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I think “Lola” by the Kinks is slightly worse than “Dude Looks Like a Lady.” |
elvis’ “i’m not the marrying kind.” tame, but not really the theme for a healthy marriage, i suppose. i’m not the marrying kind i think my mother-in-law felt justified in all of the hatred she had for me when she saw that song on our wedding favor cd’s. she thought that was a worse inclusion than bad company’s “feel like makin’ love.” |
There are plenty that are wildly inappropriate, but it’s hard to get any funnier than “Dude Looks Like a Lady.” How about “Don’t Stand So Close to Me?” |
Julie, My wife and I both laughed out loud. Thanks! There are several inappropriate songs I can think of. Neil Young’s “Down By the River”. Ray Charles had some song about killing his wife with an axe handle. My wife suggests the “Goodbye Earl” by the Dixie Chicks. |
My personal choice would be “Good Enough for Now” by Weird Al. It’s a country song. Just take a look at some of the lyrics here. You’re pretty close to what I’ve always hoped for Good stuff, especially for a wedding. |
“Punk Rock Girl” by the Dead Milkmen is “our song”. Reminds me of where we came from. |
“Big Bottom” by Spinal Tap would be problematic… |
LOL, Julie. That’s a great one. Ian, “Good Enough for Now” sounds like a light hearted version of “My Funny Valentine.” Ed, Roxanne would be a poor choice, too. Jared, I remember the video for Punk Rock Girl. That’s the first song I remember hearing that style of punk rock (though I’m sure they didn’t invent it). Fun song. Anony, if we’re talking Elvis songs, “Kissing Cousins” has to be the worst song for a couple, just because it’s so completely revolting. Other poor choices that occurred to me reading your suggestions.: “Goodbye Cruel World” by Pink Floyd |
As we were travelling to the temple to get married, it seemed like every radio station was playing “Do You Think I’m Sexy” by Rod Stuart. It’s now our song. Which is why I would feel really awkward having like a 50th anniversary party at the church. Could you see it? “The couple will now dance to their song.” “If you think I’m sexy and you want my body come on baby let me know.” |
I read an interview where Sting expressed dismay at the fact that many couples like the song “Every Breath You Take” as a romantic song. He simply pointed out that it’s a song about obsession, infatuation, stalking … |
Love the One You’re With by C,S,N & Y And if you can’t be with the one you love It’s alright Nico’s version of Jim Morrison’s The End |
The Beautiful South / Song For Whoever |
How about “Ding Dong the Witch is Dead”, to steal a page from Leslie Nielsen. |
Our song is “It Must Be Love” by Madness. Bad couple songs: “Hey Joe” – Hendrix “I Confess” – English Beat |
If you wanna be happy for the rest of your life, never make a pretty woman your wife…. My wife and I don’t have an “our song”. We thought that was dumb and never did it. |
The song we danced to at our wedding reception was “Me and You” by Kenny Chesney. Pure unadulterated cheese, but I still love it, because it reminds me of exactly how I felt that day – and because I still feel exactly that way about him. |
Since Sue suggested “Hey Joe”, I’m going to have to add “Used to Love Her” to the list. |
Oddly enough, Misty and I ended up with “You’ve Lost that Lovin Feeling.” Neat song. Didn’t even occur to us what it was about until after the honeymoon. |
“Charlene (I’m Right Behind You)” by Stephen and the Colberts. |
“Can’t find a better man” by Pearl Jam definitely qualifies here. |
Also anything by the decemberists, whether its double suicides, losing bicycles, Mariner’s revenge, or dreaming you are an architect, it just doesn’t work. |
What’s that REM song with the line “a simple prop to occupy my time”? |
Julie, |
There are plenty that are wildly inappropriate, but it’s hard to get any funnier than “Dude Looks Like a Lady.” How about “Don’t Stand So Close to Me?” Guess it all depends upon how they met… (grin) Funny story. My math teacher in High School married one of his students and not that long after she graduated as I recall. Every time I heard that song I thought of him. |
“MacArthur Park” (”Someone left the cake out in the rain”) by Jimmy Webb (first performed by Richard Harris) is the ultimate song for anything of significance. However, I believe in M.A.C.S. Mormons (or Mothers) Against Couple Songs. |
Another Girl by the Beatles |
#16, us too, sue. he heard it on the radio and declared it our wedding song, though i’d never heard of it. “suited perfectly for eternity, me and you.” ahhh… |
“Computer God” by Black Sabbath. Now there would be a bad ‘couples’ song. |
My dh & I don’t have a song. I did dedicate a song once over the radio. “Alive and Kicking” to Millcreek Junior High school lunch. |
Danithew, you nailed it in #12. Pretty much anything by The Beautiful South would belong on this list. |
“She’s a jar” by Wilco |
“Funky Cold Medina” by Tone Loc ewwwww |
Bill is very sentimental, we have several “our” songs which are very romantic. There are songs which remind me of different guys I dated or was in love with, for instance, “Close to You” by the Carpenters–great song. It reminds me of when I lived on the second floor of an older home, a really cool apartment with lots of windows and trees. And I was in love with love. Dude Looks Like a Lady reminds me of when somebody punked this guy by having his best friend make him come on a double date with an obvious transvestite. Really funny. The “girls” went to the bathroom and the guy scoots over to his friend and whispers loudly, “Dude, that’s a dude!” It was really funny to see all the expressions and emotions on this guy’s face as he did this revolting (to him) thing in the name of friendship. Sigh. |
I don’t know if I’d call it “our song,” but my wife and I chose “Slave to Love” by Bryan Ferry for our spotlight dance at our wedding reception. We also had one of those lame videos made by someone that showed pictures of my wife and I over the years accompanied by songs of our choice. It was played on a loop throughout our reception. I picked the music but didn’t give it too much thought. At the time we both like Dave Matthews so I picked “Crash” as one of the songs without giving the lyrics a moments thought. As a result, at least a half dozen people questioned why I would include a song in our wedding video that included the lyrics “hike up your skirt a little more and show your world to me,” among other lyrics. |
I used to listen to “Crash” a lot when my kids were small. One day my son asked me what it meant when he said “Crash into me.” I said, “uh, he means….’give me a hug.’” |
I just want to second GST’s nomination of one of my favorite songs by one of my favorite men. (please see #19). |
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