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Song for lovers

17:50 / 23.03.04

I'm lost in love and need to hear some sounds that recognise the pain in me. I find that listening to music to helps me understand myself and what I'm going through, and I thought it would be a good idea to make a list of songs that 'lithers could listern to, in order to understand what thier feeling. Can you recommend any songs that may inspire some lovin' fellings or even an epiphany? Loss, sorrow, joy, bring it on!

At the moment I'm torn between 'In a forest', and 'Burn', both by the cure. I once had a tape of 'scorpio rising', by Death In Vegas, same song repeated over and over again on both sides. Come along nice, come along dead, scorpio rising paint it red, a psychic equalizer in your head.

19:49 / 23.03.04

Sounds like you could do with some early Jesus & Mary Chain to me.

19:50 / 23.03.04

Actually, what am I talking about, EVERYBODY could do with some early Jesus & Mary Chain.

VonKobra,Scuttling&Slithering

14:41 / 24.03.04

Wildhearts .........THE FUCKING WILDHEARTS.

OOOOHHH I LA LA LA LA LA LA LOOOVE YA
UNTIL I DON'T
OOOOHHH I LA LA LA LA LA LA LOOOVE YA

AND IF IT TAKES ME ALL MY LIFE
JUST TO GET YOU OUTTA MY HEAD
MAYBE I'D RATHER BE DEAD

she's always busy caring 'cos that's all she's ever done
she's a thousand Florence Nightingales all rolled up into one
and (well) people take advantage but she loves her fellow friend
with a slow, slow count from ten...

when strangers die around her she still cries herself to sleep
and she seldom gets the chance to pick the company she keeps
and the ring around her finger is a ring around her past
and a youth that couldn't last

when people ask if she's OK she doesn't even answer
her mind is set on auto-think, for heaven knows how long
with the body of an angel and the features of a child

she's miles and miles and miles and miles away
she's the miles away girl, 'cos she's the miles away girl
and she slaps miles and miles of smiles on every face
she's the miles away girl, she's the miles away girl
she's the miles away girl, right next to (me)

21:22 / 25.03.04

Love, you say? Look no further than Marvin. Ain't nothing wrong with Marvin. From the liner notes to the 1973 'Lets Get It On' LP:

"I can't see anything wrong in sex between consenting anybodies. I think we make far too much of it. After all, one's genitals are just one important part of the magnigicent human body. I have no argument with the essential part they play in the reproduction of the species; however, the reproductive process has been assured by the pleasure both parties receive when they engage in it.

I contend that SEX is SEX and LOVE is LOVE. When combined, they work well together, if two people are of about the same mind. But they are really two discrete needs and should be treated as such. Time and space will not permit me to expound further, especially in the area of the psyche. I don't believe in overly moralistic philosophies. Have your sex, it can be very exciting, if you're lucky.

I hope the music that I present here makes you lucky.

'Birth and copulation and death, that's all the facts when you get to brass tacks' - TS Eliot"

Marvin is the man. Forget the Cure. Bollocks to Death in Vegas. Marvin's all you need.

21:40 / 25.03.04

Billie Holiday, almost every love song by her.