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

[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. :/