A listener of my radio program asked me to make some suggestions for her wedding playlist–songs that varied from the usual wedding madness, but wouldn’t offend the older listeners. How’d I do?

• Alexi Murdoch, Song for you
• Prince, When you were mine
• Death Cab for Cutie, I will follow you into the dark
• Ben Folds, the Luckiest
• Aretha Franklin, Baby I love you
• Supremes, Come see about me [also see the Afghan Whigs cover]
• Van Morrison, Sweet thing
• Band of Horses, No one’s ever gonna love you (more than I do)
• The Felice Brothers, Love me tenderly
• Al Green, Let’s stay together
• Rachael Yamagata, I want you
• Carole King, Where you lead
• She & Him, You really gotta hold on me
• Edward Sharpe & the magnificent zeroes, Home
• Sebadoh, Willing to wait
• Big Star, thirteen
• Ryan Adams, When the stars go blue
• The Weepies, World spins madly on
• Ray LaMontagne, You are the best thing
• The Pogues, The sunny side of the street
• Norah Jones, Turn me on
• The Decemberists, Red right ankle
• Modern English, I melt with you
• Ray Charles, Come rain or come shine
• Elvis Presley, can’t help falling in love
• The Cure, close to me
• Elvis Costello, Every day I write the book
• The Beatles, And I love her
• Etta James, At last
• Bob Dylan, Mama you been on my mind [See also the Jeff Buckley cover]
• Ra Ra Riot, Can you tell
• Florence + the Machine, You’ve got the love
• Keren Ann, lay you head down
• Josh Ritter, Good man