Music from our wedding day - Part 2 - The meal

On our wedding day, we wanted to have songs that meant something to us. Here is a sample of those songs. The links are to versions on YouTube - let me know if they don't work

Background music from the meal:

John Paul Young - Love is in the air

Tiffany - I think we're alone now 
(played the night we met)

Angry Anderson - Suddenly
(from Scott and Charlene's wedding)

Glen Medeiros - Nothing's gonna change my love for you

Savage Garden - I knew i loved you

 Voice of the Beehive - I think i love you

Sonny and Cher - I got you babe

The Puppini Sisters - Wuthering Heights

Mama Cass Elliot - Make your own kind of music
(from Beautiful Thing - a sweet film)

Ethel Merman - There's no business like show business
(from her disco album!)

Related posts:

Music from our wedding day - Part 1 - The ceremony
Music from our wedding day - Part 2 - The meal
Music from our wedding day - Part 3 - The meal (cont.)

Music from our wedding day - Part 1 - The ceremony

On our wedding day, we wanted to have songs that meant something to us. Here is a sample of those songs. The links are to versions on YouTube - let me know if they don't work

From the ceremony (played on a lovely piano):


ABBA - Arrival

Because it sounds Scottish but is actually ABBA - an essential song for a civil partnership in Scotland ;-)


Highland Cathedral

A lovely piece of music (although it does go on for longer than you think!)


Ode to Joy

The ceremony ended with "Ode to Joy" - the classical version rather than the Muppet version!

Related posts:

Music from our wedding day - Part 1 - The ceremony
Music from our wedding day - Part 2 - The meal
Music from our wedding day - Part 3 - The meal (cont.)

Bee Gees and me

Following the sad news about Donna Summer, there is more sad news that Robin Gibb, from the Bee Gees has also died. I thought i would add my memories of their music.

Saturday Night Fever

Given that the film launched a lot of their songs, i don't really remember the plot or many of the characters!


Staying Alive

This is such a disco classic, it doesn't have any specific memories for me - i just picture lots of dance floors, and lots of pointing!


Tragedy

Although this was a big hit for the Bee Gees, the cover by Steps means far more to me...

Two memories come flooding back:
1) Saturday nights at the Route 2 bar in Birmingham (RIP) when the whole bar failed to resist the urge to do the moves
2) Being dragged onto the dance floor at my friends' wedding to the pleasure of the DJ ("I love to watch guys doing it on the dance floor"!!)


Chain Reaction

This was released in 1985 and i think i remember it coming out at the time - an early introduction to Diana Ross and the Bee Gees! The Steps cover was not as good (especially as they edited the lyrics) .


Immortality

Not one of their more famous songs, this was a big hit for Celine Dion. An ex-housemate was a huge Celine fan and used to play this a lot. Although i grew sick of it at the time, i now look back fondly on those days when i was younger and thinner than i am now!

Donna Summer and me!

Donna Summer has passed away at the age of 63.

Lots of people have posted lots of posts about this tragic news so i thought i would add my memories.

As i was born in 1976, i don't really remember any of the songs from when they first came out but the music has lasted this long and will be with us for many years to come.


This Time I Know It Is For Real (1989)

This i do remember the first time round. I guess it must of been one of the first of her songs i was aware of. It sounds a bit generic Stock Aitken and Waterman. This reminds me of 80s music club nights in the 90s when i was discovering lots of types of music but kept coming back to cheesy pop!


Hot Stuff (1979)

Although i must have danced to this plenty of times, this song is strongly connected to the film "The Full Monty" in 1997. A film about male strippers - what's not to like!



I  Feel Love (1977)

This song is one of the gay disco classics although i only really heard it in gay clubs in the late 90s. It is a strange mix of slow vocals but speedy bass line aka hard to dance to!



Love to Love You Baby (1975)

This is radio music for me, rather than dancing music, but the girl can clearly sing! A great legacy!