Wedding
Music
I spent a long time agonizing over the
music for my own wedding.
I wanted my choices to be personal but not cheesy, tacky or
too predictable.
So how do you decide what to play? Do you have a band or a DJ, a
quartet or maybe just a single violin? Your taste, budget and venue will
dictate some of the answers to these
questions. Many venues
provide their own DJs as part of a package and prohibit
you from using an outside one. You can often find musicians at a
local university or college who will perform for a
reasonable fee, but if you have to use recorded music and
skip the DJ that is perfectly acceptable. In fact it may
be more appropriate in smaller spaces. I used play lists that I put
together on my lap top. If you are more technologically
sophisticated you could use your i-pod as long as it
works with the venue’s stereo system.
I had three plays lists: a prelude, cocktail
hour and dinner music, and more traditional music you
would expect at a wedding for after dinner. Checking CDs out of your local
library and copying tracts you like could save you some
money, but that would violate copyright laws.
Tragically, when my last laptop died the play
lists died to. If you want to keep them forever BACK THEM
UP in more than one
place L. My
husband listened to every piece of music and gave it a
thumbs-up or down and I got help from some friends who
are much cooler than I am. To the best of my recollection
these are the lists:
Prelude:
Music Box Dancer
(from the O’Neill
Brothers)
Purcell, Rondeau
Presto Violin Patria in G Minor (it
was January)
How Beautiful (Twila
Paris)
Scarborough Fair, O’Neill
Brothers
Moon River,
O’Neill
Monteverdiana IV, Sonata, Los
Angeles Guitar Quartet
Greensleeves ( It was winter).
Ceremony: a good friend sang Norah Jones’ Come
Away With Me. I agonized over this choice the
most. Finally I just had
to CHOOSE. It turned out
to be fantastic.
Cocktail Hour and Dinner
Music:
Sounds crazy but the sound track from the
Triplets of Bellevue has some amazing and happy
music.
Lovers Lane, Squirrel Nut
Zippers
Louise, Django
Reinhard
Wished For You, Squirrel Nut
Zippers
Opening Theme Tripletts of
Bellevue, Ben Charest
Trust in Me, Etta
James
Belleville Jungle, Ben
Charest
Fever, Shirley
Horn
Jazzy Bach, Ben
Charest
Cabaret Opening, Ben
Charest
Satin Doll, Duke
Ellington
Blues Clair, Django
Reinhard
Tornerai, Django
Reinhard
I've Found a New Baby, Squirrel Nut
Zippers
Someone to Light Up My Life,
Shirley Horn
French Mafia Theme, Ben
Charest
Peel me a Grape, Shirley
Horn
Wash Jones, Squirrel Nut
Zippers
Belleville Rendez-Vous, Ben
Charest
Danny Diamond, Squirrel Nut
Zippers
Saint- Louise Blues, Django
Reinhard
Bouncin' Around, Django
Reinhard
Sweet Georgia Brown, Django
Reinhard
At Last, Etta
James
After Diner:
Shining Star, The
Manhattans
I’m Gonna Be (500 Miles), The
Proclaimers
Your Precious Love, A. Brooks
I’m a Believer,
Smashmouth
Your Song, Elton
John
One Week, Bare Naked
Ladies
Walking in Memphis, Mark
Cohn
Suspicious Minds, Dwight
Yoakum
Never is Enough, Bare Naked
Ladies
True Companion, Marc
Cohn
How Deep is Your Love, Bee
Gees
Strong Enough, Cheryl
Crow
I Don’t Want to Lose You Yet, Steve
Earle
Meet Virginia,
Train
Drops of
Jupiter, Train
Kung Fu Fighting, Carl
Douglas
Always a Woman to Me, Billy
Joel
Private Idaho,
B-52s
Love Shack, B-52s
Here Comes My Girl, Tom
Petty
Sara Smile, Hall &
Oates
She’s Always a Woman to Me, Billy
Joel
Sweetest Thing,
U2
Magic Carpet Ride, Steppen
Wolf
Transcendental Blues, Steve
Earle
Galway Girl, Steve
Earle
When She Was My Girl, The Four
Tops
Mary Jane’s Last Dance, Tom
Petty
Monk at the Disco, Bobby Bare,
Jr.
Your Body is a Wonderland, John
Mayer
Blister in the Sun, Violent
Femmes
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