Songs of Ruined, Tragic, or Melancholy Weddings

$1000 Wedding by Gram Parsons.

I just posted this on the "most depressing songs ever" thread and was subsequently moved to start a new "sad wedding" thread. A sub-genre of sorts, though the wedding only has to be awful in some respect to someone, not necessarily sad.

This one is sad, though, even if the story is quite enigmatic. Secret ingredient to sorrow: add Emmylou Harris for harmony.

I Don't Want to Throw Rice by Dolly Parton.

She would rather throw rocks. She's more angry than sad:

"I feel like tying dynamite to her side of the car."

"White-Wheeled Limousine" by Bruce Hornsby. Killer piano playing.

I Went to Your Wedding by Patti Page.

you came down the aisle wearing a smile / a vision of loveliness I uttered a sigh then whispered a sigh / goodbye to my happiness

All that's left is a band of Gold, because she found out her new husband was gay.

Stop the Wedding by Etta James.

It even opens with a preacher asking if anyone has objections.

She does.

It Should Have Been Me!!

"All I Could Do Was Cry," by Etta James

Wedding Bells by George Jones.

He can't bear to attend the ceremony but then torments himself with visions of what it must look like and fantasizes that he is the groom.

The River - Bruce Springsteen

More George Jones: A Rose from the Bride's Bouquet.

His best friend got the girl, and George got a rose with withering petals to fade just like the bride's love for him.

r7, Yvonne Fair is ON FIRE!

I had only been familiar with the Gladys Knight and the Pips version of this song, which is tame by comparison.

HIGH MELODRAMA TRIGGER WARNING:

Go On with the Wedding by Patti Page, complete with two extended spoken sections, a surprise appearance from a declared-dead soldier, a sacrificial groom, and a relentless church organ to heighten the tension.

I picture Joan Crawford all over this, especially during all the talking.

r12, Dawn French "re-popularized" the Yvonne Fair version when she made great comic use of it on The Vicar of Dibley. All DLers should immediately recognize the groom as Lee Pace BFF Richard Armitage.

Sorry for the mediocre clip, but YouTube keeps deleting this very funny scene.

Thanks, r14. I had never seen that before, and Dawn French has a great mouth made for lip-syncing angry soul.

"Band of Gold" was the first one to come to mind for me, too.

This literotica story.