As far as I'm concerned, there was never any question that the wedding favor would be a mix CD. The only question was how we'd do a wedding CD that people don't hate.
I can't promise we've succeeded on that count, but at the very least we've avoided the trap of filling the CD with sappy, excruciating cliches (if not goofy, excruciating novelties). Instead, we picked a theme -- The Best and Worst of Coupledom -- and selected songs about henpicked husbands, wife-beaters, and cheaters, as well as several sweetly romantic favorites.
Here are lo-res versions of the songs. (I'd put the whole thing up but am afraid of getting hammered with a server bill.)
THE BEST AND WORST OF COUPLEDOM
1 Tom T. Hall - I Love
2 Roy C - Shotgun Wedding
3 Arthur Alexander - I Want To Marry You
4 Clarence Frogman Henry - I Don't Know Why I Love You
5 Golden Smog - Pecan Pie
6 Ethel Merman & Jimmy Durante - You Say the Nicest Things
7 Hank Penny - Catch 'em Young, Treat 'em Rough, Tell 'em Nothing
8 Thelma Baxter - Henry
9 Mable John - Don't Hit Me No More
10 The Innovations - Stay on the Case
11 Irma Thomas - Don't Mess with My Man
12 Ernest Tubb - (My Baby Loves Me) in Her Own Peculiar Way
13 Dorothy Shay - It's the Little Things That Count
14 Lotte Lenya & Jack Gilford - It Couldn't Please Me More (a Pineapple) [See earlier post]
15 Ray Charles & Betty Carter - Baby, It's Cold Outside
16 Shelley Duvall - He's Large
17 Sophie Tucker - I'm Living Alone (and Like it)
You need a garder belt removal song...I humbly suggest "Bad To The Bone" by George Thorogood.
Posted by: Andy | 08/15/2006 at 03:12 PM
I'm outright stealing this for my wedding. Great job guys.
Posted by: mikelite | 08/15/2006 at 03:59 PM
By all means, plunder!
Bad to the Bone? I'd rather eat glass (as Charles would say). We're going to pass on the garter belt thing.
Posted by: carrie | 08/15/2006 at 05:59 PM
Great mix! But where's "My Ex's Lawyer Is the Anti-Christ," by Travis Shredd and the Homeboys?
Posted by: Barmaid Blog | 08/15/2006 at 07:22 PM
We're doing the same thing. Thanks for a couple of these songs - perfect! In the spirit of fair trade, add "Everything I've Got" by Blossom Dearie. It'll fit right in...
Posted by: Charlie | 08/16/2006 at 01:40 PM
i saw this and thought of your site:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rH2nNt1s5pk
Posted by: k. | 08/21/2006 at 05:08 PM
good song list. There is a wedding reading list @ http://www.weddingreads.com/readings/
Posted by: Tease | 05/24/2008 at 02:01 AM
Just have to say that this is an awesome song list! Thanks for sharing.
Posted by: Anne | 12/17/2008 at 02:38 PM
the songs on this are making me laugh. I actually love ernest tubbs. this is too funny.
Posted by: aruba beach wedding | 03/30/2009 at 12:45 AM
actually i love these songs. i am glad you listed them.
Posted by: aruba wedding | 05/03/2009 at 09:11 PM