Maureen Post
Staff Writer

Raphael Saadiq -- "Let's Take a Walk"
Warren Zevon -- "Keep Me in Your Heart"
Devendra Banhart -- "Lover"
Etta James and Harvey Fuqua -- "If I Can't Have You"
Neil Young -- "Good to See You"

A few of these are classic favorites and a few are more recent but definitely have the potential to go one for years. I love songs unintentionally timeless; something with a little soul and something you hear over and over but still can't get enough.

Bobby Tanzilo
Managing Editor

Here are five songs that come to mind as testaments to the complexity of love...

Bob Marley & the Wailers -- "Waiting in Vain"
It's just oozing romance and the guitar solo is perhaps the best on record during the rock era. Sorry Hendrix.

Kate Rusby -- "Who Will Sing Me Lullabies"
Sure, it's a song of heartbreak, but it's such a testament to the power of love and devotion, that's it's extremely romantic. And, hey, I bet no one else includes any English folk on their lists.

Elvis Costello & Nick Lowe -- "Baby It's You"
Written by Burt Bacharach and Hal David, it was first recorded by the Shirelles, although I grew up loving the Beatles version. But Elvis and Nick do such a lovely job on the harmonies and the guitar solo that the award goes to them.

Paul Weller -- "You Do Something to Me"
It's vague (although perhaps not to him), but the sentiment and the moody vibe of the chord changes and the melody, make it a winner.

Elvis Costello, again -- "I'll Wear It Proudly"
Little Hands of Concrete dished up two insanely different discs filled with passion, anger and regret in 1986 after going through a messy divorce and falling in love again. This tune is such a fiery declaration of love and lust with twinges of loss and sorrow that it deftly captures what a complex emotion love is.

Andy Tarnoff
Publisher

Al Green -- "Here I Am Baby"
Beck -- "Debra"
Cake -- "Love You Madly"
Cat Stevens -- "Here Comes My Baby"
Gary Jules -- "Mad World"
Duran Duran -- "Ordinary World"
Manu Chao -- "Me Gustas Tu"
Semisonic -- "F.N.T."
Spacehog -- "Zeroes"
Weezer -- "Island in the Sun"

This list seemed like it was going to be hard to compile -- until I started scanned my iTunes library. That's when I realized that narrowing it down to 10 songs would be challenging, and five would be impossible.

Lets get the obvious ones out of the way. Anything by "The Reverend" will get anyone in the mood, and "Here I Am Baby" is as good as any of Al Green's songs. Same goes for Cat Stevens: before he gave up music for a few decades, this guy was a bearded love machine.

Gary Jules' cover of Tears For Fears' "Mad World" is now a popular choice. The rest of my list just contains personal favorites. If you haven't heard "Me Gustas Tu" by the amazing Manu Chao, check it out; you might even learn a little Spanish.

Weezer, Spacehog, Semisonic, Cake and Duran Duran evoke lots of warm and fuzzy memories, and Beck's "Debra" reminds us all that romantic and funny can go hand in hand.