Original video located here. Accessed 3rd August 2018
Song title: Home
Artist: Vanessa Carlton
Year: 2007
Why I like this song:
And now, to close out this month's clutch of love songs, this gem.
I'll say it up front: Bugger A Thousand Miles - This is better.
Original video located here. Accessed 10th August 2018
Song title: Annie's Song
Artist: John Denver
Year: 1974
Why I like this song:
History has not been kind to John Denver with his repertoire making him look a real wimp. Matters are not helped with that urban legend that he was a sniper.
But personally, I view this song as the kind of love song that other songwriters can only dream of writing. They say sincerity is difficult to convey in a song but somehow, against the odds, it works here.
Truly this song is lightening in a bottle
Original video located here. Accessed 22nd August 2018
Song title: You and Me Song
Artist: The Wannadies
Year: 1994
Why I like this song:
Like a lot of people I know this song through the Romeo+Juliet soundtrack. And it's a fitting song as the source material is about a whirlwind teen romance. And if this song set out to represent the troubles and joy of teen romance then it succeeded with flying colours.
Song title: Baby I Love Your Way
Artist: Big Mountain
Originally Done By: Peter Frampton
Year: 1994
Why I like this song:
Yes the original may be more restrained and direct. And yes this cover is a prime example of 'cod-reggae' but I have a greater attachment to the cover. Most likely due to me coming across it first. And it certainly has the summer vibe going on that adds to it's favor.
Original video located here. Accessed 18th February 2013
Song title: Love is in the Air
Artist: John Paul Young
Year: 1978
Why I like this song:
It's that build up that leads to a euphoric chorus How can one say no?
Original video located here. Accessed 15th February 2013
Song title: Amazing
Artist: Alex Lloyd
Year: 2001
Why I like this song:
Another one of those songs that can never be worn down through overplay or bad cover versions.
A true classic
Original video located here. Accessed 10th October 2016
Song title: Everytime You Need me
Artist: Fragma
Year: 2001
Why I like this song:
Another song I got into through my best friend at the time. Euro/trance at it's finest and I love the sentiment.
Original video located here. Accessed 11th February 2013
Song title: Hanging By a Moment
Artist: Lifehouse
Year: 2000
Why I like this song:
Behold: A song that grew on me.
I didn't think much of this song when it was originally released due to a) the mindset that anything on commercial radio is the enemy b) the mindset that anything on commercial radio is going to be overplayed to death and c) nearing the end of my 'grumpy teenager' phase.
Still this song did win me over but to this day I'm not sure how. Maybe because my friend at the time liked it?
I don't know what I'm diving into indeed....
Original video located here. Accessed 8th February 2013
Song title: Love is All Around
Artist: The Troggs
Year: 1968
Why I like this song:
Forget that Wet Wet Wet cover, you can't beat the simplicity of the original.
Original video located here. Accessed 14th February 2016
Song title: You Are Not My Friend
Artist: Frenzal Rhomb
Year: 1999
Why I like this song:
Every time my no. of friends on Facebook goes down, I always think of this song
Original video located here. Accessed 10th February 2018
Song title: Everlasting Love
Artist: Love Affair
Year: 1968
Why I like this song:
Another song with that timeless quality to it. And I especially love those rhyming couplets
Also that singer was seventeen years old at the time. Damn....
Song title: Making of a Cyborg
Artist: Kenji Kawai
Year: 1995
Why I like this song:
The Ghost in the Shell may be one of the most widely seen anime worldwide so this would be immediately recognisable.
But it is still an odd way to start an anime: By utilising a Bulgarian Women's choir. And they're performing a piece of medieval Japanese text.
However if the intent was to make something sound timeless in a science fiction setting, then they succeeded better than anyone could've hoped for.
Original video located here. Accessed 3rd February 2013
Song title: Brown-Eyed Girl
Artist: Van Morrison
Year: 1967
Why I like this song:
Some songs that have a timeless quality that still sound fresh decades later.
This is one of them.
Great for a mass singalong too
Original video located here. Accessed 20th February 2017
Song title: I am in Love
Artist: Crowded House
Year: 1993
Why I like this song:
It's February and with February comes the month of love/Valentine's Day/Singles Awareness Day/whatever you want to call it.
So I'm going to try something: for this month I will post a clutch of love songs that I like in the hope that you, the person reading this, will end up liking them to.
Probably won't happen but you never know....
So lets start with this: A song from the pen of one Neil Finn.
It baffles me how this song was never released (until the collection Afterglow). It's truly a gem and the type of song that illustrates what it feels like to be in a relationship - and how exciting, and scary, it can be.