Shake Your Groove Thang

Wedding Music. Mike and I have been going on and on about it. We are both big music fans with vastly different taste. Luckily for me, we’re both on the same page when it comes to the reception: we will seriously be gettin’ down.

Since Mike used to edit weddings for a living, he’s well aware of the songs that he hates. His forbidden list is as follows:

Pour Some Sugar On Me – Def Leppard: He’s seen way too many “old ladies” dancing to that song, “head banging” with their arms up in the air. I have to remind him that during the summer before 9th grade, that was my JAM. And then he back-tracks the “old ladies” comment.

Cha Cha Slide – Mr. C : Dumb. Dumb. Dumb. He thinks line dancing is dumb. I, personally, hate that song, too. However, there will be line dancing. No wedding reception is complete without The Freeze.

Shook Me All Night Long – AC/DC: Widly inappropriate for weddings since its all about making with the sexy times AND again with the old ladies.

Hot in Herre: Nelly – His quote: “Some people have religion. I have my intense hatred of Nelly.” (He’s completely ridiculous with this one.)

My list is as follows:

I Will Survive – Gloria Gaynor: A bunch of drunk chicks always end up on the dance floor belting this out like a battle cry. This is a wedding. The song is about breaking up with a giant douchebag. Hello? Not. Appropriate. (Unless you are, in fact, marrying a douchebag.)

Footloose – Kenny Loggins: Y’all, I hate to tell you, but Kevin Bacon’s moves weren’t cool in 1984. Re-enacting the big ending dance scene in 2010 looks way more stupid.

Girls Just Want To Have Fun – Cindy Lauper: As fun as that song was when I was 7, it gets on my nerves now. It’s really, really not good. And dancing to it is dumb.

The Chicken Dance : A freakin’ bunch of rednecks must have thought this up. And DJ’s bring a dumb-ass chicken hat. I mean, honestly. No.

Macarena – Los Del Rio: This song was forbidden at my first wedding and somehow my then 7-year-old cousin convinced the DJ to play it. He’s 20 now. I don’t think he’ll be requesting it. I will be instructing the DJ that if someone does request it and he plays it that I will cut him.

That’s all that I can think of for now. Trust me when I say that the songs we want are waaaay longer and the list needs to be cut down.

So, people. Share with me songs you want to hear and songs that will make you die inside. We need help.

-Ali