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19 years ago

I like country music and pretty sounding things. DF likes very heavy music and yelly sounding things. He likes some older stuff, so do I...there are a few things that we agree on but finding a first dance song is not one of them. I posted a first dance song question before but this question is actually more of an extension to the whole reception. We won't be having a DJ, I'll be making several discs for music. Does anyone have suggestions of some songs that might be played that everyone will like but will still keep DF happy (he's pretty much going to have to suffer for the most part but I thought if I can come up with a few songs that would make him happy it would be nice)?

Also...he keeps suggesting Led Zepplin for a first dance song...if anyone has ideas of a love song by a rock artist it would be greatly appreciated. I keep pusihng for Someone Like You by Van Morrison.

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jennywrenjenny
19 years ago
>He likes some older stuff, so do I>
Which older music do y'all like specifically (ex. stuff from the 50s, the 70s, old jazz ? ) Here is the list from my notebook. It's really long, but hopefully it'll give you inspiration : )

part I:
And I Love Her / Beatles
All You Need Is Love / Beatles
At Last / Ella Fitzgerald
After All / Peter Cetera & Cher
All The Time / Johnny Mathis
At the Beginning / Richard Marx and Donna Lewis
A Soalin' / Peter, Paul, & Mary
All My Life / KC & JoJo
Always / Atlantic Star
As Long As You Love Me / Backstreet Boys
Are You the One I've Been Waiting For / Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds

Baby I'm A Want You / Bread
Best Friend (Courtship of Eddie's Father ) / Harry Nilsson
Best of My Love / Emotions
Be Nobody's Darlin' But Mine / Andy Griffith & Randy Travis
Before Your Love / Justin Guarini
Buona Sera /

Close To You / Carpenters
Catch a Falling Star / Paul Vance & Lee Pockriss
Chapel of Love / Dixie Cups
Could I Have This Dance /
Can't Help Falling In Love With You / Elvis Presley
Cara Mia / Jay and the Americans
Count on Me / Whitney Houston & CeCe Winans

Do You Want To Know a Secret / Beatles
Dear Someone / Gillian Welsh & David Rawlings

Everything I Own / Bread (?)
Everywhere I Go / Shawn Mullins
Esmeralda / Javier Rodriguez
Earth Angel / Penguins
Edelweiss (Sound of Music) /

For the Good Times (Love Story) / Andy Williams
For You / Ricky Nelson
For You / Nerf Herder
From This Moment / Shaniah Twain & Brian White
Faith of the Heart (Star Trek Enterprise) / Russell Watson
Forever Love / Reba McEntire

God Must Have Spent A Little More Time On You / N*Sync
Good Night Ladies/Roanoke//_______
Getaway Car / Daryl Hall & John Oates
Go There With You / Steven Curtis Chapman

How Deep Is The Ocean / Ella Fitzgerald
Hawaiian Wedding Song (Ke Kali Nei Au) / Charles King
Hey Julie / Fountains of Wayne
How Deep Is Your Love / Bee Gees

I Will / Beatles
I Get Carried Away / George Strait
I Cross My Heart / George Strait
I Love the Way You Love Me / John Michael Montgomery
I Do Cherish You / Mark Wills
I'll Be There For You (theme to Friends) / Rembrandts
I've Just Seen A Face /
I Can Love You Like That / All 4 One
I Knew I Loved You / Savage Garden
I Love You More Today Than Yesterday / Spiral Staircase
I Think I Love You / David Cassidy
I'd Really Love to See You Tonight / England Dan & John Ford Coley
I'll Have To Say I Love You In A Song / Jim Croce
I'll Stand By You / Pretenders
I Love You Because / Al Martino
It's Your Love / Tim McGraw & Faith Hill
jennywrenjenny
19 years ago
part 2:
Just You and I / Eddie Rabbit & Crystal Gayle
Jamaican Farewell / Harry Belefonte

A Kiss to Build a Dream on /

Long and Winding Road / Beatles
Love You Most of All / Sam Cooke
Love's Theme/ Barry White
Let There Be Love / Nat King Cole
Love Is The Thing / Nat King Cole
Lonely Moon / Stuart Duncan
Love of a Lifetime / Firehouse
Let It Snow / Bing Crosby
Let Me Call You Sweetheart / Six Fat Dutchman
Let There Be Peace on Earth (And Let It Begin With Me) /
Livin' On Love / Alan Jackson
Let It Be Me / Everly Brothers
Love Is A Wonderful Thing / Michael Bolton
Love Somebody Like You / Keith Urban
Love Will Keep Us Alive / Eagles
Love Of My Life / Sammy Kershaw
Let Your Love Flow / Bellamy Brothers

The Man You've Become / Gloria Sklerow & B.Rothstein
Music of My Heart / Gloria Estefan & N*Sync
Made to Love Ya / Gerald Levert
My Everything / 98 Degrees
My Valentine / Martina McBride
My Love Is Deeper Than the Holler / Randy Travis
My Endless Love / Lionel Ritchie & Diana Ross
More Than Words /

Next Year / Foo Fighters

An Old Fashioned Love Song / 3 Dog Night
Ocean Man / Ween
Oh How Happy / Charles Hatcher
Only You / Platters

The Prayer / Celine Dion & Andrea Boccelli
Prelude: Sound of Music

Questions 67 & 68 / Chicago

The River / Garth Brooks
Remembering You / Carroll O'Connor & Roger Kellaway

Stand By Me / Ben E. King
Still the One / Orleans
Solo Con Un Beso / Ricardo Montaner
Sixteen Again / Trinitee 5:7
Somewhere Out There / Linda Ronstadt & James Ingram
Storybook Love (Princess Bride) / Willy De Ville
Summer Song / Chad & Jeremy
Something Right / Julia Fordham
Say You Love Me / Fleetwood Mac
Shadows of the Night /

This Is The Night / Clay Aiken
Two of Us / Beatles
To Love You More / Celine Dion
To Where You Are / Josh Groban
True / George Strait
This I Promise You / N*Sync
Through The Years / Henry Rogers
Together, Wherever We Go /
Talking To The Moon / Stephanie Davis
Thank You For Loving Me / Bon Jovi
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jennywrenjenny
19 years ago
part 3:

That's What I Had In Mind When I Said I Do / Clint Black & Lisa Hartman Black
Touch of Your Lips /
Time of Your Life / Green Day
Truly Madly Deeply / Savage Garden

Unfortgettable / Nat King Cole
Unchained Melody / Righteous Brothers
Up On The Roof / Drifters

Will You Still Love Me / Chicago
When I Fall In Love / Celine Dion & Clive Griffin
We Built This City / Starship
We've Only Just Begun / The Carpenters
We Can Build This Dream Together / Peter Cetera & Cher
Where You Lead (Gilmore Girls) / Carole King & Louise Goffin
Wrapped / Gloria Estefan
When I Look Into Your Eyes / Firehouse
What About Now / Lone Star
Waiting For A Star To Fall / Boy Meets Girl
With You / Jessica Simpson
Walk Through This World With Me /
When I Fall In Love / The Letterman
Who'll Stop The Rain / Creedence Clearwater Revival
When You Say Nothing At All /
What the World Needs Now Is Love / Jackie De Shannon
Wear My Ring Around Your Neck / Elvis Presley
Where The Green Grass Grows / Tim McGraw

You're the Inspiration / Chicago
You Were Made For Me / Sam Cooke
You're The First, The Last, My Everything / Barry White
Your Song (Love Story) / Andy Williams
Yours, Mine, & Ours / Gloria Sklerov & B. Rothstein
You Raised Me Up / Josh Groban
You Are My Special Angel / Vogues
You're In My Heart, You're In My Soul / Rod Stewart
Your Love Is Lifting Me Higher / Rita Coolidge
You Are / Jimmy Wayne
jennywrenjenny
19 years ago
correction: Through The Years / Kenny Rogers
sunshine4376
Original Author
19 years ago
Thanks Jenny. I'll keep that list, I hadn't thought of a lot of those. I noticed that you don't have an artist for When You Say Nothing At All, is that because you don't know who sings it or because you can't decide who to use?
Just in case you don't know who sings it I thought I'd mention that Keith Whitley, Alison Krauss and Ronan Keating all sing it and my fave version is Ronan, followed by Alison.

And when I say rock I mean kind of 70's or 80's. He likes Led Zepplin, the Doors...artists like that was what I meant. He also likes 80's heavy metal bands like Iron Maiden and Judas Priest (which will NOT be happening at my wedding). We agree on bands like the Tragically hip (I think they're Canadian so I'm not sure if you've heard of them) and Green Day. Probably his favorite slow song is Good Riddance (I hope you've had the time of your life) by Green Day.
springbride04
19 years ago
Our first dance song was "Me and You" by Kenny Chesney. It is one of our favorite songs. Our last dance was "Forever and Ever Amen" by Randy Travis.
sunshine4376
Original Author
19 years ago
:0D Those are great songs. I LOVE country music. DF is adamant that our first dance NOT be country...but I'll be making sure that many others will be ;)
jennywrenjenny
19 years ago
>And when I say rock I mean kind of 70's or 80's. He likes Led Zepplin, the Doors...artists like that was what I meant.>

Here's some 1970s/1980s music sites. Hope this helps :

http://www.1970sflashback.com/1970/Music.asp
http://www.1980sflashback.com/1980/Music.asp
http://www.afn.org/~afn30091/80songs.html
http://www.inthe80s.com/music.shtml
http://www.inthe70s.com/music.shtml

http://80music.about.com/cs/compilations/tp/compilations-01.htm

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