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Cara
My list is divided into 3 categories (since choosing music for me is much like eating potato chips: once I start, I just can't stop...):
Swoony and Sappy:
- Misty - Ella Fitzgerald: As you can hear in the video above, no one does love quite like Ms. Fitzgerald. My favorite version of her singing this is on Verve's Compact Jazz: Ella Fitzgerald album.
- I can't help falling in love - Elivs Presley
- How I will say I love you - Tony DeSare: It has beautiful, simple lines underneath a sweet melody - even if the lyrics are a little stalker-ish
Sweet and Sad:
- I will follow you into the dark - Death Cab for Cutie
- They're in love, Where am I? - The Weepies
- When you go away - The Weepies
Cheery, Bright, and Hopeful:
- All will be well - Gabe Dixon Band
- I was made for sunny days - The Weepies
- Keep on the sunny side - The Whites - O Brother Where Art Thou
- If There Was No You - Brandi Carlisle: A simple, sweet, and supportive tune.
Melissa
In February 2003 I discovered and subsequently fell in love with Josh Groban while going through a very intense breakup. Subsequently, every Valentine's Day I go through a Josh Groban kick. His song When you say you love me makes me feel like a heartbroken seventeen-year-old. Also, if you haven't listened to Mindy Gledhill's album Anchor you need to remedy that immediately. The entire album makes for a whimsical Valentine's playlist, but her song All the pennies reminds me of being a dirt poor newlywed with nothing but love. Finally, it may be cheesy and slightly cliche and ridiculous, but ever since I was a little girl I thought the most romantic song in the world was a toss up between Lady in Red by Chris De Burgh and Wonderful Tonight by Eric Clapton. Hey, it was the 80s.
Lindsey
I have been listening to songs with this post in mind trying to pick the perfect ones. Something beautiful and romantic. But I'm just not feeling it. So a lot of my songs are more toward the sad and sweet side, but still beautiful.
- Sad Songs and Waltzes - Cake
- Possibly my favorite Cake song (if I HAD to choose just one).
- Rambling Through the Avenues of Time - Flight of the Conchords
- On the lighter side of things with a twist at the end. Brett is telling Jemaine about a girl he met while walking around New York City while Jemaine is trying to watch TV.
- I've Just Seen a Face - Jim Sturgess - Across the Universe
- Originally a Beatles song, but this cover is upbeat and happy and I love it.
- You Could be Happy - Snow Patrol
- This is a post break-up tune. It'll help with the necessary post break-up wallowing.
- Question - Old 97's
- Really just a super sweet and catchy proposal song.
- The Ballad of Love and Hate - The Avett Brothers
- Just a wonderful song. My favorite line comes in at the end "He says, "Love, I'm sorry," and she says, "What for? I'm yours and that's it, whatever. I should not have been gone for so long. I'm yours and that's it, forever. You're mine and that's it, forever."
- Another runner up from The Avett Brothers that is worth a listen is I and Love and You. They'd pair nicely on a mixtape.
Lis
Martha Reeves and The Vandellas - It's Easy to Fall in Love With a Guy Like You. It's an older song that reminds me of falling in love with my husband.
Jill
There are so many love songs out there in the world, but because my husband and I have vastly different tastes in music, very few of them have the emotional impact on me that I thought they would have by the time I got married. It actually hasn't caused too many problems in our life so far (other than there being no hope of us ever going to a live concert together because there is no artist or group that we would both be willing to spend 60 bucks on), but when we were planning our wedding we hit a major speed bump when we tried to pick "our song" to dance to. We love dancing with each other and I usually just ignore the fact that I don't like country music so that we can go out country dancing and have a grand night out. For our wedding, however, we wanted something that was special to both of us. We almost didn't make it, but at the 12th hour we stumbled on OneRepublic's "All This Time" and we were saved. We had both waded through the dating pool for quite some time before we found each other, so singing the words "all this time we were waiting for each other/ all this time I was waiting for you" while we danced on our wedding day created more than the perfect moment for us.
Martha Reeves and The Vandellas - It's Easy to Fall in Love With a Guy Like You. It's an older song that reminds me of falling in love with my husband.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dNMR46BPems
Jill
There are so many love songs out there in the world, but because my husband and I have vastly different tastes in music, very few of them have the emotional impact on me that I thought they would have by the time I got married. It actually hasn't caused too many problems in our life so far (other than there being no hope of us ever going to a live concert together because there is no artist or group that we would both be willing to spend 60 bucks on), but when we were planning our wedding we hit a major speed bump when we tried to pick "our song" to dance to. We love dancing with each other and I usually just ignore the fact that I don't like country music so that we can go out country dancing and have a grand night out. For our wedding, however, we wanted something that was special to both of us. We almost didn't make it, but at the 12th hour we stumbled on OneRepublic's "All This Time" and we were saved. We had both waded through the dating pool for quite some time before we found each other, so singing the words "all this time we were waiting for each other/ all this time I was waiting for you" while we danced on our wedding day created more than the perfect moment for us.
