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Welcome to the fold of Smug Marrieds, Ranylt.

1. *Dustin took my "want" pick* "It Had to Be You" Harry Connick, Jr. was the Pink's wedding dance song.

2. "Angel Band" by the Stanley Brothers
3. "She's My Man" by the Scissor Sisters
4. a. "And when you wake up in the morning with your head on fire and your eyes too bloody to see, you can cry in your coffee but don't come bitchin' to me.
b. "Give me peace, love, and a hard cock."

1-wedding song: teach me tonight- sung by amy winehouse. just to make people uncomfortable.

2-funeral- mmmbop-hanson. as promised to a friend.

3-bullpen song- don't panic-coldplay

4-lyrics- samson- regina spektor

Wedding Song: The Whole Wide World by Reckless Eric
Funeral Song: The Way I Feel Inside by The Zombies
Bullpen Song: Killer Queen by Queen
Favorite Lyrics: I'm Going Down by Rose Royce

EDIT: favorite lyrics = Brian Wilson, Love and Mercy

Wedding: Wonderful Tonight-Eric Clapton; beautiful song, can't help it
Funeral: Put Me in Coach- John Fogarty; I just have a bizzare love of that song
Bullpen Song: Enter Sandman.....Sorry Mo Riv, greatest bullpen song in the game
Favorite Lyric: Cat's and the Cradle- Harry Chapin

Wedding song (this is played after we've been announced and make our exit): Fleetwood Mac, Say You Love Me. It's just so happy and joyful and I love the idea of turning around to face the crowd, grinning, as Christine's piano starts up.

Funeral Song: Fleetwood Mac, Gypsy. It's just...my song. You know, the song that you friends text you about from the bar and say, "I heard Gypsy and thought of you!" Or the song you play on the jukebox and then run into someone a couple of seconds later who says, "I knew you were here as soon as I heard Gypsy."

Anthem: That's a hard one. I'll have to come back to it.

Favorite song lyric: Hard to choose, of course. But I'll do the two that immediately came to mind, you're always supposed to go with your first instinct, right?

Crosby, Stills, and Nash, from Southern Cross:

"So we we cheated and we lied, and we tested. And we never failed to fail, it was the easiest thing to do. You will survive bein' bested...somebody fine will come along, make me forget about lovin' you..."

And of course, "She is all that I have left, and music is her name..."

And my favorite fun line comes from Mellencamp:

Some people
say I'm obnoxious and lazy
I'm uneducated, my opinion means nothin'!
But I know
I'm a real good dancer...

Doesn't quite have the same effect on paper. But way fun to sing drunkenly at the top of your lungs.

1. Wedding - "Oh My Love" by John Lennon

2. Funeral - for modesty's sake I guess I'll have to say "Our Time" by the Yeah Yeah Yeahs. But to paraphrase High Fidelity, I've always imagined some beautiful, teary-eyed man would insist on playing "Days" by the Kinks...but I can't imagine who it would be.

3. Bullpen: This is a tough one. Possibly "Clash City Rockers"?

4. Favorite lyrics: "Waterloo Sunset." Ray Davies writes the songs that break my heart.

1. Wedding Song: "Here and Now" by Luther Vandross. Yes, I'm a sucker for his voice.

2. Funeral: Wow. Haven't thought of this one. Probably something like "Don't Stop Believing" by Journey just so people will crack up.

3. Bullpen: "What's my Name" by DMX, or anything by Queen. I would want the crowd to be extremely riled up.

4. Song Lyric: "In Time" by Zero 7.

It's not as much fun when people say just the name of the song and not the actual lyrics. I want to hear everyone's lyric choices word for word, pretty please?

I just have to point out that citizen_cris chose "Footloose" as his/her bullpen song. Not only is this the best decision ever, I suggest that he/she win a gold star.

citizen_cris, I will attend your baseball game any day.

Wedding: ?
Funeral: Hallelujah - Leonard Cohen
(can't even picture myself within 100 yards of a bull pen - is this weird? Anthem: Come on - Lucinda Williams
Lyrics: 'the ash tray says, you're up all night' - wilco

Wedding Song: I'll Be Hard to Handle - the Ella Fitzgerald version or When I'm Sixty-Four - The Beatles

Funeral Song: Abbey Road Medley - The Beatles. Everyone will just have to sit quietly for 15 minutes. Or We Like to Party - The Venga Boys.

Bullpen Song: La Resistance Medley - South Park Movie

Lyrics: I Am The Very Model of a Modern Major General - Pirates of Penzance

I'm actually amazed at the number of couples who chose James Blunt's "You're Beautiful" as their wedding song. I read a survey where it was the top wedding song about a year ago. I mean really, it's about a man who sees his ex girlfriend with another man and knows he's never going to be with her. I don't get it.

Wanted to clarify one thing:
- The song I walked down the aisle to was "Apotheosis" from Tschaikovsky's "Sleeping Beauty" (absolutely gorgeous if you have never heard it).
- Our walk down the aisle as husband and wife was, "Ode to Joy" from Beethoven's 9th Symphony.
- Our first dance was to "I've Got You Under My Skin".

I second tinmo on writing out lyrics, please.

1. Wedding song - "Moon River," although I know the S. O. would prefer Brad Fiedel's "Come to Me" the theme from Fright Night (Instrumental) (no really. It's his favorite song ever.)
2. Funeral Song - "Les Parapluies de Cherbourg." Hopefully it will rain during my funeral.
3. Bullpen Song - "My Heart Will Go on" because it's incongruous and such a moment calls for major cheese.
4. I am really feeling Dylan's "Master's of War" lately, also very fond of the lyrics for "Blue" (from the end of CB. I am in a very CB mood lately) and also the bits of "Memory" that are actually stolen from T. S. Eliot poems, although that's probably cheating.

Wanted to clarify one thing:
- The song I walked down the aisle to was "Apotheosis" from Tschaikovsky's "Sleeping Beauty" (absolutely gorgeous if you have never heard it).
- Our walk down the aisle as husband and wife was, "Ode to Joy" from Beethoven's 9th Symphony.
- Our first dance was to "I've Got You Under My Skin".

I second tinmo on writing out lyrics, please.

1. wedding song - i can't believe that nobody has mentioned 'at last,' by etta james. just an incredible vocal and beautiful lyrics.
2. funeral song - 'on eagle's wings,' just like for the 'makes me tear up' comment diversion. it still does, almost fifteen years after my dad's funeral.
3. bullpen song - 'london's burning,' the clash. or just about anything else from that first album.
4. lyrics - can't think of any offhand...sorry.

Apologies--some sort of server issue to I of course tried to repost and there are now multiple copies of my second comment. Idiot me.

1. Wedding Song: "Drift Away" by Dobie Gray (not the shitty new version by whothehellever, the original--this was our actual first dance song)

2. Funeral Song: the Ani DiFranco version of "Amazing Grace," or "Love is Blindness" by Cassandra Wilson

3. Bullpen Song: "Bidibodi Bidibou" (yes, the one from Super Troopers) by Bubbles--hey, it's my pretending-I'm-in-a-Porche-going-150-on-the-Autobahn song

4. Favorite song lyrics: "Regular Guy" by Bif Naked. It's just fun. Shut up! Stop laughing at me!

Wedding Song - I've Got the World on a String - Frank Sinatra. A boyfriend and I once made a list of songs not to have played at your wedding such as the Sid Vicious version of My Way

I am married and, like thousands before us, we danced to At Last by Etta James. WIMPS!

Funeral Song - I Don't Want to Live on the Moon sung by Jim Henson as Ernie

Bullpen Song - American Woman by The Guess Who OR Love Rears Its Ugly Head by Living Color, but the latter is more my "perform (well) in a stadium song"

Lyrics - Natalie Merchant - Life Is Sweet

1. Wedding Song: "Something" by The Beatles would have been lovely, but the song that the hubby and I actually equate with the wedding is "Volcano" by Jimmy Buffet. We were married in Vegas and the reception was at Margaritaville. There ya' go.
2. Funeral Song: "Yellow Ledbetter" by Pearl Jam. I don't know why other than some people say that song reminds them of me and it sounds melancholy.
3. Bullpen Song: "B.O.B." by Outkast. I have to shake my ass everytime I hear that song. Energizing!
4. Favorite song lyrics: I love the lyrics in "I Believe in a Thing Called Love" by The Darkness. 'I wanna kiss you every minute, every hour, every daaaay! You got me in a spin but everything is a-okaaaayy! Touchin' yoooooouuu! Touchin' meeeee.'

Henry:

We're planning my best friend's wedding right now and she wants to dance to At Last. I know it is a gorgeous song, but...no. I am going to try to talk her out of it. I'm the last person who would ever shun something because it was too popular or overused- if you like it you like it- but one of the main themes we're going for in the wedding is making it completely unique and "her." The music is one of the most important, if not THE most important element of this wedding and I just dont want anything for her that's been done a thousand times before.

Oh, and I think I came up with my own "Bullpen" song. Tom Petty, Runnin' Down a Dream. It's those opening guitar riffs that always get me.

Henry:

We're planning my best friend's wedding right now and she wants to dance to At Last. I know it is a gorgeous song, but...no. I am going to try to talk her out of it. I'm the last person who would ever shun something because it was too popular or overused- if you like it you like it- but one of the main themes we're going for in the wedding is making it completely unique and "her." The music is one of the most important, if not THE most important element of this wedding and I just dont want anything for her that's been done a thousand times before.

Oh, and I think I came up with my own "Bullpen" song. Tom Petty, Runnin' Down a Dream. It's those opening guitar riffs that always get me.

Went back and since y'all wanted some lyrics--

Jeff Buckley's "Lover you should have come over"--some good lines--
It's never over/my kingdom for a kiss upon her shoulder
It's never over/all my riches for her smile when I slept so soft against her
It's never over/all my blood for the sweetness of her laughter
It's never over/she is a tear that hangs inside my soul forever...

etc...

and Cohen's "I'm your man"
The moon's too bright/the chain's too tight/the beast won't fall asleep
I've been running through these promises to you that I've made and could not keep
But a man never got a woman back/not by begging on his knees
I'd crawl to you baby and I'd fall at your feet
I'd howl at your beauty like a dog in heat
I'd claw at your heart and I'd tear at your sheet, I'd say please...I'm your man...

Wedding Song: "So Happy Together" - The Turtles
Funeral Song: "Across the Universe" - Fiona Apple
Bullpen Song: "Dancing Queen" - ABBA
Favorite Lyrics: "Stephanie Says" - Velvet Underground

wedding: "If I ain't got you" the alicia keyes & usher version only released in the UK. their voices are perfect on this song and the first time I heard it I had to pull over to the side of the road and call my fiance, telling him I'd found "our song."

funeral: "Another one bites the dust"-Queen

bullpen: "Lose Yourself"-eminem or "drrrty"-Christina Aguilera, two random songs that always get me amped up.
lyrics: "Don't give me songs, Give me something to sing about"-Something to Sing about

1. wedding song - i can't believe that nobody has mentioned 'at last,' by etta james. just an incredible vocal and beautiful lyrics.
2. funeral song - 'on eagle's wings,' just like for the 'makes me tear up' comment diversion. it still does, almost fifteen years after my dad's funeral.
3. bullpen song - 'london's burning,' the clash. or just about anything else from that first album.
4. lyrics - can't think of any offhand...sorry.

Wedding: "Naive Melody" by Talking Heads. It makes me feel blissfully in love.

Funeral: "Wrapped in Grey" by XTC, as a heartfelt message to all my survivors. Andy Partridge is brilliant.

Bullpen: "Pressure Drop" as performed by the Clash. It's currently being used in a car commercial. I fucking hate that.

Favorite lyrics? Right now it's "Lip Service," Elvis Costello; in particular the line, "Don't act like you're above me--just look at your shoes."

(Guess my age! Go on, guess!)

Wedding Song: "Naive Melody" Talking Heads
Funeral Song: "Angel Band" (performed by AKUS) & Get Up Offa That Thing (James Brown)
Bullpen Song: The opening riffs of "Barracuda" (Heart)
Favorite Lyrics: Piano Fire (Sparklehorse)

Wedding: "What a difference a day made," Dinah Washington
Funeral: "I'll be seeing you," Frank Sinatra
Bullpen: "Highway to Hell," ACDC
Lyrics: "Queen Bitch," David Bowie (Bibbety Bobbety Hat. That's all I have to say) or the "59th Street bridge song," Simon and Garfunkel (Hello Lamp post, whatcha knowing...)

Wedding: "Naive Melody" by Talking Heads. It makes me feel blissfully in love.

Funeral: "Wrapped in Grey" by XTC, as a heartfelt message to all my survivors. Andy Partridge is brilliant.

Bullpen: "Pressure Drop" as performed by the Clash. It's currently being used in a car commercial. I fucking hate that.

Favorite lyrics? Right now it's "Lip Service," Elvis Costello; in particular the line, "Don't act like you're above me--just look at your shoes."

(Guess my age! Go on, guess!)

Wedding: Crossroads by Don McLean
Funeral: I still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For by U2
Bullpen Song: Um, Centerfield? John Foggerty? Any takers on that one? No? Too damn bad. It's good.
Lyrics: Whew tough one. The two greatest lyrics of all time are:
"You do the kind of stuff that only Prince would sing about."
-and-
"Smoked the day's last cigarette remembering what she said."
But a song that I like the lyrics all the way through, as a top lyrics song, hmm. Gotta go with "A Talk with George" by Jonathan Coulton.

OH, and the bastard earlier who picked Sunday Mornin' Comin' down for his funeral song, that should have been mine dammit. GREAT CHOICE.

Wedding Song: Neutral Milk Hotel - In the Aeroplane Over the Sea

what a beautiful face i have found in this place...

Funeral: Smog - Dress Sexy at my Funeral

dress sexy at my funeral, my good wife/for the first time in your life/wear your blouse undone to here/and your skirt split up to there

Bullpen: Queen - Don't Stop Me Now

Lyrics: Matthew Good - Avalanche

Wedding song:
"At Last" - Etta James
Cliche, I know, but I'm having trouble coming up with this one. I'd really prefer the wedding song to be something special/significant for both of us, and seeing as how I have not met the lady yet, I really can not say.

Funeral song:
"Always Look On The Bright Side Of Life" - Monty Python
I want my funeral to be well-attended, bittersweet fun.

Bullpen song:
"Attack" - Joe Satriani
This song kicks ass and would be the harbinger of much athletic ass-kicking by me.

Lyrics:
"One Angry Dwarf And Two Hundred Solemn Faces" - Ben Folds Five
I'm sure I could come up with something more poetic, but I gotta trot out the Ben Folds here...it is my dream karaoke song after all.

Wedding: Well, since the odds of my having a traditional ceremony are small, I'm going to go with first dance at the after-party, which would be Stevie Wonder "I Believe" (and yes, it is High Fidelity inspired)

Funeral: Iz "Somewhere Over the Rainbow", the same song played when we spread my grandfather's ashes, followed by a day of drinking and remembering. Can't think of a better way to go out.

Bullpen: Stone Temple Pilots "Vaseline", starts slow and then crescendos into a great rock song.

Lyrics: Depends on the mood. Right now I'm at work, so I have to go with Reel Big Fish "Fuck Off". Catch me at a better time and it would be different

"Well first of all,
I'd like to say, Fuck off, fuck off, fuck off, fuck off
If you don't get it why don't you go shove your head back up your ass
And don't waste my time,
I don't need your opinion. No"

Wedding: Well, since the odds of my having a traditional ceremony are small, I'm going to go with first dance at the after-party, which would be Stevie Wonder "I Believe" (and yes, it is High Fidelity inspired)

Funeral: Iz "Somewhere Over the Rainbow", the same song played when we spread my grandfather's ashes, followed by a day of drinking and remembering. Can't think of a better way to go out.

Bullpen: Stone Temple Pilots "Vasoline", starts slow and then crescendos into a great rock song.

Lyrics: Depends on the mood. Right now I'm at work, so I have to go with Reel Big Fish "Fuck Off". Catch me at a better time and it would be different

"Well first of all,
I'd like to say, Fuck off, fuck off, fuck off, fuck off
If you don't get it why don't you go shove your head back up your ass
And don't waste my time,
I don't need your opinion. No"

Wedding song:
"At Last" - Etta James
Cliche, I know, but I'm having trouble coming up with this one. I'd really prefer the wedding song to be something special/significant for both of us, and seeing as how I have not met the lady yet, I really can not say.

Funeral song:
"Always Look On The Bright Side Of Life" - Monty Python
I want my funeral to be well-attended, bittersweet fun.

Bullpen song:
"Attack" - Joe Satriani
This song kicks ass and would be the harbinger of much athletic ass-kicking by me.

Lyrics:
"One Angry Dwarf And Two Hundred Solemn Faces" - Ben Folds Five
I'm sure I could come up with something more poetic, but I gotta trot out the Ben Folds here...it is my dream karaoke song after all.

Wedding: Talking Heads- This must be the place
Funeral: Modest Mouse - Float On
Bullpin: The Hives - Hate to I told you so
Lyric: The Calendar Hung Itself - Bright Eyes

"Does he kiss your eyelids in the morning when you start to raise your head?
And does he sing to you incessantly from the space between your bed and wall?
Does he walk around all day at school with his feet inside your shoes?
Looking down every few steps to pretend he walks with you."

It makes me long for my melodramatic youth :oP

Wedding: "Let's Stay Together" Al Green-so joyful and i like that it starts the marriage out on a positive note.

Funeral-"Lonesome Road" James Taylor. Clearly i want people to bawl at my funeral. I'm dead, damnit-they should.

Bullpen-this one's hard. I am not in any way athletic so maybe Kanye's Stronger? ("That which don't kill me can only make me stronger") That's if i don't get killed by a stray ball/bat/rugby stick/whatever sport I'm "playing"

Lyrics: Fiona Apple's "Parting Gift"-it's even better when you hear her sing it. It's a lilting rhythm that adds to the lyrics.
I bet you could never tell
That I knew you didn't know me that well
It is my fault you see
You never learned that much from me

Oh you silly stupid pastime of mine
You were always good for a rhyme
And from the first, to the last time, the signs
Said 'Stop' - but we went on whole-hearted
It ended bad, but I love what we started
It said 'Stop' - but we went on whole-hearted
It ended bad, but I love what we started

I took off my glasses
While you were yelling at me once more than once
So as not to see you see me react
Should've put 'em, should've put 'em on again
So I could see you see me sincerely yelling back

I bet your fortressed face
Belied your fort of lace
It is by the grace of me
You never learned what I could see

Wedding: Night and Day (sung by Ella Fitzgerald)
Funeral: Ave Maria (Bach/Gounod composition)
Bullpen: Killer Queen
Lyric: no idea. seriously.

1. Wedding song--we did dance to Glen Miller's "Moonlight Serenade," but if I could do it over I'd have Buena Vista Social Club's "Dos Gardenias."

2. Stephen Paulus' "Pilgrim's Hymn" -- Even though it's a Christian hymn and I'm Jewish, it's just so comforting.

3. Probably "Eye of the Tiger." Why not be cliche?

4. These days my favorite lyrics are probably The Cure's "Catch" --And she used to fall down a lot
That girl was always falling
Again and again
And I used to sometimes try to catch her
But never even caught her name.

I think it's because I'm clumsy.

Wedding Song: "Amazed" by Lonestar
Funeral Song: "Moonlight Serenade" by Glenn Miller
Bullpen Song: "Cum On Feel The Noize" by Quiet Riot
Favorite Lyrics: "I Burn For You" by Sting

Wedding Song: "Amazed" by Lonestar
Funeral Song: "Moonlight Serenade" by Glenn Miller
Bullpen Song: "Cum On Feel The Noize" by Quiet Riot
Favorite Lyrics: "I Burn For You" by Sting

Sorry for the multiple post...the link went haywire.

1. Wedding: "My Dearest Darling" by Etta James
2. Funeral: "Born on a train" Magnetic Fields
3. Bullpen: "Since U Been Gone" because, come on people...
4. Lyrics: "Divorce Song", Liz Phair-
"And when I asked for a separate room, it was late at night, and we'd been driving since noon.
But if I'd known how that would sound to you, I would have stayed in your bed, for the rest of my life just to prove I was right,
that it's harder to be friends than lovers,
and you shouldn't try to mix the two.
Cause if you do it and you're still unhappy, then you know that the problem is you.
And it's true that I stole your lighter.
And it's also true that I lost the map.
But when you said that I wasn't worth talking to, I had to take your word on that.
But if you'd known how that would sound to me,
you would have taken it back,
and boxed it up and buried it in the ground.
Boxed it up and buried it in the ground,
boxed it up and buried it in the ground.
Burned it up and thrown it away.
And the license said you had to stick around until I was dead.
Well if you're tired of looking at my face I guess I already am...."

Wedding: Under Heaven's Skies--Collective Soul

Funeral: Tobaco Y Chanel--Bacilos

Anthem: St. Elmo's Fire--John Parr

Lyrics: Both Hands--Ani DiFranco

Wedding: Under Heaven's Skies--Collective Soul

Funeral: Tobaco Y Chanel--Bacilos

Anthem: St. Elmo's Fire--John Parr

Lyrics: Both Hands--Ani DiFranco

Wedding: Under Heaven's Skies--Collective Soul

Funeral: Tobaco Y Chanel--Bacilos

Anthem: St. Elmo's Fire--John Parr

Lyrics: Both Hands--Ani DiFranco

Wedding song: Into My Arms (Nick Cave, only one of THE MOST ROMANTIC SONGS EVER, seriously, it makes me cry it's so gorgeous)
Funeral Song: All Is Full of Love by Bjork
Bullpen Song: Sandstorm by Darude because it always pumps me up
Favorite Lyrics: Combichrist: "I will fist-fuck your brain till I'm smiling again" (just because it is so deliciously evil)

This is all but impossible.

I am sure if you were to ask tomorrow I would have a list that wouldn't at all resemble what I would have come up with if asked yesterday. Whatevs, here's todays:

Wedding: Sweet Little Angel - BB King

Funeral: Push Th' Little Daisies - Ween

Bullpen: Stop Breaking Down - White Stripes

Lyrics: Oh just about any Dylan song ever. But for the moment I'll go with...

Idiot wind, blowing through the buttons of our coats
Blowing through the letters that we wrote.
Idiot wind, blowing through the dust upon our shelves,
We're idiots, babe.
It's a wonder we can even feed ourselves.

1) I hate weddings. Even hated my own. so...
"Fuck Shit Up" by the Blatz - I'd love to see a Formal Attire Mosh Pit, or "Crazy Lover" by Henry Rollins

2) Funeral: I don't know, I won't be there.

3) Anthem: "Working Man" by Rush because it's a long-ass song with AWESOME guitar.

4) Lyric: "Ne me quitte pas" by Jacques Brel - translated: at the end of the song, after he's told her how much she shouldn't leave him and how much she will come back to him and how things will be great again, he crys (seriously, the recording I have has him choking back tears) "I want to be your dog/I want to be the shadow of your dog" COME ON. Any guy says that to me and he's in my pants FOREVER.

Wedding song: Into My Arms (Nick Cave, only one of THE MOST ROMANTIC SONGS EVER, seriously, it makes me cry it's so gorgeous)
Funeral Song: All Is Full of Love by Bjork
Bullpen Song: Sandstorm by Darude because it always pumps me up
Favorite Lyrics: Combichrist: "I will fist-fuck your brain till I'm smiling again" (just because it is so deliciously evil)

1. "At the Beginning," which is the song played over the credits during the animated version of Anastasia. Shut up. It's a beautiful movie, and a beautiful song. I hate the way that it's sung, though, so I'd have to have people sing it live.

2. Assuming I just dropped dead this minute, "Song of Purple Summer" by Duncan Sheik. Life goes on, and everything will be good again.

3. "Don't Stop Believing" without a doubt. It's cliché, but no song pumps me up more.

Lyric: From Scissor Sisters "It Can't Come Quickly Enough," the line "We knew all the answers and we shouted them like anthems." I have no idea why.

1. "A Kiss to Build a Dream On" - Louis Armstrong
2. "Modlitwa (Francois Villon)" - Bulat Okudzawa
3. What's a bullpen?
4. Too many, but prolly the Modlitwa now that I'm thinking of it.

Wedding: "Crash into Me" by Dave Matthews Band

Funeral: "Opus 36" by Dustin O'Halloran

Anthem: Oddly enough, "Climbing Uphill" from "The Last Five Years", specifically the "I am a good person, I'm an attractive person, I am a talented person. Grant me grace" part

Lyrics: "I believe my life's gonna see the love I give returned to me"-John Mayer, "Wheel"

Wedding Song: Strawberry by Paul Baribeau
Funeral Song: When the Stars Go Blue by Ryan Adams
Bullpen Song: uhhh.
Lyrics: Anything by Spoon. Or, Strawberry by Paul Baribeau (same as above) total perfection.

To say that you are cute,
Would be like saying a strawberry is sweet,
'Cause a strawberry has secret flavors that are sharp, and tart, and red, and deep,
And i would love to find you growing wild out by the woods,
i would make a basket with the front of my t-shirt,
and take home as many of you as I could,
And to say that you are pretty,
Would be like saying that the ocean is blue,
Cause the ocean is full of all kinds of colors,
and I see all kinds of things when I look at you,
and I want to explore you
With my tenni shoes off
Standing ankle deep in a tide pool,
with my khaki pants rolled up,
and to say that you are funny would be like saying that the night sky is black,
Cause the night sky is filled with stars and comets and planets that no one has seen yet,
And i want to look at you,
Lying down on my front lawn,
I'll try to take you all in at once, but you just go on and on and on

Wedding: You're the One - Shane McGowan and Maire Brennan, cause I'm Irish and also kind of a sap.
Funeral: Last goodbye - Jeff Buckley, cuase its sad, but it rocks too.
Bullpen: Gotta go with Killer Queen, cause who does stadium rock better than Queen?
Lyrics: Thats pretty damn difficult for me to choose. Right now, paying my hipster dues, I like whatever the Hold Steady does.

Wedding - Wouldn't it be Nice - beach boys
Funeral - No idea, don't really mind.
Bullpen - Eye of the Tiger
Lyrics - 'till I Die - Brian Wilson

1. "Hotel Yorba" - The White Stripes

2. "My Way" - Sex Pistols Version

3. "Curmudgeon - Nirvana

4. "Neighborhood #1 (Tunnels) - The Arcade Fire

Wedding- Something by The Beatles. Yes, yes, cliched. But Frank Sinatra called it the most beautiful love song of all time. If it's good enough for Frank, it's good enough for me.

Funeral- One of these Things First by Nick Drake. I refer to it as the suicide song because it's so damn sad. Or- Another One Bites the Dust by Queen because I'm one sick person.

Bull Pen- Wearing and Tearing by Led Zeppelin. That batter is going to crap his cleats when I run out to the mound!

Lyrics- I'm going through a Rush phase:

A modern-day warrior
Mean mean stride,
Todays Tom Sawyer
Mean mean pride.

There is no f@*!ing drummer better than Neil Peart!- Chester Cheetah

1. Wedding Song: "Here I Am (Come and Take Me)" Al Green

2. Funeral Song: "Sympathy for the Devil" The Rolling Stones

3. Anthem: "And She Was" Talking Heads

4. Lyrics: "Angel from Montgomery" Bonnie Raitt "If dreams were thunder and lighting desire, this old house would have burnt down a long time ago."
Or
"Extraordinary Machine" Fiona Apple "If there was a better way to go then it would find me."

Wedding: Let's Get Lost - Chet Baker
Funeral: Who Wants to Live Forever - Queen
Anthem: Suffragette City - David Bowie

Lyrics: Los Angeles, I'm Yours - the Decemberists
Third verse:
"Oh what a rush of ripe elan
Languor on divans
Dalliant and dainty
But oh, the smell of burnt cocaine
The dolor and decay
It only makes me cranky
Oh great calamity,
Ditch of iniquity and tears
How I abhor this place
Its sweet and bitter taste
Has left me wretched, retching on all fours
Los Angeles, I'm yours"

Wedding: "Power of Two" - Indigo Girls

Funeral: "Golden Slumbers/Carry That Weight/In The End" - The Beatles

Bullpen: "Don't Stop Me Now" - Queen

Favorite Lyrics: Gah, I'd need days for this! Right now it's "Red Rabbits" - The Shins. Another favorite is "Take It Easy(Love Nothing)" - Bright Eyes.

Wedding: "I Will Follow You Into the Dark" by Death Cab for Cutie
Funeral: "Cosmic Dancer" by T. Rex
Bullpen: "Genesis" by Justice
Lyric: The whole song is pretty killer, but I love the line "Peel all of the layers off, I want to eat your artichoke heart" in "Atoms for Peace" by Thom Yorke.

1)Wedding: "The Nearness of You" Norah Jones
2)Funeral: "If I Ever Leave This World Alive" Flogging Molly
3)Bullpen: "Rock the Casbah" The Clash
4)Fav Lyrics "Hold You in My Arms" Ray LaMontagne

1. Wedding Song: "Something" by The Beatles(but the cover by Jim Sturgess from Across the Universe)
2. Funeral Song: "Rise Up with Fists" by Jenny Lewis
3. Bullpen Song: "No More Fun and Games" by The Game
4. Favorite Lyrics: "Drink water and gold dust and live on impatience" Firecracker by Lisa Loeb

Jen, I totally know that French song. We sang it in my high school French class.

1. I was married last Sunday and we played "More Today Than Yesterday" by The Spiral Staircase for the recessional, and "Faithfully" by Journey for the first dance. (I know, I know power ballad...shut up)

2. Funeral..."Bittersweet Symphony" by the Verve

3. Bullpen "In the Shadows" by The Rasmus because it get me absurdly pumped

4. Lyrics...

I'm fond of Say Anything's "Admit It" and A Perfect Circle's "Three Libras"

I'm a cheater, picking two all the time...so many choices!

Wedding:"Let's Stay Together" by Al Green

Funeral: "Moon River"

Bullpen: "Hypnotize" Notorious B.I.G.

Lyrics: "But why'd you have to break all my heart
Couldn't you have saved a little bit of it? Why'd you have to break all my heart? Couldn't you have saved a minor part? I could have clipped and saved and planted in the garden. Damn you guess I'll have to get a new one." Rufus Wainwright

1. Wedding: Dance Me to the End of Love - Madeleine Peyroux
I kind of can't believe no one else has mentioned a song by her. Her voice is incredible. Also, maybe Coffee and TV by Blur. It probably depends on the man.

2. Funeral: There Is a Light That Never Goes Out - The Smiths
Fabulously depressing. Morrissey should be a requirement at all funerals, I think.

3. Bullpen: Everytime We Touch - Cascada
Because it is hilarious and ridiculous, and I love it despite its inexplicably misspelled title. Plus I feel like as the first female pitcher in the major leagues, they'd want me to have a sort of girly gimmick anyway.

4. Lyric: "We could be happy//we could be free//we don't make out//or fall in love//I found music//and he found me." (Music Is My Boyfriend - The Hidden Cameras)

wedding: "midnight train"- tom waits
funeral: "petites gouttes d'eau"- tindersticks
bullpen: "indestructible"- rancid
lyrics: "you're a bum/ you're a punk/ you're an old slut on junk/ lying there almost dead on a drip/ in that bed/ you scum bag/ you maggot/ you cheap lousy faggot/ Happy Christmas your arse/ I pray god/ it's our last" - the pogues- fairytale of new york

first post! ppptthpt

Wedding Song: International You Day by No Use for a Name
Funeral Song: American Pie by Don McLean
Bullpen: uhh... After the Eulogy by Boy Sets Fire?
Favorite Lyrics: no idea.

Wedding Song: "Gypsy" - Suzanne Vega
Funeral Song: "Hope There's Someone" - Antony and the Johnsons
Bullpen Song: "Faster" - Third Eye Blind
Favorite Lyric: "I've been blessed with a birth and a death and I guess I just want some say in between." - Ani Difranco

Wedding: "Is This Love?" Bob Marley
Funeral: always joked it'd be "One Step Beyond" by Madness (like in the movie "High Fidelity"), but final answer: "The Lady is a Tramp" Ella Fitzgerald
Bullpen: lately it's been "Wild Sex (in the Working Class)" Oingo Boingo
Fave lyrics: too many, including a chunk of Joy Division (will Pajiba review "Control"?)
"Generation" Black Rebel Motorcycle Club
"Get Up, Stand Up" Bob Marley
"Rise" Primal Scream:
A life of work, is a life of crime
You pay your taxes, you serve your time
All that money, where does it go?
Schools, prisons, hospitals, roads
Government funding of military science
Genetically engineered ultraviolent
DNA, killer genes
To program microchips, marines
See stealth bombers and tomahawks
On CNN, pay-per-view war

I think I'm ready to rebel & riot.
And after reading the above responses, I'm now going to have to look into Paul Baribeau and others!

1. Near You Always - Jewel (FUCK YOU I LOVE THAT SONG AND THERE'S NOTHING YOU CAN DO ABOUT IT)
2. I've thought about this a lot, and I have three picks: That's How I Knew This Story Would Break My Heart by Aimee Mann, Hoppipola by Sigur Ros and Motion Picture Soundtrack by Radiohead.
3. Step Aside - Sleater-Kinney

I'm blanking on the favourite lyric, but for some reason a line from Cannonball Days by Ryan Adams just sounds good to me right now: "So bottoms up, cheers/Baby here's to your tears". It just rhymes nicely.

Actually forgot this one - for when I'm walking down the aisle with my family. This has been my plan for years
Send in the Clowns (instrumental only)

1. Les Champs Élysées by Joe Dassin
2. Night Windows by The Weakerthans
3. Helter Skelter by the Beatles
4. "And we know who we should love/ but we're never certain how" - John K. Samson of the Weakerthans

Wedding: I Only Have Eyes For You (Flamingos)
Funeral: Love Is Stronger Than Death (The The)
Bullpen: Add It Up (Violent Femmes)
Favorite: Obstacle 2 (Interpol)

1 : 'Is This Love?' Bob Marley.
2 : 'How Do I Live?' Trisha Yearwood (Weep bitches!)
3 : 'House Of Love' East 17.
4 : "But my girl wants to party all the time/party all the time/party all the time." Eddie Murphey.
Because the girl wants to party.

Wedding: Whole Wide World by Wreckless Eric
Funeral: Love Will Carry Us Along by Ian Moss
Bullpen: Welcome To The Jungle by Guns n' Roses
Lyric: "Did you exchange a walk-on part in the war/For a lead role in a cage?" Wish You Were Here, Pink Floyd

Wedding: I used "I could not ask for more" by Sara Evans. I would have used David Grey's "This Year's Love" or Dave Matthews Band - "Crush" instead.

Funeral: "Something I Still Cannot Have" - NIN or "Waiting For My Real Life To Begin" by Colin Hay

Bullpen: As a tribute to one of the best baseball movies, I would use "Wild Thing" just like in Major League. Also up for consideration is "Firestarter" - Prodigy and Offspring - "Come Out And Play".

Lyrics: Dave Matthews Band - #41
"Why don't you come into the rain and play and let the tears splash all over you?"

Bloodhound Gang - Most of the Hooray for Boobies Album. It makes a bad day so much better.

Wedding song: My ex-husband and I danced to "Your Precious Love" by Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell. Great song. Despite the crappy marriage.

Funeral song: "Moon River."

Bullpen song: "Only a Lad," by Oingo Boingo. Takes me back to high school (yes, I'm that old) and we'd sing along. "He liked to BURN things!"

Lyrics: from "Don't Think Twice, It's Alright" by Bob Dylan:

I ain't sayin' you treated me unkind.
You could've done better, but I don't mind.
You just sorta wasted my precious time.
But don't think twice, it's alright.

1. "Someone Like You" by Van Morrison
2. "The Way We Were" by Barbra Streisand (Say what you will about the movie, but the song is awesome)
3. "So Caught Up In You" by .38 Special
4. "Fields of Gold" by Sting

For anyone reading this far down:

1. Wedding Song - "First Time Love" Patti Austin (still waiting for my prince to come; he's late)
2. Funeral Song - "Another One Bites the Dust" - Queen (no sappy shit for my funeral)
3. Bullpen Song - "Hate to Say I Told You So" - the Hives
4. Lyric - "Deacon Blues" - Steely Dan:
I'll learn to work the saxophone
I'll play just what I feel
Drink scotch whisky all night long
And die behind the wheel
They got a name for the winners in the world
I want a name when I lose
They call Alabama the Crimson Tide
Call me Deacon Blues

Wedding: If I ever lose my faith in you by Sting

Funeral: Take me out by Franz Ferdinand (so if you're lonely/you know I'm here waiting for you...)/Hallelujah by Leonard Cohen/To the end by Blur

Did anyone else find it easier to think of funeral songs than wedding songs?

Bullpen: Psycho Killer by the Talking Heads

Lyric:Right now, Al Stewart's My Enemies Have Sweet Voices
...I was playing Brag in Bedlam
And the doctor would not deal
Asking me: "Why do you kneel down there bleeding?"
I answered him "Physician,
I think you would have cried
I was falling back on failure
Then failure stepped aside
And my enemies have sweet voices
Their tones are soft and kind
When I hear my heart rejoices
I do not seem to mind

I was blind side to the gutter
And Merlin happened by
Asking me "why do you lie down there bleeding?"
I answered him "Magician, as a matter of a fact
I was jumping to conclusions
And one of them jumped back
And my enemies have sweet voices..."

Wedding: "Secret Heart", Ron Sexsmith (though I like Feist's version as well).
Funeral: "Pomp & Pride", Toots & the Maytals
Bullpen: "Kamon Evribodi", Leningrad
Lyrics: "I Want You", Elvis Costello

1. Beyond the Sea - Bobby Darrin

2. Funeral - It was a Very Good Year - Frank Sinatra

3. Bullpen - Public Service Announcement - Jay-Z

4. Father and Son - Cat Stevens / Yusuf Islam.

And yeeeeesh... I read somewhere in the above comments one person said they didn't even know what a bullpen is, and another said that they thought their song would "psyche out the pitcher"... Get to know your nation's national passtime a little, for your own sake.

GO YANKS! - Joe RIP

Wedding- the song my husband and I danced to
'God Only Knows'- The Beach Boys
Funeral- 'Forever'- Dropkick Murphys
Bullpen- 'Extraordinary'- Liz Phair
Lyrics- 'Instant Karma'- John Lennon
Instant karma's gonna get you
Gonna knock you right on the head
You better get yourself together
Pretty soon you're gonna be dead

If only karma worked that quickly.

Wedding: The Rolling Stones' Wild Horses (When I was a kid, okay, like thirteen, I was convinced this song was the EPITOME of love)

Funeral: The Who Pure and Easy (if you've never heard this song, download it NOW, it's all about how the world was created with a music note and how the note's become discordant and even though it created the world, that same note can break it too. I just LOVE The Who)

Bullpen: Green Day's She's a Rebel (what can I say, I'm a fangirl)

Favorite Lyric: This is from the broadway version of Gregory McGuire's Wicked. I know some people have beef, but I just love some of those songs. So empowering as only Broadway can be.

And if I'm flying solo
At least I'm flying free
To those who'd ground me
Take a message back from me
Tell them how I am
Defying gravity
I'm flying high
Defying gravity
And soon I'll match them in renown

Wedding song: The Way You Look Tonight - Tony Bennet, because it's plinky plonky piano and sleepy rythmn combined make for a very cheesy slow dance.

Funeral Song: The Swimming Song by Loudon Wainwright. The acoustic version, with the bluesy violins. It's melancholic, but the lyrics are (to me) about life's small triumphs.

Anthem: i find competative sports and the machismo that goes with them HILARIOUS so i guess i'd go for something a bit piss-taking, like 'pump it' by black eyed peas.

Favourite lyrics: 'chelsea morning' by joni mitchell. never fails to put me in a bouyant mood - you know those perfect days when you wake up and it's such a gorgeous morning that you're in a good mood the rest of the day? that's what these lyrics do for me:
"the sun poured in like butterscotch/and stuck to all my senses.../oh! won't you stay, we'll put on the day/and we'll talk in present tenses//

Wedding: Tom Waits - Never Let go of your hand or Madness - Its must be love;
Funeral: Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds- No more shall we part or Here Comes the Sun - the Nina Simone cover;
Bullpen: I hope I am not missing the point here, but Chemical btohers - Let forever be seems suitable;
Best lyrics is really tricky for me. Gorecki - Lamb, God is in the House and Green eyes- Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds .... or Chrome and Want - Recoil.

Wedding: Bob Marley - Is This Love (getting married in May and this is the song)
Funeral: Spirit in the Sky - performed by a huge gospel choir and accompanied by a pyrotechnics display
Relief Pitching: Guns of Navarrone - The Skatalites
Lyrics:
1. "Then she opened up a book of poems and
handed it to me / Written by an Italian
poet from the fifteen century. / And
every one of them words rang true and
glowed like burning coal / Pouring off
of every page like it was written in my
soul from me to you."
-Bob Dylan, Tangled Up In Blue
2. "Fame, fame, fatal flame / It can play
hideous tricks on the brain / But still
I'd rather be famous than righteous or
holy / Any day, any day, any day."
-The Smiths, Frankly Mr. Shankly

lol, toyon, I was kidding. I know what a bullpen is.

I just don't care.

Watching paunchy men in tight leggings playing with their sticks and balls, running around in circles, spitting tobacco, scratching themselves in the dugout.... eh, I just don't get it.
Now, soccer and rugby : mmmmm, them boys are NICE to look at. All those sinewy muscles... purrrrrr.(note I would never watch a sports game b/c I actually care about the outcome. If I'm watching, it's cuz I have no choice)

Wedding: "The Comeback" Shout Out Louds - just because the fiancee and I have a little dance we do to it.



Funeral: "Sweet Dreams" La Bouche (at least for 30 seconds) then M. Ward's "To Go Home" or something of that ilk.



Bullpen: "Wayfarer" Hot Water Music - I'd be the most feared closer this side of Jonathan Papelbon.



Lyrics: "Inmates" The Good Life - Gorgeous stuff.

I have a friend who wants her first dance at her wedding to be "Rock Lobster." I can get behind that.

And another friend has a brother in the minor leagues, and his "bullpen song" used to be "Billie Jean."

Wedding Song: "Scenic World" by Beirut. It's pretty!

Funeral Song: I don't care if it's cliche, but "I will follow you into the dark" by Death Cab.

Bullpen Song: "Emily Kane" by Art Brut.

Favorite lyrics: From "The End of Medicine" by the New Pornographers:
"Somewhere in the system there's an
open-ended list of all the lies we tell
unthinking, blinking, what could we be living
is this life or is this even in the realm of possibility, You see it when you're missing who you came to see. Is this thing even on?"

So many of my picks overlap!
Okay...
Wedding: God Only Knows by TBB. I could imaging myself glowing at someone when that song got played. Not that I'd ever get married...
Funeral: Whatever wasn't too chipper by the Vince Guaraldi trio. If Charlie Brown isn't melancholy and warm, I don't know what is. Not that I'd ever die...
Ball Pen: Celebrity Skin by Hole. What's a ball pen?
Favorite lyric:"But you, my soiled teenage girlfriend/ although you furrow like a lioness/ and we are vagabonds/we travel without seatbelts on/ we live this close to death..."
Yesssss. Of course, that song would work on the wedding or funeral one as well.

1. Wedding Song: eh, I'll go with "Ain't that a Kick in the head" but to throw everyone off, the Robbie Williams version

2. Funeral Song: Telstar by the Texas Tornadoes (that's a recent change: I wanted "One Step Beyond" by Madness, but then it was mentioned in High Fidelity, making it unusable)

3. Bullpen Song: The song that should be played any time anything happens ever, "Ain't Talkin' Bout Love" by Van "Effing" Halen

4. Favorite song lyrics: For a long time, it was "You say the world is getting rid of her demons, I say 'baby what've you been smokin'?" from Upside Down by Tori Amos. More recently I might go with "A Better Son/Daughter" by Rilo Kiley

On second thought- for a bullpen song I guess I wouldn't mind Oh My Golly by The Pixies. "Ro- sa! WhoooOO-OO-ooah ROSA!" Oh yeah. Any fans that could sing along would be fans I'd like to know.

1. Wedding Song: "Our Love is Here to Stay" (the Sinatra version)
2. Funeral Song: "One for My Baby" ...also Sinatra
3. Bullpen Song: "Feeling Good" - Nina Simone
4. Favorite song lyrics: right now..."Does He Love You" by Rilo Kiley

Wedding song: Grow Old with You, Adam Sandler. Don't knock it til you've tried it.


Funeral song: My Way, Sex Pistols


Bullpen song: I Love Myself Today, Biff Naked


Favourite song lyrics: Absynthe Makes the Heart Grow Fonder, Jason Webley. Saddest song I've ever heard. Or read.

1. Teenage Dirtbag by Wheatus
2. Ventura HIghway by America
3. Flagpole Sitta by Harvey Danger
4. Silent Lucidity by Queensryche

Wedding Song: for my wedding I chose Mr. Cash doing In My Life by the Beatles. Reason number one million and four I should have known it wasn't going to work, choosing such a sad version of it. If I get married again, I think "Baby I'm Amazed" by Paul McCartney would be a good choice.

Funeral Song: Hallelujah by Jeff Buckley

Bullpen Song: Lose Yourself by Eminem

Favorite Song Lyric: Well, currently going through the break up, I'd have to go with Counting Crows: "I can look into your eyes and see the mess we're in/Well darling if shit came out/Well I suppose that shit went in"

Was there a funeral song/reading diversion already? That would rock!

1. Wedding Song: My husband and I danced to "Steady as We Go" by Dave Matthews Band (we got married in Mexico and had to rely on a CD that a friend bought... it was still pretty)

2. Funeral: "Keep Me in Your Heart"- Warren Zevon

3. Bullpen: I have no idea, I am so uncoordinated, I would probably trip and fall as I was running out... so, "I Will Survive" by Cake

4. Red Headed Stranger - Willie Nelson
"Don't cross him, don't boss him
He's wild in his sorrow
He's ridin' an' hidin' his pain
Don't fight him, don't spite him
Just wait till tomorrow
Maybe he'll ride on again."
- in memory of my uncle, who loved that so much.
or the lyrics to "You are my Sunshine" for my daughter who died this August at 4 months old. Especially this part:
"The other night dear,as I lay sleeping
I dreamt I held you in my arms
When I awoke dear, I was mistaken
Please don't take my sunshine away."

Wedding song: Ban Marriage by the Hidden Cameras

Funeral Song: There Is A Place In Hell For Me And My Friends by Morrissey

Bullpen: This Town Ain't Big Enough For Both Of Us by Sparks

Lyrics: Rubber Ring by The Smiths

Wedding: Cheap Trick, "I Want You to Want Me". It's upbeat and I know it'd make her laugh.

Funeral: Annie Lennox, "Into the West" off the Return of the King soundtrack. I wave my geek flag to the very end, LOTR-hate be damned.

Bullpen: Andrew W.K., "Ready to Die."

Lyric - fuck, this is the tough one. Ummm ... "when I am king / you will be first against the wall," Radiohead.

1. Wedding: Home, Rose Cousins. Sorry, this is obscure but lovely

2. Funeral: Don't Stop Believin, Journey

3. Anthem: Shakedown by Bob Seger

4. Lyric: Chocolate Jesus, Tom Waits

1. Wedding: Every Little Thing She Does - The Police
2. Funeral: Spirit in the Sky - Dc Talk
3. Bullpen: America - Neil Diamond
4. Lyrics: Right Hand Man - Joan Osborne "Let me use your toothbrush, have you got a clean shirt? My panties in a wad, at the bottom of my purse. I walk into the street, the airs so cool, I'm wired and I'm tired, and I'm grinnin' like a fool"

All good songs, but none of them as good as Bright Spark's "Where's My Bloody Valentine Card?"
You can find their one and only single on myspace.



"I want to get engaged,

I realized last night in a drunken rage.

Your dead-good at sex

And cooking me tea.

Don't tell me no

When I ask you to marry me."

Hmmm.....

1. I have one pick for a wedding song: Power of Two by the Indigo Girls

2. Funeral - Death Came a Knockin' by The Duhks

3. I don't have an anthem

4. For pure, silly, sing-a-long fun I would have to go with Shoop by Salt-n-Pepa but for lyrics that touch me every time it is Love at the Five and Dime by Nanci Griffith and Darius Rucker (yeah, Hootie)

Rita was sixteen years
Hazel eyes and chestnut hair
She made the Woolworth counter shine

And Eddie was a sweet romancer
And a darn good dancer
And they waltzed the aisles of the five and dime

And they'd sing
Dance a little closer to me
Hey, dance a little closer now
Dance a little closer tonight

Dance a little closer to me
Hey, it's closing time
And love's on sale
Tonight at this five and dime

Eddie played the steel guitar
And his mama cried 'cause he played in the bars
And he kept young Rita out late at night

Soon they married up in Abelene
Lost a child in Tennessee
But still that love survived

And they'd sing
Dance a little closer to me
Hey, dance a little closer now
Dance a little closer tonight

One of the boys in Eddie's band
Took a shine to Rita's hand
So , Eddie ran off with the bass man's wife

Oh, but he was back by June
Singin' a different tune
Sporting Miss Rita back by his side

And they'd sing
Dance a little closer to me
Hey, dance a little closer now
Dance a little closer tonight

Eddie played in the barroom band
'Til arthritis took his hands
Now he sells insurance on the side

And Rita's got her house to keep
She sells dime store novels with a love so sweet
And they dance to the radio late at night and still sing

And they'd sing
Dance a little closer to me
Hey, dance a little closer now
Dance a little closer tonight

ooh! me next!

Wedding: John Lennon's "Grow Old With Me" (though I am just growing old alone at the moment)

Funeral: Talking Heads "Once in a Lifetime" (This is not my beautiful house, and I ask myself, "Well, how did I get here?")

Bullpen: Pat Benatar's "Hit Me With Your Best Shot", because that's just damn funny...

and favorite lyrics? Groucho, of course, singing Lydia The Tattooed Lady:

Lydia oh Lydia, that encyclopidia,
Oh Lydia the Queen of Tattoo.
On her back is the Battle of Waterloo.
Beside it the wreck of the Hesperus, too.
And proudly above waves the Red, White, and Blue,
You can learn a lot from Lydia.

1. Wedding Song: "Love Don't Need A Reason" written by Peter Allen.
2. Funeral Song: "Ashitaka and San" by Joe Hisaishi.
3. Bullpen Song: "Through to Sunrise" by Girlyman.
4. Favorite song lyrics: Anything by Leonard Cohen. I'm serious here.

1 Wedding: Kissing You by DesRee
2. Funeral: Out of This World by The Cure and Pennies From Heaven by ??? It's on the Elf soundtrack...
3. Bullpen: Anything, Anything by Dramarama
4. Lyrics: Singin My Song by Christina Aguilera. Love her or hate her, the lyrics to that song kept me up and running when I was going through some heinous times.

Love you Pajiba!!!

Wedding: "Love's Recovery" by the Indigo Girls
Funeral: Maybe "Video" by Ben Folds Five
Bullpen: "On the Border" by the Eagles
Favorite song lyrics: Too many to count, so I'll go with the first line that came to mind: "I guess they can't revoke your soul for tryin'"

Soft Picasso by Vic Chesnutt

It was a modern love affair completely cool and casual

They hardly knew each other was there

Both of them had their own getting off to do

They had to dream about their own self when they were through

But the modern girl was elated with what the revolution gave her

Since she was liberated she could have anything that striked her fancy

And she fancied quite a bit

if it felt good she did it

And she did it every chance she could get

With her main modern man and otherwise

And her taste wasn't limited to just modern guys

Since another modern girl showed her that modern girls know how to hold her

And after she had her eyes opened all her old close friends started getting closer

And new friends weren't that far, far away

but the modern man he just wasn't so lucky

being shook from his usual role as the heartbreaker

He was completely battered and bewildered

when he actually started in feeling something for her

And he discovered a new emotion when they stopped ending up together as frequently

And when he finally confronted her with the question

had she been bedding down with others in the periphery without him

And she replied "Hell yes! ain't it funny!"

so view the modern man

looking looking looking like a soft soft Picasso

he's there with his head in his hand

repeating to himself an epigram

"Live by the scam, die by the scam."

Wedding: Hard to imagine, but how about Blood Sweat and Tears' "You Make Me So Very Happy"
Funeral: "Farewell Transmission" by Songs: Ohia
Bullpen: Great fun, this question. Current Indians setup man Rafael Betancourt uses an amazing one, the White Stripes' version of "Conquest." I can't steal that one, but DMX's Ruff Ryders Anthem ("Stop, Drop, Roll") is probably unfit for the public at a stadium. Maybe "Less Talk More Rokk" by Freezepop or "Grip Like a Vice" by The Go! Team
Lyric: Pink Floyd's "Time" STILL gets to me.

If I pitched for the Phillies it would be "Philadelphia Freedom" no doubt.

1. Wedding Song: "You Do Something To Me" by Ella Fitzgerald
2. Funeral Song: "Who Knows Where The Time Goes" by Sandy Denny
3. Bullpen Song: "One Way Or Another" by Blondie
4. Favorite song lyrics: "The Art Teacher" by Rufus Wainwright

1. Etta James doing 'At Last' and during the sweet violin intro, everyone had to wait in breathless anticipation until Etta's voice swept in with 'Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat last' and the doors swung open and there I was in all my bridalry
2. Eva Cassidy's 'I Know You By Heart' and then everyone will cry
3. DEFINITELY 'Eye of the Tiger'
4. Ahhhhh, most things Dave Matthews ever wrote. Things like 'Rapunzel' and 'Stay' and 'Crush' and 'Where Are You Going' and 'Steady As We Go' and 'Space Between' and 'Oh' and 'Baby' and 'Angel' and 'Sleep to Dream Her' and 'Grey Blue Eyes' (even though mine are green) and 'Stay or Leave' and 'Crash Into Me'...you see what I mean? The man writes a love song like nobody else.

Wedding song: In your eyes by Peter Gabriel

Funeral Song: Hymn to Her by the Pretenders or Sinead O'Conner's version of St Francis' Prayer

Bullpen:Eminem's Lose Yourself or Scissor Sisters 'I don't feel like dancing'.

Lyric: "Anna Begins" by Counting Crows (especially "everytime she sneezes I believe its love), and also (DONT LAUGH) Creed's Higher, especially "at sunrise, I try to stay asleep, 'cos I don't want to lose the comfort of this place" (always tears me up. *sigh*)

Wedding: Believe- Smashing Pumpkins (one of two Iha songs I really love)

Funeral: Sing- Dresden Dolls

Anthem: Mono- Courtney Love

Lyric: Never Gonna Be the Same- Courtney Love. It's a high school nostalgia thing.

Really, really late but I had to think about this one to reduce my choices to one each.

Wedding Procession: Not a song, but when we are allowed to marry my partner and I will process down the aisle together to J. Pachelbel's one hit wonder: The Canon in D Major, with the Gigue. Trite, overdone, and sublimely beautiful, followed by a big celebration with much drinking and dancing.

Funeral: Again, not a song, but at my funeral I simply want everyone to watch a video of Balanchine's Serenade, set to P.I. Tchaikovski's Serenade for Strings, and then go to a big celebration with much drinking and dancing.

Anthem: Bohemian Rhapsody by Queen (what I always listened to to get pumped for a performance in a past life).

Lyrics: The entire ovuere that is Bat Out of Hell, Meat Loaf et al. "She was barely sixteen and barely dressed." "Two outta three ain't bad." Indeed: "Paradise by the dashboard light."

very late to the game, but i couldn't pass on this one...for the moment:

wedding: I'm Into Something Good - Herman's Hermits
funeral: It Is Well With My Soul (sentimental, 1st song i can remember hearing my dad sing)
bullpen: Broken Face - Pixies
lyrics: Girl From the North Country - Bob Dylan

..Please see for me if her hair hangs long,
If it rolls and flows all down her breast.
Please see for me if her hair hangs long,
That's the way I remember her best.

I'm a-wonderin' if she remembers me at all.
Many times I've often prayed
In the darkness of my night,
In the brightness of my day.

So if you're travelin' in the north country fair,
Where the winds hit heavy on the borderline,
Remember me to one who lives there.
She once was a true love of mine.