Post your "Must Have" wedding songs

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I thought this may be helpful if you're looking for some variety in your wedding music.

 

We had a somewhat eclectic mix but maybe something will be up your alley )

 

 

Walked down the aisle to:

Teena Marie - The Air I Breathe

 

Played when we kissed then walked out to:

Frankie Beverly & Maze - Golden Time of Day

 

Cocktail Hour:

Gypsy Kings - Moorea

Pedro Fernandez - La bala

Stevie Wonder - You are the sunshine of my life

Frank Sinatra - Fly me to the moon

Sun Ra - Dreams come true

Sergio Mendes & Brasil 66 - Mais que nada

Joss Stone - Are you diggin on me?

Diana Krall - I love being here with you

Tony Bennet - The best is yet to come

Frankie Beverly & Maze - Happy Feelings

India.Arie & Sergio Mendes - Timeless

Chaka Khan - Papillion

Grover Washington Jr. - Soulful Strut

Tommy James & the Shondells - Crystal blue persuasion

 

Dinner:

 

Goapele - Butterfly kisses

D'Angelo - When we get by

Sade - Kiss of life

Etta James - At Last

Gypsy Kings - Un Amor

Minnie Ripperton - Here we go

Dean Martin - That's amore

Santana - Europa

Phyllis Hyman - No one can love you more

Sade - By your side

George Benson - Give me the night

Grover Washington Jr. - Be Mine

Sergio Mendes - Berimbau

Corrine Bailey Rae - Like a star

First Dance

 

Robin Thicke - Lost Without U

 

Reception Disc #1

 

Shalamar - Night to remember

Madonna - Holiday

Tony Toni Tone - It feels good

Franki Valli - Can't take my eyes off of you

Teena Marie - 365

Black Eyed Peas w/Sergio Mendes - Mas que nada

Michael Jackson - Off the wall

Dean Martin - Ain't that a kick in the head

Celia Cruz - La vida es un carnaval

Father MC w/K-ci & JoJo - Everything's gonna be alright

Sublime - Summertime

Frank Sinatra - The way you look tonight

Selena - Bidi bidi bom bom

Mr. Vegas w/Sergio Mendes - Bananeira

Digital Underground - Kiss you back

Koffee Brown - After Party

Dazz Band - Whip it

 

Reception Disc #2

 

B.B. King - Rock me baby

Guy - Groove me

Rosemary Clooney - Mambo Italiano

Lucy Pearl - You

De la soul - A roller skating jam called saturdays

GQ - I do love you

Tony Toni Tone - Wildchild

Elton John - Something about the way you look tonight

Eric Benet w/Tamia - Spend my life with you

Chris Brown - Excuse me miss

Mariah Carey - Make it last (remix)

Teena Marie - You make love like springtime

Tower of Power - Time will tell

311 - Love song

R.Kelly - Happy people

Talib Kweli - Stay with me

LL Cool J - I need love

 

Last Dance

 

Donna Summer - Last Dance

[rodent]

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Originally Posted by laura b We don't have our playlists yet, but we do have the songs we're going to put on the CD for our OOT bags. (None of these songs are going to be the traditional kind, but they all mean something special to us). Walking After You by the Foo Fighters Question by the Old 97s (the song I'm walking down the aisle to) Just Like Heaven (the Dinosaur Jr. version) Mr. Blue Sky by ELO I Summon You by Spoon (I LOVE THIS SONG) New Slang by the Shins Your Star Will Shine by the Stone Roses Lucha de Gigantes by Nacha Pop (I think all you mexico weddings should include this one. It's gorgeous) Big Blue Sun by Adrian Belew Everlong by Foo Fighters Mexican Wine by Fountains of Wayne You Were Right by Badly Drawn Boy Afterglow by Travis Say Yes by Elliot Smith Two of Us (Aimee Mann/Michael Penn version) Such Great Heights by the Postal Service (song we are walking off the aisle to)

I'm going to have to download all of these songs I don't have. The ones i know, I love. So i will probably like all the rest. I think such greats heights is a great song to play after the wedding.

[MarlaB]

Okay girls, I must know how you all know such wonderful diverse music. I have to admit that I am clueless about most of these songs!! I feel so dumb. Is there a website I can go on to hear samples? I am sure I would like to use some of these songs especially the Spanish/Mexican ones.

 

Ann,

Did you ever get a chance to ask your guests how they liked the Mexican Trio you hired? I am 90% I will hire them which means I wouldn't have to download that much Mexican music. I'd have the authentic version!!

Any Las Caletas bride know how much music I should plan on having for the dinner and reception? I assume the Trio doesn't play during dinner but I'm not so sure!

 

Thanks

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Originally Posted by MarlaB Okay girls, I must know how you all know such wonderful diverse music. I have to admit that I am clueless about most of these songs!! I feel so dumb. Is there a website I can go on to hear samples? I am sure I would like to use some of these songs especially the Spanish/Mexican ones. Ann, Did you ever get a chance to ask your guests how they liked the Mexican Trio you hired? I am 90% I will hire them which means I wouldn't have to download that much Mexican music. I'd have the authentic version!! Any Las Caletas bride know how much music I should plan on having for the dinner and reception? I assume the Trio doesn't play during dinner but I'm not so sure! Thanks

We're music freaks so we have a huge library at home. To hear samples, besides the illegal download thing, you can go to sites that sell music and hear like 20 second samples (i.e. towerrecords.com, amazon.com, etc).

There is a fairly accurate timeline provided when you sign your contract, have you done that yet? It says the start and end time of each segment of the wedding/reception. That's what I based ours off of. If you didn't get that ask them or I can pull mine out and tell you what they told us if you need it.

[MarlaB]

Well I did put my deposit down but I didn't get a timeline of events. Nicole is on vacation this month, but I will have to ask her about that. If you don't mind sending me yours, that would be great. You can PM me if you'd like.

Thank you!!

[rodent]

I haven't decided on my wedding music, but I did recently make a CD of love songs for a CD club I'm in. The way the CD cllub works is there are about 12 of us in it. You make a mixed CD on your month & give it to all 12 members. Its great because you are always hearing new music & learning more about your friends. We go all out with making liner notes, etc. Here are the love songs from my CD. I was trying to find some more alternative, non traditional love songs. Then there are some standards on it too.

 

1.Scissor Sisters- Might tell you tonight

2.Third Eye Blind – I want you

3.U2- She moves in mysterious ways

4.Beck- Everybody’s got to learn sometime

5.Sade- By your side

6.Nil Lara- Fighting for my love

7.Paul McCartney- Maybe I’m amazed

8.Dave Matthews and Santana- Love of my life

9.Counting Crows- Colorblind

10.Blue October- Calling you

11.Neil Young- Harvest moon

12.Flickerstick- Beautiful

13.Coldplay- The scientist

14.Chris Isaak- Wicked game

15.U2- The sweetest thing

16.Live- I alone

17.Incubus- Stellar

18.The Verve- Sonnet

 

1.Deftones- No ordinary love

2.Dave Matthews Band- Crush

3.The Cure- Love song

4.Beatles- And I love her

5.Sting- Every little thing she does is magic

6.They Might Be Giants- She’s an angel

7.U2- With or without you

8.Violent Femmes- Good feeling

9.Barenaked Ladies- Call and Answer

10.Incubus- Echo

11.David Gray- Be mine

12.The Coral- Dreaming of you

13.Justin Timberlake- Like I love you

14.The Pretenders- I’ll stand by you

15.Garbage- I would die for you

16.Cheap Trick- I want you to want me

17.REM- The one I love

18.David Gray- This year’s love

[starchild]

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Originally Posted by MarlaB Well I did put my deposit down but I didn't get a timeline of events. Nicole is on vacation this month, but I will have to ask her about that. If you don't mind sending me yours, that would be great. You can PM me if you'd like. Thank you!!

Sure, I'll find it and send it to you.

[foxytv]

I'm still very much working on our list ... but aside from our first dance and the mother & father songs ... our slow songs are going to be the wedding songs of all of our married guests. We have about 20 couples coming and 2 are celebrating either 10 or 40 year anniversaries during our trip. I thought that would be a nice way to show our appreciation for them coming, by finding out their first dance songs and acknowledging them when it starts to play.

[LisaG]

Aaawww what a great idea!

[rodent]

Quote:

Originally Posted by foxytv I'm still very much working on our list ... but aside from our first dance and the mother & father songs ... our slow songs are going to be the wedding songs of all of our married guests. We have about 20 couples coming and 2 are celebrating either 10 or 40 year anniversaries during our trip. I thought that would be a nice way to show our appreciation for them coming, by finding out their first dance songs and acknowledging them when it starts to play.

I love this idea!!! Several of our guests are celebrating anniversaries during the trip too. Hopefully I like their songs, too