Quotes / Silly Love Songs

"I know the world is filled with troubles and many injustices. But reality is as beautiful as it is ugly. I think it is just as important to sing about beautiful mornings as it is to talk about slums. I just couldn't write anything without hope in it."

— Oscar Hammerstein II

A sentimental song, that casts a magic spell,
They all will hum along, we'll overact like hell...
For this is the song that goes like this...

— Galahad and the Lady of the Lake, Spamalot

"Whenever there is some retrospective on the 80’s, this is always played off as a joke. You get Hollywood D-listers mocking how bad the music is and how bad Don Johnson is at singing...You can’t help but chuckle at the repetitive nature of Don’s songs. After all, we are 'looking for a heartbeat', but we also learn 'the last sound love makes is a heartbreak' and also 'when looking for love, it is a heartache away'. It is like filling out a MadLibs but replacing all nouns with either “love”, 'heartache' or 'heartbreak'."

—Miles Antwiler on "Heartbeat" by Don Johnson

Through the crash of the waves,
I could tell that the words were romantic;
Something about sharing,
Something about always.

— La Cage aux folles, "Song On The Sand"

Yeesh! You think he said "girl" enough times? "Girl, be my girl. Baby, be my girl. I need you girl. You throw like a girl." Not too sugary.

— Brent Leroy, Corner Gas

"There was a point where I was listening to some generic romance song on the radio. Y'know, like *all of them*. And I just suddenly thought to myself, 'Wait, do people actually feel these things towards each other? Like, all these mushy lyrics are *real emotions*?! They're not joking!?' And that's when I started feeling like something was different."

— JaidenAnimations

"Peach, you're so cool
And with my Star, we're gonna rule
Peach, understand
I'm gonna love ya till the very end!
Peaches, Peaches, Peaches, Peaches, Peaches
Peaches, Peaches, Peaches, Peaches, Peaches
I love you, oh!"

Bowser, The Super Mario Bros. Movie

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