OT - songs for wedding reception

Willie Bee · 05-29-09, 11:09 AM

Why don't we get drunk and screw? by Jimmy Buffett

That was the 'first dance' song for the Queen Bee and yours truly and it's worked for us.

Mudcat · 05-29-09, 11:15 AM

I'm not sure I have the guts to spring that on them. Not that the couple don't have a sense of humor but there is a little girl.

However that is just the kind of outside-the-box thinking I was hoping for.

RogueScholar · 05-29-09, 11:37 AM

You gotta bust out the REO Speedwagon, Mudcat. How about "I Can't Fight This Feeling"? That intro piece is very recognizable and a real piece of cake to play. It's written in Amaj which would be one of the easier key to take down a step in case you wanted to perform it on guitar.

Another one is Your Song by Elton John, which you might think is played out, but if you listen to the Live in Australia cut you get some great ideas for fresh phrasing and break-out harmonies in the chorus. I have sheet music and MP3s galore for these and others, Top 40 is my genre.

Enjoy the performance, my friend.

Bread · 05-29-09, 11:38 AM

'My Little Town' by Simon & Garfunkel.

RockBottom · 05-29-09, 11:56 AM

Beatles - In My Life

BatemanPatrickl · 05-29-09, 12:39 PM

So many to pick from. Ummmmm...let me see...I got it:

"Heroin" by the Doors

Casperwaits · 05-29-09, 12:41 PM

In A Gadda Da Vida- Iron Butterfly
Informer - Snow
Tiptoe Through The Tulips -Tiny Tim
Party All The Time - Eddie Murphy
Almost Paradise (Love Theme From Footloose)

Mudcat · 05-29-09, 12:50 PM

Originally posted by RogueScholar

You gotta bust out the REO Speedwagon, Mudcat. How about "I Can't Fight This Feeling"? That intro piece is very recognizable and a real piece of cake to play. It's written in Amaj which would be one of the easier key to take down a step in case you wanted to perform it on guitar.

Another one is Your Song by Elton John, which you might think is played out, but if you listen to the Live in Australia cut you get some great ideas for fresh phrasing and break-out harmonies in the chorus. I have sheet music and MP3s galore for these and others, Top 40 is my genre.

Enjoy the performance, my friend.

I figured I could count on you for some good ideas. This gets the juices flowing.

Mudcat · 05-29-09, 12:55 PM

Thanks for all the ideas so far. Keep 'em coming if you got 'em.

the funniest part to me was I asked the groom if they had a song they consider Our Song.

He kinda gives me a quizzical look and says, "Hmmmm . . . . yeaaahhhhhh . . . I think so. Leave it with me."

The thought of the conversation where he tries to drag that out of the bride without letting on that he has forgotten Our Song makes me chuckle.

Willie Bee · 05-29-09, 01:17 PM

Drawing a blank right now on the old guy credited with the song, but how about Makin' Whoopee? Also a few old Motown/R&B tunes come to mind like Rev Al Green's Love & Happiness, James Brown's I Feel Good or several from the Marvin Gaye catalog.

smitch124 · 05-29-09, 01:18 PM

Lynyrd Skynyrd - Simple Man

pavyracer · 05-29-09, 01:30 PM

Baby Got Back - Sir Mix-A-Lot

Mudcat · 05-29-09, 01:53 PM

Originally posted by Willie Bee

Drawing a blank right now on the old guy credited with the song, but how about Makin' Whoopee?

You bring interesting angles to the discussion, I'll give you that. And I appreciate it. I love the song Makin' Whoopee but I'm not sure I want to sing a song about a husband cheating on his wife and the general theme of how things deteriorate after the wedding.

It's like, I have a few songs that are quite good for me to perform, but I'm just not sure they fit in with the spirit of the day. Like She Thinks I Still Care. Or I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry.

Or going in another direction, I could wail on something like Southern Man but it just seems so off topic.

Maybe I'm thinking too much. Regardless there are some Motown/R & B songs that would be great.

bluefish · 05-29-09, 02:00 PM

Is this reception being held in the nursing home? How old are these people? I'm in my 30's and if you played this stuff at a reception I would jump out of the window.

Willie Bee · 05-29-09, 02:00 PM

How about Chuck Berry's You never can tell?

InTheHole · 05-29-09, 02:08 PM

I have bad taste but I throw out two

InTheHole · 05-29-09, 02:27 PM

InTheHole · 05-29-09, 02:35 PM

kind upbeat perhaps in the beginning of reception before bride and groom are introduced

InTheHole · 05-29-09, 02:40 PM

obviously I like the commodores and richie

InTheHole · 05-29-09, 02:43 PM

Give this a listen...I'm not sure how the crowd may react

Mudcat · 05-29-09, 02:47 PM

Originally posted by bluefish

Is this reception being held in the nursing home? How old are these people? I'm in my 30's and if you played this stuff at a reception I would jump out of the window.

He is mid-40's. She is early 30's. It is a very casual wedding and reception at their house.

What specific songs would you suggest?

InTheHole · 05-29-09, 02:48 PM

Last One

wtf · 05-29-09, 02:49 PM

Originally posted by BatemanPatrickl

So many to pick from. Ummmmm...let me see...I got it:

"Heroin" by the Doors

with a "cocaine" encore by clapton !

InTheHole · 05-29-09, 02:51 PM

It a wedding not a rock concert Blue, not to say don't play current music but yo have to meet all the guests needs. The three Mud listed intially are classics

Sincerely,

A 30 year old

Mudcat · 05-29-09, 03:13 PM

Thanks for the nice selection to look over ITH.

Willie Bee · 05-29-09, 03:18 PM

Shoulda' thought about this one before now. Can't go wrong with John Hiatt.

Mudcat · 05-29-09, 03:51 PM

Originally posted by pavyracer

Baby Got Back - Sir Mix-A-Lot

Working on an acoustic guitar version as we speak.