... Not for me in any personal sense. But on an upswing of emotion, I seem to be just rather in love with the world. Certainly it helps that Valentine's Day is coming up. I'm fine with not celebrating Valentine's Day - I didn't even when I did have someone - but I also just felt a tremendous affection for humanity in general.
Anyway, I was on iTunes checking out love songs and valentine's day songs and came across some really lovely ones. Josh Groban's "You raise me up". Dan Fogelberg's "Longer" (which if you don't know - you should check it out). "Kiss from a Rose" - Seal. An 80's Classic: Madonna's "Crazy for You." "Can't Help Falling in Love" - Elvis Presley. "Beautiful" - Moby. Those, if you hear them, likely you'd recognize. There were a couple more you likely wouldn't: "Falling Slowly" by Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova... if you haven't seen the movie "Once" - it was a Sundance Audience Choice - it's a wonderful tale, and the song is just a tremendous illustration of how subtle love can be. The other one was "Falling in Love at a Coffee Shop" by Landon Pigg. Heck, I'd never heard of it, but it is lovely.
And don't forget, "Babe" by Styx. That's a classic. Ha ha.
What I really love, however, is lists of top love songs. This is where it gets funny.Wedding Central Australia has a list of the top 100 wedding songs. Someone on the list has included, "Careless Whisper" by Wham! The song is about cheating on your s.o. and getting caught by the careless whisper. (and it's #18.) Then there's Wicked Game by Chris Isaak (#13) - similarly about getting fucked over - "What a wicked game you play - to make me feel this way". But why stop there? I gotta figure Australia just has a different way of looking at the world. You know what their #1 song is? "Let's get it on" by Marvin Gaye.
Seriously, people, do any of these folks listen to lyrics? Or is just a slow melody good enough for them? And who thinks the transparently titled "I can't make you love me" by Bonnie Raitt (#89) makes a great wedding song? What, at a shotgun wedding? "I can't make you love me, but you gotta marry me or poppa'll kill you?"
I think they really make these lists to see who is paying attention. There was another one that was pretty good - again for weddings - but also included the song, "We've got tonight" by Bob Seger, which as you might guess, is about the "love" lasting only the night. "Who needs tomorrow - why don't you stay?"
All right. I am coming to the conclusion that the people who make these lists have *no clue* what love means. I mean, you can argue if it means fidelity or emotion or beauty or what you want, but to me it doesn't mean stalking ("Every Breath You Take" - The Police) or "a bitter, consumptive poison-pen letter from a spurned admirer to his lady love." (Leonard Cohen's "Tower of Song"). So I will undertake the challenge, and I invite you all as well - What are your top ten love songs? Sometime between now and Valentine's Day, I'll post mine. I'll even give you a freebie: Start with Peter Gabriel's "In Your Eyes." That's a given. We'll figure out the next ten from there.
And remember, Love the Universe. Be in Love with Love. Love is Everything. Do what you Love, and Love what You Do. Life is Good.
Love, Anne-Marie
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