In honor of celebrating our one-year wedding anniversary, I would like to share what I consider to be the best wedding music playlist EVER. Ours.
These songs were organized in the iPod to play before, during, and immediately after the ceremony.
Before the Ceremony
1. Power of Two, Indigo Girls
2. Blue, Jayhawks
3. Ice Cream (Live), Sarah McLachlan and Ashwin Sood
4. Here Comes Your Man, The Pixies
5. Good Hearted Man, Tift Merritt (this is the song the entire playlist was built around)
6. Song 40, Dave Matthews Band
7. Would You Be Willing, Dog’s Eye View
8. 1963, Rachael Yamagata
9. Hesitating Beauty, Billy Bragg & Wilco
10. Baby, I Love You, Natalie Merchant
11. Waiting for Somebody, Paul Westerberg
12. Every Picture Tells a Story, Rod Stewart
13. California Stars, Wilco
14. Lover Lay Down, Dave Matthews Band
15. Valentine’s Day, Bruce Springsteen
During the Ceremony
1. Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness, Smashing Pumpkins (this is the tune the wedding party walked to)
2. Angel Standing By, Jewel (this is the tune that I, the bride, walked to)
3. TNT, AC/DC (this is the tune that the newly minted hubby and I walked back down the aisle to)
Father/Daughter Dance
All For the Love of Sunshine, Hank Williams, Jr.
Bride/Groom First Dance
You’re Still Standing There, Steve Earle and Lucinda Williams