music for a wedding

[rivendellrose]

[Poll #1727527]

Comments

[nightsinger.livejournal.com]

The reason for the 'cool but' choice: Doing it YOURSELF == bad idea. It's your wedding, go enjoy it!! Picking a friend (or friend of a friend, etc) and putting THEM in charge of it is a LOT better -- and ideally someone who is NOT in the wedding party. You and your groom have better things to be doing than worrying about figuring out how to get the speaker hookups working, when to play specific songs, etc!

[narsilion.livejournal.com]

Bohemian Rhapsody is a must!

[aris-tgd.livejournal.com]

Okay, also nightsinger's answer for fast song.

[schnurble.livejournal.com]

Agreeing with the comments before - don't do it yourself, pick one to take over this task.
We'll also play music from a laptop at our wedding, and Hubby's brother will take care of it, BUT we don't care about music a lot and we don't intend to make it a dance party, because most of our guests aren't very keen on dancing anyway. So the music will just be background noise...
If you plan on dancing a lot, I'd recommend a DJ (or a friend who's reall good at this) because only a real person can select and play the right song in the right moment, and it'll be full time job.

[bluerosefairy.livejournal.com]

Agreeing with everyone else that you want a DJ or trusted friend to actually handle the playing-of-the-music, because you and hubby have a ton of other things to be doing.

Also, having worked catering at approximately 16 million weddings, here is a list of the most ridiculous and stupid songs I've ever heard played at a wedding. I sincerely hope you won't play any of them:

"It Wasn't Me" - Shaggy (yay, infidelity?)
"Get Low" - L'il Jon (yay, slutty chicks?)
"Personal Jesus" - Depeche Mode (I love this song, but NOT for a wedding)
"Bad Touch" - Bloodhound Gang (no, just NO)
"Gold Digger" - Kanye West (pre-nups and women only wanting you for your money?)
"Like a Prayer" - Madonna (possibly this is not the occasion to celebrate oral sex?)
"So What" - Pink (a catchy, awesome song about your husband leaving you and punching people)
"Hurt" - Johnny Cash covering NIN (yes, because clearly you want all your guests to kill themselves)

[alto2.livejournal.com]

I would also suggest that "Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow" is rather, um, counter to the whole purpose of the event?

[mkmcartor.livejournal.com]

I'd add "Every Breath You Take" to that list (I couldn't remember the title when I filled in the survey), since it's not a love song... O_o

[bluerosefairy.livejournal.com]

Oh my god yes. I can't believe I left that one out - it's fairly egregious. My coworkers and I always used to bust out laughing if it was played.

[mkmcartor.livejournal.com]

I always have to wonder at the relationship dynamics of couples who use that song. :3

[stormkpr.livejournal.com]

How many guests do you have again? We're using an i-pod but we're only having 25 people and it's inside our house, so I know that will work for the music.

[websandwhiskers.livejournal.com]

I filled out the poll only and didn't suggest any songs because my music sensibilities are . .. sort of not. I know what I'd want at *my* wedding, were I to have one, but see, the guests and my wedding would expect it to be an . . um . . unique cultural experience? We'll go with that description.

[katherineokelly.livejournal.com]

Alan and I just made a couple mix CDs, and hit play. We were so involved with other stuff, we didn't even notice the music. Frugal, yes, but that's seriously not one of the things I care about when I look back on my wedding.

[magsyb.livejournal.com]

If you go with an Ipod, just make sure you have someone there who is "managing the ipod"... have a few lists. Lite entertainment, softer, more mellow songs for dining, and then a good variety for dancing. If someone is going to make a speech or you are going to be "cutting the music" for any reason. Lower the volume slowly til it is completely cut off, so that way you can pause the track and go to the next one for when the music starts again.

It can actually be a fun thing to have an ipod, and you could always ask those who are attending one song that they would like to dance to at the wedding, have it be a bit interactive.

Everything is really hit or miss, DJs are just as hit or miss as doing an ipod. But really the things you really want to decide on as far as music is your first dance, if you are going to do a father daughter dance, if so, then what song, if there is going to be a mother son dance, and if so what song... everything thing else, you could leave up to a friend or a family member with good music taste or similiar music taste to your own, and just let them know what you do and DON'T want. *shrug*

Some song suggestions from me:

I'm Yours by Jason Mraz
Watch Them Grow by Zach Gill
369 (feat. B.o.B.) by Cupid
Mexico by Jump (Little Children)*
Can't Shake It by Kate Miller-Heidke*

*personal favs