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razz
2-8-20, 11:37am
Locally, we have a community sing-song about once a month with a theme. This month was Valentine's Day theme with lots of love songs. It is really fun to sing songs, old and new, seeing them fresh and new. I discovered that I really treasure this John Denver song sung by John and Placido Domingo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3YnfCH7LNcM

I've been humming it to myself when walking the dog this morning so had to listen when I got back home and focus on the lyrics which are lovely.

Do you have a favourite love song?
JaneV2.0
2-8-20, 11:58am
L'Abitudine by Andrea Bocelli (nearly anything in Italian or Spanish by Bocelli), Eres Tu by los Mocedades, I'd Rather Go Blind by Etta James, Pour Que te M'aimes Encore by Celine Dion (nearly anything in French by Dion), and Different Drum by Linda Ronstadt, just because. I'm a fool for European love songs, clearly.

ETA: forgot Sweet Thing by Chaka Khan. Also, to give a nod to country-western, I Should Have Called by Eddy Raven and Jolene by Dolly Parton.
Alan
2-8-20, 12:20pm
In Spite Of Ourselves by John Prine and Iris DeMent. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P8tTwXv4glY
Rogar
2-8-20, 12:56pm
In Spite Of Ourselves by John Prine and Iris DeMent. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P8tTwXv4glY

A favorite of mine as well, but I'd go with Unchained Melody by the Righteous Brothers as the most favorite.
catherine
2-8-20, 1:04pm
In Spite Of Ourselves by John Prine and Iris DeMent. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P8tTwXv4glY

Love, love, love that song, Alan! Not only because it's cute and a great song, but because that's my son and DIL's "party piece"--he plays the guitar and they do the duet.

But for decades I have also loved Billy Joel's I Love You Just the Way You Are.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HaA3YZ6QdJU


Or if you're into Irish folk, I love this Maura O'Connell song, Love You In the Middle. The music is great but the lyrics are awesome.

https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=maura+mcconnell+Love+you+in+t he+Middle
ToomuchStuff
2-8-20, 3:01pm
Alan, one of my favorite John Prine songs, only beat by Crazy as a Loon.
Could go with all the typical answers:
True Companion, Marc Cohn
She's always a Woman to me. Billy Joel
When a Man loves a Woman, Percy Sledge
Your Eye's Peter Gabriel (one of two songs written for Rossana Arquette)
Something, George Harrison (one of three songs written for Patty Boyd)

Or something like Inflatable You by Tim Minchin, for single people
or the wedding song:

https://youtu.be/UEyJnwPIr4Q
Yppej
2-8-20, 3:36pm
I have some post-love songs I like including "The Thrill Is Gone" by B. B. King, "I Don't Wanna Fight" by Tina Turner and "Sail On" by the Commodores, if anyone is into anti-Valentine's.
JaneV2.0
2-8-20, 3:51pm
I had forgotten Sail On. Loved that one, and the Commodores in general.

Jolene is pretty much an anti-Valentine song.
Amy Winehouse's Back to Black is another.

And here's a link to L'Abitudine. Heavenly.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ALAZgBCgKI4
bae
2-8-20, 4:19pm
I have some post-love songs I like including "The Thrill Is Gone" by B. B. King, "I Don't Wanna Fight" by Tina Turner and "Sail On" by the Commodores, if anyone is into anti-Valentine's.

My divorce was finalized on Christmas Eve this year, so I'm all keen :-)
razz
2-8-20, 4:47pm
There is great diversity which is kind of fun to see.
danna
2-8-20, 4:51pm
Great songs playing some and loving them.
My all time favourite is "Love me Tender."..Elvis of course!
And, "Save the Last Dance for Me" by anyone.
dado potato
2-8-20, 5:22pm
After all is said and done,
there is really only one --
Oh, Margie, Margie,
it's you!

100 years ago composed by Con Conrad and J. Russell Robinson. with lyrics by Benny Davis. Recorded by the Original Dixieland Band.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qisg34mVQcU

The standard was performed and recorded by many, notably Fats Domino in 1959.
thinkgreen
2-9-20, 2:53am
I like another John Denver creation and performance. Annie's Song is a favorite. It was written for his wife in the 70's. Beautiful lyrics and music.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RNOTF-znQyw
happystuff
2-9-20, 10:10am
There are so many good ones! I like Daylight by Maroon 5.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TDMcp4wE5fc
Sad Eyed Lady
2-9-20, 10:23am
I think the most romantic line in a song, in my opinion, is in Van Morrison's Crazy Love when he says "I can hear her heart beat for a thousand miles". But for overall young love feeling favorite is Van's Brown Eyed Girl.
JaneV2.0
2-9-20, 10:25am
Josh Groban's To Where You Are is for anyone who's mourning a loved one.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fIAQCiMIEEQ
rosarugosa
2-9-20, 6:13pm
I'm not a huge Led Zeppelin fan, but I really like their song "Thank You":
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LG440_SbeJg
KayLR
2-10-20, 5:09pm
Keane--Somewhere Only We Know

I walked across an empty land
I knew the pathway like the back of my hand
I felt the earth beneath my feet
Sat by the river, and it made me complete
Oh, simple thing, where have you gone?
I'm getting old, and I need something to rely on

So tell me when you're gonna let me in
I'm getting tired, and I need somewhere to begin

I came across a fallen tree
I felt the branches of it looking at me
Is this the place we used to love?
Is this the place that I've been dreaming of?
Oh, simple thing, where have you gone?
I'm getting old, and I need something to rely on

So tell me when you're gonna let me in
I'm getting tired, and I need somewhere to begin

And if you have a minute, why don't we go
Talk about it somewhere only we know?
This could be the end of everything
So why don't we go
Somewhere only we know?
Oh, simple thing, where have you gone?
I'm getting old, and I need something to rely on

So tell me when you're gonna let me in
I'm getting tired, and I need somewhere to begin

And if you have a minute, why don't we go
Talk about it somewhere only we know?
This could be the end of everything
So why don't we go?
So why don't we go?
This could be the end of everything
So why don't we go
Somewhere only we know
Somewhere only we know
Somewhere only we know?
rosarugosa
2-10-20, 7:08pm
That's a good one, Kay.
beckyliz
2-18-20, 3:40pm
Brown-eyed Girl by Van Morrison (because I have brown eyes, lol). Hey - just saw Sad Eyed Lady's post! Great minds...
pony mom
2-19-20, 10:22pm
I like a few, but You Don't Know Me by Ray Charles is a favorite. Sad in a way though.
corkym
2-29-20, 10:28pm
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ByfFurjQDb0

I heard this song shortly after my husband passed away unexpectedly a year ago. All the words were perfect for our relationship. I must have listened to this 100 times since then.
razz
3-1-20, 8:23am
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ByfFurjQDb0

I heard this song shortly after my husband passed away unexpectedly a year ago. All the words were perfect for our relationship. I must have listened to this 100 times since then.
That is lovely!