The Wedding Singer

When my middle brother was about five years old, our mom gave him an album of delightfully irreverent children's songs by Barry Louis Polisar. I was around ten or eleven at the time, but my age did not stop me from appreciating the lyrical qualities of songs with titles such as "Wet Again", and "I Still Don't Like Asparagus". Truth be told, I think I liked that album as much as my little brother did. I still remember at least one full verse from Polisar's song about a boy and his cruel father:

I love my daddy,
though he always yells at me.
He says, "Take the garbage out
before I count to three."
I say, "Let's discuss it."
He points and I must go.
I say, "I'll do it later."
He says, "No..."

Fast forward about twenty years. I watch the movie Juno with my then-fiance', and it makes me cry. (In a good way.) I start listening to the movie's soundtrack on imeem while I'm at work, and absolutely love it. I decide to use several songs from the soundtrack on my wedding playlist, including "All I Want Is You".

Unbeknownst to me at the time, that song was written and performed by the very same Barry Louis Polisar that I loved in my youth. So, technically, he played at my wedding.