music for love that works

I've been presented with the task of making a CD for Siggy's wedding this weekend, and I think it's coming together. She wanted two playlists - one of "love" songs, and another of
dance-y/love-y music. Although at first I found it challenging to think of ANY songs that aren't ironic, brutally honest, and snarky, it has slowly started to come back to me. Are you dying to read the play list? I knew it.

The "Love" CD
Something Stupid - Frank and Nancy Sinatra
Cheek to Cheek - Louis Armstrong and Ella Fitzgerald
Your Song - Elton John
All is Full of Love - Bjork
Love Song - the Cure
Love Will Tear Us Apart - Joy Division
Wild Horses - the Rolling Stones
Leaving on a Jet Plane - Bjork
With or Without You - U2
I'm Sorry I Love You - Magnetic Fields
We Are Gonna Be Friends - the White Stripes
All You Need is Love - the Beatles
Only in Dreams - Weezer
Oh Yoko! - John Lennon

The "Love Dance/Dance Love" CD
Copa Cabana - Barry Manilow
Big Time Sensuality - Bjork
Bohemian Like You - Dandy Warhols
Common People - Pulp
Gigantic - the Pixies
100% - Sonic Youth
A Message to You Rudy - The Specials
One Step Beyond - Madness
Spanish Bombs - The Clash
Groove is in the Heart - Deeeeee Lite
Crazy in Love - Beyonce and Jay Z.
Kiss - Prince
Just Like Heaven - the Cure
Tainted Love - Soft Cell
Cannonball - the Breeders
Not If You Were the Last Junkie on Earth - Dandy Warhols
Razzmatazz - Pulp
Punk Rock Girl - The Dead Milkman
The Girl from Ipanema - Sergio Mendes & Brasil '66

It's a combination of what we used to listen to at Bang!, general squishy love songs, and one or two songs that always make me want to hug someone. Of course, I also made myself a cynical/fuck this shit CD to travel with me. Music therapy at its best.

Congratulations Siggy!!