Lol about geogaddi. 1969 is soooooooooo good though.
For me, it always boils down to 2 things. 1: it is something that ties me and my dates identities together, a mutual thread so to speak 2: it is kind of gender ambigious (like david bowie, talking heads, portishead, air, etc)
It's hard to explain, but when someone in such an intimate scenario puts on a song that ties way more into either person in particular, I feel a weird sort of awkward pressure. It's hard to explain, kind of like one person is drowning out the conversation or something. Music that everyone can get down with and be comfortable with always ends up being music that we either both already listen to (this is the case most of the time) or something catchy and not overtly masculine or feminine like the Beatles. Never trust anyone who doesn't like the Beatles! Sometimes music that is too heady or whatever you want to call it can be too strange and distracting in date type scenarios. You're not there to trance out to crazy music! Well, most of the time anyways...
Some of my favorites in no particular order: The Beach Boys, Fleetwood Mac, Portishead (Dummy FTW), Todd Rundgren, Stevie Wonder, Antonio Carlos Jobim, Talking Heads, Love, Mac Demarco, Led Zeppelin...
Maybe some Al Green or Marvin Gaye when it goes there! :twisted: