No Dowry » wedding music http://www.no-dowry.com Thu, 02 Sep 2010 17:42:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 Just Dance it Out http://www.no-dowry.com/2008/12/just-dance-it-out/ http://www.no-dowry.com/2008/12/just-dance-it-out/#comments Wed, 24 Dec 2008 02:17:26 +0000 Gillian http://no-dowry.com/2008/12/23/just-dance-it-out/ Phew, as awesome as those pre-cana lessons are… let’s not get too carried away with the fun. The real question is: where’s the dance party?

You might not know this, but I like dancing. A lot. I know, it’s a shocker, but sometimes I let my hair down, loosen up my proper, ladylike demeanor and just dance it out. This, for example, will probably happen at the reception:

We’re using Crescent City DJ for our reception, and the company has a pretty sweet Web site where you can search through their huge music database and request songs for three playlists: “Must Play,” “Play if Possible” and “If You Play This, I Will Strangle You With My Bare Hands.” Sweet! Here are some we have so far:

Must Play

  1. No Diggity- Blackstreet
  2. Twist and Shout- The Beatles
  3. SexyBack- Justin Timberlake
  4. Shoop (of course)- Salt ‘n’ Pepa
  5. Brown Eyed Girl (it’s about me)- Van Morrison
  6. Bust a Move- Young MC
  7. Crazy Little Thing Called Love- Queen
  8. Don’t Stop Believin’- Journey
  9. Tainted Love (not a commentary on our relationship)- Soft Cell
  10. In Da Club- 50 Cent

Play if Possible

  1. Modern Love- David Bowie
  2. Kiss- Prince
  3. Baby One More Time (what?)- Britney Spears
  4. Stagger Lee- Lloyd Price
  5. Bonnie & Clyde- Beyonce and Jay-Z
  6. California Love- 2Pac & Dr. Dre
  7. I Saw Her Standing There- The Beatles
  8. Take On Me- a-Ha
  9. Build Me Up Buttercup- The Foundations
  10. Word Up- Cameo

Play And I Will Cut You

  1. Dancing Queen- ABBA
  2. Conga- Gloria & the Miami Sound Machine
  3. Who Let the Dogs Out- Baha Men
  4. Every Breath You Take (creepy stalker song)- The Police
  5. I Will Always Love You (totally a break-up song)- Whitney Houston or Dolly Parton
  6. Limbo Rock- Chubby Checker
  7. Macarena- Los Del Rio
  8. Any other group participation dance song you can think of (the chicken dance, conga line, limbo… except perhaps the cha-cha slide and one round of the electric slide)
  9. We Are Family- Sister Sledge
  10. I’ll Make Love to You (a. awkward lyrics and b. reminds me of 7th grade dances)- Boyz II Men

I would love some input here. We want a good blend of ’80s, top 40/hip-hop, oldies, swing and a few slow songs thrown in there. So tell me this, what three songs would you add to each of those lists?

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