Author Topic: Irreverent Wedding Music (Read 2811 times)

a lower gear · « **on:** 28 May, 2012, 11:20:31 pm »

Having had irreverent funeral music, how about its counterpart?

I'll kick off with a friend who had The Internationale played at the end of the wedding to exit the church - at a Catholic church to boot (they didn't tell the priest).

At our wedding we gears exited to the seventeenth century song When cannons are roaring, set for organ by a talented friend.

What have yacfers heard?

dasmoth · « **Reply #1 on:** 28 May, 2012, 11:23:33 pm »

I assume

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/v/S9J7XE-ctMU&rel=1" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/v/S9J7XE-ctMU&rel=1</a> has been done many, many, times.

petes46 · « **Reply #2 on:** 29 May, 2012, 12:25:51 am »

I wanted the bride to enter to the "Ride of the Valkyries" at my wedding, but was outvoted.

little miss mac · « **Reply #3 on:** 29 May, 2012, 01:18:39 am »

Friends had the organist play "Let's face the music and dance" whilst the crowds were amassing in the church.

Arch · « **Reply #4 on:** 29 May, 2012, 02:23:40 pm »

I've always had a hankering to enter to the Imperial March from Star Wars.

Not sure I've actually got the nerve to do it though. MFWHTBAB may be pleased to hear this...

mrcharly-YHT · « **Reply #5 on:** 29 May, 2012, 02:34:23 pm »

"Ten Commandments of Man" by Prince Buster

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/v/BVKVB_8hwqk&rel=1" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/v/BVKVB_8hwqk&rel=1</a>

tiermat · « **Reply #6 on:** 29 May, 2012, 04:00:28 pm »

I heard on the radio the other day, on a request show, someone had had "November Rain" by G'n'R as her wedding music. The wedding was in November, so she thought it was fitting. I guess she didn't think about the implications of what the chorus says, nor the video.

If you are not aware of this what:

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TimO · « **Reply #7 on:** 29 May, 2012, 04:35:56 pm »

Quote from: Arch on 29 May, 2012, 02:23:40 pm

I've always had a hankering to enter to the Imperial March from Star Wars.

Not sure I've actually got the nerve to do it though. MFWHTBAB may be pleased to hear this...

There are an alarmingly large number of images of Star Wars weddings on the web.

mike · « **Reply #8 on:** 29 May, 2012, 04:38:14 pm »

Quote from: Arch on 29 May, 2012, 02:23:40 pm

I've always had a hankering to enter to the Imperial March from Star Wars.

a friend did this, with the organist playing it beautifully - much to her husbands surprise....

it was fantastic, although it took us all a while to realise what he way playing!

bikenrrd · « **Reply #9 on:** 29 May, 2012, 05:24:52 pm »

Not having the usual cheesy wedding disco was something that was really important to us when we got hitched two years ago.
So, we had a mixture of the better end of recent pop, 60s Motown and Atlantic Soul and indie hits.

There was lots of music that people probably didn't expect to hear at a wedding, but the highlights were the first dance (Being Around by the Lemonheads - sample lyric: "if I was a booger, would you blow your nose"), Love Will Tear Us Apart by Joy Division and There is a Light That Never Goes Out by the Smiths ('cos we sing that one in the car).

I guess the point is - we had lots of music that we actually like and some stuff that really means something to us, rather than what an amateur DJ thinks a wedding should be like. People also danced. So - hurrah for irreverent wedding music - it means something to the people getting married.

rogerzilla · « **Reply #10 on:** 29 May, 2012, 05:38:09 pm »

The Beautiful South's "Don't Marry Her (F**k Me)" is a favourite.

Gus · « **Reply #11 on:** 29 May, 2012, 06:01:29 pm »

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jz52TE9jLow

drossall · « **Reply #12 on:** 29 May, 2012, 06:16:46 pm »

The minister who married us advised us not to choose "Dear Lord and Father of mankind", which continues: "Forgive our foolish ways! Reclothe us in our rightful mind..."

John Henry · « **Reply #13 on:** 29 May, 2012, 06:32:16 pm »

Quote from: drossall on 29 May, 2012, 06:16:46 pm

The minister who married us advised us not to choose "Dear Lord and Father of mankind", which continues: "Forgive our foolish ways! Reclothe us in our rightful mind..."

I've been to a lot of church weddings (was a bell-ringer) and I reckon this got played at about a third of them. Always made me chuckle a bit.

We had the Oysterband's 'Blood Wedding' played as the second song at the reception.

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/v/iGKvnUm3OFE&rel=1" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/v/iGKvnUm3OFE&rel=1</a>

Eccentrica Gallumbits · « **Reply #14 on:** 29 May, 2012, 06:36:07 pm »

Quote from: Arch on 29 May, 2012, 02:23:40 pm

I've always had a hankering to enter to the Imperial March from Star Wars.

Not sure I've actually got the nerve to do it though. MFWHTBAB may be pleased to hear this...

Yeah, me too. And I would definitely have the nerve to do it.

microphonie · « **Reply #15 on:** 29 May, 2012, 06:48:05 pm »

Quote from: Kirst on 29 May, 2012, 06:36:07 pm

Quote from: Arch on 29 May, 2012, 02:23:40 pm
I've always had a hankering to enter to the Imperial March from Star Wars.

Not sure I've actually got the nerve to do it though. MFWHTBAB may be pleased to hear this...
Yeah, me too. And I would definitely have the nerve to do it.

My friends exited the (non church) ceremony to that!

PaulF · « **Reply #16 on:** 29 May, 2012, 06:53:50 pm »

Think my choice would be the same as my funeral one, "You Can't AlwaysGet What You Want" by the carolling Stones

Kathy · « **Reply #17 on:** 30 May, 2012, 07:31:37 am »

Quote from: drossall on 29 May, 2012, 06:16:46 pm

The minister who married us advised us not to choose "Dear Lord and Father of mankind", which continues: "Forgive our foolish ways! Reclothe us in our rightful mind..."

We had this at our wedding, quite deliberately.

lou boutin · « **Reply #18 on:** 30 May, 2012, 12:47:42 pm »

We we're both fiery and 'debated' quite a lot. People commented that we wouldn't last a year, (20 years later we are still together when most of them are not) so we chose 'Fight the Good Fight'. Well it made us laugh.

Wowbagger · « **Reply #19 on:** 30 May, 2012, 02:30:15 pm »

When my older sister got married for the first time, almost 50 years ago, the groom, who had been in the merchant navy, insisted on "For those in peril on the sea".

"The Sound of Silence" by Simon and Garfunkel is asking for trouble.

GrahamG · « **Reply #20 on:** 30 May, 2012, 03:20:35 pm »

We had Mr Bungle - Vanity Fair playing as the bride walked in, but my brother kind of lessened the impact by not turning the stereo up enough. My favourite bit though was right after the ceremony finished, we blased out Weezer - Suzanne (wife's name!).

I'd love to share some experiences of family/friend's weddings, but TBH, they were boring as fuck.

hulver · « **Reply #21 on:** 30 May, 2012, 04:40:15 pm »

Quote from: Arch on 29 May, 2012, 02:23:40 pm

I've always had a hankering to enter to the Imperial March from Star Wars.

Not sure I've actually got the nerve to do it though. MFWHTBAB may be pleased to hear this...

I'm getting married next year, on May the fourth...

CAMRAMan · « **Reply #22 on:** 30 May, 2012, 07:42:08 pm »

Glad to be Gay?

jogler · « **Reply #23 on:** 30 May, 2012, 07:47:49 pm »

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5q64jDvTnm8

Torslanda · « **Reply #24 on:** 31 May, 2012, 12:30:48 am »

Mrs Torslanda - she of the horned helmet and heavy metal breastplate - suggested 'Mission Impossible' which would be a crippler as you can't walk down the aisle to a piece of music in 5/4 time.

From Genesis 'Dance on a Volcano' for its opening lines:
Holy mother of God, you've got to
Go faster than that to get to the top . . .
AND for it being in a stupid time signature (13/8 or summat)

Author Topic: Irreverent Wedding Music (Read 2811 times)

John Henry