"We're rising to the top, we won't let nobody stop what we're doing" - Keni Burke, Risin' to the Top (Snowoboy's Acoustic Mix) (Badmeaninggood Vol. 3)
I'm not sure I'm the marrying kind anymore --although I still think that my wedding ideas rock-- but, should I ever be snookered into the traditional rigamarole, please don't let anyone play "Magic Stick" and "21 Questions" at the reception. I love Prince but the song content of "Erotic City" is not really where I want the playlist to go while my grandparents and my baby cousins are sitting at the table next to the speakers. I'm just sayin' is all.
The Lovely Miss Anna Baby and I missed the actual ceremony as we couldn't find the church. Or the University of San Diego for that matter. It seems like an entire University bearing the name of the city wouldn't be hard to find but it was. Souplantation wasn't hard to find though and we got our lunch on in a major way.
We then made our way to the Prado at Balboa Park in downtown San Diego to do some prep work for the reception. That included us spending an awful lot of time chillin' with the koi and the lobsters in the koi pond and the beautiful plants in the botanical garden...and listening to random conversations.
Old man, as he walks up to the pond, caught up in the moment: Ahhh, this reminds me of my time in Japan. His wife, as she walks away from him: Yeah, well.We also had random conversations...
Me, as we walked towards the random juggling guy and his audience: Wow, he really has a big crowd. The Lovely Miss Anna Baby: Yeah he does! (pause) TLMAB: I thought you were going to say head... Me: What? TLMAB: I thought you were going to say 'Wow, he really has a big head.' Me: Yeah, he does!
At the reception, the guests often clinked their glasses to command the bride and groom to kiss. After about the 4th kiss, the newlyweds were over it. A couple at our table shared that they were at a wedding once where in order to get the bride and groom to kiss, the entire table had to get up and sing a part of a song that had love in the title. The Lovely Miss Anna Baby said exactly what I was thinking, "So what do you sing after 'You've Lost that Loving Feeling?'" Indeed. What if you sang "Love Don't Live Here Anymore" or "New Love" or "Love in an Elevator?" Are those gonna warrant a kiss? I just imagine a lot of twenty somethings singing "Love Don't Cost A Thing."
You can't play J.Lo at my non-existent wedding either.
But it begs the question -- What are the best love songs for a wedding reception and what songs would you want played at your reception?