August 11, 2004
Another Pile Grows in Brooklyn
Last time it was wedding magazines. This time it's CD mixes.
About 20 of them are on the floor of our apartment and the pile is growing larger by the minute. Well, larger by the hour, since it takes about 3 minutes to burn each CD. (Add another :30 if you count the time it takes to eject each one, insert it in a plastic case and label it.) I'm adding more to it tonight, trying to get about 100 done by Sunday. Then, of course, I have to have inserts made with some clever graphic and a list of the songs.
I had a momentary panic when, after copying 8 mixes, a window opened up automatically in iTunes when I attempted my ninth. It seems any playlist which contains music purchased through the iTunes music store can only be copied 8 times. The way around that? Copy the songs onto an MP3 CD, delete them from your computer, then reload them back on to your computer via the still warm CD. Voila! iTunes lets you proceed. L is going to kill me for revealing that information, as she thinks the Apple police will come knocking on our door. Sorry, L, but I say bring 'em on.
The final list of songs will hopefully satisfy our diverse demographic. To avoid spoiling the surprise for our guests (some of whom could probably care less anyway) the list is included in the comments section below and includes the title.
D & L's Wedding Mix
or
Enough Songs About Love, Happiness and the Future to Make You Nauseated
Something About You - Level 42
Your Love Keeps Lifting Me Higher - Jackie Wilson
Let's Get Serious - Jermaine Jackson
I'm the Man Who Loves You - Wilco
Just the Way You Are - Diana Krall
More Love - Smokey Robinson & the Miracles
I Wanna Get Married - Nellie McKay
Farthest Shore - David Wilcox
Sweet Freedom - Michael McDonald
Halleluja I Love Her So - Harry Belafonte
Knocks Me Off My Feet - Stevie Wonder
Let's Get Married - Al Green
Amazing - George Michael
The More I See You - Peter Allen
Lovin' You - Bobby Darrin
You Make My Dreams - Hall & Oates
It's Only Time - The Magnetic Fields
Explanation later...
Posted by: The Groom at August 11, 2004 08:16 PMWell, here goes, I am admitting my lack of music knowlege, most of those titles mean nothing to me. I will have to trust that they are really good, because I will want to play the CD in my cool auto. I can't wait to hear it.
MOB
Kind of an edgy choice, that Nellie McKay song.
Posted by: Francis at August 12, 2004 03:34 AMYeah, it's kind of an anti-wedding song, but it's rather funny so I decided to include it.
Posted by: The Groom at August 12, 2004 09:39 AMAn explanation:
Something About You - Children of the 80s, we had to include stuff from our childhood.
Your Love - Cliche, but how can you not love it?
Let's Get Serious - We were told, "No Michael Jackson." But what about his brother feat. Stevie Wonder? Sounds good to me.
I'm the Man Who Loves You - L is from Chicago. Wilco is from Chicago. We didn't want to use any songs by Chicago.
Just the Way You Are - Love this version and I sang it to L at a piano bar. Awwwww.
More Love - A Motown classic requested by my mom.
I Wanna Get Married - Hilarious, skewers a lot of marriage conventions and, as I mentioned, somewhat anti-marriage. Still, we love Nellie.
Fartherst Shore - If it were 1972, David Wilcox would be James Taylor if James Taylor had somehow never existed. L and I went to a concert of Wilcox's over a year ago. A deep feeler and great musician.
Sweet Freedom - more good 80s, and we happened to have caught Michael McDonald in concert with friends at Jones Beach. (with my favorite from growing up, Hall & Oates)
Halleluja I Love Her So - I'm marrying a rabbi. Having a song with the word Halleluja in the title made sense.
Knocks Me Off My Feet - Stevie is my desert island artist. But a lot of his songs are becoming wedding cliches (I Believe When I Fall in Love it Will Be Forever, As, You Are the Sunshine of My Life). This more obscure song is perfect.
Let's Get Married - Some great Al Green, it also counters the Nellie McKay song.
The More I See You - a family favorite, an old standard redone in the 70s.
Lovin' You - Bobby Darin is so damn cool, but you can't put Mack the Knife on a wedding mix.
You Make My Dreams - now with extra Oates.
It's Only Time - see my old entry on this song and the Magnetic Fields. If I went to some alternative high school where everyone wore black, this might be my prom theme.
Posted by: The Groom at August 12, 2004 02:31 PMI love Nellie and plan on piping "I wanna get married" through my speakers at the reception. It's perfectly ironic.
Posted by: stephanie at August 13, 2004 12:47 PMNellie McKay is awesome. I think she's going to be the new Kate Bush in a few years.
Posted by: Francis at August 13, 2004 12:51 PMFor those of you with iTunes, you can access samples of the mix here:
http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPublishedPlaylist?id=102310
About ten of the songs are available on iTunes in case you're curious.
Posted by: The Groom at August 19, 2004 06:01 PM