Didn't do it for me. Lost interest at 1.07. The Beach Boys. Well, always been a fan. I bet you don't know who the only Beach Girl was! Toured with them for a year on keyboards.
Also, listen to 'Hey Girl' by Carole King. If that is not a Beach Boys song by any other name I am a Matzah.
The long intro put me off too. As far as love songs go, I'd put Sting's "When we Dance," or Sinead's "Nothing Compares 2 U", or her "This Is to Mother You" ahead of "Fever." Leonard Cohen's "I'm Your Man" is probably the sexiest love song I've ever heard, and his "Dance Me to the End of Love" is right up there too. But it's interesting hearing what songs others are drawn to.
Reading your comment seems to tell me that, in a sense, both my choices aren't even love songs in the traditional vein. Maybe I can come up with a different classification. These two particular pieces aren't necessarily epistles to someone, more a general nod to the concept itself. I can learn things about myself through the eyes of others if I'm open to outside views. I'm going to look at my own "epistole d'amore" sonnets and start dividing them up according to this idea. Thanks.
Hmm. I hadn't thought of it that way. I do consider your songs love songs, but they don't move me the way the one's I mentioned did, that's all. I suppose I do feel that to be truly moving they have to be personal though, or at least feel like it's being directed toward a particular lover. Food for thought.
Didn't do it for me. Lost interest at 1.07. The Beach Boys. Well, always been a fan. I bet you don't know who the only Beach Girl was! Toured with them for a year on keyboards.
Also, listen to 'Hey Girl' by Carole King. If that is not a Beach Boys song by any other name I am a Matzah.
Long intros can be a turn off. I'll check out that Carole King number.
The long intro put me off too. As far as love songs go, I'd put Sting's "When we Dance," or Sinead's "Nothing Compares 2 U", or her "This Is to Mother You" ahead of "Fever." Leonard Cohen's "I'm Your Man" is probably the sexiest love song I've ever heard, and his "Dance Me to the End of Love" is right up there too. But it's interesting hearing what songs others are drawn to.
Reading your comment seems to tell me that, in a sense, both my choices aren't even love songs in the traditional vein. Maybe I can come up with a different classification. These two particular pieces aren't necessarily epistles to someone, more a general nod to the concept itself. I can learn things about myself through the eyes of others if I'm open to outside views. I'm going to look at my own "epistole d'amore" sonnets and start dividing them up according to this idea. Thanks.
Hmm. I hadn't thought of it that way. I do consider your songs love songs, but they don't move me the way the one's I mentioned did, that's all. I suppose I do feel that to be truly moving they have to be personal though, or at least feel like it's being directed toward a particular lover. Food for thought.