Lists and lists are what everyone loves, so on Valentine's Day why not the 28 most romantic musical compositions. Well, that are at least my favorites, maybe not the most romantic. If nothing else, this gives us single folks something to do today.
1: Moonlight Serenade - Glenn Miller
2: Stardust - Frank Sinatra, Tommy Dorsey
3: All I Want Is You - U2
4: Begin the Beguine - Artie Shaw & His Orchestra
5: And I Love Her - The Beatles
6: At Last - Glenn Miller
7: In Your Eyes - Peter Gabriel
8: And the Angels Sing - Glenn Miller
9: Landslide - Fleetwood Mac
10: I Want You (She's So Heavy) - The Beatles
11: Can't Help Falling In Love - Elvis Presley
12: Something - The Beatles
13: Just Like Heaven - The Cure
14: With or Without You - U2
15: An American in Paris - George Gershwin
16: Rhapsody in Blue - George Gershwin
17: I've Got the World on a String - Frank Sinatra
18: One - U2
19: Wink and a Smile - Harry Connick Jr.
20: The Lady Is a Tramp - Frank Sinatra
21: Alison - Elvis Costello
22: Blackbird - Beatles
23: Lovesong - The Cure
24: Cry Baby Cry - Beatles
25: Bad - U2
26: Here Comes the Sun - The Beatles
27: Lullaby - The Cure
28: Where the Streets Have No Name - U2
What would you add or subtract? I don't include much current music, because well, I do listen to all that much new music. If there is something new that can top anything on this list, I have yet to hear it.
NPR offers something different from last year.
Smoke Gets in Your Eyes -- The Platters
ReplyDeleteIs This Love? -- Bob Marley
I'm the Man Who Loves You -- Wilco
At Last -- Etta James
Love -- John Lennon
Two of Us -- Beatles
Under the Red Sky -- Bob Dylan
Love You Should've Come Over -- Jeff Buckley
When You're Falling -- Afro-Celt Sound System
Blue Moon Revisited -- Cowboy Junkies
Every Little Thing She Does is Maggie -- The Police (That's how I sing it, anyway.)
Girlfriend -- Matthew Sweet
Love Song -- Madonna and Prince
Cannonball -- Damian Rice
You've Really Got A Hold on Me -- Smokey Robinson
Yesterday -- the Beatles, of course, but I prefer the Marvin Gaye cover.
Dancing Barefoot -- U2 cover of Patti Smith tune.
Just What I Needed -- The Cars
Starless Summer Sky -- Marshall Crenshaw
Concrete & Clay -- Unit 4 + 2
PYT -- Michael Jackson
The World's Spinning at 45 RPM -- Pizzicato Five
And the entire Twilight Singers "Blackberry Belle" album.
Whew! That's all I can think of for right now.