by John Moore
There are thousands of classic making love songs in the human race . And then there are those songs thatseemromantic — like , say , Dolly Parton ’s most famous breakup birdsong , " I Will Always Love You , " which skyrocketed as a top nuptials choice after Whitney Houston’sheartbreaking versionwas released in 1992 — but when you really listen to the language , they do n’t convey exactly the message you might have think . Here are seven of them .
1. “More Than Words” // Extreme
Do n’t be fooled by the excess acoustics and subtle , soulful harmonies — the bros from Extreme did n’t write a lovemaking ballad , they penned a longing ballad . In 1991 , just after the song had topped theBillboardcharts , guitar player and singer - songwriter Nuno Bettencourt peach about how mass too often think that tell " I love you " can work out as a Band - Aid in family relationship . " People use it so easy and so lightly that they think you’re able to say that and fix everything , or you’re able to say that and everything ’s OK,“he said . Basically , it ’s about how action speak louder than words .
2. “God Only Knows” // The Beach Boys
As lushly orchestrated as this song is , the lyric are short on words but long on assorted content . Brian Wilson ’s proclamations that life would n’t be worth live without the song ’s intend attender sound like the stuff of planning futures together and walking down the gangway , but only if you may get past the first short letter : " I may not always bang you . "
3. “Leaving on a Jet Plane” // John Denver
What vocalise like a odoriferous , devout farewell before a fairly prospicient tripper flex semisweet when the singer admits that " so many time I ’ve let you down / So many clip I ’ve played around , " perhaps on one of these long trips . But then he promises to bring home a hymeneals ring ? It seems knockout to look forward to an engagement when you do n’t know if your dear will be faithful while he ’s out of town .
4. “There She Goes” // The LA’s
From the time The La ’s released " There She Goes " in 1988 , hearsay of it being an ode to diacetylmorphine abounded . Lead guitarist John Byrne , who co - wrote the vocal , denied it , saying " It ’s just a love song about a lady friend that you care but never talk to , " which , beyond the lyric " There she blow … pulsate through my vein , " could be believed . The song after made a huge rejoinder in 1999 when Sixpence None the Richer cover it , introducing a whole newfangled generation to the bleary dividing line between Department of State of crush and intoxication .
5. “Here Comes Your Man” // The Pixies
You ’d expect a band as discordant as the Pixies to have some pretty chicane up opinions on romance , but what ’s admirable is that one of their most accessible songs is really a pretty twisted little tale . " Here number Your Man , " replete with twanging riffage and cutesy backing purrs , is actually " about winos and hobo traveling on the trains , who choke in the California Earthquake , " as frontman Black FrancistoldNMEin 1989 . The repetitive Greek chorus of " here comes your man " might sound sweet-scented and middling knightly , but then verses like " Big shake on the boxcar move / with child trill to the demesne that ’s come down down / Is a confidential information makes a palm halt bollix up / A big , big stone fall and stop my top " do n’t precisely hold up as romantic humor - setters .
6. “Got to Get You Into My Life” // The Beatles
" It ’s actually an ode to pot,“Paul McCartney saidof this 1966 song , though it could easily fool any straight parents who might have heard it playing from the basement . And with lyrics like " Ooh , then I abruptly see you / Ooh , did I differentiate you I need you / Every exclusive day of my living " come in from the " precious " Beatle , who could blame them for the confusion ?
7. “Always” // Bon Jovi
This power ballad ’s refrain scream everlasting love—“And I get it on when I go you ’ll be on my mind / And I ’ll sleep with you , always”—but the rest of the lyrics distinguish the full story of a Romeo whose heart is run after his devotee leave and moved on to someone else . Just another admonisher to actively take heed to the full signification of a song before place to a first terpsichore .
