Comments on: Song for mother-son dance?

Question: Song for mother-son dance?

condour75 — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 08:29:56 -0800

Looking for a mother-son dance song for my wedding.

Mom's a boomer and LOVED the Beatles when she was a little girl, so I was thinking that early Beatles would be perfect. But other stuff from the era -- I know she likes Aretha Franklin, for instance -- would also be acceptable. The trick is, obviously I want to avoid stuff with lyrics that smack of romantic (even if squeaky clean, geared-to-screaming-13-year-old-girls) love.

Thoughts?

By: Jon_Evil

Jon_Evil — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 08:34:21 -0800

John Lennon - Beautiful Boy?

By: Jon_Evil

Jon_Evil — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 08:35:50 -0800

Also, directly afterwards you should [tounge-in-cheekly] play the Beatles' Another Girl

By: mollymayhem

mollymayhem — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 08:42:51 -0800

Mother Nature's Son? (Holy crap. Going through my Beatles playlist, and Another Girl came up. That'd be really messed up as a mother/son dance son. But funny.)

By: mollymayhem

mollymayhem — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 08:46:07 -0800

Awww, burned on the Another Girl. Should have previewed.

On a modern note, Devil Makes Three's For My Family would be a lovely mother/son dance song.

By: moxiedoll

moxiedoll — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 08:48:21 -0800

I'm Happy Just to Dance With You?

By: gursky

gursky — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 08:55:56 -0800

this is sort of my go-to "awesome mom" song, and it alludes to having a good father too (don't know if that works..?) but:

Good Mother by Jann Arden. a good 'tribute' song.

By: Lord Fancy Pants

Lord Fancy Pants — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 08:57:34 -0800

Forever Young.

Not Beatles but may be a nice tune.

By: GamblingBlues

GamblingBlues — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 09:04:43 -0800

I danced with my mom at my wedding to "In My Life" off Rubber Soul. So there's that.

By: explosion

explosion — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 09:47:16 -0800

I also danced to "In My Life" with my mother, at her request. Definitely feel free to use it, unless your mom reads AskMe, she's not going to know you cribbed off me and GamblingBlues.

By: SurrenderMonkey

SurrenderMonkey — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 09:54:39 -0800

From Magical Mystery Tour - Your Mother Should Know

Let's all get up and dance to a song
That was a hit before your mother was born.
Though she was born a long, long time ago
Your mother should know...

By: Cygnet

Cygnet — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 09:54:46 -0800

I came here to suggest In My Life, too! It's a great song.

By: That takes balls.

That takes balls. — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 10:15:34 -0800

"Peanut Butter Jelly Time" by Buckwheat Boyz.

By: condour75

condour75 — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 10:22:11 -0800

Thanks everyone! I think "In My Life" is it, although Forever Young (by Dylan, not the Rod Stewart song) seems like a good choice too. But "In My Life", even though it's from late '65, fits the bill the best by far. (I'm not entirely crazy about the camp harpsichord bridge but whatever, every rose has its thorn)

I'll ask mom, of course.

By: liquado

liquado — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 11:49:38 -0800

Most memorable dance with my mother, at my graduation, was "What a Wonderful World," Louis Armstrong.

By: cooker girl

cooker girl — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 14:30:36 -0800

The "Over the Rainbow/What a Wonderful World" song by Israel Kamakawiwo'ole seems to have been trailing me since my son was in preschool (he's now 12). It makes me weep, in a good way. It's lovely, it's not too slow, not too fast, and it's ridiculously sentimental. Not from the era, but I thought another mom's perspective might be nice.

And, can I just say? How wonderful that you are looking for the song. So many grooms leave it for the bride to decide.

By: Brody's chum

Brody's chum — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 16:02:59 -0800

If your mother is a big fan of the Beatles, then "Julia" might be extra-meaningful to her, since Lennon wrote it for his mother.
However, while it is haunting and beautiful, it might be a bad song for actual dancing.