[goldstategop]

Yup.

Just what I want: a Negro spiritual song for a royal wedding!

[Reily]

Yes How English!

Any Plantagenets or Tudors out there that can replace these German yahoos?

There is a Stuart in Bavaria!

[gundog]

In as much as Harry may be the son of Dianna’s riding instructor and the bride is an American mutt, what”s “Royal” about it?

[Vaquero]

A great American song by Ben E King. (Also a great American movie by Meathead…credit where it’s due)

I mean screw the royals. We booted them out.

[Ghost of Philip Marlowe]

Yep. And not a religious song. A pop song.
I give this ‘marriage’ five years.
Tops.

[xp38]

I thought is was a pop song originally. Not exactly an old spiritual. They sing You’ll never walk alone at soccer games in England. Maybe that would have worked better.

[VanDeKoik]

It isnt your wedding, dude.

And “Stand By Me” isnt a “Negro spiritual”.

So way to make us all look like idiots.

[madison10]

1) “Stand by Me” is NOT a Negro spiritual, although it was based on one called, “Lord, Stand by Me.”
2) It was released in 1961 originally
3) Released as a rock song by John Lennon, 1975.

There. Now I feel better.

[sheana]

I haven’t watched one second of this wedding but from what I read it sounds like some wedding planner put together what she thought a black wedding would be like. Interspersed with a royal wedding. I doubt the bride or groom did much planning of it other than a few of their wants.

[Fiji Hill]

"Stand By Me" is not exactly a Negro spiritual. It was co-written by Ben E. King, who performed it and turned it into a big hit, along with Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller, who were originally from Los Angeles. Leiber and Stoller wrote a number of hits including Hound Dog, Bazoom and Yakety Yak.

Another of their big hits was Saved. Since Leiber and Stoller are Jewish, I assume that this is about a Jew whose faith has been rekindled. They also wrote Smokey Joe's Cafe. When I ate at that cafe, I got better service than Leiber and Stoller did.