Wedding first dance song?

[SallyMander]

What was yours? (Or what do you want it to be?)

I think my fiance and i have finally decided on "Is This Love" by Bob Marley -- because we'll be on a beach, and we're informal types. :-) I finally convinced him that it's a RHETORICAL question -- of course it's love!

[Aristus]

1. "My Girl" by The Temptations.

I guess the joke was that my wife is eight years older than me. B-)

[ghostsofgiants]

2. "Manimal" by The Germs

Or not, I dunno.

[fudge stripe cookays]

14. .

:loveya:

[ghostsofgiants]

16. It's what I was listening to when I replied...

Seemed adequately ridiculous. :P

[fudge stripe cookays]

22. You...

romantic devil, you.

:D

[WritingIsMyReligion]

3. I'm a fan of "Moondance" myself.

Especially if I'm married--if I'm ever married at all, of course--in October: Well, it's a marvelous night for a moondance/with the stars up above in your eyes/A fantabulous night to make romance/'neath the cover of October skies...

Some good classic jazz would also work, though, like "Prelude to a Kiss" or even some standards like "My One and Only Love" (instrumental version, since the words are so heinously cheesy).

And if an upbeat dance is possible, please put me down as considering "Beginnings" by Chicago. :D

[LostinVA]

4. "Devil's Dance Floor" by Flogging Molly

Yep, that was our first song.

[greenbriar]

5. Keeper of the Stars...tracy Bird

I love Rascal Flatts Melt


When I said I do...Clint Black

[flying_wahini]

6. At Last----- Etta James

still a great song..... sigh

[Duppers]

24. I 2nd that

one of my favs and still gives me chills. :)

[Phillycat]

31. Everyone uses it, though.

[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

7. You and I by Stevie Wonder

that's our joint

[petronius]

8. Baby Got Back -- Sir Mix-a-lot

My wife didn't lose as much pre-wedding weight as planned, so I surprised her with this song. It was hilarious...

:)



(I'm kidding, really!)

[ironflange]

9. "Can I Have This Dance" - Anne Murray

Though we had a live band.

[Burma Jones]

10. Attics of My Life - Grateful Dead

Lyrics: Robert Hunter
Music: Jerry Garcia

In the attics of my life
Full of cloudy dreams unreal
Full of tastes no tongue can know
And lights no eye can see
When there was no ear to hear
You sang to me

I have spent my life
Seeking all that's still unsung
Bent my ear to hear the tune
And closed my eyes to see
When there were no strings to play
You played to me

In the book of love's own dreams
Where all the print is blood
Where all the pages are my days
And all my lights grow old

When I had no wings to fly
You flew to me
You flew to me

In the secret space of dreams
Where I dreaming lay amazed
When the secrets all are told
And the petals all unfold
When there was no dream of mine
You dreamed of me

[Rambis]

43. Great one!

I loved that they broke that one out before well you know:(

[Kingofalldems]

11. Convoy

[hippywife]

12. Somewhere Out There

because we lived in two different and distant states, met on the internet and spent months and months apart before we got married.

[zingaro]

13. We didn't have a "first dance" or even

an "our song" sort of thing.

And that is completely indicative of so many things that it almost makes me laugh.

Almost.

[fudge stripe cookays]

15. "One of the Best Ones"

Bruce Cockburn

[gr8dane_daddy]

17. "Pour Some Sugar On Me" - Def Leppard

:evilgrin:

[SallyMander]

26. LOL!

(did you have a stripper pole??)

[gr8dane_daddy]

27. What do you mean "did"?

I also thought of suggesting "Cherry Pie" by another hair band from the 80's.

[CatholicEdHead]

54. That band was Warrent

[KitchenWitch]

18. Ours was "I Could Not Ask for More" by Edwin McCain

[dysfunctional press]

19. "what's love got to do with it?" by tina turner...

i wanted it to be "hey joe" by hendrix, but the then soon-to-be mrs. wouldn't have it- so we compromised.

[buzzard]

20. Moondance by Van Morrison, I still love that song. n/t

[Mendocino]

21. All I Need Is the Air That I Breath

The Hollies

[Tyler Durden]

23. "Just the way you look tonight."

The most romantic song on the block.

[SallyMander]

44. Frank Sinatra?

That was in the running for us -- i LOVE that song.

[Tyler Durden]

49. Sinatra works.

My favorite version is by Fred Astaire sung to Ginger Rogers.

Someday,
When I'm awfully low
And the world is cold,
I will feel a glow just thinking of you
And the way you look tonight.

Yes, you're lovely
With your smile so warm
And your cheek so soft.
There is nothing for me but to love you
Just the way you look tonight.

With each word your tenderness grows,
Tearing my fear apart.
And that smile that wrinkles your nose,
Touches my foolish heart.

Lovely,
Never, never change.
Keep that breathless charm.
Won't you please arrange it, 'cause I love you
Just the way you look tonight--
Just the way you look tonight.

[SKKY]

25. "Crazy" by Seal...

...it's pretty much the philosophy Mrs. ALS and I live by. We both pretty much nut cases.

[Tuesday Afternoon]

28. I've Had The Time Of My Life followed by

Two Tickets To Paradise

Suspicious Minds would have been more appropriate.

[triguy46]

29. (You're) having my baby.

[flvegan]

30. "Ball and Chain" by Social Distortion

GREAT song.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9cf6k4yJyv0

[Phillycat]

35. That was my ex's ringtone for me on his phone.

Which, you know, he's my ex for a reason. Heh.

[flvegan]

39. My entire marriage to my ex could be summed up by Social Distortion

Bad Luck

Don't Take Me For Granted

I Was Wrong

Don't Drag Me Down

and lastly

It's All Over Now

[vi5]

32. Mine was "Perfect Day" by Lou Reed...

Yes, the subject matter makes it an odd choice. Our take was that if any our guests were hip enough to know the song and it's source then they obviously would get our relative wink-wink approach to our selection. Those that had no idea thought it was just a pretty song.

[Phillycat]

33. We danced to "A Song For You", by Donny Hathaway

:loveya:

I've been so many places in my life and time
I've sung a lot of songs I've made some bad rhyme
I've acted out my love in stages
With ten thousand people watching
But we're alone now and I'm singing this song for you

I know your image of me is what I hope to be
I've treated you unkindly but darlin' can't you see
There's no one more important to me
Darlin' can't you please see through me
Cause we're alone now and I'm singing this song for you

You taught me precious secrets of the truth witholding nothing
You came out in front and I was hiding
But now I'm so much better and if my words don't come together
Listen to the melody cause my love is in there hiding

I love you in a place where there's no space or time
I love you for in my life you are a friend of mine
And when my life is over
Remember when we were together
We were alone and I was singing this song for you

You taught me precious secrets of the truth witholding nothing
You came out in front and I was hiding
But now I'm so much better and if my words don't come together
Listen to the melody cause my love is in there hiding

I love you in a place where there's no space or time
I love you for in my life you are a friend of mine
And when my life is over
Remember when we were together
We were alone and I was singing this song for you
We were alone and I was singing this song for you

[Rabrrrrrr]

34. "Stroke Me"

:rofl:

[Highway61]

36. True Companion....Link

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CqnkaEDDAno

[NewJeffCT]

51. good wedding song

see my post below...

[Missy Vixen]

57. This was our first dance song as well

I still remember it and smile. ;-)

Julie

[Rabrrrrrr]

37. Seriously, though - no, I wouldn't dance to a "song". We'd probably do a waltz,

perhaps something by Mozart or Strauss.

But then I'm of the whole "DJs at a wedding reception are an abomination" mindset, and we don't need to get into that here.

[SallyMander]

46. (i'm with you on the DJs!)

I especially hate the whole DJ-introduces-the-wedding-party thing!

We're going the ipod mix route. :-)

[SacredCow]

38. Dream a Little Dream....

As recorded by the Mamas and the Papas. I wanted the Mel Torme version, but the hack doing our music couldn't find it. To be fair, this was well before the days of Napster and iTunes.

[Red State Rebel]

40. I Will Be Here - Stephen Curtis Chapman

Tomorrow mornin' if you wake up
And the sun does not appear
I...I will be here

If in the dark we lose sight of love
Hold my hand and have no fear
'Cause I...I will be here

I will be here...
When you feel like bein' quiet
When you need to speak your mind
I will listen
And I will be here
When the laughter turns to cryin'
Through the winnin' and
losin' and tryin'
We'll be together
'Cause I will be here

Tomorrow mornin' if you wake up
And the future is unclear
I...I'll be here

Just as sure as seasons
are made for change
Our lifetimes are made for years
I...I will be here

I will be here....
You can cry on my shoulder
When the mirror tells us we're older
I will hold you
< Lyrics provided by www.mp3lyrics.org >

And I will be here
To watch you grow in beauty
And tell you all the
things you are to me
I will be here

I will be true
To the promise I have made
To you and to the
One who gave you to me

I...I will be here

And just as sure as seasons
are made for change
Our lifetimes are made for years
'Cause I...
I will be here....
We'll be together

'Cause I will be here

[bbernardini]

41. "Grow Old With Me" - Mary Chapin Carpenter (originally by John Lennon)

Beautiful stuff. Our second choice was "No Matter What Goes Right" by Trout Fishing in America.

[Rambis]

42. "Crazy Love " Van the man (nm)

x

[DS1]

45. Everyone I love is dead. Type O Negative

:thumbsup:

[BOSSHOG]

47. Why don't we get drunk and screw - Buffet

You can dance to it, you will be on the beach and it could set the mood for those in attendance as well.

Many many years ago our Song was "Just You and Me" by Chicago.

[Dora]

48. Since I Met You Baby nt

[NewJeffCT]

50. It was originally supposed to be "True Companion" by Marc Cohn

But, my ex-wife changed it a week or two before the wedding to something I completely forget...

When I got remarried, it was just a small ceremony with a justice of the peace, so we didn't have any formal reception and dance.

[soleft]

52. Here's My Heart from the film Metropolis - but the band masacred it

The song from the film was performed by Pat Benatar and it was beautiful. We gave a tape and the sheet music to the band we hired and foolishly thought they would try to emulate it. I was horrified as they turned it into a power ballad, all through the dance I just kept saying, "I don't even recognize this song!"

Fortunately we were able to overdub it on the video with the real thing.

[ceile]

53. "Lullaby" Dixie Chicks

I think that's what we've decided on.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CFOac8zybPE

[bamacrat]

55. Turn aroundb by the guys in Old School.

Me and my best friend have a deal to sing this at each others weddings. Since I am close to getting that all too important piece of jewelry he will have to first.

If you dont know what I'm talking about, google the movie and look at the songs, its a good version, he just says fuck a couple of times at the right spots, makes the song a bit edgier. If I ever get to do it I will and it will be hilarious.

:rofl: :smoke:

[Taverner]

56. 96 Tears

:evilgrin:

[Jeff In Milwaukee]

58. "Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald"

I guess that was kind of an omen or something...

[bif]

59. "The Lady's a Tramp"

[Lautremont]

60. "Wigwam" - Bob Dylan.

Surprisingly effective.

[MissMillie]

61. I always thought that if I could find someone to marry me

that our first dance might be "Someone Like You" by Van Morrison.

[NewWaveChick1981]

62. "I Only Have Eyes For You" by the Platters.

:)

[Phentex]

63. "Wild is the Wind" by David Bowie...

ah, young love. :loveya:

[Lethe]

64. Flashlight, P-funk

or maybe Brick House, havent decided yet :D

Anything to get them on the dancefloor.