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Zepharum I was wondering if I could ask a favour of you.... What is it you ask? Well since you are as into music as I am if not more which I didn't think was possible, I was hoping I could pick your brain when you have a few free minutes

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I'm not really sure what kind of mood you'd be going for, and I don't know which songs would be most appropriate for each event, be it dancing, entering/exiting, or what not, but I can suggest several songs that I like that might be appropriate for the event in general (in no particular order).

- Bjork - "All Is Full Of Love" (Slow, pretty, has a bit of a rhythm to it, could be good for a dance).
- Frank Zappa - "Watermelon In Easter Hay" (Never mind the strange song-name, it's one of the prettiest songs I know. Sort of a ballad speed to it, it's basically a 8-10 minute instrumental with a very melodic guitar-solo running throughout the song. The first 1-1.5 mins would have to be removed, though, since that is narration following the previous song).
- The Beatles - "Because" (I'm sorry, you'll probably notice a disturbing trend of slow pretty songs. I like an awful lot of them, and this is one of my favorites.) If you need more songs for people to dance to "Ob-la-di Ob-la-da" is pretty infectious.
- Danny Elfman - Any of the music from the Edward Scissorhands soundtrack, including the introduction overture, and the closing Tom Jones song "With These Hands". Tom Jones just kicks ass all around.
- Dot Allison - "Did I Imagine You" (More slow, pretty music, sung by a very airy, pretty voiced Scottish girl).
- Buddy Holly - "True Love Ways" (Romantic ballad). The Peter & Gordon version of this song is also excellent, as is their version of "To Know You Is To Love You".
- Bobby Darin - "You Must Have Been a Beautiful Baby", and "Baby Face" are both uptempo songs, good for more spirited dancing, while a song like "Dream Lover" is a 1950s sounding pop-ballad.
- Zamfir - "The Lonely Sheppard" (Pretty instrumental re-popularized by the film Kill Bill).
- Laibach - "Across the Universe" (A very choral cover of the Beatles' tune. Might not be easy to find.)
- The song "Somewhere My Love" by Andy Williams is gorgeous, as are the versions by Frank Sinatra and the Ray Conniff Singers (and probably any other version), but not every version has the same feel. Usually it's a slow ballad, but the Sinatra version is a faster swing.
- Frank Sinatra's got tons of music that'd work for a wedding, if you're into that kind of music. "Something Stupid", "Strangers in the Night", "I've Got You Under My Skin", "Love and Marriage"... the list goes on.
- Hooverphonic - "The World Is Mine" (there are multiple versions of this song, but the one from the album Jackie Cane is a very upbeat song, lots of energy.)
- Brian Setzer Orchestra - "Sleepwalk" (A very famous instrumental song from the 1950s, covered by Setzer's big-band in the 1990s. This is my favorite version of the song. Very pretty).
- Mike Oldfield - "Moonlight Shadow" (Or any of the songs from Tubular Bells II or Tubular Bells III).
- Garbage - "You Look So Fine" (mid-tempo electronic rock), or "When I Grow Up" (uptempo).
- Pulp - "The Birds In Your Garden" (romantic pop/rock ballad), "Do You Remember the First Time" (mid/uptempo pop/rock)
- Julee Cruise - "The World Spins", "The Voice of Love", "The Nightingale" (all slow, gorgeous ballads sung by a beautifully airy-voiced woman).
- The Tea Party - "Heaven Coming Down" is probably appropriate. Something like "Drawing Down the Moon" is dark and sexy. Their acoustic-instrumental tracks from their early albums are also great.
- Nick Cave - "Disco 2000" (a ballad-version cover of the Pulp pop-anthem), and "Into My Arms" (Delicate piano and voice mostly). "No More Shall We Part" might also be appropriate.
- Delerium - "Twilight" (instrumental), "Silence", "'Til the End of Time" (female vocals) - all beautiful electronic/world music.

There's a lot of slow, or at least pretty music there. I'm just suggesting stuff off the top of my head that might work, but not really knowing what kind of wedding you're going for makes it tricky to know what direction to go in. I like all of the music I suggested, if that's any help, but I like tons of stuff so that's not necessarily helpful to you. But it's a starting point anyway. I can try to suggest other stuff as well if you have any more details of music (genres/tempos/artists) you'd like to use. Hopefully this gives you some different ideas, though. Happy hunting!

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