There are so many great ones...

Stevie Wonder, You Are The Sunshine Of My Life

It's a great performance and a great sentiment.

James Taylor, Never Die Young

This is the greatest concretization in praise of love that I have found. The theme is profound. It's not an easy melody though.

Paul McCartney, Maybe I'm Amazed

It is such a nice sentiment. To say I love you indirectly like that is a powerful thing. He does that all the time.

Paul McCartney, Silly Love Songs

This song is an artistic/philosophical counter-attack against the Haters of the Good.

Paul McCartney, My Love

Pure.

Hello Brooks Dorn,

Yup. Okay I guess. Each to his or her own, depending upon the paths one has travelled upon.

For now, I like Carole King's 'High Out of Time."

Everything shifts.

Why do you describe yourself as a 40 year old loser?

by R.E.M, "this one goes out to the one I love"                                                             40 year old loser

 She was morning
And I was night time
I one day woke up
To find her lying
Beside my bed
I softly said
Come take me

For Ive been lonely
In need of someone
As though Id done
Someone wrong somewhere
I dont know where
Come lately

You are the sun
I am the moon
You are the words
I am the tune
Play me

Song she sang to me
Song she brang to me
Words that rang in me
Rhyme that sprang from me
Warmed the night
And what was right
Became me

You are the sun
I am the moon
You are the words
I am the tune
Play me

And so it was
That I came to travel
Upon the road
That was thorned and narrow
Another place
Another grace
Would save me

You are the sun
I am the moon
You are the words
I am the tune
Play me

 This one touches me too:

Tonight Will Be Fine

Leonard Cohen

 Sometimes I find I get to thinking of the past.
We swore to each other then that our love would surely last.
You kept right on loving, I went on a fast,
now I am too thin and your love is too vast.

But I know from your eyes
and I know from your smile
that tonight will be fine,
will be fine, will be fine, will be fine
for a while.

I choose the rooms that I live in with care,
the windows are small and the walls almost bare,
there's only one bed and there's only one prayer;
I listen all night for your step on the stair.

But I know from your eyes
and I know from your smile
that tonight will be fine,
will be fine, will be fine, will be fine
for a while.

Oh sometimes I see her undressing for me,
she's the soft naked lady love meant her to be
and she's moving her body so brave and so free.
If I've got to remember that's a fine memory.

And I know from her eyes
and I know from her smile
that tonight will be fine,
will be fine, will be fine, will be fine
for a while.

Urban S. Parks

Mainspring Comics

Thanks for updating that link to Roberta...always loved that song but its the first time I've actually watched her perform it...and I love it twice as much now.

I admit that reason is a small and feeble flame, a flickering torch by stumblers carried in the starless night, -- blown and flared by passion's storm, -- and yet, it is the only light. Extinguish that, and nought remains.- - Robert Green Ingersoll

I just had to update that Roberta Flack link I gave below:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nI7gzXz1cHo

I have it, and though K.D. Lang easily does it better I consider Cohen's better than Bono's remake. Most other covers of Cohen such as Don Henley's 'Everybody Knows', Elton John's 'I'm Your Man' or even Nick Cave and others' covers for the recent tribute movie are weak compared to Cohen's renditions. The only other Cohen covers I know of which I think equal or top the original are Tori Amos on 'Famous Blue Raincoat' and Concrete Blonde's version of 'Everybody Knows'.

Have you actually heard Cohen's version of Hallelujah? It's the all time worst version ever! Although he was a master poet and lyricist, he was an absolutely useless musician.

'Hallelujah' undoubtedly is beautiful and moving, and I agree KD Lang's cover is one of the few times someone topped Cohen himself. I never really thought of it as a love song though.

is a song from my nostalgia file.

"Only When You Leave" by Spandau Ballet...and still quite catchy 23 years later.

Slut that I am I love the line "..so give a little passion to a stranger.."

Gosh, the number of times someone has said that to me...

http://youtube.com/watch?v=7gOtSasl7cs&mode=related&search=

Yeah, I really like Sting's "We'll Be Together Tonight." That's a real celebration of romance.

Lets see if this works...

Nope---didnt work..too bad

Scott DeSalvo

Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum viditur!

I would add, just off the top of my head...

Like a Tattoo - Sade

First off all, just about anything this woman sings automatically becomes sensual and romantic. But the longing in this song gives me a pain in my heart.

"I remember his hands
And the way the mountains looked.
The light
Shot diamonds from his eyes..."

I'm in love with him, whoever he is. Not just lyrics, but the entire piece--music and emotion in her voice. There is the melancholy missing of the lost lover but in the middle it builds to a crescendo that sonically EXACTLY matches that panicked, intense, sharp pain of a lost love. Amazing that music can take us to these places. And headbanging caterwauling, no less.

Then "he" had to go and leave, but we got this great song out of the deal, so I'm happy.

Minneapolis - Lucinda Williams

Anyone who is a fan of contemporary music (i.e., not-Linz) who doesn't own her "World Without Tears" is missing out. Again, the longing and sadness of this song, the melancholy, my God, she takes you to the rooms she is sitting in, pining over her lost love. There is also like a drug-withdrawal thing going on I think. Still, what mood this sets. This song shares a dull hopelessness of a lost love who is sweetly remembered with despair.

Gypsy Woman (Live Version) - Martin Sexton

Again, I shall throttle ye should ye not go out and get Martin Sexton's "Live Wide Open." In studio, he is talented, Live, and this includes his live recordings, this fucker is electric. What a voice. Cannot be believed. Great, great stuff. Not strictly a love song, but a song about being betrayed by a lover. Also check out his wonderful "Black Sheep," again, live, beeotch, LIVE! Martin Sexton is one of the best.

Painter's Song - Norah Jones

What a voice on this doll. Sure, her, "Turn Me On" is 'sexier' but there is this slow, sweetness to this one that makes me prefer it. This is a little ditty that a woman might really sing to the man in her life. I think there are about 20 words in the entire song. Its sweet. I like all of her stuff.

Its Probably Me
Ghost Story
Shape of My Heart - all by Sting

I've really gotten away from Sting, who is under-appreciated insofar as he has made a ton of great music in different styles, different musical traditions, different instruments, etc. Admittedly, alot of stuff is shit, but I have even enjoyed the shit. The above three are all lovey-dovey numbers, and of the three, I think I like Ghost Story the best.

I order all of you to immediately go to iTunes and buy this shit, return here, and herald my brilliance as a recommender of music!

Go forth and proclaim my greatness!

Scott DeSalvo

Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum viditur!

Very funny -- it is a charming song. No bestiality implied, of course.

You'll be pleased to know the topic spilled over into today's show, with one listener nominating the Donkey Serenade. We played the original Allan Jones version.

He died in 1948. As, I suspect, did many of my callers, actually.

And there you have it. Perhaps your expired friends can join you in a chorus of sighs.

Jennifer

-- Food Philosophy. Sensuality. Sass.

There is nothing wrong with "Color My World!"
Though I can't stand "Wonderful Tonight." If there's a hell, it'll have me condemned in a cover band playing that boring old song over and over forever and ever and ever....

I'll also throw in a nod to "Don't Walk Away, Renee..." A song that, in lesser hands, would have been sappier than a maple tree.

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Come on, Linz. Give us a sample of what the callers had to say...

Well, the most frequently-mentioned name was Richard Tauber.

He died in 1948. As, I suspect, did many of my callers, actually.

Lots of honourable mentions for Nat King Cole, Dean Martin, Bassey, Elvis, Mario of course, Bette Midler ...

My young-ish producer couldn't even think of a love song, let alone a favourite. Typical, I snorted! All you know is hate lyrics yelled without melody!

But the genre will return. Tauber will make a comeback!

Oh, and I read out some of the numbers listed here. We all agreed we'd never heard of them and probably wouldn't wish to.

In Your Eyes and Don't Give Up -- wonderful.

I'm very partial to Pete Townsend's "Let My Love Open the Door" (The long Ecola mix especially) and "My Maria" by Brooks and Dunn.

Come on, Linz. Give us a sample of what the callers had to say...

Linz, at least Michael Bolton hasn't been mentioned...yet

I second Gabriel's In Your Eyes... beautiful.

Don't Give Up is also a favourite of mine - it is such a loving song.

... was a smash hit on my radio show this morning. Set a record for the number of calls taken on air in that slot. Most callers had way better taste than most posters here.

Jen, I'm the same way with Sarah Mclaughin's "Angel." Every time I hear it, it brings back memories and destroys my ability to function. It was so bad I had to ask the store manager to remove it from the playlist!
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I am partial to Peter Gabriel's In Your Eyes, but as it is a reminder of my recent romantic...er...let's call it an "experience", I prefer not to hear it at present.

Jennifer

-- Food Philosophy. Sensuality. Sass.

As sung by the Irish Tenors...

How could I forget the Platters it's just beeyudaful! The ultimate slow dance.

mvardoulis, I second your nomination. Clapton performed it live on SNL once with more emotion than usual, along with some extra guitar work. He paused for about five seconds at the end -- one could tell he was slightly uncertain about what the crowd reaction would be -- then broke into a grin when he realized it was a standing ovation. Magnificent, both his performance and the audience's recognition.

P.S. And that's why I like it so much! (Until seeing that performance, it was just another pop song to me.)

Pastourelle from Cantaloube's - Songs of the Auvergne. Absolutely divine love song!

I wish I could post a link for you all to listen, but alas, I cannot find one. So I've posted a link instead to buy it for any who may be interested. The CD features soprano Anna Moffo, and she sings Rachmaninov's Vocalise also!

Stokowski

Edited to say: You can have a listen afterall!! Just scroll down on the link and get a little taste from the excerpts.

Love song, by the Cure.

---Landon

Inking is sexy.

http://www.angelfire.com/comics/wickedlakes

James, I'm probably the last person to give out love song recommendations. But "Color My World" by Chicago is one of the few that doesn't grate on me. And maybe "Suspicious Minds," one of the few Elvis songs I like.

Love is like oxygen...you get too much you get too high...not enough and you're gonna die...

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"Wonderful Tonight"

Hands down the most beautiful love song ever recorded, IMGO.

Funny this is the topic that I finally decided to post on after four weeks of near complete absence from SOLO (apologize for that, everyone, but I *was* in the now-devastated mortgage business), but I just had to pipe in. Cuts my heart open like a ripe melon every time I hear it.

"Unchained Melody" approaches the same effect on me, and I appreciate a number of versions of the song from Elvis to the Righteous Brothers to U2. Only other 'love' songs that reach this level of impact on me is "In The Evening" by Leroy Carr (though I prefer the Big Bill Broonzy version - yes, I'm *that* hardcore of a blues nut) and if you can call it a love song, "As Time Goes By" (from Casablanca, which has been mentioned several times on this thread).

I'll see if I can dig up an digital version.

Casey

No contest. My vote is also for Whitney's, "I Will Always Love You". Finally, a love song about breaking up that doesn't beg the person to stay or lament how she won't be able to live without him. As hurt as she is by the break up, she faces reality and plainly states,

"Bittersweet memories
that is all I'm taking with me.
So, goodbye. Please, don't cry.
We both know I'm not what you, you need."

And rather than be resentful, sincerely says,

"I hope life treats you kind
And I hope you have all you've dreamed of.
And I wish to you, joy and happiness.
But above all this, I wish you love."

Dynamite song sung by a dynamite voice.

Also, Whitney's singing of the Star Spangled Banner at Superbowl XXV is the best performance of a national anthem I have ever heard. I just listened to it again on my crappy computer speakers and it still gave me goose bumps.(And I'm not even an American!) Check it out, here.

Gerald

p.s. I haven't posted much but I use to have a photo which isn't showing on the Preview of this post. I'll submit a photo again if necessary.

The verse that hits me in the heart (and groin) is "Remember when I moved in you and the holy dove was moving too, and every breath we drew was Hallelujah!" The way it ascends then breaks... phaw.

For obvious reasons I prefer to hear a man's voice sing those words, rather than a bull-dyke. But Lance, I grant you, KD sings it with great feeling.

I love these lyrics from Jeff's - Lover You Should've Come Over:

It's never over, my kingdom for a kiss upon her shoulder
It's never over, all my riches for her smiles when I slept so soft against her
It's never over, all my blood for the sweetness of her laughter
It's never over, she's the tear that hangs inside my soul forever

Casey, I remember that Ridley Scott is your favourite Director, as he is mine. We had this conversation about a year ago. Is it a possibility for you to post your cover story on Solo? Pretty please?

Hallelujah is a tricky song, I've heard a lot of really bad covers. It seems to be a popular choice for "ooooh let's do a poignant song". I agree the Jeff Buckley cover however is excellent (I have Grace in my cd collection, his falsetto 'Corpus Christi Carol' is strangely appealing, and Eternal Life is one of the best damn rock songs in the world, especially live) I'd have to rate the KD Lang live recording as my favourite though .

I will never learn to appreciate Elvis -- it may just be my personal context, but, baby, don't be cruel...

I do have a playlist for Casey, both sad and, at the end, maybe, something to pull his spirits up a bit:

Fool in the Rain -- Led Zeppelin

Walk on By -- Dionne Warwick

They Can't Take That Away From Me -- Gershwin (lots of artists do this well)

Bring On The Night -- Police

Cloudbusting -- Kate Bush

Is It A Crime -- Sade

On Your Shore -- Enya

Please Baby Don't -- John Legend, Sergio Mendez

Why -- Annie Lennox

Man With an Open Heart -- King Crimson

The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face -- Roberta Flack (surely a rival to 'Songbird,' check out this performance: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=52hxN4iq1GM )

Prayer for the Dying -- Seal

Simple Gifts -- Christopher Parkening's guitar version from 'Simple Gifts'

Turn the Page -- Rush

And, Joe M. and Lance M., you must have your own suggestions, right?

An incredible love song, Casey. A couple of my favorites are 'Come Away With Me' by Norah Jones and 'Blue Light' by Mazzy Star.

Better be in quick - he'll be snapped up.

James - and just what is wrong with my Elvis picks, exactly?

(Snort)

Someone just woke me up to tell me that Casey was single. I'm home alone, though, so not sure who. Maybe jesus.

I could probably think of a long list for this, but I absolutely agree with Claudia about Jeff Buckley's Hallelujah. Luscious.

Have always liked REM's "At My Most Beautiful" for something sweet and simple.

I really like the song "It Don't Matter To The Sun" although never completely happy with anyone's ability to perform it...Rosie Thomas maybe the best.

She also covers "Songbird" but nothing like Christine McVie.

"The single journey through consciousness should be participated in as fully as possible by the individual no matter how dangerous or cruel or terror-filled that experience may be."

Linz deserves enormous credit for suggesting Jose and Kiri singing 'One Hand, One Heart' -- I would just add that the whole of Bernstein's version of his own score for 'West Side Story' is simply heart rending. I trust that even the straight can grok that sublime moment. Of course, this must be balanced against his Elvis picks.

As for 'Songbird,' what I love about it is that the selfishness OF LOVING, rather than being loved, the selfishness of its apparently "selfless" forms -- and whether it is requited or not -- is the message of the lyric, so poetically integrated with the sound... super.

But, at the risk of being called a homo by Casey, let me recommend Ella Fitzgerald and the whack-job Streisand for their soul-scarring torch songs.

And, if you're in the mood to cry, first watch Jose Ferrer in 'Cyrano,' then listen to Abbado conducting 'Tosca' -- that always gets the water-works moving for me.

Didn't Rand say that 'Casablanca' was the "nearly perfect" screenplay? Casey, you will also find the letter from Rand to Barbara Stanwyck, dated September 7, 1946 ('Letters,' pp. 317-318) about that film of interest.

I also think that Rand would have appreciated Ridley Scott, too -- he's the Fritz Lang of our time.

William, whatever are you talking about????

Here's the real writer of Ne Me Quitte Pas (If You Go Away) Jacques Brel. There are at least six different performances of the song by the creator on YouTube.

Here he is singing the best version ever of La Quette.

I wrote a magazine cover story about Ridley Scott. He is my favorite director.

Casey

"Ok, so he's always a bit depressed. But he has a very sexy way with words."

He certainly does -- a sweaty, sawdust-flecked pile-driving way with words that a good solid lass from New Z should rightly admire. And she does! Most handsomely, too, I might add.

Sorry if I'm formulating your portrait from afar, but the clues are most interesting.

I watched Casablanca again recently and was AMAZED. I'm sure if you watch it now you will wonder how the thing WASN'T written by Rand. Really. It surprised me.

Here's a fun sexual ego song: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GUGOjZRyb_4

Any other barn-burners out there?

 Casey

Its not a great lovesong, but when it pops into my head it takes me at least 3 days before I manage to stop whistling the tune, and "alone again" from Gilbert does the same thing.

Is it just me or does it happen to anyone else with his tunes?

This one from Genesis was indellibly etched into my brain by repeated visists to a lasershow at the Haydn planetarium in Manhatten in 1987.

A mixture of good cannabis, perfect sound and mind blowing laser artistry did the trick. That high pitched note at the end turned into this huge green laser bumblebee...what a trip.

I admit that reason is a small and feeble flame, a flickering torch by stumblers carried in the starless night, -- blown and flared by passion's storm, -- and yet, it is the only light. Extinguish that, and nought remains.- - Robert Green Ingersoll

Great scene... I like Casablanca, but not as much as I LOVE Kingdom of Heaven or Onegin.

I dare say, you deserve hell Casey for posting a Ninch Inch Nails song.

Sheer sexual carnality elevated to the divine gets me sweating every time. Leonard Cohen often combined these themes in his poems and lyrics.

In Democracy is Coming he wrote:

It's coming to the women and the men, oh baby we'll be making love again, we'll be going down so deep that the river's gonna weep and the mountains will shout amen.

In Closing Time he wrote:

I loved you for your beauty, that doesn't make a fool of me 'cause you were in it for your beauty too, and I loved you for your body and there's a voice that sounds like God to me declaring that your body's really you.

We're lonely, we're romantic and the cider's laced with acid and the holy spirit's crying; where's the beef! And the moon is swimming naked and the summer night is fragrant with a mighty expectation of relief. So we struggle and we stagger down the snakes and up the ladders to the tower where the blessed hours chime, and I swear that it happened just like this with a sigh and a cry and a hungry kiss, the gates of love they budged an inch, can't say much has happened since it's closing time.

In Dance Me to the End of Love he wrote:

Let me see your beauty when all the witnesses have gone. Let me feel you moving like they do in Babylon. Show me slowly what I only know the limits of, dance me to the end of love.

Ok, so he's always a bit depressed. But he has a very sexy way with words.

The writer of the song sings it better.

Wm

You must love Casablanca. (So do I. The Marseillaise scene is exalted http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j5T3e_smFgk&mode=related&search=) The Patricia Kass song has an expatriat's toughness to it's romance -- and I agree with Jeff Buckley's melding of the sacred with sex -- what else should it be melded with?

Even though it's staged like Pandemonium this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fWq2apkftgg is an incredible love song, that goes to the other extreme from sacred references to carnal ones. Sad that it has to have the devilish hue society has bequeathed sex, but this song is unabashedly about wanting to fuck and celebrates our physical side. It's awesome, even if the band's aesthetics suck in general.

Whitney's "I WIll Always Love You" is always amazing. What a voice!

(I'm probably going to catch hell for suggesting a 9 Inch Nails song.)

 Casey 

Thanks Ross.... 

I admit that reason is a small and feeble flame, a flickering torch by stumblers carried in the starless night, -- blown and flared by passion's storm, -- and yet, it is the only light. Extinguish that, and nought remains.- - Robert Green Ingersoll

When I was 15, Fleetwood Mac was the first album I saved up for and bought. Christine McVee's voice has a lovely depth - especially compared with Stevie Nicks. Songbird is gorgeous.

Since you've asked for lovesongs that have made us melt/weep, here are my two:

Jeff Buckley - Hallelujah (Better than the KD Lang version - shudder)

and

Patricia Kaas - If You Go Away

For a slightly less melancholic number I like The Very Thought of You by Al Bowlly.

This isn't the performance I mentioned, but it's the closest I could find.

Whitney Houston - I Will Always Love You (live)

I notice that in April she won custody of her daughter and finally got rid of Bobby.

Beats me that someone like her went down the gurgle for crack. It's gotta be powerful shit from what I can see.

Glad to see you're still around as a member and hope you stay on for good.

I admit that reason is a small and feeble flame, a flickering torch by stumblers carried in the starless night, -- blown and flared by passion's storm, -- and yet, it is the only light. Extinguish that, and nought remains.- - Robert Green Ingersoll

KD Lang
This live rendition of Hallelujah in the Sydney Opera House in 2005 by KD Lang damn near makes me weep. So many artists just ride the lyrics and the music with Hallelujah. KD absolutely pours her soul into this rendition.

...you're right.

I saw Whitney do "I Will Always Love You" on a Grammy Awards show, maybe ten years ago. It was out of this world. She nailed it with so much emotion and power that it brought the house down.

And her fall from grace is very sad.

No matter the crack ho she's become, this song of hers is great and always will be

I admit that reason is a small and feeble flame, a flickering torch by stumblers carried in the starless night, -- blown and flared by passion's storm, -- and yet, it is the only light. Extinguish that, and nought remains.- - Robert Green Ingersoll

Thanks, Ross!

Next!

...FMTTM does melt me down and make me cry. It says everything to me that love does--exuberance and, as Tony sings, just wanting to hold her hand.

Just not at the top when it comes to this sacred oath-sharing exception-making romanticism I'm talking about. I'm talking about THE song. "Most Beautiful Love Song Ever." I'm talking about a song that melts you down and makes you cry. That's right. YOU! This one does it for me -- because it seems like it should be possible and right there in reach...

C

...Christine Perfect. She's lovely, Casey. But I always skip Songbird when I listen to Rumours.

For mine, it's Fly Me To The Moon, especially any rendition by the stupendous and lovely, Tony Bennett.

Fly Me To The Moon, Tony Bennett, video.

Nothing more public about it than that.

Amicable, of course.

But the best imaginable is what I'm focused on now. And why not?

C

Casey??

I want to see what the girls think when they wake up and toss their sleepy heads about.

Sorry I'm such a sexist.

But I'm also single these days.

Casey

I was just being mock-indignant. And alluding to Bassey's status as a gay icon. Along with Garland, Streisand and Minelli. But let's not hijack what I hope will develop into a really interesting thread.

It was crude I know, but I was just being honest Linz.

I admit that reason is a small and feeble flame, a flickering torch by stumblers carried in the starless night, -- blown and flared by passion's storm, -- and yet, it is the only light. Extinguish that, and nought remains.- - Robert Green Ingersoll

Not sure I needed to know any of that. This is a family board, you know.

Back to the songs. The girls are all asleep. Or making music. Guess we'll have to wait till tomorrow.

But even when under general anaesthetic I doubt one would be able to slip a buttered knitting needle passed my sphincter, not to mention the ferocity and insidious nature of my farts.

Homosexual relationships for me would have been short lived I'm afraid.

I admit that reason is a small and feeble flame, a flickering torch by stumblers carried in the starless night, -- blown and flared by passion's storm, -- and yet, it is the only light. Extinguish that, and nought remains.- - Robert Green Ingersoll

We're talking about songs.

Bassey is a force of nature. But Hilton, I didn't know you were gay.

All right, then permit us to be equally bored in the other direction. Love you, too.

Shirley was appropriately brassy on "Diamonds Are Forever."

But I'm really talking about songs that are about that most embarrassing and proud subject: LOVE. Songs that make you weep. Songs that say it all. I think the song I set the stage with says all of that -- I posted it here so others would post theirs so I could learn from them. I've already heard from Linz and HWH.

I'd love to hear what others think of this wonderful song and other songs they recommend.

You're right, its perhaps not the best of the genre, but I'm in love with Shirley's voice. The power and the glory.

I admit that reason is a small and feeble flame, a flickering torch by stumblers carried in the starless night, -- blown and flared by passion's storm, -- and yet, it is the only light. Extinguish that, and nought remains.- - Robert Green Ingersoll

p.s. Girls? This is the most solemn and wonderful song about love I've ever heard -- let me know if there is another even better. Please. Perigo's votes don't count since I'm not homo. Sorry, old Chap. Did you even listen to this one? You might give it a nod, at least, you bastard! ')

Yes, I did. Got bored early into it. Didn't like the Bassey much either. Gabbled the opening line.

Try Della Reese—Softly my Love.

Homo-Linz-Bastard

Nice contribution, HWH.

A little torch-songy and depressed for my taste, but hey -- mine could seem melancholy I guess from a certain perspective.

I'll have to check out Eva Cassidy's version, though I believe the version I linked to is perfection and therefore hard to improve upon.

Casey

Its beautiful though Eva Cassidys's is better,
but when it comes to lovesongs none of them compare to this
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oDMGcmiA77E

and no, I'm not in the closet.

I admit that reason is a small and feeble flame, a flickering torch by stumblers carried in the starless night, -- blown and flared by passion's storm, -- and yet, it is the only light. Extinguish that, and nought remains.- - Robert Green Ingersoll

In a heartbeat. Swallow that, Perigo!

Love,

Casey

p.s. Girls? This is the most solemn and wonderful song about love I've ever heard -- let me know if there is another even better. Please. Perigo's votes don't count since I'm not homo. Sorry, old Chap. Did you even listen to this one? You might give it a nod, at least, you bastard! ')

Greatest love song ever: take your pick—

Jose/Kiri: One Hand, One Heart;

Anna Moffo: Kiss Me Again;

Mario: Beloved from Student Prince;

Mario: Serenade from Student Prince;

Mario: Your Tiny Hand Is Frozen from Boheme;

Elvis: Can't Help Falling in Love;

Elvis: Unchained Melody