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NDRU

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Non Syrupy Love Songs

I have to play at a wedding in September, & I'm worried that my band doesn't do enough love songs.

The girl getting married is in her late 20's, she requested Going to California by Zeppelin, so we're learning that.

We're a rock band, so I don't think we'll be doing Endless Love, more like Moondance

What are your favorite love songs?

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Reply #1 posted 07/27/06 12:58pm

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NDRU said:

I have to play at a wedding in September, & I'm worried that my band doesn't do enough love songs.

The girl getting married is in her late 20's, she requested Going to California by Zeppelin, so we're learning that.

We're a rock band, so I don't think we'll be doing Endless Love, more like Moondance

What are your favorite love songs?


your band could rock the house with these....

iris-goo goo dolls
i won't sleep-dido
never tear us apart-inxs
wonderful tonight-eric clapton
every little thing she does is magic-the police
crash-dave matthews band
nobody else-los lonley boys
angel eyes-jeff healey band
silly love songs-wings
i belong to you-lenny kravitz

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Reply #2 posted 07/27/06 1:33pm

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If I were in a ROCK group, I had to play some Love Themed tunes, here are a few i'd pick.
These are not necessarily tunes I like, but ones I know would get the job done.

For non-syrupy, ascerbic, irony-laden love songs, you can't beat The Dan...

Your Gold Teeth
Got a feeling I've been here before
Watching as you cross the killing floor
You know you'll have to pay it all
You'll pay today or pay tomorrow
You fasten up your beaded gown
Then you try to tie me down
Do you work it out one by one
Or played in combination
You throw out your gold teeth
Do you see how they roll


Pearl Of The Quarter
I walked alone down the miracle mile
I met my baby by the shine of the martyr
She stole my heart with her Cajun smile
Singing voulez vous

Rose Darling
Rose darling come to me
Snake Mary's gone to bed
All our steaming sounds of love
Cannot disturb her in her night
Or raise her sleeping head
All I ask of you
Is make my wildest dreams come true
No one sees and no one knows

Green Earrings
Green earrings
I remember
The rings of rare design
I remember
The look in your eyes
I don't mind

Time Out Of Mind
(hopefully nobody will know what this song is really about lurking )
Son you better be ready for love
On this glory day
This is your chance to believe
What I've got to say



Some more traditional random picks.

Uptempo...

Can't Get Enough, Honey Child - Bad Company
It's Only Love - Bryan Adams
I Saw Her Standing There - The Beatles
Let's Spend The Night Together - Rolling Stones
She's A Beauty - The Tubes


Downtempo...

Waiting for a Girl Like You - Foreigner
Baby, I Love Your Way - Peter Frampton
This Is It - Kenny Loggins
Is This Love - Whitesnake
You Belong To Me - The Doobie Brothers
Drive - The Cars
More Than This, To Turn You On - Roxy Music
Love Is The Answer - Todd Rundgren


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Reply #3 posted 07/27/06 1:43pm

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Whitesnake TA? I'm speechless!

I like Drive, More than This, Never Tear Us Apart (we've tried that one once), Every Little Thing She Does..., Wonderful Tonight

I'd love to do some Steely Dan, I'm not sure if the others can handle the changes, but it's worth a try.

We're rock, but we can handle r&b, too, as long as it's not Whitney or Jeffrey Osborne.

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Reply #4 posted 07/27/06 2:06pm

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NDRU said:

Whitesnake TA? I'm speechless!

I like Drive, More than This, Never Tear Us Apart (we've tried that one once), Every Little Thing She Does..., Wonderful Tonight

I'd love to do some Steely Dan, I'm not sure if the others can handle the changes, but it's worth a try.

We're rock, but we can handle r&b, too, as long as it's not Whitney or Jeffrey Osborne.

falloff Hey what can I say.
Remember, we're just trying to "get the job done".

Maybe more later. wink

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Reply #5 posted 07/27/06 2:26pm

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theAudience said:

NDRU said:

Whitesnake TA? I'm speechless!

I like Drive, More than This, Never Tear Us Apart (we've tried that one once), Every Little Thing She Does..., Wonderful Tonight

I'd love to do some Steely Dan, I'm not sure if the others can handle the changes, but it's worth a try.

We're rock, but we can handle r&b, too, as long as it's not Whitney or Jeffrey Osborne.

falloff Hey what can I say.
Remember, we're just trying to "get the job done".

Maybe more later. wink

tA

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I know, I know biggrin
I definitely don't like every song we do, but as long as someone does...

I just though of:
I Believe in You--Dylan, though it's a love song to Jesus, I think.

U2's gotta have something

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Reply #6 posted 07/27/06 2:37pm

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NDRU said:




I know, I know biggrin
I definitely don't like every song we do, but as long as someone does...

I just though of:
I Believe in You--Dylan, though it's a love song to Jesus, I think.

U2's gotta have something

There's always Journey. cool


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Reply #7 posted 07/27/06 2:45pm

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theAudience said:

NDRU said:



There's always Journey. cool



That's a vocal workout, but a possibility

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Reply #8 posted 07/27/06 2:49pm

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Wings - Silly love Songs biggrin

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Reply #9 posted 07/27/06 3:30pm

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You Are So Beautiful - Billy Preston or Joe Cocker

Syrupy but easy. wink


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Reply #10 posted 07/28/06 8:10am

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NDRU said:

U2's gotta have something


Beautiful Day - U2
What I Like About You - The Romantics
At Last - Etta James
Let's Stay Together - Al Green or Tina Turner
Love & Happiness - Al Green
My Girl - The Temptations
Colour My World - Chicago
In My Life - The Beatles
Maybe I'm Amazed - Paul McCartney
She Loves You - The Beatles
Sea of Love - The Honeydrippers
Angel - Jimi Hendrix


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Reply #11 posted 07/28/06 9:57am

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I thought of some Stevie:

Creepin
Joy Inside My Tears
As

Beatles (duh!):

Something
All I've Got To Do
I Will
You've Really Got A Hold On Me (Smokey)
Don't Let Me Down
For You Blue
Two Of Us
If I Fell

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Reply #12 posted 07/28/06 5:16pm

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"Head"
"Do Me Baby"
"Rock Hard In a Funky Place"

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Reply #13 posted 07/28/06 5:56pm

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1. Into The Mystic by Van Morrison. Blues/Rock category, IMO
2. I Want You by Third Eye Blind
3. Forever In My Life by Prince (you can make this a rock song. I saw a heavy metal band perform Prince's Sign O The Times and was blown away).
4. Simple Man by Lynard Skynard

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Reply #14 posted 07/28/06 6:58pm

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I love the "Never Tear Us Apart" suggestion.

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Reply #15 posted 07/28/06 8:01pm

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theAudience said:

Love Is The Answer - Todd Rundgren


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thumbs up!
I'd also name-check I Saw The Light, It Wouldn't Have Made Any Difference and Hello it's me as songs that get their point across without being wimpy about it.

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