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Location: Tennessee | As the wedding day of my daughter draws near, I now have to come up with a song for the father/daughter dance. While I've got a couple of ideas, I know there are plenty of opinions here ... and I'll take any and all. "Put Me in the Poor House" has already been nixed. |
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Location: San Angelo, Texas | Butterfly Kisses by Bob Carlisle...great song :) |
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Location: Upper Left USA | "In a gada de veda" will provide a long moment to say goodby and good luck!
Butterfly Kisses is a great one. The "Unforgetable" Duet redo with Natalie Cole is a little more Classic.
Stay away from Dixie Chicks.
And Congratulations! |
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Location: East Tennessee | "Grow Old Along With Me" John Lennon. |
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Location: Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bub | Landslide (Fleetwood Mac)
The Long Road (Mark Knopfler)
Have I Told You Lately (Van Morrison) |
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Location: SoCal | Clint Black -- Little Pearl & Lily's Lulaby
Prepare to get emotional over it. I'll shoot it up to you. |
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Location: Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bub | .... or anything from the Violent Femmes. |
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Location: NW NJ | Bring your kleenex and dance to "Butterfly Kisses". You AND your daughter will never forget the moment ...
Of course "Ina Gada Da Vida" would be forever memorable as well ... but for a whole different reason. ;) |
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Location: Latitude 39.56819, Longitude -105.080066 | Dog & Butterfly by Heart |
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Location: GA USA | Or Dog and Butterfly Kisses by Iron Butterfly |
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Location: Canton (Detroit), MI | "The Long And Winding Road" Beatles
"How Deep Is Your Love" Bee Gees
"Butterfly Kisses" is good, but maybe overused.....
....I'd stay away from "Dancing With Myself" by Billy Idol.....
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Location: Vermont USA | This should work Another one bites the dust by Queen
Congratulations
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Location: 6 String Ranch | It really won't matter.
My daughter got married last October and I can't remember what the song was, but I can remember the dance, that's all that counts. |
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Location: NJ | Harry Chapin
"Tangled-Up Puppet" (won't be a dry-eye in the house).
Paul Simon
"Father & Daughter".
Slightly "up-tempo", but a nice song nonetheless.
Father & Daughter
(The above Amazon link will let you sample it. Check the "Also Recommended" reference there to a CD-single from somebody else . . . tho, I've never heard it)
Roger Daltrey
"Everything a Heart Could Ever Want"
Neil Young
"Here for You" (from the current "Prairie Wind" album.)
(btw: This album was premiered as a live concert at the Ryman Auditorium, and was filmed by Jonathan Demme. The resultant concert film "Heart of Gold" just came out on DVD. VERY WellDone!!! I highly recommend it.) |
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Location: Cicero, NY | Nickel Creek - When You Come Back Down
(And just give it a listen before the title throws you in the wrong drection - great song in the "letting the child go" vein) |
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Location: Copenhagen Denmark | "Stand by your man " Tammy Wynette |
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Location: SoCal | Good Hearted Woman In Love With A Good Timin' Man.... |
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Location: Boise, Idaho | Butterfly Kisses is the song requested by both my daughters. Too bad I don't play piano or sing that high. Daughters by John Mayer gets played a lot at weddings lately. I always liked Joshua Kadison's Beautiful In My Eyes. |
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Location: Tennessee | Thanks all for the suggestions, I've definitely got some listening to do. Butterfly Kisses was the one song my daughter said she didn't want played. Go figure. W2 ... you make a very valid point ... but they who are in charge aren't letting me get off that easy. One of my boys suggested I Loved Her First by Heartland, and it's a good one.
There are times I wish I had just given them the cash and told them to elope. ;) |
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Location: Boise, Idaho | I suppose The Wedding Song by Paul Stookey is out of the question. That was our generation. I was told a few years ago that it was overdone, but I haven't heard it in years. Maybe because I go to lots more funerals than weddings. Anyway, I think it's the perfect wedding song. |
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Location: Upper Left USA | I cut my teeth on public performance with "The Wedding Song". How can it be old? |
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Location: SoCal | How can it be old? Same way you and I are Woodrow.
Bobbo, does your daughter have any preference or is she leaving it up to you? What about Kim? |
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Location: Tennessee | It's entirely up to me ... except for what they do not want and their ultimate right to veto. But since I'm paying the DJ, I have my own little corner of influence. ;) I keep coming back to "I Knew the Bride" by Nick Lowe. Hehe. That ought to liven up the festivities. |
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Location: Boise, Idaho | DJ? I thought you were going to be the musician! |
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Location: Campbell River, British Columbia | How about 'Cum On Feel The Noize' by Slade? |
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Location: Carle Place, NY | I know there are those here who like to make everything humorous, but a wedding is no place for anything even remotely inappropriate.
OK, this is kinda corny, but it still really works to get everyone's emotions flowing and it is the perfect song for the father/daughter wedding dance:
Sunrise, Sunset from Fiddler on the Roof. |
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Location: Campbell River, British Columbia | Originally posted by Mitchrx:
I know there are those here who like to make everything humorous, but a wedding is no place for anything even remotely inappropriate. What planet are YOU from?? ;) Ever listened to the Best Man's Speech at a wedding? "Ernie was single so long, most of us thought he was gay....etc."
Or when the groom removes the garter with his teeth!
Or that unexplained 4 minute gap between signing the registery and when the couple appears in public...where were they?
...Oh wait, you were being ironic weren't you!
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Location: Cicero, NY | One in every crowd, fill... |
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Location: Boise, Idaho | Sorry guys, but I'm with Mitch. The future SWMBOs of this world plan these things for months and want everything to be perfect. They don't want some guy screwing it up. And Daddy is responsible for making sure everything works out. Stoney should be honored his daughter asked him to do anything besides just pay the bills. |
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Location: The Great Pacific Northwest | Rebel Rebel = David Bowie
Tie Your Mother Down = Queen
well maybe not. |
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Location: Cicero, NY | And should you need more suggestions, Google can be your friend -
http://www.wedalert.com/songs/fatherdaughter/index.asp
http://www.ourweddingsongs.com/father-daughter-songs |
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Location: Illinois | "Waves of the Danube" aka "Anniversary Song" by Ivanovici, English lyrics by Jolson.
Well, maybe for the bride/groom, FOTB/MOTB, FOTG/MOTG dance would be more appropriate. |
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Location: Illinois | Originally posted by stonebobbo:
Thanks all for the suggestions, I've definitely got some listening to do. Butterfly Kisses was the one song my daughter said she didn't want played. Go figure. W2 ... you make a very valid point ... but they who are in charge aren't letting me get off that easy. One of my boys suggested I Loved Her First by Heartland, and it's a good one.
There are times I wish I had just given them the cash and told them to elope. ;) My dad said, "A 35 foot extension ladder would be cheaper. And, I'd have a new ladder." :D I have 3 sisters. |
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Location: Illinois | Originally posted by stonebobbo:
It's entirely up to me ... except for what they do not want and their ultimate right to veto. But since I'm paying the DJ, I have my own little corner of influence. ;) I keep coming back to "I Knew the Bride" by Nick Lowe. Hehe. That ought to liven up the festivities. MOTB's job: Argue with the bride.
Mother-in-law's job: Show up, shut up and wear beige.
FOTB's job: Show up, shut up and bring the check book.
FOTG's Job: Show up and eat cake. (my favorite)
Yeah, they SAY they want you to decide, but in reality, they want what they want but want you to make the decision. She's already vetoed one. Come up with 3 ideas present them to her and they will help YOU make the decision. :rolleyes: That's the lot of us daddies, I guess. When it comes to weddin's, us guys are behind the curve. The girls have been working on theirs since they were 12. If we can control what's on our backs, we're doing good. :(
Have fun at the weddin' :D |
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Location: Illinois | Originally posted by fillhixx:
Originally posted by Mitchrx:
I know there are those here who like to make everything humorous, but a wedding is no place for anything even remotely inappropriate. What planet are YOU from?? ;) Ever listened to the Best Man's Speech at a wedding? "Ernie was single so long, most of us thought he was gay....etc."
Or when the groom removes the garter with his teeth!
Or that unexplained 4 minute gap between signing the registery and when the couple appears in public...where were they?
...Oh wait, you were being ironic weren't you!
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Those debauched antics may be tolerated at a bachelor party, but a wedding is not an extension of a bachelor party.
The seriousness with which the wedding is taken directly reflects on the betrotheds seriousness about the marriage.
Maybe that's why I've been getting so many invitations to weddings, "NO KIDS". They don't want the kids to see the adults acting like animals. To me a wedding is a family event. If the kids are dis-invited, I DO NOT GO. |
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Location: Capital District, NY, USA Minor Outlying Islands | Some sort of waltz. A piece of classical music without words. I agree with the above about how the exact song doesn't matter and a waltz would work.
Now for when the bride and groom come into the catering hall how about ride of the Valkiyries! Actually saw that at a wedding at the Waterclub. It was great. All you need to do is play a piece of it. And it had me in stiches. |
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Location: SoCal | The other, unasked question Bobbo, is are you taking dancing lessons? |
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Location: Campbell River, British Columbia | Originally posted by TommyK:
The seriousness with which the wedding is taken directly reflects on the betrotheds seriousness about the marriage. I have attended a great many weddings in assorted roles from entertainor, videographer, DJ, MC, and just plain guest. I have attended only one wedding as formal and sombre as you describe.
The seriousness of the event was explained in great detail by the bride at every possible moment. I was placed at the 'troublemakers table.' (read, people with a sense of humour who laugh easy and often.)
After producing two lovely intelligent children, that couple is now divorced. The other joker at the table (from the other side of the family) lost $20 dollars to me. He only gave 'em two years...they lasted nine.
Life is wa-ay to important to take seriously. |
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Location: Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bub | Originally posted by fillhixx:
I have attended a great many weddings in assorted roles from entertainor, videographer, DJ, MC, and just plain guest.
Always the entertainor, videographer, DJ, MC, and just plain guest, but never the bride (-groom) |
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Location: Campbell River, British Columbia | My wife won't go to temple, and I refuse to engage in pagan rituals. So the standoff continues these 30 years and counting... :rolleyes:
(facts may be altered to enhance humour) |
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Location: Illinois | It is unfortunate that some people just can't get their arms around having fun without resorting to SNL / bathroom / baudy bedroom humor.
There are those of us who choose to not degrade sexuality by making fun of it at every turn. I have only been to one wedding where the best man got out of line with his monologue. He embarrassed himself, the bride, the groom, the MOTG, MOTB, GMOTB, GMOTG... Yeah.. what fun. :( Althougn I don't think the 'Best Man' realized his embarrassement because he was too likkered up.
Have fun, but keep it 'G' rated. Like the saying goes, "If your mother would be embarrassed by it, then don't say it." especially when she's in the room. If you can't get your arms around that.. I feel very sorry for you. |
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Location: Campbell River, British Columbia | We will have to agree to disagree. ;)
PS: If the dinner theatre show "Tony & Tina's Wedding" comes to town, you may want to avoid that...
PSS: My mother, the High Anglican retired primary teacher, is where the humour comes from. I guarantee you can't get your arms around my mother! :D |
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Location: Illinois | Originally posted by fillhixx:
...PS: If the dinner theatre show "Tony & Tina's Wedding" comes to town, you may want to avoid that...] Thanks for the head's up. My immortal soul thanks you. :D
PSS: My mother, the High Anglican retired primary teacher, is where the humour comes from. I guarantee you can't get your arms around my mother! :D With all due respect to your mother... no comment.
Although I think the form is PPS (Post, post script.)
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Location: Maine | If its a re-run wedding (ie second time around) you could do Billy Idol's "White Wedding" ;) ;) |
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Location: Cicero, NY | So has the day passed, Stoney? What was the chosen tune here? |
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Location: Tennessee | Ahh, yes. The wedding was Saturday night and it was perfect in every way. True love rules.
The song -- had to go with something that spoke to me and that pegged me for her. "Forever Young" by r.zimmerman. Perfect. |
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Location: Cicero, NY | Nicely done. |
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Location: Boise, Idaho | I'm sure you sounded better than Dylan. Congrats. |
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Location: SoCal | Bobbo, did you play it or dance to it? |
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