Wedding Songs?

Subliminal

Subliminal

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So this one doesn't come up that often in this side of DF. ;)

Any thoughts on wedding tango music? Most of the traditional stuff seems kind of sad for a wedding. Heh. What would you dance to, what traditional or modern/nuevo songs? I like both... but I might get overruled. The fiancée likes modern better. :-P

Thanks in advance for any ideas!
 
Dance Mentor and his wife did a tango at their wedding, IIRC. I think it might have been a ballroom tango, not AT, but DM might have some ideas, in any case ...
 
As I wrote before I find that tango is no all-in-one dance at all. Up to the dirty aera tango tandas were alternated with swing, salsa, and pop tandas to attend other dance feelings and atmospheres. As far as I know the generals prohibited to play other than tango music at the traditional venues. When the ban was canceled later again, pop, jazz and R&R already could stand on their own feet.

For me any waltz would fit perfectly as a wedding song

so what about Vibraciones del Alma (bc there is so much VW in it)
 
opendoor said:
As I wrote before I find that tango is no all-in-one dance at all. Up to the dirty aera tango tandas were alternated with swing, salsa, and pop tandas to attend other dance feelings and atmospheres. As far as I know the generals prohibited to play other than tango music at the traditional venues. When the ban was canceled later again, pop, jazz and R&R already could stand on their own feet.

For me any waltz would fit perfectly as a wedding song

so what about Vibraciones del Alma (bc there is so much VW in it)
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that's lovely, I agree.

I think its a really personal thing, and both in the couple have to like the piece of music. Somebody I knew (non-AT dancers) were going to tango to Por Un Cabeza..i rolled my eyes...

if the lyrics are ignored;

Tú…el cielo y tú (1944)
there is a Di sarli/Podesta version and a Rodriquez/Moreno version. I prefer the former.

You…the Heavens and You
lyrics by Hector Marcó

Your handkerchief is lukewarm, still—
I kept reliving your farewell
on that shadowy dock.
Lukewarm, like the dying afternoon sun,
my snowy sun, with no hope
and no songbirds.
I keep the lukewarm kiss that you left
on my lips when you moved on,
because I still haven’t forgotten you.

You…
I know the heavens,
the heavens and you,
will come to save
my hands, bound to this cross.
If this audacious lie
seeks my pain,
you will not discover
that it condemns me.
Keep it safe with you—
since it is my affection—
to disillusion me
would be crueler still.

No…
don’t repeat that farewell …
the only ones who know about it are God,
the heavens, and you…
 
Yikes.

Of course, the guests at the wedding probably won't know the translation. But still.

I guess my question is whether AT is a good wedding dance at all. Don't shoot me, folks. Don't shoot me.

I'm a minister's daughter and have been to more weddings than I can count. Seriously. From what I've seen, the couple's first wedding dance is more for show and for audience enjoyment than anything. AT doesn't, by my narrow way of looking at it, easily lend itself to that kind of show, for non-AT spectators. (Unless you're going to do a lot of the fancy stuff that people in this forum like to argue about *cough cough* discuss.)

ATers in the audience could be oohing and aahing. Non-dancers could easily be thinking, "When the heck are they going to start dancing?"
 
Yes a vals would be fine. Sonar y nada mas, lo que vieron tus ojos...
For an audience who is not into tango, and who is expecting the usual ballroom waltz, if you want to use a tango instead then it has to be a song that everybody will identify as a tango. And if you as the dancers prefer not-too-old music, then maybe some remastered-electronified Cumparsita.
 
My husband and I did a lead-follow AT to Desde el Alma. There were no big tricks, no dips, only one boleo. Our mostly non-dancing friends and family still loved it.
 
opendoor said:
For me any waltz would fit perfectly as a wedding song
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You cannot go wrong with waltz. And excluding the sad traditional songs, play a great mixture and let it be a normal milonga for a great part of it. It helps in easing things.
 
On of my favorite modern waltzes, especially for AT, is Fallin' by Alicia Keys. OK, so the lyrics aren't pure lovey-dovey, but on a certain level they're real when it comes to long-term relationships. You fall in and out of love, you get hurt, but it's still good.
 
Subliminal said:
So this one doesn't come up that often in this side of DF. ;)

Any thoughts on wedding tango music? Most of the traditional stuff seems kind of sad for a wedding. Heh. What would you dance to, what traditional or modern/nuevo songs? I like both... but I might get overruled. The fiancée likes modern better. :-P

Thanks in advance for any ideas!
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A couple questions:
Are the lyrics important, or just the music?
Are you planning to do (dance) more flashy moves (nuevo / stage), or more of a traditional tango?

A couple thoughts:
A sad song (music, not lyrics) to one person, could be deemed romantic to someone else.
There are many vals that would be fine (as already has been mentioned).
If the lyrics are not important, Por Una Cabezo seems to be very popular (plus many arrangements don't have the vocals, anyways).

To be honest though, if it's your wedding, then I'd just go with whatever you two like, and not worry about what anyone else thinks. After all, it's your day.


BTW, Congrats
:cheers:
 
You can't beat Desde el Alma but the tempo might be a little fast for the couple or occasion. A beautiful tango is La Melodia del Corazon, recorded by Edgardo Donato and probably others. The melody, or part of it, is based on a Chopin etude that has also been used in a popular song called No Other Love.

By coincidence, that was also the name of a different tango, by Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein for their musical Me and Juliet. Rodgers originally wrote the melody for a TV program, Victory at Sea, under the title Beneath the Southern Cross.
 
Subliminal said:
So this one doesn't come up that often in this side of DF. ;)

Any thoughts on wedding tango music? Most of the traditional stuff seems kind of sad for a wedding. Heh. What would you dance to, what traditional or modern/nuevo songs? I like both... but I might get overruled. The fiancée likes modern better. :-P

Thanks in advance for any ideas!
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no ideas but - CONGRATULATIONS

p.s. my daughter chose a song that I would start by dancing with her - then came the groom.
 
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