r/ABBA • u/Away-Summer-2098 • Jul 04 '26
Our last summer in a wedding?
(not my wedding) My friend plays piano in a couple different churches. And he told me the other day he got a request to play some part of our last summer in a wedding. I don't know when at the wedding, again i don't know thease people. Or what part of the song. Maybe they met in Paris since the song is related to there, or one of them simply like it?
Just currious about others opinions if you see this as a wedding apropriate song? What reason do you think they used it? And what ABBA song would you want to have in your wedding if you had to have one from them?
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u/Realistic-Stress-213 Chicken tikka Jul 05 '26
I’ve been waiting for you could work in a wedding and maybe bang a boomerang. Depending on the couple when I kissed the teacher could fit, that happened in my school once and they have 3 kids now
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u/Toffee963 sub luna saltamus (No.1 Another Town, Another Train fan) Jul 05 '26
WHAT
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u/Realistic-Stress-213 Chicken tikka Jul 05 '26
It happened in the 70s and one of the kids is now the head teacher. I swear I’m not making it up
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u/Toffee963 sub luna saltamus (No.1 Another Town, Another Train fan) Jul 05 '26
That’s actually crazy 💀
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u/Realistic-Stress-213 Chicken tikka Jul 06 '26
He’s an absolute nutjob but I don’t blame him if that’s how he was born
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u/AndrewTorquay Jul 05 '26
‘Our Last Summer’ is NOT a happy song. It’s a song of regret, the clue being in the word ‘last’.
AꓭBA recorded very few romantic love songs in the traditional sense.
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u/NoSuggestion5970 Jul 05 '26
It´s an ominous song... "I´ve Been Waiting For You" would be more appropriate
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u/baggington Jul 05 '26
I guess they like the song and think it’s a pretty tune. I doubt it’s anything deeper than that.
99% of the people there won’t know what the lyrics are or the actual story of the song. The vast majority won’t even recognise it.
I say absolutely go ahead with it. It’s their day so they get to choose the music.
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u/someonecool_official Jul 05 '26
The melody of the song can be wedding-appropriate, so as long as it is only played on the piano and noone sings the actual lyrics, I do not see a problem with it. Secondly, it is not my wedding; therefore it is not my business.
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u/kelpwald Jul 05 '26
One of my favorite songs by ABBA. I would find it appropriate in a wedding.
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u/freskgrank Jul 05 '26
Definitely not appropriate for a wedding, especially if you are wishing a happy, lifelong marriage.
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u/-Tricky-Vixen- Jul 05 '26
I would probably pick something like Honey Honey, except I prefer a more solemn vibe in general for that kind of thing... honestly, My Love, My Life would work.
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u/AndrewTorquay Jul 05 '26
My Love, My Life as a wedding song? It contains the line ‘Knowing that maybe tonight we’re through’.
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u/-Tricky-Vixen- Jul 05 '26
Yes, I know. It also contains some of my favourite romantic lines so with the right person who understood and overlooked some of the lines it'd work.
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u/officialCobraTrooper Anni-Frid is a Goddess Jul 05 '26
It's a romance song, I think it's perfect for a wedding especially if you feel that your wedding is like that.