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In an homage to one of my favorite movies of all time, High Fidelity, here are my top five first dance songs. Why five? Well, as I was sitting here listening to my ipod and Oasis’ “Wonderwall” came on, I thought to myself- wow, what a great first dance song. With seven months left, my first dance song is turning into a dance-off… Here is the list in no particular order:
1) Death Cab for Cutie’s “I Will Follow You Into The Dark”
2) Steve Tyrell’s “When You Wish Upon A Star”
3) 311 “Love Song” (a Cure song originally)
4) The Beach Boys “God Only Knows”
5) Allison Krauss’ “Now That I Found You”
I will most likely not even use any of these songs. 
I am the worst at this, man. Anyway, what are your Top Five First Dance Songs?
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Kenny Chesney’s “She’s Everything” and Celine Dion’s “Have You Ever Been in Love?” are the two that keep alternating in my head. FH and I don’t have an “our song” so it’s hard to pick one as our first dance because I’m big on sentimentality and meaning, and I feel like any song I choose won’t be special enough. I love Alison Krauss - what a voice!
I briefly toyed with “So This is Love” from Cinderella, but found it too hard to dance to. Other contenders are Garth Brooks’ “To Make You Feel My Love,” and Keith Urban’s “Making Memories of Us.”
We wound up using “If I Could Write A Book” by Harry Connick Jr. Other songs I would have gladly used were “Make You Feel My Love” by Bob Dylan, “Harvest Moon” by Neil Young (used for last dance instead), “A Kiss To Build A Dream On” by Louis Armstrong, and “La Vie En Rose” by Louis Armstrong. I could probably think of tons of songs I would love, but those were some favorites that had meaning for me.
I have a special fondness for the movie– a lot of the scenes were shot two blocks away from my old apartment…
Our Top 5:
1) Crazy Little Thing Called Love - Queen (First Dance Song)
and the rest…
2) Maps- Yeah Yeah Yeahs
3) I’ll Stand By You- The Pretenders
4) Forever- Puffy AmiYumi
5) Let’s Do It (Let’s Fall in Love)- Joan Jett/Paul Westerberg version
1) Love Song-311 (It’s our song)
2) Flowers-Cross Canadian Ragweed (We ended up going with this because it fits us so well and is a bit slower than Love Song so it’s easier to dance to)
3) When You Say You Love Me-Josh Groban (We decided to have this song sung by my friend who is an amazing tenor and has had professional opera training. He has the voice of an angel!)
4) Into the Mystic-Van Morrison (This will be played immediately following our first dance and our bridal party will join us on the dance floor).
5) At Last-Etta James
I LOVE HIGH FIDELITY! My friends think I’m crazy for having top five lists, too. Who cares- I have one for my wedding songs, too!
1. The Shining by Badly Drawn Boy
2. The Luckiest by Ben Folds
3. Let It Be Me by Rosie Thomas
4. Babylon by David Grey
5. Only You by Joshua Radin
Hi, Miss Kiwi, I love that Allison Kraus song, too, but you might not want to use it, since it’s about how the guy leaves her and she “won’t let him go” since she “built her world around him”….
Hiya - a beautiful alternative to “Baby Now that I’ve Found You” is the Allison Kraus & Union Station version of “When You Say Nothing At All” - a gorgeous wedding song and a little of the same vibe!
I love God Only Knows…great song. Top five in no particular order.
1. Somebody by Depeche Mode (1st dance)
2. White Sandy Beach of Hawaii - IZ
3. Moonlight - Sting
4. By Your Side - Sade
5. Can’t Help Falling in Love with You - Elvis
Barry White - You’re the First, the Last, My Everything.
Etta James - At Last
Elvis - Can’t Help Falling in Love With You
Louis Armstrong - Kiss to Build a Dream On
Come What May - Moulin Soundtrack
1. It had to be you (Harry Connick Jr Version)
2. East of the Sun, West of the Moon (Ella Fitzgerald version)
3. Crazy Little Thing Called Love (Michael Buble version)
4. Cheek to Cheek (Ella & Louis)
No need for a fifth!
A couple of songs I’ve thought about (while maybe not completely applicable) would include
1. Better Man- James Morrison
2. Shelter- Ray LaMontagne
3. Come What May- Moulin Rouge
4. Love That Will Last- Renee Olsted
5. All I Want is You- U2
6. What I’ve Been Looking For- High School Musical
Have you heard Ryan Adams’s version of Wonderwall? It’s such a great interpretation.
Miss Kiwi- At least you’ve narrowed it down to 5, here’s 5 of mine but I honestly can’t narrow it down below 15!
1. I will- the Beatles
2. Never My Love- The Assocciation
3. Luckiest- Ben Folds
4. Beautiful- Gorden Lightfoot
5. More- Bobby Darrin
And Love Song is one our list too! I’m a hugh fan of The Cure and FI is a hugh fan of 311, so this is a no brainer.
I am a BIG Nick Hornby and John Cusack fan so I too love High Fidelity! Mr. Pumpkin and I play “top 5″ on road trips all the time. As for 1st dance songs, we have had a dickens of a time deciding. We still don’t know what we will use but here is our top 5:
1. Feels Like Home - Chantal Kreviazuk
2. Halleluhjah I love Her So - Ray Charles
3. Someone Like You - Van Morrison
4. The Year’s Love - David Grey
5. In Your Eyes - Peter Gabriel
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Mrs. Kiwi, Los Angeles
Age and Occupation in 06: 27, Bookkeeper
Fiance's Age and Occupation: 27, P.E. Teach/Coach @ private schools in LA
Engagement Date: March 31, 2006
Wedding Date: November 3, 2007
Venue: Radisson Hotel
About Me: I'm a bookkeeper who failed high school algebra. I'm currently living in Los Angeles, literally a street over from where I grew up with Mr. Kiwi, my honey of three years. We have a jumbo mini-dachshund (seriously, he's huuuuge), and we're planning an autumn themed wedding on a shoestring, paid for by ourselves. The wedding date is my late grandma's birthday, I needed her there somehow, and that seemed like the best way for us. I can't believe I'm a Bee! I couldn't be more proud!
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