagirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e495f1/32.png) [@evangelinagirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/evangelinagirl)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2008, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-song-that-best-describes-your-love-life/453331/76 "2008-06-22T23:18:43Z")
I really like this thread. At various points in my life, I would say these two in the Andrew Lloyd Webber musical, “The Phantom of the Opera.” They are “The Music of the Night” > [@](#): > > Slowly, gently, night unfurls its splendor. Grasp it, sense it, tremulous and tender. Turn your face away from the garish light of day. Turn your thought away from cold, unfeeling light. And listen to the music of the night. And “All I Ask of You.” I hope this link works. [G200M: Situs Slot Online Tergacor Hari Ini Terpercaya Maxwin Slot88](http://www.purelyrics.com/index.php?lyrics=hqhxtlsj) And then David Bowie’s theme to Cat People. [http://music.yahoo.com/David-Bowie/Cat-People/lyrics/7412190#lyricstop](http://music.yahoo.com/David-Bowie/Cat-People/lyrics/7412190#lyricstop) However, there are many, many others. But these three dominate certain themes in my life. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![CrowJane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a183cd/32.png) [@CrowJane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CrowJane)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2008, 10:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-song-that-best-describes-your-love-life/453331/77 "2008-06-23T10:26:34Z")
‘Lime-Tree Arbour’ by Nick Cave… > [@](#): > > There will always be suffering > It flows through life like water > I put my hand over hers > Down in the lime-tree arbour Or, for more cynical moments, there’s ‘When You Are Old and Grey’ by Tom Lehrer: > [@](#): > > Since I still appreciate you > Let’s find love while we may > Because I know I’ll hate you > When you are old and grey ---
**Author:** ![Hook](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ecae2f/32.png) [@Hook](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hook)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2008, 11:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-song-that-best-describes-your-love-life/453331/78 "2008-06-23T11:28:22Z")
Well after more then 30 years, this is kind of our theme - the fire is still there but in a different way now. I couldn’t imagine life without her. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wdt5QwssWY4](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wdt5QwssWY4) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-song-that-best-describes-your-love-life/453331.md?page=3)