"Maybe I'm Amazed" #5 in VH1's 100 Greatest Love Songs

[shyGirl]

Paul's "Maybe I'm Amazed" was voted as one of the greatest love songs by VH1 in the #5 spot. John Lennon's on the list too as "Woman" is #32. Here is the top 20:

20)I Got You Babe-Sonny and Cher
19)If You Leave Me Now-Chicago
18)In Your Eyes-Peter Gabriel
17)Breathe-Faith Hill
16)Fly Me To The Moon-Frank Sinatra
15)She's Got A Way-Billy Joel
14)I Honestly Love You-Olivia Newton-John
13)Nothing Compares 2 U-Sinead O'Connor
12)How Deep Is Your Love-The Bee Gees
11)At Last-Etta James
10)I Don't Want To Miss A Thing-Aerosmith
9)I'll Be There-Jackson 5
8)Your Song-Elton John
7)Endless Love-Lionel Ritchie and Diana Ross
6)Unchained Melody-Righteous Brothers
5)Maybe I'm Amazed-Paul McCartney
4)Open Arms-Journey
3)My Heart Will Go On-Celine Dion
2)Love Me Tender-Elvis Presley
1)I Will Always Love You-Whitney Houston




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[Rellevart]

I try not to take these polls seriously because they're all whacked, but come on! "I will always love you" and "My heart will go on"?????? BLECH. I do find it amusing that they snuck a Frank Sinatra song in there though. http://www.beatlelinks.net/ubb/smilies/images/icons/smile.gif

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I go back so far, I'm in front of me...

[bitagirl]

I know some of these songs...I'm like what feeling do they evoke..except for nausea!

Ah well, I didn't make the poll either

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"You can't separate peace from freedom because no one can be at peace unless he has his freedom. "
- Malcolm X

[Magill]

Gawd, I hate that #1 song with a passion. It annoys me to no end with her AIIIYEEEYIEEEIII'shttp://www.beatlelinks.net/ubb/smilies/scream3.gifhttp://www.beatlelinks.net/ubb/smilies/chainsaw.gif On another board we voted it as the worst song ever. It lost the crown to "Feelings", but it stayed in the running for quite a while. Celine's #3 song was also a contender as a stinky one. Dave can back me up on this.
Well, at least they got one good one in the top five spot! VH-1 isn't too creditable with me as they ranked the Beatles as #25/100 of the sexiest artists. That was just so WRONG! BOOO! http://www.beatlelinks.net/ubb/smilies/thumbsdown.gif

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[Apple Scruff]

The majority of these songs...I don't like. Who compiled this list? Who voted for these songs? Better yet, who actually listens to these songs? Its like, "Maybe I'm Amazed" and...well...the rest.

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[This Message Has Been Edited By Apple Scruff On November 13, 2002 01:26 PM]

[Rellevart]

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Tahoma, Arial, Sans-Serif">Quote:</font><HR>Originally Posted By Magill:
AIIIYEEEYIEEEIII's<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

HAHAHAHA!!!! I agree! My college vocal coach wouldn't have liked that one bit!! http://www.beatlelinks.net/ubb/smilies/images/icons/smile.gif



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I go back so far, I'm in front of me...

[bitagirl]

Yeah I wonder about vh1's capabilites as of late, I mean JOHN should have been the sexiest, but then you have other 3 as well..and they only get #25!

OH and LOL Magill that description of Celine's songs fits my feeling of it perfectly

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[McCartneyGirl909]

See how clever Paul is?

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Remember: Paul is the cutest Beatle!!!!

[BeatleBonJoviFan]

I realize these polls are really stupid, but I have to admit that I love "Maybe I'm Amazed," so I'm very happy it placed so highly. http://www.beatlelinks.net/ubb/smilies/images/icons/smile.gif On the other hand you can take that boat song and the one put in the number one place down the trash compacter. I never liked them.

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[Magill]

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Tahoma, Arial, Sans-Serif">Quote:</font><HR>Originally Posted By BeatleBonJoviFan:
On the other hand you can take that boat song and the one put in the number one place down the trash compacter. I never liked them.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

Jill, let's burn these crap tunes in effigy! Whaddya say?



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John's too sexy for his shirt!

[bitagirl]

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Tahoma, Arial, Sans-Serif">Quote:</font><HR>Originally Posted By Magill:
Jill, let's burn these crap tunes in effigy! Whaddya say?

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*high five* YES, you know you have to count me in too Magill!!!
Most of these songs should be banned from the US and all the US territories!! lol
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[This Message Has Been Edited By bitagirl On November 13, 2002 08:01 PM]

[Magill]

I'll get the kerosene, you get the matches! BURN, BABY, BURN! muhahahaaha!!

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John's too sexy for his shirt!

[backtotheegg]

where did "why don't we do it in the road" end up in the poll?

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My wife and I were happy for twenty years. Then we met.
--Rodney Dangerfield

[Clark Kent]

I'm not a fan of many of those songs but I do love the one by Aerosmith. Well done to Paul for getting in the Top 5.

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[Magill]

I think they were trying to redeem themselves by putting Etta James on the list. (that's a great song, btw http://www.beatlelinks.net/ubb/smilies/images/icons/smile.gif )

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John's too sexy for his shirt!

[bitagirl]

But having Celine on there ruins everything...My God! I remember watchign the music video with my friends who all loved the movie, and I wanted the damn boat to sink so bad because I knew the end was near...all I had to wait for was Celine's wail at the end of the song...



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"You can't separate peace from freedom because no one can be at peace unless he has his freedom. "
- Malcolm X

[MonaMe577]

"I Will Always Love You", huh? Funny thing, cause it's a song about breaking up! It always makes me laugh when I go to a wedding and this is the song that couples choose to start their new life on. Do they even listen to any of the words besides "IIIEEIII Will Always Love You"?

Anyway, Maybe I'm Amazed--yes. All others in the top 5, http://www.beatlelinks.net/ubb/smilies/thumbsdown.gif

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[LuvLennon]

All I can say is What about Something!!!! If thats not a great love song I don't know what is!

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[Magill]

I checked out their list. I DIDN'T SEE ONE BEATLE SONG ON THERE! BOOOOOO!! The grand masters of love songs! Gimme a break! Those people at VH-1 are smokin' crack! Grrr! http://www.beatlelinks.net/ubb/smilies/chainsaw.gif Even "ol' blue eyes" said "Something" was the best love song of the century..or something like that. Ok, enough ranting. Who cares about their dumb ol' list anyway? I don't, 'cuz they don't know anything!

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John's too sexy for his shirt!

[ChrisG134]

"In Your Eyes" by Peter Gabriel is a beautiful song.I think it's the only one in the top 20 I can still listen too.It should've done better than # 18 for sure.

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R.I.P-John & George

[ImaginePeace78]

I was watching this earlier and I couldn't believe some of the crapola love songs they chose! Jeez! And many of those songs in the top 20 just want to make me vomit. I'm glad "Maybe I'm Amazed" was ranked high, but "Woman" should've been much higher. It totally beats "My Heart Will Go On" and "I Will Always Love You." Gag me...
-Kristi

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[BrazilianFlag]

All right, so I love "Nothing Compares 2 U", "At Last", "Unchained Melody", and hey, "Maybe I'm Amazed" will play on my wedding reception for sure. But WHERE ON EARTH are songs like "Something", "Woman", "God Only Knows", "Love Reign O'er Me"? WHERE?

Anna

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[beatlegirl9977]

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Tahoma, Arial, Sans-Serif">Quote:</font><HR>Originally Posted By Magill:
Gawd, I hate that #1 song with a passion.

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Me too!! That song was completely overplayed when it came out--they played it at EVERY school dance while I was in high school, not to mention every 2 minutes on the radio, plus on the commercials for the movie it was in....Yuck!

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[BeatleBonJoviFan]

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Tahoma, Arial, Sans-Serif">Quote:</font><HR>Originally Posted By Magill:
Jill, let's burn these crap tunes in effigy! Whaddya say?


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Sounds like a plan! My dad's got a burning barrel, and that thing can hold a lot of stuff!

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[Apple Scruff]

Yeah, where is Something?

And Woman...oh my God, that is like one of my favorite songs of all time. Its SO beautiful. The whole damn thing is perfection, and I used to play it so much that I have the entire lyric completely memorized, even all the "ohhh yeah..." stuff. Where the hell is it?! You see. There is proof right there that that sub-par middle-of-the-road predictable list is complete shat.

They forgot Woman. And Something. And Here, There, and Everywhere is better than Maybe I'm Amazed. I think the majority of these artists have contracts with VH1 or something. They are on every list they ever make.

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[Magill]

Apple Scruff & Brazilian Girl, John's "Woman" is at #32. And you know he's just hating that, with Paul in the top 10! http://www.beatlelinks.net/ubb/smilies/angry1.gif

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John's too sexy for his shirt!

[Apple Scruff]

LOL! Yeah Magill. He probably wouldn't be tickled over it, but still he'd think, "well, what the hell, atleast they put one good song up there, even if it had to be Paul's."

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[Kasey1964]

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Tahoma, Arial, Sans-Serif">Quote:</font><HR>Originally Posted By LuvLennon:
All I can say is What about Something!!!! If thats not a great love song I don't know what is!

<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>I agree so much. SOMETHING should have been on that list.NOT ONE BEATLE SONG ON THE LIST!!!!!http://www.beatlelinks.net/ubb/smilies/images/icons/confused.gif Needless to say ,I didn't waste any tape on that showhttp://www.beatlelinks.net/ubb/smilies/thumbsdown.gif .How idiotichttp://www.beatlelinks.net/ubb/smilies/dork2.gif are the people who voted. Vh-1 went downhill so badly with it's repeated Michael Jackson marathons(how many times can they show that Jackson movie?) and putting shows on that have little to do with music. Wasn't VH-1 supposed to be for the older generation? I miss shows like MY GENERATION,Eight Track Flashback, and the Big 80's. I even liked Pop Up Videos. VH-1 looks worse than MTV these days. I'm still steaminghttp://www.beatlelinks.net/ubb/smilies/angry8.gif that it took George to die before they showed his videos.
Sorry. I had to vent.


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All I got to be is just be happy
All it's got to take is some warmth
To make it
BLOW AWAY, BLOW AWAY,BLOW AWAY!"

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It's something you did
God knows when
But you're doing it again"

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[This Message Has Been Edited By Kasey1964 On November 14, 2002 12:26 PM]

[bitagirl]

Well since VH1 is now owned by MTV...the suckiness factor is not really that surprising! And I am aggravated with them showing movies that have nothing to do with music!

I mean I love The Godfather...but what does that have to do with music?!

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[BrazilianFlag]

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Tahoma, Arial, Sans-Serif">Quote:</font><HR>Originally Posted By Magill:
Apple Scruff & Brazilian Girl, John's "Woman" is at #32. And you know he's just hating that, with Paul in the top 10! http://www.beatlelinks.net/ubb/smilies/angry1.gif

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Yeah, I can picture the scene, Angel...

Anna

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Grow old with me! The best is yet to be. (Robert Browning)
Grow old along with me/Whatever fate decrees/We will see it through/For our love is true/God bless our love
(John Lennon)
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[Nerk Sister]

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Tahoma, Arial, Sans-Serif">Quote:</font><HR>Originally Posted By Kasey1964:
I agree so much. SOMETHING should have been on that list.NOT ONE BEATLE SONG ON THE LIST!!!!!http://www.beatlelinks.net/ubb/smilies/images/icons/confused.gif Needless to say ,I didn't waste any tape on that showhttp://www.beatlelinks.net/ubb/smilies/thumbsdown.gif .How idiotichttp://www.beatlelinks.net/ubb/smilies/dork2.gif are the people who voted. Vh-1 went downhill so badly with it's repeated Michael Jackson marathons(how many times can they show that Jackson movie?) and putting shows on that have little to do with music. Wasn't VH-1 supposed to be for the older generation? I miss shows like MY GENERATION,Eight Track Flashback, and the Big 80's. I even liked Pop Up Videos. VH-1 looks worse than MTV these days. I'm still steaming http://www.beatlelinks.net/ubb/smilies/angry8.gif that it took George to die before they showed his videos.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

I agree. I think they have moved all the cool stuff to VH-1 classics which is only available in my area with digital cable (extra cost)which I don't have yet. Seriously thinking about getting it though. As bad as Vh-1 has been lately I can't believe that Paul and John even made the list!

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[This Message Has Been Edited By bearkat77 On November 16, 2002 12:55 AM]

[FPSHOT]

Just personal opinion, but to me the #5 is the first acceptable song in the list, counting from #1 downwards.

Elvis - he's done much better things
Celine - always feel I want to give here something to eat
#1 - OK could be
Journey - never heard of it

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[SarahMcCartney]

What a horrible list!! Out of curiousity, where was Yesterday on that list?? Overrated, yes, but still a good love song.

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[backtotheegg]

Personally, I love Maybe I'm Amazed, but isn't My Love a better love song?And why din't Something make the list?

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[Magill]

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Tahoma, Arial, Sans-Serif">Quote:</font><HR>Originally Posted By backtotheegg:
but isn't My Love a better love song?
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I think so, but I'm just one of a few that thinks so. I never really thought of MIA as a "love song" simply because of the tempo, but I guess it is.. http://www.beatlelinks.net/ubb/smilies/shakehead3.gif



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John's too sexy for his shirt!

[bearkat77]

20. "I Got You Babe" - Sonny & Chér
19. "If You Leave Me Now" - Chicago
14. "I Honestly Love You" - Olivia Newton-John
12. "How Deep Is Your Love" - The Bee Gees
8. "Your Song" - Elton John
6. "Unchained Melody" - Righteous Brothers
5. "Maybe I'm Amazed" - Paul McCartney
4. "Open Arms" - Journey

Only these eight are songs I enjoy hearing. As others have already said, "Something" should have been on this list. There are some other songs that should have made to Top 20, but my list is too long.

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