PERSONAL OPINION
The Most Beautiful Love Song
Ever Written
“Opinions are like a**holes. Everybody’s got one.”
— movie Dirty Harry
(Clint Eastwood as Harry Callahan)
In a nutshell, that’s the problem with opinions, absolutes and sweeping generalities; the moment you designate something as the best, you will find a huge segment of the population disagreeing with you. And rightfully so. Vanilla, chocolate or strawberry? Coffee, tea or coke? Opinions are subjective.
So, solely in my opinion, if I had to pick the most beautiful love song ever written, here’s the one I would select and three reasons why.
The song I would pick: “Everything I Do” performed by Bryan Adams
Why?
- The Poetry
I am swept away by the lyrics
— exquisite, simple, soulful, powerful poetry.
“Look into my eyes
You will see
What you mean to me —
Search your heart
Search your soul
And when you find me there
You’ll search no more”
- Bryan Adams’ voice
has that sensual rasp and distinctive tonality, that gives the song a bit of a bite, an edge compared to being totally sappy (a by-product of most love songs and power ballads). - The music and melody
for me, romantic, cinematic, beautiful instrumentation including piano, drums, there is a slow dance feel and yes, perhaps medieval vibe resonating and pleasing to my ear. (cue ‘Are You Going to Scarborough Fair?’ -Simon and Garfunkel)
grace notes: This song “Everything I Do” was written by Michael Kamen,
Bryan Adams and Robert John “Mutt” Lange for Kevin Cosner’s film, Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves.
Thanks for reading and I’d love to hear what you think of my song selection or if you have a favorite love song in mind? If there is one thing that I’ve learned it’s that every culture, every corner of the world has its own distinctive sense of beauty, poetry and music. No matter how unique or universal, there is a bridge that links us all.
Thank you to Sahil Patel and Reciprocal publication for such an inspiring place to read and write on Medium.
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