Need help badly - Need wedding first dance song

lynchjm24 · 05-24-2007, 08:45 PM

The title says it all.

I have found nothing suitable. I am open to ideas.

The shorter the song the better.

albionmoonlight · 05-24-2007, 08:50 PM

At Last--Etta James

lynchjm24 · 05-24-2007, 08:51 PM

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Originally Posted by albionmoonlight

At Last--Etta James

Please tell me this is a cruel joke.

albionmoonlight · 05-24-2007, 08:55 PM

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Originally Posted by lynchjm24

Please tell me this is a cruel joke.

Nope. I think that it is one of the more beautiful songs out there. Your milage obviously varies.

FWIW, Mrs. A. and I used Moon River. Two drifters off to see the world and all that.

If you like it, feel free to borrow, though based on your reaction to At Last, I doubt that you will want to.

Another option may be to just google "romantic songs" or to look through the catalouge of a classic artist like Frank Sinatra.

lynchjm24 · 05-24-2007, 08:56 PM

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Originally Posted by albionmoonlight

Nope. I think that it is one of the more beautiful songs out there. Your milage obviously varies.

FWIW, Mrs. A. and I used Moon River. Two drifters off to see the world and all that.

If you like it, feel free to borrow.

It's not a bad song. It's just a little cliche at this point. The girls I work with are trying to help me and everytime I shoot down their ideas they tell me I'll be stuck with it.

albionmoonlight · 05-24-2007, 09:01 PM

Hmmm.

If you want something cool but a little different, what about "When I'm 64" by the Beatles? Short, cute-romantic, but certainly not cliche.

JediKooter · 05-24-2007, 09:05 PM

I do have to ask, why, the shorter the better? My wife and I danced to "Grow Old With Me" by Adam Sandler. It wasn't too long of a song from what I can remember.

lynchjm24 · 05-24-2007, 09:14 PM

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Originally Posted by JediKooter

I do have to ask, why, the shorter the better? My wife and I danced to "Grow Old With Me" by Adam Sandler. It wasn't too long of a song from what I can remember.

Neither of us is particularly fond of being the center of attention.

SackAttack · 05-24-2007, 09:21 PM

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Neither of us is particularly fond of being the center of attention.

I got news for you, if you're holding a reception, what do you think you are?

Wallflowers ain't the answer I'm looking for.

Schmidty · 05-24-2007, 09:27 PM

"The Battle Hymn of the Republic".

lynchjm24 · 05-24-2007, 09:30 PM

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Originally Posted by SackAttack

I got news for you, if you're holding a reception, what do you think you are?

Wallflowers ain't the answer I'm looking for.

No kidding, but we are trying to minimize the damage.

I am actively telling people to skip the ceremony and go to the reception to limit the crowd there.

cthomer5000 · 05-24-2007, 09:36 PM

My Humps - Black Eyed Peas

Schmidty · 05-24-2007, 09:37 PM

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My Humps - Black Eyed Peas

I thought that was by the girl that wets her trousers.

Ksyrup · 05-24-2007, 09:45 PM

Are you looking for something well-known, or going more for the sentiment of the song? If we ever do a second wedding, the wife and I are going to use the song This Heart of Mine (I Pledge) by Swedish prog metal band Pain of Salvation. It's a beautiful song, the acoustic version on their live CD is shorter and cuts out an extra section of the original:

I lie awake watching your shoulders
Move so softly as you breathe
With every breathe you're growing older
But that is fine if you're with me

I pledge to wake you with a smile
I pledge to hold you when you cry
I pledge to love you till I die
Till I die

The morning light plays on your eyelids
A sleeping beauty dressed in sun

I will wake you with a smile
I will hold you when you cry
I will love you till I die
Till I die

I believe this heart of mine when it tells my eyes
That this is beauty
I believe this heart of mine when it tells my mind
That this is reason
I believe this heart of mine when it cries at time
That this is forever
I believe this heart of mine when it tells the skies
That this is the face of God

I lie awake watching your shoulders

I'm also partial to Ben Folds' The Luckiest. Being as into music as I am, I refused to go with a standard. For our wedding, we went with Dan Reed Network's Stronger Than Steel.

Antmeister · 05-24-2007, 09:50 PM

Don't change - Musiq

Flasch186 · 05-24-2007, 09:55 PM

Bobby Darin - Beyond the Sea

Maple Leafs · 05-24-2007, 09:55 PM

Wonderful World, by Louis Armstrong

It's:
- romantic
- played often enough that you'll occasionally get an "awww" moment when you don't expect it
- played rarely enough that you won't be sick of it
- a crowd-pleaser for the older guests
- like two and a half minutes long

k0ruptr · 05-24-2007, 09:56 PM

We are the FOFC - Antmeister

cthomer5000 · 05-24-2007, 10:02 PM

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Originally Posted by Schmidty

I thought that was by the girl that wets her trousers.

she sings it, but it's the group's song.

MrBug708 · 05-24-2007, 10:22 PM

If you want to be happy for the rest of your life..

Karlifornia · 05-24-2007, 10:28 PM

Jingle Bells

NoSkillz · 05-24-2007, 10:35 PM

Ours was 'She' by Elvis Costello. Pretty short, cool artist, nice song...

Mustang · 05-24-2007, 10:40 PM

Ruptured Nuptuals - M.O.D

Crim · 05-24-2007, 11:33 PM

http://www.operationsports.com/fofc/...ad.php?t=58768

JediKooter · 05-24-2007, 11:43 PM

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Originally Posted by lynchjm24

Neither of us is particularly fond of being the center of attention.

I can respect that. Though, given the occasion, it will be hard to do.

You could always play, "Her Majesty" by the Beatles. It's maybe 20 seconds long.

Congrats on getting married by the way.

rowech · 05-25-2007, 01:36 AM

Just about anything by Norah Jones. We used "Fly Away with Me" which worked very well.

lynchjm24 · 05-25-2007, 06:13 AM

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Originally Posted by Ksyrup

Are you looking for something well-known, or going more for the sentiment of the song?

I'm going out of my way to avoid anything you'd call 'well-known'.

I going to have to take a spin through I-Tunes and give a listen to some of these.

Except My Humps, I've heard that....

Pumpy Tudors · 05-25-2007, 07:25 AM

Harvey the Wonder Hamster, by some guy whose show is coming to Pittsburgh in a little over a month. Shit, I need to buy tickets. Thanks for the reminder.

Ragone · 05-25-2007, 07:31 AM

You raise me up.. Josh Groban

RedKingGold · 05-25-2007, 07:42 AM

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Originally Posted by lynchjm24

The title says it all.

I have found nothing suitable. I am open to ideas.

The shorter the song the better.

A cute "modern" song is "I wanna grow old with you" from the soundtrack of the Wedding Singer (with Adam Sandler)

Also, it fits your short but sweet philosphy and is a little less sappy then other traditional wedding songs (with a little bit of humor). My brother and sister-in-law used it as there wedding song.

Telle · 05-25-2007, 07:48 AM

RendeR and I danced to "I Don't Want to Miss a Thing" by Aerosmith.

Dr. Sak · 05-25-2007, 07:53 AM

Mel Carter - Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me

JeeberD · 05-25-2007, 07:58 AM

Not your traditional first dance song, but the wife and I did Coldplay's Yellow...

kurtism · 05-25-2007, 07:59 AM

Ben Folds - "The Luckiest"

Comey · 05-25-2007, 08:08 AM

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Originally Posted by JeeberD

Not your traditional first dance song, but the wife and I did Coldplay's Yellow...

Isn't that song about cocaine use?

Mustang · 05-25-2007, 08:14 AM

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Originally Posted by Ragone

You raise me up.. Josh Groban

That song never ends. You could get married to that song, have kids and then they could get married to the same song because it would still be playing from your own wedding.

gi · 05-25-2007, 08:19 AM

Marry Me by Neil Diamond. Just used it at my wedding in April.

Ragone · 05-25-2007, 08:24 AM

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Originally Posted by Mustang

That song never ends. You could get married to that song, have kids and then they could get married to the same song because it would still be playing from your own wedding.

there is a radio edit that tones it down quite a bit.. without losing the sentiment.. but wife and i do enjoy the longer version

JeeberD · 05-25-2007, 08:25 AM

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Originally Posted by Comey

Isn't that song about cocaine use?

I wouldn't doubt it...

Qwikshot · 05-25-2007, 08:30 AM

"Into My Arms" Nick Cave

Warhammer · 05-25-2007, 08:32 AM

Animal - NIN - be interesting to see the looks on the faces of the partygoers

Come Fly With Me - Sinatra

Have I Told You Lately - Van Morrison (the Rod Stewart version is crap)

The Bitch is Back - Elton John

You Make Me Feel So Young - Sinatra

Night and Day - Sinatra

Geez, I should have had more Sinatra at my wedding.

rkmsuf · 05-25-2007, 08:34 AM

Clap your hands everybody and everybody clap your hands.

Dr. Sak · 05-25-2007, 08:35 AM

Whatever you do please don't pick Bon Jovi's Thank you for loving me...I was at a wedding where a bride and groom ballroom danced to this song and it was like a scene out of Days Of Our Lives. The cheesy factor was off the scale.

JeeberD · 05-25-2007, 08:36 AM

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Originally Posted by Warhammer

Animal - NIN - be interesting to see the looks on the faces of the partygoers

I think I actually suggested that to my wife, but she didn't go for it for some reason...

oliegirl · 05-25-2007, 08:40 AM

I think I Love You by the dude from the Partridge Family, very cute - short - everyone knows it and it's lighthearted.

Another option, is rather than finding a short song, tell your DJ you want to dance from the start of the song to a specific place in the song, then have him fade it out and start to introduce the next dance (father/daughter, etc...). Or if that is the only "spotlight dance", have him open up the dance floor to everyone else. I've seen this done at a number of receptions.

albionmoonlight · 05-25-2007, 08:44 AM

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Originally Posted by MrBug708

If you want to be happy for the rest of your life..

Thanks for this, by the way. This song has been in my head for two days now. I was getting out of the shower this morning, and Mrs. A asked "why are you singing that ugly woman song?"

A thread full of the most beautiful love songs ever written, and I get the ugly woman song stuck in my head.

miked · 05-25-2007, 08:47 AM

I went with Norah Jones, either Come Away With Me, The Nearness of You, or Don't Know Why. I forget which one, so I'm lucky the wife doesn't post on here.

gottimd · 05-25-2007, 08:48 AM

Creep by TLC

miked · 05-25-2007, 08:53 AM

Aw shizzle, I was wrong on all 3. We danced to Diana Krall, Let's Fall in Love. I did the mother/son dance to Mother Should Know by the Beatles.

Warhammer · 05-25-2007, 08:53 AM

Paradise By the Dashboard Light, but that may be a little long.

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