songs to be played at a wedding ceremony

[Termite Man]

You are in trouble Mr.

but the cramps are better than Elvis and I think Elvis is fucking brilliant .

sings to self 'Dom, dom dom dom, dom dom dom dom, dom dom da dom etc.'

I reckon a song that has my name repeated fuck loads of times must be a damn good one

 

[Termite Man]

Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - (Are You) The

Nick Cave has a few possibles .

Rock of Gibraltor sort of does what the missus wants except for the end bit and there is another one about how Nicks wife believes in God but he Doesn't but he doesn't care because he loves her anyway ( thats how shells described it , it was on hugh fearnly whatisnames desert island discs apparently )

 

[spring-peeper]

The Carpenters, you barbarian!

Bit twee, though.

oi - it was the song from my graduation

I had to look up twee, and I agree both the song and I'm very, very twee.

 

[souljacker]

plenty of abba, hi-ho silver lining and agadoo.

 

[Termite Man]

plenty of abba, hi-ho silver lining and agadoo.

your not taking this seriously are you

 

[maximilian ping]

Into My Arms, Nick Cave

 

[ViolentPanda]

Nick Cave has a few possibles .

Rock of Gibraltor sort of does what the missus wants except for the end bit and there is another one about how Nicks wife believes in God but he Doesn't but he doesn't care because he loves her anyway ( thats how shells described it , it was on hugh fearnly whatisnames desert island discs apparently )

Into My Arms.

I don't believe in an interventionist God
But I know, darling, that you do
But if I did I would kneel down and ask Him
Not to intervene when it came to you
Not to touch a hair on your head
To leave you as you are
And if He felt He had to direct you
Then direct you into my arms

Into my arms, O Lord
Into my arms, O Lord
Into my arms, O Lord
Into my arms

And I don't believe in the existence of angels
But looking at you I wonder if that's true
But if I did I would summon them together
And ask them to watch over you
To each burn a candle for you
To make bright and clear your path
And to walk, like Christ, in grace and love
And guide you into my arms

Into my arms, O Lord
Into my arms, O Lord
Into my arms, O Lord
Into my arms

And I believe in Love
And I know that you do too
And I believe in some kind of path
That we can walk down, me and you
So keep your candle burning
And make her journey bright and pure
That she will keep returning
Always and evermore

Into my arms, O Lord
Into my arms, O Lord
Into my arms, O Lord
Into my arms

 

[Bakunin]

And another one for the wedding night festivities:

 

[Mrs Magpie]

You haven't got the hang of this marriage thing have you? Go along with whatever Shells wants.


....but obviously, given the excellent choice of wedding transportation, you've got to have this at some point in the proceedings...

www.youtube.com/watch?v=gTjF6Oo8riU

 

[Cloo]

We finished with 'Sweet Child O' Mine' at ours, which was great!

 

[Mrs Magpie]

My husband's band played and so did my husband. We had no records, just live music which was fabulous, and a children's entertainer too.

 

[Looby]

Into My Arms.

I don't believe in an interventionist God
But I know, darling, that you do
But if I did I would kneel down and ask Him
Not to intervene when it came to you
Not to touch a hair on your head
To leave you as you are
And if He felt He had to direct you
Then direct you into my arms

Into my arms, O Lord
Into my arms, O Lord
Into my arms, O Lord
Into my arms

And I don't believe in the existence of angels
But looking at you I wonder if that's true
But if I did I would summon them together
And ask them to watch over you
To each burn a candle for you
To make bright and clear your path
And to walk, like Christ, in grace and love
And guide you into my arms

Into my arms, O Lord
Into my arms, O Lord
Into my arms, O Lord
Into my arms

And I believe in Love
And I know that you do too
And I believe in some kind of path
That we can walk down, me and you
So keep your candle burning
And make her journey bright and pure
That she will keep returning
Always and evermore

Into my arms, O Lord
Into my arms, O Lord
Into my arms, O Lord
Into my arms

That is beautiful but as spangles says, you wouldn't be allowed it I don't think.

 

[spring-peeper]

We had no music

It was a quick "I do", over to a restaurant for a bite to eat, and then off to my new hubby's broomball game....

 

[Looby]

During our ceremony we had

Pulp-Something Changed
Nina Simone-My baby just cares for me
Elvis-Burning Love

 

[ATOMIC SUPLEX]

I need to pick some songs for when I get married but I'm having trouble finding stuff that the wife will agree to . So far I have

I had this


I even had the pleasure of telling guitar wolf this fact when I bumped into them in a pub.

Or do you mean stuff for the dancing at the reception party thing? I had whatever I wanted because A - I am a music nazi and B - because it was my wedding and C - because my wife doesn't care for music.

 

[butterfly child]

it's pretty unlikely that the registrar would let you have the first one. There must be no references to sky pixies etc - including angels and/or heaven, in a civil ceremony.

ggood luck with it. it can't be as hard as finding three songs that fell into that sliver of venn diagram where grinder's and my tastes in music overlap.

One of our readings had a teeny bit about God in it... the Registrar let it through. I'm sure the case could be argued for using it.

 

[butterfly child]

Oh yeah, and our wedding music was..

"Here Comes The Sun" as I walked down the "aisle".

"Hey (That's No Way To Say Goodbye)" as we walked out.

 

[ouchmonkey]

Oh yeah, and our wedding music was..

"Here Comes The Sun" as I walked down the "aisle".

"Hey (That's No Way To Say Goodbye)" as we walked out.

very odd choices

or is that just me?

 

[ViolentPanda]

That is beautiful but as spangles says, you wouldn't be allowed it I don't think.

I know.

When my wife and I married in '04, we ended up with an Eric Satie piece from "les Sonneries de la Rose+Croix", because most of the "pop" stuff we liked that fit the bill mentioned religion in some way.

 

[ViolentPanda]

One of our readings had a teeny bit about God in it... the Registrar let it through. I'm sure the case could be argued for using it.

We went for a bit of William Blake.

 

[ViolentPanda]

very odd choices

or is that just me?

I reckon "here comes the sun" is pretty much bang-on in terms of sentiment and it's sort of appropriate.
I think that's wedding music is a personal thing that's more for the bride and groom than for the wedding attendees, though.

 

[butterfly child]

I reckon "here comes the sun" is pretty much bang-on in terms of sentiment and it's sort of appropriate.
I think that's wedding music is a personal thing that's more for the bride and groom than for the wedding attendees, though.

Thank you. Looking at the lyrics, it's clear to me why he chose it.

The choice of Leonard Cohen was mine, because I absolutely love it.

My mum said "Why on earth do you want that?!" and I said "It's my wedding and I'll have what I want".

I don't see MY songs as being any odder than most other peoples!

 

[Termite Man]

I had this


I even had the pleasure of telling guitar wolf this fact when I bumped into them in a pub.

Or do you mean stuff for the dancing at the reception party thing? I had whatever I wanted because A - I am a music nazi and B - because it was my wedding and C - because my wife doesn't care for music.

the actual ceremony ie. signing register, walking out etc.

 

[Sweet FA]

We had Anti-Nowhere League at our wedding (We had Highway to Hell as the 'outro').

For you...I shall give

We laugh..but no-one's laughing
We kiss..and no-one cares
So we shout..but no-one's listening
So we live..like no-one dares

For you
Well I'll be your soldier
For you
I'll bury friends
For you
Well I'll be your saviour
For you
I'll play and pretend


So we laugh..but no-one's laughing
And we kiss..but no-one cares
So we shout..but no-one's listening
So we live..like no-one dares

For you
Well I'll be your soldier
For you
I'll bury friends
For you
Well I'll be your saviour
For you
I'll play and pretend

So we cry..but now you're laughing
So we hate..but now who cares
So we shout..but now you're listening
So we'll die..and you won't care

For you
Well I'll be your soldier
For you
I'll bury friends
For you
Well I'll be your saviour
For you
I'll play and pretend


(I did put a bid in for 'Woman' by ANL but for some reason Mrs FA wasn't having it

Woman
I'm in love in you
My love is deep
My love is true
To you, woman, I'm in love

Your hair's so soft
Your eyes are blue
Your skin is warm
And I'll be true to you
Woman, I'm in love with you

You came to me in a dream, I'm sure
You gave your love, you gave much more to me
Woman
Will you marry me?

Do you take this woman
To be your lawful wedded wife
To love and to cherish
And in sickness and in health
Till death do you part?
I do.

Till death us do part

What's that you just said to me
You didn't love me like this yesterday
Woman
I don't understand

And what's that you did say to me
I guess this love is just more to me
Woman
You're annoying me

Yeah, you're sitting on your arse in your dirty clothes
You're looking a mess, you're picking your nose
Woman
You're a fucking mess

Your tits are big but your brains are small
Sometimes I wonder you got any brains at all
Woman
Ah stuff yourself

Well fuck you, fuck you
Don't you tell me what to do
Woman
Ah fuck off

I've got my deed, I've married you
What did I do to deserve you?
Woman
Why me?

Woman
Woman
Woman
Woman
Woman
I hate you)

 

[ATOMIC SUPLEX]

the actual ceremony ie. signing register, walking out etc.

Yeah then you definitely need This Corrosion by the sisters.

 

[Termite Man]

Yeah then you definitely need This Corrosion by the sisters.

Thats been veto'd though . It will take some work to get that back on the accepted list

I ended up playeing some elvis the other day and she was happy with that but I'd rather not go for Elvis because as great as he is he is a bit cliched .

 

[Termite Man]

I'm liking this for the signing of stuff

 

[Edie]

We walked out to the A Team.

 

[longdog]

I was at a wedding reception where the bride and groom's first dance was to 'Linger' by The Cranberries.

Now I love that song but it does seem a tad inappropriate for a wedding.

I swore, I swore I would be true, and honey, so did you.
So why were you holding her hand? Is that the way we stand?
Were you lying all the time? Was it just a game to you?


Oh, I thought the world of you.
I thought nothing could go wrong,
But I was wrong. I was wrong.


If you, if you could get by, trying not to lie,
Things wouldn't be so confused and I wouldn't feel so used,
But you always really knew, I just wanna be with you.

Errr....

Wedding fail.

 

[mitochondria]

my friends bribed the organist in catholic church to play it on entrance. it was eerie and wonderful.