If Music Be The Food Of Love, Play On

[charmax]

Looking for input:

What are your favourite, gender-neutral, non-angsty, just joyful or celebratory love/relationship songs?

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[giandujakiss.livejournal.com]

Non-angsty? Jeez, that's tough ... George Michael/Aretha Franklin "I knew you were waiting for me"? I mean, the voices are male/female but I don't believe the lyrics specify....

Oh, and I have a disgusting fondness for "Here in your car" by hellogoodbye. It's very shaming.

Oh, oh, and this isn't gender neutral, but if the purpose of the request is what I think it is, it might work anyway - Weezer, Buddy Holly.

I'm shutting up now :-).

[charmax.livejournal.com]

Non-angsty? Jeez, that's tough
It really is! My original thought was Sew My Name by Josh Pyke, I *adore* it. It's so beautiful but it's about a love that isn't reciprocated.

Thanks for your suggestion.

[charmax.livejournal.com]

If you think it's a vid, then you'd be wrong. :D Thanks for the other suggestions.

[giandujakiss.livejournal.com]

I don't think it's a vid :-).

[last-archangel.livejournal.com]

Well "Happy Together" is a classic.

Um...I'll have to think.

[charmax.livejournal.com]

Happy Together, of course!

[tallulah71.livejournal.com]

There's always Walking on Sunshine by Katrina and the Waves. :)

[charmax.livejournal.com]

OMG flashback. :D

[mara-sho.livejournal.com]

There's the classic "All you need is love" of course...

[charmax.livejournal.com]

Yes! Thanks.

[buffyann.livejournal.com]

I was gonna say "Happy Together" too. It's harder than I thought to find. there's "you are my sunshine" I guess :) not entirely angst free.

[halcyon-shift.livejournal.com]

"Head Over Feet" - Alanis Morissette

... you're judging me, aren't you

edited to say, I suppose "I like the way you move" is right out? *g*

Umbrella - Rihanna
You Are So Beautiful - Joe Cocker

I'm done, I'm done!

[giandujakiss.livejournal.com]

I lied, I have another - Just Can't Get Enough, Depeche Mode, doesn't have any gender specified in the lyrics...

[bananainpyjamas.livejournal.com]

Hmm, here are a few. There's no accounting for taste, this is just what I found after a quick skim through my MP3 folder. ;)

"Accidentally in Love" by Counting Crows

"Heaven" by Bryan Adams (covered by DJ Sammy/Yanou if you want female vocals. They have an upbeat dance version and a slow "Candlenight" mix)

"Ain't No Mountain High Enough" by...well, whichever version you like best. :)

"I Say a Little Prayer" by Dionne Warwick or Aretha Franklin

"With You" by Jessica Simpson (first verse has references to the singer being female, which may mess up the gender-neutralness)

[messyjessie58.livejournal.com]

I Can't Stop (Thinking About You) by The Tribe

here is a yousendit link, since i dont think you will have much luck finding it :)
http://download.yousendit.com/DC230BC061D45DDB

[charmax.livejournal.com]

Not judging, no. Laughing, yes. :D

Thanks for the suggestions!

[charmax.livejournal.com]

Happy Together is great, not sure about the other....

Thanks, Alex.

[charmax.livejournal.com]

I love "Ain't No Mountain High Enough", "Say A Little Prayer" and "Accidentally In Love." Good choices.

[charmax.livejournal.com]

Oh don't know that. *downloading* Thanks, Jessie.

[scatterheart.livejournal.com]

Wow, I never thought it would be so hard to find a good lovesong that's both gender-neutral and not angsty. Among the almost 7000 songs on my playlist, these are all I found:

Beach Boys (or Bowie, or whoever) - God Only Knows
Ben Folds - The Luckiest
Elton John - Can You Feel The Love Tonight
Shania Twain - Forever and for Always
The Postal Service - Such Great Heights

And I second "Head Over Feet" and "Accidentally in Love".

[charmax.livejournal.com]

I don't know some of these, fantastic! Thank you. :D

[scatterheart.livejournal.com]

Let me know if you need uploads or something! :)

[charmax.livejournal.com]

I will.

[lysachan.livejournal.com]

Damn, this is surprisingly difficult!

"That's Where It Is" by Carrie Underwood is the first one I could think of.

"I'll Be" by Edwin McCain is rather non-angsty, too.

[mranderson71.livejournal.com]

These wouldn't be for an upcoming ceremony that you may or may not be involved in by any chance Char? ;)

I like the following:
I Love You (Always Forever) by Donna Lewis.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qLPXsmo0ZJc

The Way You Look Tonight by Elton John:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tgBzy0-7B-4
(We danced to this one at our wedding)

World of Own by Westlife:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r8hl9zEFK6s
(Though this one does could sound more like from the perspective of people being apart)

[foomatic.livejournal.com]

I'm like the queen of sappy love songs!

No One, by Alicia Keys
Better Together, by Jack Johnson
The Way You Look Tonight, by (take your pick!)
The Way I Am, by Ingrid Michaelson (not quite gender-neutral, depends on how you look at hair loss)
Danny's Song, by Me First & the Gimme Gimmes
First Day of my Life, by Bright Eyes
Oh, by Dave Matthews Band
I Kissed A Girl, by Jill Sobule (classic!)
You and Me, by Lifehouse

Okay, that should be enough to get you started. Coincedentally, "Happy Together" was Steph and I's first dance. :)

[charmax.livejournal.com]

I don't know these. Thanks!

[charmax.livejournal.com]

To the question above, yes. :D

The first 2 are promising but I can stand Westlife, they make my ears bleed.

[charmax.livejournal.com]

There are lot's here I don't know. *downloads* Cheers, Foo.

As I've said previously, Happy Together is a fantastic song but it's one I've vidded in the past so it's really not gonna work. The vid's not something I want to be visualizing on the day.

[mranderson71.livejournal.com]

hehehe, thought so!

While Im no fan of Westlife, I don't hate them either. But that is their only song that I genuinely like listening to.