From: owner-basia-digest@smoe.org (basia-digest) To: basia-digest@smoe.org Subject: basia-digest V13 #125 Reply-To: basia@smoe.org Sender: owner-basia-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-basia-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk X-To-Unsubscribe: Send mail to "basia-digest-request@smoe.org" X-To-Unsubscribe: with "unsubscribe" as the body. basia-digest Saturday, June 27 2009 Volume 13 : Number 125 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Re: OT: Inappropriate for weddings [jpovlock@aol.com] Re: OT: Inappropriate for weddings [John Flood ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Fri, 26 Jun 2009 07:09:57 -0400 From: jpovlock@aol.com Subject: Re: OT: Inappropriate for weddings And I had an old girlfriend 10 years ago who had to talk her best friend out of playing REM's "It's The End Of The World As We Know It" as her wedding song. Saying "what would your grandmother think?" was the winning phrase. Jim P. - -----Original Message----- From: Steve O'Hearn To: bparsons69@gmail.com; basia@smoe.org Sent: Thu, Jun 25, 2009 8:48 pm Subject: RE: OT: Inappropriate for weddings I once built an entire DJ business on this very issue - I attended a wedding reception and the DJ arrived 30 minutes late, and arrived by falling through the back door of the reception hall as his 45's spilled across the floor. He scrambled to set up and started with: - Leaving On A Jet Plane - Breaking Up Is Hard To Do I listened to this disaster and thought "wow, how hard would it be to compete with this", and started my own DJ business by promising happy, upbeat, lyric-appropriate songs for wedding receptions. I purchased one initial advertisement and was busy as I wanted to be for ten years on the strength of one ad and word-of-mouth. Only reason I stopped was that I just got bored with it after a while. - -----Original Message----- From: owner-basia@smoe.org [mailto:owner-basia@smoe.org] On Behalf Of Barry Sent: Thursday, June 25, 2009 8:01 PM To: basia@smoe.org Subject: Re: OT: Inappropriate for weddings I had a friend who asked me to make a mix tape (years ago) for he and his new wife to listen to on the car ride to their honeymoon destination. He wanted to start it with Dan Fogelberg's "Auld Lang Syne". The first line is "Met my old lover in the grocery store". Ummm, not the best choice to play for your new bride. Another one wanted "Unanswered Prayers" by Garth Brooks at his reception. What?? It amazes me that some people like songs yet they have no clue about the lyrics. Barry Sent on the Now Network from my SprintB. BlackBerry ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 26 Jun 2009 10:10:43 -0400 From: John Flood Subject: Re: OT: Inappropriate for weddings Great Big Sea's version is better anyway. lol Moi jpovlock@aol.com wrote: > And I had an old girlfriend 10 years ago who had to talk her best friend out of playing REM's "It's The End Of The World As We Know It" as her wedding song. Saying "what would your grandmother think?" was the winning phrase. > > Jim P. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Steve O'Hearn > To: bparsons69@gmail.com; basia@smoe.org > Sent: Thu, Jun 25, 2009 8:48 pm > Subject: RE: OT: Inappropriate for weddings > > > > > I once built an entire DJ business on this very issue - I attended a wedding > reception and the DJ arrived 30 minutes late, and arrived by falling through > the back door of the reception hall as his 45's spilled across the floor. > He scrambled to set up and started with: > > - Leaving On A Jet Plane > - Breaking Up Is Hard To Do > > I listened to this disaster and thought "wow, how hard would it be to > compete with this", and started my own DJ business by promising happy, > upbeat, lyric-appropriate songs for wedding receptions. I purchased one > initial advertisement and was busy as I wanted to be for ten years on the > strength of one ad and word-of-mouth. Only reason I stopped was that I just > got bored with it after a while. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-basia@smoe.org [mailto:owner-basia@smoe.org] On Behalf Of Barry > Sent: Thursday, June 25, 2009 8:01 PM > To: basia@smoe.org > Subject: Re: OT: Inappropriate for weddings > > > I had a friend who asked me to make a mix tape (years ago) for he and his > new wife to listen to on the car ride to their honeymoon destination. He > wanted to start it with Dan Fogelberg's "Auld Lang Syne". The first line is > "Met my old lover in the grocery store". Ummm, not the best choice to play > for your new bride. > > Another one wanted "Unanswered Prayers" by Garth Brooks at his reception. > What?? > > It amazes me that some people like songs yet they have no clue about the > lyrics. > > Barry > > Sent on the Now Network from my SprintB. BlackBerry ------------------------------ End of basia-digest V13 #125 ****************************