Great thread! I assume the point is not just how to find some thematic
songs, but how to drop in the good shit this side of whack?
Sade? "Turn My Back On You" and I think there's some good remixes of that.
Yeah, I'd like to hear that one, among other of hers.
Not to mention Sweetback w. Maxwell, "Softly, Slowly" a muthafuka of a
superslow jam. (Amel's record isn't that bad either, at least compared to
most wedding shit... and a surprising amount of people know it, too.)
What about D'Angelo? He's got some bad tunes on the bump and grind tip from
Voodoo. Long, slow vamps, with a FUNKY beat. I heard Cut Chemist mix it
in.... Damn, it's about 1/3rd the speed of everything else, but it hits
HARD. And MC Solaar? Everyone's a sucka for a sexy French voice.
On the get up and go tip... a couple of real oldies. Check some of the later
tracks on "At Duke's Place" with Ella Fitzgerald and Duke Ellington. He's
got a few that almost have a Fats Domino kinda 12/8 feel the older folks
will love.
Who doesn't want to hear Billie Holiday? (Hey... maybe they'll do one of
those Kenny G - Louis Armstrong things with Macy Gray and Billie... Oh yeah,
Elson'd be lining up for that shit! --- )
And, Frank's cool, but much cooler in a way is Nat Cole. Not the syrupy (but
masterful) "Unforgettable" or "Stardust" stuff. But he was a muthaFUKA on
piano back in the 40's. Hey some of his shit is 'bout as bad as Bud Powell,
swingwise! The Nat Cole Trio has the silky sounds, but some real jazz there!
And let's talk of Grant Green, Donald Byrd, Horace Silver (Aw shit, it's
gettin' to Dingwalls, now!)
Anyway, I would like to go to a wedding where DJ T-Bird or one of the rest
of ya is rocking it. How come I never get invited to weddings like that?
(PS... what about the truly warped wedding songs? "Love Hurts" by Nazareth?
Chet Baker? "Oops! I Did it Again"?)
- Original Message -----
From: Aregood, Michael <maregood@comcastpc.com>
To: Jim Kerr <jkerr@hbase.com>
Cc: acid jazz <acid-jazz@ucsd.edu>
Sent: Friday, August 11, 2000 2:14 PM
Subject: RE: wedding playlist!
> My Top Wedding Picks!!!
>
> Run DMC / IT'S TRICKY
> Commodores / BRICK HOUSE
> Stone / GIRL I LIKE THE WAY THAT YOU MOVE
> United Future Organization / FLYING SAUCER
> Marvin Gaye / LETS GET IT ON
> George Benson / THE GHETTO
> Bobby Matos / GUIRO ELECTRO (RAINER TRUBY RMX)
> Suns and Daughters of Lite / DARKUMAN JUNKTION
> Roy Ayres / LOVE WILL BRING US BACK TOGETHER
> Stevie Wonder / SUPERSTITIOUS
> G Love and the Special Sauce / COLD BEVERAGE
> Pucho and the Latin Soul Brothers / YOU CAN'T ALWAYS GET WHAT YOU WANT
> (ROLLING STONES)
> Maxwell / ASCENSION (DON'T EVER WONDER)
> United Future Organization / COSMIC GYPSY
> Prince / LETS GET CRAZY
> Ozomatli / EVA
> Jamiroquia / SPACE COWBOY
> Buscemi / NIGHTLIFE AT 3:33
> War / LOW RIDER (dont forget to bring this one!)
> De La Soul / A ROLLERSKATING JAM CALLED SATURDAYS
>
> aRgo
>
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jim Kerr [mailto:jkerr@hbase.com]
> Sent: Friday, August 11, 2000 10:33 AM
> To: 'acid-jazz@ucsd.edu'
> Subject: wedding playlist!
>
>
>
> I have to dj a mate's wedding
>
> Want to appeal to all but keep it 'respectable'
>
> I figure a lot of Latin and will try and play as many different version of
> Upo Neghina as I can. Barry White; a bit of garage; some soul classics and
a
> little Lovers Rock is what I'm thinking.
>
> Any djs on the list have experience of this?
>
> What fills the floors/what sends mother in law straight to the
hors-d'oeuvre
> table?
>
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>
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