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18 Dec 04 - 12:09 AM (#1360195) Subject: Best Love Songs From: number 6 Boots of Spanish Leather - Bob Dylan Witchita Lineman - Jimmy Webb |
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18 Dec 04 - 12:34 AM (#1360204) Subject: RE: Best Love Song From: DonMeixner Red River Valley |
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18 Dec 04 - 12:37 AM (#1360207) Subject: RE: Best Love Song From: Metchosin difficult....Fields of Gold, for a start. |
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18 Dec 04 - 12:41 AM (#1360211) Subject: RE: Best Love Song From: catspaw49 On THIS PAST THREAD you'll find quite a list as well as links to quite a few other threads which might be interesting as well. I'll still go with two...........I hadn't considered it before Sandy Paton brought it up, but "When You and I Were Young" ("Maggie") has got to be up there, especially as we age. A truly beautiful old chestnut that tugs hard at the heart. The other is Donovan's "Catch the Wind" which has a beautiful "stridency" about it.....a plaintive and longing quality which is very compelling to me. Spaw |
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18 Dec 04 - 04:30 AM (#1360267) Subject: RE: Best Love Song From: fat B****rd "Annie" by Ronnie Lane and "The Way You Look Tonight" by thingy. |
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18 Dec 04 - 04:50 AM (#1360277) Subject: RE: Best Love Song From: Georgiansilver "Nights in White Satin" "Lady in Red". Best wishes. |
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18 Dec 04 - 05:10 AM (#1360284) Subject: RE: Best Love Song From: alanabit "The Way You Look Tonight" was by Jerome Kern and Dorothy Fields. I like "Annie" too. It's a great album that too, isn't it? |
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18 Dec 04 - 12:26 PM (#1360457) Subject: RE: Best Love Song From: Metchosin Lay Ye Doon Love sung by Ian Benzie.....hmmm....my choices this go around seem to be a little less cerebral, seems to me before I chose Catch the Wind too, on previous threads. Maybe its an age thing. |
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18 Dec 04 - 12:39 PM (#1360465) Subject: RE: Best Love Song From: mg Peggy Gordon. mg |
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18 Dec 04 - 02:06 PM (#1360536) Subject: RE: Best Love Song From: Sandy Mc Lean I Love you Because by Leon Payne. See re-activated sister thread. Sandy |
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18 Dec 04 - 03:00 PM (#1360571) Subject: RE: Best Love Song From: GUEST,chinmusic Pretty hard to beat Ewan MacColl's, The First Time I Ever Saw Your Face. I would also nominate Guy Clark's, Coat From The Cold. |
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18 Dec 04 - 05:07 PM (#1360688) Subject: RE: Best Love Song From: jacko@nz I guess I'm not a lot into love songs but "Time Wears Awa" from the singing of Willie Scott gets me. Jack |
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18 Dec 04 - 05:20 PM (#1360701) Subject: RE: Best Love Song From: Midchuck MacColl's "First Time Ever..." Nothing else even comes close. Well, there's one we recorded by Dick McCormack... Peter. |
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18 Dec 04 - 05:35 PM (#1360711) Subject: RE: Best Love Song From: GUEST,ranger1(still passwordless) Not a traditional love song, but my vote goes to Ramona by Fred Gosbee of Castlebay. |
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18 Dec 04 - 05:40 PM (#1360714) Subject: RE: Best Love Song From: BB One from another thread - 'Take Your Time' by Pete Mundey. Barbara |
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18 Dec 04 - 06:27 PM (#1360759) Subject: RE: Best Love Song From: GUEST,Scoville at Dad's "Hot Buttered Rum" by the original Red Clay Ramblers |
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18 Dec 04 - 06:43 PM (#1360769) Subject: RE: Best Love Song From: Little Hawk Some good nominations above. Here are some more: Love Minus Zero/No Limit - Dylan Ain't No Cure For Love - Leonard Cohen Yesterday - Lennon/McCartney A Man - Buffy Sainte-Marie Timeless Love - Buffy Sainte-Marie Until It's Time For You To Go - Buffy Sainte-Marie (and her recorded versions are the only ones worth listening to) You're Gonna Make Me Lonesome When You Go - Dylan Winter Boy - Buffy Sainte-Marie Some Day Soon - Ian Tyson Girl From the North Country - Dylan Mary Chapin Carpenter's done some beauties too...such as "This Shirt". |
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18 Dec 04 - 07:44 PM (#1360804) Subject: RE: Best Love Song From: number 6 'Love Minus Zero/No Limit - Dylan' Forgot that one .... thanks George |
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18 Dec 04 - 07:48 PM (#1360808) Subject: RE: Best Love Song From: cool hand Tom for me the night visiting song sung by luke kelly. |
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18 Dec 04 - 08:14 PM (#1360827) Subject: RE: Best Love Song From: freightdawg Love songs can take many forms. You need to ask "Love from whom and towards whom? For a song about love between a man and his wife the number one song on my list is "A Song For All Lovers" by John Denver. (especially poignant if you know the story behind the song). However, in terms of lyrics, sentiment and even guitar accompaniment there is no song in the world that can match "Leader of the Band" by Dan Fogelberg. It is a love song between a man and his aging father. Not commonly thought of as a love song and that is a shame. But then there are a lot of other categories...love for a pet, love for a nation/state, etc. There are a lot of love songs for 'dawgs, you know. Freightdawg |
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19 Dec 04 - 12:14 AM (#1360915) Subject: RE: Best Love Song From: number 6 Here ya go Freightdawg 'I love my Dog' by Yusaf Islam (Cat Stevens) What more can be said ... a love song is just what it is, a song about love. |
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19 Dec 04 - 12:29 AM (#1360918) Subject: RE: Best Love Song From: Peace Love Minus Zero/No Limit - Dylan Jubilee - Mary Chapin Carpenter |
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19 Dec 04 - 12:49 AM (#1360924) Subject: RE: Best Love Song From: Rabbi-Sol "And I Love You So" by Don McLean SOL ZELLER |
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19 Dec 04 - 12:59 AM (#1360928) Subject: RE: Best Love Song From: Amos The oldest and must piercing in some voices: My Love is Like A Red, Red Rose. OF more recent era: a single verse from "Woodie Knows Nothin' But Pluckin' on the Bow" that says "I never knew 'til I met you....". And more recent still, John Denver's "You Fill Up My Senses". A |
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19 Dec 04 - 01:13 AM (#1360933) Subject: RE: Best Love Song From: GUEST,Clint Keller "To lay Me Down" by Hunter & Garcia gets me every time. And Margo Timmins does it wonderfully well. To lie with you With our dreams entwined together. To lie beside you my love still sleeping. To tell sweet lies one last time And say goodnight… clint |
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19 Dec 04 - 01:19 AM (#1360935) Subject: RE: Best Love Song From: GUEST Ten Thousand Miles, by Nick Jones. |
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19 Dec 04 - 11:01 AM (#1361147) Subject: RE: Best Love Song From: Bill the Collie My Pittenweem Jo by John Watt. See "101 Scottish Songs", edited by the late Norman Buchan M.P. Oh I gang wi' a lass frae Pittenweem She's every fisher laddie's dream She guts the herrin' doon on the quay An' saves her kisses just for me. The best love songs have a certain nobility; this song certainly has it. |
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19 Dec 04 - 11:19 AM (#1361158) Subject: RE: Best Love Song From: jaze Grow Old Along With Me Maggie |
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19 Dec 04 - 11:24 AM (#1361164) Subject: RE: Best Love Song From: Pete Jennings Donald of Glencoe (Trad). but If You See Her Say Hello wins hands down. Pete |
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19 Dec 04 - 02:12 PM (#1361265) Subject: RE: Best Love Song From: GUEST,Mary Ettrick by Archie Fisher |
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19 Dec 04 - 02:19 PM (#1361269) Subject: RE: Best Love Song From: stevi very difficult! so many good ones been written. but one of my favs is kathys song by paul simon |
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19 Dec 04 - 03:29 PM (#1361329) Subject: RE: Best Love Song From: mg some good lines: Donald was the bravest man and Donald he was mine..Highland Widow's lament.. Muckle lighter is the load when love bears up the creel...the boatie rows. The Scots do have a good way with love songs... mg |
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19 Dec 04 - 03:59 PM (#1361351) Subject: RE: Best Love Song From: number 6 "She guts the herrin' doon on the quay An' saves her kisses just for me." That is absolutely beautiful Bill the Collie! Thanks for presenting this. |
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20 Dec 04 - 04:06 PM (#1361757) Subject: RE: Best Love Song From: late 'n short 2 The Christmas season always brings fond memories of my late grandparents and aunts and uncles of that generation. With that my mind drifts to songs like "The Dutchman" and "A Daisy a Day" |
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20 Dec 04 - 06:53 PM (#1361932) Subject: RE: Best Love Song From: frogprince One vintage Tom Paxton: "One Time and One Time Only" And one later Tom Paxton: "Home to Me is anywhere You are". |
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21 Dec 04 - 09:25 AM (#1362423) Subject: RE: Best Love Song From: JulieF Ae fond Kiss Sad and gracious Fare ye well my first and fairest Fare ye well my best and dearest Thine be ilka joy and treasure Peace, contentment , love and pleasure.... Almost my favourite Burns song. Julie |
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21 Dec 04 - 09:27 AM (#1362427) Subject: RE: Best Love Song From: Paco Rabanne @Ace of Spades' by Motorhead. |
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21 Dec 04 - 10:01 AM (#1362466) Subject: RE: Best Love Song From: GUEST Wonderful Tonight - no contest |
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22 Dec 04 - 06:46 AM (#1362995) Subject: RE: Best Love Song From: Dave Hanson The Devil and the Feathery Wife, be in no doubt, any woman who would go through this for her man has real true love for him. eric |
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22 Dec 04 - 07:57 AM (#1363043) Subject: RE: Best Love Song From: Splott Man Sorry, that last guest was me. Found my cookie now. Splott Man |
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22 Dec 04 - 11:05 AM (#1363185) Subject: RE: Best Love Song From: GUEST,leeneia Braw, braw lads A very precious love is what you are to me... I'll be seeing you in all the old familiar places... |
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22 Dec 04 - 11:13 AM (#1363198) Subject: RE: Best Love Song From: radriano Another useless thread. After all, one person's favorite song might be another's least favorite. |
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22 Dec 04 - 11:15 AM (#1363203) Subject: RE: Best Love Song From: GUEST,Reagle I was on "The first time ever I saw her face" then I noticed that someone had it already. Not the same genre but "She" has always struck a chord with me. |
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22 Dec 04 - 11:24 AM (#1363215) Subject: RE: Best Love Song From: Pete Jennings I like this one, but then I would, wouldn't I? Written for a girl called Annie Weichler, who hailed from Chicago and whom I met in Devon back in the late seventies. Annie Won't You Stay Would it make you sad Would it make you feel ashamed Honey if I asked you to stay, to stay I know we've just met Only shared a drink or two But tonight I need someone like you, like you Chorus: Annie won't you stay with me Stay with me 'till dawn Annie won't you stay with me Let me keep you warm, keep you warm You must have known yourself What it's like to be alone Needing someone sometimes to hold, to hold More than just a friend A lover and a confidante Who can share the beating of my heart, my heart Chorus So come and take my hand Please believe me when I say This isn't just another one night stand, one night stand Lay down by my side Who could ever say it's wrong When it feels so right in every way, every way Chorus And when the morning comes Maybe there'll be promises Maybe we will find ourselves in love, in love Or in the light of day We could see things differently We could even simply say goodbye, goodbye Chorus Break Repeat 1st Verse Chorus |
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22 Dec 04 - 12:27 PM (#1363287) Subject: RE: Best Love Song From: GUEST,Douglas I agree with Julie. Ae Fond Kiss by Robert Burns |
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23 Dec 04 - 09:06 AM (#1364026) Subject: RE: Best Love Song From: GUEST Surprised no-one has mentioned "Plaisir D'Amour"! |