Classic rock was better at love songs than modern pop, is my unexpected conclusion.
I'd use a tightish definition of love songs as a subset of "songs about the messy business of human relationships": it needs to be credible (i.e. the singer must get across either what makes the loved person worth loving or what makes the love worthwhile), it should really be reciprocated or at least offer the possibility of it, it should probably be present tense (tho "He Stopped Loving Her Today" is surely a love song). My actual pick falls at the first hurdle, so I'll change it.
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Date: 2009-02-04 12:11 pm (UTC)I'd use a tightish definition of love songs as a subset of "songs about the messy business of human relationships": it needs to be credible (i.e. the singer must get across either what makes the loved person worth loving or what makes the love worthwhile), it should really be reciprocated or at least offer the possibility of it, it should probably be present tense (tho "He Stopped Loving Her Today" is surely a love song). My actual pick falls at the first hurdle, so I'll change it.