All You Need Is Love (Songs)

[trinityofone]

Here is something very cool: nenar has asked me to make a couple of mixes for her wedding in September! I love making mixes, and I'm honored to be asked to do one for such an important occasion. However, I started playing around with it last night, and I'm beginning to worry that I don't have the world's most wedding-appropriate music collection.

For example, some things I have discovered:

1. Just because I happen to think that Half-Gifts is the most romantic song ever does not mean that it, nor any song that contains the lyric, "This relationship cannot sustain itself," is appropriate for a wedding.

2. Neither is Beast of Burden, you weirdo.

3. The Cher version of Walking in Memphis is probably NOT sexy and romantic to anyone who wasn't a huge fan of The X-Files, and a big Mulder/Scully 'shipper to boot.

4. Has The Flamingos' I Only Have Eyes For You ever been anything other than creepy? Is it bad that I still want to use it?

5. At Last is not about dead people. This makes it more appropriate for use, not less.

6. I can totally get away with including Temptation, but yes, I will be the only one giggling to myself and picturing Joe's dork!dance.

And the big one:

7. MY MUSIC MAY BE GOOD, BUT YOU CAN'T DANCE TO IT.

So I need your help with that. What are some good wedding songs--that you can dance to? If you can YSI or sendspace or megaupload them, that would be great, but if not, even just names would be helpful. I want this mix to be good. ('Cause poor nenar--if she's reading this, she's probably really nervous now.)

Tangentially: if anyone has Kate Bush's Aerial that they want to upload for me, that'd be totally awesome. In exchange I have...well, a lot of music totally inappropriate for weddings. *guilty grin*

ETA: DAMN YOU, spazatron! Now I can't stop listening to Wuthering Heights! I want to put it on nenar's mix! The whole wedding party can do THE DANCE.

This is in no way related to the above.

Comments

[mandysbitch.livejournal.com]

So I need your help with that. What are some good wedding songs--that you can dance to?

"Love will tear us apart" - Joy Division. I mean, it's romantic in that, 'I love you so much i want to die...' kind of way.

But in all honesty, "Moving on up" by Primal Scream. It's my party song.

"Sweet Harmony" by the Beloved (*very* dance-y). "Pure" by the Lightning Seeds.

Umm... perhaps you want something less than ten years old... "The Time is Now" by Moloko or "Forever More" by Moloko. *Anything* by Moloko.

"Enola Gay" by OMD... okay, so it's about a nuclear explosion - but man, can you *dance* to it.

I have some of these on mpeg but my upload speed is *really* slow. Changing my broadband plan tomorrow which should improve things somewhat.

Oh - and if you can get your hands on a copy of the Propellerheads remix of "Naked Eye" by Luscious Jackson you are one *lucky* son of a bitch. That piece is so goddamn funky it makes white boys dance.

[trinityofone.livejournal.com]

"Love will tear us apart" - Joy Division. I mean, it's romantic in that, 'I love you so much i want to die...' kind of way.

Heh. 1) That totally gets you the emo kid icon; 2) I must admit that I actually considered this; and 3) Have you ever seen the movie Series 7? Specifically, the "Love Will Tear Us Apart" "music video" it has in it?

Let's not even touch the fact that I have a LWTUA t-shirt.

If you're able to upload any of them when your connection speeds up (*crosses fingers for you*) that'd be awesome. In the meantime, I'll keep my eyes open. Thanks!

[mandysbitch.livejournal.com]

1) That totally gets you the emo kid icon;

I *love* my Joy Division. Best band EVAR!! Okay, maybe along with Sonic Youth... and You Am I...

I>Have you ever seen the movie Series 7?

No - that was the reality game show movie, right?

The bandwidth won't increase until the weekend but i'll see if I can upload you Primal Scream and the Lightning Seeds in the meantime. I owe people music so I might put them in a post...

[no-detective.livejournal.com]

Butting in just to say: YAY MOLOKO!!!

(Seriously, they have a song about killer bunnies. You don't get much cooler than that.)

Also, trinityofone: do you need Aerial the album or just the one song?

[trinityofone.livejournal.com]

I have never even heard of Moloko before the above mention! I must investigate!

I would love the whole album, if that's possible. *looks pathetic, which is not difficult considering current physical and mental state*

[no-detective.livejournal.com]

Oh, yes - you should investigate Moloko! Roisin Murphy's singing style reminds me very much of Kate, actually. And she is a firecracker in live shows. I think you'd like her.

I'm at work right now, so it might be a while before I manage to upload the album for you. Sorry!

[trinityofone.livejournal.com]

*stomps foot* But I want it now! It, and the WORLD. [/Verruca Salt]

I mean, that's fine. That's fantastic, actually. Thank you for offering at all.

=)

[no-detective.livejournal.com]

No problemo. I'll email you as soon as I upload it. I can also send you some Moloko; I have all four of their albums... *puts on pimp hat*

[trinityofone.livejournal.com]

That would be AWESOME. *does dance of excitement--which, much to the relief of all involved, you can't see*

*headdesk*

[no-detective.livejournal.com]

OK, so long story short, because my computer died three days ago, I'm using my roommate's new computer which is a whole new species of tech beast and I don't know what the hell I'm doing. Which is why I was using a completely wrong program until a minute ago and have sent you (or tried to) a bunch of useless files.

I am now trying again. And hopefully this will not screw up my spam karma. :/