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First Dance

kathleenmichellekathleenmichelle member
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Hi everyone! Just wondering how you all chose your first dance songs- we were originally thinking about songs that we consider "our song" but they're both pretty fast songs, which I don't really feel comfortable with.  Has anyone else chosen a fast song for your first dance- and if so, how did you do it :)

Right now I'm seriously thinking about "Sea of Love" by Cat Power for our first dance.  What do you think? :)
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  • ciligirlciligirl
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    Long story short- I'm old and all BM's are young (daughter and my BF daughters, basically college girls).  We joked with them that our first song ws going to be Rhianna "We found Love" and they gagged!  We were really just joking around.  We have similar problem, all our songs are alternative rock- foos, pom, chevelle  that kind of stuff.  So when looking for covers of some of them we found "Only Girl" by Rhianna but done by Boyce Avenue, and we both loved it so this is going to be our first song.  And then the original version will be our last song.  I love in the remix where he says, some day I will make you my wife  :)

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8cVZuJP6YRU

    Oh, and I LOVE that version of Sea of Love!  Love it! 

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  • Salsera29Salsera29 member
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    We had originally decided on "Your Song" by Elton John, because we both loved it and because i wrote him a song when we started dating. Then a couple months ago we were out at dinner, and "Have I Told You Lately" came on, and it made me cry. So now that's our first dance song. 
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  • erinlin25erinlin25 member
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    first dance doesn't have to technically be "your song."  FI and my song is sweet home alabama, but that wouldn't be very first dance like.  So we chose "Your Everything" from Keith Urban because the words really spoke to us.  I recommended it since I came across it on my ipod one day when I was driving home (FI and I were long distance for a few months).  I hated having to leave him every weekend, and so one night I was driving back and this song came on my ipod--as I listened to the words I started to cry for it was this song that made me realize I didn't want to be long distance anymore.  The next day I put in my two weeks at work, packed up my car and moved to be with FI and help him start his business. (he was my boyfriend at the time).  Everytime I hear I that song, I remember that moment, and how it brought me to where I needed to be.

     
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  • harper0813harper0813 member
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    I really want something "us" (such as "I'll Do Anything Once" by The Strokes or "Anchored in Love" by June Carter Cash) that's not necessarily love-centric, and he wants something overly romantic and crowd-pleasing (and he really has his heart set on the cliché "At Last" by Etta James).

    We compromised and have tentatively chosen "Unchained Melody" by the Righteous Brothers. It's crowd-pleasing and romantic if not a little cliché, but it has a lot of meaning to me... meaning: my favorite movie growing up, since I was 5, was "Ghost", and my dad used to sing that song to me all the time.

    Brainstorm with him. Throw ideas out there. And try dancing to them in your kitchen while making dinner, or something.
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  • Jessa617 Jessa617 member
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    FI and I are still deciding. He used to sing "Let;s Get it On" to me when we first started dating. We would sit in my truck and just listen to music all night. I would love for that to be our first song, but I'm not sure that's it really appropriate! So at this point, we haven't made a decision yet. All songs meaninful to us are fast paced which I don't mind, but they are generic songs and the lyrics aren't exactly fit for a first dance.
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  • lenasilva00lenasilva00
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    Right now I have the cliche "At Last" because I love that song and the lyrics are wonderful!!  But, it's still a moving target!!! LOL

    There is so much to choose from...  I adore "L-O-V-E" by Nat King Cole also...
    "Into the Mystic" is lovely too...I'm looking at the classics more so than new music.
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  • blondii428blondii428 member
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    We are using "Guardian Angel" by Red Jumpsuit Apparatus because when we first started dating my FI said that song reminded him of me.  Its slow for the most part but the rock part picks up in the middle, we are bound to make it work because that song has meaning to both of us!
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  • Dani182Dani182 member
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    I think that you can use any song that is special to y'all.  My fiance and I are dancing to Better Together by Jack Johnson.
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