OT: First dance/wedding songs

[dorndawg]

Your boy is getting married later this year (to a girl!) and has been entrusted to pick out a song for first dance and a list for the DJ. What did you use and/or recommendations for some non-standard-type songs for the rest of the reception?

So far the list consists of:
1) "Baby Got Back"
2) that's it

 

[FQDawg]

Under no circumstances should I Will Survive be on the DJ's playlist. I've never understood why it's so widespread at wedding receptions. It's basically a break-up song, not a happy to be together song.

Oh, and congrats.

 

[dorndawg]

I always assumed that was the bride trying to make up with her crappy & single bridesmaids?

 

[gwadSIG]

Your boy is getting married later this year (to a girl!) and has been entrusted to pick out a song for first dance and a list for the DJ. What did you use and/or recommendations for some non-standard-type songs for the rest of the reception?

So far the list consists of:
1) "Baby Got Back"
2) that's it

This was mine.

 

[CochiseCowbell]

I must interpret the lyrics to this song completely differently than you do if this was your first dance song.

 

[dickiedawg]

Ours was "Valentine" by Martina McBride.

 

[randystewart]

Journey, Faithfully

 

[JungRebel]

Ladies and Gentleman We Are Floating in Space - Spiritualized.

It's a waltz, shouldnt be too hard to dance to. We used it for the first dance.

 

[jethreauxdawg]

Let’s get it on

Then leave

 

[gwadSIG]

I must interpret the lyrics to this song completely differently than you do if this was your first dance song.

n the morning she'll show you how much she loves you
And when the night comes you need to show her too
You got to touch her in that way don't you ever stop loving her
And that's how a woman wants to be loved by her man
Now any old fool can stay through the good times
And any old fool can run out on her
So you got to buckle up and face that stormy weather together
And that's how a woman wants to be loved by her man

There's a place Lord there's a place where a man can't go
She said, "you better not put your hands on me
Unless you, unless you're ready to love me"
And that's how a woman wants to be loved by her man
And that's how a woman got to be loved by her man


What's your interpretation?

 

[The Fatboy]

Go with a classic, At Last last by Etta James

 

[campshelbydog842003]

Don’t Stop Believing sung by Jake Wimberly.

 

[MaroonCrusader]

Ronnie Millsap - the freeze
Into the mystic
Blueberry Hill

 

[MaxwellSmart]

Looking back, Sad But True would have been appropriate.****

 

[WrapItDog]

 

[cowbell88]

Strokin by Clarence Carter

 

[Lettucexxxx]

Your boy is getting married later this year (to a girl!) and has been entrusted to pick out a song for first dance and a list for the DJ. What did you use and/or recommendations for some non-standard-type songs for the rest of the reception?

So far the list consists of:
1) "Baby Got Back"
2) that's it

Find a non live version....I always found this track very powerful.

The song is about death. There’s no better way to signify marriage than throwing a funeral party for your dick. Just think of all the good times as you sway back and forth.....it’s over.

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[Hugh's Burner Phone]

OPP Naughty by Nature

 

[Msubulldogfan1]

I love the way you love me - John Michael Montgomery

 

[HumpDawgy]

Push It - Salt-n-pepa
My ding-a-ling - Chuck Berry
Breaking the girl - Red Hot Chili Peppers

Obviously Father of the Bride will not approve of any of the above. Congrats.

 

[jumpdawg]

 

[Choctaw Dawg]

Cant help falling in love- Elvis
Should be a no brainer.

 

[DancingRabbit]

Free Bird. One last time.

 

[MaroonBelle]

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2gq1cOIOXtrQsRPFbBxAPI

Here's a great list of 50 first dance songs of different styles.

Side note, if you like Amazed by Lonestar for meaning but not a country fan, Boyz II Men has a version also.

 

[BassinDawg.sixpack]

Lil Flip - Game Over

 

[BlueRidgeMtns]

Our first dance was "Into the Mystic" by Van Morrison

... i'm going through a separation right now, so maybe that's not a good choice. 17 my life

I've got a spotify playlist for most of the songs we used. If you're on there I can send it to you.

 

[OldDawgJC]

 

[Southern Law Dawg]

Shut Up and Dance with Me by Walk the Moon is EXCELLENT for weddings.

 

[Grove Sh*tter]

War pigs

 

[dstatechamps]

Ahhh, you've met my ex-wife.

 

[Bobby Ricigliano]

Give It To Me-J Geils Band

 

[dawgman42]

You really can't go wrong with Tone Loc or 2 Live Crew.

 

[philduckworth]

You really can't go wrong with Tone Loc or 2 Live Crew.

Ah, the great poet Luther Campbell once said "shake it, don't break it, it took your momma 9 months to make it.

 

[SirBarksalot]

BAd idea..
go with this.

Our first dance was "Into the Mystic" by Van Morrison

... i'm going through a separation right now, so maybe that's not a good choice. 17 my life

I've got a spotify playlist for most of the songs we used. If you're on there I can send it to you.

 

[mstateglfr]

Otis Redding- these arms of mine.

It's about the perfect song.
- hardly ever played so it isnt more of the same.
- not too long.
- simple and steady pace.



Or Van Morisson's Into the Mystic. Thats just an amazi mg song overall.



The worst thing to do is choose some overplayed deal or play something that doesn't age well.

 

[fader2103]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jya2eBCDcW0

 

[CochiseCowbell]

I'm very familiar with the song. It's a good one and a staple on many of my playlists. The tone of the song seems very sultry and the innuendos and double entendre don't necessarily put it as a song I'd dance to in front of my folks. However, that is just my opinion, or how I've always thought of the song, and I am NOT married. So, perhaps I just have a dirty mind.

It's kinda like this one TO ME:

 

[Wizard.sixpack]

Here is one you can play after several years of marital bliss.

 

[Wizard.sixpack]

You can't forget Too Short

 

[Augustus McCrae]