Let's hear it y'all. What are they?

In my neck of the woods, you'd better have at least 1/2 hour of Polka.

Any songs that you can't play or would not sound right performing them, make sure you have copies on CD to play just in case they are requested such as:

The Electric Boogie
Macarena
Come On Ride The Train
Cotton-Eyed Joe
The Limbo Rock
The Bird Dance
The Twist
Wipeout
Daddy's Little Girl
Unchained Melody

There are more but these are some typical wedding tunes.

Surfin' Bird
At Last


The first is a definite must.

Surfin' Bird


LMAO every time I hear that song I think of Family Guy
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JUyRAJHiki4

any wedding, at least in NY NJ PA area....

THE CHICKEN DANCE!

yay!

flap those wings!

"Centerfold," (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Centerfold_(song)) obviously.

Majority of weddings I've played, they ask for "I Will Always Love You".

Even though it's a song about breaking up.

Totally inappropriate for a wedding. And quite popular at weddings. :confused:

Last wedding band I played in had a repertoire of 2500+ tunes from the 20s to 90s and beyond. It depends what the standards are for your area and type of weddings you intend to play.

Last wedding band I played in had a repertoire of 2500+ tunes from the 20s to 90s and beyond.

Longest wedding EVER! :D

In my neck of the woods, you'd better have at least 1/2 hour of Polka.

+1

Don't forget the disco stuff-
Boogie Oogie Oogie
I will Survive
Disco Inferno
Last Dance

Some funk/soul-
Brick house
Dock of the Bay
Bustin' loose
I feel good
Let's stay together
Rock your Body
Hollywood swinging

Back in the 50's, 60's, 70's, & 80's in west central Pennsylvania, there was a wedding reception tradition that the song for the bridal dance had to be this awful song called The Bridal Dance Polka. The bride had to dance with everybody who got in line and they would give a dollar or more. After their very brief dance, they would get a slice of wedding cake, a shot of whiskey, a cigar, or whatever was given out.

I always hated the tune and playing it at weddings because it was very repetitious and went on and on depending how long the line of guests was. One time, we played it non-stop for 45 minutes or more.

Thankfully, it has been dying off and the bridal dance now usually consists of a slow song and both the bride and the groom dance with guests. The last wedding we did wanted us to play Wonderful Tonight for about 15 minutes.

I have also performed for another tradition in a small part of west central Pennsylvania called the pig trough dance. All of the unmarried brothers of the bride and groom have to dance around and on a pig trough while the band plays some type of hoedown music. I still have no idea what this tradition means.

Majority of weddings I've played, they ask for "I Will Always Love You".

Even though it's a song about breaking up.

Totally inappropriate for a wedding. And quite popular at weddings. :confused:

That's funny. The same is true of "Every Breath You Take", which is about a creepy stalker, but it's the song a lot of couples want for their first dance.

Color my World. It's a necessary evil for the dollar dance. Yech!

Band I was in was asked to do the Still's tune 'Love the one you're with.' I don't think they knew the words.

Band I was in was asked to do the Still's tune 'Love the one you're with.' I don't think they knew the words.

By the groom? He might have had plans.

By the groom? He might have had plans.Heh-heh.

Here in the UK, if you don't know Hi Ho Silver Lining, or Summer of 69, you can't play any weddings without having to say no at least twice to some middle aged bridesmaids. However, you do lose any credibility you had with any musos who are there.

"Good Love is On the Way" - John Mayer is another one along the "Every Breath You Take" lines... (shakes head)

lol

Majority of weddings I've played, they ask for "I Will Always Love You".

Even though it's a song about breaking up.

Totally inappropriate for a wedding. And quite popular at weddings. :confused:

Another one: Every Breath You Take.

It's about a guy who can't accept his girl left him, and vows to stalk her the rest of her life.

Look, it's a woman's world. What's logic got to do with it?

Here in Texas you gotta do Cotton Eyed Joe, Amarillo By Morning, The Westphalia Waltz, Silver Wings & of course The Chicken Dance.

Love stinks...

My Girl.

Shout
My Girl & Wonderful World - father/daughter must-haves
All the songs from the Barband Hymnal including
Brick House
Mustang Sally
Brown-Eyed Girl
Play That Funky Music
Summer of '69
etc.

OK, it's not on the "wedding" list, but once I got to sing "Highway To Hell" at a very large Jewish wedding. Hey the groom requested it, and we couldn't let him down!!!!v:bassist::bassist::bassist:

Best........ Band....... Moment...... EVER!!!!

I should start a thread about funeral songs... A buddy of mine in Iraq made promise that if he should get fragged, that I ensure that "I like big butts" is played at his funeral...

Look, it's a woman's world. What's logic got to do with it?
+1 Especially true at a wedding.

You might want to check this link out: http://www.soundexp.com/wedding.html

Here in Texas you gotta do Amarillo By Morning...

Jeez, you have to do "Amarillo By Morning" at funerals!

How about most inappropriate wedding tunes?

F*** you i wont do what you tell me - rage against the machine....
or Iron Maidens -Bring your daughter to the slaughter....

Off the top of my head:

What a Wonderful World (L. Armstrong)
Shameless (G. Brooks)
To Make You Feel My Love (G. Brooks)
We've Only Just Begun (Carpenters)

Of course the last wedding I played, I was asked to sing "Cold Hard Bitch" (Jet). The groom wanted me to sing that to his bride.
HA! HA! :D

So I guess the musical tastes of the wedding party can go in any direction.
Some of you mentioned Polka. Here in Alaska, you'd better know some Bluegrass! Classic Rock too.

Free Bird.