Minipop -Precious
Trespassers William -Vapour Trail
Pogues -Tuesday Morning
James -She's a Star
Material Issue -Funny Feeling
Mike Doughty -Unsingable Name OR Madeline and Nine
New Order -True Faith
Tahiti80 -Heartbeat
Pixies -Here Comes Your Man
Matthew Sweet -Sick of Myself
Ryan Adams- Damn,Sam
Pernice Brothers- Weakest Shade of Blue

Belle and Sebastine-Lazy Line Painter Jane
Bjork It's Oh So Quiet

These have always seemed like good love songs to me. Also, I am in charge of planning the music for my best friend's wedding and these are some of the songs I am thinking about including....hopefully no one will run out of the room screaming!

"Here Comes Your Man" is a great song, without a doubt, but... last time I checked it was either about hobos riding the railroads or the Enola Gay dropping bombs on Hiroshima.

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"Here Comes Your Man" is a great song, without a doubt, but... last time I checked it was either about hobos riding the railroads or the Enola Gay dropping bombs on Hiroshima.

I think you're close Chamberk, but I think "Here Comes Your Man" is not about the Hiroshima bombing, but the second bombing of Nagasaki. That bomb was called "Fat Man", hence "Here Comes Your Man", and the bomber that dropped it was named "Bockscar".

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Originally posted by Chamberk:
"Here Comes Your Man" is a great song, without a doubt, but... last time I checked it was either about hobos riding the railroads or the Enola Gay dropping bombs on Hiroshima.

I think you're close Chamberk, but I think "Here Comes Your Man" is not about the Hiroshima bombing, but the second bombing of Nagasaki. That bomb was called "Fat Man", hence "Here Comes Your Man", and the bomber that dropped it was named "Bockscar".

Makes sense. I was mostly going off memory, anyway. A great song, possibly my favorite Pixies tune, but not really a love song.

As far as actual love songs go, though, the Guillemots' "Through the Windowpane" has a ridiculous amount of them. "Annie Let's Not Wait", "Trains to Brazil", and "Made Up Lovesong #43" are all fantastic love songs. I can't help but laugh happily near the end of "Made Up Lovesong", just because of the guy's voice.

(I've become quite infatuated with that album... maybe I'll post about it in its own topic?)

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Originally posted by Chamberk:
"Here Comes Your Man" is a great song, without a doubt, but... last time I checked it was either about hobos riding the railroads or the Enola Gay dropping bombs on Hiroshima.

I think you're close Chamberk, but I think "Here Comes Your Man" is not about the Hiroshima bombing, but the second bombing of Nagasaki. That bomb was called "Fat Man", hence "Here Comes Your Man", and the bomber that dropped it was named "Bockscar".

Makes sense. I was mostly going off memory, anyway. A great song, possibly my favorite Pixies tune, but not really a love song.

As far as actual love songs go, though, the Guillemots' "Through the Windowpane" has a ridiculous amount of them. "Annie Let's Not Wait", "Trains to Brazil", and "Made Up Lovesong #43" are all fantastic love songs. I can't help but laugh happily near the end of "Made Up Lovesong", just because of the guy's voice.

(I've become quite infatuated with that album... maybe I'll post about it in its own topic?)

Duly noted! Thanks for the clarification...I'll take that song off. I don't want people to think of hobos or dropping of bombs. :P Although that is totally what I would want to think about at my own wedding!

Conquer You by The Mascara Story

I know some of these might be repeats but I am making one for my boyfriend for our 2 year anniversary and here are some i've come up with. I might have to condense a bit:

Boats and Birds by Gregory and the Hawk - this is my all time favorite indie love song.

I Will Follow You into the Dark - Death Cab
I Know I Know I Know - Tegan & Sara
Sail Away - David Gray (not really indie i know)
Summer Boy - Freezepop
Lion's Mane - Iron & Wine
The Blower's Daughter - Damien Rice
Piazza, New York Catcher - B&S
Overjoyed - Waking Ashland
Oh, It Is Love - Hellogoodye
You and Me - Plain White T's
The Honey Tree - Brooks Chambers
Your're All I Have - Snow Patrol
Heart - Stars
Lets Get Married - Archie Star
Strange and Beautiful - Aqualung
Funny Little Frog - B&S
Just Like We Do - Eisley
To Be Alone With You - Sufjan Stevens
Your Guardian Angel - Red Jumpsuit Apparatus

I love "Don't Ask Me To Explain", but honestly, I think "Everything Disappears When You Come Around" is the better Of Montreal love song. Makes a great mixtape opener.

My favorite mixtape love song: "Adolescent Song of Mindless Devotion", The Lucksmiths

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To Be Alone With You - Sufjan Stevens

Ain't that song 'bout Jesus? I know, I know, personal interpretation, etc, etc.

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BOOO!

I'm not saying it's a bad song - in fact it's a fantastic song. I was just questioning the "love song" characteristics of it is all.

Well it may have lyrics that might freak people out but that doesn't change the fact that it is a love song. I mean "Love to be/ In the arms of all I'm keepin here with me" I mean it's more a declaration of resignation of a lover long dead but still it is love he's declaring for her.

I see that this is pretty old, but I can't help but comment since this was like my favorite song for a long time. I don't know if I'd call it a straight up love song. He seems to be in love with the moment, more than one person specifically. He says "Anne's ghost all around" and then the break about pushing fingers through her mouth to make those muscles move, but I don't know if he's directly talking about Anne there or if her ghost "all around" is just adding to the magical atmosphere that he loves so much. Everything about it to me was more like a "carpe diem" message, take in all of life while you're young and laying in the sun.

I always thought of "Two-Headed Boy" as the sexy song really. As has been noted there's a definite weirdness to all NMH songs even if they are romantic but that's what means a lot to me, I've a definite weirdness myself When he says "in the dark we will take off our clothes/and there'll be lacing fingers through the notches in your spine" I think he really captures that young, awkwardness of intimacy, when you're fumbling in the dark and your ambitions outreach your experience, and you have the most wonderful feeling of wanting to vomit that's possible. Which kind of segues into post number two

I do hate to double post, but...

And this is where it gets a little personal, but I think my greatest contribution to the forums is my unabated directness, so I hope it's not too disliked. But, you know, shield your eyes and stuff.

So I'm probably heading off to college in another town soon, I'll be twenty and if things go unchanged I'll still be a virgin (so hopefully, things change.) Recently I met this girl through one of my friends who goes to the same college, every time she comes in town we stop by this girl's apartment, and she's really easy to have a crush on. She's a real free spirit type, kinda the Clementine from Eternal Sunshine (it's always the girls that are the kites and the men that are the rocks.) She's really sweet, and I'm trying to lose a lot of weight (which I need to anyway, just need to find the catalyst) and maybe hook up with her. And I had this idea to make her a mix CD to ever-so-subtly make her swoon, so I can head off into college as a man. And I mean all this in the most romantic and least sleazy way possible, honest!

Haha, so I guess I'm glad this thread exists, there's some good stuff being thrown around. And if anyone's got something more specifically aimed at my cause please feel free to PM me. I almost never make mixes and have even less experience making girls swoon so any advice is appreciated. Aforementioned "Two-Headed Boy" was the first and only thing to come to mind.

Do not put "In The Aeroplane Over The Sea" on it

Unless, of course, you want to scare her away.

Do put some Van Morrison on there.

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Do put some Van Morrison on there.

Seconded. Every first mix cd you make for a girl HAS to have Van Morrison on there. I understand very little about girls, but I'm not sure there's safer bet. And there are so many friggin' choices, you could have a different special Van Morrison song for 10 different girlfriends(not at the same time of course ). My current girlfriend's favorite is "Crazy Love". That might be a tad presumptuous for your needs though.

"Girls Talk" by Dave Edmunds
"New Amsterdam" by Elvis Costello and the Attractions
"Take Me to the River" by the Talking Heads
"Moon River" by Audrey Hepburn

I have some more, but I'll wait to see if these suck first.

Sugarcube by Yo La Tengo!

Im making this guy that im completely head over heals in love with, a book that has a bunch of poems and lyrics and quotes in it to show him how much i love him. I need love lyrics or quotes that will show him how much i love him. I mean i want this guy to cry when we sees how beautiful it is and how much i love him. Ive written poems but i need more.
Ive read the discussion and i can tell everyone on here knows what theyre talking about so i thought ide ask too.
thanks.

oh and also. to the guys. I need honestey here. HOW DO YOU SHOW A GUY YOU LOVE HIM MORE THAN ANYTHING?
I mean, yes. im an affectionit girl and hes an affectionit guy. But I feel like...affection doesnt really show how much i love him and how wonderful he is. Ive told him that I love him. And he loves me back. But I need things that are going to give him the melting heart feeling if you know what i mean...
thanks again.

Try oral sex.

uh huuhh. well. yeah. been there done that. I mean Sweet things....

"Sex Dwarf" by Soft Cell.

ha.

"Are You Swimming in Her Pools" by Swan Lake seems to capture the frantic desperation of being in love. I like that one. "You said your love was fierce and I agree with you" I like that line.