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Beirut – Postcards from Italy
Maybe you can't say it with words, maybe there are no words, maybe you want to freak out a commitment-phobe. If so, this is the song you need.
Folksy, dreamy, drippy, totally evocative of home movies that haven't been made yet, this is how you tell the one that they're the one before you watch them run: “And I will love to see that day ...when she will marry me outside with the willow trees” – oh yeah, ain't no one hanging around for that. NK
REO Speedwagon – Take it on the Run
Call me a creep, but when it comes to making out you can’t beat a bit of seventies rock for some real smooch tunes. REO Speedwagon isn’t the most obvious choice as it’s about being cheated on, but when the guitar solo kicks in at the end, close your eyes and it’s like you're Matthew McConaughey in Dazed and Confused playing tongue tennis with some high school chick in the back seat of your Pontiac.
To really ramp up the danger/excitement factor, just imagine the girl’s dad will come busting in at any moment. 60% of the time, it works every time. DH
Lil Wayne – Pussy Money Weed
It’s a close call between 'Pussy Money Weed' and… any of Lil Wayne’s other songs. With his croaky, sexy voice spewing profanities over smooth beats he makes it very hard not to swoon.
But ultimately, what girl doesn’t want to be compared to pussy, money and weed? Works every time. "Oh yes I love her like her dad told her no man would ever love her." And with your eyes closed, you can pretend anyone is Weezy F Baby. AM
John Prine and Iris Dement – In Spite Of Ourselves
Beat-up country musicians know how to write a love song better than anyone. I could’ve easily chosen something from Gram Parsons or Townes Van Zant but I settled on the whimsical slur of John Prine’s ‘In Spite Of Ourselves’. Rather than dwindle on idyllic love affairs with girls who look like angels and smell like the Body Shop, it’s much more realistic to lean towards acceptance, and basically take what you can get.
‘In Spite Of Ourselves’ is an argumental slosh of boozy countryisms sung by two stuck up moaners who, despite their nagging doubts, acknowledge their adoration for one another and accept each other’s painful traits. Like not putting the toilet seat down. DJ
Tim Minchin – If You Really Loved Me
For many, Valentine's Day is less about love and more to do with one-upping your ex and indulging in a little fetishism. This track combines the lot in a celebration of the bat-shit insanity that only love can bring. Who says romance is dead? HS
Shaggy – Luv Me, Luv Me
Shaggy's 'Hot Shot' album might as well be an hour of the sound of pants dropping, such a sizzling sex fest as it is. I could have chosen any one of the lover man's tunes but by the time Shaggy has invited me into his caravan of love (don't mind if I do) and offered to lay my silky body on his persian rug “While we sippin' Coke from da same ol' mug” I'm a dribbling wreck. LM
Korn – A.D.I.D.A.S
The poet that is Jonathan Davis is inarguably the best accompaniment to some hardcore skin on skin. His erstwhile scream and lyrical genius need no more explanation as to why they will always get you laid. And I quote:
"I don't know your fucking name. So what, let's fuck." LC
Morrissey – You're the One for Me, Fatty
Honestly, it's a bloody close call between this and another typically cheery Morrissey-penned ditty, 'Girlfriend in a Coma'. I eventually went for this one for the simple fact that if you're trying to make out with a girl in a coma then, a) there's something a weensy bit wrong with you, and b) even Morrissey's barbed warblings won't have all that much of an amatory impact.
'You're the One for Me, Fatty', though, works every time. Not only do fatties need love too, but they also like regular and direct reminders about their weight issues. Oh, and cake, obviously. TJ
2 Live Crew – Face Down Ass Up
Few things in life can be as disappointing as getting a hot lady into bed only for her to turn out to be either a lie-back-and-think-of-England type or the opposite extreme where she just wants to pee on you or crush your testicles in some fashion.
So for my make-out tune I've gone for a bit of a modern classic from those well known custodians of good taste – 2 Live Crew. I figure tell her what you're into at the make-out stage and you'll probably avoid getting much further than that unless the lady in question is into the same things... Close runners up were 'Treat Her Like a Prostitute' by Slick Rick and Akinyele's 'Put It In Your Mouth'. TO
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