A Song to Walk To

I'm having reoccurring dreams that on the day of the wedding, I realize I have no ceremony music or reception music. Then I have to call up friends in a band I know, and ask them to bring their ipods, microphones, and shaky fruit. It's alarming.

 

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But in real life, my latest fun obsession is thinking of music for the ceremony, especially songs to walk down the aisle to!

Contender #1:

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Rufus Wainwright's Complainte de la Butte. It's French (for me) and one of Mr. Magic's fave artists! And pretty! One problem (see convo below).

Contender #2:


"Antarctica" live from the Cd Release Show

Anything by The Never.

Well, ok, not anything...sometimes their songs are scary (witches, bombs) or anxiety producing ("Oh anxiety, you're mine all the time.") But they have some pretty instrumental songs, and some great lyrics. Plus Mr. Magic and I are both HUGE fans (it is rare for our musical tastes to overlap), and they are a local band! I'm sure they will be heavily featured at some point in our wedding ceremony and reception - but not sure they have The Song for me to walk to.

See the convo me and Mr. M just had regarding this:

me: im gonna need The Never to write us a song for me to walk down the aisle to

like 30-45 seconds

not scary or sad

FH: hahahaah

me: im serious

something instrumental

FH: not a bad idea actually

me: maybe this lonely vampire song would be ok

hee hee hee

some of their intros are so melancholic

they won't workFH: true

me: or like, anxiety producing

i don't think that would be wise

do you think johnny would do that for us?

or should we ask someone we know better

like

jesse!

"hey jesse, can you write us a 30-40 second song that sounds like something The Never would make?"

FH: haha

me: wait wait wait

i might have the song

although

hang on

damn

rufus wainwright complainte de la butte is actually about a prostitute

...it's pretty though

FH: haha

He's really into it, despite his succinct responses! What music will you be playing when you walk down the aisle to your future partner? And how many of you knew that song was about a prostitute? I'm thinking our guests would have no idea!