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My fiance and I are both Irish Catholic, so we looked for traditional Irish wedding songs. We nixed that idea and decided to go with a song from one of our favorite bands, The Pogues "Broad Majestic Shannon". In the parts that are just music, we are going to Irish step dance. It sounds a little hokie, but its actually pretty cool! And, I've never seen anyone else do it.
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Our first dance song is "Crazy Love" by Van Morrison. We didn't really have a song that was significant to us, so we just came up with a list of ideas then picked this one. My fiance originally kind of wanted to choose another Van Morrison song, but our best friends used it for their wedding song a couple of years ago.
cindylouwho, I think your Irish step-dance will be really memorable and fun for you and your guests! :)
Hokie? I'd say it's more like AWESOME!
We got married in Rome so the husband and I danced to "Mambo Italiano" by Dean Martin. We took a month and a half worth of mambo lessons. Thankfully, we made it through our first dance and lived to tell about it.
We're doing a Lindy Hop swing dance. The natural choice seems like Squirrel Nut Zippers, but I think we're going to go with a traditional swing song.
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we are thinking of bringing out a classic monster ballad or a classic huey lewis song. we sing these kind of songs to each other at the top of our lungs in the car. most of our friends will find this cute and fun while other people will think we are full of cheesy goodness. either way, it will be fun and memorable for us.
i think your step dance will be fun and memorable. best wishes!
- ceece
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we're dancing to Allman Bros "Soulshine." It's our song in so many ways, we never even considered dancing to anything else, although we did consider the Gov't Mule cover of the same song, but decided that we like the original better.
we are doing an old country song "i never knew love." its been our song since we were 17. im almost 24 now....i love it :)
lyrics: http://www.musicsonglyrics.com/D/dougstonelyrics/dougstoneineverknewlovelyrics.htm
our song... for now at least... is "bless the broken road" by rascal flatts. word by word, it describes our journeys toward each other. but we also found another one we liked that's just as great... but we'll see!
We want a classic, timeless song by someone like Sinatra, Dean Martin, or Etta James for our first dance. We've bandied around the possibility of "At Last" for months, and after the Obamas used it for their inauguration dance last night, we might just HAVE to use it. :)
Another favorite is "What Are You Doing the Rest of Your Life?", though we're thinking we'll probably use that for our last dance, instead, since the lyrics would really end the night on a beautiful note (no pun intended!).
When Barack and Michelle danced to "At Last" at the Neighborhood Inaugural Ball, I have to say I got the chills! That song is always a winner. :)
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We are using Bryan Adam's "I'll always be right there" for our first dance. It is a BEAUTIFUL song. We are using the unplugged version and cuting out the very beginning part. If you haven't heard it before, check it out on itunes or something. Ahhh, every time I hear it, I love my soon-to-be hubby more and more. :)
We are going to dance to "Long Trip Alone" by Diercks Bentley. It seems like such a downer of a song but when you listen to the lyrics they're really sweet. We didn't really have a "song", but we always dance together in our kitchen to this.
We've narrowed it down to "The Promise" by Tracy Chapman and "Stay with You" by John Legend....thoughts?
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I love the songs with stories behind them. Anything that evokes the feeling of love is a winner.
We are down to Nel Young's "harvest Moon" and Old 97s' "Question." Of course, we could become we could easily throw those out and start again tomorrow -- who knows?
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after much debate, we are dancing to the beatles' "Oh Darling!". it doesnt have any significance to us, but we both love the song...at least, for now.
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Our song will be I Cross my Heart, by George Strait. Great song if you like country. We had a hard time coming to a first dance song since the FI isn't the biggest romantic, but this song we both liked.
We are dancing to 'That's How Strong My Love Is,' Otis Redding. It was the first song on a CD fi made for me when we first started dating. A close second was 'Helpless,' Crosby, Stills, Nash, Young, though!
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Our "song" is actually beautiful day by U2. A great song, but you can't really dance to the beat. So we decided that after we kiss and are pronounced man and wife, we're going to walk back down the aisle to it! a little non traditional, but the song has a lot of meaning for us.
For our first dance, we're using "We are Man and Wife" by Michelle Featherstone. It is a really nice song to dance to, with a sweet meaning behind it.
We'll be dancing to "Calico Skies" by Paul McCartney. My FI loves it because it's short and he won't have to dance "forever" in front of all those people. I love it because he picked it, and it's a song he DLed because he said it made him think of me...AW!
One of our first dates was to a jazz concert with the Mose Allison trio so we are using one of their jazz songs.
We are struggling to find a song....All of "our" songs are ones that aren't really first dance songs. Did others have trouble picking?
We're thinking of "If I had my Way" by a Cambridge folk artist, Lisa Bastoni. You can hear it here (click on the play symbol next to the song title):
http://www.rhapsody.com/lisa-bastoni
We were long distance for the first year of our relationship, and I travelled almost 1/3 of the time for the two years after thta, so this has always been "our song". We're worried that it might be hard to dance to, though, any thoughts?
I've always loved "I just want to dance with you" by George Straitt, but he's not so into it.
But the first fast song after this is going to be "you shook me all night long" by AC/DC, sigh..., cuz that's fizicsGuy for you;)
We are dancing to "My Wish" by Rascal Flatts.
It has been our song since about a month after we started dating. We were driving home (in two separate cars) from my sisters birthday dinner and the new Flatts CD had just been released, we only had one copy so my (then) boyfriend had it in his car. We were only on the road for about 10 min, just before we got on the highway and my cell phone rang, and he said "pull over into the gas station" ... I was like hmm maybe he forgot something in my car?? Nope ... he ran over to my car with the CD and said, "#5 reminds me of you, listen to it" and I did, on repeat for the 30 min car ride ... ever since, it's been our song! We're actually kind of theming the wedding around the idea of a "wish."
@ hisMrs: That's a beautiful song. I have the unplugged version on my iPod.
@ Erindesmar: Yes, I think we will have trouble picking. I want us to use a song that's special to us both. I know there are many, but we haven't really talked about it, and I don't know how many of them are "danceable." My FI doesn't dance, ever, so I'm actually a little worried about the first dance, like how to make it as short as possible, unless we take a class of some kind and learn how to dance so that people will enjoy watching.
I've been a Bryan Adams fan since I was 5, and since about that age, I've always wanted my wedding first dance to be "(Everything I Do) I Do It For You." I know a lot of people think it's cheesy, but I've always loved it. That song was the reason I learned to play piano, because I wanted to be able to play it someday. And I can. :-)
We are dancing to "In the Aeroplane Over the Sea" by Neutral Milk Hotel. It is perfect to spin and twirl all over the dance floor.
We danced to Quando, Quando, Quando by Michael Buble & Nelly Furtado. We just really liked the vibe of the song and we are Portuguese like Nelly, so we felt like it was bringing a touch of our culture into it, as well.
@ChaiAnkh99: It would be a beautiful twist on the song if you were able to record you playing the piano to that song. Then you could dance to your piano version at your wedding!!! :)
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We are going to dance to "Stay with You" by John Legend!
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we had a hard time picking a song. we're thinking "sea of love" by the honeydrippers. it was also on the Juno soundtrack but was done by cat power.
the honeydrippers version is a little faster. i really like the vibe and the simple but sweet lyrics.
oo! i love this post! I have lots of songs on my list, but these are my top 5 picks:
1. somebody loved- the weepies
2. just for you- sam cooke
3. love me tender- elvis, dur 
4. so this is love- from Disney's Cinderella (with Ilene Woods)
5. reasons to love you- meiko
6. ballad for my one true love- mason jennings
7. gotta have you- the weepies
8. your song- kate walsh
9. a case of you- joni mitchell
10. hold you in my arms- ray lamontagne
11. wonderful world- sam cooke (perfect because the FH is a teacher...hawwww)
12. toothpaste kisses- the maccabees
13. if you're into it- flight of the conchords (okay, just kidding. but c'mon, that would be AWESOME)
14. that's how strong my love is- otis redding
15. you never can tell- chuck berry (choreographed a'la pulp fiction!!)
uh...so....okay...that's 15. guess i got a bit carried away....
but i LOVE music!!! and it must be perfect!! why can't we just have 10 first dances??
We haven't decided definitively, but at the moment we're leaning toward "Sweet Lorraine", probably performed by Louis Armstrong (possibly Nat King Cole, but I prefer the Armstrong version). My middle name is Lorraine and it seems quite appropriate.
"Now when it's rainin',
I don't miss the sun
Because it's in my baby's smile,
And to think that I'm the lucky one
That will lead her down the aisle,
Each night I pray
That no one will steal her heart away
I can't wait until that lucky day
When I marry sweet Lorraine."
We had no idea what songs we would choose to fill as the backdrop for our special moments. I'd originally wanted a classic Sinatra/Fitzgerald/etc tune, but couldn't find one that fit us. Eventually both were new finds brought to us by friends during the planning processes.
A friend performed Streisand's (maybe?) "Starting Here, Starting Now" during the ceremony when we passed the rings around for good wishes to be bestowed on them before we kissed and sealed the deal.
We went with "Brandy Alexander" for our first dance song. A friend introduced us to Feist not long before the wedding and we both loved it. "I'd cross the sea and land for him..." Yep!
@ erindesmar: I am so clueless for our first dance. I'm too scared to even start looking for fear we will never find the perfect one.
Fi and I have such oppsoite tastes in music that we rarely listen to music together and have never had a "song"
Keep updating this board so I get more ideas!!
Our first dance song is Bon Jovi "Next 100 Years". Our first date was a Bon Jovi concert. We got a framed poster of the night sky over Hershey, PA (where the concert was) on our first anniversary (you can get the posters here - http://www.indigonight.com/) and we had the lyrics "We'll be standing here for the next 100 years" put on it. (Lyrics here - http://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/bonjovi/next100years.html) We're doing a lot of non-traditional stuff for our wedding, and although I love all the traditional songs (Ben Folds - The Luckiest, Etta James - At Last, etc), they just aren't "us".
I LOVE that everyone has a different song so far! And that they aren't all "traditional!".
Our song is "In Your Eyes" by Peter Gabriel - awesome lyrics, awesome image of john cusack holding up that radio in say anything, and just enough off the beaten path to be different just like us!
We will be dancing to Israel's version of "Over the Rainbow" and I will be walking down the aisle to the same song done by a trio of violins and cellos. So excited!
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