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Best Slow Song

6/10/2012

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This is an impossible choice to make. There are a thousand dimensions of slow song. The same songs that would have triggered a change in radio station 30 years ago now now make up the lion's share of my favorite slow song playlists. And of course, gender plays a big role in the selection. There are celebrations of love "found," and heart-wrenching odes to love "lost." Some songs are so personal and intimate it's hard to imagine dancing to them with anyone but your spouse/BF/GF.   Stop snickering.


Here are a few favorites of mine:



Love Lost, Slipping Away, or Gone Terribly Wrong:
Brenda Lee's smoldering "I'm Sorry" or "Break It To Me Gently"


Whistful (no other way to describe it): 
Jonathan King's "Everyone's Gone to the Moon" This is what they mean by the expression "haunting." Proof that no one does string arrangements like the Brits (used to.) The time signature makes it a little challenging (it's a 3/4) but if  can waltz and you don't mind being the only couple on the dance floor. You will be rewarded.

Pure, Unadulterated Love Song:
The Casino's "Then You Can Tell Me Goodbye." Always makes me a little misty. Runner-up? Chris Isaak's cover of Elvis Presley's classic "I Can't help Falling in Love With You." Very similar to Elvis' version, but where they are oh-so-slightly different...magic.

Instrumental:
Remember these? Nothing says "Sixties" like Frank Purcell's "Our Winter Love"  except maybe a draft notice or bench (front) seats in cars.  

Those are my favorites. What are yours?

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