Wedding Music
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Topic: Wedding Music
Posted By: MissAngel
Subject: Wedding Music
Date Posted: 09 August 2008 at 8:40am
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Okay, help required!!!! lol..
I'm having problems picking 3 pieces of music for the ceremony - specific something to walk down the aisle to! (please dont suggest that revolting butterfly kisses song.) Problem being, my music taste is somewhat unconventional, and what I listen to just isnt gonna work (techno/metal). We need something for me to walk in to, something while we're signing the register and something for when we're leaving.. I didnt think it was going to be so hard!! I HATE R&B music as well, so thats completely out of the question :P ------------- Alex, Thomas and Lily http://lilypie.com" rel="nofollow"> 
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Posted By: tishy
Date Posted: 09 August 2008 at 8:54am
haha! Are you sure you wouldn't like to use 'The Prodigy - Smack my Bitch Up' ? 
How about some instrumentals? We had 'Ennio Morricone - The Mission' and 'Canon in D' for entering and leaving the church. |
Posted By: peachy
Date Posted: 09 August 2008 at 9:02am
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We had Aerosmith, dont wanna miss a thing for me walking down the aisle.
Man I LOVE that song, makes me cry just thinking about it! ------------- http://lilypie.com">  http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: MissAngel
Date Posted: 09 August 2008 at 9:03am
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Lol Tishy :P I think my Nanna would drop dead! ------------- Alex, Thomas and Lily http://lilypie.com" rel="nofollow">
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Posted By: KH25
Date Posted: 09 August 2008 at 9:36am
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I walked down the aisle/path to Brooke Fraser - Arithmetic. Now the new Ad for channel 2 has it on there and it makes me well up nearly every time I hear it ------------- Kelly, mum to DD, 19Jun06 (26wks 1lb15oz) DS1, 24Oct10 (32wks 4lb11oz) and DS2, 31Dec11 (32wks, 4lb11) http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: jack_&_charli
Date Posted: 09 August 2008 at 9:45am
awww that's mine and DH's song  we were supposed to have our first dance to that but the stupid dj forgot to add it!!!
what about some metallica songs? or a nice 'metal' instrumental........my bro had this problem last year when he got married as they have the same tastes as you. hard to find a sepultra song to walk down to 
i'll find out the name of a good metal cd my sister found for them, had heaps of songs on there that were good for weddings ------------- http://www.alternatickers.com"> 
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peachy wrote:Posted By: peanut butter
Date Posted: 09 August 2008 at 10:13am
| I walked in to Dave Dobbyn "oughta be in love" |
Posted By: MummyFreckle
Date Posted: 09 August 2008 at 11:38am
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We went to a wedding once where they were huge muppet fans and they used the song from Muppet Treasure Island (Kermit & Ms Piggy)....was so sweet...thing its called something like "Love led us here..." Or the other ones could be: Love Me Do - Beatles Love Me Tender - Elvis Lets Do It, Lets fall in love - Cole Porter (lots of people sing it....but cute lyrics!) Fidelity - Regina Spektor Addicted to Love - Robert Palmer Dream a little dream of me - Louis Armstrong God Only Knows - Beach Boys Love Cats - The Cure Love Her Madly - The Doors Praise You - FatBoySlim Sweetest Thing - U2 Try a little tenderness - Otis Redding
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Posted By: peanut butter
Date Posted: 09 August 2008 at 12:26pm
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Posted By: Peanut
Date Posted: 09 August 2008 at 12:39pm
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Check out the CD called "symphonic rock" or something like that. Its a double cd done by the sydney orchestra and its brilliant. Has all sorts of songs done in instrumental so really cool.
Songs like: Living on a prayer. Am at work but have the cd at home so will give you more details when I get home! -------------  
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Posted By: mum2paris
Date Posted: 09 August 2008 at 1:43pm
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If you like techno-ish kinda stuff have you thought about something from one of your cds? we had heaps of the wild cds and there were quite a few songs i loved from on there.
Also, the last song that mikes going to have playing while he waits for me is da-rude sandstorm cos that's his fav song and i think it kinda builds up to me coming in. We also are having brooke fraser shadow-feet for me, butterfly kisses - lol (for my girls to walk to their daddy) and during the register we are having the veronicas - speechless. recessional - will be dj Sammy's version of heaven - a little spicier than the bryan adams version. We're pretty alternative-ish, don't really like the sop too much - but i do like to go for songs that have nice words to them. ------------- Janine and her 2 cool chicks, Paris & Ayja 
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Posted By: kiwisj
Date Posted: 09 August 2008 at 2:21pm
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I walked up the aisle to Arithmetic as well
Then we had Finn Brothers' Won't Give In for signing the register and Slice of Heaven for the end. If you have a search on the weddings.co.nz discussion forums (in general chat area) there are some really good threads on wedding music. I know there were a couple of people on there who were using instrumental versions of "metal" music for their music choices. And I think someone else had a solo guitar (maybe?) playing a favourite song which wouldn't have been appropriate with the words ------------- SJ Callum - Dec 2008 Daniel - Oct 2010 |
Posted By: caliandjack
Date Posted: 09 August 2008 at 3:14pm
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We had Princess Bride theme song for arriving, Dire Straits 'Latest Trick' live version for signing of the register it has an awesome sax solo. and Queen's My Best Friend at the end.
Went to a load of trouble and never really heard any of them as we had an outdoor wedding, and the sound carried.. The music was probably the biggest let down on an otherwise perfect day. We didn't have a first dance, one of my fellow NZWP 08 brides had the starting riff from GnR Sweet Child of Mine as her intro, very cool ------------- http://lilypie.com" rel="nofollow">   [/url] Angel June 2012 |
Posted By: WestiesGirl
Date Posted: 09 August 2008 at 4:46pm
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It took me aaaages to get our music right. Here is what we had:
On my arrival at the venue - Canon in D Major Walking down the Aisle: Only Time by Enya Signing the Register: Over the Rainbow by Hayley Westenra and Celtic Woman, And Heavan DJ Sammy (Candle light version) Walking back down the Aisle: All you need is love by The Beatles Our first dance was a medley I put together of: Nights in while satin, Everything (Michael Buble) and Crazy little thing called love. Approx 30 - 40 seconds of each song. Are you on NZWP? There was a Oct 07 bride that had similar taste as you but I cant remember what she had in the end. You could PM her. ------------- Our Angel July 08  Gone but not forgotten
And to complete our family, our princess has arrived 
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Posted By: MonicaMouse
Date Posted: 09 August 2008 at 5:00pm
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Our songs were
Me walking up 'the aisle' - Over the Rainbow/What a Wonderful World - Israel Kamakawiwo'ole Signing the register - Storybook Love - Princess Bride Us walking back down the 'aisle' - I'm a believer - the Shrek version We walked in to our reception to Adam Sandlers I wanna grow old with you ------------- 
Blair 15/10/2007 Daniel 30/07/2009 |
Posted By: queenbean
Date Posted: 09 August 2008 at 5:24pm
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Our walking up the aisle song was "Beside You" by Dave Dobbyn; and our first dance song was "Sunsets" by Powderfinger.
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Posted By: mummy_becks
Date Posted: 09 August 2008 at 5:30pm
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I am quite a musical person so I had my BM's walk into Canon in D. I walked into Trumpet Voluntary played by 2 trumpters there live. I have Storybook Love by Mark Knofpler while we all signed the pieces of paper. We walked out to Dave Dobbyn's Oughta be in Love. ------------- I was a puree feeder, forward facing, cot sleeping, pram pushing kind of Mum... and my kids survived! |
Posted By: Bubnumber2
Date Posted: 09 August 2008 at 5:30pm
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I had the same dilemma as you when I got married, neither my husband or I listen to your every day 'romantic' music that is common place at weddings.
We ended up with music from Led Zeppelin, The Ramones and The Vines. Odd to others perhaps, but it suited us. 
We went through all the types of music we liked and found the more 'appropriate' songs from those bands. ------------- http://www.bump-and-beyond.com/"> 
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Posted By: AuntieSarah
Date Posted: 09 August 2008 at 5:59pm
Love your taste in music fleury. The live version of your latest trick is my fave song  We had storybook love (instrumental) for me walking in as well (princess bride theme), Jack Johnson - better together and Dire Straits Romeo and Juliet for signing the register and Dave Dobbyn - Outta be in love for walking out. ------------- http://lilypie.com">  http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: my2angels
Date Posted: 09 August 2008 at 9:19pm
Snap, I walked down the aisle to Only time as well. I still cry when i hear it. Then my sister in law sang Didos 'Thank you' when we signed the register and our first dance was Van Morrison 'I'll be your lover' |
Posted By: mum2paris
Date Posted: 09 August 2008 at 10:34pm
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I want our first dance to be "i wanna dance with you" by live. I think Aimee had it for her first dance too. ------------- Janine and her 2 cool chicks, Paris & Ayja
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Posted By: Bizzy
Date Posted: 09 August 2008 at 11:46pm
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we got married at the wintergardens and i walked in to "my body may die" from the soundtrack of randall and hopkirk - deceased.
the only other music i remember was my SIL playing the flute somewhere during the service. ------------- http://www.myfitnesspal.com/weight-loss-ticker"> 
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Posted By: WestiesGirl
Date Posted: 10 August 2008 at 12:56pm
Yeah me too, but I cry with happy tears hehe ....
I would get married again in a heartbeat (to my Dh of course) if it didnt cost so much money   ------------- Our Angel July 08 Gone but not forgotten
And to complete our family, our princess has arrived
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Posted By: noodle
Date Posted: 10 August 2008 at 1:23pm
LOL me too! signing the register we had Marc Cohn's 'True Companion' and i couldnt think of a first dance song so left that up to DH to suprise me on the day and he picked Jimmy Barnes 'stone cold in love with you' (i think thats what it is called LOL ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: emz
Date Posted: 10 August 2008 at 4:18pm
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We had
Walking: U2 - all I want is you Signing: Snow Patrol - Chasing Cars INXS - Never tear us apart Walking back down was some Jack Johnson song (I wanted the footrot flats song but was vetoed!) First dance was Aerosmith - don't wanna miss a thing. We went for a bit nicer stuff for the ceremony bu then had Metallica, Nirvana etc later on at the reception (live band). Wouldn't change a thing! |