Not-hymns at wedding

[jack]

One of the things that's traditional at weddings we'd like to include if we can, is something everyone sings. Does anyone have any suggests for _what_?

Ideally it would be:

- a tune many people know, at least a little bit, and we can get enthusiastic about singing
- not so Christian (or Jewish) we feel uncomfortable (I'm pretty relaxed about this, but some hymns will be a bit much)
- at least tangentially appropriate to the wedding, or at least, not actively opposed to romance

Does anyone have any obvious suggestions or good ideas? Or bad ideas, for that matter, they may still inspire us with some other idea :)

Comments

[simont]

or at least, not actively opposed to romance

You say that, but my best friend from university did actually have Misalliance sung at his wedding, and apparently (and so far rightly) didn't consider this to jinx the marriage in any way :-)

[atreic]

Misalliance: ++ for romance, ++ for accepting a wide range of political opinions in a relationship, -- for Everyone Dying Miserably.

[jack]

I think there's two overlapping categories: songs about people dying horriby or hating each other because they fell in love, and songs in favour of people dying horriby or hating each other because they fell in love.

So I don't object to some of either, and I appreciate that songs that are 100% one but 0% the other can still be very appropriate at a wedding, but I don't think I want something that arguably depressing :)