Every so often I stop by Wedding Wire to see what’s new. Of course, every so often isn’t exactly ‘often,’ which means I tend to come across new functionalities late in the game. But whatever–it’s not like I’m in urgent need of bridal entrance music. For those who aren’t yet hitched and need a little prompting where music is concerned, Wedding Wire has created a handy page where brides-to-be can preview popular ceremony and reception music.
Even if you never actually placate your antsy guests with Greensleeves pre-ceremony or dance to Andy Williams’ Hawaiian Wedding Song at the start of your reception, the wedding songs database will at least give you some ideas to roll with when you’re feeling blocked. The best part is that you can preview the songs right there on Wedding Wire, watch videos of each song being performed, and check to make sure that the lyrics are in accordance with your worldview.
The database is relatively small right now, and other sites, like WedAlert(clips) and Our Wedding Songs (lyrics), offer a similar service, but nothing I’ve found so far is as streamlined and easy to use as the Wedding Wire music guide. Here’s hoping that the site’s creators add to it sometime in the near future before some other site comes along and renders it obsolete. Teh Internets…they move fast.
(Just for fun: See a dress trashed in this older CNN spot. Or read about why no one really needs a “perfect” wedding.)
The author of the perfect wedding article is so singing my song. I love me a good wedding and I like ’em pretty, but perfect is not a reasonable goal. Fun is a reasonable goal. Meaningful is a reasonable goal. Unique is even a reasonable goal. Perfect just doesn’t happen.
Besides, some of the best times I’ve seen at weddings have been those unexpected moments that a couple just runs with and turns into part of the fun.
Right on, Twistie. And I’m pretty sure the weddings that come closest to actually being something akin to perfect are those planned and executed by people who are happy to roll with the punches!