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Playlist sets mood
For people in happy, healthy relationships, Valentine’s Day promises singing teddy bears and enough candy to rot teeth right out of your skull.
For the bitterly single, it’s time to lock yourself in a dark room while listening to My Chemical Romance and crying.
But for music fans, it’s the happiest time of all, the time to give our significant others mixed CD’s with hearts scribbled on them to express our love for them and inundate them with our questionable music tastes.
Here’s my Valentine’s Day picks.
Peter Gabriel’s “In Your Eyes.”
This song is particularly effective if played from a stereo while creepily standing outside your loved one’s window.
Celine Dion, “Because You Loved Me.”
Who
doesn’t love Celine Dion? Nasally French-Canadian accents are sure to
win over all the ladies. This song is perfect for rekindling the
awkward relationship with that kid you saw “Titanic” with back in
middle school.
Paul Simon “Fifty Ways to Leave Your Lover.”
Trying
to break up with someone and can’t find the words? Try subtlety playing
this song on repeat on the highest volume and let Paul Simon do the
talking.
Then slip out the back or hop on a bus and get yourself free.
Marvin Gaye, “Sexual Healing.”
Nothing says, “I’m interested in taking this to the next level” like some Marvin Gaye.
Secretly though, I have a soft spot for cheesy love songs, so in all seriousness, I suggest the following songs.
Elvis, “Can’t Help Falling in Love.”
An absolute classic. It’s my parent’s wedding song, and they’ve been absurdly happily married for almost 26 years.
The Rosebuds, “Shake Our Tree.”
This song, from Raleigh’s own The Rosebuds, is about birds in love. It might not get any cuter.
The Beatles, “When I’m 64.”
If someone played this for me, the answer to “Will you still need me when I’m 64?” would be a very emphatic “Yes.”
The Terrordactyles, “Devices.”
In the
same vein as The Moldy Peaches’ “Anyone Else But You,” this song
features Kimya Dawson singing with The Terrordactyles for a song that
compares two lovers to literary techniques. It’s perfect for nerds in
love.
Travis, “Flowers in the Window.”
From the 2001 release, “The Invisible Band,” the Scottish band offered a surprising burst of cute in this charming love song.
All you have to do now is grab your Sharpees, make your CD and win over that kid in Math.
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