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[Arachno-capitalist]

There will be no songs at my wedding. Only a poetic reading of John Galt's 80 page speech from Atlas Shrugged....
 but seriously, i think Danny's Song is the model of a romantic song. Its easy to ignore that its about a baby.

[side_show]

All excellent, I will track them down during the week and report back on my findings.  I'm sorting through some Billie Holiday to add also.

Recently removed: "Let's Get It On"  way too creepy to play this around the elderly, we have hip elderly folks attending, but still, something about this is a huge turn off.

"Blackbird" will probably be sung at the ceremony if I have any say in it.

"You Can't Take That Away From Me" w/ Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong is one of the best songs ever.  In the world.


Also, being Canadian, a Tragically Hip is the only song I will not remove due to the F bomb:

Fireworks:

If there's a goal that everyone remembers it was back in ole' 72
We all squeezed the stick and we all pulled the trigger
And all I remember was sitting beside you

You said you didn't give a fuck about hockey
And I never saw someone say that before
You held my hand and we walked home the long way
You were loosening my grip on Bobby Orr

Isn't it amazing anything's accomplished
When the little sensation gets in your way
Not one ambition whisperin' over your shoulder
Isn't it amazing you can do anything

We hung out together every single moment
Cause that's what we thought married people do
Complete with the grip of artificial chaos
And believing in the country of me and you

Crisis of faith and crisis in the Kremlin
And yea we'd heard all of that before
It's wintertime, the house is solitude with options
And loosening the grip on a fake cold war

Isn't it amazing what you can accomplish
When you don't let the nation get in your way
No ambition whisperin' over your shoulder
Isn't it amazing you can do anything

Next to your comrades in the national fitness program
Caught in some eternal flexed-arm hang
Droppin' to the mat in a fit of laughter
Showed no patience, tolerance or restraint

Fireworks exploding in the distance
Temporary towers soar
Fireworks emulating heaven
Til there are no stars anymore

Fireworks aiming straight at heaven
Temporary towers soar
Til there are no stars shining up in heaven
Til there are no stars anymore

Isn't it amazing what you can accomplish
When the little sensation gets in your way
No ambition whisperin' over your shoulder
Isn't it amazing what you can accomplish, eh

This one thing probably never goes away
I think this one thing is always supposed to stay
This one thing doesn't have to go away

Also, Angie?  At a wedding?  Isn't that just way too depressing?

[lprkn]

There will be no songs at my wedding. Only a poetic reading of John Galt's 80 page speech from Atlas Shrugged....

There better be a bar, too.

The Very Thought of You - Sinatra or Al Bowlly

[littlefallsmets]

Too depressing?

Aren't, like, half of the songs at weddings horribly depressing songs about growing old and dying?

Call me nuts but... a song about Jagger and Bowie's bittersweet breakup is SO much less depressing than, like, "Sunrise Sunset" or whatever.

Ones about two people moving on with their lives, the other's about fuck*ng DYING.

Any song that reminds me of my mortality is instantly The Saddest Thing.

[Choop]

"Baby You've Got (What It Takes)" by Brooke Benton and Dinah Washington. it's a bouncy duet from like the sixties or something, and it's basically like treasure.

[AlohaDawg]

If I were to do it again (and I might) I think I would like to have "Fly me to the Moon", "Across the Sea" and songs like that, back to back for an hour, martini's only at the bar, and preferably a live swing band and crooner singing. Maybe some torch songs, too. Maybe "Can't Stop Loving That Man of Mine" type stuff. One hour of that and then rock out.

[theinevitable]

why only martinis?

[KeithHernandez]

Yeah, that would be pretty cool.

[lprkn]

'Cause classy music and classy drinks set a classy mood, man.

[theinevitable]

There are other classy drinks out there, you know? I don't know. They are a bit strong for me.

Maybe my wedding will have only Gin and Tonics. That'll teach em.

[side_show]

If I were to do it again (and I might) I think I would like to have "Fly me to the Moon", "Across the Sea" and songs like that, back to back for an hour, martini's only at the bar, and preferably a live swing band and crooner singing. Maybe some torch songs, too. Maybe "Can't Stop Loving That Man of Mine" type stuff. One hour of that and then rock out.

PERFECT!  Yes, AD, I was missing all three of these and they are perfect.  This is more or less the feel we're going for.  More torch song suggestions are definitely welcome.

And no LFM, not all wedding music is depressing.  So far none of the tunes we have are.  They are either about love being awesome, or about ladies who are improper (Lady is a Tramp, Jolly Butcher, etc), which is sort of sad in an po-mo-feminist way, but we definitely cut out any of the heart wrenching stuff. 

Also, from the Canadiana catalog : Mary Mac is a pretty hilarious and awesome Celtic kitchen burner befitting of the part Scotsman I'm marrying.

[AlohaDawg]

How about Etta James' "At Last"...

Amazon has several CD compilations of torch songs on sale. You can check the track lists for ideas, too. Maybe even hear samples.

Also play some Nat King Cole.

[AlohaDawg]

Hey, there's the Great American Songbook which, admittedly would not include Canadian or rest of the world songs, but will have all the Cole Porter, Hoagy Carmichael, and Johnny Mercer you will ever need. And all the rest of them, too.

[side_show]

You are awesome - of course "At Last..."  Nat is already on the set.  The others I will look into when I'm at home.  Thanks so much.  Great stuff.