❌Monthly Song Challenge: Archived🎵

[orangecurious]

Day 22: The song you'd play at your wedding

An Easy One - Hem
It's not going to happen... but, for some reason Hem popped in my head, the gentle waltzing movement of their songs, lost in time. Then the words of this and i now remember why i struggle to listen to them at times, this came at a time of upheaval and wanting this song to be for someone... Wanting for them to believe me, wanting to believe them.
Maybe it can be one day. Maybe Tomorrow Morning

 

[Biggalute]

22: The song you'd play at your wedding

Oh, it's fine when you're romancing
And he plays the lover's part
You're the roses in his garden
You're the flame that warms his heart
And his love will last forever
And he'll promise you the moon
But just wait until you're wedded
Then he'll sing a different tune

Couldn't resist it, it's the romantic in me
Dubliners: Don't Get Married Girls, (Men are all the same)

 

[KarenB59]

Day 22- The song you'd play at your wedding.

 

[Whiskeyjack]

Day 22: The song you'd play at your wedding
Easy-peasy. This was our wedding song.
"Come What May" from Moulin Rouge.

 

[PassionatePanther]

Day 22: The song you'd play at your wedding

You Got It - Roy Orbison

 

[UnquietDreams]

Day 22: A song you would play at your wedding.

I was going to skip this one. I've done the wedding once, and that was enough. And I'm not of a mind for this. But I remember working a wedding where the bride walked down the aisle to an instrumental version of this song. I asked and the bride hadn't listened to it much but thought it was "pretty." Which it is, no question. I sometimes wonder what happened to them.

There is a version where the added Christina Aguilera to the chorus. It is pretty, but not only unnecessary, it undercuts the song. This isn't two voices trying to find meaning together, it is a solitary voice screaming in a whisper.

"Say Something," A Great Big World

 

[lavendersilk]

Day 22: A song you would play at your wedding.

I was going to skip this one. I've done the wedding once, and that was enough. And I'm not of a mind for this. But I remember working a wedding where the bride walked down the aisle to an instrumental version of this song. I asked and the bride hadn't listened to it much but thought it was "pretty." Which it is, no question. I think wonder what happened to them.

There is a version where the added Christina Aguilera to the chorus. It is pretty, but not only unnecessary ,it undercuts the song. This isn't two voices trying to find meaning together, it is a solitary voice screaming in a whisper.

"Say Something," A Great Big World

Sometimes people (I'm guilty of this) don't listen to the lyrics. I tend to fall in love with the beat and melody then slowly understand the lyrics.

I hope that couple is going strong.

I do enjoy the Christina addition to the song simply because she sings harmony. I love hearing a man and a woman harmonize in a song. But, you are right, the lyrics are spoken from a single point of view.

 

[Cjbdd]

Day 22: A song you would play at your wedding.
Not ever getting married again ...but let's go with a classic

 

[BrendaBear]

Day 22: The song you'd play at your wedding

I absolutely love this song... so lovey!

Queen - You're My Best Friend

 

[UnquietDreams]

Sometimes people (I'm guilty of this) don't listen to the lyrics. I tend to fall in love with the beat and melody then slowly understand the lyrics.

I hope that couple is going strong.

I do enjoy the Christina addition to the song simply because she sings harmony. I love hearing a man and a woman harmonize in a song. But, you are right, the lyrics are spoken from a single point of view.

Maybe it is the writer in me, but I always Google the lyrics if I can't hear them clearly. I love music so much, and the words matter. I know not everyone does the same, and it has punched me in the throat before when I forget that.

 

[Bry1313]

Day 22: A song you would play at your wedding.

 

[curious_slut]

Greetings.

I love the daily music challenge and I'm a big believer in posting one song in response to answering that day's challenge.

That said, please allow me to post a 2nd song just for today. It's a fun summer song and while posting it, I can wish a Happy Birthday to one of my musical heroes, Brian Wilson, born on this day 84 years ago. Absolute legend.

Personally, I think it's not a bad reason to break the rule, but let's not do it again

I've never wanted to get married. Will never be married. But, I have thought about it... so let's do this.

Day 22: The song you'd play at your wedding

Take My Hand - Dido

Ditto. And also I love this song. Dido's first album has been one of my unexpected faves since I was a girl.

 

[curious_slut]

Day 22: A song you would play at your wedding

I would say this is an impossible situation but I don't expect to be living in a country with universal health care any time soon, so if a friend needed health insurance or I did then yeah, it would be possible.

The Corrs - At Your Side

 

[MindYaBitness]

Day 22: A song you would play at your wedding

This is fitting, for my wedding at least

You Never Can Tell-Chuck Berry

 

[SluttyShannon]

Day 22: A song you would play at your wedding

 

[BreukelenAnima]

...Would never be a traditional wedding.

 

[UnquietDreams]

Day 22: A song you would play at your wedding.

I love this song, and this version,but it always brings Clint Eastwood to mind.

 

[Bry1313]

I love this song, and this version,but it always brings Clint Eastwood to mind.

Luckily I have no connection between Misty and Clint Eastwood, advantage me.

 

[UnquietDreams]

Luckily I have no connection between Misty and Clint Eastwood, advantage me.

Let me ruin that for you. Play Misty for Me is an outstanding thriller, with Eastwood playing against type in his directorial debut.

 

[Bry1313]

Let me ruin that for you. Play Misty for Me is an outstanding thriller, with Eastwood playing against type in his directorial debut.

Not gonna watch it

 

[UnquietDreams]

Not gonna watch it

As you wish...

 

[Apisto42]

Day 22: A song you would play at your wedding.

 

[MisterChillax]

Day 22: A song you would play at your wedding.

 

[BrendaBear]

Not gonna watch it

Good choice. I am an Eastwood fan, but I won’t watch it again.

 

[vagrantx]

Day 23: A song you love that's an opening track of an album
(It's 2AM here!)

We were just kids, me and my brother, when we arrived in Sweden.

Our lives had been turned upside down, we didn't speak Swedish, we barely understood English, and SFI (Svenska för invandrare, Swedish for immigrants) classes didn't have a Lao translator. We retreated into ourselves, formed a co-dependence that weren't exactly healthy. We still had to attend school, even though we couldn't understand a word being said, and the curriculum being far more advanced than we were used to.

But eventually we made friends. Kids don't need words to communicate... It's a wonder, really. We were invited over to their houses, and with that we were introduced to levels of luxury and culture we couldn't fathom. One of our friends had an older brother; he liked rap and hip hop, and played some for us.

It's like something exploded inside of us. The beats, the emotions, the absolute alien tunes blasting from the speakers. We were transfixed. It was incredible. It made you want to scream, to move, to dance. One of the albums he played was a double-feature, Book One and Book Two.

The album was 2Pac's All Eyez On Me. He was gracious enough to let us borrow one of the tapes, Book Two, and a Walkman. We played that tape until it wore out, learning English, learning to love music...
(Pencil's at the ready. If you know, you know.)

2Pac - Can't C Me
(Opening track of Book Two)