Indie wedding playlists ...
April 15, 2012 8:01 PM Subscribe
Can we do this again? Indie music for a wedding? We're iPodding it for our reception, and would love some new suggestions for music that we might have overlooked. I've looked at the older threads on this on MeFi, but the newest one is a couple of years old.
"Oh My Stars" by Andrew Belle is a great song! I think it would be beautiful for wedding listening/dancing. Congratulations!
posted by Aquifer at 8:10 PM on April 15, 2012
posted by Aquifer at 8:10 PM on April 15, 2012
Ray Lamontagne & Damien Rice-"To Love Somebody"
Angus and Julia Stone- "You're The One That I Want"
Antony and the Johnsons- "Crazy In Love"
Antony and the Johnson- "Thank You For Your Love"
Erykah Badu- "Love Of My Life"
Feist- "My Moon My Man"
Joshua Radin- "I'd Rather Be With You"
Joshua Radin- "They Bring Me To You"
MoZella- "Love Is Something"
posted by livinglearning at 9:57 PM on April 15, 2012 [1 favorite]
Angus and Julia Stone- "You're The One That I Want"
Antony and the Johnsons- "Crazy In Love"
Antony and the Johnson- "Thank You For Your Love"
Erykah Badu- "Love Of My Life"
Feist- "My Moon My Man"
Joshua Radin- "I'd Rather Be With You"
Joshua Radin- "They Bring Me To You"
MoZella- "Love Is Something"
posted by livinglearning at 9:57 PM on April 15, 2012 [1 favorite]
"Alone", off Trampled by Turtle's brand-spanking new album, is simply beautiful.
posted by prinado at 10:14 PM on April 15, 2012
posted by prinado at 10:14 PM on April 15, 2012
"Home" by Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeroes ("Home is wherever I'm with you")
"Fidelity" by Regina Spektor is an obvious but perfect choice.
posted by lunasol at 10:32 PM on April 15, 2012
"Fidelity" by Regina Spektor is an obvious but perfect choice.
posted by lunasol at 10:32 PM on April 15, 2012
See what you think, these may or may not work for you:
• Isobell Campbell & Mark Lanegan—No Place to Fall
• Patrick Wolf—The City
• Moses Campbell—Saturday
• Joe Goddard—All I Know
• Michael Hurley—The Time Is Right
• Golden Birthday—Infinite Leagues
• Shimmering Stars—Let It Be Me [nice cover of the song the Everly Brothers made famous]
• Paul Baribeau—Strawberry
• The Black Lips—I'll Be With You
Not recent, but still great:
• Karen Dalton—I Love You More than Words Can Say
• The Raincoats—In Love
• I'm from Barcelona—Treehouse
Not technically indie or recent, but speaking as a former college radio dj, to me a good "indie" playlist has a lot of variety and surprise, so might you check them out to see if they add a bit of fun to your list:
• Rose Maddox—Hey Little Dreamboat [old school rockabilly]
• Frank Wilson—Do I Love You (Indeed I Do) [motown]
• Tom T. Hall—I Love [country]
• Barbara Lewis—Baby, I'm Your's [soul]
• Billy Stewart—I Do Love You [soul]
• Bobby Moore & The Rhythm Aces—Searching for my Love [soul]
• Jackie Wilson—I'll Be Satisfied [soul]
• Tracy Pendarvis—A Thousand Guitars [old school rockabilly]
• Kay Starr—Comes A-Long A-Love [swing]
• Jo Stafford—Make Love to Me [way old school vocal jazz]
• Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell—Ain't Nothing Like the Real Thing [classic]
• Susan Christie—When Love Comes [psych-folk-pop]
I'll probably have more tomorrow.
posted by jann at 12:13 AM on April 16, 2012
• Isobell Campbell & Mark Lanegan—No Place to Fall
• Patrick Wolf—The City
• Moses Campbell—Saturday
• Joe Goddard—All I Know
• Michael Hurley—The Time Is Right
• Golden Birthday—Infinite Leagues
• Shimmering Stars—Let It Be Me [nice cover of the song the Everly Brothers made famous]
• Paul Baribeau—Strawberry
• The Black Lips—I'll Be With You
Not recent, but still great:
• Karen Dalton—I Love You More than Words Can Say
• The Raincoats—In Love
• I'm from Barcelona—Treehouse
Not technically indie or recent, but speaking as a former college radio dj, to me a good "indie" playlist has a lot of variety and surprise, so might you check them out to see if they add a bit of fun to your list:
• Rose Maddox—Hey Little Dreamboat [old school rockabilly]
• Frank Wilson—Do I Love You (Indeed I Do) [motown]
• Tom T. Hall—I Love [country]
• Barbara Lewis—Baby, I'm Your's [soul]
• Billy Stewart—I Do Love You [soul]
• Bobby Moore & The Rhythm Aces—Searching for my Love [soul]
• Jackie Wilson—I'll Be Satisfied [soul]
• Tracy Pendarvis—A Thousand Guitars [old school rockabilly]
• Kay Starr—Comes A-Long A-Love [swing]
• Jo Stafford—Make Love to Me [way old school vocal jazz]
• Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell—Ain't Nothing Like the Real Thing [classic]
• Susan Christie—When Love Comes [psych-folk-pop]
I'll probably have more tomorrow.
posted by jann at 12:13 AM on April 16, 2012
Just an aside really, but when I picked music for our wedding reception last year, I ended up completely abandoning the idea that the music had to be romantic and/or meaningful, and just chose a hundred or so bits of music that (a) one or both of us enjoyed, and (b) would sound ok played as background music while a hundred people socialised and consumed food and drink. I found the simplest thing was to pick three or four of the most upbeat/catchy tracks by every artist we liked. I'm sure some of the songs were about heartbreak and divorce, but it mattered not at all, as the music was pretty much incidental to most of the people there.
posted by le morte de bea arthur at 1:34 AM on April 16, 2012 [2 favorites]
posted by le morte de bea arthur at 1:34 AM on April 16, 2012 [2 favorites]
john prine & iris dement, "in spite of ourselves"
posted by radiosilents at 2:36 AM on April 16, 2012 [2 favorites]
posted by radiosilents at 2:36 AM on April 16, 2012 [2 favorites]
When I saw the magnetic fields recently, when they played The Book of Love, Shirley asked who in the audience had played it at their wedding... At least half a dozen couples had : )
posted by Pre-Taped Call In Show at 2:37 AM on April 16, 2012 [3 favorites]
posted by Pre-Taped Call In Show at 2:37 AM on April 16, 2012 [3 favorites]
I would give someone that makes a specify playlist of this a big kiss.
posted by k8t at 10:46 AM on April 16, 2012
posted by k8t at 10:46 AM on April 16, 2012
Response by poster: Thank you for the suggestions! I have my work cut out for me - I'm making a Spotify playlist of these so I can listen to them later. Thank you!
posted by checkitnice at 11:00 AM on April 16, 2012
posted by checkitnice at 11:00 AM on April 16, 2012
When I saw the magnetic fields recently, when they played The Book of Love, Shirley asked who in the audience had played it at their wedding... At least half a dozen couples had : )
It's a cover of a Peter Gabriel song, and personally I like his version better.
posted by amro at 11:02 AM on April 16, 2012
It's a cover of a Peter Gabriel song, and personally I like his version better.
posted by amro at 11:02 AM on April 16, 2012
More.
See what you think, these may or may not work for you:
• Sally Shapiro—I'll Be by Your Side
• Colleen—The Heart Harmonicon
• Sleater-Kinney—Oh
• Lavender Diamond—Open Your Heart
Not recent, but still great:
• The Flatmates—I Could Be in Heaven
• Brian Eno—I'll Come Running
• The Puddle—Home Is Where
• The Go-Betweens—Love Goes On!
• The Jacobites—Kissed You Twice
• Beat Happening—Bewitched
• Holly Golightly—Directly from My Heart
• Yo La Tengo—Our Way to Fall
• Nick Drake—Know
Not technically indie or recent, but variety:
• Ella Fitzgerald—Sunshine of Your Love [jazzed up cover]
• John Holt—For the Love of You [Jamaican soul]
• Larry Darnell—Give Me Your Love [old school, rock'n'roll/doo-wop]
• Paul Bley—My Old Flame [piano jazz]
• Quartetto Cetra—Un bacio a mezzanotte [old Italian]
• Roxy Music—To Turn You On [glam?]
• Mississippi John Hurt—Ain't Nobody But You Babe [blues]
• Hédika—L'Amour c'est tout ou rien [yé-yé]
• Delroy Wilson—Once Upon a Time [reggae]
• Carlton & The Shoes—Love Me Forever [reggae]
And that's all I've got.
posted by jann at 11:14 AM on April 16, 2012
See what you think, these may or may not work for you:
• Sally Shapiro—I'll Be by Your Side
• Colleen—The Heart Harmonicon
• Sleater-Kinney—Oh
• Lavender Diamond—Open Your Heart
Not recent, but still great:
• The Flatmates—I Could Be in Heaven
• Brian Eno—I'll Come Running
• The Puddle—Home Is Where
• The Go-Betweens—Love Goes On!
• The Jacobites—Kissed You Twice
• Beat Happening—Bewitched
• Holly Golightly—Directly from My Heart
• Yo La Tengo—Our Way to Fall
• Nick Drake—Know
Not technically indie or recent, but variety:
• Ella Fitzgerald—Sunshine of Your Love [jazzed up cover]
• John Holt—For the Love of You [Jamaican soul]
• Larry Darnell—Give Me Your Love [old school, rock'n'roll/doo-wop]
• Paul Bley—My Old Flame [piano jazz]
• Quartetto Cetra—Un bacio a mezzanotte [old Italian]
• Roxy Music—To Turn You On [glam?]
• Mississippi John Hurt—Ain't Nobody But You Babe [blues]
• Hédika—L'Amour c'est tout ou rien [yé-yé]
• Delroy Wilson—Once Upon a Time [reggae]
• Carlton & The Shoes—Love Me Forever [reggae]
And that's all I've got.
posted by jann at 11:14 AM on April 16, 2012
By the way, all the ones I've suggested are available via Spotify. (That's where I double-checked them.)
posted by jann at 11:16 AM on April 16, 2012
posted by jann at 11:16 AM on April 16, 2012
Aw, The Book of Love was our first dance!
We also used Kanye West's Lost in the World, which was funny and irreverent (and scandalized the old folks, but I love Kanye).
We walked down the aisle to a violin rendition of Sufjan Stevens' The Predatory Wasp is Out to Get Us!
Other songs we asked the DJ to play:
TV on the Radio's Family Tree (also would make a great first dance song, though it's quite dark)
Cat Power's New York, New York because the wedding was in Brooklyn
Tallest Man on Earth's King of Spain and The Gardener
Ingrid Michaelson's Fools Rush In
Talking Heads' This Must Be The Place (Naive Melody)
posted by zoomorphic at 12:00 PM on April 16, 2012
We also used Kanye West's Lost in the World, which was funny and irreverent (and scandalized the old folks, but I love Kanye).
We walked down the aisle to a violin rendition of Sufjan Stevens' The Predatory Wasp is Out to Get Us!
Other songs we asked the DJ to play:
TV on the Radio's Family Tree (also would make a great first dance song, though it's quite dark)
Cat Power's New York, New York because the wedding was in Brooklyn
Tallest Man on Earth's King of Spain and The Gardener
Ingrid Michaelson's Fools Rush In
Talking Heads' This Must Be The Place (Naive Melody)
posted by zoomorphic at 12:00 PM on April 16, 2012
amro, Peter Gabriel covered Magnetic Field's Book of Love, not the other way around. At least according to wikipedia. Great song.
posted by pizzazz at 12:58 PM on April 16, 2012 [2 favorites]
posted by pizzazz at 12:58 PM on April 16, 2012 [2 favorites]
Of Montreal - An Eluardian Instance
Maria Taylor - Cartoons and Forever Plans
Mew - Beach
Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks- Gardenia
VHS or Beta - Heaven
Fun. - All the Pretty Girls
The Avett Brothers - At the Beach
J Roddy Walston and The Business - Rock and Roll the 2nd
posted by teekat at 5:59 PM on April 16, 2012
Maria Taylor - Cartoons and Forever Plans
Mew - Beach
Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks- Gardenia
VHS or Beta - Heaven
Fun. - All the Pretty Girls
The Avett Brothers - At the Beach
J Roddy Walston and The Business - Rock and Roll the 2nd
posted by teekat at 5:59 PM on April 16, 2012
As someone who was recently married and also thought of skimming the past MeFi threads for indie music for a wedding, I'll throw out my two cents worth of advice. While lesser-known indie music is great for dinner and slow dancing, I'd strongly recommend pulling out some DJ classics for the dancing portion of your reception. My wife and I tried to have some fast-paced poppy indie songs, but unless all of the friends you'll be inviting are into that sort of music, it's hard for people to get into the mood to dance unless they're used to rocking out to a song--and yes, that means Usher, Black Eyed Peas, and all that other music you love to hate.
posted by sciencemandan at 8:03 PM on April 16, 2012 [1 favorite]
posted by sciencemandan at 8:03 PM on April 16, 2012 [1 favorite]
We walked down the aisle to "You Knocked Me Off My Feet" by Sondre Lerche.
posted by duckus at 9:51 PM on April 22, 2012
posted by duckus at 9:51 PM on April 22, 2012
Amro, I think the Peter Gabriel version is the cover. But it's great too.
posted by Pre-Taped Call In Show at 3:56 PM on May 4, 2012
posted by Pre-Taped Call In Show at 3:56 PM on May 4, 2012
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posted by DeltaForce at 8:03 PM on April 15, 2012