From: johnf@Auspex.COM (John Fereira)
Newsgroups: soc.singles
Subject: Re: Discussion Of Romantic Songs
Date: 9 Apr 92 17:25:06 GMT
Organization: Auspex Systems, Inc.

In article <3840056@hplvec.LVLD.HP.COM> wjb@hplvec.LVLD.HP.COM (Bill Buse) writes:
|For a change of topics, how about a discussion of romantic songs or 
|favorite songs that could be considered to be romantic.  :-)  
 
Awhile back Dan asked about putting together a soundtrack for soc.singles.
I don't think I ever saw any responses but I came up with a few. Given
the whiney nature of many of the articles found her one would have to
include something like:

"You've Lost that Loving Feeling"
"It's Crying Time" old country ditty
"You Picked a Fine Time To Leave Me, Lucille",  Kenny Rogers

as well as about 387 other blues tunes.  A couple of real tear jerker
blues tunes that I'd like to put in are:

"Pussy Cat Moan", by Katie Webster.  The sorrow in her voice in this tune
makes me "well up" everytime.

"I've Got Dream's"  Delbert McClinton.  Again the phrasing in his voice
is incredible.  His voice is just breaking up a little so it sounds like
he is truly depressed about losing his girl.  

Enough about music for the "whoa is me" articles.

No soc.single soundtrack would be complete without:

"Bolero" , Ravel or
"Why Don't We Get Drunk And Screw" by Jimmie Buffet.

add some contempory songs like

"People Are Still Having Sex" and "I Want To Sex You Up"

On the romantic stuff...

|One song that has to be at the top of my list of romantic songs is
|"Evergreen" by Barbara Streisand.

I seems to be a popular favorite as a wedding song.

|  A few other favorites that are by
|Dan Fogelberg are "Since You've Asked", "Longer", and "Anyway I Love
|You".  A recent song that I also consider to be romantic is "Beauty 
|And The Beast" from the movie.  Some of my old favorites are many of
|the songs from the "Best Of Bread" album.  :-)   
 
|A recording or cd that I've often thought could be good for setting
|a romantic mood is the "Classical Gas" recording by Mannheim Steamroller
|and Mason Williams.

I don't really care for the Mannheim Steamroller version.  I saw Glen
Campbell do Classical Gas with a full orchestra once. Incredible.  Glen
Campbell is a great acoustic guitar player.

|  Some of the Windham Hill recordings also may have
|some good romantic possibilities.   :-)  Another interesting possibility
|could be the Windham Hill music videos, with a combination of natural
|scenery and Windham Hill music.  :-) 
 
David Lanz and Paul Speer also have a couple of good music videos with
natural scenery.  They are "Natural States" and "Desert Vision".  I haven`t
seen either one but hear they are excellent.

Yanni has some real romantic instrumental music.  The "Reflections of
Passion" album contains some real romantic stuff.  There are a couple of
tunes that I really wonder how he got the inspiration for them.  I can only
imagine that he was thinking about a very intimate and romantic love making
session while composing.  The intimacy and romance just pours out of these
songs.

|
|Following is the lyrics to the Dan Fogelberg songs:
|
[lyryics deleted]

Awhile back I posted the lyrics by a song done on Mary Black's recent album.
There was a discussion going on about choosing a partner based on physical
attractiveness.  Actually, I think the thread is still going on.  In any case
I thought the following lyrics were quite appropriate.  By the way, the
whole album (Mary Black's,  "Babes in the Wood") is excellent.  "Thorn Upon
the Rose" is exceptionally beautiful.

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                     Thorn Upon The Rose

                     by Mary Black, from "Babes of the Wood" 
                     words by Julie Mathews


        Its taste was sweet like summer wine
        The heart that beats in double time
        So he waltzed right in and bowled you over
        And you're still reeling from the feeling when he's gone
        The door is closed the lock is turned
        And all the memories and letters have been burned
        
        (Chorus)
        So when you pick the handsome flower
        Don't forget the thorn upon the rose
        Its cut is deep and its scar lasts forwver
        It follows love wherever love goes
        
        Just how we fall it's hard to know
        When what we feel we seldom show
        So we show the parts we feel are best
        We squirm around the edges trying to cover up the rest
        And you think you know him and he thinks the same
        When underneath it's all just a crazy guessing game.
        	
        Repeat Chorus
        
        Win or lose it's just the same
        Tears of joy tears of pain
        They're hand in hand they come as one
        You'll never see the moon without the promise of the sun
        For all the bruises for all the blows
        I'd rather feel the thorn than to never see the rose
        
        Repeat Chorus
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| John Fereira                Al Bundy for President          
| johnf@auspex.com         "He's as good as the next guy"                     |
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