If you wonder what is the topic most songs refer to, look no further: it is Love.
1. All You Need Is Love – The Beatles
(John Lennon-Paul McCartney)
The TV show Our World, on account of which the first satellite connection between 25 countries took place, was aired on June 25th 1967 and had an audience of 400 million people. The Beatles were chosen to represent Britain and Lennon wrote this song having in mind the summer of love which was then in full blossom.
2. Words Of Love – Buddy Holly
(Buddy Holly)
One of the most famous songs by Buddy Holly which, in some strange way, did not become a hit by himself. It was recorded on April 8th 1957 and has been covered by several artists, among which the Beatles and The Diamonds.
3. Love Is A Losing Game – Amy Winehouse
(Amy Winehouse)
Although it was the least successful single that Winehouse released from Back To Black (2007), this song has received quite flattering comments by George Michael and has been covered by Prince. Which only came natural, as it is an excellent ballad.
4. Love Sick – Bob Dylan
(Bob Dylan)
The opening song from Time Out Of Mind (1997), the resurrection album for Dylan. With a gloomy atmosphere and the voice of the songwriter sounding like coming out of a deep well, Love Sick imposes you and takes you along to the deepest arcades...
5. Is This Love? – Clap Your Hands Say Yeah
(Alec Ounsworth)
This song, from the debut by Clap Your Hands Say Yeah entitled after themselves, was the first release of the band outside America, when released as a single in Britain in 2005. It is an explanation for the great success they met back then.
6. Love Kills – Freddie Mercury
(Freddie Mercury-Georgio Moroder)
This song, although it was meant to be included in the album The Works by the Queen, initially appeared in the renovated copy of the film Metropolis (1927) by Fritz Lang, released by Georgio Moroder in 1984. The film, as well as the soundtrack provoked a lot of discussion but this song is definitely one of the best in Mercury's solo career.
7. Sunshine Of Your Love – Cream(Jack Bruce- Pete Brown-Eric Clapton)
Bruce and Clapton wrote this song in 1967, after watching a live performance by Jimi Hendrix in London, speechless by his capabilities. This is probably the most famous song by the Cream, as well as one of the diamonds of the entire 60s. A great riff by Bruce's bass and an excellent solo by Clapton. “I’ve been waiting so long/ to be where I’m going/ In the sunshine of your love.”
8. Length Of Love – Interpol
(Paul Banks-Daniel Kessler-Carlos Dengler-Sam Fogarino)
A song from the second album by the Americans, Antics in 2004, which determines the band's style: a significant role of the rhythm parts (bass, drums), plain guitar riffs and "cold" performance by the frontman Paul Banks. Cool guys!
9. Crazy Little Thing Called Love – Queen
(Freddie Mercury)
Mercury wrote this song within 10 minutes and recorded it with the Queen in a respectively short time. With clear references to Elvis Presley and the old rock’n’roll, it was really successful and preserves a steady place in the lists and compilations with the band's best of.
10. Train Of Love – Johnny Cash
(Johnny Cash)
One of the old songs by the Man In Black released as a single in 1957 by Sun Records. It is a representative sample by the musical and lyrical style of Cash's first period, with country being mixed with rock’n’roll elements and the lyrics referring to the dark side of love.
* Photos from http://lostinpublic.files.wordpress.com/2009/02/in-love-and-death.jpg and www.wikipedia.org.
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