What was or what would be your perfect "Wedding/First Dance Song?"

[Worf101]

I never had a wedding reception, so I never had a chance to do my "first dance", you know usually the slow dance that everyong oohs and aah's over whle you dance and smooch your new bride or hubby. If you've never or ever had such an opportunity what song did you or would you choose?

Mine would be this minor classic by Chicago's own, the mighty, mighty Dells, it's called "Always Together".

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A2OWwmZTrsc

What's yours?

Worf

[Hyfi]

I also did not have a traditional reception but we chose two songs.

Santana-Europa
10 Years After- I'd Love To Change The World

[Mr MidFi]

We had a low-key reception with a pianist instead of a band. When the time came for the bride/groom "spotlight" dance, I asked him what song he knew and liked best that would be appropriate for the occasion. He went with Elton John's "Your Song," which went over well with the bride.

That was more than 21 years ago, and I was drunk at the time... so my recollection may be a tad off. But I remember I gave her a big, sloppy kiss at the end of the song, earning thunderous applause from everyone (except her mom, who's a wet blanket).

[ForeverAutumn]

Santana-Europa
10 Years After- I'd Love To Change The World

Damn hippies!

:)

We had two songs also. One as our first dance and one to end the reception. Our first dance was Hubby's choice and he picked Meet Me Halfway by Kenny Loggins. The last dance was my choice and was Longer by Dan Fogelberg.

[poppachubby]

Ribbon in the Sky, Stevie Wonder

[jonnyhambone]

Willie Nelson - Hands On the Wheel (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2_rA9GQL8kk)...it was incredibly long-seeming as all eyes were on us.

"Now my hand's on the wheel
of something that's real.
And I feel like I'm going home..."

[Stone]

In my first wedding, our first dance was to Hoodoo Gurus' "The Wedding Song."

[noddin0ff]

Billy Holiday - You go to my head.

You go to my head
You linger like a haunting refrain
And I find you spinning round
In my brain
Like the bubbles in a glass of champagne
You go to my head
Like a sip of sparkling burgundy brew
And I find the very mention of you
Like the kicker in a julep or two
The thrill of the thought
That you might give a thought
To my plea, casts a spell over me
Still I say to myself
Get ahold of yourself
Can't you see that it never can be
You go to my head with a smile
That makes my temperature rise
Like a summer with a thousand Julys
You intoxicate my soul with your eyes
Though I'm certain that this heart of mine
Hasn't a ghost of a chance
In this crazy romance
You go to my head, you go to my head
Though I'm certain that this heart of mine
Hasn't a ghost of a chance
In this crazy romance
You go to my head, you go to my head

Romantic, classic, and sweet. 15 years and counting...

A short time later, the DJ (who we didn't know could sing, desired to sing, was about to sing) got out on the floor and sang a full on, Broadway-esque version of 'My Way'. We were floored. Not something we wanted but it's provided us with years of laughs.

Another song my parents really enjoyed dancing to was our selection of David Byrn's 'My Love is You'. Probably a more realistic wedding song.

Some men desire a princess
And others lust for a temptress
Well I don't need one of those
'cause, my love is you
My love is you

Some men replace their mamas
And some want a young baiana
I have no use for those
'cause, my love is you
My love is you

Sometimes dear
You tell me I'm an *******
Sometimes you're an ******* too
Even though we're filled with imperfections
I don't think any less of you

I'm primitive and selfish
I'm childlike and I'm helpless
Well I got that way because of
My love for you

My love is you
My love is you

[Finch Platte]

Bob Dylan's You Go Your Way & I'll Go Mine. :ihih:

[02audionoob]

Etta James At Last

[Auricauricle]

We tried playing Van Morrison's Tir Na Nog, but I guess it was a a little too obscure for the palette of the masses.

We were standing in the kingdom
And by the mansion gate
We stood enraptured by the silence
As the birds sang their heavenly song
In Tir Na Nog

We stopped in the church of Ireland
And prayed to our father
And climbed up the mountainside
With fire in our hearts
And we walked all the way to Tir Na Nog

I said with my eyes that
I recognized your chin
It was my long lost friend
To help me from another lifetime
We took each others hands and cried
Like a river when we said hello
And we walked to Tir Na Nog

We made a big connection
On a golden autumn day
We were standing in the garden wet with rain
And our souls were young again
In Tir Na Nog

And outside the storm was raging
Outside Jerusalem
We drove in our chariots of fire
Following the big sun in the west
Going up, going up, to Tir Na Nog

You came into my life
And you filled me and you filled me
Oh so joyous
By the clear cool crystal streams
Where the roads were quiet and still
And we walked all the way
To Tir Na Nog

How can we not be attached
After all we're only human
The only way then is to never come back
Except I wouldn't want that would you
If we weren't together again
In Tir Na Nog

We've been together before
In a different incarnation
And we loved each other then as well
And we sat down in contemplation
Many many many times you kissed mine eyes
In Tir Na Nog


http://www.bee.fm/albums/morrison-van/no-guru-no-method-no-teacher-a39012/#

Give the CD a chance to play the other sections...You'll hear this song soon enuff...(Press the small green arrow--you;ll know whadda I mean).

God, I get misty listening to this...

[3LB]

J. Geils Band - Love Stinks

[noddin0ff]

J. Geils Band - Love Stinks

nice! and kudos for Hoodoo Gurus too. I'll have to pull those albums out now. You can't bury love, you gotta dig it up.

[kexodusc]

We didn't have a reception or first dance song. I'll be sure to pick one for my next wedding.

Hmmm, I don't really do slow dance music...but, maybe some Sarah Brightman..."Once In a Lifetime" maybe? Or something by Tasmin Archer...

[Rae]

I've never done that particular dance but it'd be hard to top this:

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~Rae

[JohnMichael]

Gee I am hoping laws change so one day I could have a first song/first dance.

[Worf101]

Gee I am hoping laws change so one day I could have a first song/first dance.
I sincerely hope this for you and other's I love as well... Dang it now I'm all ferklempt.

Dave

[Swish]

Just kidding. It was 'Whiter Shade of Pale' from Procal Harum, as if you didn't know the name of the band.

The aforementioned Clash tune was played for a nephew and his new bride as the 'entrance' song at the reception hall, and that was pretty funny.

[ForeverAutumn]

Gee I am hoping laws change so one day I could have a first song/first dance.

Wouldn't that be great?!

[bobsticks]

I hear the roar of a big machine
Two worlds and in between
Hot metal and methedrine
I hear empire down
I hear empire down

I hear the roar of a big machine
Two worlds and in between
Love lost, fire at will
Dum-dum bullets and shoot to kill, I hear
Dive, bombers, and
Empire down
Empire down

I hear the sons of the city and dispossessed
Get down, get undressed
Get pretty but you and me,
We got the kingdom, we got the key
We got the empire, now as then,
We don't doubt, we don't take direction,
Lucretia, my reflection, dance the ghost with me

We look hard
We look through
We look hard to see for real
Such things I hear, they don't make sense
I don't see much evidence
I don't feel. I don't feel. I don't feel

A long train held up by page on page
A hard reign held up by rage
Once a railroad
Now it's done...

I hear the roar of a big machine
Two worlds and in between
Hot metal and methedrine
I hear empire down...

We got the empire, now as then,
We don't doubt, we don't take reflection,
Lucretia, my direction, dance the ghost with me...

[Swish]

I hear the roar of a big machine
Two worlds and in between
Hot metal and methedrine
I hear empire down
I hear empire down

I hear the roar of a big machine
Two worlds and in between
Love lost, fire at will
Dum-dum bullets and shoot to kill, I hear
Dive, bombers, and
Empire down
Empire down

I hear the sons of the city and dispossessed
Get down, get undressed
Get pretty but you and me,
We got the kingdom, we got the key
We got the empire, now as then,
We don't doubt, we don't take direction,
Lucretia, my reflection, dance the ghost with me

We look hard
We look through
We look hard to see for real
Such things I hear, they don't make sense
I don't see much evidence
I don't feel. I don't feel. I don't feel

A long train held up by page on page
A hard reign held up by rage
Once a railroad
Now it's done...

I hear the roar of a big machine
Two worlds and in between
Hot metal and methedrine
I hear empire down...

We got the empire, now as then,
We don't doubt, we don't take reflection,
Lucretia, my direction, dance the ghost with me...

Interesting, but what would your therapist have to say about it? :out:

[bobsticks]

Interesting, but what would your therapist have to say about it? :out:

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[GMichael]

At my sister's second wedding, they played, Another one Bites The Dust, by Queen.

[GMichael]

Gee I am hoping laws change so one day I could have a first song/first dance.

Someday it will happen. You should be ready when it does. What song would you like?

It's never too early to start planning.

[bobsticks]

That's how I always feel when a friend weds a future-ex...

[ForeverAutumn]

That's how I always feel when a friend weds a future-ex...

LMAO!

I've been to a few of those weddings. :yesnod:

[Auricauricle]

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Somehow, I'm partial to this one...

[JohnMichael]

Someday it will happen. You should be ready when it does. What song would you like?

It's never too early to start planning.




Here I am worried about a wedding and I should be worrying about a stable relationship.

[02audionoob]

Here I am worried about a wedding and I should be worrying about a stable relationship.

Sometimes you have to choose between the two.

[Luvin Da Blues]

You And Me

When I got home from work
I wanna wrap myself around you
I wanna take you and squeeze you
'till the passion starts to rise.
I wanna take you to heaven
that would make my day complete

but you and me ain't movie stars
what we are is what we are
we share a bed some lovin' and t.v. yeah.
That's enough for a workin' man
what I am is what I am
and I tell you babe
well that's enough for me.

Sometimes when you're asleep and
I'm just starin' at the ceiling
I wanna reach out and touch you
but you just go on dreamin'.
If I could take you to heaven
that would make my day complete

but you and me ain't movie stars
what we are is what we are
and I tell you babe
well that's enough for me.
You and me ain't no superstars
what we are is what we are

we share a bed some popcorn and t.v. yeah.
And that's enough for a workin' man
what I am is what I am
and I tell you babe
well that's enough for me.

When I got home from work
I wanna wrap myself around you
I like to hold you and squeeze you
'till the passion starts to rise.
I wanna take you to heaven
that would make my day complete ...



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oBm2a-Gn1Ys

[3LB]

Sometimes you have to choose between the two.

LMAO

Studies a decade or so ago found that children of broken or single parent households were more advanced at verbal communication than children in traditional two-parent households. But children from two-parent families were much better at sarcastic reparte. (ok I added that last part)

[GMichael]

Here I am worried about a wedding and I should be worrying about a stable relationship.

Those seem to get harder to find all the time. I had to travel 11,000 miles to find one.
Do you have any frequent flyer miles built up?

[BarryL]

I've never done that particular dance but it'd be hard to top this:



Yikes. That was the longest 2:15 I think I've ever spent. I guess you had to be there.

[BarryL]

If you've never or ever had such an opportunity what song did you or would you choose?




I wanted a modern classic that they would still be playing in 20 years as muzak so that sometime, somewhere, in a shopping mall or elevator or doctor's office, I would still hear that song.

Our first song was Gordon Lightfoot's classic Beautiful:

At times I just don't know
How you could be anything but beautiful
I think that I was made for you
And you were made for me

And I know that I won't ever change
We've been friends through rain or shine
For such a long, long time

Laughing eyes and smiling face
It seems so lucky just to have the right
Of telling you with all my might
You're beautiful tonight

And I know that you won't ever stray
Cause you've been that way from day to day
For such a long, long time

And when you hold me tight
How could life be anything but beautiful
I think that I was made for you
And you were made for me

And I know that I won't ever change
We've been friends through rain or shine
For such a long, long time

Well, I must say it means so much to me
To be the one who's telling you
I'm telling you, that you're beautiful.

[Rae]

Yikes. That was the longest 2:15 I think I've ever spent. I guess you had to be there.

Straight through the heart! There's no accounting for taste.

~Rae

[ForeverAutumn]

You And Me

When I got home from work
I wanna wrap myself around you
I wanna take you and squeeze you
'till the passion starts to rise.
I wanna take you to heaven
that would make my day complete...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oBm2a-Gn1Ys

I prefer this version...

:)

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[Mr Peabody]

Same here, non-traditional wedding for the most part. I would choose as the 1st dance Firehouse, Finally Found A Love Of A Lifetime. My wife would probably want Savage Garden, I Loved You Before I Met You. Departing would probably be something distasteful like Van Halen, Black & Blue. An alternate first song might be Garth Brookes, If Tomorrow Never Comes.

[Mr Peabody]

Kex, Tasmin & I thank you. Tasmin because you just sold one of her albums and me because I had forgotten about her. I heard something by her at an audio show and liked it. The guy told me her name, this has been some years ago, I believe I tried to find something but nothing was available and had since forgotten. I found some titles available on Amazon and snagged one.

[thekid]

At our wedding our first dance was to the Beatles "Here, There and Everywhere" not easy to dance to but the lyrics are right. I wanted to boogie down the aisle after the wedding ceremony to Genesis' "Follow You-Follow Me" but we could not manage that. As it was the church had an amazing pipe organ (you actually were hit by the sound when you stood up front) and the organist played us out with some Bach as I recall.