It doesn’t happen very often, but this year, the pairing of Friday the 13th’s bad mojo and the commercial schmoopiness of Valentine’s Day puts into clear contrast the two sides of love -- how much we love it and hate it. There’s certainly no shortage of songs written about the topic; in fact, some might say that all songs are about love in one way or another. But whether it completes you or tears you apart, there’s not doubt “love” has inspired some of the greatest songs ever written:
Joy Division - Love Will Tear Us Apart Again
Outkast - Happy Valentine’s Day
PIL - This Is Not a Love Song
The Cure - Lovesong
Flight of the Conchords - Most Beautiful Girl in the Room
Lily Allen - Littlest Things
Mountain Goats - No Children
The Smiths - There Is a Light That Never Goes Out
Ray LaMontagne - Hold You in My Arms
Nick Cave - Into My Arms
Violent Femmes - Add It Up
White Stripes - You Don’t Know What Love Is
Death Cab For Cutie - I Will Follow You Into the Dark
Glen Hansard - Leave
Roy Orbison - Crying
Peter Gabriel - In Your Eyes
Rufus Wainwright - Chelsea Hotel (Leonard Cohen)
U2 - All I Want Is You
Elvis Costello & Fiona Apple - I Want You
Moldy Peaches - Anyone Else But You
Lesli Wood - Divorce (Liz Phair)
Pearl Jam - Picture in a Frame (Tom Waits)
Devotchka - Venus in Furs (Velvet Underground)
Bob Dylan - Idiot Wind
Richard and Linda Thompson - Walking on a Wire
Mazzy Star - Fade Into You
Bright Eyes - First Day of My Life
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club - Love Burns
Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Maps
Buzzcocks - Ever Fallen in Love
The White Stripes - Fell in Love With a Girl
Bon Iver - Skinny Love
Nick Cave and Kylie Minogue - They Call Me the Wild Rose
Rolling Stones - Bitch
Serge Gainsbourg - Je T’aime
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Blog roundup poster has the fun of compiling an inspired playlist... Well done.