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Thu Jan-13-05 03:22 PM
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What are the best & worst wedding "first dance" songs you have heard? |
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I know it's supposed to be a personal thing, but I have been to wedding receptions where the song was not even chosen by the couple at all, or where the bride or groom insisted on a song even though the other hated it. And one, where the song was chosen because "it was the most popular wedding song that year!" :eyes:
For me, the oddest choice I've heard was a Michael Jackson song ... not in the 80s, but only recently. Kind of bizarre. The best was one that the couple wrote themselves. :) What about you?
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Thu Jan-13-05 03:24 PM
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1. Cocaine - Eric Clapton |
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Swear to God. My cousin and his bride jammed away to it. Still together too, God bless 'em.
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Thu Jan-13-05 03:25 PM
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3. I think that's awesome! |
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They probably get along well because neither takes things too seriously.
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Thu Jan-13-05 03:26 PM
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Thu Jan-13-05 03:28 PM
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Whatever works, right? I mean, the sanctity of marriage is the "real battle for homeland security", according to a few choice Republicans, so it's a "win at all costs" situation, no?
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Thu Jan-13-05 04:42 PM
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38. hey, whatever floats your battleship |
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as long as you aren't breeding and messing up children, have fun with your alternative lifestyle. no skin off my back.
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Thu Jan-13-05 09:52 PM
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61. That is AWESOME!!!!!! |
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I would have peed my pants
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Thu Jan-13-05 03:25 PM
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2. I don't know, there's just certain songs I DESPISE that get played |
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at weddings. Like "Could I Have This Dance For The Rest of My Life" and "Wind Beneath My Wings." They both make me want to puke before I've even started getting hammered :)
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Thu Jan-13-05 03:26 PM
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7. Nothing's worse than the father and daughter dance |
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when they inevitably play "Daddy's Little Girl." :puke:
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Thu Jan-13-05 03:48 PM
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23. "Or Butterfly kisses"!! |
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Thu Jan-13-05 11:54 PM
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70. Oh Good God...that song!!! |
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:puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke:
My best friend had that as her father-daughter dance song for her wedding. I remember she played it for us bridesmaids in the car on the way back from our gown fittings at the dress shop. Everyone in the car was getting all teary because of that stupid song--except me (I was laughing and trying not to wretch at the same time.) I guess that was a little mean, but that song is just so horrible!
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Thu Jan-13-05 09:45 PM
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57. Or "Daddy's Hands." Yeecccch. |
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Thu Jan-13-05 03:25 PM
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4. Bad choices: "I Will Always Love You" and "Every Breath You Take" |
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The first is a breakup song, and the second is a stalker song.
Good choice: "The Way You Look Tonight"
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Thu Jan-13-05 03:29 PM
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10. good choice........i used to sing that the my nephew |
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back when he was a wee baby.
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Thu Jan-13-05 03:29 PM
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11. Saving the best for last? Is that the right title - the Vanessa Williams |
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song - that's about cheating and yet people have it played at weddings.
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Thu Jan-13-05 03:44 PM
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20. That song is about cheating? |
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I thought it was about a friend loving another friend and the love being unrequited, until now.
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Thu Jan-13-05 03:48 PM
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24. I'm pretty sure it's about cheating - look at the beginning of the |
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second paragraph and even the first paragraph...I could be wrong, but that's how I always interpreted the song.
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All of the nights you came to me When some silly girl had set you free You wondered how you’d make it through I wondered what was wrong with you
’cause how could you give your love to someone else And share your dreams with me Sometimes the very thing you’re looking for Is the one thing you can’t see
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Thu Jan-13-05 03:51 PM
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26. They are best friends, but he doesn't see her as a mate |
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So he keeps dating other women who disappoint him until he realizes his friend is actually the one. ....and I can't believe I'm analyzing a Vanessa Williams song. :crazy:
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Thu Jan-13-05 03:53 PM
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27. okay - I can see it that way, too. It's still a yuck song. |
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Thu Jan-13-05 03:43 PM
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How people can mistake it for a romantic song, I don't know.
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Thu Jan-13-05 04:41 PM
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I always told my husband that the only line missing from that song was "You were lousy in the sack, now I hate you and I want all my CDs back."
I love the song though.
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Thu Jan-13-05 03:45 PM
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21. "The Way You Look Tonight" is one of my all-time favorite songs... |
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...any genre.
That being said, Mrs R and I spun to Nanci Griffith's "Red Brick Floor".
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Fri Jan-14-05 04:22 PM
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118. That was my first-dance song at my wedding |
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Edited on Fri Jan-14-05 04:24 PM by Xithras
The Tony Bennett version.
It was my wifes choice, not mine. I REALLY wanted "64" by the Beatles ;)
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Thu Jan-13-05 03:54 PM
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28. that was me and my ex-girlfriends song...good song...bad girlfriend |
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Thu Jan-13-05 03:25 PM
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Serious, a friend of mine insisted we play that as the wedding song. Actually, it wasn't that bad of a choice. Pretty funny then, pretty funny now.
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Thu Jan-13-05 03:25 PM
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6. Meatloaf said people have used "2 out of 3 ain't bad" |
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Edited on Thu Jan-13-05 03:26 PM by IanDB1
Think about it:
I want you I need you But there ain't no way I'm ever gonna love you So don't be sad 'cause two out of three ain't bad
Yeah, there are some stupid people out there who thought that was a good first dance song at their wedding.
On edit: Meatloaf said he hears that ALL THE TIME.
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Thu Jan-13-05 03:35 PM
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YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAACK!
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a friend's wedding years back--"Don't Worry, Be Happy"--what was he thinking??? I was expecting a nice love ballad and he chose this awful song-LOL.
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Thu Jan-13-05 03:38 PM
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14. Let's Get it On by Marvin Gaye I say is a good one |
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Thu Jan-13-05 03:57 PM
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30. Yeah, for the first dance |
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in the honeymoon suite! ROFL!
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15. The most awful song I ever heard was |
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Edited on Thu Jan-13-05 03:46 PM by LibDemAlways
during the ceremony itself - this was back in the early 70s. A cousin of the groom who couldn't carry a tune sung a hideously bad lounge-singer version of "The Look of Love." I bit my lip until it bled.
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63. ROFLMAO....hahahahahahasnort! n/t |
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Thu Jan-13-05 10:09 PM
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69. Once I was asked to play Fogelberg's "Longer" at a beach wedding. |
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I hated the song, but learned to play it and sang it because I was very good friends with the groom.
The song didn't work very well. My friend's divorced and hates, and I do mean hates, his ex-wife.
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Thu Jan-13-05 03:40 PM
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16. If I ever take the vows |
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I hope my intended will want to dance to "Searching for Someone Exactly Like You" by Van Morrison.
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Thu Jan-13-05 03:41 PM
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17. Every Breath You Take |
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This song is about a STALKER dammit
A STALKER!!!
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Thu Jan-13-05 03:43 PM
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19. They Love Each Other - Jerry Garcia Band |
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My best friend and her hubby picked this. It was LOVELY!!!
Of course, now she has come out and they are getting a divorce, 5 years later. And so it goes...
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Thu Jan-13-05 03:46 PM
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22. Just You and Me by Chicago |
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That was the song for my wife and me. Almost 31 years later we are still happily married.
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Thu Jan-13-05 03:51 PM
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25. Better hope Chicago doesn't break up |
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there may be a connection
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Fri Jan-14-05 09:13 AM
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108. What? Not "Color My World"? uh-oh Prom flashback! |
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Thu Jan-13-05 03:55 PM
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since I met you baby my whole life has changed...
I still get weepy remembering our dance. We also had a friend play the melody line on acoustic guitar as our wedding processional.
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Thu Jan-13-05 03:58 PM
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31. For those old enough to jnow of Al Jolson |
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Fri Jan-14-05 12:18 AM
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84. That's one of the best ever, I think. It's actually an old Ukranian waltz. |
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Thu Jan-13-05 04:02 PM
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32. Carpenters 'We've Only Just Begun' is pretty decent. |
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We've only just begun to live, White lace and promises A kiss for luck and we're on our way. And yes, We've just begun.
Before the rising sun we fly, So many roads to choose We start our walking and learn to run. And yes, We've just begun.
Sharing horizons that are new to us, Watching the signs along the way, Talking it over just the two of us, Working together day to day Together.
And when the evening comes we smile, So much of life ahead We'll find a place where there's room to grow, And yes, We've just begun.
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Thu Jan-13-05 04:38 PM
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35. That's the first one that popped into my head. It is just... |
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way too sicky, syrupy sweet for ANY occasion.
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39. I have a bit of a soft spot for the Carpenters, but agree that |
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it's just a bit Too much and was way overplayed in it's day.
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Thu Jan-13-05 04:09 PM
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33. I like The Very Thought Of You |
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by Billie Holiday. If I had a big wedding I was going to use it, but we eloped instead.
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Thu Jan-13-05 04:31 PM
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34. Mr. Wonderful and myself danced to |
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"Just The Way You Are" and we'll be married 25 years this August.
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Thu Jan-13-05 04:39 PM
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36. "Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow?" |
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was the oddest first song I've ever heard. And it was a self-fulfilling prophecy, too -- the marriage only lasted a couple of years.
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Thu Jan-13-05 04:49 PM
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40. Polka: "I don't want her, you can have her, she's too fat for me" |
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Our DJ (Friend of ours) played that at the reception, dedicating it to all my former GFs.
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Thu Jan-13-05 04:57 PM
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43. "Wonderful Tonight" by Clapton |
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If you listen to the lyrics, they aren't quite so flowery.
DH and I's first dance was to Marc Cohn's "True Companion".
Julie
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Thu Jan-13-05 09:43 PM
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56. "True Companion" - what a great choice! |
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DH and I wanted "Side by Side" (Ain't got a barrel of money, maybe we're ragged and funny...) but the singer/pianist didn't know that one and so we got "Some Enchanted Evening" instead, which wasn't a bad second choice. But then, much to my chagrin, he decided to ad lib and segued into the love theme from the Godfather (!)
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Thu Jan-13-05 04:59 PM
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44. My wife and I danced to Good For You by Hothouse Flowers |
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a song which I'm sure nobody there other than my bridegrooms and we were familiar with at all. But it's still my favorite first dance song, just because it was ours.
Can't think of any really bad ones I've been there for, though. Mostly just the run of the mill ...
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Thu Jan-13-05 05:51 PM
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not "I'm Sorry" (love it) or "Feet on the Ground" (love that one too).
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Thu Jan-13-05 06:04 PM
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If You Go (my favorite off people) and Sweet Marie (my wife's middle name is Marie) are other favorites of mine by them, but might not have been great as first dance type songs :)
Always great to see somebody remembers the hothouse flowers :D
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Thu Jan-13-05 05:54 PM
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46. why don't we do it in the road |
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call me old fashioned, i don't know, but there are so many other Beatle songs ...
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Thu Jan-13-05 06:07 PM
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48. For the one DUer who will get this... |
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I don't know about the worst wedding song...but this is my favorite...
We skipped the light fandango turned cartwheels 'cross the floor I was feeling kinda seasick but the crowd called out for more The room was humming harder as the ceiling flew away When we called out for another drink the waiter brought a tray
And so it was that later as the miller told his tale that her face, at first just ghostly, turned a whiter shade of pale
She said, 'There is no reason and the truth is plain to see.' But I wandered through my playing cards and would not let her be one of sixteen vestal virgins who were leaving for the coast and although my eyes were open they might have just as well've been closed
She said, 'I'm home on shore leave,' though in truth we were at sea so I took her by the looking glass and forced her to agree saying, 'You must be the mermaid who took Neptune for a ride.' But she smiled at me so sadly that my anger straightway died
If music be the food of love then laughter is its queen and likewise if behind is in front then dirt in truth is clean My mouth by then like cardboard seemed to slip straight through my head So we crash-dived straightway quickly and attacked the ocean bed
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Thu Jan-13-05 06:09 PM
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49. Procol Harem: "Whiter Shade of Pale" |
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Thu Jan-13-05 06:10 PM
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50. "Unforgettable" by Natlie Cole/Nat "King" Cole |
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That was our wedding song.
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Thu Jan-13-05 11:55 PM
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71. That was the song I danced with my dad |
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for the Father Daughter dance at my wedding!
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Fri Jan-14-05 12:31 AM
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87. Greetings, KitchenWitch |
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We share a song in common.
How's Minnesota these days? The rain in San Diego just stopped yesterday after a two-week drenching.
How about the thrashing the Vikings gave Green Bay???
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Our temperatures are dropping through the cellar, it looks like we will not be above zero for a few days. Last I looked we were at -12 F. Our governor is considering cancelling school for K-12 tomorrow.
I LOVED the Vikings beating the Packers...shuts the cheeseheads up for few minutes. And although I think what Randy Moss did was tasteless and classless, I think our lovely media has made way too much of a deal out of it!
Glad to hear the rain has finally stopped. Are you having a lot of mudslides down there? I know there are a lot in the Los Angeles area, but the media here has not covered any in San Diego.
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I'd freeze to death in Minnesota (especially with my So. Cal. thinned-out blood).
I saw all the bleating about Randy Moss, but from the short video clips they showed all he seemed to be doing was a little dance after a touchdown. Don't they all do that now in the NFL? What's the big deal? I don't know what they're bitching about because the coverage of the subject was so bad.
No mudslides in San Diego. Yet.
BTW, I'm over the flu now and have no further excuses for anything.
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I have no idea why - the band may have chosen it (I would have fired them if that was the case) or perhaps the couple but it seemed very strange to me.
"Go on now, go Walk out the door Don't turn around now You're not welcome anymore" etc. :wtf:
This was the same wedding in which the bridegroom stumbled badly over the word "fidelity" which I took as a not very good sign. They're still together but apparently he still has trouble with it. :shrug:
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Thu Jan-13-05 06:15 PM
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52. Several best, can't think of any worst |
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Unchained Melody, Wonderful Tonight, Unforgettable, etc are all good. Pachelbel's Canon would be a great song to walk into the Church/Hall with too.
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Thu Jan-13-05 09:51 PM
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60. Pachelbel's Canon was a great song to walk down the aisle to! |
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And our dance song was awesome. Just because it was so fitting. It was "Not the Only One" by Bonnie Raitt. And the lyrics were perfect - could have been written for us!
I was in a daze, movin' in the wrong direction Feelin' that I'd always be the lonely one Then I saw your face, on the edge of my horizon Whisperin' that I wasn't the only one The lonely one
True love or perfection It seems like it's overdue Then just when you least expect it It comes sneakin' up on you When I thought that I was dreaming Felt your body close to mine Now love takes on a different meaning Together till the end of time
10 years and I still can't believe how lucky I am!:D
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Fri Jan-14-05 12:12 AM
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80. The Canon in D always gives me goosebumps |
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Even in midi form. Very beautiful piece.
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Canon in D as well, played on a piano. My Bridal Attendants (my godbrother was one of my bridesmaids) walked into "Storybook Love" from the The Princess Bride. I still get all sorts of teary when I hear that music. (Our 2 year anniversiary is in 2 weeks! Yay!)
At one of my girlfriend's weddings, the Father-Daughter dance was Josh Groban's "You Raise Me Up." Not a dry eye in the house.
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Fri Jan-14-05 12:38 AM
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89. OK, then.... "Under My Thumb" |
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Fri Jan-14-05 01:27 AM
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94. if that's the case... paint it black? |
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98. "Because I used to love her, but it's all over now" |
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104. i can't get no sat - is - fack -shun... |
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Thu Jan-13-05 06:29 PM
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54. My wife and I dance to "It Had to be You" |
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by Harry Connick Jr. Heading toward 10 years in the fall.
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Thu Jan-13-05 09:46 PM
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58. Mmmm. That's a great song too. |
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Fri Jan-14-05 02:36 AM
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100. Did you see "A League Of Their Own"? |
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And "Marla Hooch's" unforgettable rendition of that song?
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Thu Jan-13-05 06:52 PM
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55. Stand back, - this beats them all |
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for 'worst.'
I once had the misfortune to attend an 'all karaoke wedding.' That's right the bride and groom sang their vows, the officiant sang the blessing of the union, and then the maids and matron of honour and the groomsmen all got together and slaughtered "Louie Louie" by the Kingsmen for the first dance.
The best I ever witnessed was during a wedding where it rained like the deluge and the power went out. The groom went into the sacristy and lit every candle he could find in the church. When the time came for the dance he waltzed his bride around the floor singing "My Best Girl" with a look of such devotion in his eyes that there wasn't a dry eye or unbuckled knee in the house.
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i think by Kenny Rogers???? anyway at a friend's wedding they invited their parents to dance first - both couples had been married for 20+ years. Brought a tear to my eye.
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Thu Jan-13-05 09:54 PM
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62. Oh thank god- I thought u meant u hated it |
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That was my grandparents song (Married for 50 years)
My grama died about 5 years ago & EVERY time I hear that song I get choked up.
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64. Nothing Else Matters- Metallica |
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A good song (IMHO) but an odd choice.
They arent together anymore either BTW
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It was very sentimental to invite their parents to dance first. I think I found it especially touching b/c my parents were divorced when I was about 5. I'm sorry about your grandma. I've got goosebumps just thinking about that song.
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65. At Last. by Etta James was mine, and it was perfect... |
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Fri Jan-14-05 02:38 AM
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101. One of my favorite songs - especially Eva Cassidy's rendition |
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it's very popular in our area to use that one.
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67. I have a friend who is a dj -- does a lot of weddings |
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He said he did a wedding where the bride and groom were not very attractive. There wedding song was "Two less lonely people in the world"...is that a song? I'm sure that was the title
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73. The song is by Air Supply |
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2 less Lonely people in the world
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68. If I ever get married, I'm dancing to White Wedding by Billy Idol damn it! |
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I don't care what the hubby person says, its going to be White Wedding. HEHE :D
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Fri Jan-14-05 12:05 AM
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was to Edwin McCain's "I Could Not Ask for More"
Lying here with you Listening to the rain Smiling just to see the smile upon your face These are the moments I thank God that I'm alive These are the moments I'll remember all my life I found all I've waited for And I could not ask for more
Looking in your eyes Seeing all I need Everything you are is everything to me These are the moments I know heaven must exist These are the moments I know all I need is this I have all I've waited for And I could not ask for more
Chorus I could not ask for more than this time together I could not ask for more than this time with you Every prayer has been answered Every dream I have's come true And right here in this moment is right where I'm meant to be Here with you here with me
These are the moments I thank God that I'm alive These are the moments I'll remember all my life I've got all I've waited for And I could not ask for more
Chorus
I could not ask for more than the love you give me 'Coz it's all I've waited for And I could not ask for more I could not ask for more
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Procol Harem: "Whiter Shade of Pale"...:D
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78. BWHAHAHAHA Lets compromise and have the Annie Lennox version? |
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81. How about the Box Tops version...circa 1968 |
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I could raid my mother's record collection to find it...
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85. I could go for that. BUT you must promise at some point White Wedding WILL |
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be played! Or else no deal! x(
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Billy Idol will be welcome at any wedding I attend...
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My best friend & her hubby danced to Van Morrison's version "Have I told you lately that I love you"
And then they did their farewell to Don Henley's "Taking you Home" - which was my song with my love at the time. I was PISSED, cos they'd kept those two songs secret, and they knew it was our song. They pilfered it.
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75. Mrs Retro and I danced to Lyle Lovett for our first dance |
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She's No Lady
She hates my mama She hates my daddy too She loves to tell me She hates the things I do She loves to lie beside me Almost every night She's no lady she's my wife
The preacher asked her And she said I do The preacher asked me And she said yes he does too And the preacher said I pronounce you 99 to life Son she's no lady she's your wife
And I can't remember How I met her Seems like she's always just been hanging here off my right arm And I can't remember How I ever Thought that I just couldn't live without a woman's charm
And even though She loves the smell of French perfume And even though She walks around in high-heel shoes All I know Is I'm the one who pays her price Man she's no lady she's my wife
And I can't remember How I met her Seems like she's always just been hanging here off my right arm And I can't remember How I ever Thought that I just couldn't live without a woman's charm
Yea she hates my mama She hates my daddy too She loves to tell me She hates the things I do She loves to lie beside me Almost every night She's no lady she's my wife
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103. What a horrible song! |
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79. Worst choice: Enter Sandman by Metallica |
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I'm not kidding. Doesn't anyone slow-dance to "We've Only Just Begun" by the Carpenters or "If" by Bread anymore?
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90. Bread has a lot of good wedding song candidates. The Seventies |
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singer/songwriter era had a lot of good love songs for weddings-"Annie's Song","Anticipation",that song about "ring ring let the telephone ring"(can't remember the title),so many.
That makes me think of some Seventies songs that would be funny at a wedding-"You're Having My Baby","It's Too Late To Turn Back Now","Mama Told Me Not To Come",and I think the most awful song that I ever heard-something about "daddy please don't,he means so much to me,daddy please don't, we're gonna get married,just you wait and see"-that is,until daddy goes to shoot the guy that knocked up his daughter and shoots her instead.
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91. Ah, you mean "Run Joey Run" by David Geddes |
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One of the cheesiest 70s songs ever (and I didn't even live in the 70s).
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92. LOL< that's it! My husband loves some awful song by some |
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weird group named "Mouth and MacNeil" called "How Do You Do",and he usually hates popular music. I despise that song!(He likes the strangest songs anyway,except for Bob Seger), like something about "you're never gonnna see no more unicorns". There were some really cheesy songs in that period-"Billy Don't Be A Hero", "The Night Chicago Died",more if I could think of them. There's a couple of cheesy ones that I like too,like the one about giving the hitchiker a ride in the Chevy van,and something about "hold on, just a little bit tighter now baby"-I read that this song was the only hit,ironically,by a group that normally played hard rock.If I were that group, I would've been kind of aggravated.
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"Sunrise,Sunset" from "Fiddler on The Roof". I guess I'll get mocked unmercifully for this one,but I always loved "We've Only Just Begun" by the Carpenters.
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86. worst one was also funny as hell |
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They danced to "Having My Baby" by Paul Anka.
This was back in the 70's when there were few pregnant brides but lots of premature babies.;)
There were rumors the bride was pregnant for at least a year before the wedding. She decided to have fun with it. Her parents were NOT amused.
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95. "What's Love Got to do With It?" by Tina Turner |
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was the song me & the mrs. first took to the floor to...
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96. "Hey Joe" by Jimi Hendrix was my first choice... |
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"Hey joe, where you goin’ with that gun of your hand Hey joe, I said where you goin’ with that gun in your hand, oh I’m goin’ down to shoot my old lady You know I caught her messin’ ’round with another man Yeah, I’m goin’ down to shoot my old lady You know I caught her messin’ ’round with another man..."
when the then future mrs. veritas heard the lyrics, we compromised on tina turner.
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97. Haha, that makes me think of "Locomotive Breath" n/t |
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102. Ewan McGregor "Your Song" |
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My daughter just danced to it at her wedding and it was beautiful. Her and her dad danced to Over the Rainbow/What A Wonderful World -Israel Kamakawiwo'ole. It was very cool, had special meaning for them too.
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105. Just about anything by the Stylistics |
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107. Good: "More than This" (Bryan Ferry). BAD: |
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"Youre Not 'The One' (but you're the only one that makes me feel this way)" (Foo Fighters)
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109. Worst, anything by Air Supply, I think... |
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Best was What a Wonderful World.
Most original was a father/daughter dance to the theme from Godfather.
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111. Mine was "Grow old with me" by John Lennon |
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Absolutely beautiful song.
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113. I have two "best" ones, both with the same groom... |
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My best friend Dan was best man to a guy named Brian, who successively married women with nasty, buzz-saw personalities, neither of whom Dan or I could stand. That they were both really large was, I guess, a bonus of sorts.
Well, Dan's dad was the MC and a professional entertainer, and rather than have the DJ play the first dance, Dick strapped on the guitar and sang "If", as in "If a picture paints a thousand words" etc. When he got to the line "If a man could be two places at one time, I'd be with you", Dan and I started laughing so hard we had to leave the hall. Of course, we had toked before the reception, or else we'd have been able to hold it in.
For Brian's second wedding, to Tonya (also big-boned), Dick sang again. This time it was "Three Times a Lady". Dan and I busted a gut again. The odd thing is that both times, the first dance song was requested by the groom.
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114. my parents' song was... |
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grover washington's 'just the two of us' and it may be mine as well.
i got sick of k-ci and jojo's 'all my life'. i went to 6 weddings that year and it was the first song for ALL!
for the father-daughter dance, i have a soft spot for the temptations' 'my girl'.
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116. The best one was my own: |
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Wigwam by Bob Dylan. It seems an unlikely choice, I know, but it rocked!
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117. I had the best song--- |
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For my wedding march, my string quartet played "I Feel Pretty" from West Side Story--imagine marching in to that....
And the worst? The absolute worst was friends who came into the reception introduced by the DJ to the theme from "Entertainment Tonight."
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VNV Nation, one of the remixes. (The CD is dead, and I don't have the playlist anymore.)
Eyes betray the soul and bare it's thinking. Beyond words they say so many things to me. A stranger here reborn it seems awaking wonders deep in me. If nothing's ventured nothing's gained so I must seize the day.
And fighting time so hard I pray that this moment lasts forever. And will the world stay standing still at least for me. Through my eyes stare into me. I bare my heart for all to see. With my face turned to the sun there ever standing still. Though seasons change and things come to pass remain inside of me. And fighting time so hard I pray that this moment lasts forever. and will the world stay standing still at least for me.
We also had Oingo Boingo, Apoptygma Berzerk, Jesus and Mary Chain, the Cure, Pink Floyd and a bajillion others on the disk we built for the wedding. If my mother liked the music, it was culled from the playlist. (She was not there, since we had snow the week of the wedding and she'd planned to drive from AZ in her beater.)
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