Worst Wedding Songs Ever!

An inappropriate playlist for that happy day

Photo by Mario Mendez on Unsplash

So your best friend didn’t pick you for her maid of honor, but she did ask you to put together a playlist for the wedding reception. Here are six songs to show how happy you want your “friend” and her fiancé (your ex-boyfriend) to be in their new life together.

Carly Simon, “That’s the Way I’ve Always Heard It Should Be”

This portrait of resignation and quiet despair recalls the maxim of French cynic La Rochefoucauld, “There are some people who would never have fallen in love if they had not heard there was such a thing.”

Rolling Stones, “Dead Flowers”

Nobody does misogyny better than the Rolling Stones (“Stupid Girl,” “Under My Thumb” were close seconds for the list, but the floral imagery here added that special touch.