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

[trinityofone.livejournal.com]

Maybe I should wait until tomorrow? Last night I had a truly awful sleep, and I feel pretty shitty, to be honest.

How are you doing? Were things any better by the time you left?

[siria]

That's fine. It might even be a better idea to watch them during the day, because of less intrusion from Moronic Housemates. And then I think the rest of Tuesday will be devoted to some ill-advised but thoroughly needed retail therapy.

I'm about on a par with you, actually. Mam had worked her way through a bottle of wine by lunchtime yesterday, then passed out on the sofa in the living room. Dad didn't leave his room all day, and then barely spoke to me this morning. So. You know. Now I'm sitting in the library, listening to a shitload of Death Cab songs and alternately playing with Photoshop while I ignore my diss work, and staring out at the cricket pitch in an emo manner.

Which is almost pretentious enough of me to make me smile.

[siria]

Wow, that totally worked! Rodney just materialised in the middle of the Religion and Philosophy Department, wearing nothing more than a shocked look on his face, and a copy of the Missalum Romanorum that he hastily snatched from a nearby shelf.

He appears to be shrieking something about how he's never going to let John use the "yes, of course, Rodney, I'm certain they're just" alien sex toys in bed, because look what they've done now! Cold and naked with moronic undergraduates looking at him, he seems to think, is not a good look.

I will not disabuse him of this notion and tell him that you were psychically involved.

[siria]

Well, the glances of this undergraduate are all about the bow-chicka-wow music, I can tell you.

Blergh. Laundry. Good luck! *toddles off to medieval arch.*

[trinityofone.livejournal.com]

Aww, you stole my appropriate icon of appropriateness because I just woke up (kind of) from having been (kind of) asleep for an hour.

Maybe I should try napping again, because the ideas presented in this comment would give me nice dreams. Hmm...

[siria]

I had a tiny little fit of glee when I came across the icon post, because no other icon so closely describes my current mental state. I kind of had to have it. Plus, the mental image of John napping is kind of adorable.

Napping in general is good, I think. I am going to go home, have some soup, tape the Oscars and then have a lie down somewhere and read. (So far, btw, I am quite liking Lymond)

More dreams of Rodney naked, whether on the TCD campus or not, are always a good thing. Certainly, that's what I was focusing on during class today. Well, that and scribbling fic with young!Rodney-and-Fraser taking notes, of course.

Re: tomorrow, do you want to meet up around ten thirty or eleven or so? There can be shopping and lunch before we go let you indulge yourself with the Jon Stewart watching?

[trinityofone.livejournal.com]

I also really like this one from the same batch; the nap one ended up being a little too apt!

Big yay! for liking Lymond. There is much to like. Such as mumble mumble *stuffs sock in mouth* Anyway, yes, continue.

Even bigger yay! for fic scribbles! *sleepy squee*

Your plan for tomorrow sounds sensible. *nods* Can we make it eleven, because, you know, sleep wonk? Arts ramp, as per usual?

John should take naps all curled in on himself, and then Rodney should slip into bed behind him and wrap his arms around his chest, and slowly, as they slept, their bodies should elongate and relax, and John would breathe deeply, his head tucked loosely against Rodney's shoulder.

Yes.

[siria]

You, like, win at comments.

[trinityofone.livejournal.com]

I would be perfectly happy with slow wedding music, although not as happy as I would be with nekkid Rodney as my date to the wedding.

*looks hopeful*

*waits*

[trinityofone.livejournal.com]

Ooh, thank you! These are universally awesome. Even if I can't use them all for the mix, I'll get some pleasure out of them. (And that's what's really important, y'know. *eg*)

What's the Prince song called? It came up as "Track 01."

[trinityofone.livejournal.com]

The air I breathe gives me John/Rodney ideas. But yes, yes it is. Hmm.