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Wedding Music Help!
My sister is getting married and I'm helping her plan the wedding. We both have pretty good taste in music but we're a little stumped as to what song she should walk down the aisle to and what song she could dance to with our dad. There are tons of boring, cookie cutter songs out there but I'd love to hear any interesting, off the beaten track ideas.
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Well, as someone who is planning a wedding - I can at least tell you the ideas I currently have for the father-daughter dance. Now, a disclaimer is that my dad's a *huge* Paul McCartney fan, so I'm only really looking at his stuff. Might not work as well in different contexts.
I'm thinking about using:
Little Willow
Somedays
I Will
Blackbird (though Blue thinks this is horribly inappropriate, which it may well be )
Beautiful Night
We haven't thought about walking down the aisle music at all yet, so I can't help you there.
I'm thinking about using:
Little Willow
Somedays
I Will
Blackbird (though Blue thinks this is horribly inappropriate, which it may well be )
Beautiful Night
We haven't thought about walking down the aisle music at all yet, so I can't help you there.
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I DJ weddings several times a year, and I'll share the tracks I've enjoyed playing at those times in weddings I've done.
For one wedding the bride and groom walked down the aisle to "Do You Realize" by the Flaming Lips. The father and bride danced to "Somewhere Over the Rainbow" by Israel Kamakawiwo'ole.
For another, the bride and groom walked down the aisle to "Superstition" by Stevie Wonder. I should note that the wedding was on a Friday the 13th, so there was a reason for it. The bride and father danced to "You're My Best Friend" by Queen. It was nice, but a little fast.
Another wedding had the bride walking down the aisle to Roy Orbison's "Pretty Woman," which was cool. I don't remember what they danced to.
I've always thought REM's "You Are the Everything" would be a good song for either walking up or down the aisle.
For one wedding the bride and groom walked down the aisle to "Do You Realize" by the Flaming Lips. The father and bride danced to "Somewhere Over the Rainbow" by Israel Kamakawiwo'ole.
For another, the bride and groom walked down the aisle to "Superstition" by Stevie Wonder. I should note that the wedding was on a Friday the 13th, so there was a reason for it. The bride and father danced to "You're My Best Friend" by Queen. It was nice, but a little fast.
Another wedding had the bride walking down the aisle to Roy Orbison's "Pretty Woman," which was cool. I don't remember what they danced to.
I've always thought REM's "You Are the Everything" would be a good song for either walking up or down the aisle.
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Little Willow might be a little inappropriate too. Beautiful song, but isn't it about Maureen Starkey (Ringo's first wife) dying of cancer?RedShoes wrote:Well, as someone who is planning a wedding - I can at least tell you the ideas I currently have for the father-daughter dance. Now, a disclaimer is that my dad's a *huge* Paul McCartney fan, so I'm only really looking at his stuff. Might not work as well in different contexts.
I'm thinking about using:
Little Willow
Somedays
I Will
Blackbird (though Blue thinks this is horribly inappropriate, which it may well be )
Yeah, yeah - I know it's also a sad song - but... a sad song may be appropriate for a dance with my dad due to our not-so-fabulous relationship. And it's a pretty song. I particularly like this bit:
Nothing's gonna shake your love
Take your love away
No one's out to break your heart
It only seems that way...hey
Seems appropriate somehow.
But yeah - maybe not a good suggestion for someone else
Nothing's gonna shake your love
Take your love away
No one's out to break your heart
It only seems that way...hey
Seems appropriate somehow.
But yeah - maybe not a good suggestion for someone else
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Yep, I was thinking of Lion's Jaws off Fox Confessor or Deep Red Bells off Blacklisted (also agree with WSS on Things That Scare Me - although it might end up a jog down the aisle as opposed to a walk )marblefaun wrote:I love Neko...what songs were you thinking of?Tim(e) wrote:Let me recommend Neko Case - just something about the mood in the music that to my mind would perfectly suit a march down the aisle.
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For my wedding, first dance was "You Do Something To Me" by Ella Fitzgerald. Liked the song so much that when we had our daughter a few years later, we named her Ella!
Cut the cake to The Beatles' In My Life
Did the walk-in to the reception, with all the bridesmaids and groomsmen to Shaft. Seriously. It was a lot of fun, took the stuffiness right out!
Other songs we played -
I Cant Believe You're In Love With Me - Billie Holiday
Nothing Can Change This Love I Have - Sam Cooke (Cupid's a good one too)
God Only Knows, Wouldnt It Be Nice, Dont Worry Baby
Anthology version of the Beatles' Something
Cut the cake to The Beatles' In My Life
Did the walk-in to the reception, with all the bridesmaids and groomsmen to Shaft. Seriously. It was a lot of fun, took the stuffiness right out!
Other songs we played -
I Cant Believe You're In Love With Me - Billie Holiday
Nothing Can Change This Love I Have - Sam Cooke (Cupid's a good one too)
God Only Knows, Wouldnt It Be Nice, Dont Worry Baby
Anthology version of the Beatles' Something
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