Author Topic: Songs for Special Occasions (Read 502 times)

obscure · « **on:** July 10, 2012, 08:39:41 AM »

I've become the go-to person when my friends need some songs for special occasions... it's very flattering but also a very challenging task as well... you know you want to make people happy.. especially when they have some high expectations from you....
I'm pretty sure it happens to you too... as DTFers have some awesome taste in music...
Now today.. the subject matter is a wedding.. my friend is asking for a 'first-dance' song.... ballads and the like are not my strong suit.. yeah.. some of you know that already...
so I thought maybe you guys could give me a hand... also we could use this thread whenever someone needs 'that special song'...

so gimme some gems guys.....

I'll also go through my library tonight and post some canidate songs... so you can also come and yell at me... 'this is not a first dance song.. this is some heavy shit lady!

kingshmegland · « **Reply #1 on:** July 10, 2012, 09:24:47 AM »

Let me think about it an I'll get back to you when I get home.

obscure · « **Reply #2 on:** July 10, 2012, 09:33:53 AM »

lonestar · « **Reply #3 on:** July 10, 2012, 09:34:19 AM »

Any specifics as to a genre, preferably one that doesn't end in -core.

obscure · « **Reply #4 on:** July 10, 2012, 09:36:41 AM »

that could help yes

but I tend love pretty much ~~everything~~every tune that has -core in it...

jingle.boy · « **Reply #5 on:** July 10, 2012, 10:40:55 AM »

Shouldn't a first dance be something personal? Odd that someone is asking for help for their first song. Mrs.Jingle knew what she wanted for years.

obscure · « **Reply #6 on:** July 10, 2012, 10:46:47 AM »

well actually the bride picked a song too .. but it is one which calls for some serious dancing.. I know weird... but tastes... the groom, my friend, on the other hand had broken his leg some time ago.. and not fully recovered yet... so they both agreed to ask me...

but actually, people ask this kind of questions quite a lot if I'm honest...

what was your song then?

lonestar · « **Reply #7 on:** July 10, 2012, 11:14:14 AM »

As with jingle, my ex had her's chosen since she was a little girl, Looking through the Eyes of Love by Melissa Manchester.

MetropolisWatches · « **Reply #8 on:** July 10, 2012, 11:28:25 AM »

I need to somehow devise a prog-playlist for sex (this would be quite a feat.) Any recommendations are welcome (aside from the moaning samples from DT's Home.)

lonestar · « **Reply #9 on:** July 10, 2012, 11:40:26 AM »

A prog playlist for sex? Now that is a challenge, I'll just stick to good old Al Green.

Jaq · « **Reply #10 on:** July 10, 2012, 12:08:21 PM »

Quote from: MetropolisWatches on July 10, 2012, 11:28:25 AM

I need to somehow devise a prog-playlist for sex (this would be quite a feat.) Any recommendations are welcome (aside from the moaning samples from DT's Home.)

Closest to a prog playlist I've ever come is playing Roger Waters' Amused to Death during a particularly fun night with an ex a few years back.

theseoafs · « **Reply #11 on:** July 10, 2012, 12:17:30 PM »

Good first dance songs, you say? Let's see:

- One of my favorites is "Can't Fight This Feelin'" by REO Speedwagon. It's generally well-known and well-liked, and it's a very good song to boot.

- The Beach Boys are also a good band: see God Only Knows (probably one of my top 10 favorite songs of all time) and Wouldn't it Be Nice (more upbeat).

- Perhaps some Bee Gees? How Deep is Your Love?

- Here's an obvious one: Journey. See Faithfully, Open Arms.

I'll look around for more later, but I'll throw those out for now.

kingshmegland · « **Reply #12 on:** July 10, 2012, 12:34:43 PM »

Well, this was our first dance song.

Wonderful Tonight -- Eric Clapton

chrisbDTM · « **Reply #13 on:** July 10, 2012, 12:41:37 PM »

i always wanted to have my first wedding song to be earth angel by marvin berry and the starlighters. back to the future ftw. not sure my partner would want that though haha

lonestar · « **Reply #14 on:** July 10, 2012, 12:54:10 PM »

Your Song by Elton John is a good one too.

jingle.boy · « **Reply #15 on:** July 10, 2012, 01:04:17 PM »

Willie Nelson... To All The Girls I've Loved Before.

obscure · « **Reply #16 on:** July 10, 2012, 04:20:33 PM »

Quote from: MetropolisWatches on July 10, 2012, 11:28:25 AM

I need to somehow devise a prog-playlist for sex (this would be quite a feat.) Any recommendations are welcome (aside from the moaning samples from DT's Home.)

I find pretty much every prog song fuckin sexy... damn.... but promise will work on it....

Quote from: theseoafs on July 10, 2012, 12:17:30 PM

Good first dance songs, you say? Let's see:

- One of my favorites is "Can't Fight This Feelin'" by REO Speedwagon. It's generally well-known and well-liked, and it's a very good song to boot.

- The Beach Boys are also a good band: see God Only Knows (probably one of my top 10 favorite songs of all time) and Wouldn't it Be Nice (more upbeat).

- Perhaps some Bee Gees? How Deep is Your Love?

- Here's an obvious one: Journey. See Faithfully, Open Arms.

I'll look around for more later, but I'll throw those out for now.

started to listen to your list seoafs... on the first one now... and damn... this would work really well...

thanks for helping out guys

obscure · « **Reply #17 on:** July 10, 2012, 04:31:07 PM »

ok... looking for sexy prog songs... but suddenly it occured to me... I need to know how you like your sex... lol....

I could suggest a lot of songs in a very wide range from Green and Cream by Guilt Machine to Enter Nothingness by Twisted Into Form

Jaq · « **Reply #18 on:** July 10, 2012, 04:39:44 PM »

This is a bad time to interject with "hurrah, someone else has heard of Twisted Into Form!", isn't it?

MetropolisWatches · « **Reply #19 on:** July 10, 2012, 04:56:51 PM »

I once became intimate with a girl while the entirety of Porcupine Tree's Deadwing album played in the background. Pink Floyd would definitely be suitable for the playlist as well.

DebraKadabra · « **Reply #20 on:** July 10, 2012, 05:21:45 PM »

I want my first song to be I Walk Beside You.

What?

senecadawg2 · « **Reply #21 on:** July 10, 2012, 05:38:37 PM »

Something by David Gray, I think.

obscure · « **Reply #22 on:** July 10, 2012, 05:48:08 PM »

this thread is becoming hotter..lol...

Quote from: DebraKadabra on July 10, 2012, 05:21:45 PM

I want my first song to be I Walk Beside You.

What?

bahahah

Big Hath · « **Reply #23 on:** July 10, 2012, 05:50:03 PM »

Quote from: MetropolisWatches on July 10, 2012, 04:56:51 PM

Pink Floyd would definitely be suitable for the playlist as well.

TEAR DOWN THE WALL! TEAR DOWN THE WALL!

obscure · « **Reply #24 on:** July 10, 2012, 05:55:39 PM »

holy...

kingshmegland · « **Reply #25 on:** July 10, 2012, 06:07:17 PM »

I was thinking more in the line of,

"This is all for the ladies, dedicated from the men. Pink Floyd's, "Have a Cigar".

DebraKadabra · « **Reply #26 on:** July 10, 2012, 06:59:03 PM »

Quote from: obscure on July 10, 2012, 05:48:08 PM

Quote from: DebraKadabra on July 10, 2012, 05:21:45 PM
I want my first song to be I Walk Beside You.

What?

bahahah

I'm actually dead serious - I got the idea for it from a dude at MP.com who used it as the introduction song for him and his wife at his wedding and he said it went over like gangbusters.

MetropolisWatches · « **Reply #27 on:** July 10, 2012, 07:52:40 PM »

Quote from: Big Hath on July 10, 2012, 05:50:03 PM

Quote from: MetropolisWatches on July 10, 2012, 04:56:51 PM
Pink Floyd would definitely be suitable for the playlist as well.

TEAR DOWN THE WALL! TEAR DOWN THE WALL!

Upon reading this- I bursted out laughing. Thank you sir.

FlyingBIZKIT · « **Reply #28 on:** July 10, 2012, 08:44:37 PM »

Quote from: kingshmegland on July 10, 2012, 06:07:17 PM

I was thinking more in the line of,

"This is all for the ladies, dedicated from the men. Pink Floyd's, "Have a Cigar".

Haken - Visions

do it, it's fucking incredible.

MetropolisWatches · « **Reply #29 on:** July 11, 2012, 12:09:04 AM »

Quote from: FlyingBIZKIT on July 10, 2012, 08:44:37 PM

Quote from: kingshmegland on July 10, 2012, 06:07:17 PM
I was thinking more in the line of,

"This is all for the ladies, dedicated from the men. Pink Floyd's, "Have a Cigar".

Haken - Visions

do it, it's fucking incredible.

Song or full album?

theseoafs · « **Reply #30 on:** July 11, 2012, 12:14:21 AM »

Quote from: obscure on July 10, 2012, 04:20:33 PM

Quote from: theseoafs on July 10, 2012, 12:17:30 PM
Good first dance songs, you say? Let's see:

- One of my favorites is "Can't Fight This Feelin'" by REO Speedwagon. It's generally well-known and well-liked, and it's a very good song to boot.

- The Beach Boys are also a good band: see God Only Knows (probably one of my top 10 favorite songs of all time) and Wouldn't it Be Nice (more upbeat).

- Perhaps some Bee Gees? How Deep is Your Love?

- Here's an obvious one: Journey. See Faithfully, Open Arms.

I'll look around for more later, but I'll throw those out for now.

started to listen to your list seoafs... on the first one now... and damn... this would work really well...

Yep! Feel free to press me for more tunes if necessary, by the way. I am a purveyor of classics.

ytserush · « **Reply #31 on:** July 11, 2012, 01:03:20 AM »

Here's the tracklist from our wedding. Can't say it would look the same if we did it today simply because of all of the stellar music that has been made since, but I'd guess almost half of it stays.

---------------------------------------------------

Reception

Cliche -- Fish (First Dance)

Thank You -- Led Zeppelin

Madrigal -- Rush

Jerusalem -- Emerson, Lake and Palmer

Amazing Grace -- Chris Squire

Dixie -- Jeff Berlin

Sea Of Love -- The Honeydrippers

Stairway To Heaven -- Stanley Jordan

Bach -- Jeff Berlin

Fanfare For The Common Man -- Emerson, Lake and Palmer

Music Box Dancer -- Frank Mills

Time Stand Still -- Rush

Poet's Moon -- Fish

Power Windows -- Billy Falcon

In a Big Country -- Big Country

Superman's Song -- Crash Test Dummies

Waitng To Happen -- Marillion

Wonderful Tonight (Live) -- Eric Clapton

People Get Ready -- Jeff Beck

Hoedown -- Emerson, Lake and Palmer

What I Know Now -- Jeff Berlin

In Your Eyes -- Peter Gabriel

Allies -- Heart

Faithfully -- Journey

The Meeting -- Anderson, Bruford, Wakeman and Howe

Love Walks In -- Van Halen

Leather and Lace -- Stevie Nicks/Don Henley

And You and I -- Yes

Candle In The Wind -- Kate Bush

All My Love -- Led Zeppelin

The Best Of Times -- Styx

Avalon -- Roxy Music

Hearts -- Yes

That Voice Again -- Heart

We Ride Tonight -- The Sherbs

Our Song --Yes

The Sprit Of Radio -- Rush

Come Sail Away -- Styx

Once In A Lifetime -- Talking Heads

The Logical Song -- Supertramp

Games People Play -- Alan Parsons Project

Open Arms -- Journey

After Me -- Marillion

Witch Hunt -- Rush

Let It Be -- The Beatles

Childhood's End/White Feather -- Marillion

lonestar · « **Reply #32 on:** July 11, 2012, 01:09:07 AM »

Damn, that's a hell of a list bud!!!

obscure · « **Reply #33 on:** July 11, 2012, 03:47:19 AM »

Quote from: theseoafs on July 11, 2012, 12:14:21 AM

Quote from: obscure on July 10, 2012, 04:20:33 PM
Quote from: theseoafs on July 10, 2012, 12:17:30 PM
Good first dance songs, you say? Let's see:

- One of my favorites is "Can't Fight This Feelin'" by REO Speedwagon. It's generally well-known and well-liked, and it's a very good song to boot.

- The Beach Boys are also a good band: see God Only Knows (probably one of my top 10 favorite songs of all time) and Wouldn't it Be Nice (more upbeat).

- Perhaps some Bee Gees? How Deep is Your Love?

- Here's an obvious one: Journey. See Faithfully, Open Arms.

I'll look around for more later, but I'll throw those out for now.

started to listen to your list seoafs... on the first one now... and damn... this would work really well...

Yep! Feel free to press me for more tunes if necessary, by the way. I am a purveyor of classics.

you had it coming then mister....

I did enjoy your list.. I wouldn't mind some more classics.. just saying

Quote from: ytserush on July 11, 2012, 01:03:20 AM

Here's the tracklist from our wedding. Can't say it would look the same if we did it today simply because of all of the stellar music that has been made since, but I'd guess almost half of it stays.

ONE HELLUVA LIST

WHOA ytserush ... this list is good enough reason to marry someone in itself.... respect!

edit:

Quote from: FlyingBIZKIT on July 10, 2012, 08:44:37 PM

Haken - Visions

do it, it's fucking incredible.

oh bloody hell yes... I'd definitely do it on my wedding....

theseoafs · « **Reply #34 on:** July 11, 2012, 12:44:51 PM »

Quote from: obscure on July 11, 2012, 03:47:19 AM

you had it coming then mister....

Well, looking through my iTunes library, these immediately stick out:

Air Supply - Making Love Out of Nothing At All
Bee Gees - Too Much Heaven
Eric Clapton - Wonderful Tonight
Foreigner - I Want To Know What Love Is
Journey - After All These Years
Peter Frampton - Baby I Love Your Way
The Police - people generally enjoy hearing Every Breath You Take at weddings, but the subject matter is decidedly creepy, so it's up to you.

Stevie Wonder - My Cherie Amour

This should get you started.

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Author Topic: Songs for Special Occasions (Read 502 times)