QOTD: Do Not Play songs

butterflyjumper1 · March 2012

What songs are on your "do not play" list?

Any certain songs that you and/or fiance hate with a passion???

The conga line question got me thinking about the songs that we are planning to include on this list....

colleenm18 · March 2012

Anything at all by Abba I hate them!

Also I have asked the DJ to limit the country music

esskem · March 2012

Any group dances.

/hate

BmoreBride311 · March 2012

Anything from the 70s. I went to a wedding last year where that's all they played! FI and I love dancing at weddings, so we really, really tried to get into it. But it just sucked and totally killed the party for us.

arunkumar · March 2012

For me it's all group dances, country, and any 70's disco. I also am not a fan of jazz music so that won't be played at my wedding. Here's a list of common DNP songs, although it seems to be a bit dated and I still like a few of the songs.

Most Requested DO NOT PLAYChicken Dance VariousMacarena- Los Del RioYMCA - Village PeopleCha Cha Slide - DJ CasperElectric Slide - Marcia GriffithsMambo #5 - Lou BegaMy Humps - Black Eyed PeasLove Shack - B-52’sCelebration - Kool & The GangShout Otis - DayGrease Megamix - VariousFriends in Low Places - Garth BrooksWind Beneath My Wings - Bette MidlerWho Let the Dogs Out - Baha MenThong Song - SisqoHokey Pokey - VariousWhite Wedding - Billy IdolAchey Brakey Heart - Billy Ray CyrusHot, Hot, Hot Buster - PoindexterLike A Virgin - MadonnaButterfly Kisses - Bob CarlysleSave a Horse Ride a Cowboy - Big n’ RichHot In Herre - NellyDancing Queen - ABBAGet The Party Started - PinkI Will Always Love You - Whitney HoustonParadise By The Dashboard Light - MeatloafStayin’ Alive -Bee Gee’s

butterflyjumper1 · March 2012

that is a great list!! thanks for sharing!

on our do not play list:
Electric Slide
Shout (I know this is a wedding tradition, but we HATE it!)
YMCA
Like A Virgin (inappropriate for children!!)
Chicken dance (yuck...I hadn't even thought to have to include that)
ANYTHING country
I don't mind 1 or 2 songs from the 70's...but totally agree with BMore, at the wedding we went to two weeks ago, there was definitely too much disco and 70's/early 80's music
Sweet Caroline (HATE IT even though it is always played at weddings)

We also want to keep it to only about 3 or 4 slow songs (other than our first dance, father/daughter dance, and mother/groom dance)....we want people to have fun, and not to be too sappy

This is going to sound like a weird one, but fiance and I have decided to include "The Piano Man." At the last three (seriously, at all 3!) weddings we went to, for some reason, the DJ has decided to make this the final song, and has asked all guests still on the dance floor to hold hands in a big circle around the bride and groom, and everyone has awkwardly swayed/ran in and out of the circle during the whole song. Not sure if this is just some weird Indiana thing, but we want to avoid it!!

We love the cha cha slide (I know some people hate it but we love it!) and also love the Cupid Shuffle, so those will be our two "get off your butt and dance" songs.

AllyG303 · March 2012

Chicken dance and the YMCA...ugh

Nati05 · March 2012

Luckily for us no one has ever heard of the chicken dance so that song outted itself. Unfortunately that also means no one has ever heard of or done the electric slide before : We're banning certain Latin genres we can't stand and a few other songs in there. I agree with a lot of songs you girls have posted so here are others on my list: Low flo rida he sings this right? HATE! I will leave Anything thats was outplayed by Outkast Poker Face Lady Gaga...i hear this wayyy too much here Don't mind Shout, though I doubt it will be played, but i can't STAND the YMCA!! I'll have to come back and post more as I remember them lol

penny12986 · March 2012

Our Do Not Play:

We Are Family – Sister Sledge
Electric Slide
Macarena – Los Del Rio
Chicken Dance
Hokey Pokey
Celebration
YMCA
Black Eyed Peas
I’m Yours - Jason Mraz
Brown Eyed Girl – Van Morrison
Jack and Diane – John Mellancamp
Daughters – John Mayer
Lady in Red – Chris Deburgh

bridetobe71412 · March 2012

I think we'll go through with the band what we'd like them to play and what we'd like them to avoid, but because they're a band and not a DJ, I'm hoping I don't have to tell them not to "sing" the Chicken Dance or the Cha Cha Slide or whatever. I guess we'll see when we speak with the band leader

Sorry guys, I HATE group dances! And I LOVE Sweet Caroline and Piano Man! To each their own

And I absolutely abhore Fergie in general. She's terrible. There will be no Beyonce "All the Single Ladies" either. I'm sure I'll think of others.

penny12986 · March 2012

In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/wedding-club-boards_july-2012-weddings_qotd-do-not-play-songs?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Wedding Club BoardsForum:066005ef-215f-48b1-8655-328b41e07c52Discussion:45bb770d-b46e-46f0-83c9-d5d9d5ca4174Post:46cef3dd-2d4d-4a03-bedd-2df1d1cef983">Re: QOTD: Do Not Play songs</a>:
[QUOTE]that is a great list!! thanks for sharing! on our do not play list: Electric Slide Shout (I know this is a wedding tradition, but we HATE it!) YMCA Like A Virgin (inappropriate for children!!) Chicken dance (yuck...I hadn't even thought to have to include that) ANYTHING country I don't mind 1 or 2 songs from the 70's...but totally agree with BMore, at the wedding we went to two weeks ago, there was definitely too much disco and 70's/early 80's music Sweet Caroline (HATE IT even though it is always played at weddings) We also want to keep it to only about 3 or 4 slow songs (other than our first dance, father/daughter dance, and mother/groom dance)....we want people to have fun, and not to be too sappy :) This is going to sound like a weird one, but fiance and I have decided to include "The Piano Man." At the last three (seriously, at all 3!) weddings we went to, for some reason, the DJ has decided to make this the final song, and has asked all guests still on the dance floor to hold hands in a big circle around the bride and groom, and everyone has awkwardly swayed/ran in and out of the circle during the whole song. Not sure if this is just some weird Indiana thing, but we want to avoid it!! We love the cha cha slide (I know some people hate it but we love it!) and also love the Cupid Shuffle, so those will be our two "get off your butt and dance" songs.
Posted by butterflyjumper1[/QUOTE]

Hahaha!

Sweet Caroline is our last dance song of the night! It's a Fenway Park thing<img src="http://cdn.cl9.vanillaforums.com/downloaded/ver1.0/content/scripts/tinymce/plugins/emotions/images/smiley-smile.gif" border="0" alt="Smile" title="Smile" />

BmoreBride311 · March 2012

In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/wedding-club-boards_july-2012-weddings_qotd-do-not-play-songs?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Wedding Club BoardsForum:066005ef-215f-48b1-8655-328b41e07c52Discussion:45bb770d-b46e-46f0-83c9-d5d9d5ca4174Post:2c53488d-9fed-4970-8a94-2cabb1f6ccc3">Re: QOTD: Do Not Play songs</a>:
[QUOTE]For me it's all group dances, country, and any 70's disco. I also am not a fan of jazz music so that won't be played at my wedding. Here's a list of common DNP songs, although it seems to be a bit dated and I still like a few of the songs. Most Requested: Hot, Hot, Hot Buster - Poindexter Posted by arunkumar[/QUOTE]

I agree with this list completely, except what is this one?? I've never heard of that (I don't think...?)

butterflyjumper1 · March 2012

haha!

I actually like the song Sweet Caroline, but once again, it's one of those songs that everyone gets into a circle for (at least at Indiana weddings) and pretends to reach out and touch each other, and we just find big holding hand circle dances to be awkward!

And I LOVE LOVE LOVE Billy Joel (I have even seen him in concert)....it's just the circle thing that keeps happening that I hate!! Which is why we are nixing that song all together even though I love the song

everyone has really great ideas for do not play lists....I am afraid ours is going to get to be too long!

bells24412 · March 2012

I haven't really thought about the Do Not Play List too much. I know the chicken dance and the electric slide are out of the question though.

lvissers · March 2012

A few I'll add to the List :

RESPECT - Aretha Franklin
Mamma Mia - Abba
Dancing Queen - Abba
Hot in Here - Nelly
Baby - Justin Beiber
My Heart Will Go On - Celine Dion
NSync - even though I secretly love them, don't want it at the wedding, lol
Backstreet Boys - ditto from above
Oops I did it again, Baby One More Time, plus some others from Britney
Love Song - Selena Gomez
Levels - Avicii - SOO overplayed!
Forget You - Cee Lo Green
Ice Ice baby - Vanilla Ice
Yea - Usher
Humpty Dance - Digital underground
It Wasnt Me - Shaggy
One Minute man - Missy Elliott
Any Destiny's Child
Any Jennifer Lopez

MeaganR12 · March 2012

lol I love most line dances and group dances. I know a lot of people don't though.

ours is:

SHOUT

We Are Family

YMCA

the Chicken Dance

Mustang Sally

Dancing Queen

Mamma Mia

My Sharona

Love Shack

Staying Alive

Baby Got Back

Twist and Shout

Celebration

Brick House

the Twist

Play that Funky Music

Get Down Tonight

Now that I'm looking at it, I think ours has a lot of 70s music on it. But in all honesty, this is my 'dream' do not play list, in actuality I'll probably leave some of these off it it. I really don't want to alienate my grandparents from dancing.

butterflyjumper1 · March 2012

In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/wedding-club-boards_july-2012-weddings_qotd-do-not-play-songs?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Wedding Club BoardsForum:066005ef-215f-48b1-8655-328b41e07c52Discussion:45bb770d-b46e-46f0-83c9-d5d9d5ca4174Post:a7de4bbc-b10a-4203-b17e-435601a77eae">Re: QOTD: Do Not Play songs</a>:
[QUOTE]A few I'll add to the List : RESPECT - Aretha Franklin Mamma Mia - Abba Dancing Queen - Abba Hot in Here - Nelly Baby - Justin Beiber My Heart Will Go On - Celine Dion NSync - even though I secretly love them, don't want it at the wedding, lol Backstreet Boys - ditto from above Oops I did it again, Baby One More Time, plus some others from Britney Love Song - Selena Gomez Levels - Avicii - SOO overplayed! Forget You - Cee Lo Green Ice Ice baby - Vanilla Ice Yea - Usher Humpty Dance - Digital underground It Wasnt Me - Shaggy One Minute man - Missy Elliott Any Destiny's Child Any Jennifer Lopez
Posted by lvissers[/QUOTE]

ahhhhhh funny you should post this one! I had NEVER heard this played at a wedding until the wedding we were at on March 10th...after the first dance/other required dances, and like 5 slow songs, "It Wasn't Me" was the first uptempto/clubby song the DJ started playing. HUH??? it was so bizarre to me, we will definitely have to make sure it is on our list! It is the least wedding appropriate song I have ever heard, haha!

k8888 · March 2012

You guys are so picky!!

On our DNP list:

Anything by Train, Pink, or Katy Perry

Our DJ already told us he doesn't do line/group dances so we didn't have to bother tellling him our families won't dance to them

RyansBelovedBride · March 2012

We'll be doing an ipod wedding, so we'll make the list and don't have to worry about it...

But I'm amused by how many of the do not plays mentioned I like.

For Ryan and I, we've agreed we won't play anything with vulgar lyrics. That is anything that is sexually inappropriate or filled with curse words. Unless it's in another language. I'm okay with that since I can't understand it.

My plan for my wedding is to email a lot of our guests and get their requests, with the understanding that we get veto power and nothing vulgar. From this I hope to get very ecclectic music. I have very ecclectic tastes. I like Christian, country, rock, pop, rock and roll, oldies, jazz, international, etc. I just don't like every song in those genres.

I definitely want to have some Bollywood music (I'm thinking A Marriage Has Come to Town from Bride and Prejudice), some salsa music, and there was some Bosnian music we'd always dance to in my Bosnian friend's dorm room in college I definitely want. I also want some fun peppy songs like Brown Eyed Girl and Down by the Boardwalk. Then I know Ryan will want something with a beat, some rock and hip hop. And I already have requests for the group dance songs, especially the chaa chaa slide. I know my maid of honor will be wanting swing dance songs, and probably one charleston song. It's going to be ecclectic and AWESOME.

k8888 · March 2012

RyansBelovedBride - Just playing devil's advocate here... even if there's vulgar language, but in another language, isn't it still vulgar? Will no one at all understand it?

KimC1983 · March 2012

Haha. I'm a nut, and I've told my FI that i will be walking down the aisle to Like a Virgin. It's been a running joke with my group of friends since I was in high school. I'm not doing it but I think it's funny to mess with him.

Also,

No Chicken Dance,

No single ladies

No celine dion.

Other than that, so far, I'm okay with anything. It could be my mind is focused on other stuff right now, and I'll have a list a mile long when I start thinking of it.

cmhutchison22 · March 2012

Shaggy's It Wasn't Me was really played at a wedding? That song is about a guy getting caught cheating on his girlfriend and denying it. Yeah, not an apporprieate song for a wedding.

Melissa.hylton · March 2012

pretty much ALL of these songs...

Most Requested DO NOT PLAYChicken Dance VariousMacarena- Los Del RioYMCA - Village PeopleCha Cha Slide - DJ CasperElectric Slide - Marcia GriffithsMambo #5 - Lou BegaMy Humps - Black Eyed PeasLove Shack - B-52’sCelebration - Kool & The GangShout Otis - DayGrease Megamix - VariousFriends in Low Places - Garth BrooksWind Beneath My Wings - Bette MidlerWho Let the Dogs Out - Baha MenThong Song - SisqoHokey Pokey - VariousWhite Wedding - Billy IdolAchey Brakey Heart - Billy Ray CyrusHot, Hot, Hot Buster - PoindexterLike A Virgin - MadonnaButterfly Kisses - Bob CarlysleSave a Horse Ride a Cowboy - Big n’ RichHot In Herre - NellyDancing Queen - ABBAGet The Party Started - PinkI Will Always Love You - Whitney HoustonParadise By The Dashboard Light - MeatloafStayin’ Alive -Bee Gee’s

mandctaft · March 2012

Red Solo Cup! I HATE that song.

Also the YMCA and Chicken Dance. I don't mind some group dances, but I don't like those 2 at weddings.

butterflyjumper1 · March 2012

I don't think I have ever heard of "Red Solo Cup"....

RyansBelovedBride · March 2012

In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/wedding-club-boards_july-2012-weddings_qotd-do-not-play-songs?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Wedding%20Club%20BoardsForum:066005ef-215f-48b1-8655-328b41e07c52Discussion:45bb770d-b46e-46f0-83c9-d5d9d5ca4174Post:edd8edc9-6eb0-4247-b6ab-6856946d7aff">Re: QOTD: Do Not Play songs</a>:
[QUOTE]RyansBelovedBride - Just playing devil's advocate here... even if there's vulgar language, but in another language, isn't it still vulgar? Will no one at all understand it?
Posted by k8888[/QUOTE]
Shrugs. I don't know. I won't. lol.

dawnleanna1 · March 2012

Haven't made a complete list yet but we already told the DJ no chicken dance and NO country at all

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