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

    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?

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

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    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).
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    Quote Originally Posted by Hyfi
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    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.

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    Ribbon in the Sky, Stevie Wonder

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    Willie Nelson - Hands On the Wheel...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..."

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    In my first wedding, our first dance was to Hoodoo Gurus' "The Wedding Song."
    And the world will turn to flowing pink vapor stew.

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    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

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

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    Etta James At Last

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    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-va...acher-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...

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    J. Geils Band - Love Stinks
    Repost this on your wall if you love Jesus.

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    Quote Originally Posted by 3LB
    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.

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    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...

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



    ~Rae

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

    Quote Originally Posted by JohnMichael
    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

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    'Should I Stay or Should I Go?' by the Clash.

    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.
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    Quote Originally Posted by JohnMichael
    Gee I am hoping laws change so one day I could have a first song/first dance.
    Wouldn't that be great?!

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    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...
    So, I broke into the palace
    With a sponge and a rusty spanner
    She said : "Eh, I know you, and you cannot sing"
    I said : "That's nothing - you should hear me play piano"

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    Sister of Mercy for a wedding song?

    Quote Originally Posted by 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...
    Interesting, but what would your therapist have to say about it?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Swish
    Interesting, but what would your therapist have to say about it?
    So, I broke into the palace
    With a sponge and a rusty spanner
    She said : "Eh, I know you, and you cannot sing"
    I said : "That's nothing - you should hear me play piano"

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    At my sister's second wedding, they played, Another one Bites The Dust, by Queen.
    WARNING! - The Surgeon General has determined that, time spent listening to music is not deducted from one's lifespan.

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    Quote Originally Posted by JohnMichael
    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.
    WARNING! - The Surgeon General has determined that, time spent listening to music is not deducted from one's lifespan.

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    That's how I always feel when a friend weds a future-ex...
    So, I broke into the palace
    With a sponge and a rusty spanner
    She said : "Eh, I know you, and you cannot sing"
    I said : "That's nothing - you should hear me play piano"

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