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Does anyone have any suggestions for some fun and not played out songs for the wedding party introduction?

I want a little something to lighten the mood a bit.

depends on mood you want but try songs by Jason and DeMarco for gay christian/spiritual stuff that very nice indeed.

We had a pianist warm the crowd up with his version of Sarah McLachlan's Ice Cream (which we later played at the reception) and then we had a trumpet player trumpet each of us in with the Bridal March.

We added a bit of humor to it, though, and got everyone laughing by playing the first round for one bride, adding in a long pause, and then starting the whole thing again for the second bride.

It was great and got everyone to their feet and laughing and clapping.

My partner and I had Pacabel's Cannon played at our wedding it is such a beautiful song.

Without shameless promotion and with respect to the BB house rules...one example for interesting and unique music would be to have it personally commissioned, which I do as a business. It's out of the ordinary category (not a DJ, not a live player)...but here's an example:

For one wedding this past September, I composed a processional and recessional piece. For the recessional, it was completely original; for the processional, the couple loved a specific song (The Weepies' "World Spins Madly On"). Since the song itself wouldn't work for a ceremony, unless people sprinted down the aisle, I re-arranged that song to make it fitting for a processional.
You could say, it was Pachebel-ized, where those who knew the song appreciated it, and those who didn't, just thought it was another Baroque-era piece.

You can read up online or e-mail jglsongs@yahoo.com for more info

We are going to enter the church with "Chicago" Colour my World.... "color my world with love, color my world with hope"... we felt this was a perfect song, the church & reception hall will be done up with Peacock feathers & greens for the theme, we felt all was a nice all-together theme, GAY, yet not "over the rainbow" ... We have been together 25 years now, we had a Civil Union in Vermont, and now our Pastor wants to Marry us in the church... we are in Kansas... we will probably be making history here in our state.... Color OUR world with "hope"

What I always advise my couples is to pick songs that represent each of your wedding couples. As their names are called a different song is played. It's wonderful and what's more fun is not to tell your bridal party what song you have chosen for them - so they are surprised. It shows that you know your entourage well!

These are the music choices I have selected for our wedding. We have been together 24 years and now finally get to have a legal California wedding!

Guest arrival:
Somewhere over the Rainbow/What a wonderful world by Israal Kamakowiwo'ole

Wedding Party formation:
Crazy for You by Ulrich Schnauss

Processional:
Crazy for You (Madonna redo) Unknown Artist (male singer)

Recessional:
Chapel of Love by Mercer

Wedding Party deformation:
I do, I do, I do by Abba

Guest departure:
Build it with Love by London Beat

First Dance:
Love with Me by Peter Donnelly

Wedding Party Dance:
The Promise by When in Rome followed by I Love You by Donna Lewis

General Dance starts with Heart of Glass Remix (Blondie)

I think Robin Renee's new song My Bride is an awesome choice! Lyrics are so perfect!

http://www.myspace.com/robinrenee

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What was your introduction to music?

At the age of 4 my grandfather passed on his wind up gramophone and a pile of 78s. I remember watching my toy farm animals going round and round on the turntable. My absolute favourite singer at that age was Carmen Miranda. I was also rather fond of Tennessee Ernie's 'Milk 'em in the Morning Blues' which I still have along with an assortment of 1930s and 40s popular songs including Fats Waller, Ambrose and his Orchestra and Paul Robeson. Sadly I no longer have the Carmen Miranda. My father built himself a valve radio, a heath robinson affair built out of peg board and sometimes I got to listen to my cousin's crystal set-you could get a better sound if you stuck it on the water pipes. Thinking about it makes me realise how different the world was when I was young. My kids have a vast array of gadgets at their disposal. My grandfather had a seemingly endless fund of cockney songs which he taught me as a child. I retain lots of fragments but remember only a few all the way through now-classics such as 'she was poor but she was honest' and 'if it wasn't for the 'ouses in between'. Some I've heard nowhere else and don't know where they come from such as 'Wait for me' (don't go in the workhouse until I get home and then we'll all go in together). I started listening to Robert Wyatt in my teens around 1969 at about the same time as I got introduced to Captain Beefheart Frank Zappa Pink Floyd etc. Somehow Robert Wyatt's music stuck in my head more than all the others (except for probably Syd Barrett) and has been there ever since. It might seem incongruous but somewhere there seems an odd continuity with the songs my grandfather sang to me as a child.
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