Not So Silly Love Songs #MusicMovesMe

It's Monday, the day after Super Bowl Sunday (have you recovered yet?) and it's time for Music Moves Me!

Who are the members of Music Moves Me (4M)?  We are bloggers who blog with music each Monday. If you have music to share with us, you are most welcome to join! (Music Posts Only- Please post containing links to You Tube or Vimeo for actual music.  Other posts are subject to removal or labeling as "No Music".)  Every other week we have a theme and on alternate weeks we have "You Pick".  And, see the special announcement at the bottom of my post today.

Our conductors? First, there is XmasDolly.  Her chief co-conductor is Cathy of Curious as a Cathy. Her other co-conductors are Stacy of Stacy Uncorked, and me.  

For February our guest conductor is Robin at Songbird's Crazy World.  For today, her theme is: In honor of Valentine's Day, we will have love songs.  Songs about falling in love, being in love, missing the one you love, even about losing love."

I wondered how many love songs have been recorded.  Google gave me an answer:  perhaps upwards of 100 million.   This is pretty overwhelming.  Where do I begin?

So I'd like to share some of my favorites.

The Righteous Brothers - Unchained Melody.  How I loved their music. 

Beach Boys "God Only Knows" is one of my favorite Beach Boys songs.

Paul McCartney and Wings, from 1976 "Silly Love Songs"

The Troggs' 1966 cover of "Wild Thing" 

We must include Billy Joel, who has recorded a number of love songs.  "Leningrad" may be an unusual choice, but it's about a different kind of love than romantic love.  Stay with the song and video - you'll be glad you did.

Then there are the standards, and I found this one on a fellow Music Moves Me blog post last week.  As a lover of the 80's, how can I resist "Fly Me to the Moon" sung by Martin and Shirlie Kemp.  Martin Kemp was in Spandeu Ballet and his now-wife Shirlie was a backup singer for Wham!  I love her voice especially in this.

And how about a "off the beaten track" songs

Ben, sung by Michael Jackson, is an ode to....a pet rat.

And,  finally, a love song that is hundreds of years old, and shows us how every generation has mourned over lost love.  The ballard "Greensleeves". 

Now, why don't you visit these fine Music Moves Me participants for even more love songs?


So once again - it's a wrap!

But before I leave, a little announcement:

Starting this month, all 4M participants will get a chance to be guest host/hostess for a month as we're going to set up a rotation system.  You'll be given advanced notice to accept and submit your themes.  You'll be placed at the top of the linky party but no worries; if for some reason you can't actively do the co-host/hostess duties and want to toss in your theme ideas anyhow, then you can send them, receive credit, and join the party at your convenience. This is subject to change. We're exploring new ways to keeping things fresh at the best dance party in Blogosphere and feel free to add suggestions.  

And again, if you know anyone who loves music and musical Mondays, why not invite him or her to join our party each week?

Join me again next Monday, same time, same place.