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Non traditional song suggestions, please? :)

vparmleyvparmley
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Hi! I'm trying to think of some songs to play for the prelude, processional (WP, not mine) and recessional music. The only suggestions I couldfind at least for the prelude and processional have been mostly classical and stuffy music which doesn't work for our personalities or wedding style at all. We listen to nearly every musical genre except country. We're having our ceremony in a rose garden and the reception in an old-school auditorium (wooden floors, wooden beams kind of thing, no bleachers. ;-))

Songs for sure: my processional is Everlong (Acoustic) by Foo Fighters, edited down (there's no way I'm taking 4 minutes to walk down an aisle.) And our first dance is Make It Wit Chu by Queens of the Stone Age.

I've got a list of songs that I like and am trying to put in places, but can't really decide what's good or not good. For the cake I'm looking at My Love by Justin Timberlake/TI, Such Great Heights by Iron and Wine (from the Garden State Soundtrack), Candy Man Chirstina Aguilera, Beautiful Day by U2. And for entrance songs and/or WP dance songs I'm looking at Bring Em Out (TI), Say Hey (I Love you) Michael Franti/Spearhead, I Got a Feeling (BEP), Let's Get it Started (BEP).

Do you gals have any suggestions for prelude, WP processional, recessional or any other kind of songs to incorporate?

Thanks! :)
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Re: Non traditional song suggestions, please? :)

  • tpender13tpender13 member
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    edited December 2011
    Have you ever heard "Falling In Love In A Coffeeshop" by Landon Pigg? Or maybe "We're Going To Be Friends" by the White Stripes? What about another acoustic version of a rock song for the processional, that would go into "Everlong" well?
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  • aras8609aras8609 member
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    edited December 2011
    I heard Somewhere Over the Rainbow by Israel Kamakaowiwo (sp?). Anyway, I think it was played at the end of FInding Forrester.  I loved it. Made me cry at a wedding I recently went to.
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  • tpender13tpender13 member
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    edited December 2011
    Oooh, what about "Do You Realize?" by the Flaming Lips? The Vitamin String Quartet did a version of it, if you want it without the lyrics.
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  • fiddle14fiddle14 member
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    edited December 2011

    Definitely check out the Vitamin String Quartet or Hampton String Quartet.  Both groups have made a career of recording string quartet versions of rock / pop songs.  There are literally hundreds to choose from.    You can go to an MP3 site like Amazon or iTunes to hear samples and purchase the ones you want. 

    Movie themes are another great source of instrumental music.  Some suggestions:
    * The Ludlows (from Legends of the Fall)
    * Main title theme from Forrest Gump (also called the "Feather Theme")
    * Somewhere in Time (main title theme)
    * For Just a Moment (love theme from St. Elmo's Fire)
    * Glasgow Love Theme (from Love Actually)

    * Gabriel's Oboe (from The Mission)


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  • vparmleyvparmley
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    edited December 2011
    Thanks, girls! These are awesome suggestions. I'm definitely going to look these up on iTunes or Amazon! :)
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  • viewfromheaven05viewfromheaven05 member
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    edited December 2011
    I too wanted to do untraditional so I happened to fall in love with this mae song.  its instrumental but it's really pretty...you might think it's not edgy enough, but i figured i'd suggest it.  check out falling into you by mae on either youtube or amazon/itunes.  it's a beautiful song.  they also have two birds with is also intrumental and pretty.
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  • underthestars23underthestars23 member
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    edited December 2011
    I am going to find the instrumental version to Drops of Jupiter by Train.  I fell in love with that song years ago, and I am not a here comes the bride kind of girl either.  Mae also has a lot of good songs.
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  • hippie4yahwehhippie4yahweh
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    edited December 2011
    I definitely suggest nixing the Iron and Wine version of Such Great Heights (I love I&W but that version's so slooooowwwww) and thinking about using the original version by Death Cab for Cutie for your recessional or entrance song (that's what we're using) :)

    I'm using I&W Flightless Bird for the WP processional, b/c it goes really well with my processional song- Forever, Ben Harper. Flightless Bird may be about politics, but.... whatever. LOL it's pretty, I dig it ;)
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  • broleebrolee member
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    edited December 2011
    We're having 2 guitarists play acoustic, the WP is walking to Tuolumne by Eddie Vedder-no lyrics to this song (it's only 1 min but they are looping it)  and I'm walking to Going to California by Led Zeppelin (no lyrics, just guitars).
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  • jloh47jloh47
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    edited December 2011
    "Brighter than Sunshine" by Aqualung is a great song that I've not seen anyone mention.
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  • vparmleyvparmley
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    edited December 2011
    In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/special-topic-wedding-boards_first-dance_non-traditional-song-suggestions-please?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Special Topic Wedding BoardsForum:29Discussion:d5eb1a0d-0f7d-40bd-a7a7-331fac638fffPost:f2ae53b2-54b3-47ec-a135-e6b5e90a5dcb">Re: Non traditional song suggestions, please? :)</a>:
    [QUOTE]We're having 2 guitarists play acoustic, the WP is walking to Tuolumne by Eddie Vedder-no lyrics to this song (it's only 1 min but they are looping it)  and I'm walking to Going to California by Led Zeppelin (no lyrics, just guitars).
    Posted by brolee[/QUOTE]

    That is awesome; I love that song.

    Thanks for all of the great tips, girls. I'm tremendously appreciative; I'm not great at thinking outside of the box so these are all SO helpful!
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