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This 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?

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Michael and I danced our ‘first dance’ to Ben Folds’ “The Luckiest”. My mother felt it was a bad choice because the song mentions people dying. I feel it’s one of the most romantic songs ever. I think she would have passed out if we used our other choice, “I Will Follow You Into The Dark” by Death Cab For Cutie. Our other special dance was the ‘last dance’ of the night and we used a Guster song “I hope Tomorrow Is Like Today” which I thought was perfect as well. A couple I’ve known forever danced to the gorgeous song “Last Goodbye” by Jeff Buckley and I thought while it was a beautiful and meaningful song to them, it was still strange to me to think of the lyrics and a marriage.