WR (wedding related) Poll

[vtdiamond]

I'm trying to pick songs for the first dances (me/DH, Mother/groom, Father/bride). 

I think we're going to do "I can't help falling in love" by UB40 for ours because I love it and it feels kind of islandy.

But, I'm still working on the mother/groom and father/bride songs and could use some non-cheesy ideas!

What was your first dance song with your DH?
What was your song for the mother/groom dance?
What was your song for the father/bride dance?

[preppy]

Mar 28, 2013 9:43:45 GMT -5 vtdiamond said:

I'm trying to pick songs for the first dances (me/DH, Mother/groom, Father/bride). 

I think we're going to do "I can't help falling in love" by UB40 for ours because I love it and it feels kind of islandy.

But, I'm still working on the mother/groom and father/bride songs and could use some non-cheesy ideas!

What was your first dance song with your DH?
What was your song for the mother/groom dance?
What was your song for the father/bride dance?

First dance with DH: You and Me by Dave Matthews
Mother/groom: Anything Like Me by Brad Paisley
Father/bride: Brown Eyed Girl by Van Morrison

[5kcandlesinthewind]

H and I danced to the Pearl Jam cover of Can't Help Falling for our first dance.

We didn't do any of the traditional dances (or really anything traditional), but our parents walked into the ceremony to "In My Life" by The Beatles, which may work for one of the parent dances for you.

[preppy]

Mar 28, 2013 9:49:14 GMT -5 5kcandlesinthewind said:

H and I danced to the Pearl Jam cover of Can't Help Falling for our first dance.

We didn't do any of the traditional dances (or really anything traditional), but our parents walked into the ceremony to "In My Life" by The Beatles, which may work for one of the parent dances for you.

I love that Beatles song, my brother and his wife used it as their first dance.

Also another good father/bride song one of my sisters used was Father and Daughter by Paul Simon.

[5kcandlesinthewind]

Mar 28, 2013 9:56:53 GMT -5 scm1011 said:

My dad and I danced to Wonderful World by Louis Armstrong, which is totally generic, but we have a very unpleasant past and a mushy father/daughter song wouldn't have been genuine. (FTR, my dad and I are thick as thieves now, but our relationship had just turned for the better around the time I got married).

A girl I used to work with had the same sort of relationship with her dad, and they danced to Kool and the Gang's Celebration. It totally worked.

[who22]

Mar 28, 2013 9:43:45 GMT -5 vtdiamond said:

I'm trying to pick songs for the first dances (me/DH, Mother/groom, Father/bride). 

I think we're going to do "I can't help falling in love" by UB40 for ours because I love it and it feels kind of islandy.

But, I'm still working on the mother/groom and father/bride songs and could use some non-cheesy ideas!

What was your first dance song with your DH?
What was your song for the mother/groom dance?
What was your song for the father/bride dance?

DH and I picked "All I Want" by Staind as our first dance. We didn't have any other dances.

[vtdiamond]

Great ideas, thank you all.

[LoveTrains]

Me/H first dance: The luckiest by Ben Folds
Me/my dad: some father/daughter song by Paul Simon...I don't remember the actual name
H/his mom: no idea, sorry!

[rikki]

I do not dance in public unless extremely intoxicated

ETA: I did dance at my wedding (I even salsa danced!) but I would have dreaded more than anything all eyes on me dancing with just my groom/dad/etc. 

[liveintheville]

We danced to Stevie Wonder's "I Believe". Other than that all I remember is we did The Kinks' "Lola" for our cake cutting song.

[drloretta]

LOL, I will probably not be any help, because I doubt you'll like them!

What was your first dance song with your DH? The middle part of The Question by The Moody Blues. If I had been brave enough, it would have been Punk Rock Girl by the Dead Milkmen
What was your song for the mother/groom dance? Ugh, My Heart Will Go On by Celine Dion (DH's choice, he knew his mom would love it). If DH had his choice, they would have danced to Slow Ride by Foghat
What was your song for the father/bride dance? Turn Around, I used the version sung by Nanci Griffith. Moved my mom to tears, score.

[magdala]

We went very retro with our choices.

First dance with DH: As Time Goes By (The Jimmy Durante version)
Mother/groom: Here comes the Sun (Beatles)
Father/bride: What a Wonderful World (Louis Armstrong)

[LoveTrains]

Mar 28, 2013 10:54:55 GMT -5 scm1011 said:

Mar 28, 2013 10:44:30 GMT -5 LoveTrains said:

Me/H first dance: The luckiest by Ben Folds

I love this song!

Me too

[countthestars]

Me/H - Brad Paisley, Then
Me/Dad - Heartland, I loved her first
H/Mom - Rascal Flatts, My Wish

[hellzkitten]

Our song was "Somebody" by Depeche Mode
My song with my father was "Butterfly Kisses" - Bob Carlisle (my mother was sobbing during this song... something about how I picked out the song when I was a small child, saying I was going to dance with my dad to that song)
Groom/Mom song - I can't remember... I want to say it was either "In My Life" or that Boys 2 Men song.