Best Love Songs Ever (alternative rock and more)

[alex97]

Please do let me know if there already is a thread like this going on, itried to search but i didn't find anything, maybe cause it might come off as kinda stupid, but for the sole purpose of an investigation i'm doing in school, i need you to spill, what are the best alternative/rock/folk/whatever love songs.. according to you..

[Stefinitely Maybe]

"She Hates Me" by Puddle Of Mudd.

[alex97]

"She Hates Me" by Puddle Of Mudd.

lol .. come on.. a little help? it's a "man, culture and society" class.. for real.

[PotVsKtl]

The Do My Homework forum got deleted last year when people started showing up asking me to write their doctoral theses for them.

[Young blood]

The Do My Homework forum got deleted last year when people started showing up asking me to write their doctoral theses for them.

and the reason I failed out of college. Thanks again dick.

[alex97]

this isn't cheating, i swear, although it would be really helpful.. need your 2 cents here :2c :)

[Young blood]

Just give out candy.

[kreutz2112]

The Do My Homework forum got deleted last year when people started showing up asking me to write their doctoral theses for them.

I am going to need a theses in about 3 years. Interested?

[Mr.Nipples]

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[jonnypark]

You shouldn't need to come on this board to know that the answer is Closer by Nine Inch Nails.

[gratytrainridesagain]

I can't remember the name of the song or the artist I think it was Real Big Fish, I just remember there's a point in the song where he screams "FUCK YOU BITCH, I LOVE YOU I'M NOT CRAZY".

[canexplain]

Bittersweet and also Broken Hearted Savior BHTM ....x****

[Young blood]

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White people are stupid.

[Young blood]

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[Young blood]

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[roberto73]

The Do My Homework forum got deleted last year when people started showing up asking me to write their doctoral theses for them.

Would you like to take my qualifying exams next week? I could try to arrange a conference call with my committee.

[MissingPerson]

Tunnels, Arcade Fire. It makes me "Awwwwww!" involuntarily. Which is why I can't listen to it in public, it dents my veneer of catty cynicism.

[woogie846]

Debra by Beck, easily.

[alex97]

Mr Nipples thanks for the blackflag song *lol.. it's sorta sick

that delfonics tune is so cheesy but i can't help but love it.. :o

[roberto73]

Nobody does 'em like Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds:

"Straight to You"
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"Into My Arms"
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"(Are You) The One I've Been Waiting For?"
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"Henry Lee" (with PJ Harvey)
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And, even though it's not a love song, the most profane version of "Stagger Lee" ever:
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[noisemachine]

The Beach Boys- God Only Knows is the first thing that came to mind.

[full on idle]

Curtis Mayfield - Love to Keep You in my Mind
Otis Redding - My Lover's Prayer
Al Green - Let's Stay Together
Prince - I Feel For You

[humanoid]

Heroin-The Velvet Underground

[leo01g]

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[algunz]

Curtis Mayfield - Love to Keep You in my Mind
Otis Redding - My Lover's Prayer
Al Green - Let's Stay Together
Prince - I Feel For You

It may be cliche, but Al Green was the first one that came to my mind too.

[humanoid]

Tender-Blur
There is a light That Never Goes Out-The Smiths
The Calendar Hung Itself-Bright Eyes
Love Minus Zero/No Limit-Bob Dylan

not your typical love songs.....but they're great!

[vinylmartyr]

Please do let me know if there already is a thread like this going on, itried to search but i didn't find anything, maybe cause it might come off as kinda stupid, but for the sole purpose of an investigation i'm doing in school, i need you to spill, what are the best alternative/rock/folk/whatever love songs.. according to you..


Like a squares love?

[vinylmartyr]

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[alex97]

Heroin-The Velvet Underground

lol i meant love for a man or a woman not for drugs, but amm.. thanks though. what about "love makes you feel ten feet tall" or "guess i'm falling in love"..

anyway, i guess i need something more along the lines of stand inside your love/crush/muzzle - smashing pumpkins, I Just Want To Have Something To Do - ramones, all mine - portishead (kinda sick love but who cares), head over heels - tears for fears, love song - the cure..

LOVE songs :o

[alex97]

Tender-Blur
There is a light That Never Goes Out-The Smiths
The Calendar Hung Itself-Bright Eyes
Love Minus Zero/No Limit-Bob Dylan

not your typical love songs.....but they're great!

thanks :)

[luckyface]

REM - Be Mine

Cheesier than shit, but it fits the bill.

[alex97]

mm i just thought of another one..

with you - the subways

[menikmati]

Nirvana - Lounge Act

[woogie846]

Big Poppa anyone?

[alex97]

Nirvana - Lounge Act

what about love buzz?
:o
well, nah..

[zenidogx]

Sea of Love- Cat Power's cover. dont know the name of the original singer. it's from her covers record. its also on the Juno sountrack. whic reminds me:
Anyone Else But You- Moldy Peaches

[PotVsKtl]

Love Buzz is a cover.

[bleep]

Joy Division - Love Will Tear Us Apart

[miscorrections]

Liars - The Other Side of Mt. Heart Attack

[MonsoonSeason]

m83 - Run Into Flowers

[alex97]

Love Buzz is a cover.

so is soldier of love with pearl jam but that doesn't mean it doesn't make my list ..

[alex97]

Sea of Love- Cat Power's cover. dont know the name of the original singer. it's from her covers record. its also on the Juno sountrack. whic reminds me:
Anyone Else But You- Moldy Peaches

that one i've loved for quite a while.

[humanoid]

lol i meant love for a man or a woman not for drugs, but amm.. thanks though. what about "love makes you feel ten feet tall" or "guess i'm falling in love"..

anyway, i guess i need something more along the lines of stand inside your love/crush/muzzle - smashing pumpkins, I Just Want To Have Something To Do - ramones, all mine - portishead (kinda sick love but who cares), head over heels - tears for fears, love song - the cure..

LOVE songs :o

sorry, the song just popped into my head.....I figured you probably weren't looking for an ode to heroin..good luck with your quest:thu

[gaypalmsprings]

Led Zeppelin - All My Love

[neonviolent]

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[wmgaretjax]

"Urine Burn" by Wolf Eyes

[Down Rodeo]

The Clash - Lover's Rock

Led Zeppelin - Over the Hills and Far Away

[neonviolent]

This is one of my favorite covers. I fell in love with this song from Roy Harper when I first heard him on the This Mortal Coil Originals CD. I once said that I would marry the man who found the original recording of Roy Harpers "Another Day." I had a close call, someone found a record but it was a live version, and not the one I had known to heart. So, it still remains out there to filled one day, or maybe never. But there are connections we make with music that is beyond anything I could write in this box.
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<b>Peter Gabriel and Kate Bush - Another Day (Roy Harper cover)</b>
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I'm kinda dating myself here with this one but a very shaggy headed skater boy around 14 played this outside of my window in high school. Not necessarily the most romantic song, but it captures that feeling of "rarrrghhhh" that you get when you're in love, out of your mind, and just "in the moment." It's a very passionate and fevered place.
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<b>Dramarama - Anything, Anything </b>
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I love Otis Redding. His voice gets to the core of me. I slow danced to this one rainy night...
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<b>Otis Redding - That's how strong my love is </b>
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The next two songs are taking it the other direction. The first is a live recording of Antony and the Johnsons - I hope there's someone.
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Around the line
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"Oh I'm scared of the middle place
Between light and nowhere
I don't want to be the one
Left in there, left in there"<br>
where he begins to tear up and his voice cracks. I lose it about every time I watch it.

The second is Gene - Is it Over. This song needs no explanation, it's all in the lyrics.

<b>Antony and the Johnsons - I hope there's someone </b>
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<b> Gene - Is it over </b>
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<p> The last song is bringing it back to a positive note with a song and video that are so beautiful to me that I cannot keep from getting misty. It's entirely simplistic, nothing much to anyone else I've shown, but for me it feels like one of those moments of childhood where the only thing you feel is the laughter, the magic, and love for everything that makes you happy.

<b> Jose Gonzalez - Heartbeats (The Knife cover) Sony Bravia commericial. Bouncy balls let loose on the hills of SF </b>
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Enjoy!
-nova

[alex97]

wow! neonviolent you're so awesome! thanks for taking the time to put this together :)

[alex97]

and thanks for the Dramarama song, which i can't believe i forgot all about.. i used to play that one a lot a while back when i worked at a radio station..

[hypervera]

The Cure: love song :thu

[betao]

my pick..

air - cherry blossom girl

and, of course, RATM - Killing In The Name Of. Nothing says "I love you" better than the phrase "FUCK YOU I WONT DO YOU WHAT TELL ME" repeated 16 times.

[betao]

The Cure: love song :thu

nice one mate.

[bballarl]

GZA - Duel of the Iron Mic

[alex97]

The Cure: love song :thu

that's the kinda love song i'm looking for :winkiss lol

[Hannahrain]

I get no kick from champagne
Mere alcohol doesnt thrill me at all
So tell me, why should it be true
That I get a kick out of you?

Cole Porter wrote most songs. Respect where it is due.

[bleep]

your thread got me thinking 'bout a mixtape of my favorite love songs. these songs are what i'd probably put on my tape (there should be a youtube/song sample floating on the web for all of these):

Annie - Heartbeat
Augie March - One Crowded Hour
Bic Runga - Sway
Camera Obscura - Country Mile
French Kicks - Trial of the Century
Harry Nilsson & John Lennon - Mucho Mungo
Jens Lekman - A Higher Power
Kate Bush - Hounds of Love
Magnetic Fields - All My Little Words
Wilco - Jesus, Etc.
Sufjan Stevens - Casimir Pulaski Day
Sunset Rubdown - Shut Up I Am Dreaming of Places Where Lovers Have Wings

[Mr.Nipples]

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[alex97]

I get no kick from champagne
Mere alcohol doesnt thrill me at all
So tell me, why should it be true
That I get a kick out of you?

Cole Porter wrote most songs. Respect where it is due.

i love cole porter :pulse , i've always loved most of his songs without even knowing they were his.. through sinatra mostly, cause my mother loves sinatra..

night and day, you are the one, only you... ♪♪♪

and oh wow, i've got you under my skin..

although that's not the genre i'm looking for, that's why i never brought it up.

[Hannahrain]

I thought maybe it was "and more".

[Ardentbiscuit]

Jawbreaker, "Want"

i wish i could find a better version on youtube..

http://youtube.com/watch?v=jdFl0cRb9G0

[alex97]

I thought maybe it was "and more".

i know i'm sorry i should've been more specific..

by more i meant subgenres, which i hate, everthing should be a whole, like just plain alternative, and not try to call everything by a specific name.. and i also hate the term indie.. it used to be alternative, but yeah that's what i was trying to avoid.. saying alternative/rock/folk/post punk/indie (uggh) etc

sorry for the misunderstanding.. but you are so right THOSE are the true love songs..

[Hannahrain]

It wasn't really a misunderstanding. I didn't read the thread.

[full on idle]

I was in a Cole Porter play. I played the grandma. I was supposed to sing but instead I just yelled because they let me. I was all YOU MEANNNN SUR LA PLAGE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[full on idle]

ps if you guess the song and the play without googling, I will send a gift.

[alex97]

It wasn't really a misunderstanding. I didn't read the thread.

in that case.. nevermind the apollogies.

[MonsoonSeason]

okay so I made a valentine's mix for my lady friend:

1. A Stare Like Yours - The Thermals
2. Good Weekend - Art Brut
3. I'm Getting Back Into Getting Back Into You - Silver Jews
4. Two-Way Monologue - Sondre Lerche
5. Twin Cinema - The New Pornographers
6. The Henney Buggy Band - Sufjan Stevens
7. The Magic Position - Patrick Wolf
8. Run Into Flowers - M83
9. This is the Dream of Win and Regine - Final Fantasy
10. Staring at the Sun - TV On The Radio
11. Hello From Eau Claire - Xiu Xiu
12. Baby Said - Hot Chip
13. Maps - Yeah Yeah Yeahs (lolz)
14. Elijah - The Mountain Goats
15. Hoppipolla - Sigur Ros
16. Your Hand in Mine (TEINACDP 8:18 version) - Explosions in the Sky

yes/no

[full on idle]

Set the table
those three extra places
one for me
one for your doubts
and one for god
let the incense burn
in every room
feel the fullness of time
in the empty tomb
feel the future
kicking in your womb
I'm coming home
I'm coming home

/chills

[MonsoonSeason]

I know right

john darinelle at his best!

[full on idle]

You know right.

[Hannahrain]

Good things that happened today:

I was guestlisted for their Eugene show.

Oh also I had Swedish Fish with lunch.

[full on idle]

HANNAH

bring red vines and antibacterial gel for JD.

and please exclaim, "HI PETER!" at a quiet point between songs. Carry the torch.

[Hannahrain]

I will probably bring nothing but if I bring things I will make those them.

[MonsoonSeason]

I know JD has bad memories in bloomington, IN, but can't he at least schedule one midwest date? :/

[JSam67]

Sigur Ros - Hoppipolla

I love the video, too (as well as every other Sigur Ros video).

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[full on idle]

I know JD has bad memories in bloomington, IN, but can't he at least schedule one midwest date? :/

He always plays the midwest. I've seen him in Michigan, Ohio and Illinois.

[PotVsKtl]

What up Flyover?

[MonsoonSeason]

He always plays the midwest. I've seen him in Michigan, Ohio and Illinois.

I meant for this tour? I guess you're right.

last few times he's come through, he's played bars (wasn't 21) or private schools (can't attend shows)

mountain goats are on my "hey let's see these before I die" list

[full on idle]

If the midwest is flyover, Texas is drive as fast as you can through slash avoid altogether.

[MonsoonSeason]

texas is a scary place to live

wait this isn't the trivia thread, dang

[PotVsKtl]

Texas is basically the only upright sexist bigoted state in this forgotten union of baby boomer hippies and embryo lancing turmenicoueffes.

[full on idle]

Don't let thread topics bind you in their chains.

[full on idle]

turmenicoueffes.

jesus god. Ok you win this round.

[MonsoonSeason]

Texas is basically the only upright sexist bigoted state in this forgotten union of baby boomer hippies and embryo lancing turmenicoueffes.

words words words

[PotVsKtl]

jesus god. Ok you win this round.

I made that word up. Haha, y'all look like jerkfaces now. Faced.

[full on idle]

if it wasn't the middle of the night I would have googled it. god DAMMIT.

[Hannahrain]

It sounds like something wrapped in puff pastry.

[Hannahrain]

Or like two really delicate people fighting.

[full on idle]

I mainly thought it was an ivy league word for floozy.

[Hannahrain]

Two really delicate floozies fighting in puff pastry.

[Hannahrain]

I'm going to be rich.

[full on idle]

I reject the premise. There's no such thing as a delicate floozy.

It's going to have to be two fighting floozies, in a delicate pastry.

[PotVsKtl]

Hey y'all i'm glowing!

[Hannahrain]

Pregnant?

[full on idle]

UNDELICATE

[Pixiessp]

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[Pixiessp]

UNDELICATE

I love your avatar!!!!!!

[Jenniehoo]

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This is the correct answer.

[full on idle]

I love your avatar!!!!!!
I'm without a doubt that Bubs loves you back.


This is the correct answer.

Eternal testament to who is our real leader on this board.

[BROKENDOLL]

Led Zeppelin ~ Thank You / Paul Mc Cartney~ Baby I'm Amazed / Pink Floyd ~ Wish You Were Here...

[Lazaro]

Hand in Glove -the smiths,

[hypervera]

friday im in love

[alex97]

so, are you a the cure fan? lol :pulse

[Mr.Nipples]

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[amyzzz]

Catherine Wheel "Fripp"

[roberto73]

ps if you guess the song and the play without googling, I will send a gift.

"Bon Voyage," from the musical Anything Goes. High school in Ohio = show choir. I know my Cole Porter. As well as jazz hands.

[neonviolent]

wow! neonviolent you're so awesome! thanks for taking the time to put this together :)

Anytime! I love threads like this, I end up finding songs I never would have heard otherwise.

[MissingPerson]

okay so I made a valentine's mix for my lady friend:

1. A Stare Like Yours - The Thermals
2. Good Weekend - Art Brut
3. I'm Getting Back Into Getting Back Into You - Silver Jews
4. Two-Way Monologue - Sondre Lerche
5. Twin Cinema - The New Pornographers
6. The Henney Buggy Band - Sufjan Stevens
7. The Magic Position - Patrick Wolf
8. Run Into Flowers - M83
9. This is the Dream of Win and Regine - Final Fantasy
10. Staring at the Sun - TV On The Radio
11. Hello From Eau Claire - Xiu Xiu
12. Baby Said - Hot Chip
13. Maps - Yeah Yeah Yeahs (lolz)
14. Elijah - The Mountain Goats
15. Hoppipolla - Sigur Ros
16. Your Hand in Mine (TEINACDP 8:18 version) - Explosions in the Sky

yes/no


Nice. Very nice. I fucking love Maps, and This is the Dream of Win and Régine... is sweeter than the sweetest simile I can think of. Good work all round, I hope it worked.