Non-cheesy wedding music

If you really want to shake things up a bit, play this Avett Brothers song. The lyrics don't do it justice (at all), but you can listen to a bit and get a feel on I-Tunes.

Talk of Indolence

Well I’ve been locking myself up in my house for sometime now.
Reading and writing and reading and thinking
and searching for reasons and missing the seasons
The Autumn, the Spring, the Summer, the snow
The record will stop the record will go
Latches latched the windows down, the dog coming in the dog going out
Up with caffein and down with the shot
Constantly worried about what I’ve got
Distracting my work but I can’t make a stop and my confidence on and my confidence off
And I sink to the bottom and rise to the top
and I think to myself that I do this a lot
World outside just goes it goes it goes it goes it goes it goes it goes it goes it goes
and witness it all from the blinds of my windows
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'm a little nervous about what you'll think when you see me in my swimming trunks and last night in New York I got raging drunk, remember one time I got raging drunk with you

I can recall a time when we made the city streets our playground, kissing in the fountains filled with cigarettes and bottles, sped through Italian city streets of cobblestone

because we had to
because I loved you
because the damned alcohol
beacuse what ever at all

Now I've grown to aware of my mortality to let go and froget about dying long enough to drop the hammer down and let the indolence go wild and flying through
because we had to

You could say the same thing about white dresses, tuxes and rings, I guess. 

Yeah, I think the Pachabel Canon is ok, but it's Eric's pick. Getting him to decided anything about the wedding is like pulling teeth. So when he volunteers something like that, I'm a little hesitant to shoot it down.

I was thinking about having them play it before the wedding when folks are showing up and getting settled....

tuxes  are entirely unnecessary at weddings.

A few of my faves:
Silver- Carrie Newcomer
RIng on my hand- Darryl Purpose and Lucy Kaplansky
You are my only one- James Tayor

I know the feeling.  It seems like you cam up with a good compromise, though.  Hang in there. 

Um, sounds like a few nights I've had, but not with Eric. LOL! The lyrics would have to be... "because I met you at the bar/ because I was drunk enough to hit on you/ because my sister thought swimming the fountain would be a good idea/because whatever at all"

You could, but I wouldn't.  White dresses and tuxes don't cause me physical pain. 

I agree. I think we're going to do "black tie-blue jean" without the black ties....

Ode to Joy (Beethoven)

At Last (Etta James - of course, duh!)

Did you see "Love Actually"? The wedding scene where the choir sings the Beatle's "All You Need is Love" - totally slayed me!!

I don't know if this is the type of song you are looking for, but my wife and I played this song at our wedding from the (don't laugh) of One Fine Day, cheesy chick flick with whas his face and Michelle Pfeiffer (yum).

The Glory of Love - Keb Mo'.  It's quirky and a little upbeat.  I'm sure you can find a sample on the internet at Amazon or something like that.

Our dance song was Unforgettable, a classic, but not so upbeat.

Good luck, music for stuff like this is so hard to ask for help on because 99% of it will be totally off the mark, to your tastes.  I hope someone hits a bullseye for you.

You know, I was actually thinking of that exact song. I love it. But, come on, I'm twenty-freakin'-five. I don't think it's been a particularly long wait for me to find the man of my dreams.

It's not a song about endurance dating, Kim! Come one... work with me! It's expansively romantic and slightly obsessive/possessive. Perfect for a wedding!

 At last
my love has come along
my lonely days over
and life is like a song

Ooh At last
the skies above are blue
well my heart was wrapped up in clover
the night I looked at you

I found a dream
that I could speak to
a dream that I could call my own
I found a thrill
to press my cheek to
a thrill that I have never known

well

You smile
you smile
oh and then the spell was cast
and here we are in heaven
for you are mine at last

I found a dream
that I could speak to
a dream that I
could call my own
I found a thrill
to press my cheek to
a thrill that I have never known

well

You smile
you smile
oh and then the spell was cast
and here we are in heaven
for you are mine at last

ooo yea
you are mine
you are mine
at last
at last
at last
at last

Noooooooo... it's a song about a woman who has pathetically pined and pined and pined for a man to come along and make her life complete, so she can finally know what it is to be happy. Then she latches on to him and he is hers, at last, finally, permanently. There's no escape.

Perfect wedding song.

You could also go with the highly obsessive "Every Breath You Take" by the Police.

My money's on Ode to Joy and you've GOT to see "Love Actually" to see how WONDERFULLY performed All You Need is Love is. It made me want to run out and have a wedding.

LOL! Oh, yeah, I guess I was pretty desperate and unfulfilled until Eric...

*busts up laughing*

Hey Hollis, what album is that James Taylor song from? I'm trying to listen to a sample on Amazon, but he has too damn many albums (not that I'm complaining about that!).

Nevermind! Found it!

My favorite and was played at our wedding....

Marc Cohn - True Companion

Baby I've been searching like everybody else
Can't say nothing different about myself
Sometimes I'm an angel
And sometimes I'm cruel
And when it comes to love
I'm just another fool
Yes, I'll climb a mountain
I'm gonna swim the sea
There ain't no act of God girl
Could keep you safe from me
My arms are reaching out
Out across this canyon
I'm asking you to be my true companion
True companion
True companion

So don't you dare and try to walk away
I've got my heart set on our wedding day
I've got this vision of a girl in white
Made my decision that it's you allright
And when I take your hand
I'll watch my heart set sail
I'll take my trembling fingers
And I'll lift up your veil
Then I'll take you home
And with wild abandon
Make love to you just like a true companion
You are my true companion
I got a true companion
True companion

When the years have done irreparable harm
I can see us walking slowly arm in arm
Just like the couple on the corner do
'Cause girl I will always be in love with you
And when I look in your eyes
I'll still see that spark
Until the shadows fall
Until the room grows dark
Then when I leave this Earth
I'll be with the angels standin'
I'll be out there waiting for my true companion
Just for my true companion
True companion
True companion

another I really like is If I were made of metal" by Patty Larkin (don't be alarmed at how cheesy she looks on the cover, she recorded it in the 80's) if you friend has a belt-it-out kind of a voice, it would be GREAT.

http://www.musicoutfitter.com/store/item/011671111520/imfine.html