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8:03 am
Tue February 14, 2012

Favorite Love Songs: A Valentine From KCUR

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Here's a spread of songs and personal stories about love, loss and the in-between, including tales from Up to Date host Steve Kraske and KC Currents co-host Sylvia Maria Gross.

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7:07 pm
Mon February 13, 2012

TELL US: What's Your Favorite Love Song?

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FAVORITE LOVE SONGS

What's your favorite love song and why? Share in the comments section below, or send an e-mail to centralstandard@kcur.org.

Here's what we've received so far:

 

 

 

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Bill Anderson, programming director: "Nether Lands" by Dan Fogelberg

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Central Standard
6:52 pm
Mon February 13, 2012

Favorite Love Songs: "Sunday Kind of Love" by Etta James

Central Standard and Walt Bodine Show producer Andrea Silenzi revisits some of the best works by legendary singer Etta James.

"When Etta James passed away I decided it would be a good thing to sit down and listen to a lot of her best songs," Silenzi says. "She's probably best known for her song, 'At Last.' "

Silenzi sing-talks the lyrics to the song, "Her love has come along, her lonely days are over, and life is like a song."

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1:28 pm
Mon February 13, 2012

Favorite Love Songs: "Carinhoso"

KC Currents' Sylvia Maria Gross tells us about a Brazilian anthem for unrequited love.

"She says 'my heart, I don't know why, beats happily when I see you,' " Gross translates the Portuguese lyrics of the song "Carinhoso" to English.

She continues alongside the singer's voice, " 'And my eyes will smile and follow you down the road, but still, you run away from me.' "

"So that's the beginning part of it, and it's so sad and beautiful," Gross says with a smile and dramatic sigh. "This is the song that occurred to me because I find myself singing it in my head a lot. It's a Brazilian song called 'Carinhoso,' which means affectionate."

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1:16 pm
Mon February 13, 2012

Favorite Love Songs: "Moonglow"

Reporter Dan Verbeck talks about a romantic theme from the 1955 movie "Picnic."

"The movie was filmed mostly in Kansas in 1955," Verbeck said.

"The 'Moonglow' theme has a special tingly quality to it. There are two people dancing in a small park beside a stream at a Labor Day picnic," he said. "My wife grew up in a rural town about ten miles from where the picnic scene was filmed."

"They have some towns in central Kansas where not a lot goes on, so when a Hollywood movie crew comes in and neighbors and friends become extras it's going to be very popular and have popular theme music," Verbeck said.

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