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Not sure if I’ve mentioned it before, but i’m getting married in October … (whoo-hoo)

We’re having a string quartet for the actual ceremony part .. and need to get my head around songs they could play. This is civil so no religious overtone. However, I want them to do some contemporary stuff – but the problem is - what?

Not everything works in strings, and I don’t want it to be overly gimmickly or naff (Arctic Monkey’s in strings won’t work)

The only one I’ve come up with “Please, please, please let me get what I want” (and that’s probably the limit for Morrissey-references on a wedding day)

Any thoughts?

Aw, good luck hon. What about Adele's 'Daydreamer' - I love that song and the lyrics. I can't really think of anything else at the mo. I'm not good with wedding songs.

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Jarvis Cocker or David Bowie or AVB or Johnny Borrell, she isn't picky

Cavey Cocker, Cup Cake Queen, Saint Thomas.

Any help from their name? Say if they were called Sue you could play A Boy Named Sue. Er, not that I'm suggesting that your beloved is a sex change case...

Have the "pleasure" of working occassioally with a couple of string quartets, one of them have a repatois of contemp tunes. Their version of Purple Haze in truth is fucking wicked!
I'll ask em for ideas next time I cross their path.

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GREENFORD ROCK CITY!

Well, I'm sure I'd feel much worse if I weren't under such heavy sedation.

As long as there's sex and drugs, I can do without the Rock 'n' Roll....