Alternative Playlist for wedding. You decide.

oldscoil

Hi Folks,

I'm getting married next week, and my wedding DJ has told me he'll play anything I woulsd like to hear.

We are hoping the band will provide enough enjoyment for the oldies, however I feel the DJ should belong to the "younger" crowd (25yo- 35yo):p

So with that in mind I'm putting together a list of tunes to give our DJ and I'd like you help.

I'm looking for "alternative" (UUUGGHHHH I hate that word) songs but good songs.

No Dancing Queen, no Galway Girl, no Saw Doctors, no sh1te basically.

Yes to The Smiths, yes to Eagles fo Death Metal, yes to The Roses etc.

It can be from any era of music, and not just "indie".


So whaddah say....any ideas.:)

I'll start of if I may.

1. Want somebody to love: Jefferson Airplane.
2. Suffragette City: Bowie.
3. Rock Lobster: B52s
4. Epic: FNM
5. Take me out: Franz Ferdinand.
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Sunny_Dublin

Dramarama - Anything Anything
Blondie - one way or another
smashing pumkins - today

the last one proved to be a big hit at my "indie" wedding

Love will tear us apart - Joy Division.

First song my parents danced to. And ironically enough, it did.

Creamy Goodness

the smiths - frankly mr. shankley.

old crow medicine show - wagon wheel

weezer - buddy holly (to get the fronz dances)

Dozen Wicked Words

The Middle - Jimmy Eat World
She Said - The Longpigs (olden but golden!!)
Apply Some Pressure - Maximo Park

Xavi6

Deaht Cab For Cutie - I Will Follow You Into The Dark (for a romantic slow dance. I'll be having it at mine whenever that is)
Blink 182 - All The Small Things
Offspring - Pretty Fly For A White Guy
Barenaked Ladies - One Week
Bloodhound Gang - The Bad Touch
Bluetones - Slight Return
The La's - There She Goes
James - Sit Down
Blur - Charmless Man
Pulp - Disco 2000
Darkness - I Believe In A Thing Called Love
Doves - Pounding
Jimmy Eat World - The Middle
Killers - Mr Brightside
Lifehouse - Hangin By A Moment
Oasis - Live Forever
Razorlight - Golden Touch
Supergrass - Alright
Semisonic - Closing Time
Spin Doctors - Two Princes

TestTransmission

Gotta throw in a few Beatles songs..

davgtrek

a few tracks are trying too hard there.
not sure how you can contemplate "the eagles"

roses
nirvana
manics
gomez
beck
jurrasic 5

problem is ur kind of stuck to charts/mainstream so that 2/3 crowd will have heard of it. which is a contradiction if you want indie.

for eg.
passion pit "seaweed song" would be class at any party but would people jump up exclaiming its passion pit !!! and hail the dj as on the pulse... i doubt it

still fair play to ya for saying no to the usual wedding shi@e and raising the bar...

DevilMayCry

Congrats on your wedding oldscoil!

The Cure - Lovecats
TV On The Radio - Wolf Like Me
Spoon - You Got Yr. Cherry Bomb
Killers - All These Things That I've Done
The Bravery - Public Service Announcement
Peter Bjorn And John - Young Folks
The Stone Roses - Love Spreads
The Libertines - Can't Stand Me Now
The Pixies - Hey
The White Stripes - Hotel Yorba !!!!
Rolling Stones - Practically anything, but maybe 'Satisfaction' everyone goes mad for that

one man clappin

The Stone Roses - I am the resurrection.
Hot Chip - And I was a boy from school / Over and over
Faithless - God is a dj / We come 1.

oldscoil

one man clappin wrote: »

The Stone Roses - I am the resurrection.
Hot Chip - And I was a boy from school / Over and over
Faithless - God is a dj / We come 1.

Thanks one man clappin.

I actually started a "dancy" thread, and included Over and Over in there!!:)

Zipp101

Anything by Beatles or Beach boys;

David Bowie-Modern Love
Bruce Springsteen-glory days
Lenny Kravitz-fly away
The magic numbers-love me like you
The Police- Message in a bottle
R.Kelly- ignition
The Smiths-This Charming man
Stone Roses-Waterfall
Talking Heads-Once in a lifetime
Travis-Flowers in the window
Weezer-Island in the sun
Marc Cohn - true companion*

*EXCELLENT wedding song.

Molberts

yey first post! (I lurk a lot)

This is sort of my "thing" as on saturday nights I dj in a "regular" bar where my music brief is "no sh!te"... but I still have to keep the *what do you mean you wont play blackeyedpeas* crowd happy while also getting sneered at by skinny jean type boys for not playing their obscure and totally unsuitable requests either :rolleyes:

So anyway, heres some recommendations for keeping the majority of the crowd happy for the majority of the time at an indie-ish event :pac:

YYY- zero/y control/heads will roll
editors - munich/papillon
doves - black and white town
sublime - santeria/wrong way
The smiths - there is a light that never goes out
pulp - common people
lcd soundsystem - daft punk is playing at my house
the rapture - whoo yeah alright uhuh
the specials - too much too young/message to you rudy
madness - house of fun
the strokes - 1251/reptilia
belle and sebastian - expectations
jamie t - chaka demus
white lies - death/farewell to the fairground
moloko - the time is now
kings of leon - taper jean girl
blur - charmless man

need coffee to think of more :pac:

I hope you have a fab wedding!