First Dance

[Jon T.]

I heard this last night for the first time in awhile.  I could listen to this song on repeat, and probably will today!  This was our first dance at our wedding.  What were (will be) some of yours?

http://youtu.be/WlzY6cWpoMQ

[pawpaw]

That's a great one Jon!

Here's ours:

"The Very Thought of You" Nat King Cole

[zanjam]

Our song.  We specified that it must be the Jerry version!

http://youtu.be/zB5xoC2WW0I?hd=1

[Bigsky]

Our song.  We specified that it must be the Jerry version!

http://youtu.be/zB5xoC2WW0I?hd=1

I love the Jerry version...so nice

[LeanneP]

Low - Two-Step

Our first dance. First song my husband ever played for me on his radio show when we began dating 

[johnnYYac]

My Mom surprised Michele and I with an original composition she wrote and recorded for our wedding.  First Waltz was played for our first dance that fateful day in 1996.

First Waltz by Judith A. Noska

http://soundcloud.com/john-yacopucci/first-waltz

[Bigsky]

Ours was Stevie Nicks "Crystal"
http://youtu.be/K6y1_GyqZ68

[iLikeBeer]

For my wedding, my wife and I danced to If You Were The Woman And I Was The Man by the Cowboy Junkies featuring John Prine:

Cowboy Junkies (Ft John Prine) - If you were the woman and I was the man

I had always thought this would be a great song to be played at my wedding and one night, hanging out with my best friend and his fiance along with her best friend (my future wife) we were talking about what song they should choose for their upcoming wedding.  She said If You Were The Woman was a song she wanted played at her wedding and it was at that point that I knew I was going to marry that girl!     About 18 months later, we were dancing to this song in our wedding... 

[Jon T.]

These are all great. 

John, that's a beautiful composition your mother wrote.  That's pretty damn neat.

[ItBeats4Jew]

Our version was performed by Anders Osborne w/ guests Kirk Joseph & Glenn "Kul" Sears. 

By the way, Anders also learned Hava Nagila specifically for our wedding.  It was the most raucous Hora you've ever seen. 

Sam Cooke Bring It Home To Me

[johnnYYac]

These are all great. 

John, that's a beautiful composition your mother wrote.  That's pretty damn neat.

Thanks, Jon.  I'll share that with her; it'll make her day. 

[LeanneP]

Well, this isn't the first time I've been wrong and it won't be the last.

Inspired by this thread, I tried to remember what song we walked down the aisle to and couldn't. Good thing I archive half of my life online!  I went to an old blog post and discovered that I'd posted our entire wedding playlist online. Our entire playlist was on an ipod, hooked through a Mac and then into the PA. We were poor, so we hiring someone to play shitty music when we could just program all our own beloved tunes - well, that was an easy expense to get rid of.

So, I didn't dance to Low for our first dance. Instead, it was Harvest Moon by Neil Young. We were channeling our future selves :) 

The last song of the night was inspired by the tween dances I went to at a rec centre. The DJ hated Zeppelin and would forgo the traditional final song and instead play Behind Blue Eyes. I totally approved 

If you are curious, here's the playlist from our 2005 wedding.

Song I walked down the aisle to:
Be My Baby, Ronnettes

Song Sean and I walked back up the aisle to:
Let's Fall In Love, Cole Porter as sung by Alanis Morisette

Wedding Playlist:
Harvest Moon, Neil Young
That's How Strong My Love Is, Otis Redding
I Want To Be Your Boyfriend, The Ramones
Wouldn't It Be Nice, Beach Boys
Saturday In The Park, Chicago
Do You Realize??, The Flaming Lips
Down On The Corner, Creedance Clearwater Revival
Celebration, Kool & The Gang
Electric Avenue, Eddie Grant
Hip Hug Her, Booker T & The MGs
God Only Knows, The Beach Boys
Hey Ya, Andre 3000
Waterloo Sunset, The Kinks
Mr. Pharmacist, The Fall
Glad Girls, Guided By Voices
La Bamba, Los Lobos
Chicken Playback, Madlib Vs Bees (mashup)
3rd Planet, Modest Mouse
Into My Arms, Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
Dry Your Eyes, The Streets
Juxtaposed With U, Super Furry Animals
Get It On, T.Rex
Mony Mony, Tommy James & The Shondells
Tin Soldier, The Small Faces
Buddy Holly, Weezer
Dance To The Music, Sly & The Family Stone
Brown Eyed Girl, Van Morrison
Rock & Roll, The Velvet Underground
Here Comes The Sun, The Beatles
Sweet Soul Music, Sam & Dave
Pretty Woman, Roy Orbison
Because I Love You, Dave Clark Five
Day After Day, Badfinger
Melissa, Allman Brothers
Fall On Me, R.E.M.
Satisfaction, Otis Redding
Sweet Jane, The Velvet Underground
Take Me Out, Franz Ferdinand
Soulful Shade of Blue, Neko Case
Make Me Smile, Chicago
That'll Be The Day, Buddy Holly
Rebellion (Lies) The Arcade Fire
Roads Must Roll, Boom Bip
Such Great Heights, The Postal Service
Eyes Of The World, Grateful Dead
Motor Away, Guided By Voices
One, Johnny Cash
Two-Step, Low
Fire In My Heart, Super Furry Animals
Louie Louie, The Kingsmen
Do You Wanna Dance, The Ramones
Psycho, The Sonics
Rhinestone Cowboy, Glen Campbell
Behind Blue Eyes, The Who