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    soonerpsych    June 26, 2010   Oklahoman at heart, now in Southwest FL

    We're doing a semi iPod reception.  We're having our own speakers and playlist on the computer, run and emcee'd by a friend (well more like friend of a friend we've met a few times) who we're paying. 

    We have 131 songs so far for about 4 1/2 hours of dance music.  But I need some good dinner, cocktail hour, and filler/background music.  Any suggestions?  I'd love simple music, and music without lyrics would be great too. 

    Our cocktail hour is really only 30 minutes, starting at about 6pm.  We think the reception will go to about 11pm or 11:30.  How many hours of music should I have prepped for the whole night?

     
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    I'd have 8 hrs.  As for music choices, I'd suggest stuff each of you both like and some stuff your family/friends will like.  Maybe softer stuff w/o words during dinner?

     
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    LadyGoodman    September 25, 2010   Baltimore, MD

    I don't know how much help this will be, but here is the music I am going to use for our cocktail hour/dinner . . . It's the nice and sometimes fun music we love, but isn't good for dancing.

    I do think Josh Radin and Iron & Wine-type groups would be good for soft dinner music.

    Cocktail Hour/Dinner

    Stand by Me - Ben E. King

    Anything You Want - Roy Orbinson
    In Your Eyes - Peter Gabriel 

    My Girl - The Temptations

    Every Day - Buddy Holly

    Umbrella - Mandy Moore 

    How Sweet It Is to be Loved by You - James Taylor

    Dancing in the Moonlight - King Harvest

    Here Comes Your Man - The Pixies

    You Picked Me - A Fine Frenzy

    Today - Joshua Radin

    Ain't No Mountain High Enough - Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell

    Tiny Dancer - Elton John

    A Lover Like You - Avett Brothers

    Something Good This Way Comes - Jakob Dylan 

    First Day of My Life - Bright Eyes

    January Wedding - The Avett Brothers

    Wagon Wheel - Old Crow Medicine Show

    Whatever it is - Zac Brown Band

    Such Great Heights - The Postal Service

    Good Old Fashioned Lover Boy - Queen

     
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    soonerpsych    June 26, 2010   Oklahoman at heart, now in Southwest FL

    Anyone else? Smile

     
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    mudratdetector    September 4, 2011   Buffalo, NY

    I'm starting to feel like my various posts are useless to others since our wedding is a little 'different' than most. Our wedding is all about Phish (yeah, the band) and we went to an evening at Carnegie Hall where Phish's lead singer/guitarist performed with the NYC symphony. We're using that as our dinner music.

     
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    jgoulart    May 2, 2010   Harrisonburg, VA

    I put together an Ipod list for our cocktail hour and it consisted of light music including michael buble, frank sinatra, john mayer, jason mraz, barry white, barry manilow and other songs that are just lovey and light. I put a few upbeat songs in there so it wasn't boring though!

     
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    Mrs.KMM    July 17, 2010   Atlanta, GA (wedding in Indianapolis, IN)

    Our dinner music sounds just like jgoulart's!

     
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    JoJo Bananas    August 21, 2010   Santa Cruz, CA

    Our DJ is doing spanish guitar/Buena Vista Social Club during cocktail hour and then we're switching to "Rat Pack" for dinner.

     

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