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 ...