Just listening to the Pasadenas - I'm doing Fine Now - definitely not for wedding receptions.
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get out my life woman - lee dorsey
Freda Payne - band of Gold
Panic At The Disco - I Write the Sins Not Tragedies
Mavericks - Dance the Night Away
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Commodores - Easy. Didn't realise about this one till I happened to listen to the words while it was playing as background music at an engagement party last week.
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Commodores - Easy. Didn't realise about this one till I happened to listen to the words while it was playing as background music at an engagement party last week.
Cold As Ice - Foreigner
I actually played this (by accident) at a wedding reception. Fortunately, it was during the warm up part of the evening and was at quite low volume so no-one seemed to notice!
I actually played this (by accident) at a wedding reception. Fortunately, it was during the warm up part of the evening and was at quite low volume so no-one seemed to notice!
QUOTE(High Fidelity @ Oct 5 2007, 09:24 AM) 
Commodores - Easy. Didn't realise about this one till I happened to listen to the words while it was playing as background music at an engagement party last week.
If you listen to the lyrics it's amazing how many tracks we actually play and are requested at weddings that are about break-ups etc. Love and Hurt are two of the strongest emotions.
Take "Happy Ending by Mika" for example, could have been a great track if he'd changed the lyrics, reminds me in a way of "Never Forget" for some reason.
Have a read through a typical wedding playlist and think about the lyrics for each song.
I've had both Band of Gold and Please Release Me requested at silver weddings.
I don't think many people read too deeply into the lyrics.
Jim
I don't think many people read too deeply into the lyrics.
Jim
I've added a folder to OTS called 'Heartbreakers' as there are so many tracks we play that are exactly that, and I figured if I bung all the songs into that folder, then I won't play them at weddings.
In saying that, I agree that people don't listen too much for the words as my wife proved whe I was playing a CD of new tracks to familiarise myself with them.
As the song was playing, she said, "this one's really good, you should play it at the 25th Wedding Anniversary party on Saturday"
The song - "Don't love you no more" by Craig David!
In saying that, I agree that people don't listen too much for the words as my wife proved whe I was playing a CD of new tracks to familiarise myself with them.
As the song was playing, she said, "this one's really good, you should play it at the 25th Wedding Anniversary party on Saturday"
The song - "Don't love you no more" by Craig David!
I do tend to avoid playing "Every day I love you less and less" at weddings!
QUOTE(Revelationroadshow @ Oct 5 2007, 12:17 PM)
I do tend to avoid playing "Every day I love you less and less" at weddings!
I tend to just avoid playing that!
Don't play:-
D.I.V.O.R.C.E
You're Beautiful
Bad Day
QUOTE(robbiedj @ Oct 5 2007, 11:29 PM)
Don't play:-
You're Beautiful
1st dance song for my wedding tonight (the radio edit)
I think you are wrong to assume that a song may not be played at a wedding just because of it's theme and lyrics. In my book, the only songs worthy of vito are ones specifically requested by the wedding party which must not be played for whatever reason.
agree with mr mole,i think you can play anything unless you are specificaly asked not too.
QUOTE(C.S @ Oct 6 2007, 01:34 PM)
agree with mr mole,i think you can play anything unless you are specificaly asked not too.
I agree with you both as far as most tracks are concerned (hence my earlier post about taking notice of what we currently play at weddings), but I do believe that you should not play any tracks with very bad language or those likely to cause offence. To my mind this would just be common decency.
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Mavericks - Dance the Night Away
this always goes down well with the 50 and 60 somthings... so dont cross it off your list...
like mr mole says.. never dismiss any track based on lyrics.... just use common sence and read the crowd..
QUOTE(DJ Marky Marc @ Oct 6 2007, 04:09 PM)
this always goes down well with the 50 and 60 somthings... so dont cross it off your list...
like mr mole says.. never dismiss any track based on lyrics.... just use common sence and read the crowd..
I play that at quite a few weddings.
QUOTE(DJ Marky Marc @ Oct 6 2007, 04:09 PM)
this always goes down well with the 50 and 60 somthings... so dont cross it off your list...
like mr mole says.. never dismiss any track based on lyrics.... just use common sence and read the crowd..
a good example...
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Originally thought to be about either angels, the government, or parents. The track was in fact written during the collapse of Sting's marriage to Frances Tomelty; the lyrics are the words of a sinister, controlling character, who is watching "every breath you take / every move you make".
“ I woke up in the middle of the night with that line in my head, sat down at the piano and had written it in half an hour. The tune itself is generic, an aggregate of hundreds of others, but the words are interesting. It sounds like a comforting love song. I didn't realise at the time how sinister it is. I think I was thinking of Big Brother, surveillance and control. ”
—Sting[1]
However, this fact has often gone unnoticed, or is ignored, and hence the song is often taken to be a love song.[2]
The lyrics are also very similar to the opening lines of a short story by science fiction author Judith Merrill titled "Whoever You Are".
“ I woke up in the middle of the night with that line in my head, sat down at the piano and had written it in half an hour. The tune itself is generic, an aggregate of hundreds of others, but the words are interesting. It sounds like a comforting love song. I didn't realise at the time how sinister it is. I think I was thinking of Big Brother, surveillance and control. ”
—Sting[1]
However, this fact has often gone unnoticed, or is ignored, and hence the song is often taken to be a love song.[2]
The lyrics are also very similar to the opening lines of a short story by science fiction author Judith Merrill titled "Whoever You Are".
Police - every breath you take
(quoted from wikipedia)
Whilst I agree with most of what has been said< I do avoid Clarance Carter - Strokin' and Max Romeo - Wet Dreams 
"End of the road" - boyz to men
Definitely not - Don't Marry Her - Beautiful South - especially the album version, I got caught out when it first came out, the in-laws nearly :cense: themselves as well as lynching me !!
Spinko
Spinko
Chain Gang -Sam Cooke
Hmmm thats what id play @ my own wedding
Hmmm thats what id play @ my own wedding
I don't worry about these type of songs unless it's an obvious no no. Eg alot of first song requests are about falling out and breaking up. I often get asked for Band of Gold -great track, if it fills the floor whst matters?
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