wedding songs

When we got married last year, the choice of music at the ceremony was of course important to us. We were allowed three songs, and this is what we chose: 1. Played as people were walking in John Lennon urges everyone to step this way and it's the start to an incredible opening. It got the choice because we knew that marriage was indeed going to be magical and mysterious. The alternative was Talking Heads' Road to Nowhere. I thought people might not get that as it appears to be negative, but I find it liberating and quite spritual. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hnrsqf33MXA&w=480&h=385] 2. Played as we signed the wedding register This felt like our song during the first few months of going out. Not only is it an astonishing  tune, it's also uplifting and expressed what we were feeling

And I feel like Some bird of paradise My bad fortune slipping away And I feel the Innocence of a child Everybody's got something good to say Things I once thought Unbelievable In my life Have all taken place

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gDBZZ3uvimE&w=500&h=300] 3. As people leave after the ceremony Sally was brought up in Wales, so this bilingual song felt appropriate. However, Gorky's are one of my very favourite bands, and as it breaks into Welsh, the lyrics are again beautiful and touching

Mae'n bwrw glaw So dal fy llaw Ond mae'r gaeaf mor hir Mae'n cymryd gormod or tir It's raining So hold my hand But the winter's so long It takes too much of the land

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z5H8N11rJTk&w=480&h=385]