Last week I received a copy of A Date with John Waters on CD (yes, I still buy CDs) and like any music snob/nerd, I spent about six hours putting the compilation of Waters' favorite date night songs to my test of likability (basically, the CD goes on rotation and if I can sit through it more than three times while smiling it goes into an iPod playlist).
And of course it passed.
Especially the John Prine/Iris DeMent duet In Spite of Ourselves (which was originally written for the 2001 Billy Bob Thornton movie Daddy and Them, in which Prine had an acting role) whose twangy country ode to fucked up love is so sweet and odd that it melts your heart (it contains the lyric: "Convict movies make her horny" which is sublimely awesome).
Now, the video below isn't technically a "music video" as it is a live performance of the song, but I think it's important for you to see it and then proceed to fall in love with it as I did.
I'm telling you, this has all the earmarks of the best "First Dance" wedding song ever.
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