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 https://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 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sGxC7XYYkZM]
Death Cab for Cutie’s What Sarah Said, because Ozy finds songs about death romantic.
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NQuVudn1-RE]
Bonnie Raitt’s Something To Talk About, because awwwwww.
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mJ58TVYNFro]
The Divinyls’ I Touch Myself, because masturbation is awesome.
[youtube https://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 https://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 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KvzlEfBYKVw]
Sixpence None The Richer’s Kiss Me, the favorite Christian song of atheists everywhere.
[youtube https://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 https://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 https://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 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gADEx3kJgno]
And finally, for all the single people out there tonight…
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EAzm64zXNjk]
Got a favorite? Drop it in the comments.
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:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9EzeW5KoPUI
Well, that didn’t work… maybe this will?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sal4xRAmonI
http://youtu.be/UTby_e4-Rhg
Doug: Just post the video URL and it’ll embed.
Also, yes, I know. It is still a creepy song. 🙂
Ugh, youtube’s embed code doesn’t work…
Another one that will make you go “Awww…”
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hsMZto7vUUs&w=420&h=315%5D
And because everyone loves Weird Al…
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yd-0wHETSSY&w=420&h=315%5D
For the record, “Every Breath You Take” is supposed to be creepy.
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DGzUMRPGbjI&w=420&h=315%5D
(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.
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… Read more »
Ted; Do you sing the “cocaine” line or do you change it to “perfume from Spain?”
https://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.
There was supposed to be a link to The Speed of Love in the above post before what got posted…
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).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FbX66Ddxtow
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fcSF4L83w2g
This isn’t creepy! Or is it?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3IqEcjOfMeI&feature=related
Better as hard rock? THOUGHT SO!
(Man oh man oh MAN I love the Zappman!)
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.