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Hi all,
A quick post from my alter ego, Bridezilla ;)
Throw me your best wedding song ideas please. Nothing too soppy- no Celine. I have to choose three :o- one for walking down the aisle, one for signing the certificate thingy, one for the first dance bit.
Any and all ideas welcome- this is starting to stress me out a bit....
It is so hard to try and pick something...
I walked down the aisle to the instrumental version of The Verve's Bittersweet Symphony...it was so dramatic (a bit like me sometimes;) and sounded so "momentous" too. Absolutely perfect and a lot of people commented afterwards about how different it was.
We walked out of the church to a funky version of "Going to The Chapel" performed by The Dixie Chicks. Our first song was a bit more "soppier", Amazed by...oh my goodness I cannot remember the bands name now.
DH wanted "Highway to Hell" as our entrance into the reception but I put my foot down to that instead we walked into "Another One Bites The Dust".:lol:
Have been to a wedding where the bride walked into the Split Enz song "Message to My girl" and that was really really effective too.
HTH.
"I've Been Waiting" Matthew Sweet
:
I'VE BEEN WAITING
When you said to me
You are not so old
Did I know it then?
'Cause I had just been told
I didn't think I'd find you
Perfect in so many ways
But I've been waiting [waiting]
And I want to [have you]
I've been waiting [waiting]
And I want to
The secret on your lips
That nobody knows
Gentle in your eyes
You can wear my clothes
I didn't think I'd find you
Perfect in so many ways
But I've been waiting [waiting]
And I want to [have you]
I've been waiting [waiting]
And I want to [have you]
I've been waiting [waiting]
And I want to
We had Bittersweet Symphony (love htat music), Forever and Ever Amen by Randy Travis and Chasing Cars for the ceremony.
Was it Lonestar?:
And love the DCX's version of that song!!! ;)
I cant select mine, let alone advise you lol Good Luck sweets
At Last (for signing certificate) - Etta James - love it!
walked in to Rascal Flatts - Day before you (google the lyrics)
damn - i'm having a shocker - can't remember the others!
That BG, is my all time fav song. I would like to dance to that at our wedding.... LOVE LOVE LOVE IT!!!!! :heartbeat::
There was another thread like this last year :)
https://www.bellybelly.com.au/forums...ding-song.html
eta: found this one as well - https://www.bellybelly.com.au/forums...music-ahh.html
Nic
down aisle to Danish wedding march.
during ceremony sung instead of reading This is the momment.
signing of registries love changes everything and the prayer
up aisle vivaldi spring
first dance You raise me uo Josh Groban
I walked down the isle to 'Buon Giorno Principessa' - an instrumental from the score from the movie 'Life Is Beautiful (la Vita e Bella)'
We had 2 songs when we signed the registry - 'L'Abitudune' by Andrea Bocelli & Helena... and 'Every Time I See Your Face' by Babyface & Kenny G.
Our bridal dance was to 'Fallen' by Lauren Wood (its the song from Pretty Woman when she walks through the foyer of the hotel in the red dress on the way to the opera ;))
Aaaah memories :D
we danced to "kiss by a rose" by Seal
First dance Umbrella by Mandy Moore.
You have my heart
And we'll never be worlds apart
Maybe in magazines
But you'll still be my star
Baby cause in the dark
You can't see shiny cars
That's when you need me there
With you I'll always share
Because...
When the sun shines
We'll shine together
Told you I'll be here forever
Said I'll always be your friend
Took an oath
I'mma stick it out 'till the end
Now that it's raining more than ever
Told you we still have each other
You can stand under my Umbrella
You can stand under my Umbrella
(Ella ella eh eh)
Under my umbrella
(Ella eh eh)
These fancy things,
Will never come in between
You're my entity
Here for Infinity
When the war has took it's part
When the world has dealt it's cards
If the hand is hard
Together we'll mend your heart
Because...
When the sun shines
We'll shine together
Told you I'll be here forever
Said I'll always be your friend
Took an oath
I'mma stick it out 'till the end
Now that it's raining more than ever
Told you we still have each other
You can stand under my Umbrella
You can stand under my Umbrella
(Ella ella eh eh eh)
Under my umbrella
(Ella ella eh eh eh)
Under my umbrella
(Ella ella eh eh eh)
Under my umbrella
You can run into my Arms
That's okay don't be alarmed
(Come into Me)
(There's no distance in between our love)
Gonna let the rain pour
I'll be all you need and more ooohh
Because...
When the sun shines
We'll shine together
Told you I'll be here forever
Said I'll always be your friend
Took an oath
I'mma stick it out 'till the end
Now that it's raining more than ever
Told you we still have each other
You can stand under my Umbrella
You can stand under my Umbrella
(Ella ella eh eh eh)
Under my umbrella
(Ella ella eh eh eh)
Under my umbrella
(Ella ella eh eh eh)
Under my umbrella
(Ella ella eh eh eh)
It's raining
Ooo baby it's raining (raining)
Baby come into me
Come into me
It's raining
Ooo baby it's raining
Come into me
Come into me
YES! it's Rhianna's song, but Mandy's version is a million times better!!
You tube it;)
My wedding song was Runaway by the corrs..
2 more songs I really like and I think would go nicely at a wedding are Halo (beyonce) and Crack the shutters (snow patrol)
Gah I posted last night & the gremlins got it!!
Pachelbel's Canon is beatiful for walking down the aisle, my friend had it a few weeks ago :)
I think Gorecki by Lamb would be great for a first dance :)
my poor little bubba gets blamed for everything! :lol::
YES!! Such a beautiful piece of music. I love it!:
When we renew our vows in a few years we'll be having our actual wedding as we didn't have one the first time around.
Imagine the scene from labyrinth at the masquerade ball... thats the theme for our wedding, with a few other alternative aspects like orb juggling, burlesque, sword swallowing and fire twirling.
The piece of music we plan to have when walking down the aisle is Haydn Sonata 49 2nd movement it was made famous in Interview with a Vampire... YouTube - Interview With the Vampire - Lestat Playing Piano If I could source a harpsichord to play it I would be even happier ;)
Our waltz would be "As the world falls down" YouTube - David Bowie - As the world falls down and we plan to play "Underground" YouTube - Labyrinth - Underground as we leave ;)
There are a few other songs that I want played...
i would love love love to have this song as well... except i like the remix with Chris Brown ;) which is called Cinderella!:
i also want 'My Love' by Justin Timerlake
now.. just to get engaged first! lol
OOh, my first wedding was going to be scarily close to yours Cai! But my initial idea comes from the Eddie Murphy movie Coming to America - you know that insane wedding scene from the start? Awesome. Had fire twirlers and didge players at the ready....
But I did get married in a little stone church in the hills and walked down the aisle to "Arrival of the Queen of Sheba". Of course ;)
I sang a Mexican song at a wedding for the aisle walk for a chick who loved the song when she saw us play it at a gig she came to (she's not Latin or anything remotely more exotic than anglo-celtic, nor is her husband!). It was an outdoor wedding, in a large garden. It's also sung by Linda Rondstadt in Songs of My Father (he was Mexican...duh!) and that's where I learnt of it - called Hay Unos Ojos (literal translation - there are some eyes...not quite carrying the same sentiment), about someone who finds joy and love and fulfilment in his/her lover's eyes. Sounds sappy, but sung in Spanish with a talented classic guitarist, it's not. Lulu - it's on our set list for the 30th :)
Niliac oh wow sounds great i love labyrinth how cool!!
Some awesome ideas there girls thankyou :) I love the Bittersweet Symphony and the Mandy Moore umbrella. Also thinking of an acoustic version of the Smashing Pumpkin's Tonight.
Cailin, that sounds amazing! We've got a winter theme going on with hand muffs, capes and fairy lights.
Louise hun I had to laugh at the Kissed By A Rose- the first time I got my heart broken was to that song- at a school dance, I looked over to see my first real boyfriend pashing my mortal enemy to the refrains of Seal. Kinda ruined it for me :lol:
We had "This Old Love" by Lior as our wedding song. It is beautiful :D
I walked down the aisle to Pachelbel's Canon.
Signing of the Register we had a song called I Will Be Here by Steven Curtis Chapman
:
I Will Be Here
By Steven Curtis Chapman
Tomorrow morning if you wake up
And the sun does not appear,
I, I will be here
If in the dark we lose sight of love
Hold my hand and have no fear
?Cause I, I will be here
I will be here
When you feel like being quiet
When you need to speak your mind
I will listen and I will be here
When the laughter turns to crying
Through the winning, losing and trying
We?ll be together, ?Cause I will be here
Tomorrow morning if you wake up
And the future is unclear
I, I will be here
As sure as seasons are made for change
Our lifetimes are made for years
So I, I will be here
I will be here
You can cry on my shoulder
When the mirror tells us we?re older
I will hold you and I will be here
To watch you grow in beauty
And tell you all the things you are to be
We?ll be together, ?Cause I will be here
I will be true
To the promise I have made
To you and to the One
Who gave you to me
I, I will be here
And just as sure as seasons are made for change
Our lifetimes are made for years
So I, I will be here
We?ll be together
?Cause I will be here
First dance (aka the bridal shuffle) was 'Have I Told You Lately' by Van Morrison.
ok some aisle-walking songs -
theme to Forrest Gump (Forrest Gump Suite) - thats what I walked down the aisle to :)
Mysterious Ways by U2 - thats what my sister used!
some other suggestions -
I'll Be - Edwin McCain
It Had to be You - Harry Connick Jr
Moondance - Van Morrison
I Cant Get Enough - Smashmouth
:)
I loved out Aisle walk song - I start to stare off into the distance when it plays on the radio.
Aisle walk - I'm Yours (acoustic) - Jason Mraz
Signing / post wedding - The whole 'A Funk Odessey' album - Jamiroquai
reception entry - Starlight - The Superman Lovers
Dance - At Last - Etta James
I walked down to Pachabel's Canon and my sisters sang When I fall in love by nat King Cole while we were sigining, then our walking back up the isle song was a version of "somewhere over the rainbow", our reception entrance song was "Happy together" by the Turtles and our first dance was to "All i want is you" by U2.
Lori a winter theme sounds so beautiful! Capes and hand muffs so lovely! When is the big day?
Our first dance was to Michael Buble's That's All... beautiful lyrics :).
I walked down the aisle to an acoustic version of Everlong by Foo Fighters.
Our bridal waltz consisted of 2 songs... the first was Miracle by Foo Fighters and the 2nd was the proper version of Everlong.
We signed the register to Forever by Ben Harper.
Walked down the aisle to Pachabel's Canon, signing was Izy's Somewhere Over the Rainbow/What a Wonderful World. Our wedding dance was to Dance Me To The End of Love by Eric Bibb (written as a wedding dance song for his son - beautiful but very soppy even for me!) and first 'everyone up and dance' song was Days Like This by Van Morrison. I smile everytime I hear that song now and think of everyone grooving up on the dancefloor.
eej, it's july 25th :) ... less than three months away *gulp*
Niadla, a big thank you to you- after some YouTubing, dh and I both love the Mandy Moore Umbrella cover. One down, two to go...
Off to YouTube some Foo Fighters.... :)
Awww I really liked the song a few scrolls up - I will be there... It got me a it teary... :rolleyes:
Pachelbel's Canon as I walked up the pontoon (we were married poolside at a resort and there were flowers with love messages attatched floating in the pool - gorgeous)
You are so beautiful by Armstrong...
When I first saw your face - Bette Midler.
We walked in to "Dumb Things" by Paul Kelly - I know it sounds a little pessimistic... :redface: But I was't the marrying kind - or so I thought, we both love Paul Kelly and we fell in love listening to his albums... It was just a bit of fun - and all who knew us got it ... (except the IL's :rolleyes:)
We did the bridal waltz to "I feel good" Nah nah nah nah nah Like I knew that I would - sugar & spice ..... (do you know the one?)
I didn't want the slow dancing thing ...
I had a medival themed wedding and walked down the aisle to "Greensleaves"
Signed the register to "Song of Joy"
First dance was "Let's make a night to remember" By Bryan Adams
Final song was "Time of your life" By GReenday.
Now it would be
aisle: "bittersuite" by Mick Mars from Motley Crue
register: "bittersweet symphony"
dance: "without you" by Motley Crue
good luck choosing, just dont have my the dumb band at my brother's wedding did, they played "Breaking up is hard to do" as their first song!! WTF!!
I walked down the aisle to Ronan Keating's "When you say nothing at all" (which was very sappy for me, but DH didn't want to pick wedding songs with me much, although did OK all the choices)
Can't remember the register signing song, I think it was something instrumental? I'll look at home over the weekend and post later.
Our first dance was to "Dancing Lessons" be Sinead O'Connor from the Faith and Love album.
My father/daughter dance waas acoustic version of "Time of Your Life" by Greenday - everyone came and joined us for the last verse.
We had such an awesome time, still get great comments from friends and family even 2.5years later! It's the best day of your life, enjoy yourselves!
Ok, now this may sound a bit ridiculous, but have a listen to High School Musical 3's 'Can i have this dance'. When I was watching the movie with my dd's, i heard the song and thought it would make a great Bridal waltz. You can see it on youtube.
I walked down the aisle to Savage Garden - is it Truly ,Madly ,Deeply ?? and danced to Lady in Red - (even though i was wearing white.)
Hope you find something you like :)
:lol: :wtf::
These are the ones I've got on my draft list so far...
At Last - Etta James
I Will Be Here - Steven Curtis Chapman
I'm Yours - Jason Mraz
Forever - Ben Harper
Better Together - Jack Johnson
Saving Grace - Pete Murray
Lovesong - The Cure
Feels Like Home - Chantal Kreviazwk (this one's from the movie The Notebook, so romantic! :) )
Grow Old With You - Adam Sandler :)