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Location: Germany | Hi,
long time since I have been here the last time - I have been just to busy...
Folks, I need your help. My sister is going to be maried in Sep. Im the family musician and I have to play at the small party after the official stuff at the registry office.
So what are you favorite wedding songs? Im alone just with my ovation and a blues harp. |
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Location: Rego Park, NY, | The Wedding Song
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Location: Lake Hiawatha, New Jersey | My personal favorite is "Wedding Song / There Is Love" by Noel Paul Stookey of Peter, Paul, and Mary. |
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Location: Lake Hiawatha, New Jersey | Ooops - Phil...Ya beat me to it. |
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Location: Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bub | The Long Road. ( on album "Cal")
Mark Knopfler.
Schroeder,
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Location: Back in the Valley of the Sun Mesa Az. | "I Will Be Here" by Steven Curtis Chapman
"I'll Always Be Right There" by Bryan Adams
"There Is Love" Paul Stookey
These are great acoustical wedding songs. I played "There is Love" at my sister's wedding, "I Will Be Here" at a good friends wedding, and will be doing Bryan Adam's "I'll Always be Right There" Aug 6th at my daughter's wedding.
All great songs!
Norse(I suggest a six [classical if you have it] for the Bryan Adam's song, and a 12 string for the other two...fun songs to play as well!)man1 |
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Location: Phoenix AZ | "Run Like Hell" that would be a good one and also some pretty good advice for your sister!
You could try "Can't Help Falling In Love" by Elvis. Especially effective on ukulele (hey, it got me laid on my anniversary)!
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Location: SoCal | How could it get you laid on your birthday when you were in the Netherlands and your wife was in AZ? Aw forget it. I don't think I want to know.
How about Glen Campbell's How Come Every Time I Itch I Wind Up Scratching You?
Seriously, Clint Black's Something That We Do. |
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Location: Latitude 39.56819, Longitude -105.080066 | The Wedding Song (as mentioned)
"IF" by Bread
"I Love You Just The Way You Are" by Billy Joel
Course....lots depends on your vocal range! |
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Location: Phoenix AZ | Originally posted by moody, p.i.:
you were in the Netherlands and your wife was in AZ It was a delayed "gift". |
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Location: Georgia USA | My brother was actually in a wedding where the song was "Pancho and Lefty".
All the federales say
We could have had him any day
Only let him slip away
Out of kindness I suppose
I love the song, but I expect that the mother of the bride would never forgive you. |
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Location: Upper Left USA | Start with a little "Cannon in D", in G of course. This is agood finger picking - change tempo and style as the guests are seated and they try to locate the Groom. D-A-Bm-F#m-G-D-G-A repeat.
"I will be here" is great. "There is Love may have been overdone. Try something by KISS! |
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Location: NJ | u can't always get what you want- rolling stones |
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Location: Upper Left USA | Tom Petty's "The Waiting is the Hardest Part" or "Keep your eyes on the road and keep your hands to yourself". |
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Location: Capital District, NY, USA Minor Outlying Islands | Whatever song you do .... YOU MUST LOUNGE-A-FY IT!
It's an unwritten rule that when you play at a wedding you have make it sound like you're a regular at the Rainbow Room of the Holiday Inn Express ...
Enjoy and have fun!
Here are some songs that have not been mentioned:
Long and Winding Road
A bootle of red - joel
it's raining men
ymca
locomotion
electric slide
roll out the barrel
Hokey Pokey
My god it's just horrible but the people seem to enjoy them.
And remember you and your band are not the stars. And don't let family members sing, anyone who does forgets that today they are not the center of attention. Even if they have a good voice ... Stop them! The thoughtful members of the wedding party will thank you. |
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Location: SoCal | "Star Wars, nothing but Star Wars......"
Now I won't be able to get Bill Murray out of my head all day. |
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Location: Orlando, FL | Have a little faith in me - John Hiatt
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Location: closely held secret | Originally posted by moody, p.i.:
"Star Wars, nothing but Star Wars......"
Now I won't be able to get Bill Murray out of my head all day. Most people with MPD have the same ones all the time. You have visitors? |
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Location: SoCal | In and out, all day long. |
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Location: Tulsa, Oklahoma | I Will, Lennon & Mcartney... It's on the white album...
Annie's Song, John Denver
I have to say I love you in a song, Jim Croce
Time in a bottle, Jim Croce..
Also the song from Fiddler on the roof...
I've played at so many weddings that I got to the point where if I heard "the wedding song" again I would go crazy... |
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Location: Cicero, NY | Some of the cuts I've been asked to play at weddings include The Wedding Song (Paul Stookey), When You Say Nothing At All (AKUS), a few by Richard Marx, Love Will Keep Us Alive (The Eagles) If (Bread) and, believe it or not, Slip Sliding Away (S&G).
Good luck. |
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Location: Cicero, NY | Llama's Got A Squeezebox (ok, maybe not). |
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Location: Snellville, GA | Monty Python's: "Sit on my Face and tell me that You Love Me" |
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Location: Tennessee | Grow Old With Me - John Lennon
I've always found "When I'm 64" is a hit and brings many smiles. |
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Location: Georgia USA | The KISS suggestion was a good one, if the bride's name is Beth... or Christine and she's 16. Or something from Love Gun if it's a shotgun wedding. Or "Tears Are Falling" if there's a lot of crying. |
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Location: NJ | . . . or if she wears a lotta make-up and has a huge tongue . . . |
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Location: Toronto | BalladeerFun nailed the top requested ones I've had. Something endearing about Jim and John I suppose. If I had my choice tho, I liked the idea of Monty Python... The LumberJack Song is a favorite here in the North!! |
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Location: 6 String Ranch | "She got under him before I could get over her" by Ben Dover. |
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Location: Carle Place, NY | Woman by John Lennon |
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| If you can't be with the one you love....
I miss my man (but my aim's gettin' better).... |
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Location: Lake Hiawatha, New Jersey | "Used to Love Her" by GN'R?
(maybe not)
Perhaps:
"I Need You" • America
"Longer" • Dan Fogelberg
Actually, many times I've gotten the request to play at the weddings of friends. Most every time that I had the freedom to choose the song, I ended up with a last minute inspiration for an original song! Each one was VERY well received, and songs are actually among the strongest songs I've written (most written on the fly the night before!). I often still occassionally squeeze one or two in at gigs.
If you have the courage and some writing ability, I'd say give it a shot. That way your performance becomes a personalized gift as well as entertainment. Some of the couples danced alone on the floor as I played, and it was something they seem to specifically remember about that day.
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Location: Powder Springs, Ga. | I'll have stick with "The Man Song".
http://www.mrtizmo.com/mansong.html |
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| My wife remembers us dancing alone at our wedding. In fact she brings it up every 12 months at the very least. 24 years as of last week, and believe me it has become one of my strongest memories as well. Despite my best efforts. |
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Location: Upper Left USA | I recast my vote for something original.
End on "In my Life".
See how high you can rate on the Sob-ometer! |
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Location: Hicksville, NY | Try these:
Love -- John Lennon
Woman -- John Lennon
I Will Be Here -- Steven Curtis Chapman
I'll Have To Say I Love You In A Song -- Jim Croce
Time In A Bottle -- Jim Croce
The Way You Look Tonight -- Tony Bennett
Just my 2 cents ... |
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Location: Germantown, MD | # "SHE"
Written by Charles Aznavour & Herbert Kretzmer
Performed by Elvis Costello
Courtesy of Standard Music Ltd
Courtesy of Mercury Records (London)
Licensed from PolyGram Film and TV Licensing UK
# "SHE"
Written by Charles Aznavour & Herbert Kretzmer
Performed by Charles Aznavour
Produced by Del Newman
Courtesy of Standard Music Ltd
Courtesy of EMI Records SA (France)
It's on the soundtrack of Notting Hill, and the bride will love it. |
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Location: SoCal | Lightning In A Bottle by Jimmy Webb
Everything A Man Could Ever Need by Mac Davis
It's Hard To Kiss The Lips At Night That Chew Your Ass Out All Day Long by Rodney Crowell |
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R.E.M. |
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Location: Phoenix AZ | For newlyweds "Up All Night" by Talking Heads.
For 24 year anniversary "Beat It". |
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Location: Boise, Idaho | Wedding Song is a classic, but overdone. Do it with C, G, F and Am, capoed at 3rd fret. I'll have to say by Croce would be good as would Time In a Bottle. I really like a song by Joshua Kadison that I forgot the name of, but it's written for piano. I did Beautiful by Gordon Lightfoot at ours, along with the Wedding Song, but that was a long time ago.
Whatever you do, use it as an excuse to get a new guitar. |
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Location: SoCal | "Whatever you do, use it as an excuse to get a new guitar."
Words to live by. She wants a new patio cover, use it as an excuse to get a new guitar. She wants granite counter tops, use it as an excuse to get a new guitar. She doesn't want sex, use it as an excuse to get a new guitar.
Repeat as needed. |
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Location: Upper Left USA | If W2 invented GAS then Moody has invented the engine!
I bow down to your wisdom. I have so much to learn. |
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Location: Tennessee | At my wedding reception, the band decided to play a Beatles song for the bride & groom opening dance. Imagine the singer crooning ... "yesterday, all my troubles seemed so far away, now it looks as though they're here to stay, oh I beleive in yesterday". lady stonebobbo and I laughed all the way through. |
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Location: East Tennessee | I like moody's idea. :cool:
I'm going to atempt to sing at my daughter's wedding in July.
There is love
This is the day, (Scott Wesley Brown)
Grow Old With Me.
I also going to sing a song writtenn by a fellow that sings in Dollywood.
" My Heart Beats There Too." |
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Location: NW NJ | If you know a chick to pull off a duet with, "From This Moment On" by Shania Twain is a great choice that you don't hear too often. Also, a not-necessarily-duet tune that is kinda new and excellent for weddings is "You Raise Me Up" by Josh Groban. |
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Location: NJ | Talking Heads "Life During WarTime". |
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Location: Phoenix AZ | I don't know if there is a song by this title, but there should be - "What Are You ... F**king Nuts ????" |
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Location: Lake Hiawatha, New Jersey | Mark in Boise-
I believe that Joshua Kadison song you are referring to is "Beautiful in My Eyes" -a popular wedding song released in the early 90's. |
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Location: Boise, Idaho | Yep, that's it. Had too many beers last night. Actually, if I could still type, I hadn't had enough. |
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Location: SoCal | Ran across a guy locally who wrote a tune that's a true romantic ballad called "When I'm Old" and the tag line is "I hope that you'll still love me when I'm old". I'm working on it to sing to my wife.
Hey, we haven't been married 24 years yet so I'm not working on "Beat It" (or should that be "Beat the Boy's") yet. |
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Location: Boise, Idaho | 24 years is probably much longer than the norm, but we've got you by 4. This thread reminded me of one of our wonderful trips together, driving from Idaho to Salina, Kansas in a Ford Fiesta for my wife's sister's wedding. I was still trying to learn the Wedding Song on my 76 Ovation while my wife drove. Not much room in a Fiesta even if you aren't trying to play a guitar. I think that's the same trip we lost a fan belt and I got the verses mixed up on the Wedding Song. The sheet music is really hard to follow.
Wonderful memories. That wedding just led to divorce, like most of them. I doubt there's any correlation between the quality of the wedding music and the quality of the marriage, so just throw something together. |
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Location: Madison, Wisconsin | I did "Watchin' The River Run" by Loggins and Messina once for a Weding. Nice Song! |
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Location: Evansville,IN | Wonderful Tonight, Eric Clapton
You Light Up My Life, Debbie Boone
Gets the women cryin' :D |
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Location: Wooster, Ohio | I Will Be Here" by Steven Curtis Chapman |
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Location: Australia | "Drop Kick Me Jesus Through The Goalposts Of Life"
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Location: Atlanta, GA. | "Put Another Log on the Fire" - Tompall Glaser
or if you happen to still own a polyester Leisure Suit... "We've Only Just Begun" - The Carpenters. |
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Location: Midland, MI | Hey, I remember that one!
Put another log on the fire,
Cook me up some bacon and some beans.
Go out to the car, jack it up and change the tire.
Mend my socks and sew my old blue jeans.
Come on, babe!
You can fill my pipe, and then go fetch my slippers.
Boil me up another pot of tea.
Put another log on the fire, babe,
Then come tell me why you're leaving me.
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Had to have been around '76? |
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Location: NJ | Don McLean "And I Love You So"
Stephen Bishop "It Might Be You(All of My Life)"
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Location: NJ | Play the LOT!!!
(your set'll probably last longer than the marriage . . . .) |
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Location: Omaha | Well, cholloway stole my thunder, but along with "Put Another Log on the Fire" you can throw in "She's a Good Hearted Woman (in Love With a Good-Timin' Man) by Willie Nelson and Waylon Jennings. You won't be able to stop everyone from singing on the chorus to that one (kinda like "You Picked a Fine Time To Leave Me, Lucille"...oh well...).
Or you could do SOMETHING serious...
...like "Something" by George Harrison... |
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Location: Indiana | Keeper of the Stars
Wonderful Tonight
I actually played Keeper of the Stars at a friends(both are friends) wedding. Went over REAL good.
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Location: Carle Place, NY | Every Woman- Dave Mason
"You are every woman in the world to me . . ."
Easy to play and sounds great on a 12 string.
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