Event Songs

04-17-2004, 04:26 AM

Those of you who are married, what tunes did you have played at your weddings? Those who are not, what would you have played if you ever were to get married? What song would you have played at your own funeral?

littlemissattitude · 04-17-2004, 05:40 AM

I've never been married, but the selections of songs played at some of the weddings I've been to have been, shall we say, original.

Back in the early 70s, when one of my cousins got married, instead of the wedding march, they had the Beatles' "Norwegian Wood" played. Nothing so crass as playing the recording or anything. Not, it was just the music, on a wonderful, huge pipe organ. But, think about it if you know the song. It's about a guy who gets mad at a girl because she won't sleep with him and so burns down her furniture. Now, it is beautiful music, but definitely an odd choice for wedding music. Oh, well. It was an odd wedding, and an odd reception. They had a Flamenco dancer for entertainment. But, they're still married as far as I know (haven't talked to anybody in that branch of the family for a couple of years).

At another cousin's wedding, a couple of years after the one described above, the prelude music was Don McLean's "Vincent". Well, by some accounts Van Gogh was a bit of a romantic. Still. Another odd choice. They're still married, too, even though they were 17 and 18 at the time of the wedding.

04-17-2004, 06:06 AM

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Originally Posted by littlemissattitude

Back in the early 70s, when one of my cousins got married, instead of the wedding march, they had the Beatles' "Norwegian Wood" played. Nothing so crass as playing the recording or anything. Not, it was just the music, on a wonderful, huge pipe organ. But, think about it if you know the song. It's about a guy who gets mad at a girl because she won't sleep with him and so burns down her furniture. Now, it is beautiful music, but definitely an odd choice for wedding music. Oh, well. It was an odd wedding, and an odd reception. They had a Flamenco dancer for entertainment. But, they're still married as far as I know (haven't talked to anybody in that branch of the family for a couple of years)

Superb

Where you sitting their thinking that at the wedding? I bet you were trying not to laugh at the time.

littlemissattitude · 04-18-2004, 12:38 AM

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Originally Posted by mac1

Superb

Where you sitting their thinking that at the wedding? I bet you were trying not to laugh at the time.

Absolutely, I was trying not to laugh. Also, trying to keep from singing the words out loud, actually.

What a sensation that would have caused.

dwndrgn · 04-18-2004, 01:19 PM

Ah, the wedding music! Well, we had our (as my husband called him) 'f*ck 'em bagpipe player' because we knew that quite a few people would hate it but we wanted it anyway (he has some Scottish ancestry - I think it is the Ross clan but am not sure). We were married at an historical site in Old Town Alexandria (northern Virginia) which was an old tavern (Gadsby's Tavern) where Geo Washington once celebrated his birthday. The bagpiper (in ful kilt) played before the ceremony, outside as everyone arrived and was seated by our 19th century costumed footman. During the ceremony, we had my niece (who practiced her little heart out) play the traditional wedding march on a stand alone keyboard. She was so cute! During the reception we had the basics but the standout happened when my husband had the DJ play 'Is he really going out with her?' and he had a mike and was singing along with it. He still feels I'm 'too pretty' to be with him.

Mine was the only wedding I've been to that had anything unusual about it. Everyone else did the boring same old stuff.

I, Brian · 04-18-2004, 05:51 PM

Heh, sound like fun weddings.

04-21-2004, 03:57 AM

I walked down the aisle to an original song my husband wrote. He wrote it when we met five years before we were married. There were only two copies of the piece and of course we couldn't find them. So the night before the wedding he wrote it all down again and gave it to the accompanist on our wedding day. During my ceremony my sister and her friend from high school, both vocal majors, sang "The Prayer." And the Recessional was so typical I don't even remember the title.

The title of my husbands piece is "Lunar Improvisations," because "our song" is Luna, by Smashing Pumpkins, which we danced to at the reception.

knivesout · 04-22-2004, 06:25 AM

Never though I'd say something like this, but that actually sounds incredibly romantic.

I'm not married, and I don't see it happening in the forseeable future, but I'm fairly certain I'll die one day and I've always thought it would be cool if someone could play Alice in Chains' 'Don't Follow' at the funeral. These are the lyrics:

Alice In Chains - Don't Follow Lyrics
Hey, I ain't never coming
Home
Hey, I'll just wander my
Own road
Hey, I can't meet you here tomorrow
Say goodbye don't follow
Misery so hollow

Hey you, you're livin'
Life full throttle
Hey you, pass me down that
Bottle, yeah
Hey you, you can't shake
Me round now
I get so lost and don't
Know how
And it hurts to care, I'm
Going down

Forgot my woman, lost my
Friends
Things I'd done and where
I've been
Sleep in sweat the mirrors
Cold
See my face it's growin'
Old
Scared to death no reason
Why
Do whatever to get me by
Think about the things I
Said
Read the page it's cold
And dead

Take me home

04-23-2004, 01:14 AM

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Originally Posted by mzarynn

I walked down the aisle to an original song my husband wrote. He wrote it when we met five years before we were married.

How romantic!

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Originally Posted by knivesout

I'm not married, and I don't see it happening in the forseeable future, but I'm fairly certain I'll die one day and I've always thought it would be cool if someone could play Alice in Chains' 'Don't Follow' at the funeral.

Hey knivesout, I certainly know where your coming from. I have a mate who wants the song As I Die by Paradise Lost played at his funeral. These are the lyrics:-

As I die
Stare as eyes uphold me
And wait to see right through
And curse me... The love has crippled you
Shadows haunt the night
Burning my disguise
Reaping through the truth
Life becomes untrue
Sin the last diversion
My fate will be untouched
Dismissed now, the anger of a fool
Shadows haunt the night
Forgive me as I die
Taking a chance
And take what you gain
My soul it has no price
Total release is out of harms way until I can decide
You punish me, can't you see, [I'm] not real

knivesout · 04-23-2004, 05:26 AM

I love that Paradise Lost song!

The operative lines for me in the Chains song are 'Hey, I can't meet you here tomorrow, say goodbye don't follow'.

04-23-2004, 03:29 PM

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Originally Posted by knivesout

I love that Paradise Lost song!

Are you a fan of Paradise Lost? I love that band, I saw them play As I Die live in London, that was a hell of a gig actually.

knivesout · 04-24-2004, 07:37 AM

I like Paradise Lost quite a bit. My faourite albums are Icon and Draconian Times, sort of lost track of their later stuff.

04-17-2004, 04:26 AM	#1 (permalink)
mac1 Posts: n/a	Event Songs Those of you who are married, what tunes did you have played at your weddings? Those who are not, what would you have played if you ever were to get married? What song would you have played at your own funeral?

04-17-2004, 05:40 AM	#2 (permalink)
littlemissattitude Registered User Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Central California Posts: 2,740	Re: Event Songs I've never been married, but the selections of songs played at some of the weddings I've been to have been, shall we say, original. Back in the early 70s, when one of my cousins got married, instead of the wedding march, they had the Beatles' "Norwegian Wood" played. Nothing so crass as playing the recording or anything. Not, it was just the music, on a wonderful, huge pipe organ. But, think about it if you know the song. It's about a guy who gets mad at a girl because she won't sleep with him and so burns down her furniture. Now, it is beautiful music, but definitely an odd choice for wedding music. Oh, well. It was an odd wedding, and an odd reception. They had a Flamenco dancer for entertainment. But, they're still married as far as I know (haven't talked to anybody in that branch of the family for a couple of years). At another cousin's wedding, a couple of years after the one described above, the prelude music was Don McLean's "Vincent". Well, by some accounts Van Gogh was a bit of a romantic. Still. Another odd choice. They're still married, too, even though they were 17 and 18 at the time of the wedding. __________________ Visit my writing journal, "I Was Just Thinking", at http://littlemissattitude.blogspot.com/ Now with new content (and it's about time).

04-18-2004, 01:19 PM	#5 (permalink)
dwndrgn Super Moderator "dixi" Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: I accept any and all books thrown at me! Posts: 2,432	Re: Event Songs Ah, the wedding music! Well, we had our (as my husband called him) 'f*ck 'em bagpipe player' because we knew that quite a few people would hate it but we wanted it anyway (he has some Scottish ancestry - I think it is the Ross clan but am not sure). We were married at an historical site in Old Town Alexandria (northern Virginia) which was an old tavern (Gadsby's Tavern) where Geo Washington once celebrated his birthday. The bagpiper (in ful kilt) played before the ceremony, outside as everyone arrived and was seated by our 19th century costumed footman. During the ceremony, we had my niece (who practiced her little heart out) play the traditional wedding march on a stand alone keyboard. She was so cute! During the reception we had the basics but the standout happened when my husband had the DJ play 'Is he really going out with her?' and he had a mike and was singing along with it. He still feels I'm 'too pretty' to be with him. Mine was the only wedding I've been to that had anything unusual about it. Everyone else did the boring same old stuff. __________________ Some days you're the bug...some days you're the windshield...

04-18-2004, 05:51 PM	#6 (permalink)
I, Brian Admin and Tea-boy Join Date: Sep 2003 Posts: 5,066	Re: Event Songs Heh, sound like fun weddings. __________________

04-21-2004, 03:57 AM	#7 (permalink)
mzarynn Posts: n/a	Re: Event Songs I walked down the aisle to an original song my husband wrote. He wrote it when we met five years before we were married. There were only two copies of the piece and of course we couldn't find them. So the night before the wedding he wrote it all down again and gave it to the accompanist on our wedding day. During my ceremony my sister and her friend from high school, both vocal majors, sang "The Prayer." And the Recessional was so typical I don't even remember the title. The title of my husbands piece is "Lunar Improvisations," because "our song" is Luna, by Smashing Pumpkins, which we danced to at the reception.

04-22-2004, 06:25 AM	#8 (permalink)
knivesout cheap,flashy little crook Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Bangalore, India Posts: 3,039	Re: Event Songs Never though I'd say something like this, but that actually sounds incredibly romantic. I'm not married, and I don't see it happening in the forseeable future, but I'm fairly certain I'll die one day and I've always thought it would be cool if someone could play Alice in Chains' 'Don't Follow' at the funeral. These are the lyrics: Alice In Chains - Don't Follow Lyrics Hey, I ain't never coming Home Hey, I'll just wander my Own road Hey, I can't meet you here tomorrow Say goodbye don't follow Misery so hollow Hey you, you're livin' Life full throttle Hey you, pass me down that Bottle, yeah Hey you, you can't shake Me round now I get so lost and don't Know how And it hurts to care, I'm Going down Forgot my woman, lost my Friends Things I'd done and where I've been Sleep in sweat the mirrors Cold See my face it's growin' Old Scared to death no reason Why Do whatever to get me by Think about the things I Said Read the page it's cold And dead Take me home __________________ INCISION : Webcomic. Words: Me. Art: George. Updates every 3 days or so. Last edited by knivesout : 04-22-2004 at 06:31 AM. Reason: editing

04-23-2004, 05:26 AM	#10 (permalink)
knivesout cheap,flashy little crook Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Bangalore, India Posts: 3,039	Re: Event Songs I love that Paradise Lost song! The operative lines for me in the Chains song are 'Hey, I can't meet you here tomorrow, say goodbye don't follow'. __________________ INCISION : Webcomic. Words: Me. Art: George. Updates every 3 days or so.

04-24-2004, 07:37 AM	#12 (permalink)
knivesout cheap,flashy little crook Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Bangalore, India Posts: 3,039	Re: Event Songs I like Paradise Lost quite a bit. My faourite albums are Icon and Draconian Times, sort of lost track of their later stuff. __________________ INCISION : Webcomic. Words: Me. Art: George. Updates every 3 days or so.

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