do not play list

You want to create the right atmosphere at your reception.  Music always sets the mood.  Of course you will select your first dance song, father/daughter dance, mother/son, cake & so on but you may want to make a list of what NOT to play.  Be sure to pass a do not play list along to your DJ or band.

This is a work in progress but a few bad/inappropriate songs come to mind that you probably do not want to hear at your reception!

• Who Let the Dogs Out by Baha Men – not only overplayed but referencing “dogs” is not flattering
• Dude Looks Like a Lady by Aerosmith – self explanatory
• My Humps by Black Eyed Peas - keep your humps under raps until the honeymoon
• I Write Sins Not Tragedies (what a beautiful wedding) by Panic at the Disco – this is about infidelity at a wedding, yikes
• Holler Back Girl by Gwen Stefani – if you don’t know what a “holler back girl” is, your wedding day is not the time to learn
• My Heart Will Go On by Celine Dion – umm, this song is for her boyfriend who died in the titanic
• Low (Apple Bottom Jeans) by T-Pain/Flo Rida – no need to get low at the reception
• Anything Flo Rida for that matter
• The Macarena by Los del Rio Boys – sooo overplayed
• White Wedding by Billy Idol – pretty sure this a drug reference
• Every Breath You Take by the Police - stalker!

What did I miss?

-The perennial bridesmaid

what happens in vegas…

Should stay there.

A friend of mine recently received a save the date outlining an acquaintance’s wedding plans.  The nuptials are due to take place in Las Vegas.  Side note, it is the first wedding for both.  All are welcome to join them at whatever little white seedy wedding chapel they chose.  If you can’t make the trek cross country, you can fortunately relive their experience when they return at their VFW style celebration complete with poker and faux slot machines.

The save the date was complete with Vegas-esque photos of the couple.  Naturally.  Here’s where it actually gets ugly…the tag line reads “sure to be a gamble”! I’m not sure that stating that your marriage is a gamble is the best form of advertising your relationship in an era when the divorce rate exceeds 50%.

Was it meant to be cute?  Maybe shocking.  Hey, I’m talking about it afterall.  If the Vegas theme is your thing and you don’t want to do the whole big white wedding then go for it, but please find a better pun on Las Vegas than “sure to be a gamble”.

-The perennial bridesmaid