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What's your favourite (non-romantic) song?

55 replies

35andThriving · 16/04/2021 08:04

I have just got much more interested in listening to music. I am looking for songs I could ask Alexa to play .just wondered what people's thoughts were.

  1. What's your favourite unromantic song? This is just because most songs are about love, so to get a bit of variety.
  1. What's your favourite romantic song?

Flowers Smile

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Mydogisagentleman · 16/04/2021 08:46

I think that Pink and Nate Ruess singing just give me a reason fits both categories.
Me and my DD used to sing this all the bloody time.
I was always Nate!

bruffin · 16/04/2021 08:59

Billy Joel - we didnt start the fire , Allen town, goodnight saigon

Most of the songs in Hamilton

35andThriving · 16/04/2021 14:18

Thank you. Easter Smile

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the80sweregreat · 16/04/2021 17:40

Whole of the moon : the waterboys.
I don't like Mondays : the boom town rats.

Pinkstars2501 · 16/04/2021 17:46

Non romantic- I'm not sure actually. I go to say one and then realise that in one way or another it's about love... Who'd have thought that would be so difficult to pick! I love a movie song, Express from Burlesque, Danger Zone from Top Gun.... Love a good soundtrack.

Romantic- Andra Day: Rise Up. That song got me through last year (pandemic, failed IVF, all sort of other shit).

MadMadMadamMim · 16/04/2021 17:48

Golden Brown - The Stranglers.

I'm not a big fan of romantic songs.

spotcheck · 16/04/2021 17:48

Demons- The National ( Def not romantic)
Diamonds on the Soles of her Shoes - Paul Simon. Never fails to cheer me

lurker101 · 16/04/2021 17:50
  1. Rusted root - Send me on my way - reminds me of Matilda and is such a happy song

  2. Kodaline - The One - amazing words

ToffeeNotCoffee · 16/04/2021 17:56

Frog Chorus - Teenage opera
Dear Jessie - Madonna
(non romantic and both sound unintentionally Christmassy to me)

Why you have to be so rude ? - can't remember the artist and not everybody likes it.

Sit Down - James

St Elmo's fire - John Farnham

The day I died - Just Jack

OliverBabish · 16/04/2021 17:59

Non-romantic - Seal ‘Crazy’ - references the Berlin Wall coming down amongst other things

Romantic - most Taylor Swift songs

ToffeeNotCoffee · 16/04/2021 18:03

Grace Kelly - Mika

SocraticJunkieWannabe · 16/04/2021 18:29

It's Not Living (if it's not with you) by The 1975

At first listen may sound like a romantic song but actually about drug addiction

Puppylucky · 16/04/2021 18:45

Virtually any Bowie song. He rarely wrote (as opposed to covered) truly romantic songs - which makes the ones he did write very special.

35andThriving · 16/04/2021 20:40

Thanks all

Flowers Easter Smile

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35andThriving · 17/04/2021 13:29

Just wondered if anybody wanted to add anything else.

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isthismylifenow · 17/04/2021 13:37

I like most Train songs for non romantic. But lots of 80s as well.

Romantic, anything by Kacey Musgraves, Kodaline and the more latest stuff like Lewis Capaldi

ToffeeNotCoffee · 17/04/2021 15:48

New Shoes - Paolo Nutini

Mull of Kintyre - Paul McCartney

Lucy in the Sky with diamonds - Beatles

Toast - Street Band

ChristmasFluff · 17/04/2021 16:03

Girl From Ipanema (Getz/Gilberto version) is so weirdly beautiful and wistful.

IamChipmunk · 17/04/2021 16:42

Killers - Mr Brightside (not sure if that counts as romantic or not. We walked back down the aisle to it at our wedding!)

David Grey - Babylon

ChaToilLeam · 17/04/2021 16:44

Pretty much all the songs I like are non-romantic. I’m not really a fan of romantic anything.

So many to choose from, but my current ear worm is Shadowplay by Joy Division.

IamChipmunk · 17/04/2021 16:45

Or to widen your scope

Tiesto - Barbers adagio for strings
Ayla - Ayla (Dj Taucher mix)

Both amazing!

35andThriving · 18/04/2021 16:03

ToffeeNotCoffee Toast and New Shoes are actually already on one of my playlists Smile.

Thanks everybody Flowers

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Inkanta · 19/04/2021 05:34

Mr Blue Sky (wins again) Smile

Inkanta · 19/04/2021 05:38

Oh and romantic song -

Lovely Day - Bill Withers

35andThriving · 19/04/2021 17:13

Thank you, Ikanta Smile

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