Does anyone have any recommendations for song lyrics that would be appropriate to read at a friend’s wedding? The brides first choice ended up not being quite appropriate. I ended up having a conversation with Mod about this (tell her, not tell her that the lyrics are a bit “dark”), ended up telling her, and she decided to change the reading. But now we have to find something better.
I could come up with lots of snarky options, or plain old silly options, but can you all help me come up with something nice?
It’s good you were able to have that talk with your friend. She’s a dancer, right? Isn’t that why she picked the first song? Maybe that information will help others with their suggestions. Along the dance-related song lines, I think Jackson Browne’s “For a Dancer” would be highly inappropriate to the tone of the wedding. Isn’t it about a girlfriend who committed suicide?
The volunteer EMS in my town had Beatlemania play a fundraiser at the local middle school last weekend, I took my daughter. One of those things I was set to be snarky about, because it’s pretty corny. But you know, the band came out and damn if they didn’t sound really good. Very talented guys.
The setting was very lame and it was maybe half-full, a lot of retirees. The sound guy was having trouble with feedback and “Ringo” kept berating him in a somewhat unprofessional way. “Brian! I can’t hear myself! Come on Brian! …. BRIAN!!”
By the second half of the show, it was clear they were shortening the set and going off the script. The fake accents went by the wayside and it was clear this was a pretty soul-crushing gig for these guys. I’d imagine a crap gig is really pushed into the 9th level of hell when you also have to wear stupid wigs.
The later stuff got very unauthentic, with MIDI keyboards and a solid-state phasey guitar sound, but they really had the early-to-mid stuff down cold. I felt bad for those guys.
Happy birthday to my brother in arms, chickenfrank. Here’s a performance of one of his first songs written for our band. Chicken is the bassist with the animated stage moves and appropriately wide-legged stance.
On that other social media site, I remarked that it was English folk rock weather outside, and someone posted a link to this record: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bare_Trees. Though I had been familiar with two of the songs on it, I somehow had never put it together that they were Fleetwood Mac songs. It’s a good record!
Does anyone have any recommendations for song lyrics that would be appropriate to read at a friend’s wedding? The brides first choice ended up not being quite appropriate. I ended up having a conversation with Mod about this (tell her, not tell her that the lyrics are a bit “dark”), ended up telling her, and she decided to change the reading. But now we have to find something better.
I could come up with lots of snarky options, or plain old silly options, but can you all help me come up with something nice?
It’s good you were able to have that talk with your friend. She’s a dancer, right? Isn’t that why she picked the first song? Maybe that information will help others with their suggestions. Along the dance-related song lines, I think Jackson Browne’s “For a Dancer” would be highly inappropriate to the tone of the wedding. Isn’t it about a girlfriend who committed suicide?
This is a tough one, maybe Neil Young’s Harvest Moon?
We had this song at our wedding. I’ve always loved it.
Yes, she’s a dancer, but she also has a job not dissimilar to that of George Clooney’s character in “Up In the Air.”
Check this out: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u6Z7_mHnNLw&feature=youtu.be
Some incredible Beatles impersonations. And if you want to occupy a few hours there are literally hundreds of videos of him.
The volunteer EMS in my town had Beatlemania play a fundraiser at the local middle school last weekend, I took my daughter. One of those things I was set to be snarky about, because it’s pretty corny. But you know, the band came out and damn if they didn’t sound really good. Very talented guys.
The setting was very lame and it was maybe half-full, a lot of retirees. The sound guy was having trouble with feedback and “Ringo” kept berating him in a somewhat unprofessional way. “Brian! I can’t hear myself! Come on Brian! …. BRIAN!!”
By the second half of the show, it was clear they were shortening the set and going off the script. The fake accents went by the wayside and it was clear this was a pretty soul-crushing gig for these guys. I’d imagine a crap gig is really pushed into the 9th level of hell when you also have to wear stupid wigs.
The later stuff got very unauthentic, with MIDI keyboards and a solid-state phasey guitar sound, but they really had the early-to-mid stuff down cold. I felt bad for those guys.
Happy birthday to my brother in arms, chickenfrank. Here’s a performance of one of his first songs written for our band. Chicken is the bassist with the animated stage moves and appropriately wide-legged stance.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4rTEHMHVQlI
Howard Stern weighs in years later on the RTH thread on the one, true Fifth Beatle:
http://www.examiner.com/article/howard-stern-rips-george-martin-for-taking-credit-for-beatles-success
Big Dipper to release first new album in more than 20 years!
http://www.tinymixtapes.com/news/big-dipper-to-shake-off-the-rust-and-release-their-first-new-lp-in-two-decades
On that other social media site, I remarked that it was English folk rock weather outside, and someone posted a link to this record: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bare_Trees. Though I had been familiar with two of the songs on it, I somehow had never put it together that they were Fleetwood Mac songs. It’s a good record!
Their new tune “Bob Pollard” is floating around right now and is quite excellent.