Im making a Valentines mix

Powermaster Optimus Prime · Post by **Powermaster Optimus Prime** » Sat Jan 29, 2005 1:26 am

I have some of it done, and there is room for a bit more. Let me know what you think and then offer some suggestions if you care to.

*In no order*

John Mayer - Your Body is a Wonderland
Aerosmith - Don't Wanna Miss A Thing
All-4-1 - I Swear
Bryan Adams - Everything I Do Is For You
Eagles - Take It To The Limit
Elton John - Can You Feel The Love Tonight
Eric Clapton - Wonderful Tonight
K Ci and Jojo - All My Life
Lone Star - Amazed
Monica - Angel Of Mine
Willie Nelson - You Were Always On My Mind
Bruce Springsteen - Born To Run (Acoustic)
Bruce Springsteen - Secret Garden
U2 - One
Marvin Gaye - Lets Get It On
Bruce Springsteen - Jersey Girl
Counting Crows - A Long December

Post by **Denyer** » Sat Jan 29, 2005 1:36 am

Er, you'd better hope whoever you're hoping to get with likes cheesy-as-hell music.

Powermaster Optimus Prime · Post by **Powermaster Optimus Prime** » Sat Jan 29, 2005 1:58 am

oh eat me

and there is no need for "hope" at this point

anything constructive anyone?

Pissin' Poonani · Post by **Pissin' Poonani** » Sat Jan 29, 2005 2:32 am

The Ghetto Boys - Gangsta of love

N.W.A. - I'd rather f*ck you

The Bloodhound Gang - The Bad Touch

Tenacious D - Double Team

Hot Action Cop - Fever for the Flava

Now go my son, make the sweeeeeeeeet love.

Post by **Denyer** » Sat Jan 29, 2005 3:32 am

Powermaster Optimus Prime wrote:oh eat me

Only if you look like Alyson Hannigan and have a sprig of mistletoe tattooed below your belly button...

Newfound Glory did passable covers of I Don't Wanna Miss A Thing and Everything I Do, the Elvis original of Always On My Mind actually has some genuine sentiment, but either version of the Elton John is pretty good.

Down By Law - 500 Miles
Gigolo Aunts - Where I Find My Heaven
Letters To Cleo - I Want You To Want Me
Oasis - She Is Love
Snug - Beatnik Girl
Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Our Time
The Donnas - Get You Alone
Rammstein - Küss Mich (Fellfrosch)

Optimus Prime Rib · Post by **Optimus Prime Rib** » Sat Jan 29, 2005 4:17 am

Closer, Nine Inch Nails
Happiness in Slavery, Nine Inch Nails
Stinkfist, Tool
Prison Sex, Tool
I Just Lie, Snot
My Balls Your Chin, Snot

Or if you want me to be serious:

Summer Romance, Incubus (off of the S.C.I.E.N.C.E. album, you know the one before they became the new Sugar Ray?When they still rocked

)

Shanti418 · Post by **Shanti418** » Sat Jan 29, 2005 5:08 am

Aw, I miss your mug already, Rib.

And I think Make Yourself successfully straddled the line between the early Incubus (that kicked ass) and the Morning View and afterwords Incubus (where their music is just an excuse for Brandon to have his shirt off)

Powermaster Optimus Prime · Post by **Powermaster Optimus Prime** » Sat Jan 29, 2005 7:12 am

Alright, ive added a few and I think thatll be the final list. Thanks for the input guys.

saysadie · Post by **saysadie** » Sat Jan 29, 2005 7:22 am

Goo Goo Dolls- "Iris" is perfectly suited to a Valentine's mix.

The radio is playing it right now and I'm all "Awwww..." over it...

[edit] Oh, crap. I missed the "cutoff", didn't I? Ah well, your loss.

Powermaster Optimus Prime · Post by **Powermaster Optimus Prime** » Sat Jan 29, 2005 8:41 am

saysadie wrote:Goo Goo Dolls- "Iris" is perfectly suited to a Valentine's mix.

The radio is playing it right now and I'm all "Awwww..." over it...

[edit] Oh, crap. I missed the "cutoff", didn't I? Ah well, your loss.

haha i didnt burn it just yet, and coincidentally enough i just threw that one in

Obfleur · Post by **Obfleur** » Sat Jan 29, 2005 9:40 am

Why didn't you choose some not-so-well-known-songs/-artists?
Alot of those songs/artists has been played to death

Dylan · Post by **Dylan** » Sat Jan 29, 2005 11:27 am

Post your list, Obfleur. Maybe yours is safely in between fairly cheesy and harsh punk / rock music?

IronHide · Post by **IronHide** » Sat Jan 29, 2005 11:33 am

Denyer wrote:Rammstein - Küss Mich (Fellfrosch)

Denyer you poop mouth.

Darth Aux · Post by **Darth Aux** » Sat Jan 29, 2005 12:16 pm

Zero 7 "Destiny"

Obfleur · Post by **Obfleur** » Sat Jan 29, 2005 1:00 pm

Dylan wrote:Post your list, Obfleur. Maybe yours is safely in between fairly cheesy and harsh punk / rock music?

I like cheesy

I'm just tired of the same old songs

All of these might not be lovesongs - but they are soft and nice.

Team America Soundtrack / Trey Parker - Only a woman.
The Smashing Pumpkins - Disarm.
Queen - Too much love will kill you.
The Smashing Pumpkins - Crestfallen.
Pantera - Planet Caravan.
Queen - These are the days of our lives.
Monty Python - Sit on my face.

Air Supply - All Out Of Love.
Evergrey - For Every Tear That Falls.
Collin Hay - Overkill.

I'm currently at work - and have some **** to do

So I can't really dig out all those obscure unknown love songs.
But when I get home.. Oh boy...

Post by **Denyer** » Sat Jan 29, 2005 1:04 pm

Dylan wrote:Maybe yours is safely in between fairly cheesy and harsh punk / rock music?

Yeah, the Gigolo Aunts might give you nasty papercut if you're not careful taking the inlay out of the CD case...

IronHide wrote:
Denyer wrote:Rammstein - Küss Mich (Fellfrosch)
Denyer you poop mouth.

What? 'S a song about girls and kissing frogs... *cough*

Obfleur wrote:A lot of those songs/artists has been played to death

Yeah, which either translates to instant turn-on or instant turn-off for most people. Especially that Aerosmith track.

The Pogues - Fairytale of New York
Murry The Hump - Booze and Cigarettes
Ah! Megami-sama - My Heart Iidasenai, Your Heart Tashikametai*
Monty Python - Sit On My Face

*And a new series is in the works: http://www.tbs.co.jp/megamisama/

saysadie · Post by **saysadie** » Sat Jan 29, 2005 1:48 pm

Denyer wrote:Especially that Aerosmith track.

Oh yeah. Personally, I find that song either hilarious or endlessly annoying. But it's the thought that counts, people!

Does no one think like that anymore? Poo. I know I'd probably like it if I got a CD filled with love songs, even if half of them were crappy. Even if it had that Aerosmith song on it. Plus going with what's been played and played again is probably a bit safer than going with stuff that's never been heard before dependent on the tastes of the person receiving...

Actually, if it were me I'd be happy either way. I like new music, but can be a sucker for cheese if it's heartfelt cheese.

(... which is a bit less tangy than cheddar, fyi. Just as good though.)

Anyway, I've got a few more...

Vanessa Carlton's "One Thousand Miles", Bif Naked's "Lucky", Coldplay's "Yellow", Big Sugar's "Nicotina". That last is a little unconventional, but it kicks.

Optimus Prime Rib · Post by **Optimus Prime Rib** » Sat Jan 29, 2005 4:42 pm

Marilyn Manson, Cake and Sodomy

Post by **Denyer** » Sat Jan 29, 2005 5:08 pm

saysadie wrote:it's the thought that counts, people!

Absolutely. Unless the other person has told you how much they hate the state of radio today and/or faux romance, in which case it could be an admissable defence in court... because of the nature of situations love songs tend to be attached to (whether personal history or absolutely godawful movies) it's not a bad idea to check before, say, making out with a mix CD playing in the background. Wouldn't want the poor chap to get a crampon in the groin...

It's actually quite difficult to find love songs that aren't whiny and/or fake record-company coffer-fillers and/or about failed love affairs.

Looking at the classics... Always On My Mind is an "I f*cked up" song, Build Me Up Buttercup isn't exactly cheerful underneath the tune, Always / Wild Is The Wind / Bed Of Roses / [almost anything by Bon Jovi that isn't from Young Guns II] is angst for the country generation, Seasons In The Sun is (as are so many others) a looking-back track.

Blue Brothers Cast - Everybody Needs Somebody To Love
Shania Twain - You're Still The One (surprisingly non-crap)
Dido - Thankyou
Murry The Hump - Thrown Like A Stone
Sarah Brightman - Heaven Is Here
Lisa Lougheed - Run With Us
World Party - When You Come Back To Me
Wonderland - Children Of The Sun