(the ones you love) - a valentine’s day afterglow/hangover mix
this is basically the songs i’ve posted over the last few days, plus a couple extra songs about love and the lack of it (including a katy perry cover, ryan gosling covering the mills brothers, and a song about mermaids).
1) ryan gosling - you always hurt the ones you love (mills brothers cover)
2) helene smith - i am controlled by your love
3) man man - van helsing boombox
4) weed and foxes in fiction - teenage dream (katy perry cover)
5) cloud cult - chemicals collide
6) maria taylor - song beneath the song
7) ben walker radio - angel
8) pink nasty - don’t ever change (feat. will oldham)
9) phosphorescent - the mermaid parade
10) damien jurado - i am still here
11) mazzy star - fade into you
12) sharon van etten - love more
13) sparklehorse with the flaming lips - go (daniel johnston cover)
14) shelley duvall - he needs me (jon brion edition)
enjoy. and don’t forget to buy all the half-price valentine’s candy you can eat. oh, and i took that picture back in the early fall (rollei prego 90).
I Am Controlled By Your Love by Helene Smith from Eccentric Soul: The Deep City Label
helene smith - i am controlled by your love
valentine’s day is coming up soon. monday? monday. since 80% of awesome songs are love songs, i’m going to do a countdown (or something like it). these aren’t in any order…they’re just awesome songs about love that happen to pop into my head. i thought about starting this yesterday, but i had noggin toboggan in my head all day (you’re welcome).
about this song: it’s awesome. deep city was a 60s-era miami soul label that only put out one lp (helene smith sings sweet soul), BUT a lot of amazing tracks have been collected on two eccentric soul compilations (1,2). check those out. and if you’re not convinced, just take a listen to “am i a good man?” (the original is better than the band of horses cover, i promise).
these will all be dedicated to henry.
