I've moved into a brief work lull , in a lead up to our big awards event at the end of this week. It's been pedal to the metal for the last couple of months. There's more than a couple posts in that, including a couple on "What will be different the next time out".
But what's on my mind right now is my upcoming wedding and some music related issues.
One of the few things that has been, almost completely, left up to me when it comes to planning this wedding is the music.
That includes...
1. Dancing music.
2. Music for the actual ceremony.
3. The first dance.
Right now now it's number three that has me stumped. I have a fiew pre-conditions that must be met for the first dance. It has to be semi-popular (so that if it ever comes on the radio we can have a 'moment'), not overly sappy, acceptable to both parties and not hackney and cliched.
For me the problem is all my sweepstake leaders sound great musically but are hideously innapropriate if you actually listen to their lyrics. For example my two faves are actually about a) a couple breaking up, b) a confused woman who gets into a series of bad relationships.
Not exactly prime wedding material. As pieces of music I find both songs to be powerful, even verging on haunting. But I'd hardly play them at my wedding for the guests to dance to, much less my future wife.
The reason that this all floated to the forefront of my hazy conscious today is that another song has leapt out as a possible contender.
Wheat Kings - The Tragically Hip.
Only to be beat down by actually listening to the lyrics.
The search continues. Stay tuned.
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