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Valentine’s Day Countdown: Best Rock Love Songs

by About.com Rock Music | February 8, 2010 | In Uncategorized

Valentine’s Day is just around the corner. Does the holiday make you think of love true love? Or just heartache and pain? Just as different people can have wildly different opinions of Valentine’s Day, so too do rock bands approach the topic of love from assorted perspectives. With that in mind, I’ve compiled a list of the best love songs in contemporary rock, bringing together tales of pure bliss with moments of absolute anguish. After all, whether you’re whispering sweet nothings or crying your heart out, the underlying emotion is the same: What is this thing called love? These 15 songs try to get to the bottom of that eternal mystery.

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Valentine’s Day Countdown: Best Rock Love Songs originally appeared on About.com Rock Music on Monday, February 8th, 2010 at 19:48:15.

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