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Did you ever have that feeling, when you're listening to your iPod on the train ride home after a long day at work, that certain songs would be perfect for certain occasions? Nah, me either. That would be lame. Yeah, totally lame. So anyways...

For no particular reason, the top cheesiest songs to play at a wedding. Which I guess are mostly just love songs, as I look my selections over, but whatever. Suggestions for additions are welcome.

1) First Day of My Life - Bright Eyes. Cheesy? Check. Awesome? Check. Note cameo appearance in this entry from Stuff White People Like on Wes Anderson movies.

2) Sweetest Thing - U2. Should be called The Sweetest Song, am I right? Eh? Eh? Yeah. Note that this song is personally almost perfect, except he totally screws it up by saying "blue eyed boy meets a brown eyed girl" instead of vice-versa. That and my eyes are actually hazel, not brown. But since hazel is like a cross between green and brown, we'll give partial credit.

3) Dirty Old Town - The Pogues. Ah love. Ain't it grand? Almost makes me wish I'd grown up in a post-industrial pit of a town in Northern England. But not really. Still: a great tune.

4) Baby Love Child - Pizzacato Five. This song has long been a fave of mine. One of the better love songs, I think. Note that the video in the link is about as Japan-a-riffic as you can possibly imagine. Proceed with appropriate caution.

5) You're The First, The Last, My Everything - Barry White. Good tune this. Personally, I'm more into "Can't Get Enough of Your Love" but you gotta go with what the ladies like, am I right, fellas? Eh? Eh? Note: yes, that's Pavarotti in the video with Barry. That's how Barry rolled.

And the top awesome-est songs to play at a wedding -- with explanation. Suggestions welcome here too.

1) Total Eclipse of the Heart - The Dan Band. Yes, it's from Old School. Yes, it's awesome: "And I need you now tonight! I fuckin' need you more... than ever!"

2) Fairytale of New York - The Pogues. This was actually the first dance song for my friends Ben and Michelle's wedding. A+ for choosing the Pogues. Extra credit for rocking out for your first dance to a song that not only changes beat halfway through the first verse but also contains this gem in the second: "You scumbag, you maggot, you cheap lousy faggot". Yes it's a song about a young couple of wastrels who fell in love on Christmas in NYC and are now old and hate each other. Mazel tov!

I feel like I had many more songs in mind when I thought this post up on the subway last night. I'll pull my revise-and-extend trick when and if they occur to me.