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"   Photo: Glynis Arban  Anyone who has ever watched Behind the Music: Fleetwood Mac knows just how hard it can be to maintain a relationship while playing together in a rock band. Yet Kori Gardner and Jason Hammel of Mates of State have found a way to make it work\u2014the husband-wife duo has been happily jamming together since 1997. Between their six albums and two children, the couple keeps busy, but that hasn&amp;#039;t stopped them from organizing a US tour, which kicks off this week, and putting together a playlist of their all-time favorite love songs for ELLE. Van Morrison \u2013 &amp;quot;Crazy Love&amp;quot; Kori Gardner: &amp;quot;I think the first time I heard this song it was the Bee Gees version. A good song is a good song no matter who performs it\u2014usually if it&amp;#039;s an incredible love song, tons of people cover it. Classic, tear-inducing chord progression, and words that hit you hard: `I can feel her heartbeat for a thousand miles.&amp;#039;&amp;quot; Os Mutantes \u2013 &amp;quot;Baby&amp;quot; Jason Hammel: &amp;quot;Discovered this when Kori and I first moved to San Francisco as young lovers. It&amp;#039;s so pure and simple, like new, innocent love.&amp;quot; Cat Power (covering Lou Reed) \u2013 &amp;quot;I Found a Reason&amp;quot; KG: &amp;quot;I walked down the aisle to this song. `Nuff said.&amp;quot; Team Dresch \u2013 &amp;quot;Screwing Yer Courage&amp;quot; JH: &amp;quot;The most raw and punk love song I can think of. She sings about renouncing the whole world for love by `movin&amp;#039; into the woods and quit this f&amp;#039;n band.&amp;#039; You and me until the end, baby.&amp;quot; Bright Eyes \u2013 &amp;quot;Kathy with a K&amp;#039;s Song&amp;quot; KG: &amp;quot;Conor [Oberst] took some words from the most overused wedding verse, `Love is real,&amp;#039; and added a more down-to-earth verse or two. This was the first Bright Eyes song that sounded hopeful at the time and just that thought of love keeping you happy when you are generally disgusted with the world, well, I guess it just means love is pretty universal.&amp;quot; Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds \u2013 &amp;quot;Love Letter&amp;quot; JH: &amp;quot;A song about past love; he desperately wants her back so writes her what you can imagine to be the most compelling love letter ever. But...it sounds like she doesn&amp;#039;t buy it. We covered this song on our Crushes album.&amp;quot; Henry Mancini \u2013 &amp;quot;Moon River&amp;quot; KG: &amp;quot;This is one that basically anyone can play or sing and I will cry. In fact, I watched Elizabethtown on a plane once and there&amp;#039;s this scene where Susan Sarandon tap dances to `Moon River&amp;#039; at her husband&amp;#039;s funeral while photos of the two of them are the backlight behind her. I think I pretended to have an allergy attack because I was crying so hard.&amp;quot; AC/DC \u2013 &amp;quot;Big Balls&amp;quot; JH: &amp;quot;A raw love song using primal lust as its metaphor\u2014he thinks he&amp;#039;s got exactly what she needs. I remember back in first grade on the bus some sixth-grader was blasting this on his boombox. I was horrified and excited all at the same time, and my first crush was sitting next to me.&amp;quot; Cyndi Lauper \u2013 &amp;quot;Time After Time&amp;quot; KG: &amp;quot;So heartfelt. I remember rewinding this on my Walkman cassette player, trying to learn both the guy and girl parts.&amp;quot; Marvin Gaye \u2013 &amp;quot;Let&amp;#039;s Get it On&amp;quot; KG: &amp;quot;To write a song called `Let&amp;#039;s Get it On&amp;#039; is just enough begging to be hot, and just enough honesty and sweetness to work. Plus, it&amp;#039;s Marvin Gaye. No matter where I am when this song is played, I have to stop and listen...and maybe think dirty thoughts.&amp;quot; "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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