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For music lovers of all ages and of all genres, this lens is an attempt to tap into the originality of song writers and singers who have the vision and heart to write about love as they have experienced it and not as the bubblegum, peppy, pop matra that it has turned into. You will find songs from artists as varied as Metallica and Sarah MacLachlan here, all singing about love, life and loss. Feel free to contribute your favourite songs as well. They just have to be unusual and original.

Alternative Love

Feel the love in the dulcet tones of Sarah MacLachlan, Norah Jones, and Eva Cassidy. Also recently added is the quirky renditions by Lisa Hannigan. Songs featured here:
Songbird -- Eva Cassidy
Full of Grace -- Sarah Mclachlan
Do What you Have to Do -- Sarah Mclachlan
Sunrise -- Norah Jones
River -- Sarah McLachlan (cover of Joni Mitchell's song)
Come Away with Me - Norah Jones
I Dont Know -- Lisa Hannigan
Lille -- Lisa Hannigan

Nora Jones, Come away with me

Nora Jones, Come awa... 2 points

Eva Cassidy-Songbird

Eva Cassidy-Songbird 1 point

Sarah McLachlan - Full of Grace

Sarah McLachlan - Fu... 0 points

Norah Jones - Sunrise

Norah Jones - Sunris... 0 points

Do What You Have To Do By Sarah McLachlan

Do What You Have To... 0 points

Sarah McLachlan - River

Sarah McLachlan - Ri... 0 points

Lisa Hannigan I DON'T KNOW with LYRICS

Lisa Hannigan I DON'... 0 points

Lisa Hannigan - Lille - OFFICIAL VIDEO

Lisa Hannigan - Lill... 0 points

Alternative Love on Amazon

Come Away with Me

Come Away with Me

Norah Jones' debut album2 points

Songbird

Songbird

Eva Cassidy has the voice of an angel. And this album proves it!1 point

Wintersong

Wintersong

The Christmas album on love and hope in the time of loss.0 points

Surfacing

Surfacing

The perfect album, every song is a well of emotion.0 points

Feels Like Home

Feels Like Home

Norah JOnes' second album that continues where she left off, singing beautiful songs in her astounding voice.0 points

Rocking Love Softly

Coldplay, Pearl Jam and Sting can definitely lay claim to the most beautiful love songs ever written. Songs featured here:
Last Kiss - Pearl Jam
The Scientist - Coldplay
Yellow - Coldplay
Fields of Gold - Sting
When we Dance - Sting
The Road to Mandalay - Robbie Williams
The Space Between -- Dave Matthews Band
Star Star -- The Frames
Headlong -- The Frames
Running on Empty -- Jackson Browne
The Pretender -- Jackson Browne
Time the Conqueror -- Jackson Browne

Last Kiss - Pearl Jam

Last Kiss - Pearl Ja... 1 point

Sting - When We Dance

Sting - When We Danc... 0 points

Coldplay - Yellow

Coldplay - Yellow 0 points

Sting - Fields Of Gold

Sting - Fields Of Go... 0 points

Coldplay - The Scientist

Coldplay - The Scien... 0 points

Robbie Williams - The Road to Mandalay - Slideshow

Robbie Williams - Th... 0 points

Dave Matthews Band - The Space Between (Music Video)

Dave Matthews Band -... 0 points

The Frames - Star Star **

The Frames - Star St... 0 points

The Frames - Headlong

The Frames - Headlon... 0 points

Jackson Browne Runnin on Empty

Jackson Browne Runni... 0 points

Jackson Browne - The Pretender

Jackson Browne - The... 0 points

Jackson Browne - Time The Conqueror - New Album

Jackson Browne - Tim... 0 points

Soft Rock on Amazon

Parachutes

Parachutes

An album that you can keep running on a perpetual more...0 points

Sing When You're Winning

Sing When You're Winning

Robbie Williams0 points

A Rush of Blood to the Head

A Rush of Blood to the Head

The album with 'The Scientist' and other amazing s more...0 points

Greatest Hits

Greatest Hits

Robbie Williams0 points

Fields of Gold: The Best of Sting 1984-1994

Fields of Gold: The Best of Sting 1984-1994

Sting fans will remember this album for introducin more...0 points

Live on Two Legs

Live on Two Legs

Pearl Jam0 points

The Swell Season

The Swell Season

Frames front man Hansard has teamed up with classi more...0 points

Set List

Set List

Hugely popular in their homeland of Ireland, the F more...0 points

Time The Conqueror

Jackson Browne

Time the Conqueror

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Jackson Browne's latest album after a six-year hiatus has what I think are vintage JB. his voice has matured, his political and social concerns have taken precedence in his songs, but his songwriting is as amazing as ever. If you haven't heard his songs, you don't know what you are missing.

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Hard Rock Loving

If you thought rockers didnt sing love songs, think again! Songs featured here:
Nothing Else Matters - Metallica
With Arms Wide Open - Creed
More than Words - Extreme
Sweet Amber - Metallica
Higher - Creed
Bring Me to life -- Evanescence

Metallica - Nothing Else Matters(S&M)

Metallica - Nothing... 1 point

More than words

More than words 1 point

Bring me to life by Evanescence

Bring me to life by... 0 points

Creed's Arms wide open: music video

Creed's Arms wide op... 0 points

Metallica - Sweet Amber

Metallica - Sweet Am... 0 points

Rockers on Amazon

St. Anger (with Bonus DVD)

St. Anger (with Bonus DVD)

Metallica's amazing album -- electrifying guitars with extraordinary drums!0 points

Human Clay

Human Clay

Creed's most amazing album!0 points

Fallen

Fallen

Evanescence. Gothic rock at its best!0 points

S & M

S & M

Metallica jamming with the San Fransisco Symphony Orchestra0 points

Plays Metallica by Four Cellos

Plays Metallica by Four Cellos

Apocalyptica's astounding rendering of Metallica0 points

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Country Love

Country music is known for its ballads that tell of the most beautiful and bizarre love stories. Here are some of my favourites.
Red on a Rose - Alan Jackson
Easy Silence - The Dixie Chicks
Whiskey Lullaby - Brad Paisley and Alison Krauss
Bring it on -- Little Big Town
Georgia Rain -- Trisha Yearwood
I'm Already There -- Lonestar

Whisky Lullaby

Whisky Lullaby 1 point

Alan Jackson-Like Red On A Rose

Alan Jackson-Like Re... 0 points

Trisha Yearwood - Georgia Rain: Closed Captioned

Trisha Yearwood - Ge... 0 points

Easy Silence

Easy Silence 0 points

Lonestar-I'm Already There

Lonestar-I'm Already... 0 points

Bring It On Home- Little Big Town

Bring It On Home- Li... 0 points

Country Love

Like Red on a Rose

Like Red on a Rose

Alan Jackson's soothing voice is too beautiful to compare.0 points

Jasper County

Jasper County

Trisha Yearwood0 points

Love, Pain & the Whole Crazy Thing

Love, Pain & the Whole Crazy Thing

Keith Urban's heartfelt rendering of love and loss0 points

Songbook: A Collection of Hits

Songbook: A Collection of Hits

The best of Trisha Yearwood0 points

The Road to Here

The Road to Here

One of the best debut country albums ever.0 points

Taking The Long Way

Taking The Long Way

Dixie Chicks0 points

Folksy Love

You cant get more unusual than this!

I've recently discovered the most amazing music of Jack Johnson and Matt Costa and this space is dedicated to them.

Better Together (jack johnson home video)

Better Together (jac... 0 points

Jack Johnson - Do you remember

Jack Johnson - Do yo... 0 points

Banana Pancakes

Banana Pancakes 0 points

Matt Costa Sunshine music video

Matt Costa Sunshine... 0 points

Matt Costa - Cold December: Closed Captioned

Matt Costa - Cold De... 0 points

Matt Costa - Sweet Thursday

Matt Costa - Sweet T... 0 points

New album by Jack Johnson

Sleep Through The Static

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The latest offering from Jack Johnson, filled with soul-stirring melodies, his impeccable guitar skills, and extraordinary song-writing.

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Johnson and Costa on Amazon

In Between Dreams

In Between Dreams

Jack Johnson -- Has the songs 'Better Together', 'Do you remember?' and ' Banana pancakes'0 points

On And On

On And On

Jack Johnson0 points

Thicker Than Water

Thicker Than Water

Jack Johnson0 points

Songs We Sing

Songs We Sing

Matt Costa's debut album0 points

Matt Costa's second album

Unfamiliar Faces (Dig)

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Matt Costa's follow-up to his smash hit debut. Promises to be as quirky and brilliant as the first.

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British Female Singer-Songwriters

Amy Winehouse - Rehab

Amy Winehouse - Reha... 1 point

Amy Winehouse Back to Black

Amy Winehouse Back t... 0 points

Kate Nash -Foundations

Kate Nash -Foundatio... 0 points

Lily Allen -

Lily Allen - "Smile"... 0 points

Lily Allen - 'The Littlest Things' Music Video

Lily Allen - 'The Li... 0 points

Duffy - Mercy - Official Music Video

Duffy - Mercy - Offi... 0 points

Duffy - Rockferry

Duffy - Rockferry 0 points

Brit Chicks on Amazon

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In Love with the World

Songs of Peace

These are my favourite peace songs! Would love to hear of more unusual ones out there.

Peace on Earth

Peace on Earth 0 points

WaR Child_bY_fReE_to_DeCiDe...

WaR Child_bY_fReE_to... 0 points

U2 - One

U2 - One 0 points

Norah Jones - My Dear Country

Norah Jones - My Dea... 0 points

Melissa Ethridge - I Need To Wake Up

Melissa Ethridge - I... 0 points

Metallica - Some Kind Of Monster

Metallica - Some Kin... 0 points

The Cranberries - Salvation

The Cranberries - Sa... 0 points

U2 - Where The Streets Have No Name

U2 - Where The Stree... 0 points

Sarah McLachlan - World On Fire

Sarah McLachlan - Wo... 0 points

Jackson Browne - The Drums Of War - New Album

Jackson Browne - The... 0 points

Peace Music on Amazon

Get the latest before donning your marching gear!

No Boundaries - A Benefit for the Kosovar Refugees by Pearl Jam

No Boundaries - A Benefit for the Kosovar Refugees by Pearl Jam

No Boundaries / A Benefit For The Kosovar Refugees more...0 points

The Wildlife Concert

The Wildlife Concert

John Denver0 points

Love to Hate

Heartbroken? Vengeful? Need to smash something? Before you do, sing along to these songs and wallow in self-pity.
You Oughta Know - Alanis Morissette
Hurt - Johnny Cash (cover of Nine Inch Nails)
Both Sides Now - Joni Mitchell
Die Die Die My Darling - Metallica (cover of The Misfits)
Men and Mascara - Julie Roberts
All out of Love - Air Supply

All out of love - Air Supply

All out of love - Ai... 1 point

Alanis Morissette

Alanis Morissette "Y... 0 points

Julie Roberts - Men & Mascara: Closed Captioned

Julie Roberts - Men... 0 points

joni mitchell 'both sides now', year 2000, audio ONLY

joni mitchell 'both... 0 points

Metallica - Die Die My Darling

Metallica - Die Die... 0 points

Johnny Cash Hurt

Johnny Cash Hurt 0 points

Love and Hate on Amazon

Men & Mascara

Men & Mascara

Julie Roberts0 points

Garage, Inc.

Garage, Inc.

Metallica0 points

Jagged Little Pill

Jagged Little Pill

Alanis Morissette0 points

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I would love to hear from you about your favourite love songs and artists. After all, there is so much more beautiful music in the world.

  • totalhealth Dec 16, 2008 @ 2:07 pm | delete
    I am not familiar with the song but I listed to some of it and its beautiful.
  • rdandy Oct 8, 2008 @ 10:12 am | delete
    Fun lens! I like all the little voting polls and what not.
  • Brite-Ideas Jul 9, 2007 @ 10:56 pm | delete
    Hi -
    Love your lense. I write poems and song lyrics. Here's some lyrics needing music - actually all my lyrics need music right now.
    You're Sitting On My Life, You're Leaving
    http://www.drageda.com/songindex/sittingonmylife/index.html - One of my lenses: http://www.squidoo.com/fatherandson
  • Crystal_Booth Jun 19, 2007 @ 11:50 pm | delete
    Fabulous lens! Welcome to the Squidoo Ratings Swap ~ Crystal

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