Have you ever thought about if your life had a soundtrack what it would sound like? I think our soundtrack would sound like an action movie. Loud distorted guitars, driving drum solos... *blissful sigh* I confess, I am a rock music lovin' bride marrying a rock lovin' groom. I swoon over bands like The White Stripes, Hinder and Drowning Pool.
So you can imagine my dilemma when I was asked about ceremony music. Traditional wedding music, like Cannon in D, while beautiful simply doesn't fit the soundtrack of our lives. Everything else for the wedding is a reflection of us so why shouldn't the music be also?
We probably would have used something by the Vitamin String Quartet but with our ceremony venue being so rustic we don't have the power setup for a sound system. Lucky for us we were able to find a guitarist who offered to learn any songs we wanted including rock! YAY!
So we began our music research. In other words, we used our Zune pass and started listening to every instrumental rock song we could think of that was slow enough to use for the ceremony. Talk about an epic failure. There are not many instrumental versions of our favorite songs. So a new plan evolved. We picked songs we liked then searched youtube for people playing solo versions/instrumental versions of these songs on a guitar. Now this plan resulted in a major win!
The recessional was super easy after reading Miss Huskeys post about the song First Day of My Life. With the miracle that is YouTube I found this instrumental version:
Now the processional music has been a little harder to narrow down. We only need one song for all of us to walk down the aisle to. We have been able to narrow it down to two but are having a hard time deciding which one to use:
Snow Patrol - Chasing Cars
I like this song because it talks about shutting out the outside world and just enjoying being together. Things get so crazy for us that often times Mr. Meerkat has to ask me this same question; will I just sit with him for a little bit and shut out all the distractions that are happening around us. My favorite part about Chasing Cars is the part that goes:
I don't quite know
How to say
How I feel
Those three words
Are said too much
They're not enough
If I lay here
If I just lay here
would you lie with me and just forget the world?
Our other options is to go for something like this:
NickleBack - If Today Was Your Last Day
I know what your thinking. Why in the hell would we pick a song that talks about dying?! I guess I should tell you a little background on Mr. Meerkat. He was born with a condition called spina bifida but thanks to some amazing surgeons they were able to repair the damage to his spine. If you passed him on the street today you would never know about his condition but it doesn't mean that later in life some of the issue won't return. So we live each day of our lives like its the last. We don't want to put anything off that we might one day not be able to do anymore. I think the part of the song that really hit home was:
My best friend gave me the best advice
He said each day's a gift and not a given right
Leave no stone unturned, leave your fears behind
And try to take the path less traveled by
That first step you take is the longest stride
Alright ladies now that you see my dilemma, we need some help. Which song would you go with for the processional?
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