The first song at your wedding?

[lizish]

I've Fallen In Love off Bap Kennedy's first record on Steve Earle's e-squared label. A really beautiful, simple love song that my wife adored and we hadn't heard at a wedding before or since.

 

That's a great choice.

 

 

 

Got me thinking that later on you could play 'Unforgiven' or 'Only water' to reflect the harsh realities of married life.

[DAngerer09]

I don't get many things right the first time

In fact, I am told that a lot

Now I know all the wrong turns, the stumbles and falls

Brought me here

 

And where was I before the day

That I first saw your lovely face?

Now I see it everyday

And I know

 

That I am

I am

I am

The luckiest

 

What if Id been born fifty years before you

In a house on a street where you lived?

Maybe Id be outside as you passed on your bike

Would I know?

 

And in a white sea of eyes

I see one pair that I recognize

And I know

 

That I am

I am

I am

The luckiest

 

I love you more than I have ever found a way to say to you

 

Next door theres an old man who lived to his nineties

And one day passed away in his sleep

And his wife; she stayed for a couple of days

And passed away

 

Im sorry, I know thats a strange way to tell you that I know we belong

That I know

 

That I am

I am

I am

The luckiest

[WilcoOfTheDay]

I dig the luckiest for a first song too

[H-Bomb Henry]

Might I recommend "All the Right Reasons" by the Jayhawks? I was just discussing this topic with friends that are getting married in June.

 

This was the first song played at my wedding. Harvest Moon was the last song. I have to say that Harvest Moon is the greatest song to hear at any fall event. Hesitating Beauty was played during the garter toss.

[markosis]

Just remember, you don't need a song with lyrics. A Coltrane rendition of a ballad would do fine. I'd recommend "Time After Time." Or most any jazz ballad, really.

[Pocahontas]

Mountain Beds brother surprised us at our wedding before I walked down the aisle, he sang Wonderful Tonight, this was also the song I chose for our first dance.

[iarooster]

I got married in a private ceremony at home, so no music for the service, no reception, and no dance. The first dance song would have been "Here, There and Everywhere" by The Beatles if we'd have had one. But at least this way she got to save it for the first dance at her second wedding. Or maybe the third...

[TheMaker]

Ho ho ho, nooooo, thank you, I'm never getting married, but if I were ever brainwashed or had my fucking brain erased or something, I'd want Remember the Mountain Bed to grace my ceremony, no doubt!

[m_thomp]

I'd be interested to hear from anyone unfortunate enough to choose either James Blunt's You're Beautiful or Paul Weller's You Do Something To Me.

[Welsh Rich]

There's got to be thousands of people who've used though.

 

My mate recently used the Super Furry Animals "Fire in my heart" as their first dance - it was lovely.

[m_thomp]

Thousands may have used them, but both songs are about unrequited love. Hardly a great omen for a happy future.

 

Under consideration: New Porns' Go Places, and Ding Dong The Witch Is Dead.

[Bubs101]

I think my good taste would givew way to Bon Jovi's Always.