THE 1000 BEST SONGS IN THE WORLD EVER.
949-Gilbert O’Sullivan-Matrimony.
1972-It wasn’t released as a single in the UK until 1976, when it failed to chart.
Best Bit-At 2.06.Just before the first dance, when the Bride and Groom were cutting the cake, if I was feeling a little bit naughty I would play this ironic homage to marriage, no one ever commented.
Gilbert O’Sullivan (see also best songs 111) was born Raymond Edward O’Sullivan, on 1 December, 1946, in Waterford, Ireland, although he is Irish, music critics have described his quintessentially English song writing as the missing link between The Kinks, Squeeze, and Blur.
It is said that O’Sullivan dislikes touring, much preferring to stay home writing songs everyday, between 9.0.am-5.0.pm. He said he avoided dating during the peak of his career, fearing it would inhibit his songwriting abilities.
‘Matrimony’ is track five on side one of Gilbert O’Sullivan’s debut Album ‘Himself’ from 1972. It tells the tale of a couple getting married on the cheap, and not telling anyone, as they think that their families wouldn’t approve of the marriage anyway.The narrator wants to go ahead with the wedding, but knows that like many other marriages, it may not work out.
‘Marriage, the joining together of two people, for better or for worse, till death them do part.’
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