The Top 20 Country Love Songs of All Time
Friday, January 28, 2011 at 9:46PM Tweet by Jim Poulton
What a job! Choosing the best of anything is tough – even if one stands Stetson and shoulders above all the rest. But to select the Top 20 Country Love Songs of all time? … that’s like choosing your favorite sunset.
I’m sure each of you will have your own ideas about what songs should be at the top – Great! Let us know, and tell us why.
In the meantime, here are our choices for the Top 20 Love Songs. We’ll be posting a song a day until Valentine’s Day, when we’ll announce our Number One song. Keep checking back - some of these songs will surprise you!
Number 20:
Lyle Lovett's She's No Lady
Even though I've been a musician for more than 30 years, tonight was the first time I heard this song. And I loved it!!! I want my own band to do it (are you listening, boys?). Reasons I liked it:
Lyrics - the unexpected lyrics in this song made me smile. They talk about the pains and hassles of married life, but in a way that makes you whisper quietly to yourself: It was all worth it.
Music - A sultry and slinky 8-bar blues, spiced up with jazz riffs and Lovett's best crooner voice - hard to top!
Video - The video is of Lovett performing the song in an uptown jazz club, but interspersed are scenes of (obviously) married couples. The effect is the same as the music + lyrics: you get to see firsthand the humanness of long-lasting love.
A great song - and well worth being on the Top 20 list!
Unfortunately, we can't embed the video for this song, but you can see it by clicking here ...
Reader Comments (1)
Excellent choices, Jim. Very, very tough job. I would have thrown in a Don Williams song or two (Amanda, Falling in Love, You're My Best Friend, Goodbye Isn't Really Good At All, Over- Looking and Under- Thinking maybe), and also (I'm a little disappointed you missed this one) the undisputed best country love song of all time: Old Shep.