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on our groomsmen put together the play list for our DJ. they’re all “booty shakin” songs. Mr. Peach and I got LOTs of compliments about our music selection that night. i have an excel spreadsheet of songs if you want. let me know and i can email it to ya~

Britney spears - toxic is a good dance song.. the outkast song you’re thinking about is “hey ya”

The music list is one of the last remaining big things we need to do. We have a lot of the same “don’t play” songs as you guys have mentioned: no macarena, no chicken dance, no line dances. Ick. OTOH, we got a DJ for his expertise in weddings and parties, not just to play the songs so we didn’t have to worry about an iPod, so we’re going to let him make suggestions and play songs that we personally may not much like but which he says are guaranteed to get people dancing. Because it’s not just about our musical tastes, it’s about our guests having a good time. Our cocktail hour music will be old standards: Sinatra, Ella Fitzgerald, Nat King Cole, etc. Dinner will be quieter love songs that we like such as “You’re the Best Thing” by the Style Council, and then it’s all dancing. Since we’re only doing our first dance, no other special dances, no bouquet toss or garter toss, there will be more time for dancing than at some weddings. And one of the main reasons we wanted to have a traditional wedding was to dance! Although my darling fiance can’t dance to save his life. But that will change before our wedding day…

Miss Peach, would you email me your list of songs? I’m just working on my playlist right now. My email address is jensarafin (at) yahoo (dot) com. Thanks!

We have a do not play and a must play list. The do not play list is not too long actually - a couple of artists I can’t stand, and songs that remind me of old boyfriends. I was very disappointed to learn that the Chicken Dance has to go on our MUST PLAY list! Apparently my fiance’s grandmother loves dancing to that song and he wants to play it for her. I will cringe, but it’s only a few minutes, right?

I think it’s helpful to have a must play list because it will help your DJ get a sense of what type of music you like, so he can try to create the rest of the playlist around your preferences.

miss peach - i’d love to see your list too. can you post it here? thanks!

One of the things that made us trust our DJ was during our first meeting, when we started tossing out tunes we hated, and he’d say “Oh man I hate that tune.”

I’m in the military, and a phrase that comes up a lot in leadership conferences is “Delegate, Train, Trust.” You’re delegating chunks of your wedding to a variety of professionals–caterers, musicians, etc.–you’re lucky to be able to skip that Train step, so now all you need to do is Trust.

Once you’ve found a DJ you trust, you don’t need a lot of lists. We gave ours vague guidelines by decade, and a short list of exceptions (anything from 1900-1960 is fine, except no Johnny Mathis; no female vocalists, except Doris Day and Helen Forrest; nothing after 1960, except this Peter Gabriel tune). We’re relying on his greater skill and experience to handle the pacing.

I think I’m scaring my florist by taking this tack, but my reasoning is, she does 100+ weddings a year, so right there she’s more experienced than I am, and I’m bowing to her expertise. I want dark red, I want sage green, I want white and not ivory, I want silver and not gold. And beyond that, I trust her more experienced eye to do all the nitty-gritty.

Miss peach can i see your song list also, mayerfan83@msn.com

Hello Miss Peach - could you also please email me the list? stephanie.reid@hotmail.com
Thanks!

@Miss Peach:
Ms Peach, could you email me the list as well? clfm215@yahoo.com
Thanks!