Statistically, most brides spend 500 hours planning the wedding of their dreams. However, my hours of labor were spent on music. I chose at least one song for every person/couple that were going to be in attendance at our wedding. And, I did not want one song that would remind me of being a wedding DJ. Below is what I gave Jordann, our DJ, to get her ready to spin!
Prelude:
La Vie En Rose – Edith Piaf
Dancing with Myself – Nouvelle Vague
Amazing Life – Jem
Falling Slowly – Glen Hansard
Rivers of Babylon – Melodians
Green is the Color of Love – Pink Floyd
Sweet Jane – Velvet Underground
Wave of Mutilation (UK surf) – The Pixies
Lebanese Blonde – Theivery Corporation
Mil Besos – Patty Griffin
That's Just How that Bird Sings – The Twilight Singers
Besame Mucho – Cesario Evora
Beautiful Maria of My Soul: Mambo Kings
Feeling Good – Nina Simone
Brand New Colony - Postal Service
Es Por Ti – Juanes
Butterflies – David Garza
Mirror – Velvet Underground
Hallelujiah – Leonard Cohen
Wild Horses – The Sundays
Ceremony
1. Processional for Aunts: What is the Light? - Flaming Lip
2. Groom's Processional: Sabracadabra : Black Sabbath
3. Bridesmaids Processional: Bittersweet Symphony – The Verve
4. Bride's Processional: Here comes the Sun – Beatles
5. Unity Candle: In the Aeroplane Over the Sea Part 1, - Neutral Milk Hotel sung by...
6. Recessional: It's the End of the World as we Know it – REM
Cocktail Music
Stickshifts Safety Belts – Cake
Beast of Burden – Rolling Stones
Make a Little Birdhouse in Your Soul - They Might be Giants
Where's My Mind At – Pixies
Jane Says – Jane's Addiction
Wonderwall – Oasis
Wild World – Cat Stevens
John Prine and Iris Dement – In Spite of Ourselves
I walk the Line -Johnny Cash
Whiskey Bar – Doors
Hot Child in the City – Nick Glider
Free falling – Tom Petty
Dinosaur Junior – Feel the Pain
We Belong – Pat Benatar
Like a friend – Pulp
Engineer Bill – Eliza Gilkyson
May the Wind Take Your Troubles Away – Sun Volt
cara luna --bacilos
Pictures of Lily – The Who
Under the Milky Way – The Church
Dinner Music
Bambaleo: Gypsy Kings
Vacancy - White Stripes
Summer Girl – Beck
The More you Ignore Me, The Closer I get – Morrissey
Holland 1945 – Neutral Milk Hotel
Carry The Zero – Built to Spill
Stoned – Old 97's
Tell me something Good – Chaka Khan
Sweet Caroline – Neil Diamond
Romeo and Juliet – Indigo Girls
Miss Celie's Blues
I wanna be your lover -Prince
Urban Dance Squad – Deeper shade of soul
Lips Like Sugar – Echo and the Bunnymen
I want You – Cee Lo Green
I Wanna Make it Wit Chu – Queens of the Stone Age
Level – Racontaurs
Crazy – Gnarls Barkley
Under Pressure – Queen
Here Comes My Girl – Tom Petty
Harvest Moon – Neil Young
Luckenbach Texas – Willie and Waylon
Build Me Up Buttercup – Foundations
My favorite Memory – Merle Haggard
Break between toasts and moving to Cake: Special Dance CD in order
1. Waka Waka (Esto Es Africa) – Shakira
2. Here Comes Your Man – Pixies
3. Everyone's Free – Aquagen featuring Rozalla
Cake:
4. Shoes: Kristi McCall
5. Islands – Shakira
6. First Dance: Old 97's - Question
7. Family Dance: Landslide: Dixie Chicks
8. Hora
Dance:
2.Don't Stop til you get enough – Michael Jackson Must
3. Mana – Eres Mi Religion
4.Moonriver – Henry Mancini (Slow) Must
5.Juanes – La Camisa Negra (Both Brandt and I love)
6.Daddy Yankee – Lo Que Paso Paso
7.Lady Gaga – Pokerface - Must
8.Suavamente – Elvis Crespo - Must
9. La Vida Es Un Carnaval – Celia Cruz
10.I don't feel like dancing – Scissor Sisters
11.Loca – Shakira
12.Last dance: Circle Salute first Don't Stop Believing – Journey – Must
A couple old Country like George Strait if requested
Brandt likes Al Green/ Marvin Gaye Think Let's Get it On
Bob Marley : Is this love?
ABC – Jackson Five – Must
We are Family - Must
Did I mention I love PRINCE? Shakira?
70's and 80's Disco, New Wave Old Hip Hop
Icebreakers:
YMCA: If someone requests, but please use hats. If someone requests others, fine, but only if needed and try to stay away from macarena, limbo, and hokey pokey.
For the Happy Couples Dance a slow Elvis will do for Mother In Law. Important - Must
Do Not Play List
Backstreet Boys
Celine Dion (Not even if someone tries to slip you a $20)
Current rap or harder hip hop
Anything on the Slow CDS in your CD book
New Kids on the Block
New Country
Anything cheesy, however ice breakers are fine
Brittany Spears unless someone requests a popular one that you think people will dance to like they would at Rain e.g. Toxic
Bryan Adams, Bette Midler, Whitney Houston, any 80's diva
Michael Bolton, Hanson, Billy Ray Cyrus, butterfly kisses
No Missy Elliott no matter how much I love her, No Eminem Either
Kelly clarkson and any other IDOL
Cheesy slow 80's
Leave A&M and UT at the door. Some people will think this is funny, but I don't. College was a long time ago.
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