If you are expecting Bryan Adams, Tom Jones or Michael Bolton, this review is going to be a disappointment. It is just that they figure in all the lists and quit frankly I am sick of listening to their songs.
The following are the songs I would sing for my beloved:
1. Save tonight by Eagle Eye Cherry
I think this is a wonderful romantic number. A bit sad, since it’s about a’good bye’ yet it still rocks. A very sexy song that speaks of’desire’ and’separation’.
go on and close the curtains
’cause all we need is candlelight
you and me . and the bottle of wine
and hold you tonight [ ohh ]
well we know i’m going away
and how I wish - I wish it weren’t so
so take this wine and drink with me
let’s delay our misery
there’s a log on the fire
and it burns like me for you
tomorrow comes with one desire
to take me away [ ohh it’s true ]
2. Loving you is easy cuz you are beautiful/ Loving you is more than just a dream come true by Minnie Riperto.
It’s a beautiful song but really hard to sing. As the singer sings one can hear birds chirping in the background and the whole song is infused with the feeling of ’springtime’.
No one else can make me feel
The colors that you bring
Stay with me while we grow old
And we will live each day in springtime
3. I just wanna make love to you- Etta James/ The Foghat
It’s a very simple song which as the title suggests is about love. The singer in this song tells his beloved that he doesn’t need her to be his slave or do all his cooking, washing clothes and what not. He only wants her and her loving. Nice oldie!
I don’t want you, cook my bread,
I don’t want you, make my bed,
I don’t want your money too,
I just wanna make love to you.
4. sweetest thing by U2
I am a huge fan of Bono so this song had to be here. The song written for his wife also boasts of a great video.
Eternal fire, she turned me to straw
Oh oh, the sweetest thing
I know I got black eyes
But they burn so brightly for her
I guess its a blind kind of love
Oh oh oh, the sweetest thing
5. Smooth by Santana
Who does not like this song? One can dance on this number too. I love the following lines in particular:
And if you said this life ain’t good enough
I would give my world to lift you up
I could change my life to better suit your mood
’Cause you’re so smooth
And it’s just like the ocean under the moon
Oh, it’s the same as the emotion that I get from you
You got the kind of lovin’ that can be so smooth,
There are many other songs I like, there are way too many.like Last kiss- Pearl Jam, I wanna come over-Mellisa Etheridge, Love Burns- BRMC, but these would have been too unconventional so. I suppose these would do for now.:o)