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Post by jagger46 on Feb 4, 2004 14:07:12 GMT -5
At my wedding we played "Can't Hardly Wait" and "Portland." The words have nothing to do with romance, but it made us happy to hear the songs. Play whatever you want.
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Post by JillRocks on Feb 4, 2004 15:20:07 GMT -5
I LOVE Born For Me....such a romantic song.  |
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Post by prozach on Feb 4, 2004 15:32:27 GMT -5
. I love Boring Enormous and it does sum up marriage rather well yet it's still very sweet. : I'm having a framed 'gallery' of me and my wife made with a few of the lyrics stencilled in. I love the wonderful, realistic simplicity of marriage this song paints. (yikes! i sound like Delilah at night, don't i! |
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Post by torethatbridgeout on Feb 4, 2004 18:59:48 GMT -5
I was jazzed when I saw just the title "Boring Enormous" on the advance tracklist for Stereo. It's such a good title, I'd kinda like to hear some really rockin' original or alt version a la C&D
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Post by jlsgli on Feb 4, 2004 20:53:21 GMT -5
i would have to say , nobody! or may be things?  |
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Post by bhay42 on Feb 5, 2004 11:59:10 GMT -5
For Paul: Besides "Born For You"...I know it sounds weird, but Let's Not Belong is pretty romantic. I always heard it as saying "yeah, we don't make sense, but fuck it, let's do it." Also, can't go wrong with "I Will Dare."
Non-Paul: "The Light" by Common, "The Luckiest" by Ben Folds and "New York City" by They Might Be Giants.
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Post by A Regular on Feb 5, 2004 19:43:51 GMT -5
I think the only optimistic love song he's done is Runaway Wind. I agree with Kathy that Born for Me is about a married guy talking to a single woman!
On the twisted side, I'd slip in Things..to foresee the trip to the lawyer a few years later; and EC's Alison, for the wedding cake line.
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Post by ClamsCasino on Feb 5, 2004 20:55:09 GMT -5
I think the only optimistic love song he's done is Runaway Wind. Appropriate if smitty76 is marrying a middle-aged woman who has lost her spark. Maybe not the most complimentary sentiment for the blushing bride at her wedding party. |
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Post by BoringEnormous on Feb 5, 2004 22:53:49 GMT -5
Angels Walk?  I always loved that one... |
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Post by ClamsCasino on Feb 6, 2004 1:45:55 GMT -5
Angels Walk? I always loved that one... ...if she's pregnant. |
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Post by A Regular on Feb 6, 2004 11:24:27 GMT -5
Appropriate if smitty76 is marrying a middle-aged woman who has lost her spark. Maybe not the most complimentary sentiment for the blushing bride at her wedding party. I'm sorry, but I've met plenty of 20-30 year olds that have lost their spark, once they realize life isn't going to match the vision they had in mind when they were 16. It's not that much a stretch to be "unsatisfied" in your 20s. |
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Post by ClamsCasino on Feb 6, 2004 17:08:59 GMT -5
I'm sorry, but I've met plenty of 20-30 year olds that have lost their spark, once they realize life isn't going to match the vision they had in mind when they were 16. It's not that much a stretch to be "unsatisfied" in your 20s. "Make way for the grey that's in your brown..." I felt Paul was writing more to his age set and above, than to the 20-somethings. |
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Post by A Regular on Feb 7, 2004 11:06:32 GMT -5
Yes, that line refers to aging, but I don't think one has to be middle aged to start to change hair shades. I think the listener also doesn't have to take that line literally, but just a nod that as one goes alone, they tend to make way for maturity, and with that comes resignation (sometimes).
I had a female friend, unmarried, and at age 27, certainly thought the sentiments applied to her situation, and loved the idea of a partner inspiring her to be more than she was, and that can define a love song to me.
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Post by DC on Feb 7, 2004 11:48:23 GMT -5
I'm envisioning a lovely bride bopping down the isle as "Date to Church" rumbles from the alter!! As the congregation does the hand clapping and the Ba-Ba-bababa Ba part of course ;D
"Nobody" probably wouldn't go over well but "You said 'I Do, but honey you're just a kid, your eyes say 'I Did'" is still one of Paul best lines.
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Post by A Regular on Feb 7, 2004 12:00:11 GMT -5
"Nobody" probably wouldn't go over well but "You said 'I Do, but honey you're just a kid, your eyes say 'I Did'" is still one of Paul best lines. "You like the frosting, you just bought the cake" makes me grin too. Applicable to so many situations. |
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Post by stax69 on Feb 8, 2004 11:31:40 GMT -5
Congrats!  I just had my wedding in November. My wife and I though Within your Reach & skyway were the best song choices. Also, I don't know if you're a fan, but Ben Fold's "The Luckiest" may be the best wedding song of all time. Good Luck! ;D |
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Post by smitty76 on Feb 10, 2004 11:25:31 GMT -5
well thanks everyone with all the suggestions, I was leaning towards born for me from th eget go but was afraid i was missing something obvious. So i juts jotted evryones ideas down and will check them all out tonight.
Thanks again everyone.
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I always loved that one...
I just had my wedding in November. My wife and I though Within your Reach & skyway were the best song choices. Also, I don't know if you're a fan, but Ben Fold's "The Luckiest" may be the best wedding song of all time. Good Luck! ;D