Saturday, January 05, 2008

God Only Knows ~ #1 Love Song of All-Time

Entertainment Weekly 


 THE TOP 25 LOVE SONGS OF ALL TIME!  25. Just Like Heaven - The Cure 24. As - Stevie Wonder 23. Purple Rain - Prince 22. Your Song - Elton John 21. Time After Time - Cyndi Lauper 20. If Not For You - Bob Dylan 19. Ain't No Mountain High Enough - Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell 18. Crazy In Love - Beyonce 17. Unchained Melody - Righteous Brothers 16. These Arms of Mine - Otis Redding 15. You Send Me - Sam Cooke 14. At Last - Etta James 13. When A Man Loves A Woman - Percy Sledge 12. Ring Of Fire - Johnny Cash 11. Maybe I'm Amazed - Paul McCartney 10. In Your Eyes - Peter Gabriel 9. All I Want Is You - U2 8. Sweet Child 'O Mine - Guns and Roses 7. Wild Horses - The Rolling Stones 6. I Will Always Love You - Whitney Houston 5. Let's Stay Together - Al Green 4. You Make Me Feel Like A Natural Woman - Aretha 3. Something - The Beatles 2. I Can't Help Falling In Love - Elvis 1. God Only Knows - The Beach Boys

1. ''God Only Knows'' The Beach Boys (1966)

Paul McCartney called it the greatest song ever written. And, yow, lyrically it opens with a blow: ''I may not always love you.'' Aren't love songs supposed to be full of vague, empty promises? In the tenderest of angel voices, Carl Wilson, after acknowledging the heart's fickle nature, admits his utter dependence, summing up the fearsome power of love: ''God only knows what I'd be without you.'' Big brother Brian, who wrote the tune, knits together French horns and sleigh bells, clip-clop percussion and strings. So fully did he give his obsessive heart over to the recording of the magnificent Pet Sounds, it's not hard to imagine that the world's greatest love song is less about a woman than about music itself.



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