Walking Down the Aisle

Walking Down the Aisle

July 2nd, 2010 @ 12:40 pm by Mrs. Socks
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Now, you know me… I’m not exactly the Canon in D type of chick for when it comes to walking down the aisle. So, Mr. Socks and I went through my 2600+ songs on iTunes to see what we could find that would be pretty, folksy and a little different than the norm.

Here are some of the songs we like:

One of my favorites, Nataly Dawn of Pomplamoose with “Book of Love”

Joshua Radin’s “Lovely Tonight” featuring Ingrid Michaelson—I couldn’t find the studio recording on YouTube, but here is a live performance:

Landon Pigg’s “Falling in Love at a Coffee Shop” has been in a few commercials, but I still like it!

Joshua Radin’s “Only You”

And here’s where I get really dorky… the instrumental version of “Your Song” from the Moulin Rouge soundtrack:

It’s pretty! I don’t think this is the frontrunner, but Mr. Socks and I do both love Moulin Rouge and may sing along to it at the top of our lungs to each other. We might. I don’t know, I have no further comment on that.

Anyway…

My two favorites are Nataly Dawn’s version of “Book of Love” and Joshua Radin’s “Lovely Tonight.”

Are you choosing a non traditional song to walk down the aisle to? Which of these songs do you like best?

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27 Responses to “Walking Down the Aisle”

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Edina (message) 590 posts, Busy bee

I chose a non-traditional song too (an instrumental version of Blur’s “the Universal”). I absolutely love Joshua Radin’s cover of “Only You” and wanted it for a first dance…until I learned the song was written about going through a divorce :/

7/2/10 @ 12:48 pm (reply)

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TheFutureMcBride (message) 4,484 posts, Honey bee

I wanted to walk down the aisle to my song written by my Great-Grandmother. It’s been a dream of mine for a long time, but my Great-Aunt won’t let me have a copy, so it’s not going to happen.

7/2/10 @ 12:48 pm (reply)

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Mrs. Star (message) 2,057 posts, Buzzing bee

I walked to Lifehouse’s “Storm” and am so happy that I chose a non-traditional song. Now, every time I hear that song, it makes me tear up

I love all your picks, but I especially love the Landon Pigg song! And you’re not as big dorks as we are, we had our friends sing Moulin Rouge during the ceremony!

7/2/10 @ 12:54 pm (reply)

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Mrs. D'orsay (message) 2,275 posts, Buzzing bee

I love Pomplamoose! Brooke/Cupcake turned me onto them on her claremont road blog - all great choices!

@TheFutureMcBride: wow… that’s just wrong.

7/2/10 @ 12:54 pm (reply)

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Miss Taco (message) 950 posts, Busy bee

I love the Pamplemousse version! (I love them, not MF so much)

We’re going with an Iron and Wine song for the bridesmaids and an acoustic guitar version of Wagner’s Bridal Chorus for me and my pop.

7/2/10 @ 12:56 pm (reply)

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Mrs. D'orsay (message) 2,275 posts, Buzzing bee

oh, and to actually answer your question - I walked down to an andrew bird song

7/2/10 @ 12:57 pm (reply)

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Mrs. Dachshund (message) 689 posts, Busy bee

I love all of the songs that you’ve narrowed it down to! Lovely tonight was one of our front-runners, too, so I’m partial to that : ) (Our parents/grandparents were seated to Joshua Radin’s Today)

I walked down the aisle to a song from the Amelie soundtrack. It’s my all-time favorite movie, and one of my favorite scores.

@TheFutureMcBride: That really stinks : (

7/2/10 @ 12:57 pm (reply)

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Gilneas (message) 1,393 posts, Bumble bee

How funny - I was just listening to a bunch of different covers of “Book of Love” on iTunes. I think this may be my fave version - other than the original Magnetic Fields version.

We have two songs for our processional: Rainbow Connection (we’re going with Peter Cincotti’s version because my mom vetoed Kermit), and Blackbird (covered by Sarah McLachlan). Everytime Blackbird comes up on my iPod I cry

7/2/10 @ 1:00 pm (reply)

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SweetSalz21 (message) 92 posts, Worker bee

Our first dance was Josh Radin’s “Only You”. I absolutely love that song. It’s how YOU feel about it and how it relates to you and your FI, not what anyone else thinks!

7/2/10 @ 1:04 pm (reply)

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Miss Cardigan (message) 8,645 posts, Bee Keeper

I love all of those songs! I think my favorite is the Landon Pigg one, but I’m just kind of obsessed with that song right now!

7/2/10 @ 1:17 pm (reply)

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Miss Palmetto (message) 52 posts, Worker bee

My fave of these would have to be the “Lovely Tonight.” So surreal sounding…which is how I imagine you feel walking down that aisle!

7/2/10 @ 1:23 pm (reply)

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KikiD (message) 41 posts, Newbee

Lovely Tonight is my first dance!

7/2/10 @ 1:26 pm (reply)

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nbblondie (message) 174 posts, Blushing bee

Oh my gosh! Lovely Tonight is our first dance song! Josh Radin is my absolute favorite singer… love love love him, and love that song! I can’t wait to dance to it with my husband!

7/2/10 @ 1:32 pm (reply)

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HisButtercup (message) 155 posts, Blushing bee

Picking the song I walk to is one of my biggest dilemmas… FI and I both really like Metallica’s S&M album (the one with the orchestra), but all of their songs are so dark… It’d be like walking into the Emperor’s march from Star Wars or something. So now I’m looking for an instrumental, string version of a rock song we both love… Definitely non-traditional, but not so easy to find!

7/2/10 @ 1:34 pm (reply)

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hyphensmith (message) 260 posts, Helper bee

I love your choices! Like Miss Cardigan, I’m partial to the Landon Pigg song, but I also love love love Only You!

I am walking down the isle to “When You’re Next to Me” from the movie A Mighty Wind. It’s ‘our song’ but is too folksy for a first dance, but perfect for an aisle walk!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C7PsZ2bGS-Q

7/2/10 @ 1:54 pm (reply)

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misschristinec@hotmail.com (message) 163 posts, Blushing bee

There is something in M.R - You’re Song that I adore.. it chokes me up!

7/2/10 @ 1:56 pm (reply)

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Mrs. Buttons (message) 5,046 posts, Bee Keeper

Well, our first dance was to Lovely Tonight, and I ALMOST used it as the processional, until I changed my mind. So, obviously I like that song…haha. I do really love the Landon Pigg song…can’t believe I missed that one when I was compiling music for the ceremony…dang it.

7/2/10 @ 2:30 pm (reply)

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jami_lynn (message) 21 posts, Newbee

Stopped lurking and finally registered so I could comment on this.

I’m not a Cannon in D type of gal either, I’m going to walk down the aisle to “Postcards from Far Away” by Coldplay, it’s instrumental and only about 50 seconds long, and I love Coldplay!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qbI-B-hffbM

7/2/10 @ 3:05 pm (reply)

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gill84 (message) 725 posts, Busy bee

those are all great songs! especially the remix of ‘Only You’. That song has such a special places in my 90’s kid heart. Let us know what you choose!

7/2/10 @ 3:19 pm (reply)

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10.10.10 (message) 118 posts, Blushing bee

One of my dearest friends plays guitar. He’s doing all of our ceremony music.
@HisButtercup
I’m walking down the aisle to Nothing Else Matters (acoustic guitar). We love that song. A lot of people think I’m nuts, but I don’t care.

7/2/10 @ 4:59 pm (reply)

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