Weird Question re: playing country music

musicalsunlight

So I have kind of an odd question/request for insight. J and I really like country music, and so does a bunch of his family. I am making our playlist for the wedding, and we want to include a few faster country songs in the mix because otherwise its going to be mostly pop/r&B type music. However, I'm wondering--did any of you put country on your playlist and if so, was it dance-able? Lol. I know it is a dumb question but I don't want the song to come on and have no one want to dance to it because I mean, country isn't quite the same without those beats that are easy to dance around to.

I dunno. Just a weird thought I had today. Any thoughts?

EmilyCMN

We had a few country songs and we kind of listened to them ahead of time to see if they were dancable. In general if they have a steady strong beat there is no reason why you couldn't dance to them. People are often really strongly opposed to country though so I wouldn't load it with too much of it. We love country too and one of my co-workers thought by all of our first dance and father/daughter songs that it was going to be country fest but our DJ changed it up a lot.

KateJ10

I am hoping to stick to "older" country for the ones played at my reception. By that, I mean from 10-20 years ago- since people are more apt to know them (IMO)

I think it is a good idea to include music that the whole group will like. And I have been to a lot of dances where country music was played and it was very danceable!

musicalsunlight

Yeah I won't be playing too many of them, because while I like the music, it isn't what I think of to dance to right away. And country music is indeed quite polarizing -- a majority of my friends/family detest it. Soooo I'm just trying to please J's family (and ourselves) with a few songs without making it too much.

wittyschaffy

lol - save a horse ride a cowboy was a crowd fave for us!  We also danced our first dance to keith urban's making memories of us and had allison krauss's when you say nothing at all as a slow song.  We had Garth Brooks Aint Going down til the sun comes up but I don't recall it getting in the rotation (we gave them more music to pick from than hours in the dance just to make sure we had a good blend).

tpender13

There's a lot of danceable country music out there. If you've got a good DJ, they should be able to balance what you've requested with what your crowd is reacting to.

jentaberson

avoid johnny cash his music is better for listening to
go with stuff that actually has a beat
we pre-chose a few like fishin in the dark, cotten eyed joe, chicken fried, and if you're gonna play in texas

graysquirrel

I had country on my no-play list, but some of my guests requested Taylor Swift so I gave it the OK. I think that a lot of more modern country songs are better for dancing. So many country artists are merging with pop nowdays that you should be able to find stuff that people like and can dance to.

MilitaryBride2Be

We played a pretty good deal of country at our wedding. I don't remember picking certain songs but the DJ just played the ones he chose. The dance floor was hoping all night and  I never considered country not being "dance-able"

AshP12

We're going through the same thing right now. Our favorite genres are country and rock, which aren't really danceable. Aside from the few upbeat country songs you can get away with during the dance, we're working them in by having our DJ play those genres during cocktails and dinner. That way you still get to hear them, but you don't have to worry about people leaving the dance floor.