# Suggest a wedding song **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 22, 2009, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggest-a-wedding-song/518540 "2009-11-22T17:40:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2009, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggest-a-wedding-song/518540/41 "2009-11-24T01:02:54Z")
> [@BestWifeEver](#): > > [Quote=Maus Magill] > Quick - “Best Friend” by Queen. That song totally describes our relationship 🙂 [/QUOTE] Mrs. Magill and I slow danced to “Maybe I’m Amazed” by Paul McCartney, then we opened up then dance floor with Best Friend. It’s a fun song to do a lively bop to. ---
**Author:** ![raindrop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/74df32/32.png) [@raindrop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/raindrop)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2009, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggest-a-wedding-song/518540/42 "2009-11-24T03:28:40Z")
_Making Memories of Us_, originally written and sung by Rodney Crowell, also sung by Tracy Byrd, but finally made a top hit by Keith Urban. ---
**Author:** ![pravnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2009, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggest-a-wedding-song/518540/43 "2009-11-24T05:10:56Z")
My wife originally wanted “At Last” by Etta James, which is awesome and appropriate for many, many countless reasons. However, she ultimately decided to go a different route: “[California Stars](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nhm27uXG6bg)” by Billy Bragg and Wilco, with lyrics originally by Woody Guthrie (listen to the song with your eyes closed, please don’t watch the horrible video). It was the sweetest moment of my life. ---
**Author:** ![Horatio\_Hellpop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Horatio\_Hellpop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatio_Hellpop)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2009, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggest-a-wedding-song/518540/44 "2009-11-24T05:14:50Z")
“From This Moment” by Shania Twain ---
**Author:** ![Wendell\_Wagner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8491ac/32.png) [@Wendell\_Wagner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wendell_Wagner)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2009, 8:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggest-a-wedding-song/518540/45 "2009-11-24T08:19:54Z")
Just as Equipoise is always going to suggest a Happy Rhodes song, I’m always going to suggest a Eva Cassidy song. There’s something a little too sad about “Over the Rainbow,” so instead I’ll suggest “Fields of Gold”: [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L3YVil3Ajjs) ---
**Author:** ![Noel\_Prosequi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b19c9b/32.png) [@Noel\_Prosequi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Noel_Prosequi)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2009, 9:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggest-a-wedding-song/518540/46 "2009-11-24T09:15:44Z")
Very quiet, but wonderfully romantic - [The book of love is long and boring](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FmnDXRJ7btE) The book of love is long and boring No one can lift the damn thing It’s full of charts and facts and figures and instructions for dancing But I I love it when you read to me And you You can read me anything… ---
**Author:** ![Equipoise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/equipoise/32/151_2.png) [@Equipoise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Equipoise)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2009, 11:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggest-a-wedding-song/518540/47 "2009-11-24T11:54:20Z")
> [@Wendell\_Wagner](#): > > I’m always going to suggest a Eva Cassidy song. There’s something a little too sad about “Over the Rainbow,” so instead I’ll suggest “Fields of Gold”: > > [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L3YVil3Ajjs](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L3YVil3Ajjs) That’s so breathtakingly stunning. I own all of Eva’s albums and it still makes my heart ache that she didn’t live to see the effect that her gorgeous voice has on people. It makes my heart ache that people didn’t discover her while she was still alive. Wendell, don’t you wish you had discovered Eva while she was still playing clubs in Washington DC? ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2009, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggest-a-wedding-song/518540/48 "2009-11-24T13:28:52Z")
**Noel Prosequi** – we’re a little nuts on copyright issues around here. Please don’t post long chunks of lyrics – if you want people to be able to read the entire thing, pls. find it posted elsewhere and link. Thanks. twickster, Cafe Society moderator ---
**Author:** ![melodyharmonius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/melodyharmonius/32/21310_2.png) [@melodyharmonius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/melodyharmonius)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2009, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggest-a-wedding-song/518540/49 "2009-11-24T13:38:34Z")
> [@Wendell\_Wagner](#): > > Just as Equipoise is always going to suggest a Happy Rhodes song, I’m always going to suggest a Eva Cassidy song. There’s something a little too sad about “Over the Rainbow,” so instead I’ll suggest “Fields of Gold”: > > [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L3YVil3Ajjs](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L3YVil3Ajjs) > [@Equipoise](#): > > That’s so breathtakingly stunning. I own all of Eva’s albums and it still makes my heart ache that she didn’t live to see the effect that her gorgeous voice has on people. It makes my heart ache that people didn’t discover her while she was still alive. Wendell, don’t you wish you had discovered Eva while she was still playing clubs in Washington DC? I love Eva Cassidy! So glad I’m not alone on these boards. I also love her “What a Wonderful World” and “Honeysuckle Rose” but I could go on and on. ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2009, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggest-a-wedding-song/518540/50 "2009-11-24T13:42:43Z")
I love [Somewhere over the rainbow](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ltAGuuru7Q). I adore this version. ---
**Author:** ![Ranchoth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranchoth/32/1066_2.png) [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2009, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggest-a-wedding-song/518540/51 "2009-11-24T14:20:36Z")
> [@Shirley\_Ujest](#): > > I love [Somewhere over the rainbow](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ltAGuuru7Q). I adore this version. As long as you don’t have many ER fans in the audience. :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Polycarp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/82dd89/32.png) [@Polycarp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polycarp)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2009, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggest-a-wedding-song/518540/52 "2009-11-24T14:35:00Z")
We went with N. Paul Stookey’s [Wedding Song](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A1v84WKC6Pg) (Youtube video), as arranged for organ, guitar, and voice by the church’s organist, a friend of ours. ---
**Author:** ![Baal\_Houtham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baal_houtham/32/13604_2.png) [@Baal\_Houtham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baal_Houtham)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2009, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggest-a-wedding-song/518540/53 "2009-11-24T14:45:16Z")
There’s really no chance you’ll use this since it’s not on YouTube and there aren’t even any good on-line audio samples. _Romance Is A Slow Dance_ performed by the Fabulous Twister Sisters on Mountain Stage Volume 3 is a lovely song that would be great for a first dance. Here are the first eight lines of the [lyrics](http://www.timobrien.net/Lyrics2.cfm?ID=83) (hope that’s not too many…] \* Romance is a slow dance To a sound as sweet as rain It’s a new song you never heard before Unfolding to you both the same It takes time but you can get that step Because lovin’ isn’t like a race Romance is a slow dance And your feet seem to fall in place\* The best audio clip is at the iTunes store (can’t link to it), but it comes in too late and exits too soon. Still, if any brides/grooms are looking for something lovely and uncommon (but that be appreciated on first hearing) it’s worth a 99 cent download. ---
**Author:** ![norinew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/eb9ed0/32.png) [@norinew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/norinew)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2009, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggest-a-wedding-song/518540/54 "2009-11-24T14:47:46Z")
> [@Polycarp](#): > > We went with N. Paul Stookey’s [Wedding Song](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A1v84WKC6Pg) (Youtube video), as arranged for organ, guitar, and voice by the church’s organist, a friend of ours. Hard to go wrong with that one, except for some atheists that might object to the “straight from Scripture” nature of a few of the lyrics. Beautiful song. Have it on my mp3 player, and it still sends chills up my spine! ---
**Author:** ![Serenata67](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/serenata67/32/10646_2.png) [@Serenata67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Serenata67)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2009, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggest-a-wedding-song/518540/55 "2009-11-24T15:46:46Z")
My fiance and I are dancing to _Time in a Bottle_, but that’s in 3/4, so it may not be a great idea for someone who’s not a great dancer. As it is, I’ve been having a beast of a time trying to teach my fiance to dance to it. ---
**Author:** ![FalconFinder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/51bf81/32.png) [@FalconFinder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FalconFinder)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2009, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggest-a-wedding-song/518540/56 "2009-11-24T16:27:32Z")
“[Follow You Follow Me](http://video.yahoo.com/watch/410304/2390906)” by Genesis ---
**Author:** ![ducati](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/cc9497/32.png) [@ducati](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ducati)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2009, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggest-a-wedding-song/518540/57 "2009-11-24T16:40:49Z")
[Could I Have This Dance](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vF8QykqGRq4)by Ann Murray. Worked for us for 20 years, now. I had suggested a Beatles [tune](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yae3P1qoOa4), but was over-ruled. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2009, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggest-a-wedding-song/518540/58 "2009-11-24T17:06:46Z")
How about some irony? [KD Lang. Leavin on your Mind](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cKkRlv5doy8&feature=related)😃 ---
**Author:** ![Persephone3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/5daacb/32.png) [@Persephone3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Persephone3)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2009, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggest-a-wedding-song/518540/59 "2009-11-24T17:12:13Z")
> [@Noel\_Prosequi](#): > > Very quiet, but wonderfully romantic - > > [The book of love is long and boring](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FmnDXRJ7btE) > The book of love is long and boring > No one can lift the damn thing > It’s full of charts and facts and figures and instructions for dancing > But I > I love it when you read to me > And you > You can read me anything… I was going to reccommend this song, too–the Magnetic Fields do a nice cover. Also good, if you’re a tad perverse: Tom Waits, ‘I Hope That I Don’t Fall In Love With You’. ---
**Author:** ![Apollyon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/apollyon/32/4238_2.png) [@Apollyon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Apollyon)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2009, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggest-a-wedding-song/518540/60 "2009-11-24T18:39:21Z")
> [@norinew](#): > > Hard to go wrong with that one, except for some atheists that might object to the “straight from Scripture” nature of a few of the lyrics. Seriously? At a wedding?? (Or am I just missing the joke **norinew**? I’m not religious but I’ve _read_ Corinthians at a friend’s wedding because it meant something to them). I had good friends have their first dance to [Split Enz “I See Red”](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vKj4upY1VYI)… well it’s not a power ballad. 🙂 How about [The Police “Every Breath You Take”](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ddMO5HGF-xk). 😃 (Yes… I know… IIRC Sting was surprised that it’s popular as a wedding song…) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggest-a-wedding-song/518540.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggest-a-wedding-song/518540.md?page=4)