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  • The irony is that the song is about the selfish nature of love

  • My boyfriend showed me this song, I sang it to him ^^

  • PON AND ZI! *Squeals*

  • :,(

  • @OASSpartan Not at all, singing a song about a wedding at your wedding would be cheesey! :-)

  • ein wirklich romantisches lied...

  • 1:40 That's sooo cute! <3

  • I want to learn this song, so that when I get married I can sing this at my wedding

    Cheesy, right ^_^

  • This is my favorite video to listen to the Book of love on. I don't care if the pictures are cheezy (I don't think so) or if the sound quality isn't the absolute best, I love this video more than any other.

  • i love it :)

  • 12 People have never felt true love.

  • From avclub interview:

    "AVC: Peter Gabriel covered “The Book Of Love” in a style that’s almost the opposite of a Magnetic Fields song, with a really big string arrangement. Have you heard that version?

    SM: I have. He actually did it twice, and the second one is even lusher. It sounds like double string quartet and voice.

    

  • @ralphthegnome

    AVC: How do you think his versions come off?

    SM: I think it’s fantastic. If I could sing like Peter Gabriel, I wouldn’t have to write songs. It’s a totally different interpretation. My arrangement and recording of it is emphatically skeletal and all about the insufficiency and helplessness, whereas his sounds like he’s God singing to you about his creation.

  • Sniff sniff :'(

  • gooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo­od song guise

  • The Book Of Love - Peter Gabriel's version is still the best one by far. On my channel you can find a rather different version (up tempo) by a German rock group from Berlin, Germany.

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  • never mind it being the 'perfect ending to scrubs'. its a lovely song period. 

  • I beg to disagree...It may have a cynical tone, but it is nothing less than a marvelous love song. YOU listen to the words. Though they (the typical things people say,write,sing)may be stale, when this person you love recites,reads or sings them to you, it is magic. There is an old saying that  some singers can sing the phone book and make it sound amazing. The love spoken of in this song has the same strength.Never saw the show,but LOVE the song!!~smiles~

  • I love how when ever someone talks about scrubs It never gets less than 10 likes

  • <3 the sng...i heard it on shall we dance :)

  • Aww I love dis song -3

  • I seen some movies about love stories and never understood them.

    I never believed i would ever feel something like that and i always thought people are overacting this theme.

    But since this day half a year ago no day passed by without one thought for this person <3

    I love this feeling of beeing near to her and love the feeling missing her.

  • @DifferentLOL You´re a lucky guy...I will never feel anything like that...

  • @Silberpfeily Why not?

    Everyone has the right AND everyone is going to love someone, your time hasn`t just arrived, just wait a bit :)

  • @DifferentLOL

    thats a naive view... no offense meant there, but there is so much more cynism in the world then there is love

  • @DifferentLOL These lyrics are NOT about romantic love. In fact, they're mocking it. You've imposed your own feelings onto the song. Stephen Merritt of Magnetic Fields wrote the tune in an attempt to combine a gorgeous melody with bitter and cynical lyric about love. Listen closely to the "wedding ring" part. It's tongue in cheek . It's a metaphor for how self serving we can be when we're " in love" and how love is often confused with lust. Don't believe me? Look up Stephin Mills yourself.

  • @DifferentLOL Same here... love to see her... love to miss her... its amazing love isnt it? i dont agree with love backwards is evol (evil) i think the exact opposite. :)

  • simply amazing ♥

  • awww..........

  • this was beautifully thought up...thanks

  • There are many different cover versions of the Magnetic Fields' original (for instance there is an interesting one on my channel), but Peter Gabriel's version is by far just simply the very best!

  • love it :)

  • This gave me shivers <3

  • scrubs never ends it's still here ....

  • 11 people missed the *like* button, I bet they feel silly.

  • This just doesn't have the same merrit as the original. Get it? Anyone? But seriously, buy 69 Love Songs.

  • @nanakazuki And you did a good job. This song always brings tears to my eyes whenever I hear it.... and I'm a guy xP

  • @Lucas6194

    Feel with you brother =D

    * =*-(

  • 1:56 I shed a tear.. sooo sweet, very well done!

  • @nanakazuki its perfect

  • 1:56 beautiful :, )

  • awesome! einfach nur wunderschön und sehr rührend..

  • I am so sorry for your loss. I am much older--and know your pain. Ask God to to make your mind strong and release this pain from your heart. God Bless you---and keep you.

  • u cant describe love guys haha its different for EVERYONE. when u find love haha idk, ive been after this girl for 3 years haha i got her LIFE IS GREAT rite now. dont give up on looking for it. love is very sneaky hiding in places you may not think to look.

  • @kcin41 lol, this song is NOT about romantic love, at least not literally. It was written by Magnetic Fields, long before Scrubs was on the air and Gabriel merely covered it. It's a very cynical song about how love songs tends to be filled with cliches and sappy imagery designed to unashamedly tug at listeners/viewers emotions (love is a hot topic in books, songs, films, etc.) The fact that so many people misinterpret the true meaning behind these lyrics is a testament to how true they are.

  • @ritter89 Not much different than people misinterpreting Sting's "Every Breath You Take". People hear what they want from it. ;)

  • My bf blake broke p with me 2 days ago after 6 months :( crying on the outside, dying on inside

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  • I know how you feel anderson

  • i cant watch this without crying

  • Magnetic Fields > Peter.

    Sorry, there's just something about Magnetic Field's originality and feeling that makes it feel more emotional to me.

  • I cannot stop listening to this

  • 1:33 - 1:55

    The best part fo this vid - it's so cute/sweet/lovely/all of the previous lol :P

    *sigh* Love ... someday I hope to find it ... :)

  • Laura your my happy ending

  • Ahhh.. this has made me go all gooey, hello posting on facebook page on valentines!!

  • i love this song so much!

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  • sigh....love :)

  • CUTE VIDEO!!!

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  • love is more than just liking someone. love is when your willing to be there for him/her no matter what, even if your sacrificing something that means a lot to you. love is when your heart leads the way, not your mind. its when you get lost in his/her words without knowing. its when at the end your heart is shattered and its like impossible to fix.

  • audrey what u say is true

  • @Audrey1845 This is NOT a love song. What's with you ppl? Do you even bother listening to lyrics or do you just get swept up in emotion?. The lyrics are mocking and cynical. Merritt wanted to write a beautiful melody and combine it with a lyrics that made light of the sappiness, silliness and self serving nature of love and love songs. This song is entirely tongue in cheek. Can't believe how many people miss that. It was written by Magnetic Fields (Stephen Merritt). See for yourself

  • @ritter89 When did I say it was a love song?And I did listen tot the lyrics. Everyone has their own interpretation of the song. The melody does sweep through me and it does fill me with the emotion of sadness and love but not once did I say it was a love song. What's wrong with YOU.

  • @ritter89 very good points, but the upshot is that this does a fantastic job of describing how I feel in my relationship. I have gotten much more sentimental, appreciative and thankful that I have someone to grow old with. PG took the original sentiment of the song and turned them on their head. Precisely the definition of "making a song your own". I am a big, hairy guy who has to shave 2x a day and this interpretation of this song puts me on the floor every time.

  • @ritter89 Audrey is correct. This song is meant to be interpreted differently by people. Of course, your interpretation does show a bit of who you are. You don't have much faith in love, do you? The lyrics can be mocking depending on how it's sung and how it's interpreted. Peter Gabriel's, which we're using right now, is meant to be more playful and endearing.

    

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  • I love this song(: it is the BEST!! love is the greatest thing you could ever experience...once you find that perfect guy-girlls don't ever let him go..(:

    You r never to young to fall in love..(=

    Every girll out there deserves a happy ending(=

  • @ w0nd3rfUI1 Ill show YOU a happy ending!

  • heard this on scrubs and fell in love with it :D

  • wow thanks for that, very sad but heart warming at the same time :)

  • this song is the all time greatest song ever its the song that reminds me of the love of my life :)

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  • *cry this song is just amazing

  • I love this song. Scrubs made it even better

  • 1:31-1:55 so cute man great vid thanks!

  • 1:31-1:55 so cute man oh my god hahaha thats so cool, great vid man

  • awesome video!

  • This is one of the best songs ever! Plus the best ending for J.D in scrubs.

  • this was a beautiful video ;). fantastic job.

  • this song reminds me of my gf she sais she loves me but ohnstly i dont think she does i think im being used i might have to end it why does love have to hurt so much

  • I hear ya man, i got the same problem, damn young girls are so cruel, they like to kick you while your down... :'(

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  • head up little,...everything will be allright at the end... believe me!...i know!

    It's with you when you don't expect it to come and hits you like a bomb...lasting forever!

    keep looking forward and never give up feeling... we all get hurt sometime but it's an art getting up again and stand up tall, you know ?

  • mate, just ask her how much she loves you.

    if you think her reply is acctually meaningful, you know she's right for you.

  • Love this song... what a perfect ending song for scrubs.. best show ever

  • I love scrubs and yes it was a great ending but im a huge fan of Always sunny

  • i got a lump in one's throat as i saw the end of scrubs! awesome show!

  • @tbark505

    thats right, this was the perfekt ending for scrubs, i love it

  • @tbark505 yes thats right scrubs is a very cool TV show i have look at in germany

  • @tbark505

    Yeah but Scrubs ain't ending *cry*

  • @tbark505 Yeah it was.. Too bad they didn´t end there though...

  • @alitllebitemo Yeah I know what you mean Scrubs was amazing up to the original series finale and once something has its run it can't fully relive it

  • @baybay1994 Nope. With such a perfect ending to the old scrubs and with the new seasons they´ll now have to try to make a better story ( wich I think failed from the beginning ) to make an even better ending to the whole scrubs series.. And that is very idiotic..

  • @alitllebitemo Yeah I think when ABC tried revive Scrubs (again) with the new setting the ratings were so poor they just sorta yanked it off the air with out another finally so they never really had an ending for the newer version which honestly I'm sort of glad about that

  • @baybay1994 Hmm.. Yeah.. But still i think it was a bit dumb to make another seison.

  • wonderful, no words for it :)

  • I wish you the best and I hope it works out, but remember that sometimes when you love someone, you have to just let them go and be who they are. Sometimes you will find the most loving thing you can do is to let go. You may also find someone else that will return love too.

  • most of the time the last part of you comment never happens, people just grab what they can get as they age

  • just ignore him, he probably got hurt and is taking his rage out on other people to make himself feel better. Making this video because you were in love with someone is one of the kindest things I've seen someone ever do, and don't let anyone else tell you otherwise :)

  • when i listen to this song twice in a row i tear up because i was with the perfect girl and i gave her my heart only to have her destroy it

  • Wow!!!! what a song so love it alot. The book of love it says it all. Smile & Peace

  • nice ;)

  • The Book of Love,

    It says it all, Peter Gabriel just

    nows how to sing romanctic heartwarming songs

    Smile & Peace

  • Because I,I,I Love You

    The book of Love,this song

    makes me cry all the time.

    I am just a cry baby sally,

    Video & Pictures are so awesome

    also. Peter Grabriel sings so romantic ,heart warming songs.

    Smile & Peace

  • Oh, what a beautiful song,

    I cry everytime I hear this song,

    Because I,I, I, Love you

    I am just a cry baby sally.

    Smile & Peace

  • Because I,I ,I Love You,(Bluelefty)

    The words to this song make me cry alot.

    I am just a big cry baby,with songs that touch my heart. Peter Grabriel just nows

    how to sing awesome love songs.

    Smile & Peace

  • (Wow) so love this song,,

    Peter Gabriel sings this song so awesome. Because I,I Love you

    always and forever,Oh what a cute video,I so love the pictures,they go right on ,

    Smile & Peace

  • It is an awesome video; thank you for sharing it.

  • Greaat, very good nanakazuki... \o/

  • this song makes me seriously remember my ex girlfriend who for no reason decided to cheat on me and pretty much rub it in my face pretty much tore my heart out looked at me and tore it apart but i hope shes happy with what shes done

  • HI! I just wanted to say that I don't understand why people feel the need to post crap comments on this video. I really like it! :) This song is one of my alltime favourites, and I think that you tried to express your emotions while making this video. I like it! :D You used some great pictures too. Just let them talk.

  • Hi! I liked what you wrote, and the pictures you used in this video are great too :). Don't let other people on YT make you feel down, because you tried to share the feeling you had with us. I love this song and I think that you expressed yourself quit well. I don't understand why other people are so rude to you :S. Keep up the good work! Great musictaste btw ;-)

  • its sweet bt hurt for me 2 listen to

  • I love this vid, chin up gal ;)

    we've all been there <3

    x

  • why would you call someone elses work bullshit its a matter of opinion just as if i were to say what you wrote sucks people dont understand how pointless it is to be jerks to eachother

  • wake up!

    theres no such thing as love!

    Ur video was fueled by lust!

  • hey, just because you're a selfish moron that doesn't actually feel any emotions, doesn't mean you have to be cruel to others. Or were you abused/unloved by your parents when you were a kid, and you're taking it out on others? Or maybe you're just a "`ard' kid, who picks on others, even though when you go home you cry because no one loves you, and you don't know why?

  • im not trying to take my rage out on any one. If you're listening to this song and are in love congragulations. you're lucky. I was just expressing my emotions (p.s. I was not abused or unloved and im not retarded but it sounds like you are)

  • i hope you realize you're being just as much of an jerk about this as you assume he was being. in reality he doesn't really seem to be trying to be mean: his heart was destroyed by someone he loved.. why harrass that?

  • now that is just unapropiate.. anyone can feel love, the only problem is just that, not everyone have it without conditions, but true love should be without condition.. tell me if im wrong..

  • All was soo good. And yesterday i lost my girlfriend :-( Sie was a wonderful and pretty girl. But now it´s finished. I hate my wife because she cheats me. I wait on the Girl that love me :-) Sry i´m not so cgood in english because i´m from germany. I love this song :-)

  • I under stand well anough I not good with the talky words ethier kuase im from the public school

  • Continues... With every stroke and every movement of his hand, he could feel the motion of her breath, her chest moving up and down.

  • youre just being a jerk its a matter of opinionpeople ike different things if people want to share their work dont down them for it what if i said yours sucked cause in my opinion his/hers was way better

  • You suck, and so does your poetry. Enjoy watching it go nowhere and be forever unappreciated.

  • Listen to this song and this is what came out.

    For a moment he could feel her lying next to him again. He could feel the way her hair tickled his skin when she laid on his arm. It felt like they were together again. He stroked her hair like he use to and moves his hand up and down her arm gently. For him it brought back memories of their time on the couch together and he always did this to relax her.

  • I'm a Strong Believer in that we all Find that one that we are suppose to be with, the one that is there for us in our time of need, the one we love but also, that they will come when we least expect it.

  • i miss her so much.... i dont feel bad that i cried during this.

  • Any time I feel down I just watch this video and it make me feel better about myself

  • i lost that man that loved me, it broke his heart and broke my mind, now i am alone, cold and mad, this song is one of sorrow for me but one of re-birth there are more like him out there, people that will love me for what i am, and for this song i am thankful for reminding me of hope

  • This is going to be my wedding song. no doubt, for it reminds me of her in so many ways and our journey through the book of love. i didn't cry at my best friends funeral and this song makes me cry. it is beautiful

  • @ superchilodude

    i know what you are feeling, i feel the same for one girl ...

    i know many say it befor but this song is great. it's so great that my heart hurts ...

  • this is a video about me and my girlfriend (or so it seems) Shes been in italy for74 days and i miss her so much, but i will see her again, i just need to get the money for a plane ticket.

    I love you Alessandra

  • i love this song so much

    it reminds me of my ex

  • super chilodude i know how you feel, there arent words for such a brilliant song

  • i chose this song for my first dance at my wedding. he's the love of my life. thank you for the video.

  • SCRUBS :)

  • "Merry christmas *turns around* Perry !"

  • :"( seriously im crying

  • I dont think its better than the Magnetic Fields sorry

  • shorty i looooooooooooooooooooooooooooo­oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo­ooooovvvvvvvvvvvvveeeeeeeeeeee­ee!!! this song last nyt almost made me and moitra cry i missed a lot love u!!

  • 2:00, anyone know where i can get dat pic??

  • best song for the ending of scrubs.

  • hi i love this song

  • a song with soul of it's own.. makes my heart sing a song.. my eyes cry just remembering his smile..

    we walk along life, leaving behind written words in our book of love.. and even when they threw our love away... their memories still there.. there the ones to give us our pretty wings.. there the ones to brake our wings.. leaving the angel to learning how to fly with it's broken wings...

    i miss him.. but i know he's not the same guy i use to love....

  • hello

  • hav u ever seen shall we dance this song is in it

  • I love this song your video for it is soooo cool have you ever seen the movie shall we dancethis song is in it thats my fav movie nd this is my fav song :)

  • this is a pretty fucking lame ass way to propose. but love the song!

  • Je t'aime mon Lapinou ^^

  • It's odd how everyone is making shout outs on this video. Lol. Makes me laugh...

    ...love you Annie.

  • speaking of which, ur gay =)

    Nobody cares about if u miss someone u've never met =S

    but great song anyhow.

  • Lol

  • aww bless you! thats so cute :)

  • Bless your heart my friend.

  • you nailed it man, thats exactly it

  • I know the feeling, I am deeply in love with the Girl in my Dreams, But she can only hold me in my sleep..

    I want to know how love really feels...

  • thanks for writing what i couldn´t.

  • i get you man...i completely understand....

    for sure

  • Oh man, your Words are so fuckin' true =(

  • I'm with you there my friend. :(

  • one day my freind... one day :)

  • Dude...

    I'm with you.

  • your comment is so cute!!!!!

    i feel like crying.

    i know just how you feel.

  • You' can't  really know you love someone until they break your heart.

  • best of luck my friend. I have found myself among the lucky few to find someone that i care for and who cares for me without condition. I only wish i could share that experience with everyone around me.

  • i think i speak for many people when i say, i know how you feel, just stay in there. we'll all get there sometime

  • your words are beautiful