# What is the dumbest wedding music you've ever heard? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [February 5, 2015, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-dumbest-wedding-music-youve-ever-heard/711898 "2015-02-05T16:03:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![CGav8r](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/34f0e0/32.png) [@CGav8r](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CGav8r)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2015, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-dumbest-wedding-music-youve-ever-heard/711898/21 "2015-02-05T22:15:49Z")
I can’t find the video, but does anyone else remember the wedding that the couple walked down to Buckcherry’s “Crazy Bitch”? It screamed “Classy!” to all involved. ---
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2015, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-dumbest-wedding-music-youve-ever-heard/711898/22 "2015-02-05T22:21:01Z")
> [@JcWoman](#): > > You remember that music that played in ST:TOS when Kirk and Spock had to fight each other during Pon Far? Okay, we didn’t, but DH and I seriously considered making that our wedding march. Some people would have thought that was the dumbest ever. 😃 I once attended a wedding in which the groom walked down the aisle to the Imperial March (or whatever it’s called) from Star Wars. He was also wearing a ball cap and a tuxedo jacket with no shirt, and when it came time to speak his self-written vows first had to remove the gum from his mouth. And at the reception they played the song “Because of You” by, I think, Carrie Underwood or some other American Idol winner. Said song, if you ever listen to the words, is about a daughter so scarred by being abused by her mother’s boyfriend as a child that she (the daughter) feels she will never, ever be whole. ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2015, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-dumbest-wedding-music-youve-ever-heard/711898/23 "2015-02-05T22:35:52Z")
Not our first dance, but we were introduced as a bride and groom to “Dirty Water” by the Standells. Everyone seemed to enjoy that. I’ve danced to the Cake version of “I Will Survive” at a friend’s wedding. Not your typical wedding song but it had special meaning. ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2015, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-dumbest-wedding-music-youve-ever-heard/711898/24 "2015-02-05T22:44:45Z")
Every couple I can think of who had “If” sung at their wedding got divorced. :dubious: Extreme’s “More Than Words” isn’t a wedding song either. If you really listen to the words, it’s a dude telling his girlfriend that she’s history if she doesn’t have sex with him. :smack: ---
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2015, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-dumbest-wedding-music-youve-ever-heard/711898/25 "2015-02-05T23:25:09Z")
> [@nearwildheaven](#): > > Every couple I can think of who had “If” sung at their wedding got divorced. :dubious: > > Extreme’s “More Than Words” isn’t a wedding song either. If you really listen to the words, it’s a dude telling his girlfriend that she’s history if she doesn’t have sex with him. :smack: That’s not true. “More than Words” is about a guy telling his girlfriend she’s history if she doesn’t have ANAL sex with him. ---
**Author:** ![Omar\_Little](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omar_little/32/269_2.png) [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2015, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-dumbest-wedding-music-youve-ever-heard/711898/26 "2015-02-05T23:41:42Z")
[The Imperial March](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mBUu3uNYCrs) from Star Wars. ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2015, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-dumbest-wedding-music-youve-ever-heard/711898/27 "2015-02-05T23:42:38Z")
> [@hyperspaz](#): > > Several weeks ago, we attended a wedding where the bride walked down the aisle to the Morris Albert song “Feelings.” > > Lyrics can been seen here [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CyBcHUe4WeQ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CyBcHUe4WeQ) > > Aside from the weirdness of hearing the song played on a Hammond organ, why would you want these lyrics played at your wedding? We just kept glancing at each other, trying not to laugh. > > So, what is the worst song you’ve ever heard at a wedding (as part of the ceremony, not the reception)? I don’t mean worst as in poorly performed, but as in “Why the HELL would you have this as wedding music?” What year is this, 1975? 😛 ---
**Author:** ![thelurkinghorror](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7c8e57/32.png) [@thelurkinghorror](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thelurkinghorror)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2015, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-dumbest-wedding-music-youve-ever-heard/711898/28 "2015-02-05T23:42:54Z")
I think I’ve said this in a similar thread but: “Under My Thumb.” Definitely not one of those “traditional” types of couples. IIRC it was the third or so song after the actual wedding when people were milling towards the bar. I don’t know where the choice came from. “Crank That (Soulja Boy).” Different wedding, much later. Obviously the DJ playing “the hits” of the time, but FYI that song involves ejaculation. There was also another questionable one that escapes me right now. ---
**Author:** ![OldGuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/3bc359/32.png) [@OldGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OldGuy)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2015, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-dumbest-wedding-music-youve-ever-heard/711898/29 "2015-02-05T23:43:24Z")
In the movie, and perhaps stage play, of _Sound of Music_, “How Do you Solve a Problem Like Maria” is played at the von Trapp wedding. ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2015, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-dumbest-wedding-music-youve-ever-heard/711898/30 "2015-02-05T23:43:47Z")
> [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](#): > > That’s not true. “More than Words” is about a guy telling his girlfriend she’s history if she doesn’t have ANAL sex with him. I’ve heard that their singer swings both ways. Maybe it was addressed to his BOYfriend? 😕 ---
**Author:** ![Grey\_area](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Grey\_area](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grey_area)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2015, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-dumbest-wedding-music-youve-ever-heard/711898/31 "2015-02-05T23:55:56Z")
What do I win? ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2015, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-dumbest-wedding-music-youve-ever-heard/711898/32 "2015-02-06T00:06:13Z")
“We’ve only just begun” - as the wedding march.:rolleyes: Ok, lots of those songs arent so crazy as a dance tune or entertainment during the reception. Note the Op specified "_what is the worst song you’ve ever heard at a wedding (as part of the ceremony, not the reception)?"_ But it takes a special kind of crazy to use some of them as the bride comes down the aisle. ---
**Author:** ![OldGuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/3bc359/32.png) [@OldGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OldGuy)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2015, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-dumbest-wedding-music-youve-ever-heard/711898/33 "2015-02-06T00:26:57Z")
> [@DrDeth](#): > > “We’ve only just begun” - as the wedding march.:rolleyes: That sounds like a perfect song for the recessional if you like it, and doesn’t seem inappropriate at all for the march. ---
**Author:** ![Fossil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/47e85d/32.png) [@Fossil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fossil)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2015, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-dumbest-wedding-music-youve-ever-heard/711898/34 "2015-02-06T01:35:24Z")
I went to a wedding a couple of years ago and the bride walked down the aisle to Time to say Goodbye - at least it was the instrumental version. ---
**Author:** ![thelurkinghorror](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7c8e57/32.png) [@thelurkinghorror](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thelurkinghorror)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2015, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-dumbest-wedding-music-youve-ever-heard/711898/35 "2015-02-06T02:05:28Z")
> [@OldGuy](#): > > That sounds like a perfect song for the recessional if you like it, and doesn’t seem inappropriate at all for the march. It’s forever ruined because of the movie 1408. ---
**Author:** ![cornflakes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9d8465/32.png) [@cornflakes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cornflakes)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2015, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-dumbest-wedding-music-youve-ever-heard/711898/36 "2015-02-06T04:04:16Z")
> [@DigitalC](#): > > “Every breath you take” is the creepiest song to ever be played at almost every single wedding. Lyle Lovett’s [LA County](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dCOEne9eocU) was a popular wedding song for a while. ---
**Author:** ![rowrrbazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rowrrbazzle/32/414_2.png) [@rowrrbazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rowrrbazzle)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2015, 5:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-dumbest-wedding-music-youve-ever-heard/711898/37 "2015-02-06T05:28:06Z")
“I Don’t Know How To Love Him” from _Jesus Christ Superstar_. Why would a bride want the lyrics “and I’ve had so many men before” sung at her wedding? ---
**Author:** ![rowrrbazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rowrrbazzle/32/414_2.png) [@rowrrbazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rowrrbazzle)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2015, 5:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-dumbest-wedding-music-youve-ever-heard/711898/38 "2015-02-06T05:35:40Z")
Of course, even Mendelssohn’s Wedding March is slightly dubious. It was composed as part of his incidental music for Shakespeare’s “A Midsummer Night’s Dream”, specifically, for the wedding of Titania and Bottom. Bottom, a human, has had his head magically transformed into that of a jackass; and Titania, a fairy, has been enchanted to fall in love with him. Doesn’t say much for either one of them. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Hermione](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/cdc98d/32.png) [@Hermione](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hermione)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2015, 5:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-dumbest-wedding-music-youve-ever-heard/711898/39 "2015-02-06T05:42:16Z")
> [@Fossil](#): > > I went to a wedding a couple of years ago and the bride walked down the aisle to Time to say Goodbye - at least it was the instrumental version. Well, that’s not so far-fetched…[the Italian lyrics](http://lyricstranslate.com/en/Con-te-partiro-duet-Sarah-Brightman-Time-say-goodbye.html) aren’t about a breakup at all. It’s loneliness the singer’s saying goodbye to–he’s looking forward to seeing all the places in the world he once visited alone with his new love, “[his] sun…[his] moon.” Which isn’t at all inappropriate for a newly married couple about to go on their honeymoon. It’s easy to think of it as a breakup song or a sad one because in the duet version, “time to say goodbye” are the only English words. ---
**Author:** ![rowrrbazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rowrrbazzle/32/414_2.png) [@rowrrbazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rowrrbazzle)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2015, 5:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-dumbest-wedding-music-youve-ever-heard/711898/40 "2015-02-06T05:42:38Z")
And here’s [Why you do NOT want Wagner’s Bridal Chorus in your wedding](http://www.messiahlacrescent.org/2011/04/why-you-do-not-want-wagners-bridal-chorus-in-your-wedding/): > [@](#): > > Act 3 – The chorus begins the act by singing the Bridal Chorus, which sets up a great deal of irony as you will soon see. Elsa and Lohengrin enter the Bridal chamber, they have just been married and are about to consummate their marriage when Elsa (nagged by Ort’s suggestion that she should know her husband’s name) asks nameless husband knight (Lohengrin) his name. At that moment Tel. enters the chamber and Lohengrin kills Tel. Lohengrin who didn’t get to answer before being attacked, said he and Elsa will go to the King and he (Lohengrin) will reveal the mystery. Lohengrin reveals his name and that he is a Knight of the Holy Grail and now must leave. He says goodbye to Elsa whom he married and now is abandoning without having consummated his wedding, and begins to leave on the swan pulled boat. Ort. enters and says that the swan is actually Elsa’s missing brother Gottfried. Ort is accused of being a witch… because she is. Lohengrin turns the swan into Gottfried. A dove descends from heaven and pulls Lohengrin’s boat. Elsa grief stricken from the loss of her husband drops dead. End Scene and Cut. As Anna Russell says, “I’m not making this up, you know!” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-dumbest-wedding-music-youve-ever-heard/711898.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-dumbest-wedding-music-youve-ever-heard/711898.md?page=3)