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

[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]

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