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Wedding Song of the Week: The Spinning Wheel

by on November 30, 2011

I was recently turned on to this singer, who once went by the name The Cotton Jones Basket Ride but now goes by the name Cotton Jones. I’m really loving the album this song is from, The River Strumming, and this song is my favorite. The album version (listen to it on Spotify) sounds like a cool mix between folk, blues, and do-woop to me. The hubs, who rarely likes anything that isn’t GBV, Pavement, or The Smiths, also seemed to love it, which means your picky husband-to-be might love it for a wedding song,too!

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Wedding Song of the Week: I’ll Try Anything Once

by on November 10, 2011

The Strokes will forever be one of those bands that totally captured a moment in time for me. I had just moved to New York City in 2000, and was working at Rolling Stone magazine. I was lucky enough to get invited to see lots of up-and-coming bands, and The Strokes was one of them. They immediately blew me away (and pretty much anybody that got to hear them), and they felt like one of those great local bands that only YOU know about. I remember I had bought one of their t-shirts at an early show at Bowery Ballroom, and was wearing it on the subway the next day. A girl came up to me and said “You know The Strokes?! That’s my friend’s band!” They were still that small yet cult-like. But not for long.

I loved their first album, Is This It, but admittedly failed to remain a die-hard fan after that. However, I still love a lot of their newish songs. I was driving home tonight and heard the “I’ll Try Anything Once” demo on Sirius XM, a B-side from their “Heart in a Cage” single off their third album, First Impressions of Earth. I don’t think I’ve ever fully listened to this song (or at least not in the car when it had my full attention), but it completely captures everything that’s amazing about that band and Julian Casablanca’s voice.

If I was a cooler person, this song would have been a contender for our first dance. If you like The Strokes and you’re looking for a wedding song, this might be the one for you.

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Wedding Song of the Week: Hold On, I’m Comin’

by on October 11, 2011

If you’ve visited this blog before, you know I’m a fan of the DRAMATIC when it comes to wedding music. It’s the one time in life when you get to play DJ to a crowd of people, and sort of create your own music video, so why not go all out!

I went to college in Memphis, and to this day it’s still one of my favorite cities I’ve ever lived in (and yes, some days I even love it more than NYC!). It’s just got so much character, and this song is an example of that.

If you’ve ever been to Memphis, or are planning on going, you should definitely tour the Stax Museum, the former home of Stax Records, when you’re there. It’s the record company that launched the careers of Otis Redding, the Staple Singers, Booker T. and the MG’s, and of course Sam & Dave. The duo had a string of hits, including “Soul Man” and “Hold On I’m Comin,” which is one of my favorite songs from that era. When you go to the museum, you’ll hear the funny story behind the song, which involves the duo on the recording studio, one of them taking a bathroom break, and the other one yelling for them to hurry up and finish (you get the drift).

If you have an ironic sense of humor like me, this song would make a GREAT one to walk down the aisle to. It’s fun, energetic, and definitely let’s people know what kind of night they’re in for.

 

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Wedding Song of the Week: Holocene

by on September 15, 2011

Ugh. This song and video is so beautiful. I completely broke down the first time I saw it (but maybe I was just PMS’ing). It manages to capture all the wonder and freedom you feel when you’re younger, that you always seem to try and recapture (somewhat unsuccessfully) as you grow up. Or at least it makes me feel that way.

The lyrics don’t have any particularly romantic meaning, and there’s an f-bomb in the beginning as well. But I still think this would be an amazing song for you or the wedding party to walk down the aisle to. Talk to your DJ about having it start after the 1:30 mark, or ask him if he can somehow edit the curse word out (if you care about that…some people don’t.) I’d feel a little weird knowing some relative might be like “Whaaaa? Henry! Did they just say the word ‘fuck?’”

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