WeddingsAttending a wedding is like being handed a licence to act like a twat. Oh how I laughed when I sobered up and realised I'd nicked most of the plates and cutlery from the posh hotel lunch and those vague memories of stealthily exiting like a cat-burglar had in-fact involved falling out of the hotel, knives and forks clattering onto the steps.
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chthonic, Thu 14 Jul 2005, 15:19)
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Unlikely wedding songs (Blimey, it's a long one!)I play in a band. We used to play our own stuff but in recent years have taken to playing birthdays and weddings, money-grabbing whores that we are.
Anyway, we had been asked to play at the wedding of a friend-of-a-friend. Since they offered us £500 we didn't really feel we could turn it down. They did, however, make a rather odd request. Would we, they asked, play the Radiohead song Karma Police, as it was a favourite of theirs. Since we used to cover this song we agreed, although not without some trepidation as to how it was going to go down at a wedding.
Many arguments concerning placement of said song ensued. In the end it was decided that we would play it as an encore at the end of the night when everyone was nice and mullered. Well, the moment came and we were going down an absolute storm and we didn't want to be the ones to bring the party crashing down.
Anyway, the moment finally arrived. "Thankyou, goodnight." The DJ (who can be a band's best friend or its worst enemy) egged the crowd on and they duly shouted for more. The bridegroom tottered over and asked if we were going to play Karma Police. This was the moment. We knew we couldn't put it off any longer.
We launched into the song and were greeted by cries of recognition. Soon the dancefloor was packed with people. And not just young people; I spotted at least one couple of advanced age wobbling around the dancefloor singing along to every word. As if that weren't enough when the song came to a climax we received a rousing cheer. This lead our lead-singer, in a moment of either blind panic or blind optimism, to ask "would you like to hear 'Street Spirit'"?
Again we received a cheer so we duly began the song, which also used to be a staple of our live set. Let us just say that, contrary to all known common-sense and experience, it went down brilliantly! The sight of a newly-married bride and groom swaying along with all of their pissed up mates, singing "immerse your soouuuull . . . in looooove" at the tops of their voices is one that will stay with me for a very long time.
(, Thu 14 Jul 2005, 19:49, Reply)
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