# For the currently not married Dope-folk... **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [December 13, 2003, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-the-currently-not-married-dope-folk/218724 "2003-12-13T03:41:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![kung\_fu\_lola](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/f4b2a3/32.png) [@kung\_fu\_lola](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kung_fu_lola)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2003, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-the-currently-not-married-dope-folk/218724/41 "2003-12-13T21:34:58Z")
Amanda Marshall’s _If I Didn’t Have You_. It’s sad that all of Madonna’s love songs are bittersweet, because I’d love to use one. But she doesn’t have any sappy, happy songs. The ones that are happy enough are too pop-y (like _Cherish_) for a solemn occasion, and all the other ones about love have sad endings. Notwithstanding, the _third_ dance at our wedding is going to be the MTV VMA’s _Like A Virgin/Hollywood_. Hey, it is a lesbian wedding, after all [ ---
**Author:** ![NajaNivea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/22d042/32.png) [@NajaNivea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NajaNivea)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2003, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-the-currently-not-married-dope-folk/218724/42 "2003-12-13T21:50:03Z")
Re: unfortunate choices for wedding songs, I saw a VH1 program the other day, where the topic of discussion was misconstrued song meanings. They interviewed Billy Idol, who expressed amusement that [_White Wedding_](http://www.lyricstime.com/lyrics/4765.html) is so often used as a wedding song. Evidently it had something to do with his sister marrying a guy that he (Billy) did not think she should marry, as he was abusive or controlling. Or something to that effect. Did anybody else see this program? ---
**Author:** ![Nichol\_storm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Nichol\_storm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nichol_storm)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2003, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-the-currently-not-married-dope-folk/218724/43 "2003-12-13T22:58:43Z")
Allison Krauss – “When You Don’t Say A Thing”, as written by Keith Whitley. ---
**Author:** ![ReuvenB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9fc348/32.png) [@ReuvenB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ReuvenB)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2003, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-the-currently-not-married-dope-folk/218724/44 "2003-12-13T23:30:33Z")
Bohemian Rhapsody. ---
**Author:** ![Angel\_of\_the\_Lord](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/angel_of_the_lord/32/2949_2.png) [@Angel\_of\_the\_Lord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Angel_of_the_Lord)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2003, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-the-currently-not-married-dope-folk/218724/45 "2003-12-14T04:45:30Z")
Maybe “Nights in White Satin,” though I’m not very good at the whole being romantic thing. ---
**Author:** ![Rysdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/7cd45c/32.png) [@Rysdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rysdad)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2003, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-the-currently-not-married-dope-folk/218724/46 "2003-12-14T05:10:34Z")
The Song of the Volga Boatmen would probably capture the spirit of the moment for me. ---
**Author:** ![stargazer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb8c5e/32.png) [@stargazer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stargazer)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2003, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-the-currently-not-married-dope-folk/218724/47 "2003-12-14T05:12:21Z")
My husband and I _did_ use “I Could Not Ask for More” by Sara Evans, but I _wish_ we’d used “There Was You” from _The Fantasticks_. We started dating during that show, and it has other sentimental value. Also, the one we used felt rather long. okay, so I broke the subject line’s rules. deal with it. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![iampunha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/74df32/32.png) [@iampunha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iampunha)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2003, 6:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-the-currently-not-married-dope-folk/218724/48 "2003-12-14T06:09:21Z")
We discussed a few and have tabled the discussion (I think she forgot about it). We were fighting over versions of songs, not the songs themselves. I personally think “I knew I loved you before I met you” would be funky, because I knew I loved her before I met her (in person). ---
**Author:** ![Doomtrain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/0ea827/32.png) [@Doomtrain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doomtrain)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2003, 6:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-the-currently-not-married-dope-folk/218724/49 "2003-12-14T06:52:09Z")
**Morelin** agreed with me that the Imperial March would be cool, so long as she doesn’t have to wear the Leia hair. So I said she could be Chewie instead. Then she hit me. That is all. ---
**Author:** ![Palve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a698b9/32.png) [@Palve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Palve)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2003, 6:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-the-currently-not-married-dope-folk/218724/50 "2003-12-14T06:56:25Z")
On the other hand, perhaps _Deutschland über alles_ would be even more tasteless. Although I’m not so sure enough people would recognize it to create a shock value as entertaining. ---
**Author:** ![DreadCthulhu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/db5fbb/32.png) [@DreadCthulhu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DreadCthulhu)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2003, 6:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-the-currently-not-married-dope-folk/218724/51 "2003-12-14T06:58:02Z")
Metallica’s \* The Call of Ktulu \* of course. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![CadburyAngel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c2a13f/32.png) [@CadburyAngel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CadburyAngel)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2003, 8:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-the-currently-not-married-dope-folk/218724/52 "2003-12-14T08:10:24Z")
I think proceeding down the aisle to the James Bond theme would be pretty damn cool. Of course, the tuxes would have to have vests instead of cummerbunds. If somebody had forced me to have too many people walking down the aisle all at once, I would bribe whoever necessary to play Pink Floyd’s “Another Brick in the Wall.” Seriously, though? If not classical, I might do Sarah McLachlan’s “Better Than Ice Cream.” ---
**Author:** ![Mhernan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d2c977/32.png) [@Mhernan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mhernan)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2003, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-the-currently-not-married-dope-folk/218724/53 "2003-12-14T16:05:44Z")
I’m just an old romantic at heart, so for me, its a a song of courage and determination: “So set em Joe. Give me one for my baby and one more for the road” :p:cool: ---
**Author:** ![Doomtrain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/0ea827/32.png) [@Doomtrain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doomtrain)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2003, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-the-currently-not-married-dope-folk/218724/54 "2003-12-14T17:13:12Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by CadburyAngel \* > \*\*I think proceeding down the aisle to the James Bond theme would be pretty damn cool. Of course, the tuxes would have to have vests instead of cummerbunds. \*\* You know what’d be even better? All the groomsmen come down the aisle to it and then the groom comes down the ceiling on a harness thing, like in Mission Impossible. ---
**Author:** ![CadburyAngel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c2a13f/32.png) [@CadburyAngel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CadburyAngel)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2003, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-the-currently-not-married-dope-folk/218724/55 "2003-12-14T18:34:13Z")
And then the bride and the maid of honor have a karate fight in leather catsuits. Wait, where am I? ---
**Author:** ![Rubystreak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Rubystreak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rubystreak)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2003, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-the-currently-not-married-dope-folk/218724/56 "2003-12-14T23:40:40Z")
**MixieArmadillo** : I saw that VH-1 show where Billy Idol talked about “White Wedding.” I guess he hadn’t seen his sister in a while and was getting divorced right when she was getting married. Having become bitter due to his marriage failing (though it failed b/c he was cheating, duh), he wrote “White Wedding.” His sister is still married, though. Sting has expressed shock and chagrin that people often use “Every Breath You Take” as a wedding song. He said that people must _really_ missing the fact that the song is about an obsessive stalker. **dantheman** , re “The Imperial March”: I only have the one brother, so I think we can rule out being related, and leave it as “great minds think alike.” ---
**Author:** ![green\_dragon\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/13edae/32.png) [@green\_dragon\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/green_dragon_1)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2003, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-the-currently-not-married-dope-folk/218724/57 "2003-12-14T23:46:21Z")
Blue Rodeo: Dark Angel or Dido: Closer were the first two that spring to mind, they have a lot of significance for me and my sweetie. Not that we’re anywhere near marriage though… ---
**Author:** ![Jimmy\_Chitwood](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f475e1/32.png) [@Jimmy\_Chitwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jimmy_Chitwood)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2003, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-the-currently-not-married-dope-folk/218724/58 "2003-12-14T23:58:00Z")
_If you wanna be happy for the rest of your life Never make a pretty woman your wife So from my personal point of view Get an ugly girl to marry you_ ---
**Author:** ![Sapphire\_Bullet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/96bed5/32.png) [@Sapphire\_Bullet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sapphire_Bullet)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2003, 7:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-the-currently-not-married-dope-folk/218724/59 "2003-12-15T07:27:05Z")
Gingy and Weirddave were presented at the reception to the Imperial March- it was quite cool. I have always thought I would walk down the aisle to the traditional here comes the bride blah blah blah, but a friend of mine recently walked to one of the movements from The Planets, which I may steal for my own one day. First dance will definitely be to Moonlight Sonata by the Glenn Miller Orchestra. ---
**Author:** ![A\_Curious\_Writer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ed8c4c/32.png) [@A\_Curious\_Writer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/A_Curious_Writer)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2003, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-the-currently-not-married-dope-folk/218724/60 "2003-12-15T14:59:20Z")
It’s nice to know that some people have the same tastes I do, like Sapphire Bullet - tradition, easy, a nice romantic touch. Not that some of your choices wouldn’t be, but…well, I will just add my favorites: “Throught he Years” by Kenny Rogers - even though I might start crying (and yeah, I’m a guy 🙂 b/c it reminds me of my wonderful, now deceased grandparents; 1. Reminiscing, forget who did it, but you know, starts out “Gridyay night, it was late, I was walkin’ you home.”…etc. Really great song about growing old together. 2. I love good, wholesome sitcomes, and if I coudl find an audio of it, I might just get the song “Forever,” as done in Jesse & Becky’s wedding on “Full House,” int here somewhere, too. It’s a really beautiful one. Just waiting for the woman of my dreams now. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-the-currently-not-married-dope-folk/218724.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-the-currently-not-married-dope-folk/218724.md?page=4)