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L said, (283 days ago)
i can honestly say that i have never actually thought about this. but probably a really assorted selection of swing-y jazz.
Triangles said, (283 days ago)
@val: My best friend's niece's wedding (she's almost a second niece to me, I used to change her diapers!)... but for the sake of this question, YOUR wedding!
Triangles said, (283 days ago)
Also, after all the ritualistic insanity of the wedding I just attended, I've decided my wedding will be a total kegger. All the bridesmaids looked hot, but their feet were a bloody mess by the end of the night. My bridesmaids will wear Chucks or Dansko clogs or something cute but non-sadistic. Fuck that shit.
L said, (283 days ago)
my wedding is to be officiated by my best friend. and he said that he gets to wear a dress, and kiss the bride first.
the way i get by said, (283 days ago)
I'll let my wife do anything she wants at my wedding so long as we get an 80's cover band to play the reception.
Last song: Don't You Forget About Me
Triangles said, (283 days ago)
Okay, so getting back on topic. SONGS. Here's some of my list:
- Brickhouse | Commodores
- Baby Got Back | Sir Mix-A-Lot
- The Promise | When In Rome
- Mirror In The Bathroom | General Public
- Rock Lobster | B-52's
Triangles said, (283 days ago)
Okay, so getting back on topic. SONGS. Here's some of my list:
- Brickhouse | Commodores
- Baby Got Back | Sir Mix-A-Lot
- The Promise | When In Rome - Mirror In The Bathroom | ENGLISH BEAT
- Rock Lobster | B-52's
rethminton said, (283 days ago)
I honestly couldn't tell you one song that was played at my reception other than our song. Wait, there was YMCA. I was just glad the hard part was over. :D Now, I would request all my favorite songs, and any DJ that didn't have all of them in his or her library would not be hired. Maybe for our 10th anniversary bash... :)
Triangles said, (283 days ago)
- Sexy Back | Justin Timberlake
- Kung Fu Fighting | Carl Douglas
- Don't You Want Me | Human League
- Satisfaction | Benny Benassi
- Umbrella | Rihanna
- Word Up | Cameo
- Le Freak | Chic
- Funkytown | Lipps Inc.
- I Got You (I Feel Good) | James Brown
- Respect | Aretha Franklin
- Groove Is In The Heart | Dee Lite
- Vogue | Madonna
- U Can't Touch This | MC Hammer
- 100% Pure Love | Crystal Waters
- The Bomb (These Sounds Fall into My Mind) | The Bucketheads
Triangles said, (283 days ago)
Little Fluffy Clouds | The Orb
Hey Boy Hey Girl | Chemical Brothers
Block Rockin' Beats | Chemical Brothers
Daft Punk Is Playin' At My House | LCD Soundsytem
E.V.A. [Fatboy Slim Remix] | Jean Jacque Perrey
Triangles said, (283 days ago)
Lovesick | Adult.
Here I Am (Come And Take Me) | Al Green
Like Someone In Love | Bjork
Aquarius | Boards of Canada
Know Your Chicken | Cibo Matto
Punk Rock Girl | The Dead Milkmen
Money | The Flying Lizards
Bike Thief | Freezepop
Our Lips Are Sealed | The Go-Go's
Girls Just Wanna Have Fun | Cyndi Lauper
What Time Is Love | The KLF
My Sharonna | The Knack
One Of These Days | Kraak En Smaak
Can't Get You Out Of My Head | Kylie Minogue
Move Your Feet | Junior Senior
Deceptacon | Le Tigre
Won't You Join Me For A Drink | Lemon
Mahna Mahna | The Muppets
Brass In Pocket | The Pretenders
Ice Cream | New Young Pony Club
Love My Way | The Psychedelic Furs
Konichiwa Bitches | Robyn
Eple | Royksopp
Nothing Can Stop Us Now | Saint Etienne
Svefn-g-englar | Sigur Rós
Ask | The Smiths
Savior Piece | Snap Ant
How Do | Sneaker Pimps
Spin Spin Sugar (Armand's Dark Garage Mix) | Sneaker Pimps
Lisboa A Noite | Teresa
I Got You Babe | UB40 & Chrissie Hynde
You Can Have It All | Yo La Tengo
Mundian Back To Me | Panjabi MC
omg, I'm done.
Triangles said, (283 days ago)
Thank you for indulging me... I just had to make sure this gets written down somewhere. :)
beckteria said, (283 days ago)
april march - deux garcons pour une fille
the b52s - roam
the barenaked ladies - if i had a million dollars
the beatles - obla de obla da
beck - sissyneck
ben kweller - hopital bed
beyonce - ring the alarm
big bad voodoo daddies - zoot suit riotbilly idol - white wedding
blondie - x-offender
the breifs - my baby is a communist
bruce springsteen - thunder road
buddy holly - true love ways
the buzzcocks - what do i get
the chiffon's - he's so fine
christina aguilera - candy man
chubby checkers - the twist
chuck berry - my ding-a-ling
the clash - should i stay or should i go
the coasters - poison ivy
the cure - friday i'm in love
david bowie - heroes
the decemberists - oceanside
devo - jocko homo
the dixie chicks - goodbye earl
dolly parton - i will always love you
edith piaf - on danse sur ma chanson
elton john - saturday night's alright
elton motello - jet boy jet girl
elvis costello -i'll wear it proudly
elvis presley - bossa nova baby
emmy lou harris - if i coul only win your love
i gotta stop.... for realz.
valkyrie blondhaar said, (283 days ago)
@Triangles: Ah, yes, sorry, I wasn't clear. What wedding *of mine*??
Jesse said, (283 days ago)
@triangles, why not Artichoke by Cibo? that one is the romantical one.
I, for one, went through a 2-year period where I went to a wedding every two months or so. And so I have opinions:
Wedding DJs suck so much ass they create positive space out of an anus. Seriously, if I wanted to hear the same shitty music I had to endure during my high school dance days, I'd travel back in time to that awful period and re-live it. Or, I'd hang out at a sports bar on a Friday night. For real. Fuck you Mr. wedding DJ.
Bands are the way to go. If you need music to be played between sets, then get the ol' ipod out and put on my play list of rad music. The band would be a jazz band capable of playing the classics as well as jazz fusion stuff from the Seventies... and/or some soul would be good too.
but the first dance song would have to be decided by me and my partner of course. With my college honey, we thought having "All Mine" by Portishead be our song and that would have been radical... another GF and I thought "Little things" by Lamb. Another good Lamb song would be "Goreki"
yes, no one would like any of the music played at my wedding....
SIGH!
Triangles said, (283 days ago)
@Jesse: I TOTALLY agree with you about "Artichoke," but it's a bit sparse and minor-keyed for a wedding. It would certainly make it onto a mixtape for a special someone though. (In fact, it already has... twice. :)
unlucky stuntman said, (282 days ago)
I think I have to find the girl first to decide what we would do, but I like the idea of the band things DJ's just kind of suck and have about as much taste in music as wearing a sock for underwear.
Triangles said, (282 days ago)
I'm finally reading through all your comments now...
@libi: Hello! The best friend officiant sounds like it'll be neat. One of my best friends walked across stage in drag at our undergrad grad... presented himself as "Cookie Chanel."
@ilikedginger: Weird Al will be an interesting choice and highly danceable depending upon the song. I had friends who contemplated choreographing their first dance to Michael Jackson's Beat It and having their groomsmen and bridesmaids be their gang members in the back.
Triangles said, (282 days ago)
@beckteria: omg, THE CURE! Genius choice. I think I'll pick Modern English's "I'll Stop The World And Melt With You" except it's being used in a shit ton of commercials right now which sorta irks me. Even the Nouvelle Vague version is getting overplayed. I'll rethink this... there are many other good Cure songs.
Triangles said, (282 days ago)
@makeart: Since it'll be a kegger, I'm sure it will be open-invite. :) If not, I'll podcast the music at least so others can dance with us.
@Val: PSH! C'mon, dude, what wedding of MINE? I'm sooo not even there yet. :)
@jesse: May I nickname you "Minor Keyes" from now on?
@Geoduck: [I actually laughed out loud.] Yes, true... I just seriously hope there aren't men walking around with socks on their dicks when they aren't appearing on album covers.
beckteria said, (281 days ago)
@Triangles- I KNOW! one of the things i love about the cure is no matter how many times you here a song at awedding, on the tv, in a shitty movie.... you still love them!
Triangles said, (280 days ago)
[btw, I made a playlist of all the songs I listed above (by me) and it's so effing rad that I've been dancing around for the last hour. "Eple" is playing now... *chair dance*]
ABoyNamedArt said, (280 days ago)
Hm. Just saw this thread.
The thing about wedding DJs is, they have to cater not just to your tastes, but the family's -- or, should I say, families. That's why the playlists are often so soft. I'll have to think about tunes I'd want for mine, though.
Triangles said, (280 days ago)
@ABoyNamedArt: Yeah, too much compromise can totally dilute the experience. Ultimately, I think the bride and groom should pick what *they* like (as Jesse seems bent on doing), but with an ear towards making sure those choices cut across generations and genres, perhaps. Most people have eclectic tastes, thank god, so this usually isn't such a problem.
rink said, (280 days ago)
i've said it before, i'll say it again: "it's only time" by the magnetic fields.
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I was at a wedding this past weekend and was hugely disappointed with the songs the DJ chose. I don't just want the "first dance" music, I also want the stuff you expect people to jam to on the dance floor.