In my continuing quest to clear away the enormous overhang of things to do, I have reached the item on my (computer) desktop (virtual) post-it note labelled “wedding playlists.” Here, then, are the songs we gave to the DJs to play at our wedding. I think I remember hearing most of them actually played, though I can’t be sure. The DJs were also very good at mixing in some of their own music that fit well with our own suggestions, so these lists are underinclusive as well as overinclusive.
If you’d like to know more about any of these pieces or you’re trying to reconstruct exactly what song that was that you really liked, please get in touch. I’m always happy to help friends track down music they like.
Drinking
- When I’m Sixty-Four, The Beatles
- There’s Too Much Love, Belle & Sebastian
- You’re the One, Tracy Chapman
- Tangled up in Blue, Bob Dylan
- At Last, Etta James
- Duke Of Earl, Last Forever
- If There’s Such A Thing As Love, The Magnetic Fields
- Jenny, The Mountain Goats
- Going to Port Washington, The Mountain Goats
- Wildflowers, Tom Petty
- Wichita Lineman, R.E.M.
- She’s An Angel, They Might Be Giants
- Orange-Colored Sky, Richard Thompson
Eating
- Blackbird, The Beatles
- Only A Northern Song, The Beatles
- Dreaming My Dreams, The Cranberries
- Fluorescent Lights, Carissa’s Wierd
- Rene And Georgette Magritte With Their Dog After The War, Paul Simon
- One Night Stand (Miss You), Carissa’s Wierd
- Here, There And Everywhere, The Beatles
- Look On Down From the Bridge, Mazzy Star
- Kiss Me On The Moon, The Nields
- My Own Kind Of Hat, Merle Haggard
- Your Belgian Things, The Mountain Goats
- Strange Angels, Laurie Anderson
- Jerusalem, Dan Bern
- Where Does The Time Go?, The Innocence Mission
- Bedside Table, Bedhead
- The Wind, Cat Stevens
- Red Clay Halo, Gillian Welch
- A Marriage Made In Heaven, Tindersticks
- Suite: Judy Blue Eyes, Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
- One More Dollar, Gillian Welch
- Shelter from the Storm, Dylan, Bob
- Be My Toboggan, The Mammals
- My Wandering Days Are Over, Belle & Sebastian
- Pageant Square, The Kingsbury Manx
- The Last Fare of The Day, Richard Shindell
- Strange Currencies, R.E.M.
- Wonder, Natalie Merchant
- Lincoln Park Pirates, Steve Goodman
- Our House, Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
Dancing
- Hey Bulldog, The Beatles
- Bad Moon Rising, Creedence Clearwater Revival
- Like a Rolling Stone, Bob Dylan
- Bobby Don’t Stop, Steve Goodman
- Kind of Love, Grey Eye Glances
- Like A Prayer, Madonna
- The Heimlich Maneuver, Mah-Jong
- This Cavern Is Very Exciting, Mah-Jong
- Queen of Quiet, Erin McKeown
- La Petite Mort, Erin McKeown
- Lumberjack Song, Monty Python
- Bruces’ Philosophers Song, Monty Python
- Southwood Plantation Road, The Mountain Goats
- Jockey Full of Bourbon, Moxy Früvous
- My Baby Loves a Bunch of Authors, Moxy Früvous
- Jeremy Newborn Street, The Nields
- Hey Ya!, OutKast
- Stand, R.E.M.
- New York City, They Might Be Giants
- Meet James Ensor, They Might Be Giants
- Ana Ng, They Might Be Giants
- The Weight, Travis
- Mysterious Ways, U2
- One Way Love (Better Off Dead), E.G. Daily
- music that tears itself apart, Jason Webley
- What Do You Love More Than Love, Dar Williams