5min Playlist Patrol: 5 Great Love Songs for Valentine’s Day
Feb 9th, 2009 by Roxana
So, it’s Valentine’s Day and love is all around. And the 5min team has something to say about it: we want to share our top 5 love songs of all time. But, before proceeding to beefen up your iTunes library’s sex appeal, here are some no-nonsense fashion tips on how to dress up for Valentine’s Day, a fresh video from super-stylist Amy Salinger:
1) Shay’s Pick: Something – The Beatles
Shay’s choice is the classic and premium , a song of which Frank Sinatra once said: “I believe George Harrison’s hauntingly beautiful song is one of the greatest love songs ever written, and it never even says I Love You.”
2) Na’ama’s Pick: Sunday – Sonic Youth
Beautifully disturbing video aside (proving that child actors never grow up quite right and that Thurston Moore has the best hair in the music world), this has always been my favorite love song. In a genre full of clichés, this song stands out in its simplicity. You know it’s true love when you find someone that makes you feel like Sunday never ends, or screams “aaaassssss yooooou wishhhhhhhh” while rolling down a mountain…but that one’s for a different V-Day list.
3) Roxana’s Pick: Where Do I Begin – Andy Williams
Many love songs make me wanna cry, dance, or sing like neighbors don’t exist. But only one makes me think that “love means never having to say you’re sorry”.
4) Ealeal’s Pick: Crazy – Patsy Cline
When he wasn’t busy hanging out with Kris Kristofferson, golfing or lighting up, Willie Nelson managed to write what would turn out to be possibly one of the best love ballads ever – Crazy. Catapulted to fame and golden country legacy by a mesmerizing recording by Patsy Cline released in 1961, Crazy is the literal love song equivalent of a kick to the groin – because honestly, who hasn’t been driven this far into a heart-wrenching stretch of temporary insanity, laced with pints of Ben & Jerry’s and self pity? *sniff*
5) Moshe’s Pick – My Heart Will Go On – Celine Dion
I know it’s cheesy, but on my second not-so-official date with a girl named Alma we rented Titanic and I wept like a baby.
Alma and I are celebrating our second anniversary, and I love her more than anything in this world. I can’t even imagine living without her. Alma , will you marry me?
Good girls