May 27, 2004
Finally, a Love Song That Doesn't Make Me Want to Puke
With about three months to go, I've started working on the CD mixes we are including as favors at the wedding. I spent a good part of last night flipping through my CDs and searching the iTunes music store to fill the gaps in my collection. One incentive for my taking up this task now is that L and I have a meeting with our bandleader, Stuart Rosenberg, on Friday. I've heard that Stuart is a living encyclopedia of musical knowledge, but I'm still bringing a few songs on CD for him just in case.
One song that I'm really loving these days is It's Only Time by the Magnetic Fields. L heard the song last night for the first time and said the lead singer had a "weird voice" - she is more of a walking pamphlet of musical knowledge - but I'm trying to win her over. It's true that Stephin Merrit, the song's composer, has a voice that might be an acquired taste, but I'm hoping the song will grow on L as it has on me.
As I've mentioned before, I'm carefully vetting each song, making sure that none actually describe a breakup or secretly say "Get a divorce" when played backwards. So far, it seems that "It's Only Time" will make the cut. Not only does it fill my requirement of having wedding-appropriate music on the mix, but it also ensures that the CD won't be a compendium of hyper-produced adult contemporary crap.
Read the lyrics or, if you have iTunes, listen to a clip here.
"It's Only Time" is slow, has a nice beat and you can dance to it, although most of your relatives will have no clue what the song is or who the hell it's by. But if you have it at your wedding soon you could actually make a claim of some originality among all the Celine, Elton, and Mariah fans out there. You'll easily be the first person to have Merritt's beautiful lyrics interpreted by a wedding singer who, depending on what you've paid for the band, won't have a "weird voice."
Posted by The Groom at May 27, 2004 10:03 AMDon't forget us.!!!!
MOB