All You Need Is Love (Songs)
Mar. 6th, 2006 01:16 pmHere 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.
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
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,
This is in no way related to the above.
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Date: 2006-03-06 03:17 pm (UTC)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!
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Date: 2006-03-07 02:30 am (UTC)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...