So, well, this Halloween, the only thing we decorated or dressed up was the cat. Next year, I think P should be the lead singer from this wonderful vid, and I’ll either be present-girl or one of his minions. Wednesday can be the doberman pinscher.
Watch and enjoy. And giggle at an Italian butchering some German.
So, quite frequently I listen to music that should probably embarrass me in some way, but to be honest, I really don’t care. I love my guilty-pleasure jams, dangit.
This one certainly brightened up this dreary Monday.
Lately I’ve also been getting carried away about thinking of what music to have at the reception. When this came up on my playlist, I (of course) instantly had a “OMGTHISWOULDBESOFUNTODANCETO” moment. I’m having too many of those moments lately. I think it would be prudent for us to have a good mix of the fun songs and the more general-crowd-pleasing songs. (Or as JP calls them, “the after 10pm songs”).
I guess this is why we hired a DJ.
Anybody else get stressed out over the music ratios? I don’t want a boring wedding, but I also don’t want the older crowd to feel alienated and scram after 4 seconds.
Even though we aren’t the world’s best dancers, we love to jump around, have fun, and throw spontaneous dance parties. Wednesday usually joins in. Sleepyhead by Passion Pit is one of my all-time favorite songs, and this video is pretty much, well, the best dancing of all time. I hope we can be this cool. Yet another song to be added to the wedding playlist.
…then we would totally use Obsessed with You by The Orion Experience as our first dance song. It is our song. It’s awesome, super fun, and I know we’ll have it on our playlist for the reception.
We might just wait until people have a few more cocktails in ‘em to play it.
Anybody else have some “couple” songs that are not exactly first-dance appropriate?
Neither JP nor I are very dancily-inclined. We’re both pretty awkward people, to be perfectly honest. I forget how long my limbs are. JP has big feet. I have tiny feet. I giggle or act like a fool when I’m nervous. I think our idea of dancing is jumping up and down. We’re really good at that. JP can totally rock the Nathaniel Dance. Regular dancing? We’re not so good at that.
I took ballroom dancing in middle-school. The only thing I remember about it is always being paired with the shortest dude and how to do the boxy dance move doo-dad.
I’m not sure how JP and I will handle our first dance as far as “moves” go. Maybe we’ll just wing it? Sounds about like us. We do, however, have a pretty good idea of what we want our first dance song to be– “The Way I Am” by Ingrid Michaelson. It’s a sweet song, but also sort-of fits in with our omnipresent “We’re going to be who we are, damnit” theme. Life and love are not always ponies and rainbows, but we’ll always be there to back each other up.
Without further ado, here’s the song if you haven’t heard it. (And yes, it was on that Old Navy sweater commercial. Leave me alone).
And here be the lyrics…
The Way I Am
If you were falling, then I would catch you.
You need a light, I’d find a match.‘Cause I love the way you say good morning.
And you take me the way I am.If you are chilly, here take my sweater.
Your head is aching, I’ll make it better.‘Cause I love the way you call me baby.
And you take me the way I am.I’d buy you Rogaine when you start losing all your hair.
Sew on patches to all your tears.‘Cause I love you more than I could ever promise.
And you take me the way I am.
You take me the way I am.
You take me the way I am.
A little less cheese-tastic than most first dance songs, but with just as much sweetness and meaning. (Even though I doubt JP’s insanely thick hair will ever need Rogaine. Maybe we should replace that with Just for Men Gel).
JP, if you try not to step on my dress, I’ll try not to step on your toes.
Ever since we’ve been engaged, perhaps even before, I’ve wanted “All I Want is You” by Barry Louis Polisar to be played as we walk down the aisle after we’re married. (Recessional, I think, in fancy-wedding-speak). I just think it’s perfect, magic, and, well, awesome.
Imagine being surprised as a guest as that played at the end of the wedding! Somebody singing the song up front! Instruments popping up (banjo? harmonica?) and playing it! Just fantastic.
We have a little problem though. Our church, on the handout thingy they gave us when we booked the date, clearly states, “No secular music.” Way to rain on my parade. We might be able to get around this, if we beg hard enough, or so I hope.
Has anybody else had the secular/non-secular issue with ceremony music?
This crazy Finnish music video is amazing, simply amazing. I’m also amazed at how JP must have time-traveled back to the 70s to be the head backup dancer.
