I love this song. But it always makes .me cry, it's so beautiful. I found my true love when I was 50 in 2000 and now we are growing old together. He is the love of my life. ❤❤❤
I was 53 and never wanted to be married but we met in 2000 and married in 2003 and for twenty one years we shared a romance and a love that was better than love. I held her as she took her last breath and while time may forget that day my heart will always remember.
This is the first song my late son shared with his wife. She played it while showing pics of him on his funeral. It was a perfect match and made the whole experience very special.
I'm so sorry for your loss. If this song didn't bring tears to my eyes, your comment sure did. I hope it reminds you of all the happy and loving moments your son shared with all of his loved ones.
Lots of comments about how beautiful the song is and how great PG is, but I just want to comment on what a wholesome environment this comment section is. When 99.99% of comment sections are people picking fights with strangers and hating on each other, this wall of support, positivity, empathy and kindness is an oasis in a barren desert.
It just turned midnight. Happy Valentine's Day to all of you couples out there. And to the rest of us out there with nobody to share this with, hopefully we all find somebody soon. 🫂
I'm a complicated diabetic. My fiancée has heart problems and other issues. I love her more and more every day. She's the reason I keep on going strong. Without each other, we really wouldn't know what to do.
When my wife and I were dating 16 years ago, I sent this song to her and she said she almost drove off the road when she heard it! We played it as she walked down the aisle at our wedding, it will always be our song.
@@Ginger57 It was written by Stephin Merritt, of The Magnetic Fields. Their original is very different, and many prefer that version. I think that version is fun, but love this one. I agree with you, Peter's voice is perfectly suited to it! This cover is a heartrending masterpiece ❤
When I hear this song I always see Richard Gere coming up on the travelling staircase, dressed in an elegant suit, with a single red rose in his hand :) (in the film Shall We Dance) A great song in a great movie with a great actor - love you all! Thanks for this beautiful song, Mr Gabriel, it brings tears to my eyes every time.
I listened to this wonderful song this morning at my bed radio at 05.11. Eighty years ago it was D-Day. So many young people gave their highest sacrifice for our liberation and freedom at the beaches and hills of Normandy. Their book of love was closed far too early. We can't be grateful enough to them.
My parents are in heaven, and I don't have a partner or a husband to speak of, but this song The Book Of Love is so beautiful. I love hearing it over and over. I'm sure many people have delightful memories to share🫠❤️
This song makes my heart explode with thoughts of my wife and my love for her. So many memories flood my head, it makes my heart ache for her. She lives only in my memories now.
My mum used to sing this to my little siblings when they were baby's, now she's singing it to my daughter. And I am too. I hope that we will keep on sharing this beautiful piece of wisdom with many future generations to come.
I walked down the aisle to this almost 2 years ago! My husbands reply to everything about the wedding was "whatever you want". But he picked this song and I am so glad he did! Its beautiful and fit the day and our love perfectly.
During the pandemic, my girlfriend and I were living together and we would sing karaoke every night, and this song was one of our frequent "go to" songs. We were apart from May of 22 until Feb of 23, and then we broke up again November of 23, but we still spend time together. I can feel our hearts pulling us back together, god willing, and this song always makes me think of her. I love it when she reads to me.
This song makes Me Remember and Think of My Aunty.. She passed away at the start of this year.. I got to spend 30 minutes with her before she passed and it Meant THE WORLD, To Me AND HER.. I LOVE YOU SO SO MUCH AUNTY KERRY, THANK YOU FOR TEACHING NE HOW TO BE A MAN AND TRUE TO MY WORD.. I Just WISH you could have made it to see My Son.. He is going to know ALL ABOUT YOU when he can comprehend and understand.. May God Keep You in His Grace forever.. Goodbye Aunty Kerry.. You WERE THE BEST AUNTY EVER IN THIS WORLD AND MY HEART BLEEDS WITHOUT YOU HERE 😢
We had our wedding last night. We had the instrumental version playing as my wife walked down the aisle, and this version for our first dance. This song will always have a special place in my heart.
I am not the crying kind. I have never cried while listening to a song. But listening to this song completely breaks me down, and I start to sob like a child. I suspect the reason I start to cry while listening to this song is because of the lines that speak of hope for love from someone. I am well past 60 and steadily heading towards old age, having never had the privilege of having someone fall in love with me. Love truly is for lucky people. Some of us are just not that lucky.
For the love of my life, I lost to cancer after 28 wonderful years. And yet for my new love. I hope that I will be the one you need as thesame as I hope that you will be the one I need. I love you. Both of you!
This might very well be my favorite rendition of this song. Right in the heart feels every single time. Peter Gabriel has been such a huge part of the soundtrack of my life, this would/will be a great addition.
Das Lied ist sooo schön. Als mein Mann und ich auf der Suche nach Liedern für unsere Hochzeit waren und dieses Lied abspielten, waren wir beide sofort ergriffen und haben geweint. Es war also absolut klar, dass dieses Lied Teil unserer Hochzeit wird 🥰
Whenever I hear this and other songs it reminds me of how much I believe my dad loved my mom. R.I.P. dad and I hope someday my mom realizes how much he loved her.
I have always loved this one. It is both sad and celebratory and reflective all at the same time. It hear and and see images from my past; some perfect, some happy, some sad and all precious.
He did for the Magnetic Fields here kinda like what Jeff Buckley did for Leonard Cohen's Hallelujah... Rare covers where haunting performances made great songwriting resonate across wider times and people. I fkin love music :)
Yep, especially because what is Love without Wisdom or Wisdom without Love. You can Love foolishly and/or too easily which often leads to bad or at least empty relationships. You can be too Wisdom focused which can lead to excessive Logic which then leads to an empty Life. Therefore, you need both together for the best existence. You still need to be open to Love & Companionship yet temper it with Wisdom to prevent Foolish Loves/Relationships. Just like you need the Wisdom to understand that importance.
Dalla prima volta che l'ascoltai oramai tanti anni fa, decisi che sarebbe stata la mia canzone durante le mie nozze. Così è stato. Magica. Grazie maestro.
This is one of the most beautiful songs I've ever heard. All I want to do is to sing it to my wife at my wedding but I think it's too late to have a wedding and too late to have a wife, and this is a dagger to me. And yet I don't want to live in a universe where this song does not exist.
I just heard the original by Magnetic Fields in the Ordinary Love trailer and felt it was sweet and loving and thoughtful - I cried, and knew I needed to figure out who sang it. Lo and behold, I found this. Wow. The strings arrangement and the vocal harmony took it to a whole new level. Just beautiful.
Peter Gabriel is such an amazing talent. I have loved his voice and his music for years. Thank you Peter for an outstanding cover of this song. I love it when you sing to me. When I heard them use this song in South Park... well, it was perfect. Tweek x Craig forever. ❤️
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There’s music that I have to hear on grey raining days, Floyd, Tull, Zeppelin, but Peter Gabriel owns those rainy days and grey days of fall and winter… I thank the music gods for him..
This is a sad song for me. It will always be a sad song for me, because life does that with songs sometimes, but it will also always be one of the most beautiful combinations of words and phrases I have ever heard. Always.
Such a magical voice. Peter Gabriel is so unique when it comes to his songs. Red Rain is fantastic and his song Biko always reduces me to tears, just like this. There is also a different version, 2cellos and Zucchero where he sings in Italian. Definitely suits Zucchero's voice and worth listening to. Peter's voice is raw here, where Zucchero's is seductive and sublime.
Just to be aware, this song was written by Stephin Merritt of The Magnetic Fields and is on their 69 Love Songs album - his version is well worth listening to 😉
This song is melancholic for me. I discovered it in the aftermath of a horrible break up, that left me emotionally scarred and unable to find love again to this day. It was also around the time i discovered mushrooms, so there's a strange sadness and beauty associated with this song in my psyche, and for some reason i keep coming back.
Sorry for asking but did the pain of your break up ease? I am just the imprint of the person I was. I cannot derive real joy or pleasure from anything yet. I'm trying to stay busy but nothing really helps.
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I don't agree with his thoughts on the book, but I loved how he turned this into a love song about his wife, he may not have understood the world, but he understood where his music came from and why. That inspires me to always look for ways to write a song about love in a new and different way in the back of my mind. Something had to spark him to write this song, and I imagine it was the sound of her voice comforting him. A really nice piece of music.
Beautiful song. The strings in this arrangement are so important. That's who we are as humans. Strong but breakable. We are vulnerable and strong at the same time. Peter Gabriel's version captures this idea.
This is The greatest love song ever written and iz is even better When Richard Gere and Susan Sarandon dances to iz in The beautiful mobile "Shall we dance". Greetings from Zagreb, Croatia 🇭🇷❤️
On Yellowstone , Emmett died in his sleep with his head on his saddle looking up at the stars, after rounding cattle for branding. When John informed the wife waiting at the end of the round up,this song instantly inspired me. No tears ,but plenty of heart wrench!
This song is lovely. Someone actually feels this way, lovely. The book of love is long and boring No one can lift the damn thing It's full of charts and facts, and figures And instructions for dancing But I I love it when you read to me. And you You can read me anything. The book of love has music in it In fact that's where music comes from Some of it's just transcendental Some of it's just really dumb But I I love it when you sing to me And you You can sing me anything The book of love is long and boring And written very long ago It's full of flowers and heart-shaped boxes And things we're all too young to know But I I love it when you give me things And you You ought to give me wedding rings And I I love it when you give me things And you You ought to give me wedding rings You ought to give me Wedding rings
Heart ❤️ felt .... I could listen to it all day and night...ty for all ur beautiful comments... I'm a romantic at heart ❤️...never found anyone else who does 🥀
One of the best lyrics I ever heared and even with his voice which is really not the best in the whole world, it gives the whole piece even more character and strength. This is so simple...but breathtaking in the same moment, and that makes it iconic and legendary. And it still has the touch of laughter and deep emotion that results out of JD‘s finale in scrubs.
I listened to this song at 23 and I was a super ultimate who doesn't want to be boring. I want to be exciting. This song is enticing and very romantic. I love this to be my wedding song.
Love this song. As a massive scrubs fan it means so much and I passed on that love of scrubs onto my younger brother and as his best man he said don’t cry when his bride walks down aisle. I said I don’t cry! That was until she came down aisle to this. He got me good
Exactly. This is the first time I noticed the song in shall we dance, I Have seen the movie several times though not the beginning. I hope that younger people might listen to this and see the movie, particularly the exchanges between Mr Gere and his wife in the film and see true love has nothing to do with trivial things, and learn the value of commitment, consistency and openness between the ones you love, understanding that if you don't grow together you will certainly grow apart or both become bitter unhappy with yourselves and each other love is to be nurtured and constantly cared for as it grows if not it will wither and die from neglect.
I love this song. But it always makes .me cry, it's so beautiful. I found my true love when I was 50 in 2000 and now we are growing old together. He is the love of my life. ❤❤❤
I was 53 and never wanted to be married but we met in 2000 and married in 2003 and for twenty one years we shared a romance and a love that was better than love. I held her as she took her last breath and while time may forget that day my heart will always remember.
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@@barrylangweiler9356Siempre siempre juntos estaran .❤
Lo que queda en el Alma no se borra🙏
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Yeaaah ❤ makes my day
This is the first song my late son shared with his wife. She played it while showing pics of him on his funeral. It was a perfect match and made the whole experience very special.
I'm so sorry for your loss. If this song didn't bring tears to my eyes, your comment sure did. I hope it reminds you of all the happy and loving moments your son shared with all of his loved ones.
@@moodyshrew thank you. Yes, I have many lovely memories of his 32 years with us. It was a honor to be his mom
Bless you, Loraine. Not that I'm religious, just that my heart goes out to you.
I’m so sorry to hear that you lost your son. 💕😪
Jetzt muss ich weinen. @@lorainerobberts3851
Lots of comments about how beautiful the song is and how great PG is, but I just want to comment on what a wholesome environment this comment section is. When 99.99% of comment sections are people picking fights with strangers and hating on each other, this wall of support, positivity, empathy and kindness is an oasis in a barren desert.
Isn't it a wonderful feeling?!!❤
It just turned midnight. Happy Valentine's Day to all of you couples out there. And to the rest of us out there with nobody to share this with, hopefully we all find somebody soon. 🫂
I chose to be alone but I can definitely appreciate a good love song! 😊❤
Booo Wendy, boooo
Exactly 😂
@@wesscott7497true
Being with just yourself is better than being with the wrong person
I'm a complicated diabetic.
My fiancée has heart problems and other issues.
I love her more and more every day.
She's the reason I keep on going strong.
Without each other, we really wouldn't know what to do.
I hear you. Diabetic for 28 out of my 40 yrs. It's a very depressing disease. It's like a curse. And it really is. Glad u have someone to support you.
It's always easier to be strong for a loved one than for yourself. I hope things went good in between. Stay strong. For both of you.
This made me cry. Looked at the comments and I wasn't the only one who felt that way. It moves you in a way you don't expect.
Peter Gabriel... he could sing the phone book and it ould sound wonderful. What voice, what emotion!
When my wife and I were dating 16 years ago, I sent this song to her and she said she almost drove off the road when she heard it! We played it as she walked down the aisle at our wedding, it will always be our song.
This song is so beautiful... it makes me think of my parents who have been married and crazy in love for over 62 years!
you're lucky
Good role models.
@@nic5754 Hey Nicola! I like your name, my name is Nikolai and i promise you will find your soulmate as soon as you stop looking :=)
Makes me think of a nexo knight fanfic
Congrats for you parents ❤❤ xx
Beautiful. Stephin Merritt is certainly one of the greatest songwriters alive today!
Peter’s music has been such an important part of my life since his days at Genesis
Thank you Peter
This has to be one of the best love songs I have ever heard. It brings me to tears every time.
I like it just the same way 😂, i think 🤔
I just had a cry. I had believed PG wrote it. He sure could've. Anyway, it celebrates his amazing voice do well🧡
@@Ginger57 truth
@@Ginger57 It was written by Stephin Merritt, of The Magnetic Fields. Their original is very different, and many prefer that version.
I think that version is fun, but love this one. I agree with you, Peter's voice is perfectly suited to it!
This cover is a heartrending masterpiece ❤
@@willowbark5649 you are SO right🧡🧡🧡
Tweak & Craig - Forever !
Didn‘t expect that😂 nice one
I was looking for this lol thank you so much
Me too
I was looking for this comment hahaha ❤❤❤❤
Yesss
When I hear this song I always see Richard Gere coming up on the travelling staircase, dressed in an elegant suit, with a single red rose in his hand :) (in the film Shall We Dance) A great song in a great movie with a great actor - love you all! Thanks for this beautiful song, Mr Gabriel, it brings tears to my eyes every time.
Damn that movie was ace!
Same feeling my dear, shall we dance is my favourite of all
He was so fine!! 😍😍
Yes yes! I love that movie!😍😍😍
The best movie and actors ever😍
I listened to this wonderful song this morning at my bed radio at 05.11. Eighty years ago it was D-Day. So many young people gave their highest sacrifice for our liberation and freedom at the beaches and hills of Normandy. Their book of love was closed far too early. We can't be grateful enough to them.
Their love of freedom was greater than their fear of death. "Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends."
My parents are in heaven, and I don't have a partner or a husband to speak of, but this song The Book Of Love is so beautiful. I love hearing it over and over. I'm sure many people have delightful memories to share🫠❤️
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ill be your friend. i need a friend too
@marknavarro953 + thank you for your reply. God bless you and have a great weekend.
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We can all be friends (whom live in different time zones).
I don't know why this song makes me emotional. I just start crying whenever I play the song. It's basically one of my favorites 💕💕💕💕
I don't know you and we've never met, but I know why! it's because you are great... And Peter Gabriel's voice connects directly to the heart and soul.
Your not alone...
Heard it on a movie soundtrack
Same here
Because life is all about love and deep down you know that. This song taps into that feeling, it's almost a spiritual experience.
Wow. Ok. I just burst into tears midway through this. Not sure how I made it so many years without ever hearing this one.
Hope you visit us often.
Me too 🥺
Same
Tweek and craig forever
Same.
This song makes my heart explode with thoughts of my wife and my love for her.
So many memories flood my head, it makes my heart ache for her.
She lives only in my memories now.
My mum used to sing this to my little siblings when they were baby's, now she's singing it to my daughter. And I am too. I hope that we will keep on sharing this beautiful piece of wisdom with many future generations to come.
This song will raise your vibration spiritually. It’s very ascending and beautiful.
I walked down the aisle to this almost 2 years ago! My husbands reply to everything about the wedding was "whatever you want". But he picked this song and I am so glad he did! Its beautiful and fit the day and our love perfectly.
One of the most beautiful love songs ever.
17:48 Uhr Berlin, Samstag, den 28. Dezember 2024 Monique Eckert war hier. Merci. Great Music all the time in my little life. I love it❤❤❤
Lost my dear son on Monday...38...he died on his birthday...this is his music....his tune
I'm so sorry for your loss Sending you all the warmth in the world 💗
so sorru for your loss.... let his music play on....
I’m so sorry for your loss you sound so beautiful
@@aliviaheath9965 thank you honey
@@ritamaree551 Rita thank you honey
During the pandemic, my girlfriend and I were living together and we would sing karaoke every night, and this song was one of our frequent "go to" songs. We were apart from May of 22 until Feb of 23, and then we broke up again November of 23, but we still spend time together. I can feel our hearts pulling us back together, god willing, and this song always makes me think of her. I love it when she reads to me.
This song makes Me Remember and Think of My Aunty.. She passed away at the start of this year.. I got to spend 30 minutes with her before she passed and it Meant THE WORLD, To Me AND HER..
I LOVE YOU SO SO MUCH AUNTY KERRY, THANK YOU FOR TEACHING NE HOW TO BE A MAN AND TRUE TO MY WORD..
I Just WISH you could have made it to see My Son.. He is going to know ALL ABOUT YOU when he can comprehend and understand..
May God Keep You in His Grace forever.. Goodbye Aunty Kerry.. You WERE THE BEST AUNTY EVER IN THIS WORLD AND MY HEART BLEEDS WITHOUT YOU HERE 😢
We had our wedding last night. We had the instrumental version playing as my wife walked down the aisle, and this version for our first dance.
This song will always have a special place in my heart.
Grats Matt!
That is literally my dream
congrats, sounds like a beautiful wedding, good luck with the marriage!
Congratulations! Love your musical choice.
Congrats man. My wife and I fell in love with this song and it was our first dance song in 2010. Takes me back to that moment every time I hear it!
Yup, I can still use this song to cry uncontrollably on command. I try to check in every year or so.
I literally can't even listen to this song because It immediately makes me cry
I am not the crying kind. I have never cried while listening to a song. But listening to this song completely breaks me down, and I start to sob like a child.
I suspect the reason I start to cry while listening to this song is because of the lines that speak of hope for love from someone.
I am well past 60 and steadily heading towards old age, having never had the privilege of having someone fall in love with me.
Love truly is for lucky people. Some of us are just not that lucky.
Me too my friend. Me too
No one else in the whole world could sing this song any better ♥️👍
For the love of my life, I lost to cancer after 28 wonderful years. And yet for my new love. I hope that I will be the one you need as thesame as I hope that you will be the one I need. I love you. Both of you!
This might very well be my favorite rendition of this song. Right in the heart feels every single time. Peter Gabriel has been such a huge part of the soundtrack of my life, this would/will be a great addition.
Mercie MA SISTA!!!thans For evry thig love kiss kiss
Very Moon ..."soundtrack of my life." I LOVE THAT!!!
"soundtrack of my life"😍😊
Das Lied ist sooo schön. Als mein Mann und ich auf der Suche nach Liedern für unsere Hochzeit waren und dieses Lied abspielten, waren wir beide sofort ergriffen und haben geweint. Es war also absolut klar, dass dieses Lied Teil unserer Hochzeit wird 🥰
Mr. Gabriel is an Angel sent to us for spiritual instruction. It's an intense privilege that we live at the same time as this man.
🧡🧡🧡🧡🧡
Exactly
Whenever I hear this and other songs it reminds me of how much I believe my dad loved my mom. R.I.P. dad and I hope someday my mom realizes how much he loved her.
J.D deserves all the love he seen
Just finished watching that episode
Lol and me 😂😂
"And things we're all too young to know"; age is a high price to pay for knowledge and wisdom!
Tibor Roussou Stephen was talking about condoms
That's depressingly true.
As it should be .... nothing good is free or easily obtainable .... it takes effort and time
“We’re all too young to know” implies every human is too young to know.
It certainly is a high price! I want my money back. 😊
Peter's voice is always magical....luv it
I have always loved this one. It is both sad and celebratory and reflective all at the same time. It hear and and see images from my past; some perfect, some happy, some sad and all precious.
PERFECTLY SAID!
One of the greatest covers ever made. It makes the song even better.
+TheIronicTea Absolutely. Also, what's up Manny Calavera!
Noooooooo The Magnetic Fields’ version is perfection 😍
He did for the Magnetic Fields here kinda like what Jeff Buckley did for Leonard Cohen's Hallelujah... Rare covers where haunting performances made great songwriting resonate across wider times and people. I fkin love music :)
That voice is a gift from God to us all!
🧡🧡🧡🧡
I love this man. I love it when he sings to me.
Heard this today for the first time on an Austrian radio station Oe3, what a powerful and emotional song👍
Tweek and Craig will forever be in my heart
Same
I love that in the sheet music it says the song should be sung "with wisdom"
That is lovely, thanks for sharing!
True. Might bei overseen. Then we keep complaining: why me...👍🎁☀️
Yep, especially because what is Love without Wisdom or Wisdom without Love. You can Love foolishly and/or too easily which often leads to bad or at least empty relationships. You can be too Wisdom focused which can lead to excessive Logic which then leads to an empty Life. Therefore, you need both together for the best existence. You still need to be open to Love & Companionship yet temper it with Wisdom to prevent Foolish Loves/Relationships. Just like you need the Wisdom to understand that importance.
So true
@@morrigankasa570 más que con sabiduría creo que con sentimiento ❤️✨🙏🇦🇷
Dalla prima volta che l'ascoltai oramai tanti anni fa, decisi che sarebbe stata la mia canzone durante le mie nozze. Così è stato. Magica. Grazie maestro.
Amazing to me how this song sonically captures the word "memory."
I am walking down the isle with this song.. I have loved it for years. ❤️
I walked with this song , it was epic
This was my first dance song ❤
This is one of the most beautiful songs I've ever heard. All I want to do is to sing it to my wife at my wedding but I think it's too late to have a wedding and too late to have a wife, and this is a dagger to me. And yet I don't want to live in a universe where this song does not exist.
It's never too late for either of those things. Stop waiting for the world to give you permission to love!
Never too late, brother. You will find someone :)
Tenés tiempo.Hay alguien destinada para ti.Que nadie te haga creer lo contrario.
I agree; it’s never too late.
Rediscovering a song you had forgotten but once listened to a lot
So beautiful... Tears in my eyes 🖤
His voice can melt hearts..
Cannot help but be emotional when I hear this song.
I just heard the original by Magnetic Fields in the Ordinary Love trailer and felt it was sweet and loving and thoughtful - I cried, and knew I needed to figure out who sang it. Lo and behold, I found this. Wow. The strings arrangement and the vocal harmony took it to a whole new level. Just beautiful.
Peter Gabriel is such an amazing talent. I have loved his voice and his music for years. Thank you Peter for an outstanding cover of this song. I love it when you sing to me.
When I heard them use this song in South Park... well, it was perfect. Tweek x Craig forever. ❤️
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I am here again because of Tweek X Craig!!
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Yes, I love Tweek and Craig!
I’ve only just discovered this song after hearing it on radio yesterday. How has it passed me by so long....it’s pure class!
Just a beautiful song for absolutely no reason at all!
This song really touches me at 79 years of age so many memories
There’s music that I have to hear on grey raining days, Floyd, Tull, Zeppelin, but Peter Gabriel owns those rainy days and grey days of fall and winter… I thank the music gods for him..
This is a sad song for me. It will always be a sad song for me, because life does that with songs sometimes, but it will also always be one of the most beautiful combinations of words and phrases I have ever heard. Always.
Beautiful, nothing more.
Such a magical voice. Peter Gabriel is so unique when it comes to his songs. Red Rain is fantastic and his song Biko always reduces me to tears, just like this. There is also a different version, 2cellos and Zucchero where he sings in Italian. Definitely suits Zucchero's voice and worth listening to. Peter's voice is raw here, where Zucchero's is seductive and sublime.
Just to be aware, this song was written by Stephin Merritt of The Magnetic Fields and is on their 69 Love Songs album - his version is well worth listening to 😉
I heard this song many years ago and enjoyed it, but coming back to listen again now that I have experienced it myself is completely different.
First time I have heard this song. watching the movie. I am a completely broken down mess. How more beautiful could this get?
Bravo
This song is melancholic for me. I discovered it in the aftermath of a horrible break up, that left me emotionally scarred and unable to find love again to this day. It was also around the time i discovered mushrooms, so there's a strange sadness and beauty associated with this song in my psyche, and for some reason i keep coming back.
Sorry for asking but did the pain of your break up ease? I am just the imprint of the person I was. I cannot derive real joy or pleasure from anything yet. I'm trying to stay busy but nothing really helps.
I had never heard this song before. It is mesmerizing and beautiful.
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Craig x Tweek brought me here and I am so glad it did this song is wonderful!
I don't agree with his thoughts on the book, but I loved how he turned this into a love song about his wife, he may not have understood the world, but he understood where his music came from and why.
That inspires me to always look for ways to write a song about love in a new and different way in the back of my mind.
Something had to spark him to write this song, and I imagine it was the sound of her voice comforting him.
A really nice piece of music.
Whenever I hear this song I just think of JD looking into his future at the front of Sacred Heart.
I know that season 9 does not exist in my eyes either.
+djzielin agreed!
I always think of Tweek and Craig in South Park :)
And then I cry
wow! thats all i have to say about that
nobody but Peter is able to put as much heart in this song as he can. ♥♥♥ ♪ ♪
Beautiful song. The strings in this arrangement are so important. That's who we are as humans. Strong but breakable. We are vulnerable and strong at the same time. Peter Gabriel's version captures this idea.
Pantera...Beautifully said! 4/2020.
Did they say,who,who wrote the book of love
This is one of the most elegant and beautiful song ever written. Sung by a gifted and soul touching master ❤❤
Thanks God 4 Peter Gabriel, He always seems to save the day... :)
One of my forever favorite songs ! Thank you for this beautiful song!
Love it! The magic touch of music keep people closer, no matter distance, places, taste...it gives comfort to our heart!
"To most people love comes naturally, but for some are forced to fight"
Thank you Gabriel😇🎼🎶🎸✌️🌹🕊🕊
I would LOVE to see more new music by Peter!
+Lvkkie What !
+Lvkkie He/they are so full of heart.
Terry Calvin *he
Soooo lovely❤
This is The greatest love song ever written and iz is even better When Richard Gere and Susan Sarandon dances to iz in The beautiful mobile "Shall we dance". Greetings from Zagreb, Croatia 🇭🇷❤️
On Yellowstone , Emmett died in his sleep with his head on his saddle looking up at the stars, after rounding cattle for branding. When John informed the wife waiting at the end of the round up,this song instantly inspired me. No tears ,but plenty of heart wrench!
Linda música. ( Brasil)
This song is lovely. Someone actually feels this way, lovely.
The book of love is long and boring
No one can lift the damn thing
It's full of charts and facts, and figures
And instructions for dancing
But I
I love it when you read to me.
And you
You can read me anything.
The book of love has music in it
In fact that's where music comes from
Some of it's just transcendental
Some of it's just really dumb
But I
I love it when you sing to me
And you
You can sing me anything
The book of love is long and boring
And written very long ago
It's full of flowers and heart-shaped boxes
And things we're all too young to know
But I
I love it when you give me things
And you
You ought to give me wedding rings
And I
I love it when you give me things
And you
You ought to give me wedding rings
You ought to give me
Wedding rings
Heart ❤️ felt .... I could listen to it all day and night...ty for all ur beautiful comments... I'm a romantic at heart ❤️...never found anyone else who does 🥀
❤
@@alicelockhart4716I am a romantic at heart too. ❤
Must I cry like a baby EVERYTIME?
you're not crying like a baby. you're crying like a beautiful grown up.
Yes
I know
Me too. It reminds me of my daughter's wedding day. They played this at the wedding. Beautiful.
I just want to listen to a beautiful song, not cry!!
Tweek X Craig forever. ♡♡♡
South park reference check
Yessss😊
Making me shed some tears here
loool exactly !
Nah fuck that, scrubs forever
Thank you for sharing this song today. Always I Love your innocence and pure heart.
One of the best lyrics I ever heared and even with his voice which is really not the best in the whole world, it gives the whole piece even more character and strength. This is so simple...but breathtaking in the same moment, and that makes it iconic and legendary. And it still has the touch of laughter and deep emotion that results out of JD‘s finale in scrubs.
listen to the version by Mark Vincent with 2 Cellos
I listened to this song at 23 and I was a super ultimate who doesn't want to be boring. I want to be exciting. This song is enticing and very romantic. I love this to be my wedding song.
Love this song. As a massive scrubs fan it means so much and I passed on that love of scrubs onto my younger brother and as his best man he said don’t cry when his bride walks down aisle. I said I don’t cry! That was until she came down aisle to this. He got me good
🥰🥰🥰
I'm blown away ❤
I watched my daughter walk down the aisle to this song. Chokes me every time.
You need to watch Shall We Dance to get the full effect. (Jennifer Lopez, Susan Sarandon, and Richard Gere) One of my fave movies.
I know that everything is possible... with this song playing in my heart...
Peter, this is the perfect song for you. 💞 🎻 🎶
that was my wedding song ....always makes me smile ,because it s so damn true
This is such a beautiful song and it brings back such wonderful memories of me and my husband.
Outstanding piece of music from an outstanding singer/songwriter that is Peter Gabriel !!!
He didn't write it though this time! It is song by the magnetic fields .
He didn’t write it…
Exactly. This is the first time I noticed the song in shall we dance, I Have seen the movie several times though not the beginning.
I hope that younger people might listen to this and see the movie, particularly the exchanges between Mr Gere and his wife in the film and see true love has nothing to do with trivial things, and learn the value of commitment, consistency and openness between the ones you love, understanding that if you don't grow together you will certainly grow apart or both become bitter unhappy with yourselves and each other love is to be nurtured and constantly cared for as it grows if not it will wither and die from neglect.
Just Beautiful 🎼💃🕊
Beautiful ❤❤