Some couples have the same favorite songs, while others embrace their partner’s eclectic tastes. Eliza and Alex are the latter. While they like to joke on each other about music preferences, they do have a mutual sweet spot and all of the song choices made for their wedding day were done mutually. Alex was in charge of the reception pre-dance-floor mix, and Eliza was in charge of the dance floor mix. Which made sense for them. Apparently, Alex has “much more interesting, artsy taste in music, whereas it can be hard to convince Eliza to leave a dance floor”.

I love this sentence they included with their email: The wonderful thing that came out of this is that in some ways, our wedding playlists were like a soundtrack to our relationship. As I typed out these lists for the blog feature, I thought about so many fantastic memories that are linked to these songs, all brought together in the one memory of our wedding day. Love it.

Pre-Ceremony
an album called Cocktail Capers, Ultra Lounge Volume 8

Ceremony
Processional: Mural – Randy Newman (from the orchestral score to the film Pleasantville)
Signing of Marriage Certificates: Somewhere – Tom Waits & the Princess Bride Theme
Recessional: It’s Only A Paper Moon – Nat King Cole

Reception
Little Honda – Beach Boys
Bim Bom (Psapp Remix) – Astrud Gilberto
Concrete & Clay – Unit 4 + 2
Let’s Replace the Cityscapes – The Triangles
Today is Gonna Be Mine – David Kilgour
One Word – Brian Eno, John Cale
Doctor Robert – The Beatles
Sketch For Summer – Durutti Column
Smells Like Happiness – Hidden Cameras
Lazy Line Painter Jane – Belle & Sebastian
I Shall Not Be Moved – Dirty Dozen Brass Band
I Love My Dog – Cat Stevens
Only The Good Die Young – Billy Joel
Another Day in the Sun – Moffs
Dayvan Cowboy – Boards of Canada
Jack-Ass – Beck
The Boys of Summer – Don Henley
It’s Summertime – Flaming Lips
Sweet Thing – Van Morrison
A&E – Goldfrapp
Let’s Pretend We’re Bunny Rabbits – Magnetic Fields
I’m an Animal – Neko Case
You Can Call Me Al – Paul Simon
Lively Chase – Portastatic
Fidelity – Regina Spektor
Torn & Frayed – Rolling Stones
You Are the Generation That Bought More Shoes and You Get What You Deserve – Johnny Boy
Panic – The Smiths
Dangerous – Roxette
Little Red Corvette – Prince
Mr Tough – Yo La Tengo
Unemployed Boyfriend – Everclear
Sprawl II (Mountains Beyond Mountains) – Arcade Fire
Golden Age – TV On The Radio
Atomic – Blondie
Do What You Wanna (Mr Scruff’s Soul Party Mix) – Ramsey Lewis
Strange Overtones – Brian Eno, David Byrne
La Vie En Rose (12 Promo Only Version) – Grace Jones
Central Reservation (The Then Again Version) – Beth Orton
Like a Motorway – Saint Etienne
Lo Boob Oscillator – Stereolab
Give Me Your Love (Love Song) – Lambchop
Kiss Me – Sixpence None The Richer
Got To Give It Up – Marvin Gaye
Sound and Vision – David Bowie
Who Do You Love – Mojave 3
From St Kilda to King’s Cross – Paul Kelly
Up With People – Lambchop
Can I Get Get Get – Junior Senior

Dance Floor
Bride/Groom First Dance: Twist & Shout – The Beatles
Zoot Suit Riot – Cherry Poppin’ Daddies
Dancing in the Street – Martha Reeves
ABC – Jackson Five
Jump (For My Love) – Pointer Sisters
Shake A Tailfeather – Ray Charles
Are You Gonna Be My Girl – Jet
Superstition – Stevie Wonder
Nosebleed Section – Hilltop Hoods
Summer of ’69 – Bryan Adams
Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go – Wham!
Mickey (Cut*) – Toni Basil
Groove Is In The Heart – Deee-Lite
Time to Pretend – MGMT
Grease Megamix – Cast of Grease
Like A Prayer (The Immaculate Collection) (Cut) – Madonna
Valerie – Mark Ronson, Amy Winehouse
Faith (Cut) – George Michael
Crazy In Love (feat. Jay-Z) – Beyonce
Work It (ACDC Remix) – Nelly, Justin Timberlake
Tightrope (Feat. Big Boi) – Janelle Monae
Bad Romance – Lady Gaga
Vogue (Cut) – Madonna
Blame It On The Boogie – Jackson Five
Disco 2000 – Pulp
Let The Music Play – Shannon
Ghostbusters (Cut) – Ray Parker Jr.
Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It) – Beyonce
Old Time Rock & Roll – Bob Seger
Me Against The Music – Britney Spears
Black Or White (Cut) – Michael Jackson
Sexyback – Justin Timberlake
I Wanna Dance with Somebody – Whitney Houston
Funky Town (Cut) – Pseudo Echo
Jungle Boogie – Kool And The Gang
The Song Formerly Known As – Regurgitator
That’s What I Like About You – The Romantics
Take Your Mama – Scissor Sisters
Rehab – Amy Winehouse
Can’t Get Enough Of Your Love, Babe – Barry White
Girls Just Want To Have Fun – Cyndi Lauper
Barbie Girl – Aqua
Just Dance ft. Colby O’Donis – Lady Gaga

*The word ‘cut’ in brackets indicates where they shortened a song so that people didn’t get tired and leave the dance floor.

Another note from the love birds: It is possibly also worth noting that all the music for the wedding wound up being free. The venue had just installed a new (killer, LOUD) sound system, we brought an iPod and a backup iPod with us, with our carefully pre-made mixes on there (complete with crossfading and silences cut, cut down tracks that were too long, etc) and that was it! People talk about whether you can do this or not, and tell horror stories about how using an iPod playlist can wreck your wedding music. We really cared about getting our music right, and I can tell you right now, you CAN do this and have it work out fine. We did not have to think about the music once the entire time; it just worked, and it was perfect.

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Photographer: Feather & Stone