20 Comments

  1. Paul
    May 29, 2018,

    Peter Yarrow- The Wedding Song

  2. El Somnambulo
    May 29, 2018,

    No offense, but that’s a treacly wedding song. Maybe most wedding songs, by definition, are treacly. I’ve got one more, then I’m done.

  3. RE Vanella
    May 29, 2018,

    Billy Idol – White Wedding

  5. RE Vanella
    May 29, 2018,

    Not sentimental, anyway.

  7. Paul
    May 29, 2018,

    El som perhaps our differences are generational. Your treacle is my “from the heart”. I suppose I could take offense, but i’m too well medicated for that. We played this song at our wedding 46 years ago, and still going strong. For what it is worth…

  8. Arthur
    May 29, 2018,

    I usually recommend Buckcherry’s Crazy Bitch so everyone knows exactly why you’re marrying the girl

  10. El Somnambulo
    May 29, 2018,

    I apologize, Paul. Pretty much everybody’s ‘our song’ is sentimental. Just looking for songs to post that aren’t sentimental. There will be plenty of sentiment on Saturday. Perhaps even some treacle.

  12. Mike Dinsmore
    May 29, 2018,

    @Paul:

    It’s Paul Stookey’s song, not Peter Yarrow’s. Close, though!

    @El Somnambulo: “Another One Bites the Dust”

    Congratulations, BTW!

  13. Alby
    May 29, 2018,

    FWIW, Paul Stookey never took any royalties from the Wedding Song. He claims he didn’t write it, that he was simply the vehicle for a Higher Power who sort of dictated it to him. The royalties go to a charity he set up, the Public Domain Foundation, which has raised more than $2 million.

    Treacly means “excessively sentimental.” By all means, let’s have someone explain what is “excessive” about that song. It’s a very simple melody and the lyrics stress humility.

    “Sentimental” means (of a work of literature, music, or art) dealing with feelings of tenderness, sadness, or nostalgia, typically in an exaggerated and self-indulgent way. Again, please identify for me the exaggerated or self-indulgent passages in the song.

    Thanks in advance.

  15. El Somnambulo
    May 29, 2018,

    Thanks! Got a week’s worth of songs easy now. The old prospector will get first crack tom’w.

  16. Mike Dinsmore
    May 29, 2018,

    @Brian:

    I’d go with the Don Williams/Emmy Lou Harris version of “If I Needed You.”

    Although Lyle’s version is a close second. Also, he remembered poor Loop and Lil. They’ve been forgotten by just about everyone who has recorded that song.

    Thanks for remembering Townes.

    Mike

  17. Paul
    May 29, 2018,

    Thank you, Mike Dinsmore.

  18. Mike Dinsmore
    May 29, 2018,

    @Paul

    Small world. We played Paul Stookey’s song at our wedding 45 years ago, and also still going strong. Although we did also play MacArthur Park…

    Mike

  20. waterpirate
    May 29, 2018,

    Yea! Chuck Berry. The rest…. I always wish the happy couple congratulations and condolences. Only they can sort out which one it will be, or at times both.

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