A friend of mine is getting married and during a discussion down the pub at lunch said he is sworn to secrecy over the song for the first dance.

We then spent half an hour trying to guess the song but to no avail.

Its by a mid nineties indie band, who had a couple of hits, are not particularly famous, the song is a lovey one, and the band are called The "someting", and the something begins with a consonanta and is one word, and the band are probably british.

Any ideas, answer to be revealed 20th December if i dont guess it

We need more clues than that!

The Las, there she goes I bet. I hate that bloody song.

Is it The You And Me Song by The Wannadies?

Its just youuuu and meeee always and forever,
Laaa la-la la-la

Isn't the La's song actually about injecting smack?

How romantic 😉

I was gonna say The Las too – isn't it about heroin though? 🙂

edit: too slow!

Its not the Las, will ask about the other one

The La's have denied the rumour that it is about Heroin I believe

The Longpigs – On and on?

So how did they defend the "racing through my veins" line?

I read a book a few years ago about the band, and it interviewed some of them. In it one of the guitarists simply said "It's not about drugs"

Seems reasonably clear to me…

Its not the other one, have just been given "the calling" by a colleague, waiting for the verdict

also a fail

So is he going to tell you when you guess if he's sworn to secrecy?!

The Farm – Altogether now?

The Wannadies were my guess. They're swedish though.

When asked about the rumour in 1995, the group's bassist John Power replied, "I don't know. Truth is, I don't wanna know. Drugs and madness go hand in hand. People who you've known all your life… they're steady, then they're not. But you can't ponder, 'cause it kills you, la.

😕

im sure he will tell me if i guess it correctly

dammit, i was going to say the the farm.

the band are called The "someting", and the something begins with a consonanta and is one word

did you mean Consonant?

male or female vocals?

The Breeders – Cannonball ?

yeah consonant – typo

cant get anymore clues

[shrugs/]

pointless, there's not enough info. most indie bands were called "The [something]" and operated in the mid-nineties, and had one or two hits, one of which was always a bit slow…

Can we guess the band first?

The Verve? The Charlatans? The *gag* Stereophonics? The Bluetones?

the calling (US)
the coral
?

Ebeneezer Goode by the Shamen?

The Grid – Swampthing ? Not a comment on his future wife obviously

The Wonderstuff – Size of a cow?

I cant believe the same folk who put out the crap that is "Swampthing" and "Texas cowboy" also made the excellent "Intergalactica"..
All about the same time too, IIR

The Waterboys? "Whole of the Moon" or somesuch? [edit] just realised that this is actually an 80s song – makes me feel old!

Just ask for silence for the first dance, on our wedding vid you cannot hear the tune due to all my in laws friends freeloading with the booze and talking through it. Well pissed off at the time.

American options include The Calling, or The GooGoo Dolls, Black balloon is a good one, thats another song about heroin use.

I think one of the above answers is correct but he is refusing to tell. He is just playing silly buggers now.

Will revert in December, sorry guys

the 20th isnt a Friday is it?

The Cure – Friday, Im in love?