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A few days ago someone asked me to name a love song that I didn't find nauseating, and I couldn't think of any off the top of my head. I'm sure there are some, because I'm in a great relationship so my tolerance for sappiness is more than it used to be, but I can't think of any such songs. Can anyone recommend some songs whose lyrics are about how awesome the singer's object of affection is, but which don't make you want to throw up on the spot?

Chemical Romence?

Jimi Hendrix - Little Wing, Angel (I think), Love or Confusion, and does Purple Haze count?

There's a lot of Motown that rides the top of the crest for pop music.

"And I Would Do Anything For Love" by Meatloaf has such great cheese factor in its favor I always enjoy it.

Beloved - VNV Nation

'Northern Sky' by Nick Drake
'(Are You) The One That I've Been Waiting For' & 'Into my arms' by Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds
'Fire in my heart' by Super Furry Animals
'Disco girl' by BMX Bandits.
'Just Like Fred Astaire' by James

To me at least a not only 'tolerable' but wonderful love songs.

The Maiden and the Minstrel Knight - Blind Guardian

Friday Night - The Darkness

A quic look through my iTunes 'top rated' yields the following (My taste in music knows no shame!), try them and dismiss at your discretion

Nothing Compares 2 U - Sinead O'Connor
I Don't Want to Miss a Thing - Aerosmith
Breakthru - Queen
Inside Out - Bryan Adams
Heaven - Bryan Adams
Truly Madly Deeply - Savage Garden
It's All Coming Back to Me Now - Meat loaf (Celine Dion version is too sappy)
Lots of other songs by Meat loaf
I'm Going to Love You A Little Bit More - Dr Hook
Dragostea din tei - O-zone (It's in Romanian but it's still a love song and it's catchy)
She Drives Me Crazy - Fine Young Cannibals
How Deep is Your Love - The Bee Gees (accept no substitutes)
Wonderful Tonite - Eric Clapton
Save all Your Kisses for Me - Brotherhood of Man
Can You Feel the Love Tonight - Elton John
Somewhere Only We Know - Keane

She Got A Way - Billy Joel
Lullabye - Billy Joel
All About Soul - Billy Joel

At My Most Beautiful by REM can get me misty.



(link is some random guy's relationship compilation, but it has the best sound)

1. She Moved through the Fair (hey if O'Conner, Enya, and others can all cover it, then a ballad from the 1700s counts)

2. Share the Shelter-Bob Marley

3. Keep me in your heart for a while, Tenderness on the block, La Amore (something) -Warren Zevon

4. Not Fade Away- Buddy Holly

5. Into Her Arms-Nick Cave and the bad Seeds

others I just can't think of right now.

I believe In a Thing called Love - The Darkness

Edit Friday Night, as someone mentioned it

Hazel Eyes, by The Darkness. Lovely.

If you can stand tem, the Pipettes' I Love You is good, too.

Bounty wrote:Hazel Eyes, by The Darkness. Lovely.

If you can stand tem, the Pipettes' I Love You is good, too.

Awesomely enough, The Darkness are reforming.

Without Justin Hawkins.....

And under a different name....



Yeah, that works

I can't figure out why I forgot Van Morrison

as "Gloria" and "Brown Eyed Girl" have always been favorites of mine.

Discombobulated wrote:A few days ago someone asked me to name a love song that I didn't find nauseating, and I couldn't think of any off the top of my head. I'm sure there are some, because I'm in a great relationship so my tolerance for sappiness is more than it used to be, but I can't think of any such songs. Can anyone recommend some songs whose lyrics are about how awesome the singer's object of affection is, but which don't make you want to throw up on the spot?

Type O Negative - Be My Druidess (my all time favourite make out song, fyi).
or Love you to death

"She Loves You" by the Beatles. More a song about love and relationships, but it's a good one.
"Dulcinea" from Man Of La Mancha. Knightly romance at it's finest.
I'll always have a soft spot for the Blues Brothers so "Everbody Needs Sombody to Love"
And I'll second or third every Meatloaf song already on the list, as well as adding Paradise by the Dashboard Light even if the ending isn't very loving.

how could we forget barry white....

Here's a few, off the top of my head.


"I Walk The Line", by Johnny Cash
"In The Midnight Hour", Wilson Pickett
"Storybook Love (from 'The Princess Bride'), Mark Knopfler
"Sweet Child o'Mine", Guns 'n Roses
"FNT", Semisonic
"Angel of Harlem", U2 (maybe not a LOVE song, technically, but still good)

2000AD wrote:Dragostea din tei - O-zone (It's in Romanian but it's still a love song and it's catchy)

Did you just suggest the Numa Numa song?

Yeah, he did. I've seen the lyrics translation, it counts.

RedImperator wrote:

2000AD wrote:Dragostea din tei - O-zone (It's in Romanian but it's still a love song and it's catchy)

Did you just suggest the Numa Numa song?

The song is great. How it was butchered by MySpace kiddies is irrelevant.

"(you're the)Inspiration" by Chicago
"Amazed" by Lonestar (they have a lot of beautiful love songs)