Lost In Music: The First Dance # 56

I finally watched the movie, Once, the other night. I’ve been hearing about it for ages, mainly because of the soundtrack rather than the film itself and neither aspect disappointed.

Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova won Best Song at this year’s Oscars for the song Falling Slowly and while the lyrics aren’t exactly wedding-perfect, it’s such an incredibly romantic song that I can absolutely see it working for a first dance.

Originality: 9

Tears-from-your-Mum Factor: 9

Inappropriate song of the week: The Bitch is Back by Elton John

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You Tube wedding video: Amanda and Darren’s first dance

I love Bjork’s It’s Oh So Quiet, but I would never have thought of it for a first dance. It works brilliantly, though, as you can see!

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Lost In Music: The First Dance # 55

If you don’t know Josh Groban, he did the original version of You Raise Me Up, which (like so many good songs…) was later mullered by Westlife. He’s got a beautiful voice and some beautiful songs. I can only really take him in small doses, but that’s me. Anyway, When You Say You Love Me is very, very slow with lovely lyrics:

And this journey that we’re on.
How far we’ve come and I celebrate every moment.
And when you say you love me,
That’s all you have to say.
I’ll always feel this way.

Find it on his album, Closer.

Originality: 8

Tears-from-your-Mum Factor: 10

Inappropriate song of the week: Another One Bites the Dust – Queen

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Lost In Music: The First Dance # 54

I hadn’t heard of Teitur until about five minutes ago, when I read one of his songs was recommended by Jason Mraz (who I adore) on iTunes. The song was Don’t Want You to Wake Up and Mraz describes it as “bliss vocals, gorgeous strings and tons of reverb.” So I checked it out. And he’s not wrong. It *is* a gorgeous song and it’s also highly romantic and so a perfect first dance song.

If you’re worried about the title – he doesn’t not want her to wake up in a, you know, having her killed kind of way, but more in a don’t want to wake up from our love, kind of way. Which is much better, I’m sure you’ll agree.

Oh and Teitur is a singer-songwriter from the Faroe Islands. Find Don’t Want You to Wake Up on his album, Stay Under the Stars.

Originality: 10

Tears-from-your-Mum Factor: 9

Inappropriate song of the week: Girls Ain’t Nothing But Trouble by DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince

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Lost In Music: The First Dance # 53

I have to admit, I don’t know Angel by Sarah McLachlan, but I just read in a magazine that it was Davina McCall’s first dance and I love Davina, so…

Having just listened to a bit, it sounds like a beautiful song, but the lyrics aren’t very romantic. Fortunately, there’s another track on the same album (Surfacing) called I Love You, which again is beautiful, very slow, but much more suitable for a first dance … at least the first half is (in the second half the bloke’s walked away and she’s forgotten to tell him she loves him). Still, who listens to the lyrics anyway?

Originality: 7

Tears-from-your-Mum Factor: 8

Inappropriate song of the week: It Wasn’t Me by Shaggy

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The UK’s top wedding ‘first dance’ tracks revealed by Shazam

If you’ve been reading Keris’ weekly ‘first dance’ picks then you should be well versed in which tracks are wedding perfect and which are big no-nos. Mobile to web music service provider Shazam surveyed 1009 (not really the whole UK then)16-64 year olds to find out which tracks they would pick for their first dance from their 5million track database.

The results came in as:

1. Wonderful Tonight by Eric Clapton.
2. Angels by Robbie William.
3. You’re Beautiful by James Blunt. (the top tune for under-25s)
4. You to me are everything by The Real Thing.
5. In My Life by The Beatles.

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Lost In Music: The First Dance # 52

I thought I’d go with a video again this week because, well, because it’s Queen! You’re My Best Friend is such a great song: not too slow, not too fast, sweet, wedding-appropriate lyrics and a short guitar solo so the groom can throw some shapes (or not). Find it on any number of the numerous Queen Greatest Hits collections.

Originality: 7

Tears-from-your-Mum Factor: 6

Inappropriate song of the week: Fat Bottomed Girls – Queen

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Lost In Music: The First Dance # 51

I recently saw Seal and Heidi Klum on Oprah and developed a huge crush on both of them. They seem so sweet and genuinely in love (yeah, I know, but surely *some* celebrities are genuinely in love).

Anyway, Seal talked about how he wrote a song – Wedding Day – on the morning of their wedding by thinking about everything you would want to say to the person you are about to marry. You can’t ask for much more than that, can you? Find it on his album, System.

Originality: 7

Tears-from-your-Mum Factor: 9

Inappropriate song of the week: Parasite by Nick Drake

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Lost In Music: The First Dance # 50

I thought I’d mix things up and show you a video of this week’s song: The Eagles Love Will Keep Us Alive.

Find it on the album, Hell Freezes Over.

Originality: 7

Tears-from-your-Mum Factor: 9

Inappropriate song of the week: Good Riddance by Green Day

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Lost In Music: The First Dance # 49

Watching Dancing With the Stars a couple of weeks ago, I was struck by how much I love this song, If I Ain’t Got You by Alicia Keys (sorry, I can’t look up who danced to it, since then I’ll find out who won and it’s not shown here until Friday).

A romantic and dramatic song, it’d be perfect for a first dance. Find it on The Diary of Alicia Keys.

Originality: 7

Tears-from-your-Mum Factor: 9

Inappropriate song of the week: Shut Up and Let Me Go by The Ting Tings

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