Worst wedding reception tune?

[Bossy Monkey]

We keep saying that one day we're going to get married just to act out every silly, outrageous or performance art type idea we ever had for a wedding. One was to assemble the worst playlist possible for the reception. Any suggestions?

Didn't put it on, but wouldn't "Nebraska" make a lovely first dance?

[unpossibles]

1. Butterfly Kisses? n/t

[Bossy Monkey]

2. Don't know what that is, but since I don't have any votes at all, I'll put

it on in lieu of Other.

[eyesroll]

3. Yuck. Ick. I've seen a grown woman dance with her daddy to that.

:puke:

[liontamer]

16. isn't the song about a father daughter relationship?

don't really remember the song (and don't feel like googling it) but what's inappropriate about it?

[cedahlia]

43. Not necessarily "inappropriate", just TERRIBLE

I ranted about it in a post down below. :-)

It's basically just sickening sentimentality to the extreme (I am sentimental myself, but this is just BAD.) Laaaaame warbling about daddy tucking his wittle girl in after "bedtime prayers" and other such horribly sung nonsense. It's just a horrendous song.

[BigMcLargehuge]

4. weirdest use of music at a wedding I attended -

was my brother in law and mother in law doing the mother/son dance to Pink Floyd's "Mother".

Obviously, neither of them had any inkling at all what that song was about. But watching them dance with big smiles on their faces in room full of mostly stunned guests was priceless.

[Bossy Monkey]

10. Do you think they would have gotten it had it been The Police's

(ie Andy Summers') "Mother"? Don't know the Pink Floyd one, but from context I'm assuming it's pretty raw.

[BigMcLargehuge]

12. the lyrics

PINK-FLOYD-LYRICS.COM

Your Source for Pink Floyd Lyrics, Songs, and Albums

Mother (Waters) 5:32

Mother do you think they'll drop the bomb?
Mother do you think they'll like this song?
Mother do you think they'll try to break my balls?
Mother should I build the wall?
Mother should I run for president?
Mother should I trust the government?
Mother will they put me in the firing line?
Mother am I really dying?

Hush now baby, baby, dont you cry.
Mother's gonna make all your nightmares come true.
Mother's gonna put all her fears into you.
Mother's gonna keep you right here under her wing.
She wont let you fly, but she might let you sing.
Mama will keep baby cozy and warm.
Ooooh baby ooooh baby oooooh baby,
Of course mama'll help to build the wall.

Mother do you think she's good enough -- to me?
Mother do you think she's dangerous -- to me?
Mother will she tear your little boy apart?
Mother will she break my heart?

Hush now baby, baby dont you cry.
Mama's gonna check out all your girlfriends for you.
Mama wont let anyone dirty get through.
Mama's gonna wait up until you get in.
Mama will always find out where you've been.
Mama's gonna keep baby healthy and clean.
Ooooh baby oooh baby oooh baby,
You'll always be baby to me.

Mother, did it need to be so high?

[Pithlet]

31. OMG

That's the weirdest use of music I've ever heard, hands down. I would not have been able to contain myself had I seen that at a wedding.

[ThomCat]

5. I don't know the lyrics/meaning of many of these songs

so can someone expound on why they are inappropriate? :)

[Bossy Monkey]

6. "Every Breath You Take" is basically about a stalker;

"Looks Like We Made It" and "Divorce" are about divorce; the next two I like to think are self-explanatory; the Rupert Holmes abomination is about a couple responding to personal ads in order to cheat on each other who wind up answering each other's ads; the three batched together on one response are all about murdering your inamorata; "Everything About You" goes "... and I hate everything about you"; "She Has Issues" is about a really, really insane girlfriend. For "Butterfly Kisses," you'll have to look it up or wait for the person who suggested it to respond; as I note above, I don't know it.

[eyesroll]

7. On the surface, it's a treacly "daddy's little girl" song with a bit of

Jesus in it (which is fine if that's your faith), but the line "butterfly kisses with her mama there" makes it seem a bit...incestuous. Like this is something she shouldn't be doing in front of her mama, only her daddy. :scared:

There's two things I know for sure:
She was sent here from heaven and she's
daddy's little girl.
As I drop to my knees by her bed at night
She talks to Jesus and I close my eyes and
I thank god for all the joy in my life
Oh, but most of all
For butterfly kisses after bedtime prayer;
sticking little white flowers all up in her
hair; "Walk beside the pony, Daddy, it's my first ride."
"I know the cake looks funny, Daddy, but I sure tried."
In all that I've done wrong I know I must
have done something right to deserve a hug
every morning and butterfly kisses at night.

Sweet 16 today
She's looking like her mama a little more everyday
One part woman, the other part girl.
To perfume and make-up from ribbons and curls
Trying her wings out in a great big world.

But I remember
Butterfly kisses after bedtime prayer; sticking
little white flowers all up in her hair.
"You know how much I love you, Daddy, But if you
don't mind I'm only gonna kiss you on the cheek this time."
With all that I've done wrong I must have done
something right to deserve her love every morning
and butterfly kisses at night.

All the precious time
Like the wind, the years go by.
Precious butterfly.
Spread your wings and fly.

She'll change her name today.
She'll make a promise and I'll give her away.
Standing in the bride-room just staring at her.
She asked me what I'm thinking and I said "I'm not
sure-I just feel like I'm losing my baby girl."
She leaned over...gave me butterfly kisses with her mama there,
Sticking little white flowers all up in her hair
"Walk my down the aisle, Daddy-it's just about time."
"Does my wedding gown look pretty, Daddy? Daddy, don't cry!"

Oh, with all that I've done wrong I must have
done something right.
To deserve your love every morning and butterfly
kisses-I couldn't ask God for more, man this is what love is.

I know I gotta let her go, but I'll always remember
every hug in the morning and butterfly kisses.

[txwhitedove]

11. Huh? Butterfly Kisses are part of a night-night ...

tuck the little one in bed ritual. Butterfly Kisses are with your eyelashes. Eskimo kisses with noses. Elephant Kisses are ear to ear. Done lightly, with love and humor, etc….. Nothing incestuous at all.
(but that is a sappy song)

[eyesroll]

13. Yeah, I know what they are...it's the "mama there" line that creeps me out

Regardless, the song makes my head hurt.

[liontamer]

17. but her mom is doing her hair for the wedding

maybe it sounds weirder sung but in print it seems fine.

[ThomCat]

8. Thank you. :)

[azmouse]

9. Some ideas

REM - It's the End of the World As We Know It(and I feel fine)
Gloria Gaynor - I Will Survive
Bon Jovi - You Give Love A Bad Name
Eagles - Lyin' Eyes
Nancy Sinatra - These Boots Are Made for Walkin'
Hank Williams - Cheatin' Heart
Pat Benetar - Love Is A Battlefield
Celine Dion's - My Heart Will Go On
Nazareth - Love Hurts
Carly Simon - You're So Vain
REO Speedwagon - Take it on the Run
Eagles - Witchy Woman
Meat Loaf - Two out of Three Ain't Bad

[begin_within]

14. "You're Breaking My Heart" by Harry Nilsson

[underpants]

15. Tina Turner

"What's Love Got to Do with It?

[Initech]

18. Where's "all of the above"?

I've never heard good music played at any of the weddings I've ever been to! It's all the same 10 shitty songs you hear on easy listening / top 40 stations anyways.

[gizmo1979]

19. The chicken dance.

I hate that song and dance!

[bertha katzenengel]

20. Can I vote "Chicken Dance?"

:wtf:

Why in god's name is this done? Do people really think it's fun?

AFAIC it is the lamest thing that can happen at a reception. For me, it brings a great party to a dead stop.

:eyes:

[1monster]

22. It was lots of fun at a middle school dance just watching the middle aged

teachers running around flapping their elbows. :D

[bertha katzenengel]

33. I agree! And a middle school dance is exactly where it belongs! Not

at a party celebrating what is commonly considered one of the happiest days of a human's life.

:rant:

[HarukaTheTrophyWife]

35. The Chicken Dance is on my list of reasons of why I hate...

South Jersey.

[geniph]

21. Please, never, EVER play the Electric Slide again

at a wedding reception. Watching a roomful of drunk, rhythmically-challenged people in uncomfortable clothes try to "get down and boogie" makes my hair hurt.

[jmowreader]

23. How about Mary Chapin Carpenter's "Passionate Kisses"?

Is it too much to ask
I want a comfortable bed that won't hurt my back
Food to fill me up
And warm clothes and all that stuff
Shouldn't I have this
Shouldn't I have this
Shouldn't I have all of this, and

Passionate kisses
Passionate kisses, whoa oh oh
Passionate kisses from you

Is it too much to demand
I want a full house and a rock and roll band
Pens that won't run out of ink
And cool quiet and time to think
Shouldn't I have this
Shouldn't I have this
Shouldn't I have all of this, and

Passionate kisses
Passionate kisses, whoa oh oh
Passionate kisses from you

Do I want too much
Am I going overboard to want that touch
I shout it out to the night
"Give me what I deserve, 'cause it's my right"
Shouldn't I have this (shouldn't I)
Shouldn't I have this (shouldn't I)
Shouldn't I have all of this, and

Passionate kisses
Passionate kisses, whoa oh oh
Passionate kisses from you
Passionate kisses
Passionate kisses, whoa oh oh
Passionate kisses from you

[Benfea]

24. You failed to mention "We Are Family" and "Celebration" -NT

[tigereye]

25. I was confused until I read your arty premise

sounds like a great idea!

How about I Wanna be Sedated?

Or something by Captain Beefheart, or the Velvets.

Lots of inappropriate tunes come to mind.


I know - you need a top 10 "never play these at your reception" thread! :evilgrin:

[ornotna]

26. Having my Baby - Paul Anka n/t

[Calliope]

27. Alone Again, Naturally and Take a Letter, Maria

[GOPisEvil]

28. D-I-V-O-R-C-E

:D

[Calliope]

29. Could I Leave You

Leave you? Leave you?
How could I leave you?
How could I go it alone?
Could I wave the years away
With a quick goodbye?
How do you wipe tears away
When your eyes are dry?
Sweetheart, lover,
Could I recover,
Give up the joys I have known?
Not to fetch your pills again
Every day at five,
Not to give those dinners for ten
Elderly men
From the U.N.--
How could I survive?
Could I leave you
And your shelves of the World's Best Books
And the evenings of martyred looks,
Cryptic sighs,
Sullen glares from those injured eyes?
Leave the quips with a sting, jokes with a sneer,
Passionless lovemaking once a year?
Leave the lies ill-concealed
And the wounds never healed
And the games not worth winning
And-wait, I'm just beginning!
What, leave you, leave you,
How could I leave you?
What would I do on my own?
Putting thoughts of you aside
In the south of France,
Would I think of suicide?
Darling, shall we dance?
Could I live through the pain
On a terrace in Spain?
Would it pass? It would pass.
Could I bury my rage
With a boy half your age
In the grass? Bet your ass.
But I've done that already--or didn't you know, love?
Tell me, how could I leave when I left long ago, love?
Could I leave you?
No, the point is, could you leave me?
Well, I guess you could leave me the house,
Leave me the flat,
Leave me the Braques and Chagalls and all that.
You could leave me the stocks for sentiment's sake
And ninety percent of the money you make.
And the rugs
And the cooks--
Darling, you keep the drugs.
Angel, you keep the books,
Honey, I'll take the grand,
Sugar you keep the spinet
And all of our friends and--
Just wait a goddam minute!
Oh, leave you? Leave you?
How could I leave you?
Sweetheart, I have to confess:
Could I leave you?
Yes.
Will I leave you?
Will I leave you?
Guess!

[AlienGirl]

30. Other:

Everythingsxen knows which song I mean, it's his "amorous" song... :evilgrin:

Tucker

[everythingsxen]

36. I would so loooove to reply to this....

however... I think we both want to continue being semi-respectable. ;-)

[AlienGirl]

42. We could have it at our reception, if you really want to...

I am sure most of the guests would know it and be able to sing along.

Tucker

[everythingsxen]

46. Oh I'm sure...

however, it is still a bad topic of conversation here. ;-)

[KyndCulture]

32. The Electric Slide... WHY dear god WHY won't this die.

lol

[calico1]

34. Its especially disturbing since they ususally don't

play it until later in the reception when people have had the chance to have a few drinks. Half of them are totally bombed when doing the electric slide. Its like watching a car wreck. You don't want to but you can't turn your eyes away.

[bumblebee1]

51. Please,

no Achy Breaky Heart. For the same reason as the Electric Slide.

[Capn Sunshine]

37. "What's Love Got To Do With It?"

Always a favorite during the bridesmaid's dance.

[everythingsxen]

38. "Safety Dance"?

I mean it's an ok song, but seems a bit tacky for a reception (no offense meant toward anyone who actually had that for their reception :D )

[TallahasseeGrannie]

39. Feeeeeeeeelings...

nothing more than feeeeeeeelings....

[Redstone]

45. Last band I had, we used to sing "Feelings" in seven different languages,

just to make the point that the song sucked in ALL of them.

It was fun.

Redstone

[CBHagman]

40. You need some John Gorka songs!

Specifically, go with "Up Until Then" (from Out of the Valley), which is about a woman who is dumped one time too many -- and takes revenge on the offending guy ("It took two cars with dogs just to make her stop."). "Big-Time Lonesome," which is from the same album, might work, too. It's about a break-up as well.

[cedahlia]

41. "Butterfly Kisses" is probably one of the worst fucking songs EVER

My own personal hell would have that song running on an endless loop. And that other wedding reception gem, "I Hope You Daaaaaaaaaaance" is another repeat offender that should die an awful death. Ugh. :puke: :mad:

I've been to two otherwise lovely weddings where "Butterfly Kisses" was the "father-daughter" dance song. What pure, utter shit. You couldn't come up with anything better than that? Mr. Cedahlia and I did the courthouse thing, so we avoided the big traditional reception, but if we had I probably would have fired the DJ if he even mentioned that song. If my dad and I had done a father-daughter dance it would have been to something personal, classy, and good...maybe Sinatra or even something by the fucking Grateful Dead (Dad's a Deadhead.)

[Redstone]

44. I think that Mrs R and I had the ONLY wedding with not only none of

the above, but not even "Old Time Rock and Roll," nor the "Alleycat."

We had a Celtic harper (Irish harp players are not "harpists," they're "harpers," just in case you didn't know.)

And there was very little booze. That surprised the hell out of the Irish side of my family, but they did enjoy it anyway.

Redstone

[mitchum]

47. "Me and Mrs Jones" is the ultimate most inappropriate wedding...

reception tune. I was once this close to talking a friend who played in a wedding band to cover the song at at an upcoming reception. He backed out. Coward.

[Kat45]

48. "We've Only Just Begun" - The Carpenters

Very overused first dance song (at least back when I was in my twenties).

[Missy Vixen]

49. "Beautiful Tonight"

Listen to the lyrics. Eric Clapton is falling down drunk and asks the woman in his life to put him to bed. Ah, the joys of alcoholism.

We've been to a couple of weddings now that it's been the first dance. I've idly wondered if these folks are still married.

Julie

p.s. I once attended a wedding where the bride walked up the aisle to "Three Times A Lady". That'll make your eardrums bleed.

[Writer]

50. "Muskrat Love" by America...

Although the Captain and Tennille version is worse...

Mr. Writer and I were inches away from playing this as a joke. :P

[pokerfan]

52. The River

by Springsteen

I come from down in the valley
Where mister, when you're young
They bring you up to do like your daddy done
Me and Mary we met in high school
When she was just seventeen
We'd drive out of this valley down to where the fields were green

We'd go down to the river
And into the river we'd dive
Oh down to the river we'd ride

Then I got Mary pregnant
And, man, that was all she wrote
And for my 19th birthday I got a union card and a wedding coat
We went down to the courthouse
And the judge put it all to rest
No wedding day smiles, no walk down the aisle
No flowers, no wedding dress

That night we went down to the river
And into the river we'd dive
Oh down to the river we did ride

I got a job working construction for the Johnstown Company
But lately there ain't been much work on account of the economy
Now all them things that seemed so important
Well mister they vanished right into the air
Now I just act like I don't remember
Mary acts like she don't care

But I remember us riding in my brother's car
Her body tan and wet down at the reservoir
At night on them banks I'd lie awake
And pull her close just to feel each breath she'd take
Now those memories come back to haunt me
They haunt me like a curse
Is a dream a lie if it don't come true
Or is it something worse,
that sends me
Down to the river
though I know the river is dry
That sends me down to the river tonight
Down to the river
My baby and I
Oh down to the river we ride

[Hissyspit]

53. "I seen her standing on her front lawn, just a'twirlin' her baton."

"Me and her went for a ride, sir, and ten innocent people died."

I think it's a lovely idea!

[taterguy]

54. This thread needs more Ben Folds

Song for the Dumped would be obvious but other songs from that album would be quite effective mood killers . . . ‘ She doesn’t know he wasn’t meant for this . . . He drove home again, pissed and bleeding’ Just something to let the happy couple know what they have in store.

[HughBeaumont]

55. Butterfly Kisses - Geez, talk about a song that gives me intestinal cramps

The whole song sounds like it was carved out of a block of high fructose corn syrup. I remember back in 1997-8 or whenever that abomination came out they played it incessantly. It's just extremely creepy.