tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post7418870633417354543..comments2024-03-30T00:09:27.602+13:00Comments on Not PC: Love Songs for Valentines DayPeter Cresswellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10699845031503699181noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post-2181164407211759442008-02-14T11:03:00.000+13:002008-02-14T11:03:00.000+13:00Walk this world with me – Heather NovaSomething in...Walk this world with me – Heather Nova<BR/>Something in the air – Thunderclap Newman<BR/>Joe Jackson – stepping out<BR/>On the beach – Chris Rea (original version)<BR/>Acker Bilk – Stranger on the shore<BR/>Girl from Ipanema - Stan Getz & Astrud Gilberto<BR/>Don’t fear the reaper – Blue Oyster Cult<BR/>Our Shangrila – Mark Knopfler<BR/>Man in the long black cloak – Bob DylanRebel Radiushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04651727549510158967noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post-89233931852231998582008-02-13T16:02:00.000+13:002008-02-13T16:02:00.000+13:00I'm very surpised that no one has yet mentioned "I...I'm very surpised that no one has yet mentioned "I'm Not In Love" by 10cc.<BR/><BR/>Probably the only straight (non-parody) number they ever performed.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post-75044283822170578962007-09-03T02:50:00.000+12:002007-09-03T02:50:00.000+12:00No Cole Porter? Where are...Night and DayYou Do So...No Cole Porter? Where are...<BR/><BR/>Night and Day<BR/>You Do Something to Me<BR/>I Concentrate on You<BR/>At Long Last Love<BR/>I've Got You Under My SkinPurplesloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13825428814890988099noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post-72178821684963945432007-08-29T17:58:00.000+12:002007-08-29T17:58:00.000+12:00Or, for a New Zealand flavour:Not given lightly - ...Or, for a New Zealand flavour:<BR/><BR/>Not given lightly - Chris What's-his-name<BR/><BR/>Now, which Bic runga song ... Sway?<BR/><BR/>And which is your favour Hone Rowles song, PC?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post-24612930858354535352007-08-29T15:20:00.000+12:002007-08-29T15:20:00.000+12:00Bird on a Wire - Jennifer Warnes with Leonard Cohe...Bird on a Wire - Jennifer Warnes with Leonard Cohen.<BR/><BR/>It lifts the soul with Cohen's sombre presence - that's its genius I guess.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post-1951597291823802822007-08-28T20:31:00.000+12:002007-08-28T20:31:00.000+12:00Joe Jackson-DrowningFor my money, the ultimate son...Joe Jackson-Drowning<BR/><BR/>For my money, the ultimate song of unrequited love.<BR/><BR/>Bee Gees-How Deep Is Your Love<BR/><BR/>Ultimate guilty pleasure love song.<BR/><BR/>Lou Reed-Tell It To Your Heart<BR/><BR/>When Reed is good he's f@#$ing awesome.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post-6317419625763974682007-08-28T16:32:00.000+12:002007-08-28T16:32:00.000+12:00Hi Insider: love Songbird, too. But have you eve...Hi Insider: love Songbird, too. But have you ever heard Eva Cassidy's version? Sublime. Her album of the same name is full of glorious songs - and when you think that most of them were recorded in one take (and with a sore throat!), it's just astonishing.<BR/><BR/>Her version of 'Over the Rainbow' blows me away every time I hear it. What a range.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post-89623540175440919982007-08-28T15:07:00.000+12:002007-08-28T15:07:00.000+12:00Springsteen's Thunder Road has the great line rele...Springsteen's Thunder Road has the great line relevant to most of us mortals <BR/><BR/>"you ain't a beauty but hey you're alright, and that's alright with me."<BR/><BR/>has a lot of other good lines too.<BR/><BR/>"...so Mary climb in,<BR/>It's a town full of losers<BR/>And I'm pulling out of here to win"<BR/><BR/>Endorse the Prince choice. Other ones I really like.<BR/><BR/>First cut is the deepest, Cat Stevens<BR/><BR/>Waterloo Sunset, the kinks<BR/><BR/>Maggie May, Rod Stewart<BR/><BR/>I;ll be your Mirror, Velvet underground and Nico.<BR/><BR/>Jolene, Dolly Parton<BR/><BR/>First Time Ever I saw Her Face, Roberta Flack<BR/><BR/>Suzanne, Leonard Cohen<BR/><BR/>Songbird, Fleetwood Mac<BR/><BR/>InsiderAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post-2964889541089758132007-08-28T11:56:00.000+12:002007-08-28T11:56:00.000+12:00Astaire/Rogers, "A Fine Romance"Otis Redding, "Tha...Astaire/Rogers, "A Fine Romance"<BR/>Otis Redding, "That's How Strong My Love Is"<BR/>Magnetic Fields, "It's Only Time"<BR/>Louis Armstrong, "Let's Do It"<BR/>Clifford Brown with Strings, "Smoke Gets in Your Eyes"<BR/>Billie Holliday, "Comes Love" or "All or Nothing at All"<BR/>The Flamingos, "I Only Have Eyes For You"<BR/>Sarah Vaughan, "The Sweetest Sounds"<BR/>Etta James, "At Last"<BR/>Billie Eckstine, "In the Still fo the Night"<BR/>The Three Degrees, "When WIll I See You Again"<BR/>Cocteau Twins, "I Wear Your Ring"<BR/>Billy Bragg, "Strange Things Happen"<BR/>Freda Payne, "Band of Gold"<BR/>My Bloody Valentine, "Feed Me With Your Kiss"G. E. Lighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05940598194009064484noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post-5580274350796185152007-08-28T11:06:00.000+12:002007-08-28T11:06:00.000+12:00Cohen's "Hallelujah" would if it wasn't so overuse...<I>Cohen's "Hallelujah" would if it wasn't so overused in pop culture, and if it wasn't usually sung in such a wussy way -- Jeff Buckley, I'm looking at you.<BR/></I><BR/><BR/>Absolutely...Shrek was a particularly low point...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post-27571113377378075112007-08-28T10:44:00.000+12:002007-08-28T10:44:00.000+12:00And So It Goes by Billy Joel.Makes me blub.And So It Goes by Billy Joel.<BR/><BR/>Makes me blub.Lindsay Mitchellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04437693272797130833noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post-68223744169545702052007-08-28T09:39:00.000+12:002007-08-28T09:39:00.000+12:00Dire Straits' "Romeo and Juliet" does it for me.Co...Dire Straits' "Romeo and Juliet" does it for me.<BR/><BR/>Cohen's "Hallelujah" would if it wasn't so overused in pop culture, and if it wasn't usually sung in such a wussy way -- Jeff Buckley, I'm looking at you.<BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://youtube.com/watch?v=OSFCDhLhuB8" REL="nofollow">Here</A>, Aussie musical comedian Tim Minchin sings it as a duet -- he appears to be having a minor aneurism, but he gives it the guts it really needs.Joshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12428777233351272669noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post-36188933436551925762007-08-28T09:35:00.000+12:002007-08-28T09:35:00.000+12:00Blair: drink bathwater & die? Gross!Drink the be...Blair: drink bathwater & die? Gross!<BR/><BR/>Drink the best champagne there is, and live, baby! :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post-52358097093383898202007-08-28T07:03:00.000+12:002007-08-28T07:03:00.000+12:00You can't beat Cohen's Dance me to the end of love...You can't beat Cohen's Dance me to the end of love. Cohen is a genius at distilling complex emotions down to the bare bones.<BR/><BR/>Also Springsteens's If I Should Fall Behind,and Sinead O'connors (actually Prince wrote it), Nothing Compares 2U.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post-3871864766059818592007-08-28T01:51:00.000+12:002007-08-28T01:51:00.000+12:00Okay I am going to cop it for this one, but Icehou...Okay I am going to cop it for this one, but Icehouse's Electric Blue is freaking awesome:<BR/><BR/>"Are you hiding somewhere behind those eyes?"<BR/><BR/>Love is so much more fun (and painful) when it's unrequited :oPAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post-75543151896877748002007-08-28T01:44:00.000+12:002007-08-28T01:44:00.000+12:00Stone Temple Pilots - Still RemainsThe man wants t...Stone Temple Pilots - Still Remains<BR/><BR/>The man wants to drink her bathwater and die with her. If that's not love then what is?<BR/><BR/>Or:<BR/><BR/>Jeff Buckley - Last Goodbye<BR/><BR/>"Must I dream and always see your face?"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com