What song would you like played at your wedding?

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Ha my wedding obsession is cos I was at my brother's wedding this weekend. Lovely time by the way.

Him and his WIFE (i can now say this) chose

1st dance-Try a Little Tenderness-Solomon Pope Last dance-Try a Little Tenderness-Otis Redding (live version).

― Ronan, Monday, 12 August 2002 00:00 (twenty-one years ago) link

(I think I want "Lazy".) You all think I'll grow up someday and change this but wait and see, I really genuinely think Lazy might be played at my wedding if I get married. Brothers wedding was trendy enough like this, though our dj friend wouldn't play my drunken request for "Two Months Off". (second ever parental comment on music came along from my dad, following his finger tapping to "Breath" by the Prodigy back in 96 or so, he remarked to me during Ooh La La by the Wiseguys "the music is great isn't it, who's this".

Haha my father the big beat revivalist.

― Ronan, Monday, 12 August 2002 00:00 (twenty-one years ago) link

Ha ha at my best mate's wedding last year the band asked them if they had a 'special' song they wanted them to play, they thought long & hard and we all decided something sappy like the Carpenters We've Only Just Begun would be appropriate & cheesy. The big day came along and after dinner the band blokey said 'now we will play a song that means a lot to X and Y' and they launched into a fantastic version of Volare. We all laughed very hard and X and Y tried not to as they took to the floor. Arf.

― Emma, Monday, 12 August 2002 00:00 (twenty-one years ago) link

My Favourite Dress or Kennedy by the Wedding Present. appropriate for any occasion. hem hem.

― Alan Trewartha, Monday, 12 August 2002 00:00 (twenty-one years ago) link

I want GO MONKEY GO by Devo (Alang the PPG album is bluddy GRATE I dunno what yr on about saying it's rub)!

― Sarah, Monday, 12 August 2002 00:00 (twenty-one years ago) link

My cousin George and his wife Pilar chose "Have I Told You Lately" by Van Morrison, and damn it worked well (also drove the Rod Stewart version out of my head). Friend wanted to use Peter Murphy's gloriously passionate "I'll Fall With Your Knife" for hers, but then the wedding never happened and the relationship collapsed, d'oh.

Mine? I've had ideas, but nothing ever stuck. I insist on being my own DJ with a pre-burned CDR or three, though. ;-)

― Ned Raggett, Monday, 12 August 2002 00:00 (twenty-one years ago) link

Luckily The Association are still available for weddings, seeing as they are going to play "Never My Love" for my, you know, future wedding.

― Mand, Monday, 12 August 2002 00:00 (twenty-one years ago) link

My boyfriend would like be his own DJ at our wedding I think. But I've already decided that we're having Heaven Of My Heart by Jim White and possibly My Wandering Days Are Over by Belle & Sebastian after that.

― Archel, Monday, 12 August 2002 00:00 (twenty-one years ago) link

Three hours of France Gall, including "L'Amerique" and "Goodnight John-John?"

― nabisco, Monday, 12 August 2002 00:00 (twenty-one years ago) link

I think I might leave this to the wife, actually.

― nabisco, Monday, 12 August 2002 00:00 (twenty-one years ago) link

'Orgasm Addict' by the Buzzcocks.

― Alex M, Monday, 12 August 2002 00:00 (twenty-one years ago) link

Who is this 'Solomon Pope'? Is he a friend of Solomon Burke, by any chance?

― Andrew L, Monday, 12 August 2002 00:00 (twenty-one years ago) link

I'm sorry I made a mistake, I hope it hasn't ruined your Monday.

― Ronan, Monday, 12 August 2002 00:00 (twenty-one years ago) link

We had the tango from "True Lies" and "Scent Of A Woman" played as our first dance. Our final dance was to "Somebody" by DM.

― Dan Perry, Monday, 12 August 2002 00:00 (twenty-one years ago) link

"Bat out of Hell" - Meatloaf

― jel --, Monday, 12 August 2002 00:00 (twenty-one years ago) link

An old ILM favourite this:

What record would you like played first at your wedding reception?

Perfect Wedding Songs

Wedding Themes

― N., Monday, 12 August 2002 00:00 (twenty-one years ago) link

we're using "Northern Sky" by Nick Drake as our first dance and "Let Me Take You Home Tonight" by Boston as the closer. I gave the DJ a list of all songs that must be played. We chose only songs from the 20's to the 70's. We refused all electric slide and chicken dance crapola. Although I did get a huge amount of shit from the fiance for trying to sneak some Teddy Pendergrass on the request list.

― Chris, Monday, 12 August 2002 00:00 (twenty-one years ago) link

"I Love You (Listent to This)" by Dexy's, natch. And maybe "Come Together" by Primal Scream during the reception.

― felicity, Monday, 12 August 2002 00:00 (twenty-one years ago) link

I like this, because it's a real live dilemma that me and Miss Julia are facing just now! Ideally I would like "Into your arms" by Nick Cave, because it's lovely but unfortunately not very danceable. Then there's "It must be love" which you can't really slow dance to. I had a look through the old threads, nothing really stands out. I like the "Northern Sky" suggestion, hmmm. Keep them coming, please, I need inspiration!! It's important!

― Chris Leonard, Monday, 12 August 2002 00:00 (twenty-one years ago) link

"Into my arms" I meant. oops.

― Chris Leonard, Monday, 12 August 2002 00:00 (twenty-one years ago) link

The theme from Steptoe and Son ("Old Ned" by David Granger, I believe)

― Dom Passantino, Monday, 12 August 2002 00:00 (twenty-one years ago) link

! I'm not that old.

― Ned Raggett, Monday, 12 August 2002 00:00 (twenty-one years ago) link

Chris Knox-"Not Given Lightly" at the ceremony
Mystikal-"Shake Ya Ass" at the reception

― brg30, Monday, 12 August 2002 00:00 (twenty-one years ago) link

"Girl After Girl" by Troy Shondell. That would be to remind all my unmarried friends that getting around can be an inferior choice. I wouldn't play anything to do with love because I can't imagine any song being adequate. And if there was an adequate piece of music, it would drive you insane so what would be the point.

― martika, Monday, 12 August 2002 00:00 (twenty-one years ago) link

I second the nomination of The Carpenters' 'We've Only Just Begun.' I don't see how one could consider anything else.

Hang on. Perhaps for the last dance, which I seem to recall is a big event, 'The Look of Love' by Isaac Hayes.

― Tim Bateman, Tuesday, 13 August 2002 00:00 (twenty-one years ago) link

perfect song to jilt your betrothed to = "i ran".

― di, Tuesday, 13 August 2002 00:00 (twenty-one years ago) link

'Have I Told You Lately That I Love You?' = Yes, about three hours ago - when we got married - dolt!

― Pete, Tuesday, 13 August 2002 00:00 (twenty-one years ago) link

"Fuck Me Like An Animal"

― toraneko, Tuesday, 13 August 2002 00:00 (twenty-one years ago) link

Ulp, congrats to Chris Lynyrd & Julia! I didn't know...

― Tim, Tuesday, 13 August 2002 00:00 (twenty-one years ago) link

I did! He told me at the Maryhill Community Centre!

― N., Tuesday, 13 August 2002 00:00 (twenty-one years ago) link

I still can't talk about the dj at my wedding, the urge to hunt to hunt him down and kick him grows too powerful.

― Nicole, Tuesday, 13 August 2002 00:00 (twenty-one years ago) link

What exactly did this non-paragon play, anyway? At least name one of the horrors!

― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 13 August 2002 00:00 (twenty-one years ago) link

Stuff from the forties, I can't even recall what exactly. But I had spoken with him before and he seemed cool, and familiar with the kind of stuff I had written down. But he played virtually none of it, and stuck to super oldies. I mean, Abba would have been very contemporary on this playlist.

― Nicole, Tuesday, 13 August 2002 00:00 (twenty-one years ago) link

"Feel The Need In Me" - The Detroit Emeralds(?)

― David, Tuesday, 13 August 2002 00:00 (twenty-one years ago) link

Oh dear. So all the older relatives were happy and everyone else just wanted to know when the audio track for the Time-Life Library commercials was going to end...

― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 13 August 2002 00:00 (twenty-one years ago) link

It sounds like my kinda wedding.

― N., Tuesday, 13 August 2002 00:00 (twenty-one years ago) link

Firstly congrats to Mistopher Christopher. And Julia.

After tons of arguing about stuff (I wanted My Wandering Days are Over by B&S or You Don't Have to Say You Love Me by Dusty, he wanted Never Tear Us Apart by INXS) we had the Wonder of You by Elvis. It was great.

Last two weddings I was at, they had Come What May(?) by Nicole Kidmand and Ewan McGregor, and Fields of Gold by Sting. ours was better.

I went to a wedding once where they had If You Need Someone by the Field Mice. She walked down the aisle to Primitive Painters by Felt. That was lovely. If I hadn;t done the whole church thing..

― ailsa, Tuesday, 13 August 2002 00:00 (twenty-one years ago) link

I would've done that. And learned to type when I was at it....

― ailsa, Tuesday, 13 August 2002 00:00 (twenty-one years ago) link

five years pass...

so a close friend has asked me to make her a mixtape in lieu of getting her the standard wedding present

prob cause she knows my taste in gifts is crap but maybe also cause i've made her a couple before and she's liked them

lol except now this one feels IMPORTANT and i am nervous about my selection

― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Wednesday, 26 March 2008 06:45 (sixteen years ago) link

How the hell do you find these threads to revive?
Also - mixtape?

Fly Me To The Moon might be a good one to start....

I'm sure you will provide good toons Big Hoos.

― aimurchie, Wednesday, 26 March 2008 08:51 (sixteen years ago) link

I like the idea of "I fall with your knife" by Pete Murphy I must say. I dunno though, to me you pick something spesh to yrselves so for us it'd be "Lets Just See" by Engineers but hem thats not exactly a dancy track. Knowing my other half he'd want some Autechre track >:-/

― Trayce, Wednesday, 26 March 2008 09:08 (sixteen years ago) link

"Computer Love" by Kraftwerk

― kenan, Wednesday, 26 March 2008 09:18 (sixteen years ago) link

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