wedding song

We're having a church wedding so the up and down the aisle music will be something pretty traditional I think. "Our song" though is either going to be 'you're the best thing' by the Style Council or 'Time after Time' by Eva Cassidy. Can't decide!

This one is written by John Sebastian by sung by Jules Shear. It's really gorgeous!

I've never heard of Jules Shear, but i remember the old Lovin' Spoonful original, and it was a nice song.  Apart from the use of the word 'toddled'.  That bugs me for some reason!

We've got a couple years to think about that one 

but... I love either "At Last" by Etta James or "Let's Get It On" by Marvin Gaye.    

Prelude:  Vivaldi's Spring from The Four Seasons
Seating of the mothers and grandmothers -- Pachelbel's Canon in D
Entrance of the attendants:  Ben Harper's Forever
Bridal processional:  Brahms' Waltz Op. 39 No. 15
Recessional:  Bach's Brandenberg Concerto No. 3 in G Major

Introduction of the Couple:  The Tymes' Miss Grace
First Dance:  Natalie Cole's This Will Be (An Everlasting Love)
Parent's Dance:  Louis Armstrong's What a Wonderful World
Grandparent's Dance:  The Beatles' In My Life

Then come plan mine b/c I'm starting to get a wee bit overwhelmed with plans and costs!  :-\\

Then come plan mine b/c I'm starting to get a wee bit overwhelmed with plans and costs!  :-\\

Aww, man!  If you were still in Newcastle I'd be all over that.  Seriously--I loooooooove wedding planning!   

This is an old topic but we just picked our song out so I wanted to join in the fun

We're dancing to: 

originally by Postal Service --> Iron & Wine's cover "Such Great Heights"

It's in the movie Garden State which is meaningful to us and the song is as well.  We're really exicted about it. 

We had a registry office wedding but we had a formal reception as well as and evening 'do'.  The song we danced to was Brian McKnight "Back at One". 

Well hubby picked "Sweet Pear" - Elvis Costello, as the song where they were all gathering & waiting for me to come down.  I think he liked it 'cause it ends with something about a 'wretched groom' -- LOL ...but it was sweet.

Then the bridal 'processional' song was "Moon River" (music by Henry Mancini, lyrics by Johnny Mercer) -- which I've always loved & it fit with a little sort of 'theme' we had going, considering our travel bug...

Moon River, wider than a mile,
I'm crossing you in style some day.
Oh, dream maker, you heart breaker,
wherever you're going I'm going your way.
Two drifters off to see the world.
There's such a lot of world to see.
We're after the same rainbow's end--
waiting 'round the bend,
my huckleberry friend,
Moon River and me.

We danced to The Nearness of You by Norah Jones

"at last" by etta james is a personal favorite.  We only had a dinner, no dancing.  But we love, "you were meant for me" by Sting.   

We've got a couple years to think about that one 

but... I love either "At Last" by Etta James or "Let's Get It On" by Marvin Gaye.    

I LOVE At Last by Etta James.....

They played that on the inhouse music commercial on the TV when I stayed at Sandy Lane in Barbados. I feel in love with it..

We had a registry wedding so we didnt get to play any music. But we have several songs that we consider "ours"

As Long As You Love Me
Truely Madly Deeply
Color of My Love

At the Registry wedding we had The Four Season's Winter playing.

At the NY wedding I walked down the Isle to  In My Life by the Beatles.  We came into the room as they played Love in an Elevator (Our first kiss was in the Next elevator on the High Street)  and our first dance was to Something by the Beatles.

I had Love is All Around by Wet Wet Wet - the film had just come out and I thought it was about as English wedding-ish as I could get

The marriage didn't last and the groom bats ball for the other team now
but I have fond memories of that moment and even some people say they think of me when they hear that song and remember the very special day...

I love this topic - I think you can really get a feel for people's personalities by their choice in wedding music.  Our first dance was to Elvis Costello's "I'll Wear It Proudly".  I came down the aisle to "At Last", but only after I was talked out of using "The Imperial March" (from Star Wars).  In retrospect, it was probably best to use "At Last", but I still think it would've been a hoot to come down the aisle to Darth Vader's theme music!