Love Songs for 17 Occasions

A selection of tracks for your CD-ROM or MP3 player

17 tracks / 78 minutes / medium: WMA 128K. Compiled on 10th December 2004

1 Love Song for a Vampire, Annie Lennox, (Little Bird) 1992

Oh loneliness! Oh hopelessness!
To search the ends of time;
For there is, in all the world,
No greater love than mine.

2 I Wish I Knew, Andy Sheppard [words Pauline Reage], (Nocturnal Tourist) 2004

"You are not to sit on your slip
Or on your skirt.
Pull them up and sit on the seat
Without anything in-between."

3 A Lover Sings, Billy Bragg, (Back to Basics) 1987

A hot day, the smell of hairspray
And the sound of a shower running softly.
It's things like this That remind me of how I felt
The first time you came back for coffee.
The way you took it amazed me.

4 Come to Me, Björk, (Debut) 1993

You know that I adore you.
You know that I love you.
So don't make me say it - It would
Burst the bubble; break the charm.

5 Its The Truth, The Only Ones, (The Only Ones) 1978

Ive got to talk to you, Ive got to talk to you,
And it's the last time Im ever going to.

6 Solitude Standing, Suzanne Vega, (Solitude Standing) 1987

And she says
"I've come to set a twisted thing straight"
And she says "I've come to lighten this dark heart"
And she takes my wrist, I feel her
Imprint of fear. And I say
"I've never thought of finding you here"

7 The Day Before You Came, Blancmange [Andersson/Ulvaeus], (Mange Tout) 1984

It's funny, but
I had no sense of living without aim
The day before you came.

8 Xoyo, Passage, (Degenerates) 1982

Natural Selection: I'm due for disconnection
Rip up the rules on who and why
And what can procreate.
X Oh! Y Oh! Triple-X Sexposé!

9 Ten Thousand Miles, June Tabor [Trad.], (Angel Tiger) 1992

O, come you back, my own true love
And stay a while with me.
If I had a friend all on this earth
You've been a friend to me.

10 You Made Me the Thief of Your Heart, Sinéad O'Connor [Bono/Friday/Seezer], (In the Name of the Father) 1994

You made me cold and you made me hard
And you made me the thief of your heart.

11 When I'm At Your House, Loudon Wainwright III, (History) 1992

When I'm at your house, God only knows
Why I go through your drawers
And try on your clothes.

12 Walk on By, The Stranglers [Bacharach/David], (The Collection 1977-1982) 1982

Foolish pride is all that I have left,
So let me hide the tears
And the sadness you gave me
When you said goodbye.
Walk on By.

13 Take This Longing, Leonard Cohen, (New Skin for the Old Ceremony) 1974

Take this longing from my tongue.
Whatever useless things
These hands have done.

14 The Sweetest Girl, Scritti Politti, (Songs to Remember) 1982

The sweetest girl in all the world,
His eyes are for you only.
The sweetest boy in all the world,
His life has got so lonely.

15 Extreme Ways, Moby, (18) 2002

I've seen so much in so many places.
So many heartaches, so many faces.
So many dirty things. You couldn't believe.

16 A Handful Of Dust, Loudon Wainwright III, (History) 1992

You've got money in your pocket
You can eat around the crust
But a man is just a handful of dust

17 I Know Sometimes a Man Is Wrong, David Byrne, (Rei Momo) 1989

I'll be wrong until youre next to me