Songs - how did it’s meaning get so lost?

[PrincipalVernon]

Sparked from another thread that was slightly off topic but reminded me how irritated I get by it-
Anyone else feel a slow burning rage when people mistake the meaning of songs so for example I have been to a fair few weddings where the couple walk onto the dance floor and their song is ‘marry you’ or ‘every breath you take’
Now I know it’s their choice, their song so who cares but I can’t help that little build up in side that makes me what to grab the mic and shout ‘listen to the words people!!’
Just want to point out that I’ve never actually done that, I stand there and smile
Am I alone in getting irritated by something so pointless?

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FFS I've just about pissed myself laughing at work so plainly obvious I'm not updating the job spreadsheets!!!!!!!!!

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I raised my eyebrows when a couple who's wedding I went to had 'Everybody's got to learn some time' by The Korgis.

I'll have Carrie Underwood's church bells about a beautiful woman getting married. So uplifting.

Due to a playlist fuck up, we ended up dancing to Billy Jean.

Divorced now! I don't think it's connected.

Every time I read one of these threads I'm desperately hoping that someone will have attended a wedding where the bride entered to, I dunno, Diddle my Skittle by Peaches or something like that.

When DP and I marry our first dance will be Catalyst by Bowling for soup, bit rocky and punky but the lyrics are beautiful and meaningful to us

We had the Shania Twain song From this Moment as well. Had lovely comments and a few friends asked if they too could have it at their weddings. Big compliment.

One friend I knew had O Happy Day which sounds like it would be apt but unless you're getting married in a Church and believe the next few lines then it's odd imho. She wasn't religious at all hence my 🙄

I've heard of green day's 'good riddance' being sung at a funeral even for someone such as Boris Johnson or Donald Trump that would be a step too far.

I'd like to suggest the most misunderstood poem:
The Road Not Taken

This ^ What mongertruffle says

We had our first dance to From this moment on.

Heaven - Bryan Adams

Lonestar is popular I hear

when me and my partner get married we’ve decided we’ll have there is a light that never goes out because it was ‘our song’ when we were angst ridden teenagers. also forever in blue jeans by neil diamond.

went to one wedding where the dj must have been having a right laugh he played D.I.V.O.R.C.E

During the ceremony we had Truly Madly Deeply by Savage Garden. It's surprising just how many songs have totally inappropriate lyrics when you read them!

Haven't time to read the whole thread so apologies if this has been mentioned already, but I remember being really irritated when they played 'Isn't She Lovely' when princess Diana was dancing with some celebrity or other - I can't remember who, the implication being that PD was the lovely one.

It was written by Stevie Wonder on the birth of his daughter. Made my eyebrow raise a bit at the lines 'Less than one minute old' and 'Made from love' being sung about a grown woman.

@treaclesoda not quite peaches but I do have a friend who had an instrumental version of rude boy.

We had 'you're all I need to get by' Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell...all was good until the song appeared in the cat - budgie advert! Still love it though 😊

We loved the Proclaimers - Sunshine on Leith for them to play as we left the registrars until we actually listened to the words 😂 We went for Let's Get Married by them instead and I walked down the aisle to it. Our first dance was Still The One by Shania.
My DH wanted Elbow - One Day Like This but the line "throw those curtains wide" cracks me up 😂😂

As an aside, I made my sister a wedding morning playlist for us to listen to while we got ready. Half way through my DS got fed up and asked Alexa to play Mans not Hot. We hope he didn't mean the groom 😁

DD had me and Mrs Jones as the entrance to the reception, that is the law at Jones weddings

My son and daughter in law had "The Best Thing" by Reliant K as their first dance which was fantastic.

A big local wedding recently saw the bride coming down the aisle while a young teenager sang "Skinny Love"

Oh no Grimtimes that cat and budgie advert was one of the best things that has every been on television. I'm off to google it now.

Great song. Great ad.

@peevedofportishead

I'll have Carrie Underwood's church bells about a beautiful woman getting married. So uplifting.

I especially like the bit when she shoots the groom and the church bells become not church bells, but funeral bells. Great song.

When you look carefully at the words, most "love" songs aren't really appropriate for weddings.

I have sung Evergreen and Endless Love at friends' weddings.

For our wedding, we had Because you loved me. It was really difficult to pick something. I kept having to explain to DH why songs weren't suitable, but at least he has the excuse that Englush is not his mother tongue

Do people really think that much about First dances? I’m positive no one thinks about the songs played later at the disco, they’re just good tunes!