{"id":1318245,"date":"2020-02-14T08:30:23","date_gmt":"2020-02-14T15:30:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cmt.com\/news\/?p=1817850"},"modified":"2020-02-14T08:30:23","modified_gmt":"2020-02-14T15:30:23","slug":"14-valentines-from-forever-love-to-faithless-love","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/music-news\/14-valentines-from-forever-love-to-faithless-love\/","title":{"rendered":"14 Valentines, From \u201cForever Love\u201d to \u201cFaithless Love\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/cmt.mtvnimages.com\/uri\/mgid:ao:image:cmt.com:689032?width=1200&amp;height=675&amp;.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<p><span class=\"byline\"> by <span class=\"author\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cmt.com\/news\/author\/morrise\/\" title=\"Posts by Edward Morris\" rel=\"author\">Edward Morris<\/a><\/span> <span class=\"date\"><br \/>\n13m ago<\/span><br \/>\n<\/span> <\/p>\n<p>There was a very popular song by the Four Aces in 1955 called \u201cLove Is a Many-Splendored Thing.\u201d Scientists and songwriters have since learned that love is also a many-splintered thing. <\/p>\n<p>It can lift you up, slap you down, sap your bank account, move real estate, enrich publishing houses, impair your punctuality, play hell with your hygiene, terrify your parents, enrage your landlord, ruin friendships, drag you through court and muss your hair beyond recognition. In other words, love is the Google of all emotions. <\/p>\n<p>Now, as an aid to searching hearts, we present this catalog of loves to look for and to look out for. Don\u2019t thank us. We live to serve.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cBrotherly Love\u201d<\/strong><br \/><em>(Keith Whitley and Earl Thomas Conley, No. 2, 1991)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>A tender tribute to the bond between brothers, even though, when young, \u201cthey fought like tigers.\u201d The song was released two years after Whitley died.<\/p>\n<div class=\"deferred_content\"> Embedded from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/OghxAQK4J7c?feature=oembed\">www.youtube.com<\/a>. <noscript class=\"deferred_content\" data-deferred-info=\"{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;iframe&quot;}\"> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/OghxAQK4J7c?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen>\t<\/iframe><\/noscript>\n<\/div>\n<hr>\n<p><strong>\u201cCareless Love\u201d<\/strong><br \/><em>(Jimmie Skinner, No. 30, 1960)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>According to this sacred text, \u201cLove is like a poor man\u2019s gold\/hard to get and hard to hold.\u201d Set to a rock \u2019n\u2019 roll beat, this is an update of the traditional \u201cCareless Love\u201d lament.<\/p>\n<div class=\"deferred_content\"> Embedded from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/iCaoazRt0ZQ?feature=oembed\">www.youtube.com<\/a>. <noscript class=\"deferred_content\" data-deferred-info=\"{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;iframe&quot;}\"> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/iCaoazRt0ZQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen>\t<\/iframe><\/noscript>\n<\/div>\n<hr>\n<p><strong>\u201cEndless Love\u201d<\/strong><br \/><em>(Diana Ross and Lionel Richie, No. 1 pop, 1981)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>No, this is not a commercial for Viagra. In their voices as lovers, Ross and Richie rejoice that, \u201cOur lives have just begun.\u201d Great melody but lame lyrics.<\/p>\n<div class=\"deferred_content\"> Embedded from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ubrfaD9DIus?feature=oembed\">www.youtube.com<\/a>. <noscript class=\"deferred_content\" data-deferred-info=\"{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;iframe&quot;}\"> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ubrfaD9DIus?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen>\t<\/iframe><\/noscript>\n<\/div>\n<hr>\n<p><strong>\u201cFaded Love\u201d<\/strong><br \/><em>(Bob Wills, No. 8, 1950)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Based on a 19th Century ballad, this is a granddaddy of Western swing fiddle tunes. Much as \u201cHe Stopped Loving Her Today\u201d does, \u201cFaded Love\u201d presents a man who draws comfort from the letters of a lover who long ago left him.<\/p>\n<div class=\"deferred_content\"> Embedded from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/uPNm0fYA-3w?feature=oembed\">www.youtube.com<\/a>. <noscript class=\"deferred_content\" data-deferred-info=\"{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;iframe&quot;}\"> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/uPNm0fYA-3w?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen>\t<\/iframe><\/noscript>\n<\/div>\n<hr>\n<p><strong>\u201cFaithless Love\u201d<\/strong><br \/><em>(Glen Campbell, No. 10, 1984)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Instead of the comfort and assurance love ideally brings, faithless love, so the song says, leaves you cold and wanting.<\/p>\n<div class=\"deferred_content\"> Embedded from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/lrR-xBtgBQ8?feature=oembed\">www.youtube.com<\/a>. <noscript class=\"deferred_content\" data-deferred-info=\"{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;iframe&quot;}\"> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/lrR-xBtgBQ8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen>\t<\/iframe><\/noscript>\n<\/div>\n<hr>\n<p><strong>\u201cForever Love\u201d<\/strong><br \/><em>(Reba McEntire, No. 4, 1998)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Also the name of the 1998 movie McEntire starred in, this songs speaks of a love that survives all hardships. \u201cMy heart knows nothing of time,\u201d she sings.<\/p>\n<div class=\"deferred_content\"> Embedded from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/KJQYTdehtM4?feature=oembed\">www.youtube.com<\/a>. <noscript class=\"deferred_content\" data-deferred-info=\"{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;iframe&quot;}\"> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/KJQYTdehtM4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen>\t<\/iframe><\/noscript>\n<\/div>\n<hr>\n<p><strong>\u201cHoney Love\u201d<\/strong><br \/><em>(The Carlisles, No. 12, 1954)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>This was a No. 1 R&amp;B hit for its co-writer, Clyde McPhatter, and sounds a little racy for country: \u201cI\u2019m gonna get it, get it in the morning sun\/I\u2019m gonna get it, get it when the day is done\/I\u2019m gonna get it, get it \u2019cause it\u2019s so much fun\/I\u2019m gonna get me some honey love.\u201d This was a hit the year after Bill Carlisle, the group\u2019s leader, joined the Grand Ole Opry.<\/p>\n<div class=\"deferred_content\"> Embedded from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/fWUIj9jvA9g?feature=oembed\">www.youtube.com<\/a>. <noscript class=\"deferred_content\" data-deferred-info=\"{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;iframe&quot;}\"> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/fWUIj9jvA9g?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen>\t<\/iframe><\/noscript>\n<\/div>\n<hr>\n<p><strong>\u201cMuskrat Love\u201d<\/strong><br \/><em>(The Captain &amp; Tennille, No. 4 pop, 1976)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Well, why shouldn\u2019t muskrats fall in love and conduct themselves accordingly? As that pioneer chronicler of love, Cole Porter, earlier noted, \u201cBirds do it, bees do it, even educated fleas do it.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"deferred_content\"> Embedded from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/N2BuP-NcJ5Q?feature=oembed\">www.youtube.com<\/a>. <noscript class=\"deferred_content\" data-deferred-info=\"{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;iframe&quot;}\"> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/N2BuP-NcJ5Q?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen>\t<\/iframe><\/noscript>\n<\/div>\n<hr>\n<p><strong>\u201cOrdinary Love\u201d<\/strong><br \/><em>(Shane Minor, No. 24, 1999)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The sensation is \u201cso amazing\u201d and \u201cmystifying,\u201d but when you examine it up close, you realize it\u2019s just \u201cordinary love.\u201d And that\u2019s spectacular.<\/p>\n<div class=\"deferred_content\"> Embedded from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/gbuiOilyX7I?feature=oembed\">www.youtube.com<\/a>. <noscript class=\"deferred_content\" data-deferred-info=\"{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;iframe&quot;}\"> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/gbuiOilyX7I?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen>\t<\/iframe><\/noscript>\n<\/div>\n<hr>\n<p><strong>\u201cPoison Love\u201d<\/strong><br \/><em>(Johnnie &amp; Jack, No. 1, 1951)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>This \u201cPoison Love\u201d is like the hot coffee you can\u2019t swallow and can\u2019t spit out. \u201cFor your poison love has stained the life blood in my heart and soul dear,\u201d the singers moan, \u201cbut still my heart cries out for you and you alone my darling.\u201d We\u2019re never told what the lady has done to incite such opprobrium, but it obviously wasn\u2019t a deal breaker.<\/p>\n<div class=\"deferred_content\"> Embedded from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Uunvhnj-qOU?feature=oembed\">www.youtube.com<\/a>. <noscript class=\"deferred_content\" data-deferred-info=\"{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;iframe&quot;}\"> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Uunvhnj-qOU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen>\t<\/iframe><\/noscript>\n<\/div>\n<hr>\n<p><strong>\u201cReal Love\u201d<\/strong><br \/><em>(Kenny Rogers and Dolly Parton, No. 1, 1985)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Time-tested, battle-hardened, this is a love destined for the record books. \u201cBaby you and me\/we got everything we need.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"deferred_content\"> Embedded from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/sRI-1WzLFNA?feature=oembed\">www.youtube.com<\/a>. <noscript class=\"deferred_content\" data-deferred-info=\"{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;iframe&quot;}\"> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/sRI-1WzLFNA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen>\t<\/iframe><\/noscript>\n<\/div>\n<hr>\n<p><strong>\u201cSecret Love\u201d<\/strong><br \/><em>(Slim Whitman, No, 2, 1954)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>This was a No. 1 pop hit the same year for Doris Day, who sang it in the movie <em>Calamity Jane<\/em>. \u201cOnce I had a secret love\/that lived within the heart of me\/all too soon my secret love\/became impatient to be free. \u2026 Now I shout it from the highest hills.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"deferred_content\"> Embedded from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/42vMnQ5veUE?feature=oembed\">www.youtube.com<\/a>. <noscript class=\"deferred_content\" data-deferred-info=\"{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;iframe&quot;}\"> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/42vMnQ5veUE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen>\t<\/iframe><\/noscript>\n<\/div>\n<hr>\n<p><strong>\u201cTrue Love\u201d<\/strong><br \/><em>(Don Williams, No. 4, 1991)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>A lighthearted lesson in recognizing the genuine article: \u201cAnd there is true love in a winkin\u2019 eye\/and the sweet perfume that lingers\/and it\u2019s a \u2019I Love You\u2019 on a new tattoo\/and that diamond on her finger.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"deferred_content\"> Embedded from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/GQcxMDJe-Y0?feature=oembed\">www.youtube.com<\/a>. <noscript class=\"deferred_content\" data-deferred-info=\"{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;iframe&quot;}\"> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/GQcxMDJe-Y0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen>\t<\/iframe><\/noscript>\n<\/div>\n<hr>\n<p><strong>\u201cYoung Love\u201d<\/strong><br \/><em>(Sonny James, No. 1, 1956)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>It apparently wasn\u2019t discovered until the 1950s that teenagers fell in love. That realization launched a spate of songs meant to demonstrate that teen love was not just \u201ccute\u201d but the real, mind-bending thing. Nat King Cole sang \u201cToo Young\u201d and \u201cToo Young to Go Steady.\u201d Pat Boone joined the chorus of yea-sayers with \u201cApril Love,\u201d the title song of the musical he and Shirley Jones starred in. Here, Sonny James weighs in: \u201cFor we will vow to one another\/there will never be another\/love for you and for me.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"deferred_content\"> Embedded from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/urHeKX5JieA?feature=oembed\">www.youtube.com<\/a>. <noscript class=\"deferred_content\" data-deferred-info=\"{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;iframe&quot;}\"> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/urHeKX5JieA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen>\t<\/iframe><\/noscript>\n<\/div>\n<hr>\n<p>But why stop here? There are so many other kinds of love that songwriters might immortalize. Just off the top of our head we suggest \u201cObligatory Love,\u201d \u201cCompensatory Love,\u201d \u201cCredit Card Love,\u201d \u201cBarnyard Love,\u201d \u201cBackseat Love,\u201d \u201cMorning After Love,\u201d \u201cBartender Love,\u201d \u201cFaceTime Love\u201d and, in honor of Meghan and Harry, \u201cTrailer Park Love.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"author\">\n<div class=\"description\"> Edward Morris is a veteran of country music journalism. He lives in Nashville, Tennessee, and is a frequent contributor to CMT.com. <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cmt.com\/news\/1817850\/14-valentines-from-forever-love-to-faithless-love\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: CMT News<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by Edward Morris 13m ago There was a very popular song by the Four Aces in 1955 called \u201cLove Is a Many-Splendored Thing.\u201d Scientists and songwriters have since learned that love is also a many-splintered thing. It can lift you up, slap you down, sap your bank account, move real estate, enrich publishing houses, impair [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[159],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-1318245","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-music-news"},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-15 06:29:22","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KSKE Ski Country","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1318245","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1318245"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1318245\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1318245"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1318245"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1318245"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}