Greg’s Rock Valentine’s Day Mix-tape: Vol. 1

This weekend is Valentine's Day, and that either has you happy, or really...really depressed.

Either way, hopefully these songs can get you more in the mood!

See Rock music is great for Valentine's Day for a few reasons; over the last 6 decades rock has produced some fantastic love songs, while also producing some fantastic love-MAKING songs.

So what we're going to do, is use these songs to walk down the path of a love story. This is a story of how many relationships go. So whether you're starting a new relationship this V-Day, enjoying the relationship you're in, or thinking of old ones...these should all make sense. Here's our story.

First up, Blink 182's "First Date". A song that embraces the start of a relationship. You're attracted to someone, you need to get their attention. Hell, maybe you just did...

Next in the mix-tape, is the point where you fall in love, and have all of the excitement and joy of being in a relationship.

After that point, there's probably only one song to articulate the next step of the relationship mix-tape:

Now we hit the crossroads. This will either become a long-term relationship, where things are great for a long time:

BUT, and here's the weird part of the whole relationship thing. The person you just felt intense love/passion/lust for, is now your mortal enemy:

Years later, you'll end up feeling one of two ways...pick between these two songs to wrap it up:

OR