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Wedding Song suggestions
Romantic Undead
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Hey guys,
I'm the best man at my friend's wedding, and he has asked me to sing for them a song or two to commemorate the occasion. Problem is, neither he nor his fiancee have any suggestions!
So I turn to you, HA, do you have any suggestions for pretty songs I can sing. I will have a band backing me up.
Basically, anything that is nice without being too sappy, and that's easy enough to play, as the band and I have limited practice time.
I'm the best man at my friend's wedding, and he has asked me to sing for them a song or two to commemorate the occasion. Problem is, neither he nor his fiancee have any suggestions!
So I turn to you, HA, do you have any suggestions for pretty songs I can sing. I will have a band backing me up.
Basically, anything that is nice without being too sappy, and that's easy enough to play, as the band and I have limited practice time.
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Say more on what the couple are into musically to give us a better idea of what you need, instead of having H/A just blindly shooting suggestions.
But for blindly shooting, how about "Touch Me" by the Doors.
Oh and tell us your singing range and tone (i.e. bass, bartone, Alto, etc).
I might add more later...
Edit: here is the more...
"Could It Be I'm Falling In Love" by The Spinners - as a soulful Motown-esque song this is a great one, ypu will probably need some backup singers for the full effect though.
It was the song my wife and I had our first dance to, so it may not fit your situation (since you're singing it), but it's a good song nonetheless.
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If the couple happens to be Irish, there's also the Irish wedding song, it's popular at the church where I sing.
Oh yeah, the sinatra or dean martin suggestion does indeed sound classy.
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The Future Mrs Arbiter and I chose "where my heart will take me" AKA the theme to Enterprise
:roll: Were you married in Starfleet costumes?
I kid. At least you're having a wedding. We just went to the courthouse and signed a paper.
We're doing all Dean/Sinatra all the time for ours.
Think our song wil lbe Everybody Loves Somebody.
I really think that doing big band/crooner music is about the classiest thing you can do. People who do current pop stuff inevitably look back on it and hate themselves for how cheesy it seems in hindsight.
That's what we had planned, until we eloped.
I mostly recommend it because one, it's a beautiful song. Two, it has simple lyrics that are easy to learn and remember, but they are also fairly meaningful to people who are about to get married.
Other than that though, I'd agree with the Sinatra comments. It's hard to go wrong there.
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I'm a Tenor, with a pretty decent range, more in the high register. My staple songs are things like More than a Feeling and other 80s power ballads. Funny that someone mentioned I Believe in a Thing Called Love because I actually gave that as a tongue-in-cheek suggestion.
My friend is a keyboardist and a big fan of The Tea Party and Red Hot Chilli Peppers, but, as you can imagine, neither of those bands are known for their sentimentality.
I'll check out these suggestions, please keep 'em coming, thanks!
Someone has obviously never listened to "Give it away" or "Aeroplane." :lol:
You know you can always do a cover of the RHCP cover of Sly 'n' the Family Stone's "If you Want Me to stay"...
which is an awesome song that rocks my socks off.
How bland, like keeping your furniture under cellophane to avoid a little wear and tear. And thinking about it, anyone that would obsess that much about music they listen to during that certain period in their life has bigger issues than what the DJ plays. You think that the difference in taste and the wisdom coming with age would add nostalgic reflections.
Don't be so self-conscious, it’s a celebration not a wake.
...Celebrate good times come’ on!
-Terry Pratchett
Of course, they got divorced anyway.
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If they're fans of the movie, "As the World Falls Down" by David Bowie (from Labyrinth) is a favorite of mine.
I second "Your Song".
Also, Eric Clapton, "Wonderful Tonight".
The only problem I can see is that my bud's ex was a huge Moulin Rouge fan, hopefully that won't be an issue.
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Honestly, if you go into almost any music store, they'll almost definitely have a huge book of jazz standards, and you can just thumb though it. Also, do you play anything? or are you only singing? Some of these songs are relatively easy to play on an instrument. Also, these should be good whether you have just a keyboard behind you or an actual band, and the band/pianist will almost certainty know these song or at least be able to read though the changes.
Also, for recommendo's on the standard issue songs:
http://www.ourweddingsongs.com/
Oh, you have to sing it. I missed that. Okay, Wonderful Tonight is also a great song because it's not too sappy, and Clapton's voice is pretty easy to mimic so far as they go. There aren't any really high or low notes in the vocals.
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