Weddingbee Blog

I actively dislike most wedding DJs, their lights, and their radio voices, so it was easy to nix that from the plans. Therefore, that meant we had to devote time to creating playlists for the ceremony, ambient dinner hour, and 3-4 hours of laptop dancing. DIY DJ, if you will.

We agree on a lot, musically, so some of it was painless. The standard Bridal Chorus was agreed upon quickly, and the recessional, bridesmaid processional, and first-dance choices were easy. So was much of the ambient music. But you should have seen the spreadsheet once comments flew back and forth on the party-party song choices.

Mr. Taco: “If we want to have songs that I refuse to ‘dance’ to, yes.”

(Re: the allegedly un-danceable but surefire crowd-pleaser  Livin’ on a Prayer by Bon Jovi)

Ms. Taco: “I don’t know if you can dance-dance to that.”

(Re:  Genius of Love by Tom Tom Club. This statement was met by scoffs and complaints about the damn kids these days. I really like this song, in other settings, in my defense)

Ms. Taco: “It’s a song about putting on your boogie shoes, how can you not dance to that??”

(Re: the also allegedly un-danceable Boogie Shoes by KC and the Sunshine Band)

Both of us: “NO ONE LIKES THAT SONG!?”

Etc.

I think we should both acknowledge that we’re in for some surprises. Sitting at home on the computer, I would have been the first to chop the Gin Blossoms’ “Hey Jealousy” off the list. But we just attended a wedding where that song got everyone, including me, moving and singing along in about five seconds. (Side note: how awesomely ’90s is that video?)

We recently managed to trim the list down to a very manageable few hours of (we think) kick ass music with a little of this, and a little of that, and I’m interested to see what’s a hit and what’s not.

Who else has Tales of the Playlist?