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Lonely Hearts Club Band: Alternative Valentine’s Day Songs
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ALTHOUGH I am not…
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someone who celebrates Valentine’s Day or feel it has any worth (perhaps partly because I am single), I still do think of 14th February as a day to celebrate the traditional love song and more alternative takes. One of the most common type of song, there have been many variations and evolutions through the decades. Modern-day artists expanding songs of love and taking them in new directions. Rather than a compilation a selection of classic love songs – that can veer into syrupy and slightly cheesy -, this is a mixtape of ‘alternative’ love songs. Not necessarily all cynical or anti-romance, instead, they are ones that are not discussed in the same conversation as the all-time classics. Ahead of Valentines Day, this is a spotlighting of the less traditional and sometimes less romantically-inclined ‘love song’. Whether you embrace 14th February or tend to treat it as a normal day, it is hard to get away from Valentine’s Day. Because of that, I thought I would get into the spirit…in a less-than-traditional route anyhow! This is a Valentine’s Day mixtape that mixes bleeding and broken hearts…
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WITH the sexy and sensual.