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Re: Wedding Song suggestions

Cojo7 — Tue, 21 Jun 2016 00:34:03 GMT

Author: Cojo7

Posted: 06/21/2016 04:34

The Rains of Castamere

Re: Wedding Song suggestions

infinitejester — Mon, 20 Jun 2016 23:35:30 GMT

Author: infinitejester

Posted: 06/21/2016 03:35

sethmadsen wrote:

Congrats mate!

Sounds like a fun night.

Thanks, it was!

Re: Wedding Song suggestions

RoundTheBend — Mon, 20 Jun 2016 21:44:43 GMT

Author: RoundTheBend

Posted: 06/21/2016 01:44

infinitejester wrote:

So for our first dance we went with M. Ward's cover of "Lets Dance"
The mother/son, father/daughter dance we combined and had The Beatles "In My Life".

We also had a band play and gave them a playlist of 10 songs to play at some point in the night.
The songs were:

Queen - "Crazy Little Thing Called Love"
Talking Heads - "This Must Be The Place"
The Kinks - "All Day and All of the Night"
Michael Jackson - "The Way You Make Me Feel"
White Stripes - "Fell In Love With A Girl"
Tom Waits - "Little Trip to Heaven (On the Wings of Your Love)"
Billy Joel - "The Longest Time"
David Bowie - "Heroes"
Dandy Warhols - "Bohemian Like You"
George Harrison - "Got My Mind Set On You"

Congrats mate!

Sounds like a fun night.

Re: Wedding Song suggestions

infinitejester — Mon, 20 Jun 2016 21:40:32 GMT

Author: infinitejester

Posted: 06/21/2016 01:40

So for our first dance we went with M. Ward's cover of "Lets Dance"
The mother/son, father/daughter dance we combined and had The Beatles "In My Life".

We also had a band play and gave them a playlist of 10 songs to play at some point in the night.
The songs were:

Queen - "Crazy Little Thing Called Love"
Talking Heads - "This Must Be The Place"
The Kinks - "All Day and All of the Night"
Michael Jackson - "The Way You Make Me Feel"
White Stripes - "Fell In Love With A Girl"
Tom Waits - "Little Trip to Heaven (On the Wings of Your Love)"
Billy Joel - "The Longest Time"
David Bowie - "Heroes"
Dandy Warhols - "Bohemian Like You"
George Harrison - "Got My Mind Set On You"

Re: Wedding Song suggestions

Anonymous — Mon, 6 Jun 2016 13:52:48 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 06/06/2016 17:52

All first dances should be soundtracked with "Your Song" by default.

Re: Wedding Song suggestions

RoundTheBend — Sun, 5 Jun 2016 13:06:19 GMT

Author: RoundTheBend

Posted: 06/05/2016 17:06

Too many funnies in the thread.

Re: Wedding Song suggestions

Rhett — Sat, 4 Jun 2016 20:06:52 GMT

Author: Rhett

Posted: 06/05/2016 00:06

My best friend got married at the Church of Elvis in Vegas (Jon Bon Jovi was Married Here! read the sign). You could pick a song for "Elvis" to sign after the vows. My friend and his wife chose "Suspicious Minds" because they liked it. "I never get to sing this one!", said Elvis. They are still happily married 20 years later, so I guess any song works fine.

Re: Wedding Song suggestions

Jimmy Dread — Sat, 4 Jun 2016 17:32:07 GMT

Author: Jimmy Dread

Posted: 06/04/2016 21:32

Norman Bates wrote:

No Woman, No Cry.

Nice one. I think 'Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For' is also worth consideration.

Re: Wedding Song suggestions

Jimmy Dread — Sat, 4 Jun 2016 17:30:42 GMT

Author: Jimmy Dread

Posted: 06/04/2016 21:30

I made a whole CD of wedding songs and gave them to our wedding guests as favours/gifts when I got married. As for first dances, there's a bucketload you could choose from and I'm not going to suggest one as its such a personal thing. We toyed with so many, finally settling on Be My Baby by The Ronettes after Mrs. Dread rejected my choice (I'll Be Your Mirror) 5 seconds after listening to it for the first time. My brother had You & Me Song by The Wannadies, which was a pretty decent choice (nicked off aforementioned CD, no less).

Father/daughter and mother/son songs are a whole different ball game. Right now I can think of only one song that ticks most of the boxes. Not only that, but it works on about a zillion different levels. A song from a parent to their child, but given the context/tears flowing, etc. a response from the child to the parent not to bawl their eyes out at what after all can be just as emotional a day for them as it is for the bride/groom. Moreover, given that it's ostensibly about trying to calm a young infant, it's almost symbolic of the passing of the baton from parent to child for them to start a family. The lyrics are beautiful (although there is a mention of 'pretty blue eyes' - might not work), it's slow but not slow enough not to have a little dance to, and is quite simply one of the most beautiful songs I've ever heard (and it just happens to come from my overall #1 LP, so forgive the bias). It's this:

Link

Re: Wedding Song suggestions

Norman Bates — Sat, 4 Jun 2016 17:02:42 GMT

Author: Norman Bates

Posted: 06/04/2016 21:02

No Woman, No Cry.

Re: Wedding Song suggestions

Rhett — Sat, 4 Jun 2016 16:40:13 GMT

Author: Rhett

Posted: 06/04/2016 20:40

First song at our wedding was "I Feel Love."

Re: Wedding Song suggestions

Anonymous — Sat, 4 Jun 2016 16:36:42 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 06/04/2016 20:36

Fill In The Blank by Car Seat Headrest

Re: Wedding Song suggestions

Space-Dementia — Sat, 4 Jun 2016 16:17:22 GMT

Author: Space-Dementia

Posted: 06/04/2016 20:17

Fake Plastic Trees by Radiohead, Space Song by Beach House, The Universal by Blur

Re: Wedding Song suggestions

Anti — Mon, 30 May 2016 20:37:19 GMT

Author: Anti

Posted: 05/31/2016 00:37

Dancing Queen by Abba. Haven't been to a wedding without one, usually brings tears to someone's eyes because of the bride.

Re: Wedding Song suggestions

RichardSauce — Mon, 30 May 2016 19:39:46 GMT

Author: RichardSauce

Posted: 05/30/2016 23:39

I don't know, Time After Time by Cyndie Lauper maybe? The best types of song to play for the situations you're describing are going to be ones that have some kind of personal touch.

I mostly just know the songs that are massively overplayed, like as in almost every damn wedding. I used to work as a caterer, and I did a lot of weddings. Cupid Shuffle, Cha Cha Slide, Single Ladies, etc... Don't do it...unless you want to. It's your fucking wedding, do whatever you want.

Do try to avoid Disney songs though, as in from the movies. Only the worst people do that. The worst.

Re: Wedding Song suggestions

RoundTheBend — Mon, 30 May 2016 19:28:29 GMT

Author: RoundTheBend

Posted: 05/30/2016 23:28

Because nobody has replied...

You probably should do something by Slayer... ahhaha.

Just kidding, obviously.

To be honest, if I think back to weddings I've been too... nobody remembers the song that was chosen, they remember the moment and people involved.

Like do you remember the song you first danced with a girl at say high school prom... no probably not. Do you remember who it was with and what it was like... probably.

I guess what I'm saying is even though details matter in a wedding and it is an important thing... in the end nobody will really care... most likely.

Having said that my best friend danced with his wife to Walking After You by the Foo Fighters... I only remember that because Foo Fighters almost was 30% of that friendship... ahhaha.

Wedding Song suggestions

infinitejester — Sun, 29 May 2016 23:17:52 GMT

Author: infinitejester

Posted: 05/30/2016 03:17

Been searching for some wedding songs lately. Do you guys and gals have any suggestions or recomendations for daughter/father or mother/son songs? Ive been googling and listening to the usual suspects but figured Id see if you guys had anything in mind.