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Help JP pick his wedding DVD songs
JP, regular reader and one-time contributer, needs our help..
I am getting married next week and for my video, the videographer asked us to for 5 songs for our DVD. Well I found this to be just as difficult as choosing who to invite to my wedding. I get to choose 3 of the 5 songs, my fiance the other 2. If you or the readers can offer some suggestions that would be awesome. My profile on myspace has some of the bands that I like along with genres.
So far, I would think a song that has a meaningful lyrics, good "slow-mo" music, and some energy would be fit. Yet not many songs contain all these elements. I am fan of the artists on your website as you know, but I wonder if others can bring something to the table. Thanks a lot
Throw your suggestions in the comments (or if that doesn't work you can always message him at MySpace).
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"FREE BIRD"!!!!!
Posted by i bring nothing to the table | July 18, 2006 12:33 PM
2PAC - Hit 'Em Up
Posted by tito | July 18, 2006 12:34 PM
the magnetic fields - nothing matters when we're dancing
and
apollo sunshine - u + i
Posted by craig. | July 18, 2006 12:39 PM
the wannadies - you and me song
garbage - milk
the magnetic fields - absolutely cuckoo
and of course, celine dion - my heart will go on!
Posted by matt | July 18, 2006 12:41 PM
"And you didn't even notice
When the sky turned blue
And you couldn't tell the difference
Between me and you
And I nearly didn't notice
The gentlest feeling"
Bloc Party - Blue Light
Posted by freshbread | July 18, 2006 12:44 PM
Years ago, I attended the wedding of one family friend. The song she and her groom selected for their first dance as husband and wife was U2's "With or Without You." They eventually divorced.
Posted by Diana Bianchi | July 18, 2006 12:47 PM
Big Day Coming - Yo La Tengo
Posted by hh | July 18, 2006 12:52 PM
Big Day Coming - Yo La Tengo
Posted by hh | July 18, 2006 12:55 PM
mountain goats - no children
Posted by anon | July 18, 2006 12:59 PM
74 by The Slip
lyrics here:
http://phrazz.com/slipbase/lyrics/74.lyrics
Posted by jb | July 18, 2006 1:03 PM
Radiohead - True Love Waits
Posted by jason | July 18, 2006 1:03 PM
Radiohead - True Love Waits
Posted by jason | July 18, 2006 1:04 PM
magnetic fields
it's only time
absolute. best. wedding. song. ever.
Posted by sara | July 18, 2006 1:05 PM
did someone seriously just suggest a bloc party song for a wedding dvd??
hahahahahahhahahahahahahahahahahhahah
...
hahahahahahahahahaa
Posted by nick | July 18, 2006 1:05 PM
two most romantic songs in the world: Islands in the Stream and Eternal Flame!!
Posted by katie | July 18, 2006 1:10 PM
Cassettes Won't Listen - Cutting Balloons
either that or
2 Live Crew - We Want Some Pussy
Posted by Charles | July 18, 2006 1:12 PM
i can't verify all the lyrics in all these, but here are a few:
bobby bare jr. - i'll be around
ben harper - steal my kisses
the faces - oh la la
death cab for cutie - earth angel (cover)
stars - ageless beauty (most serence republic remix)
john vanderslice - trance manual
jens lekman - you are the light :)
ben lee - catch my disease
boy least likely to - i'm glad I hitch my apple wagon to your star
richard hawley - just like the rain
kid theodore - i am a moth (bad title, good love song)
Posted by jerry | July 18, 2006 1:13 PM
My Morning Jacket: "Golden"
Posted by Anonymous | July 18, 2006 1:14 PM
Cassettes Won't Listen - Cutting Balloons
either that or
2 Live Crew - We Want Some Pussy
Posted by Charlie | July 18, 2006 1:14 PM
My Morning Jacket: "Golden"
http://www.cowboylyrics.com/lyrics/my-morning-jacket/golden-11485.html
Posted by Anonymous | July 18, 2006 1:15 PM
Meat is Murder -- The Smiths
Hey, this *IS* BrooklynVegan.com.
Posted by Ingrid Newkirk | July 18, 2006 1:18 PM
I stick by first dance song...
Bjork - "Come to Me"
Posted by Dan | July 18, 2006 1:20 PM
Punk Rock Girl -- The Dead Milkmen
Posted by Mojo Nixon | July 18, 2006 1:25 PM
Some of these are maybe too rootsy for the readership. But they're good songs regardless.
Picture In A Frame- Tom Waits (one of the all-time great love songs)
Look For Me As You Go By- Innocence Mission
One By One- Wilco/Billy Bragg
Harvest Moon- Neil Young (thought Cassandra Wilson has a great version too)
Cadillac Diamond- Dominic Moore
I Will Keep The Bad Things From You- The Damnwells
Fresh Feeling- The Eels
Here We Go- Jon Brion (maybe a little too honest)
Communication- The Cardigans (melancholy)
God Only Knows- The Beach Boys
Don't Walk Alone- Tim Easton
Fisherman's Blues- The Waterboys
Posted by paul | July 18, 2006 1:28 PM
Why Don't We Get Drunk -- Jimmy Buffett
Posted by google for the lyrics | July 18, 2006 1:32 PM
Matt Wertz - "red meets blue"
Dave Barnes - "grace's amazing hands"
The Police - "wrapped around your finger"
G.W.A.R. - anything
Posted by nick | July 18, 2006 1:33 PM
Iron Maiden - Run For The Hills
Posted by B | July 18, 2006 1:41 PM
Islands -- "Rough Gem"
Sufjan Stevens -- "To Be Alone With You"
The Postal Service -- "Such Great Heights"
The Only Ones -- "Another Girl, Another Planet"
Bloc Party -- "This Modern Love"
Death Cab for Cutie -- "I Will Follow You Into the Dark"
Posted by Zinedine Zidane | July 18, 2006 1:41 PM
Islands -- "Rough Gem"
Sufjan Stevens -- "To Be Alone With You"
The Postal Service -- "Such Great Heights"
The Only Ones -- "Another Girl, Another Planet"
Bloc Party -- "This Modern Love"
Death Cab for Cutie -- "I Will Follow You Into the Dark"
Posted by MARLOW | July 18, 2006 1:41 PM
Islands -- "Rough Gem"
Sufjan Stevens -- "To Be Alone With You"
The Postal Service -- "Such Great Heights"
The Only Ones -- "Another Girl, Another Planet"
Bloc Party -- "This Modern Love"
Death Cab for Cutie -- "I Will Follow You Into the Dark"
Posted by MARLOW | July 18, 2006 1:43 PM
"Iris" by the Goo Goo Dolls.
If it's good enough for Avril, it's good enough for me.
Posted by Steve | July 18, 2006 1:45 PM
our wedding songs were 'the whole of the law' covered by YLT and 'you make it easy' by Air.
Posted by Anonymous | July 18, 2006 1:49 PM
jose gonzalez's love will tear us apart cover
or
wu tang - protect yo neck
Posted by sam | July 18, 2006 1:50 PM
Hey thanks alot guys for your suggestions
I will let you know the choices later today
-Jp
Posted by Jp | July 18, 2006 1:54 PM
I recommend Prince, maybe "I would die 4 u" or something along those lines.
Posted by Jeff | July 18, 2006 2:04 PM
I second paul's nomination of Eel's Fresh Feeling. Billy Bragg an Wilco's Way Over Yonder in the Minor Key is nice too.
Posted by jerry | July 18, 2006 2:17 PM
neil young - 'such a woman'
Posted by wh00p | July 18, 2006 2:19 PM
Built to Spill - The Weather!
Posted by bkc | July 18, 2006 2:31 PM
I concur with the person who recommended True Love Waits. I would suggest the following songs as well:
Stars - Tonight (beautiful song, lyrics not as appropriate)
Badly Drawn Boy - Magic in the Air (faster tempo but sweet song)
Jose Gonzalez - Heartbeats (The Knife Cover)
Posted by Bao | July 18, 2006 2:59 PM
Baby - Os Mutantes
Posted by Anonymous | July 18, 2006 2:59 PM
I hope this nick...
"Matt Wertz - "red meets blue"
Dave Barnes - "grace's amazing hands"
The Police - "wrapped around your finger"
G.W.A.R. - anything
Posted by: nick at July 18, 2006 01:33 PM
"
....isn't the one busting on Bloc Party "Blue Light". Matt Wertz? seriously?
Posted by freshbread | July 18, 2006 4:37 PM
i originally sent these to jp via myspace
but ill post there here as well:
muse - unintended
jimmy gnecco (Ours) featuring Brian May of Queen - someone to die for
Posted by vic | July 18, 2006 4:49 PM
One song repeated three times!
Gary Wright- Dreamweaver
Posted by Ashby | July 18, 2006 4:54 PM
Van Morrison -
either "Moondance" "Crazy Love" or "Into the Mystic"
Posted by Anonymous | July 18, 2006 5:51 PM
If you wanna be happy for the rest of your life
Never make a pretty woman your wife
So for my personal point of view
Get an ugly girl to marry you
Posted by Frank Guida & Joseph Royster | July 18, 2006 7:13 PM
zombies : this will be our year
Posted by Anonymous | July 18, 2006 10:40 PM
The lovely music exceeds the words. And the words are perfect....
"Born" by Over the Rhine:
Pour me a glass of wine
Talk deep into the night
Who knows what we'll find
Intuition, deja vu
The Holy Ghost haunting you
Whatever you got
I don't mind
I was born to laugh
I learned to laugh through my tears
I was born to love
I'm gonna learn to love without fear
Put your elbows on the table
I'll listen long as I am able
There's nowhere I'd rather be
Secret fears, the supernatural
Thank God for this new laughter
Thank God the joke's on me
I was born to laugh
I learned to laugh through my tears
I was born to love
I'm gonna learn to love without fear
We've seen the landfill rainbow
We've seen the junkyard of love
Baby it's no place for you and me
I was born to laugh
I learned to laugh through my tears
I was born to love
I'm gonna learn to love without fear
Pour me a glass of wine
Talk deep into the night
Who knows what we'll find
Put your elbows on the table
I'll listen long as I am able
There's nowhere I'd rather be
I was born to laugh
I learned to laugh through my tears
I was born to love
I'm gonna learn to love without fear
Posted by free kitten | July 18, 2006 11:20 PM
i would do anything for love
by meatloaf
Posted by Anonymous | July 18, 2006 11:40 PM
Hey everybody, thanks again, how about a tune from Editors, Interpol or REM, any thoughts?
Posted by Jp | July 19, 2006 4:22 PM
Editors - Dust in the Sunlight
"A promise is made in good faith, it means everything. You mean more to me each day and you mean everything, everything."
The end gets a little intense however.
Of course there's always REM's Shiny Happy People!
Posted by jerry | July 19, 2006 4:52 PM
REM - fall on me
maybe?
Posted by Anonymous | July 20, 2006 8:45 AM
rem:
"nightswimming"
"strange currencies"
"at my most beautiful"
Posted by Anonymous | July 20, 2006 9:34 AM
How about 'Time To Slow Down' by Editors - and 'Laughing' by R.E.M.
Random trivia for today - Food Network guy Alton Brown was the director of photogrpahy on the R.E.M. video for 'The One I Love' http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alton_brown
Posted by dave | July 20, 2006 11:13 AM
Also if you're a fan of Snow Patrol you may want to check out Reindeer Section, a 'scot super group' featuring Gary from SP and guys from Mogwai, the Fannies, Idewild, Arab Strap, B&S. Try their song 'Grand Parade' or 'I'll Be Here' (although that song may be about cheating, like just about all of Gary Lightbody's songs)
Posted by dave | July 20, 2006 11:18 AM
REM? What's the Frequency, Kenneth? of course. "Don't fuck with me, uh-huh."
So what songs did you select, Jp? You said you were going to post them here the same night that BV put this blog entry up. You'd better be true to your word when you give it to your wife, son.
Posted by Dan Rather | July 20, 2006 1:15 PM
if you wanna be happy for the rest of your life - boy least likely to. its a great song ! really. and pretty much fits with your description.
Posted by Lucie Baker | September 27, 2006 1:09 PM
to all of you with similar (good) music sensibilities, does anyone have a metro area wedding band that does not suck to recommend?
Posted by queenveg | October 8, 2007 11:52 AM
Blowers Daughter
Posted by GC | February 8, 2008 9:37 AM
not too bad
nice!! i can't express how much I love IT, oh yeah, the nation are pretty good too.
Posted by WOW GOLD | December 3, 2008 12:39 AM