The London Lounge

This is another aspect of 'Elegant Living', I'm sure we all organise romantic candlelight dinners for that special woman in our lives, or perhaps our wives for those of us that are gifted with them. This thread is to discuss our favourite albums, songs and artists for such occasions.

Are you one to grab a Sinatra CD? Does Elvis rock your world? Do you prefer stuff from the 90s such as Chris Isaak's Wicked Game? Does Buddy Holly's Peggy Sue make you happy?

Let's all discuss our favourite music for 'Candlelight Dinners'.



I myself am very fond of very different artists and genres, here are some samples of what I like:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wUTtr1X1Eb4 - Restless, Within Temptation (Romantic but in a different way, just have a listen... It's beautiful and will make you cry but it is metal... So only once in a while.)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F8NOj_Ld4jg - I will follow you, Ricky Nelson (Is there any song with more romantic lyrics? Is there? Or creepy according to at least one woman I know.)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UAOxCqSxRD0 - Wicked Game, Chris Isaak (If you grew up in the 90s you probably know this song.)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sb0wnUp5hVQ - Don't talk to him, Cliff Richard (Ah, what a beautiful song, playing it feels like the singer is sitting next to you!)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fb2s9OLEjfg - O Lola [1905], Enrico Caruso (Does she like opera? This is about as good as it gets!)

[Reposted on Costi's request]

(Does she like opera? This is about as good as it gets!)

Caruso is better than it gets !
Mc Cormack after, with Speyside and Havana
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eZU1ng1r ... re=related

Rowly wrote:

(Does she like opera? This is about as good as it gets!)

Caruso is better than it gets !
Mc Cormack after, with Speyside and Havana
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eZU1ng1r ... re=related

Very true!

Tafelmusik:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D9aL_dkc ... 96DA5693DF

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=19GsWwcsgd8

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vP9sVlm1 ... 9E0319B974

This is something I've been thinking about for a while now.

One of these days on a pleasant clear night with a full moon in the sky, me wearing a midnight blue dinner suit, accompanied by a dress set of gold and lapis, and opera pumps. Her in a lovely dark evening gown, I'd love to dine outdoors with a fine pasta and seafood dish with a wonderful chardonnay to the following below.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YAOTCtW9v0M

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_4IRMYuE1hI

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zi8vJ_lMxQI

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-hJf4ZffkoI

After dinner I'd love to dance with her under the moonlight to these songs below.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=69O4PXzAQ5Y

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l7XPg-CacMs

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A89yhQtdeZo&ob=av2n

Best Regards,

Cufflink79

Cufflink, no. 9 would start me out of my seat for starters, no. 5 would stop the onion soup crouton halfway down my throat and the great G minor (great but still minor) for desert (Foret-Noire?) would darken my mood definitively. Lucky it isn't ME you want to dine and wine
Great flying-dancing tunes at the end - and very hopeful after a main course (lamb chops?) over the Requiem - Dies Irae, dies illa...
I'd move "That's amore" to the end, as a conclusion...

Great music yes, but I did think that Ludwig would require a very full bodied wine. Perhaps to accompany a fillet of Rhinoceros on the bone, possibly with the animal still snorting...would make the Requiem a more logical conclusion.....but then again, with the vacillating nature of some ladies I have known...a recording of 30 minutes silence might be more apposite

Rowly, if any symphonic piece from LvB while eating, perhaps no. 6 for a picnic
Otherwise it's... piano sonata no. 8!

Cufflink, you could also try the Kreutzer sonata, if you have no fear of unleashing passions of the kind Tolstoy describes:

But beware of a dramatic finale!...

It's rare to find women who dress in gowns and dresses these days, and that, I find is very unfortunate. Such garments are almost always very flattering to the female shape I believe, at least more than trousers when it comes to more formal occasions. I never liked seeing a woman in a suit (one with trousers instead of a skirt that is), I always felt that it looked awkward.

Did you know that in France the law banning women from wearing trousers was never officially abolished?

All over the world wrote:I never liked seeing a woman in a suit (one with trousers instead of a skirt that is), I always felt that it looked awkward.

Look how said she is...

...you broke her heart!

Costi wrote:

All over the world wrote:I never liked seeing a woman in a suit (one with trousers instead of a skirt that is), I always felt that it looked awkward.

Look how said she is...

...you broke her heart!

Someone once told me "Men were made to wear uniforms and women have their gowns". I wholeheartedly agree, while a woman can look lovely when she is just casually wearing jeans I feel that when a woman dresses up there is nothing like a nice dress or a gown. Women in suits are not my thing, women in Dinner Jackets even less, in fact I would go as far as to say that it is not appropriate.

Ah, there goes another broken heart... Look at her eyes

You'll kill them all if you go on like that! Who will then listen to your refined dinner music, eat with your emblazoned "Rostfrei" cutlery and wipe her lips with the superwhite linens? A doll in a gown?
Women (the real stuff) are surprising... It's called CHARME

Perhaps I'm a sadist?

Or a masochist, ultimately ?

All over the world wrote: Someone once told me "Men were made to wear uniforms and women have their gowns". I wholeheartedly agree, while a woman can look lovely when she is just casually wearing jeans I feel that when a woman dresses up there is nothing like a nice dress or a gown. Women in suits are not my thing, women in Dinner Jackets even less, in fact I would go as far as to say that it is not appropriate.

Who's that quote from? Its somewhat worrying! Is that a mod uniform, a tweed uniform, a pinstripe uniform? We can't all get a military one you know. I tried to get into the army once, I told them I wanted to kill people, and they wouldn't let me in? Is that like telling a girl you like her too soon?

Here's my personal favourite for dinner, it sets a contemplative mood.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yRGl6Twebvc