On a beautiful Sunday, one thing crossed my mind “Hey, how am I going to plan for my wedding ceremony?”. Am I going crazy? I am a FA and wedding party is something far ahead of me. But who knows. At least now, I can prepare a playlist comprising of songs that MUST BE PLAYED on my wedding ceremony.
- Still into u – Paramore
Normally in the wedding ceremony, classic and romantic songs will mostly be played. So, I am going to make an exception out of this. When I get married, I want to turn it into a small party where people (at all age, of course) can dance. And a Paramore’s song is a good idea, isn’t it? I truly love Paramore’s “Still into you” – A fun love song. Perhaps it can be because Hayley (the main singer) wrote this song for her fellow, I can feel a lot of affection. When I came to know the lyric, I couldn’t feel wow-ing at its cuteness. I felt like it was about a young girl who has yet to have a direction for her life (she is still tempted by undiscovered things in her life) but loves her boyfriend so much. I love the part when she met her boyfriend’s mother and said how much she loved him after all the time. I think she will put an end to her single life and tie a knot with her boyfriend. A perfect song for the wedding. Maybe I can dress up like Hayley and turn my wedding party into cosplay one. LOL.
- All I want is you – Barry Louis Polisar
I came to know this song thanks to the film –“ Juno”, which is about a high school girl getting pregnant with her boyfriend. I ended up liking the soundtrack more than the film itself. From the very first seconds it was played, I could tell that it would be my favorite. Particularly, I got hooked and the song did stay for days at a time in my brain. Besides that the lyrics and the melody are so cute. I mean, “If I were a flower growing wild and free, all I’d want is you to be my sweet honey bee. And if I were a tree growing tall and green, all I’d want is you to shade me and be my leaves….”, who wouldn’t fall for that? A couple is destined to be together. It could not get any perfect. I remember I was in 12th grade, I promised myself to play this song in my wedding. It is time to fulfill teenager’s promise. Actually, this song suits to be a proposal song rather than wedding one, but who cares?
- Wouldn’t it be nice – The Beach Boy
Time for the classic. Another song featured in the film that I have watched for a hundred time –“ 50 first dates”. I expect that I will invite different generations to my wedding ceremony so songs in my wedding playlist should be diverse LOL. When I listened to this song, my mind was filled with happiness. Imagine the world just revolves in love of two people, everyday they walk up next to each other and spend the rest of their life together too, it is how happiness is defined. So, I decided to feature this song on my important day. Actually, I am sort of biased to this song as this is favorite song of the main character in my fiction (he sings it all the time, even in the restroom)
- Nam lay tay anh – Tuan Hung (Hold tight my hands)
This song’s presence is an evidence to the diversity of my playlist. LOL. A typical ballad love song and the only V- pop song in the playlist. I am Vietnamese after all. Actually, I was torn between Mot Nha (under one roof) and Nam Lay Tay Anh (Hold tight my hands) but considering Tuan Hung is handsome, I chose the latter. I rarely listen to V-pop but when I played Nam Lay Tay Anh, I could not get it out of my head. Since it is Tuan Hung’s official wedding song, it can relate to mine too. Let alone Tuan Hung’s manly charm, his super sweet voice and the song’s melody touched and melt my heart. An eternal love until the very last breath is more romantic and sweeter than anything. “And I thank this life that brings you to me so that. Every morning I wake up, I will say. “Love me and stay by my side, honey”. Lyric is a bit cheesy but makes you weak in your knees and you fall for it eventually.
- No one else comes close – Joe
This song reminds me that I am a 9x kid. I grew up with Backstreet Boys’ version. Until when I came to know the original song in the Internet, I realized how beautiful this song was. I feel so much love from Joe to his significant other. She is one of a kind and no one else can be compared to and replaced her. I do not know, maybe because of his RnB influenced voice, I think he means his love from the bottom of his hear, which is more touching than BSB. This song is purely a vow for love, especially from a matured man. Isn’t it a good song to represent love for the other half, especially on wedding day? My playlist includes Pop, Pop Rock and 60s Rock, another RnB 90 would be so great.
- Mirror – Justin Timberlake
As a 9x kid, I used to get head over heel for flower boybands such as Backstreet Boys, N’ Sync, 911 and Boyzone, etc. Justin Timberlake used to be my favourite in N’ Sync (Kind of liked him back then). So, I have a place for him on my important day to remind me of my adolescent days. My Justin’ favourite song was “My love” but when “Mirror” was released, I knew the first place belonged to it. In the interview, Justin said that this song was inspired by his grandparents who were married for such a long time. I really appreciate the idea of how two people in a relationship helps each other change in a positive way. There is no place they would not go, is it? Justin sings his heart out for this song, hence, it deserves to be played in my wedding.
- Stand by you – Rachel Plattern
I will stand by you regardless of heaven or hell. Because of this message that the song carries, I choose it to be on my list. Probably, you haven’t heard much about Rachel Plattern but I have checked out some of her songs which are really fantastic. People in love sacrifice and cover for each other. Just by actions, it is apparently seen that they love each other. With Rachel’s confident and strong vocal, we can clearly sense it “’I’m gonna stand by you. Even if we’re breaking down, we can find a way to break through”. I want to include a song that shows strong determinations for love and it turned out to be “Stand by you”.
Other songs can be taken into considerations
- You are still the one – Shania Twain
- Beautiful/ One in a million – Bosson
- Mot Nha – Da Lab
- All of me
- Just the way you are – Billy Joe
- Smash into you – Beyonce
Etc
