Pop Culture Compromises
August 14, 2009 · Posted in music and entertainment by mo
When the boy told me that Star Wars: Episode 1 was the best Star Wars movie during our first date, I thought, whoa. This is never going to work.*
Luckily I decided to ditch the High Fidelity advice I heard lurking in the back of my head (the key to compatibility is not what you are like, it’s what you like) and found that even though he had no clue that before Sting there was The Police, or that the beginning of Ice Ice Baby was actually from Under Pressure, I could look past that. And I’m glad I did, because despite having to fight each other every time we choose a movie, we share similar temperaments and idealistic outlooks on life, and it works.
So why am I talking about this? Because we had this conversation last night while I was typing up songs for our playlist.
“What are you working on?”
“Oh…um…I’m just typing a list of songs for the wedding, just started.”
“There are 85 songs on the list.”
“Oh yeah, well, y’know, I’ve been thinking about it a lot. They aren’t organized into different segments yet.”
“Uh-huh. And at one point were you going to ask me what I wanted on the playlist?”
“Um…oh…now? What would you like me to add.”
“Celine Dion.”**
If there was ever a moment of “bridezilla” in the planning, this was it. Except I truly don’t think this has anything to do with being a bride, I’d probably react the same way if I wasn’t a bride. This was just me unleashing my pop culture snobbery. After a couple of minutes of “Whaaaaaaat? Whyyyyyyy?” he very calmly said “I’m sorry, I didn’t realize you were getting married to yourself.” Le sigh.
I just looked at him and said, “Ok. Fine.” I knew that I was being difficult. So I decided to shut up, and turned back to the computer and started typing again. “C…e…l…”
What compromises have you made with your partner in regards to wedding planning? Do you like the same music/movies/books/tv shows as your significant other?
*Very sorry to those who think Episode 1 was the best one. I’m a fan of Episodes 5 and 6.
**Also sorry to Celine Dion fans. I think she has some lovely songs, the boy just wanted to dance to one I do not like coupled with bad memories from junior high dances.
HILARIOUS! My guy and I actually fall into the High Fidelity camp more often than not, but this kind of thing amuses me to no end…
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His response was brilliant. Funny funny funny.
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Wait wait. The BOY asked for CELINE DION. Priceless!
I’m sure DJ and I have made wedding compromises. I just can’t think of any at the moment, it seems from here like we agreed on everything. That seems like a sign of a well-made compromise, right?
Oh he absolutely did NOT ask for Celine. Sorry…it was like when my guy told me his family was more of the “electric slide type”. I threw up a little bit in my mouth.
I totally feel you on the bridezilla thing…it sucks. Take away the fact that it’s for a wedding and I’d say the same thing about the electric slide. Sigh.
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Too funny. We made some compromises on the music for our wedding which didn’t matter since your friend played whatever he wanted anyway :)
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LOL awesome. Celine Dion is terrible. And I liked ALL the star wars movies. Every single one+ Space Balls. Classic.
I don’t think we have made any compromises yet in our wedding planning. fortunately we kinda want the same thing. OH WAIT. he doesn’t want a dance. I kinda would be ok with a dance- but he doesn’t dance. so no dance. and that’s ok with me :)
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I have a feeling I’m going to end up usurping playlist rights, but fortunately it’s not because my fiance wants to dance to Celine Dion. (Whew!) I don’t think he did much dance-partying through school and so the music he might enjoy listening to, while generally pretty good, is not necessarily great for PARTYING — which is really the main objective of the wedding reception. I logged into our DJ’s playlist website where we can add songs earlier today and saw he had been in there and added a few partykillers. oof! :)
that said, it’s something that will have to be dealt with with some degree of tact. After all, it is our wedding, not just mine. I definitely foresee some pop-culture compromises in the future.
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lol, thanks for all the support and giggles. I’m glad I’m not the only one appalled by Celine Dion being on the playlist!!
That said, we just went to my sister’s wedding with a fantastic DJ that played mostly 80s+90s dance music, and I think the FI got the hint about what was popular for dancing. Or at least I hope he did. Pray for me.
I’ll keep you all posted! :)
PS: Spaceballs=awesome!
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Ha this is great! This resonated with me because I’m mostly into indie rock and he’s into Phish. We compromised by deciding to play his music during the dinner hour, and then letting me have free rein over the dance music. (Ok, maybe he didn’t actually say “free rein,” but that’s how I’ve decided to interpret it!)
LOL. Celine Dion. That’s awesome. I can totally picture you doing the chest thump too. ;)
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