any of you want to share your..

sclo0801

wedding play/do not play list?  I need to send mine in this week and I am having a hard time with it!  thanks

martiac225

We have a band, so this doesn't really apply, but this would be on my do not play list....
Macarena (sp?)
Chicken Dance
Electric Slide
YMCA
that save a horse, ride a cowboy song...or any country (sorry, not a fan)
Greased Lightning

that was fun

I Want Cake

FI's and my musical tastes are pretty specific, so we're going to have a big list.

Do not play:

Anything by The Eagles or any member therein
Anything by The Steve Miller Band or any member therein
Country
Anything that's ever been on a Jock Jams CD
Rap
"Band on the Run" by Wings (the song seems to chase us, and we hate it)
Macarena
Hokey Pokey
Anything by Regina Spektor
Anything by Death Cab for Cutie (I can't stand them on so many levels)
Anything with Natalie Merchant singing
Pussy Control
Funky Motherfucker
Anything by Alice In Chains (FI loves them but I can't stand Layne Staley's voice)

Do play:

"Hey Ya" by Outkast
"99 Red Balloons"
Anything by Journey
we're going to try to sneak some In Flames in there later on (we love Swedish melodic death metal)
"It's My Life" Gwen Stefani version
most '90s alternative like Belly, The Pixies, and other bands like them
Anything by Ella Fitzgerald, Sinatra, Bobby Darrin, Etta James... all the crooners
Michael Buble
Metallica
Rush
lots of metal as long as it isn't too scary/sweary

Our cocktail hour is mostly going to be big band and crooner music.

Our ceremony is going to be all pop/rock music sung by Erin Schwab.

We get a lot of our ideas from the Music Choice channels on cable.  FI and I have a little game we play together when we "watch" it, and it makes us remember a lot of great songs we've forgotten about.

I Want Cake

Ooh, I just remembered some more.

Do play:

anything by Lady Gaga except "Love Game" since I don't want to hear "disco stick" at my wedding
Lilly Allen
Madonna
Cher
"1,2,3,4" by Feist
Anything by Rise Against
Chevelle
Bon Jovi
"Movin' on Up" (Jefferson's theme song)

Do not play:

anything even close to emo music
Staind (can't stand Aaron Lewis - wish he'd just get over whatever it is that makes him so whiny)
Limp Bizkit, although FI will probably enjoy hearing it
absolutely no christian music

graysquirrel

We are hand selecting all of our songs, but we are NOT picking:

Anything country

YMCA

Cupid Shuffle/any line dances

Chicken Dance

shan87

Do Not Play:
Macarena (sp?)
Chicken Dance
Hard Core Hip Hop
Heavy metal



Do Play;
Top 40
Dave Mathews Band - You and Me -- MUST PLAY
Oldies : Including Neil Diamond
Michael Jackson Top Hits


Thats what I have come up with as of right now. I still have 8 mos to nail them down more

debbieupper

@Shan: "You and Me" by Dave Matthews is our first dance song. It's a must-play for us, too!

kkaew816

We had no do not plays and only had a couple do plays, You and Me by DMB and Better Together by JJ. 

I honestly think our dance was better because we gave our DJ and guests freedom to play what they wanted. DJs are pros and know what gets the crowd dancing and what songs they won't dance to. I originally didn't want them to play YMCA or the Chicken Dance, but those two songs were the only ones that had practically everyone on the dance floor and everyone had fun dancing to them. 

beka0404

We have a band, so we didn't have to make as lengthy of a do-not-play list. Our must-play list is based on their playlist. 

Do Not Play

"Lips of an Angel"

"Mambo no. 5"

"Hey Soul Sister"

Anything by Creed

archie08

What about Crazy Bit** by Buck Cherry? It is on my......
Do NOT play list. I was shocked when my FI's cousin had it played at her wedding.
Our jaws were on the floor!

sclo0801

all very good suggestions!  Chx dance, ymca, etc will not be played at my wedding.  if they are, I am demanding my money back for the dj!    I was very specific about that!  We really like old school rap, anything by jack johnson, damien rice, lily allen, incubus, ray lamontagne, eric hutchinson, etc.  i think it will be a good mix ( I just went over everything with my future hubby).  Thank you all for giving me your 2 cents!