As I’m sure you’re all aware, for every sweet, genuinely romantic love song out there in the world, there’s twelve Baby It’s Cold Outsides and Every Breath You Takes. Therefore, for this Valentine’s Day, Noah and I have decided to round up our favorite non-creepy love songs.
Warning: below the cut is not safe for slow connections.
Jonathan Coulton’s I’m Your Moon, proving that astronomy is romantic.
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e3cDdGKqp8E]
Stephen Sondheim’s Marry Me A Little, which may or may not be ironic. Also featuring John “Captain Jack” Barrowman.
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sGxC7XYYkZM]
Death Cab for Cutie’s What Sarah Said, because Ozy finds songs about death romantic.
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NQuVudn1-RE]
Bonnie Raitt’s Something To Talk About, because awwwwww.
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mJ58TVYNFro]
The Divinyls’ I Touch Myself, because masturbation is awesome.
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wv-34w8kGPM]
The Postal Service’s We Will Become Silhouettes, because shut up songs about death are totally romantic that’s why.
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0rKC7ElkTUQ]
The Cure’s Friday I’m In Love, in which Robert Smith is, for an unprecedented five minutes in the eighties, happy.
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KvzlEfBYKVw]
Sixpence None The Richer’s Kiss Me, the favorite Christian song of atheists everywhere.
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=32rasDF7jtQ]
NOFX’s Two Jealous Agains, because everyone’s had that moment where you meet someone, and on their bookshelf is your favorite author, and then you fall in love with them.
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p-KM86_k7Y8]
Melissa Etheridge’s Kiss Me, because Noah was all “Melissa Etheridge has mostly written bitter breakup songs” and Ozy was like CHALLENGE ACCEPTED.
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xoMsJxGohB4]
Jonathan Coulton’s second appearance in this list, because JoCo is awesome, with You Ruined Everything. Because family love– whether blood or chosen– is something to celebrate on Valentine’s too. It doesn’t have to be romantic to be real.
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gADEx3kJgno]
And finally, for all the single people out there tonight…
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EAzm64zXNjk]
Got a favorite? Drop it in the comments.
About ozyfrantz
I like to pretend that Stone Temple Pilots’ “Sex Type Thing” is a prelude to loving, consensual, rape play. And for something far less inoffensive, I’m always a sucker for Yes’ “Every Little Thing”.
…and aw hell Tool’s “Parabol/Parabola” is always good too. Except not quite because it’s intense-ish.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fcSF4L83w2g
This isn’t creepy! Or is it?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3IqEcjOfMeI&feature=related
Better as hard rock? THOUGHT SO!
(Man oh man oh MAN I love the Zappman!)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FbX66Ddxtow
Neil Peart had been kind of building up the science[!] as a metaphor for love meme over the course of a decade with this as the culmination (though you could argue that “Earthshine” fits in there, but its pedestalization removes it from consideration in this thread).
There was supposed to be a link to The Speed of Love in the above post before what got posted…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C1AHec7sfZ8
I’m kinda partial to this song, due in no small part to the fact it’s in my vocal range.
Ted; Do you sing the “cocaine” line or do you change it to “perfume from Spain?”
I love non-creepy love songs and have taken to collecting them. A few of my favorites (sorry I don’t have time to look up YouTube links right now):
As Long As You’re Mine (from Wicked)
All I Ask Of You (from The Phantom of the Opera)
When You Say Nothing At All – Alison Krauss
So She Dances – Josh Groban
Underneath Your Clothes – Shakira
The Name of the Game – ABBA
Something – The Beatles
If I Fall You’re Going Down With Me – Dixie Chicks
Never Say Die – Dixie Chicks
You’re Still The One – Shania Twain
Eric’s Song – Vienna Teng
Harbor – Vienna Teng
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DGzUMRPGbjI&w=420&h=315
(hope the embedding works, am not that familiar with it)
I was was completely blown away when I first heard this. Maybe not too much romantic love in there… but so much raw smart talent that it makes me feel love.
For the record, “Every Breath You Take” is supposed to be creepy.
Another one that will make you go “Awww…”
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hsMZto7vUUs&w=420&h=315
And because everyone loves Weird Al…
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yd-0wHETSSY&w=420&h=315
Ugh, youtube’s embed code doesn’t work…
Doug: Just post the video URL and it’ll embed.
Also, yes, I know. It is still a creepy song.
http://youtu.be/UTby_e4-Rhg
Well, that didn’t work… maybe this will?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sal4xRAmonI
I was reminded of this because Casimir Pulaski day was yesterday, but I thought it fit the “because ozy thinks songs about death are romantic” category:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9EzeW5KoPUI