Is the best love song,

1. The song that evokes most emotion in the listener?
2. The song that best describes modern romantic love that takes place between male/female?

In this group it number 2 would seem to be the answer but why has no-one mentioned any songs that express love between mother/daughter, sister/brother, brother/brother, father/son, friend/friend, individual/nation, nation/nation, species/species, individual/god etc.

I guess I'm saying that the word love itself is too general a term.

It would be nice to get your opinions on these alternative categories of love.

I think Sally Oldfield's Waterbearer album carries a lot of love in the music and words combined. It also ties in beautifully with Tolkien's Lord of the Rings.

Joni Mitchell has evoked a lot of emotion in me over the years -

Just before our love got lost you said
'I am as constant as the Northern Star' -
Constant in the darkness, where's that at?
If you want me, I'll be at the bar.

On the back of a cartoon coaster
By the blue TV screen light
I drew a map of Canada
Oh Canada
With your face sketched on it twice

You are in my blood like holy wine
You taste so bitter and so sweet
Well I could drink a case of you
And I would still be on my feet
I would still be on my feet.

I remember the time you told me love is touching souls,
Well surely, you touched mine for
How do you draw out of me these lines from time to time.

I met a woman, she had a mouth like yours
She knew your life, she knew your devils and your deeds
She said 'go to him, stay with him if you can, but be prepared to bleed'

Oh, you are in my blood like holy wine
You taste so bitter and so sweet
Well I could drink a case of you
And I would still be on my feet
I would still be on my feet.

Sean MacR.