![]() ![]() It’s a profoundly generic song, a Big Mac of a tune. Perhaps this is the genius of ‘(Everything I Do) I Do It For You’. ‘ Just Like Honey ’ by The Jesus And Mary Chain would make a great first dance, but would it get your auntie out on the dancefloor? Maybe, in fact, there is a kind of genius to picking something that has an uncomplicated and universal appeal. Perhaps the secret to a happy life is not to overthink things. Or maybe these couples are the ones who make it. The only more basic-ass, insipid choice would be if they had chosen ‘ Perfect ’ by Ed Sheeran, a song that might as well be called ‘Wedding First Dance Song For People Who Can’t Be Bothered’. I mean, what does it say about couple that they chose Bryan Adams for their first dance. Someone turns to their partner and whispers, “I give it six months.” They sing the final “ you know it’s true, everything I do, ohhh, I do it for you. And the dance ends also ends as it began, with our bride and groom enraptured in each other. The song ends as it began, just Bryan and the piano. The force of this section pushes the bridal couple back together, and they are holding each other as Bryan’s voice trails off plaintively on the echoing, “ you know I’d die for yooooooooou…. Once it winds up, there’s a big emotional key change, the climax of the song that surges through everyone. It’s not a long guitar solo (unless you listen to the interminable album version, in which case it is far too long). Some people will head to the bar to get more drinks, others will wander off to the bathroom. Some people give up and return to their tables, unpausing the conversations they were having with the grumpy non-dancers. The guitar solo at the bridge is a chance for everyone to have a breather. Meanwhile, the bride and groom are being distracted from each other by wellwishers. ” If they started drinking early, one of them might already have a tie around his head in the classic Rambo style. The guys at the bar put their pints on the counter and yell, “ there’s no love like your love. Here come the big power chords and crashing drums leading into the middle section. They hold hands and swing them side to side while their feet stay planted on the ground. Someone very tall is dancing with a very small child. Now, there are girls dancing together, scream-singing their undying love to their friends. They orbit the main couple, like electrons around a nucleus.Ī more abstract layer of dancers forms as we get to the second chorus. First, the couples with a connection to the bride and groom-parents, aunts and uncles, friends who got married sooner. It beckons everyone else onto the dance floor. ”Īnd now the descending guitar line, then a crashing cymbal leading into the second verse. Arms around each other, they gaze into each other’s eyes, their gentle swaying a signature on a contract that says, “ I will give it all, I would sacrifice. This first section is just Bryan’s voice and the piano, an intimate duet mirroring the lone couple on the floor. It’s like the Macarena for lovers, this song, a simple walkthough of idealised love. It sounds like a corporate jingle, almost like the Intel sound, which is part of why the song succeeds. ‘Everything I Do’ starts with this little piano flourish, five notes with a little twirly flourish on the fourth. She’s had her makeup refreshed, he’s starting to loosen his collar a little. An optimistic waiter is trying to get a bit of chat going with a bridesmaid.Īnd then the DJ says, “ladies and gentlemen, please welcome the bride and groom for their first dance.” Somebody’s aunt is laughing loudly, already way too drunk. Little kids in suits are running around with bags of crisps. There are trays of sandwiches and half-drunk glasses of buck’s fizz on the table. When you listen to it, you can almost visualise a wedding party filling a hotel’s function room. But listening back now, that’s not the real function of this song. A few weeks back, we talked about teenage discos and slow sets in nightclubs. ![]()
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