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"All I Ask of You" was sung

steinie — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 13:45:16 -0500

"All I Ask of You" was sung at my wedding in 1994 - I never heard it sung at a wedding before mine or since. It is a beautiful song - I agree on the lyrics - and our vocalists definitely pulled it off. I chose it because my not-quite-husband and I saw "Phantom of the Opera" on Broadway (as a gift from my previous employer) and, even though he hated the thought of sitting through an opera he really enjoyed the performance. It had significance to us then and fit my "I want something different sung at my wedding" wishes. I was nervous asking my hometown priest if my musical selections were OK (there was a long history of only having "church" music in weddings at my church) but he didn't raise an eyebrow - or his collar!

Our male vocalist, a high school friend of my husband's and currently a junior high choir teacher, sang "The Lord's Prayer" and I swear, raised the roof of my very old church. I still get chills today thinking about how moving the arrangement and his delivery were. In fact, he so impressed our guests that he was asked to sing at the weddings of my sister, my brother and my cousin who were married during the year following our ceremony.

I also had "Sunrise, Sunset"

J-Town Knitter — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 14:42:39 -0500

I also had "Sunrise, Sunset" sung at my wedding, and it was wonderful. My siblings and I grew up with songs from all the big musicals, so it was a good fit. I also had my vocalists sing "One Hand, One Heart" from West Side Story.
One of most beautiful songs I've ever heard at a wedding was one my daughter and a friend sang, the duet "All I Ask of You" from Phantom of the Opera. The lyrics are very fitting, and it's an awesome choice if you have the voices to pull it off.
My daughter's also sung Chris Tomlin's version of "Amazing Grace." The arrangement is so beautiful that it's a good choice even though it's not your standard wedding fare.

My husband and I walked out

my2cents — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 14:25:48 -0500

My husband and I walked out of church to Vivaldi's Spring from the Four Seasons. Not only do I love the music, I found it fitting starting our new life together with a song entitled "Spring".
Of course we also had the ever-popular Canon in D, The Wedding Song (There is Love) and Keeper of the Stars.

I absolutely adored my

Ruth Anne Maddox — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 11:14:24 -0500

I absolutely adored my fifth-grade teacher and when she got married midway through the school year I was so over the top to find out that I was one of the invited guests!

It was a huge Polish-Catholic wedding in the most gorgeous cathedral I had ever been inside in all 10 years of my life. One of the songs sung at the wedding was "Sunrise, Sunset" from "Fiddler on the Roof." It was the first time I had ever heard it and I loved it (still do).

I sang at the wedding of my

writers bloc — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 10:47:44 -0500

I sang at the wedding of my boss' daughter, whom I hardly knew, one summer when I worked in a state park -- didn't really seem like I could say no. Anyway, on the upside, the ceremony was only 22 minutes long. The downside? I was asked to sing three songs -- all of them overly earnest and syrupy country love songs -- that accounted for at least half of the ceremony. My payment for being "the wedding singer"? An engraved money clip holding nothing but air.

I'm not bitter about it; I'm just saying, if you're going to give your wedding singer "a gift" for his or her services, it ought to be something besides an empty money clip or an empty wallet (I've also received that one for singing in a wedding). Either pay them, give them a token gift or just say thanks. But don't give them something that says, "Hey, I was thinking about paying you, but decided to give you something that holds money instead."

Want to know what music your

BakerBlog — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 08:27:41 -0500

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I also made my "grand

Renee — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 15:59:25 -0500

I also made my "grand entrace" to Canon in D performed on the church organ. We didn't have any "popular" music during the ceremony - it was not allowed by the church. My cousin performed the song "Eagle's Wings" and the congregation mumbled through "Let all Things Now Living" during our exit.

That's the song that I made

jennyjean4 — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 15:41:46 -0500

That's the song that I made my grand entrance to. It is very simple and elegant.

Pachelbel's Canon (Canon in

Melissa Gilman — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 15:12:13 -0500

Pachelbel's Canon (Canon in D Major) was performed on the church organ. It was simple and sweet sounding.

We had Silver and Gold by

jennyjean4 — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 15:48:56 -0500

We had Silver and Gold by Neil Young at our wedding. I thought it was the most beautiful part of the ceremony. The two guys that performed it were amazing. It was perfect! - Thanks, Tom and Derek!

Wow, how inspirational.

nyxweb — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 18:34:29 -0500

Wow, how inspirational. It's great to see a list of strong, talented women. In a day when Paris Hilton, Britney Spears, and Lindsey Lohan give us women a rep for being brainless sluts. Sometimes when I feel powerless, I listen to Janis Joplin, Ani Difranco, Liz Phair (old school Liz that is), Patty Griffin, Madonna, Amy Winehouse, Fiona Apple, Tori Amos, Cat Power, Lacey Mosely from Flyleaf, Karen O from the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Kim Gordon from sonic youth, Kim Deal from the Pixies, Shirley Manson, Pat Benatar, Ella Fitzgerald, Billy Holiday, Aretha Franklin, . . . the list goes on and on.

The greatest reunion show i

naener — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 14:57:24 -0500

The greatest reunion show i ever saw was the Eagles Hell Freezes Over Tour in the mid-nineties. Was that the beginning of the bury-the-hatchet-for-cash trend?

It's been a few yesars, but i remember it being a good show, even if it was a blatant feathering of the band's retirement fund.

Tom Waits is like good wine

writers bloc — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 14:53:05 -0500

Tom Waits is like good wine when it comes to songwriting, and his gravelly voice only gets rougher with age. Neil Young may look older, but he still divinely punishes his guitars when playing with Crazy Horse and can hit the soft high notes when performing acoustic.

And as a lifetime KISS fan, it pains me to say this, but there's a certain kind of show that starts to look pretty silly nearly 40 years after it began, and it involves thick makeup, 7-inch heels and Spandex costumes.

There's a rumor out that U2

jennyjean4 — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 14:30:01 -0500

There's a rumor out that U2 will be releasing an album in 2008 with Brian Eno and Danial Lanois producing. I think U2 is a great example of a band that's been around for a long time, but keeps changing it up and giving us reasons to listen.
Also I love the clips from "Young@Heart". Especially the old man singing Cold Plays "Fix You", it's sadly beautiful.

I've got another rock chick

jennyjean4 — Fri, 23 May 2008 14:11:53 -0500

I've got another rock chick to add to the list of the new women of rock.
I just heard the song "Last Day of Magic" by The Kills. That song gets stuck in my head a lot. The female lead singer, Alison "VV" Mosshart, rocks.