Another great year of weddings passes us by with some excellent musical moments had once again. As we now look forward to another season of fine music for 2011, let me offer you another insight into what makes the marital dance floor move.
The First Dance
Musically the first dance is the attention grabber with Bruno Mars “Just The Way You Are” being the new track on the block followed by other recent favourites from Coldplay “Fix You” and Michael Buble’s more up-tempo “Everything”. As one would expect it’s the classics that grab a considerable amount of the attention with the timeless Etta James “At Last” still sounding incredible with every play. Frank Sinatra “For Once In My Life, Tony Bennett “The Way You Look Tonight” and Harry Connick Jnr’s “It Had To Be You” also deliver on a similar musical tip. For something a little more alternative take a listen to the 60’s classic from the Turtles “Happy Together”, The Ramones “Baby I Love You”, Goo Goo Dolls “Iris”and the more obscure Peter Grant’s fabulous version of “The First, My Last, My Everything. Soul classics from Al Green “Let’s Stay Together” and Jackie Wilson’s “Your Love Keeps Lifting Me Higher” are also still popular first dance requests. If cheese is the order of the day then the one and only Andy Williams “Can’t Take My Eyes Of You” is by far I think the best version of this all time party classic. Let’s slow it down again with Joe Cocker’s rendition of “You’re So Beautiful” and Paul Weller’s “You Do Something To Me” and speed things up for my finish with Lionel Ritchie’s “You Are Me Destiny”.
Part 2. Keeping the dance floor full.
