Old fashioned love songs

I was watching the X Factor at the weekend, and there is a chap called Andy who sang Nat King Cole's 'Unforgettable'. It has to be said, he did a bloody good job of it.

I was listening to the lyrics and the arrangement, and it got me thinking about all the songs of this era and others of the same nature from various times throughout popular music history.

Songs like this are timeless and universally classic. They raise such emotion and meaning, so long after they were the 'in' thing. There are few, if any, true modern classics.

So, I sat and considered the old CD collection, and the music that my beautiful mum encouraged us all to listen to as kids, and I realised that it is the undeniable but understated passion of the words, the subtlety and allusion, rather than the out and out sexual intention or heartfelt declarations, that make these songs so special.

Consider;

Unforgettable
That´s what you are,
Unforgettable
Tho´ near or far.
Like a song of love that clings to me,
How the thought of you does things to me.
Never before
Has someone been more...

Unforgettable
In every way,
And forever more
That´s how you´ll stay.
That´s why, darling, it´s incredible
That someone so unforgettable
Thinks that I am
Unforgettable, too.


Beautiful.

Just blowing on the wind in it's content, but yet so full of weight and depth and meaning. Timeless and all encompassing. For anyone and everyone who has ever been in love, no matter age or background.

The kind of song you can put on the stereo and invite your lover to dance with you to.

An old fashioned song, for something that will never be out of fashion - Pure and simple Love.