Ha ha, a wedding singer? No, guys. It's about protesting the way record labels want their musicians to conform to some standard, and thus they suck all the heart--the 'feeling'--from it. The concept marriage here is being presented symbolically. The band is, in a sense, married to their label (the "bride" in this situation). They have a contract, just like a marriage license. "45 minutes a side" is a reference to the fact that standard albums have this nice, carefully arranged time frame to fit its music into. When he says, "Look at me, I can write a melody, but I can't expect a soul to care," he's saying, yeah, I can write a poppy melodic song, but so what? What does it mean? It's vapid and empty. And "This was my dream, played out rocking routine" he's being sarcastic. It was NOT his dream to make "played out" and "routine" music.
Ha ha, a wedding singer? No, guys. It's about protesting the way record labels want their musicians to conform to some standard, and thus they suck all the heart--the 'feeling'--from it. The concept marriage here is being presented symbolically. The band is, in a sense, married to their label (the "bride" in this situation). They have a contract, just like a marriage license. "45 minutes a side" is a reference to the fact that standard albums have this nice, carefully arranged time frame to fit its music into. When he says, "Look at me, I can write a melody, but I can't expect a soul to care," he's saying, yeah, I can write a poppy melodic song, but so what? What does it mean? It's vapid and empty. And "This was my dream, played out rocking routine" he's being sarcastic. It was NOT his dream to make "played out" and "routine" music.