The Top 20 Country Love Songs of All Time - Number 19

by Jim Poulton

Vince Gill: Look At Us

Vince Gill. Photo courtesy of vincegill.com.

Nostalgia seems to be pretty big in the love song business doesn’t it? It’s telling us something deep, but I’m not sure what. (Anyone?) Maybe it has to do with how true love – if it’s really true – is always launching itself into eternity. All you have to do is remember your high school sweetheart and you know what I mean. You felt epic, like your story would be repeated a million years from now, because how could anything be more riveting?

Vince Gill’s voice isn’t the best of the great country singers. But what he lacks in timbre and fullness he makes up for with sincerity. He sings with a calm, slow confidence, and the unimposing accompaniment matches the mood: competent musicians, all aware that their main job is to get out of the way of the song’s message. 

See Vince Gill's website here.