The Calendar shows February 14th, the day when us women say things like 'We don't need a day to show each other how much we love each other' but actually mean if you don't get me a card you will be cooking your own tea for a fortnight.
Valentine's Day is all about being in love and many ballads are of the break-up and insecurities kind and that's not what this day is all about, it's shouting from the rooftops 'I LOVE THIS PERSON WITH ALL MY HEART' and there are not as many songs as you would assume which qualify for the Lucy
Museum of Musicians who deserve entry to Lucy's museum.
You're Still the One - Shania Twain. Very sappy but i like it. Not so much about the first throws of love but very much about finding that special someone and through all the trials and tribulations remaining in love after everything.
Time Of You Life - Green Day. You wouldn't think the punk-pop kings would make it onto a Valentine's Love Songs List but to me it's not having any regrets and going for it, making those 'photographs and still frames in your mind' because you never know, it may just be the time of your life.
Nothing Can Change This Love - Sam Cooke. He may not know anything about History or Geography but he has a great voice and this is just a lyrically faultless song with Cooke's smooth vocals, subtle strings and a tinkering piano which just come together to create a beautiful song and starts with the promise of sending a letter everyday if he went a million miles away, a sentiment probably highly endorsed by the Post Office.
I Will Always Love You - Whitney Houston. No love song list is complete without this one, a rare case of the copy being so much better than the Dolly Parton original. The part where the drum beat is followed by a split second of silence and then, out of thin air Whitney's superb vocals chime 'And I-I-I-I-I...' give me a tingle down the spine everytime.
Only Yesterday - The Carpenters. Karen sings about finding love and how yesterday she was sad and lonely but finding love showed her the way to leave the past behind and tomorrow maybe even brighter than today and isn't that what we are all hoping for?
Only You - Platters. This is a sublime ballad and probably almost the
ultimate love song, sung faultlessly by the brilliant Tony Williams
accompanied by the soft piano, the wispy sound of the drum brushes and
the rest of the group singing soft backing vocals make this a perfect
celebration of being in love and being with someone 'who fills my heart
with love, my one and only you'.
Never Enough - Loren Allred. If The Platters song is almost the ultimate Love Song, this one is it. It has everything, the slow build, the amazing lyrics about the stars being stole from the night sky nor all the towers of gold being enough and Loren's beautiful voice. If you don't get a lump in your throat you have either never been in all encompassing love or you are dead inside.
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