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Location: Tennessee | Grow Old With Me - John Lennon
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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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Location: Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bub | "The End of the World as We Know It"
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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