the love mix
CDs devoted to Love Songs tend to make me want to barf when I read the track list, but today I wondered what I would like on a CD if I was thinking romantic thoughts.
So, I bring you 23 Songs on a Theme of Love in No Particular Order
- Love me or Leave Me: Nina Simone
- I will Follow you Into the Dark: Death Cab for Cutie
- Little Wing: Jimi Hendrix
- The Man with the Child in His Eyes: Kate Bush
- There is a Light that Never Goes Out: The Smiths
- There Ain’t No Cure for Love: Leonard Cohen
- Someone: Divine Comedy
- Close to You: The Cure
- La Femme D’Argent: Air
- Kiss: Prince
- Glosoli: Sigur Ros
- Dancing in the Moonlight: Thin Lizzy
- Elevation: U2
- Ideal Woman: William Shatner
- Bound: Suzanne Vega
- Please Call Me Baby: Tom Waits
- Once Upon the Sea of Blissful Awareness: Shpongle
- Let’s Talk about Sex: Salt n Pepa
- Glory Box: Portishead
- You’re Nobody Until Somebody Loves You: Dean Martin
- Fly Me to the Moon: Julie London
- Dusk You and Me: Groove Armada
- If Lovin’ You is Wrong: Faithless
I should add that my music library has not yet been returned to its original state prior to the hard drive suicide, so I’ve probably left off a bunch of contenders. This is what sprang to mind when I considered what’s been restored so far. I could have added multiple songs from certain artists (Tom Waits in particular) but I stuck to just one example, and forced the list down to 23, which is a fine number.
It occurs to me that Hard Drive Suicide would be a fabulous name for a band. I must work it into a story.
