Tell me the truth about love

[liv]

It's a minor Jewish romance festival today, so a romantic mix is vaguely topical. But nearly all the songs ever are about love, so to make it challenging, I'm looking for songs that are actually about love. Not just how much the singer is in love with the beloved, but about the nature of love itself. Songs that tell you that love is blind, or describe the dangers of love, or tell you that love will conquer all...

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[ninety6tears]

Bjork-All Is Full of Love
Outkast-Happy Valentine's Day
Nada Surf-Always Love
The Mountain Goats-Love Love Love

[liv]

Shiny, thank you!

[erika]

The Darkest of the Hillside Thickets - The Math Song

Dragonette - Marvellous

Royksopp - Miss It So Much (could be argued that the "it" is love)

Death Cab for Cutie - The Sound of Settling

[liv]

That's a fascinating selection! I was going to do a sciencey mix at some stage and The Math Song could be really good for that. I hadn't heard of it before.

[bliumchik]

Regina Spektor - Dance Anthem of the 80's
Jonathan Larson - Seasons of Love (from the RENT soundtrack)
Tori Amos - New Age

[liv]

Ooh, yay, thank you. Always good to see Regina Spektor and Tori Amos showing up in a playlist.

[liv]

Mine so far:

Joy Division: Love will tear us apart
Apoptygma Bezerk: Love never dies
The Hot Puppies: (Love's a) Drowsing Nymph
Mylène Farmer: L'amour n'est rien
Arcade Fire: Crown of love
Was (Not Was): How the heart behaves
Deep Purple: Love help me
Pulp: Love is blind
The Decemberists: Won't want for love