Holy smokes. Those two words sum up the music masterpiece that is Chrissy and Tim’s wedding! Looking to inspire other brides, Chrissy sent me their wondrous nuptials and the music that surrounded such a special life moment. Brides, grooms, DJs, music lovers across the board – if you are looking for a wide variety (I’m talking from Punk to Soul to Reggae to 60s Psych and Rock to Indie to Electronic) then this is the perfect playlist for you to peruse! Plus the photos are amazing, and who can resist seeing such happy souls in deep love!

Chrissy shares: My hubs, Tim, and I are big fans of your blog! When we were planning our wedding, you were the best resource for folks who wanted to focus on unique, personalized music for their wedding. Music is so important to the both of us, and it is very refreshing to see a wedding blog on something that we care so much about!

We were married at the Charles River Museum of Industry and Innovation in Waltham, MA, on our 10th anniversary (to the day!). We wanted how meaningful this day was to us to be reflected in everything we did, and we wanted to include our loved ones in on it too.

Since it was at a museum, we didn’t really have to decorate, so we just focused on a few big pieces. For our invitation, we wrote, designed, illustrated, and hand-bound books about how we met (alternating crushes on each other since 8th grade), how we started dating, and our engagement story. We designed and illustrated our wedding program, which included a short list of songs that are near and dear to us. Our playlist helped our wedding have the fun, laid-back, and personal feel that we’d hoped for, and we all had a blast!

Tim and I both love lots of different kinds of music, and we wanted to share our exuberant musical tastes with our loved ones. We were also excited to have my brother/bridesman close out the evening with an all-out techno dance party (his specialty)! Here’s our list of songs that we nerded out on, that kept the party going all night (* means these songs were specially mentioned in our program as being near and dear to our hearts)

Pre-Ceremony
Destination Venus — The Rezillos
I Don’t Need To Tell Her — The Lurkers
Head On — The Pixies
Take This Bottle — Faith No More
I Just Can’t Get Enough — Nouvelle Vague
Housewife’s Choice — Derrick & Patsy
Love Is a Place — Metric
Heaven — Bitter:Sweet
Bumble Bee — Heavy Trash
This Will Be Our Year — The Zombies

Processional: Mambo Sun — T. Rex
Recessional: Till The End Of The Day — The Kinks

Cocktails
Teenage Kicks — Nouvelle Vague
I Idolize You — Boss Hog
When You’re Near Me I Have Difficulty — XTC
Uh-Oh, Love Comes To Town — Talking Heads
Outside Chance — Heavy Trash
Re-Make/Re-Model — Roxy Music
I’m In Love With a Girl — Big Star
Let’s Get Out Of This Country — Camera Obscura
Happy — The Outlets
Star — The Cult
Meet You At the Moon — Imelda May
With A Girl Like You — The Troggs
I’m Your Man — Richard Hell & The Voidoids
Tell Me — The Dogmatics
I Like It — The Rezillos
A Kiss to Build a Dream On (Single Version) — Louis Armstrong
I Walk the Line — Johnny Cash
Yearnin’ — The Black Keys
I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend — The Ramones
Stand and Deliver — Adam and the Ants
Close To Me — The Cure
In Dreams — Roy Orbison
Godzilla — The Blue Oyster Cult

Pre-Reception (while people were being seated)
You’ll Find a Way — Santigold
The Village — New Order
Maybe — The Ink Spots
Pretty Thing — The Pretty Things
Another Girl, Another Planet — The Only Ones

Entrance song: (My Baby Does) Good Sculptures — The Rezillos
First Dance: This Magic Moment — Lou Reed
Father/Daughter Dance: Isn’t She Lovely — The Idea of North
Mother/Son Dance: My Mother’s Eyes — Frankie Valli

Reception
Too Nice To Talk To — English Beat
All I Want Is You — Roxy Music*
Soul Love — David Bowie
Girl U Want — Devo
The Only One I Know — The Charlatans
My Precious Love — Desmond Dekker*
Do You Really Love Me? — Screamin’ Jay Hawkins*
Li’l Darlin’ — Count Basie & Quincy Jones and His Orchestra
I Don’t Want to Set the World On Fire — Ink Spots
This Guy’s In Love With You — Faith No More*
Waiting In Vain — Bob Marley & The Wailers
Looking For An Echo — Kenny Vance and the Planotones
Cosmic Dancer — T. Rex
Never, Never Gonna Give You Up — Barry White
Love and Happiness — Al Green
Can’t Help Falling In Love — Elvis Presley
Don’t Stop ‘Til You Get Enough — Michael Jackson
Dancing With Myself — Billy Idol
That’s How Strong My Love Is — The Rolling Stones
Harlem Shuffle — Bob & Earl
Destroy Everything You Touch — Ladytron
Heartbeats — The Knife
Ballroom Blitz — Sweet
Atomic — Blondie
It’s Tricky — Run-DMC
Rock Lobster — The B-52’s
Lean Lanky Daddy — Little Ann
Do What You Wanna Do — T-Connection
Dark Hair’d Rider — Heavy Trash
The Hounds of Love — The Futureheads*
High Voltage — Eagles Of Death Metal
I Thought It Was You — Herbie Hancock
Take Me Home, Country Roads — Toots & the Maytalls
I Was Made For Lovin’ You — Kiss
You Dropped A Bomb On Me — The Gap Band
You Should Be Dancing — Bee Gees
The Humpty Dance — Digital Underground
Bust A Move — Young MC
Jump Around — House Of Pain
Howling At The Moon (Sha-La-La) — The Ramones

Jdubbs’s Techno Dance Party
You Are My Diamond — DJ Tiësto
Party Rock Anthem (ft. Lauren Bennett and Goon Rock) — LMFAO
Escape Me (ft. C.C. Sheffield) — DJ Tiësto
Dance Dance (ft. Andy Lopez) — Tune Up!
That’s Not My Name — The Ting Tings
Angel In The Night — Basshunter
Take Over Control (ft. Eva Simons) — Afrojack
Daddy DJ (Original) — Daddy DJ
Ghosts ‘N’ Stuff — Deadmau5

Special Requests
Love Shack — The B-52’s: for Tim’s mom (who was so insistent that we play it that she brought a copy of it on her iPod)
Come On Eileen — Dexy’s Midnight Runners: for Tim’s cousin (who kept screaming for Abba, but we didn’t have any, so we had to placate him with this)

We’re Sad We Ran Out Of Time Before We Could Play These Songs:
Too Many Dicks (On The Dance Floor) — Flight Of The Conchords
All Night Right of Way — Quintron
The Picard Song — DarkMateria

^hehe I loled

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Dress and Purse: Karissa Kloss
Hair/Makeup: Sara (bride’s sister!)
Hair Flowers made by Amelia, bride’s sister!
Vintage Jewelry: Bride’s Mother
DJ: Bride and Groom
Photos: Lisa Rigby Photography
Catering and Cake: Clementine Cuisine