Valentine's Day: "Love" is in the title... (again, but not really)

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Last Valentine's Day, I found songs with "Love" in the title to celebrate the occasion.  This year, I did the same thing, but then decided that I would ALSO try and find some that might be a tad on the offensive side.  Think of romance purely in terms of its physical motivations without the warm and fuzzies, (at least in terms of the emotional warm and fuzzies).

Enjoy the playlist and, if you'd like, recommend some more.


Ciccone Youth (Sonic Youth) — “Addicted to Love”


Nina Simone — “Since My Love Is Gone”


Pantera — “Good Friends and a Bottle of Pills”


Pixies — “La La Love You”


PJ Harvey & John Parish — “Black Hearted Love”


Queen — “Get Down, Make Love”


Rollins Band — “Love Song”


Sic Alps — “Love Is Strange”


The Slits — “Love Und Romance”


Sly & The Family Stone — “Love City”


Thelonious Monk Quartet w/ John Coltrane — “Sweet & Lovely”


Them Crooked Vultures — “No One Loves Me & Neither Do I”


Tom Waits — “Saving All My Love For You”


Ween — “Learnin' To Love”


Frank Zappa — “Tell Me You Love Me”


S.O.A. — “Girl Problems”
 

A Fucking Elephant — "I'm Addicted to Drugs & Sex and I Want You to Choke Me"


Peeping Tom w/ Norah Jones — "Sucker"


Eagles of Death Metal — "I Gotta Feelin' (Just Nineteen)"


Ghostface Killa — "Wildflower"


Sincerely,
Letters From A Tapehead

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