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Nov. 1st, 2007 12:44 pmThis morning, I was thinking about music, and how people tend to pick some of the most fucked-up songs for their weddings. Or, at the very least, some of the recommendations for wedding songs.
Now, I can totally get behind something like "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" or even "My Funny Valentine". But, who are the jackasses that pick these songs:
The Police - "Every Breath You Take": A song about stalking someone. Yeah, that's quite romantic. Who doesn't want a song with the line, "oh can't you see - you belong to me?", as their wedding song?
Barenaked Ladies - "Call And Answer": Sure, this one starts out sounding kind of on the sweet and lovey side. Then, halfway through the song, you're hit with, "I'm warning you, don't ever do those crazy messed-up things that you do - 'cause if you do, I'll be the first to crucify you". It's not as bad as the next one, though.
Sonic Youth - "100%": One would think that the line "100% of my love, all for you true star" makes for a good wedding song, but whomever recommended this one apparently glossed over the "gun to my head, good-bye I am dead" line. Songs that are tributes to dead friends are never a good idea. But if you insist, how about the slightly more upbeat, "People Who Died" by The Jim Carroll Band?
If *anyone* picks any of those songs for their weddings, I will be in the corner at the reception hall, in a fetal position with my ears plugged.
That being said, what absolutely wrong songs have you heard at wedding receptions - or heard/read being recommended for a wedding?
Now, I can totally get behind something like "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" or even "My Funny Valentine". But, who are the jackasses that pick these songs:
The Police - "Every Breath You Take": A song about stalking someone. Yeah, that's quite romantic. Who doesn't want a song with the line, "oh can't you see - you belong to me?", as their wedding song?
Barenaked Ladies - "Call And Answer": Sure, this one starts out sounding kind of on the sweet and lovey side. Then, halfway through the song, you're hit with, "I'm warning you, don't ever do those crazy messed-up things that you do - 'cause if you do, I'll be the first to crucify you". It's not as bad as the next one, though.
Sonic Youth - "100%": One would think that the line "100% of my love, all for you true star" makes for a good wedding song, but whomever recommended this one apparently glossed over the "gun to my head, good-bye I am dead" line. Songs that are tributes to dead friends are never a good idea. But if you insist, how about the slightly more upbeat, "People Who Died" by The Jim Carroll Band?
If *anyone* picks any of those songs for their weddings, I will be in the corner at the reception hall, in a fetal position with my ears plugged.
That being said, what absolutely wrong songs have you heard at wedding receptions - or heard/read being recommended for a wedding?
