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Title: songs for valentine's day
Post by: cron on February 13, 2005, 10:16:16 PM
i know, i know, but here's my playlist:

beck - lost cause
m83 - don't save us from the flames
belle & sebastian - the model
devendra banhart - the body breaks
regina spektor - us
peter doherty - for lovers
mos def- modern marvel
joanna newsom - bridges and ballons
beck - everybody's gotta learn sometime
the streets - dry your eyes
my bloody valentine - soon
low - walk into the sea
tricky - the love cats
baby shambles - what katie did
björk - all is full of love  :yabbse-undecided:

what's yours
Title: songs for valentine's day
Post by: MacGuffin on February 13, 2005, 11:48:09 PM
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Also:

Unforgettable - Nat King Cole
I Only Have Eyes For You - The Platters
Love Me Tender - Elvis Presley
Words Of Love - Buddy Holly & The Crickets
You Are So Beautiful - Joe Cocker
Your Song - Elton John
You're Just Too Good To Be True - Four Seasons
And I Love Her - The Beatles
All I Want Is You - U2
Love Song - The Cure
Title: songs for valentine's day
Post by: cron on February 14, 2005, 12:14:19 AM
beautiful.
i'm specially interested interested in jb, 03, bigperm,p, hacksparrow, sleuth, meatwad, classical gas, gloria, tlb   's choices.  all of you really. even if you dislike this day,  please share
Title: songs for valentine's day
Post by: Sleuth on February 14, 2005, 12:14:53 AM
99 Bottles of Beer on the Wall
Title: songs for valentine's day
Post by: meatwad on February 14, 2005, 02:16:42 AM
cronopio took so many of the good ones, like "the model", "dry your eyes" and "the body breaks"....but here is my list

magnetic fields "absolutely cuckoo"
ronettes "be my baby"
moldy peaches "anyone else but you"
rolling stones "love in vain"
joanna newsom "this side of the blue"
brian jonestown massacre "i love you"
bonnie prince billy "agnes, queen of sorrow"
camera obscura "pen and notebook"
richard thompson "beeswing"
the zombies "i want her she wants me"
velvet underground "i'll be your mirror"
air "venus"
van morrison "tupelo honey"
bright eyes "first day of my life"
reindeer section "strikes me down"
bob dylan "i want you"
tom waits "train song"
spiritualized "i think i'm in love"

(listen to the words of the last song and you will figure out who i'm spending valentines day with this year)

and while everyone else is busy eating out, i'm going to be in the company of my room with my spacemen 3 and spiritualized records
Title: songs for valentine's day
Post by: Pubrick on February 14, 2005, 02:28:55 AM
Quote from: meatwad(listen to the words of the last song and you will figure out who i'm spending valentines day with this year)
heroin?? the sun?
Title: songs for valentine's day
Post by: Two Lane Blacktop on February 14, 2005, 08:37:03 AM
Wow, I'm coming to this so late that a TON of the good ones have already been mentioned.  Let's see...

Liz Phair "Supernova"
The Flaming Lips "Do You Realize?"
The B-52s "Strobe Light"
John Lennon "Oh Yoko"
The Only Ones "Another Girl Another Planet"
Momus "Everyone I Have Ever Slept With"
Magnetic Fields "It's Only Time"
Kraftwerk "Computer Love"
Fountains of Wayne "Hey Julie"
The Reindeer Section "You Are My Joy"
The Gerbils "A Song Of Love"

...and of course: The Beatles "All You Need Is Love"

2LB
Title: songs for valentine's day
Post by: Gamblour. on February 14, 2005, 09:58:13 AM
Rufus Wainwright - "One Man Guy"
Micah P Hinson - "The Day Texas Sank to the Bottom of the Sea"
Title: songs for valentine's day
Post by: pete on February 14, 2005, 10:15:08 AM
david garza - bloodsuckers
nina simone - to love somebody
m ward - so much water
talib kweli - never been in love before
grateful dead - sitting on the top of the world
david byrne - the great intoxication
seu jorge - pequines e pitbull
india arie - complicated melody
cake - palm of your hand
jonathan richman - summer feeling
tanya chua - blue moon
supercar - strobolights
cymande - bra
stephane grappelli and django reinhardt - stella by starlight
grant green - I wanna hold your hand
magnetic fields - luckiest guy on the lower east side
miles davis - my funny valentine
Title: songs for valentine's day
Post by: Gloria on February 14, 2005, 11:10:53 AM
Van Morrison - "Someone Like You"
Eva Cassidy - "I Know You by Heart"
Bon Jovi - "Thank You for Loving Me"
Patty Griffin - "You are Not Alone"
Sheila Nicholls - "Fallen for You"
Elvis Presley - "Can't Help Falling in Love"
John Hiatt - "Have a Little Faith in Me"
Alison Krauss - "Baby of Mine"
Patty Griffin - "When It Don't Come Easy"
Evanescence - "My Immortal"
Josh Groban - "You're Still You"
Morrissey - "I Like You"
Elton John - "Tiny Dancer"
Title: songs for valentine's day
Post by: Redlum on February 14, 2005, 11:30:44 AM
The Animals - To Love Somebody
Elliott Smith - Between the Bars
The Beach Boys - Don't Worry Baby
The Beatles - Martha, My Dear
Nick Drake - Northern Sky
Jackie Wilson - Higher and Higher
The Kinks - Waterloo Sunset
Title: songs for valentine's day
Post by: Pubrick on February 14, 2005, 11:39:40 AM
mojave 3 -  love songs on the radio
richard ashcroft - A Song For The Lovers
the cure - love song
Everything But The Girl - Missing
Moloko - I Want You
Johnny Cash - I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry, feat nick cave
Lali puna - Together In Electric Dreams
nick cave - into my arms
rob dougan - One And The Same
Roberta Flack - the first time ever i saw your face
stina nord - love hurts
björk - amphibian
air - playground love
Ween - i'm holding you
Connie Stevens - Sixteen Reasons
Jocelyn Pook - EWS ost 08 Masked Ball

i am indifferent to the day. if i had a playlist that would be it.. in that exact order.
Title: songs for valentine's day
Post by: mogwai on February 14, 2005, 12:28:39 PM
air - all i need
blur - to the end
bob marley - is this love
coldplay - yellow
david bowie - heroes
joy division - love will tear us apart
kylie minogue - come into my world
mogwai - like herod
my bloody valentine - sometimes
nick cave - and no more shall we part
peter gabriel - in your eyes
r.e.m. - the one i love
ryan adams - wonderwall
stina nordenstam - dynamite
suede - the wild ones
the beatles - and i love her
the cure - friday i'm in love
the knife - heartbeats
the streets - dry your eyes
U2 - with or without you
Title: songs for valentine's day
Post by: Sigur Rós on February 14, 2005, 01:46:31 PM
Why all those melancholic songs?  :yabbse-undecided:
Title: songs for valentine's day
Post by: SHAFTR on February 14, 2005, 03:45:09 PM
"Happy Valentine's Day" - Outkast is an obvious one.

"Lets Pretend We're Married"
"Take Me With U"
"Adore"
"Do It All Night"
-Prince
Title: songs for valentine's day
Post by: modage on February 14, 2005, 04:44:49 PM
The Beach Boys- God Only Knows or Wouldn't It Be Nice
The Beatles- Something
Big Star- I'm In Love With A Girl or Thirteen
Bright Eyes- Theme To Pinata or You Will. You? Will. You? Will. You? Will.
Coldplay- Green Eyes
Elliott Smith- Say Yes
Fiona Apple- I Know
John Lennon- Oh Yoko!
The Kinks- Strangers
The Knack- Heartbeat
Radiohead- Lucky
The Ramones- I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend
The Rolling Stones- Lets Spend The Night Together
T. Rex- Jeepster
The Thrills- Your Love Is Like Las Vegas
U2- All I Want Is You
The Velvet Underground- I'll Be Your Mirror
The White Stripes- I Want To Be The Boy (To Warm Your Mothers Heart)
Wilco- I'm Always In Love
The Zombies- This Will Be Our Year
Title: songs for valentine's day
Post by: life_boy on February 14, 2005, 08:17:21 PM
Van Morrison - "Into the Mystic"
The Beastie Boys - "Shake Your Rump"
Pink Martini - "Andalucia"
XTC - "Love at First Sight"
Rachel Portman - "Three Women"
Wilco - "What's the World Got In Store"
Dave Grusin - "How Could You Lose Me?"
The Beatles - "Two of Us"
Johnny Cash - "Long Black Veil"
Bjork - "I Miss You"
Led Zeppelin - "Bron-Yr-Aur"
ABBA - "Take a Chance on Me"
Paul Simon - "Everything Put Together Falls Apart"
Frank Sinatra - "You're Getting to Be a Habit with Me"
Damien Rice - "Older Chests"
Phil Keaggy - "Passing Thought"
Waterdeep - "Both of Us'll Feel the Blast"
Randy Newman - "Feels Like Home"
Hank Williams, Sr. - "Settin' the Woods on Fire"
Cyndi Lauper - "Time After Time"
Lucero - "A Dangerous Thing"
Lionel Richie - "My Love"
Sarah McLachlan - "Angel"


Burning a copy for the wife as I speak.
Title: songs for valentine's day
Post by: NEON MERCURY on February 16, 2005, 02:43:23 PM


neil young- i believe in you
richard ashcroft- song for lovers
pink floyd- if
marvin gay- i want you
wilco- Jesus, etc.
pearl jam- oceans
mark lanegan- lexington slow down
lou reed- perfect day
u2- gone
elvis- burning love
neil young-dont let it bring you down
mulholland dr. love theme music
Title: Re: songs for valentine's day
Post by: cron on February 13, 2006, 10:09:12 PM
in no order:

nick cave and the bad seeds - she's leaving you
adam green - dance with me
the libertines - tell the king
beck - ship in the bottle
smog- i feel like the mother of the world
bonnie prince billy - agnes
brigitte bardot - le soleil
ryan adams - if i'm a stranger
tv on the radio - staring at the sun
animal collective - the purple bottle
the strokes - ize of the world
belle & sebastian - another sunny day
arcade fire - wake up
brakes - you're so pretty
ramones - howling at the moon
ramones - she talks to rainbows
caetano veloso - un vestido y un amor (BEST SONG IN THE WHOLE LIST)
the sleepy jackson - rain falls for wind
the streets-  it's too late
yo la tengo - nowhere near
stina nordenstam - parliament square (the knife remix)
devendra banhart- poughkeepsie
ween - i fell in love today
tegan and sara- take me anywhere
doves - sky stars falling
imogen heap - closing in
sigur ros -seaglopur
british sea power - lately
cat power  - where is my love
the smiths - what difference  does it make
m. ward - here comes the sun again
ella and louis - autumn in new york
Title: Re: songs for valentine's day
Post by: polkablues on February 13, 2006, 10:59:31 PM
Whiskeytown - Under Your Breath
Jeff Buckley - Lover, You Should Have Come Over
Anna Nalick - Catalyst
Alana Davis - God of Love
Lori Carson - Snow Come Down
Beck - Guess I'm Doing Fine
Black Lab - Gates of the Country
Blind Melon - Mouthful of Cavities
Portishead - Wandering Star
Bright Eyes - Poison Oak
Carrie Akre - Ruling Feelings
David Poe - Love Won't Last the Afternoon
Jason Mraz - You and I Both
Mayfield Four - Summer Girl
Title: Re: songs for valentine's day
Post by: RegularKarate on February 13, 2006, 11:48:29 PM
Lovage: Stroker Ace
Title: Re: songs for valentine's day
Post by: Gloria on February 14, 2006, 12:22:55 AM
Have You Seen My Love?  - Rosie Thomas
Killing Me Softly - Roberta Flack
Title: Re: songs for valentine's day
Post by: hedwig on February 14, 2006, 03:39:49 PM
to everyone at xixax,

happy V-day!!

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love,
hedwig
Title: Re: songs for valentine's day
Post by: samsong on February 15, 2006, 01:19:32 PM
broken social scene - lover's spit
new order - bizarre love triangle
rogue wave - you
eisley - lost at sea
feist - secret heart
the smiths - there is a light that never goes out
ted leo/pharmacists - timorous me
weezer - burndt jamb
roy orbison - crying
the platters - smoke gets in your eyes
jolie holland - sascha
neil young - harvest moon
kings of convenience - know-how
julie delpy - a waltz for a night
death from above 1979 - sexy results
broken social scene - swimmers
billie holiday - embraceable you

yay!