| vixen 13.10.2014 15:05 |
Wonder if you guys can help us please. My partner and I are massive Queen fans (admittedly he is a much bigger fan than I) so we have planned to put Queen songs throughout our ceremony. (Been told to get about 14 songs together and 10 are Queen songs, and I'm walking down the aisle to "Born to Love You" Made in heaven version) We also love teasing people and having fun so what we want to do is at the reception when everyone thinks we're doing the first dance it starts off with a plausible Queen song that has either a guitar solo quite soon into the song or you can clearly hear the guitar (you'll understand why in a second). How we want it to run: We start off doing a proper slow dance, in each others arms, usual thing you'd expect. Hubby lets me go and starts to air guitar to which point I do something to indicate "no way in hell are you doing that right now" then go over to the DJ looking annoyed, DJ turns on the macarena song, force all of our guests to do the macarena then once that finishes go back to the last 30 seconds of the Queen song and finish the slow dance. Sounds a bit mad I know but it'll be hilarious, no one would expect the macarena bit but everyone will expect us to do our first dance to a Queen song. Any advice and recommendations are welcome - hubby is thinking "Want To Break Free" but I'm umming and arring as I dont think it'll work too well but I can't think of any others that'll work. Thanks everyone :) |
| The Real Wizard 13.10.2014 15:22 |
I honestly wouldn't pick Queen songs. They weren't exactly the love/marriage type of songwriters. There are tens of thousands of wedding appropriate songs to choose from, and other than the one you already mentioned, I think the Queen well is dry. That's seriously my best answer. Good luck ! |
| vixen 13.10.2014 15:39 |
Thanks The Real Wizard, I understand where you're coming from but Queen is us. When we met the first conversation we had was about Queen, We'd been dragged out by his sister (my work colleague) and she left us to the side not talking to us. We spent about an hour or 2 with awkward "so what do you do?" "oh that's nice" things then he asked me if I liked Queen and that was it we hit it off and never looked back. Our first "dance" was Queen, my first memory is of hearing Rhapsody when I was a young, it was Queen that has been there through all our break-ups/dark moments/happy times everything. Not having Queen, as corny as it sounds, is like not having us at the wedding as it's what we love. We're not lovey dovey, appropriate or romantic which is why they're perfect for us. I mean we're purposfully putting scandal into the wedding can't get more inappropriate than that! lol xxx |
| brENsKi 13.10.2014 16:16 |
ok. in that case structure the whole event. at the church - pre-ceremony (ie before Bride arrives) DEAD ON TIME as bride walks down isle THE MARCH OF THE BLACK QUEEN exiting the church together SEE WHAT A FOOL I'VE BEEN first dance ANOTHER ONE BITES THE DUST first night of honeymoon COMING SOON |
| The Nosuch Disco 13.10.2014 16:59 |
tend to agree with the wizard.... BUT! If you have to use Queen, I'd recommend Bijou! Play it from when the vocals start. do your dance, then the air guitar after that. Its an awkward fit, as there's a gap of about 10 seconds between the vocals and the guitar kicking back in. but its the only appropriate Queen song i can think of off the top of my head :) Good luck with the big day :) |
| Fart Sandwiches 13.10.2014 17:19 |
My wife and I walked into our reception to You're My Best Friend. Then again, she walked down the aisle to the Muppets' 'Somebody's Getting Married', and we had our rings delivered to us on a "Regular Show" RC car, so it wasn't really a typical wedding. |
| The Real Wizard 13.10.2014 18:22 |
brENsKi wrote: exiting the church together SEE WHAT A FOOL I'VE BEENHa ha ha !!!!! |
| matt z 13.10.2014 19:10 |
First thing that came to mind was THE MILLIONAIRES WALTZ. ... 3/4 .... can't argue with that for the situation Either that or scare everybody with BODY LANGUAGE You're also completely ignoring the incredible WEDDING MARCH from FLASH GORDON |
| MadTheSwine73 13.10.2014 21:37 |
Either "I Was Born To Love You" or "You Take My Breath Away" Queen songs aren't "regular" wedding songs, but if you don't want a regular wedding song, then go with Queen! Or go wild and dance to "The End" by the Doors or "Desolation Row" by Bob Dylan. Just to freak people out. |
| Jimmy Dean 13.10.2014 22:09 |
You're My Best Friend and Crazy Little Thing Called Love are the only wedding appropriate songs by Queen.... really... think of it in the context of a wedding...lyrics, etc... I Want To Break Free is not wedding appropriate... it's wedding inappropriate... lyrics are important... consider Two Hearts by Phil Collins...and Time To Say Goodbye... both of these are CLASSIC wedding songs... CLASSIC.... Two Hearts... living in just one mind.... no, lol... it's about someone that was dumped or left a relationship and can't get over it... it's so wrong and Time to Say Goodbye... in italian... translates to Time To Say Goodbye... so it really couldn't be more inappropriate. People should NOT play those songs at weddings. To answer "vixen"... use Crazy Little Thing Called Love... but start the song closer to Brian's solo. that way you get some song and some air guitar before transitioning to Macarena...or maybe consider YMCA... might be a little funnier and probably a better transition since you're going from a treble-driven song to a bass-driven song. |
| BETA215 13.10.2014 22:19 |
You can use The Wedding March - Marriage Of Dale And Ming - Crash Dive On Mingo City and The Hero. Then fade The Hero into any song you like. You can do something like enter with your best friend and marry with him, and keeping the movie's line, your real man (Flash?) will marry with you, fighting against your evil friend (and use the lights according to the moment). If you hear all that songs together, you will know what I mean. It's a bit complicated my explanation. But that will be LEGENDARY! Also, you can always record the wedding and share that with us. And if your boyfriend and you want this, that would be thanks to a Crazy Little Thing Called Love. Oh, and also Queen. |
| fras444 13.10.2014 22:34 |
John Deacons you and I of day at the races is a nice song. haha my partner and I are so tempted to use it as our first dance song |
| tomchristie22 13.10.2014 23:49 |
MadTheSwine73 wrote: "You Take My Breath Away"It's kind of in free time for the main body of the song, though, and just really melancholy :P |
| Ghostwithasmile is BACK! 14.10.2014 02:36 |
"Loser in the End" As you can see on this website everyone likes all stuff from Queen II ! So play Loser in the End Keep passing the open windows , don't loose your head And of course facing the priest, holding the hand of your bride to be "There Must Be More To Life Than This" would be a great weapon of choiche to insult your in laws. |
| jacksonmerc 14.10.2014 03:15 |
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| Wijnand 14.10.2014 03:30 |
Don't try suïcide...? LOL just kidding! Make the best of it! |
| vixen 14.10.2014 03:49 |
wow I wasn't expecting so many replies so quickly! And so many great ideas as well! Thank you all of you, I know it's not the most "traditional" band choice/song choice for a wedding and is therefore quite a difficult task but you've given us so many great ideas I think we're going to need to sit down with these and try them out to see what works best :) Can't fault Queen fans - amazing :D xxx |
| vixen 14.10.2014 03:52 |
brENsKi wrote: as bride walks down isle THE MARCH OF THE BLACK QUEENI love this and have actually said to my OH this morning about swapping from born to love you to this for the aisle song and have BTLY just before hand :) |
| Hoopsie 14.10.2014 06:04 |
Jimmy Dean wrote: .. is not wedding appropriate... ...it's wedding inappropriate... ... it's so wrong... ... so it really couldn't be more inappropriate. People should NOT play those songs at weddings.Weddings are 100% personal affairs and can be structured any way the involved parties want. I adore weddings that are unique and individualized. OP- GO FOR IT! Whether or not it makes sense to anyone but you and your partner, make this day special for yourselves in any way that pleases you. |
| Neo91 14.10.2014 11:55 |
You could dance to Back Chat. |
| MercuryArts 14.10.2014 13:52 |
Get Down Make Love of course! |
| MercurialFreddie 14.10.2014 14:46 |
Before the bride arrives - somebody to love as bride walks down isle - Las Palabras De Amor !!! exiting the church - you and I first dance - The Millionaire Waltz (optionally CUT/Omitted the heavy rock part) incl. in the wedding party - Tie your mother down :D the last song of the wedding party - these are the days of our lives (esp. meaning that it's a one-of-a-kind life experience and it's worth remembering as it will never happen again). |
| vixen 14.10.2014 15:12 |
MercurialFreddie wrote: as bride walks down isle - Las Palabras De AmorIts funny you've said that, its our leaving song from the ceremony because it has special meaning for us. The proposal was my partner putting on las palabras de amor, going on one knee and asking with our 2 yr old son next to him shouting yay lol |
| Arnaldo "Ogre-" Silveira 14.10.2014 18:29 |
For the first dance-guitar thing, I would use Rock It. It starts slowly and looks like it's a ballad, but, all of the sudden... bang!!! I used to play it as a DJ back in the 80s and it was so much fun to see the couples dance together to the first part and then... look completely lost when the guitar part came in :) Cheers, Ogre- |
| brunogorski 14.10.2014 20:01 |
BODY LANGUAGE!!!!!! BODY LANGUAGE, FOR GOD SAKES!!!!! |
| gerry 15.10.2014 08:26 |
A lot of trashy answers on here. disregard Brenski & wizard of course they always come up with obscure answers. "Don't stop me now" is a great song for any joyous occasion and how about "Your my best friend". good luck with the wedding. |
| Vocal harmony 15.10.2014 08:48 |
gerry wrote: A lot of trashy answers on here. disregard Brenski & wizard of course they always come up with obscure answers. "Don't stop me now" is a great song for any joyous occasion .A Mercury composition about substance abuse, for a wedding song. . . . . Great choice there GE If intelligence = obscurity in your mind, so be it |
| Jazz 78 15.10.2014 09:43 |
How about Teo Torriate? |
| pepsidude 15.10.2014 12:04 |
I have been a DJ for the past 39 years and have used "You're My Best Friend" for more than a few Wedding Dance 1st Songs. One I would always throw in about half way thru was "You Don't Fool Me" Very few people knew it was Queen...but they did dance to it. Hope That Helps. |
| Djdownsy 16.10.2014 19:52 |
gerry wrote: A lot of trashy answers on here. disregard Brenski & wizard of course they always come up with obscure answers. "Don't stop me now" is a great song for any joyous occasion and how about "Your my best friend". good luck with the wedding.Wow, that was unprovoked! |