wedding dance floor fillers

Rocker

Almost any Status Quo song. Problem solved.

not_the_dj

Wedding gigs are actual all about watching girls dressed up to the nines in their posh frocks dancing.

.....and the buffet.

;-)

 

Fusionista

not_the_dj said:

Wedding gigs are actual all about watching girls dressed up to the nines in their posh frocks dancing.

.....and the buffet.

;-)

 

Not wrong. So it's their fault the music is naff.

not_the_dj

Fusionista said:

not_the_dj said:

Wedding gigs are actual all about watching girls dressed up to the nines in their posh frocks dancing.

.....and the buffet.

;-)

 

Not wrong. So it's their fault the music is naff.

He who pays the piper calls the tune.

Fusionista

She who sleeps with the piper ?

not_the_dj

Fusionista said:

She who sleeps with the piper ?

Look but don't touch for me
|)

EricTheWeary

Fusionista;234674" said:

She who sleeps with the piper ?

Billie Piper is a lesbian?

Sex with Chris Evans would no doubt have put her off men.

^#(^

Can't stop humming Build Me Up Buttercup...

ESBlonde

OK from my days of weddings the following are floor fillers that are easy(ish) to cover well.

Knock on Wood - Wilson Picket etc.
Everybody - Blue Brothers
Play that Funky Music - Wild Cherry
Car Wash - Rose Royce
Man I feel like a woman - Shania Twain
Dancing in the Street - Martha Reeves etc.
Ladies Night - Kool and the Gang
Crazy Chick - Charlotte Church
Love Shack - B52s (vocal challenge maybe)
It's in his Kiss - Cheer
River deep Mountain High - Tina Turner
Sisters are Doing it - Eurythmics and Aretha Franklin

Now you may have to adapt a few, even do a medley of some to avoid the high chorus/brass bits or whatever, but keeping the Ladies on the floor is very much the key. Playing something that gets 4 blokes flailing about playing air guitar at a wedding is less welcome than a fart in a wet suit (unless the groom is one of them and made the request).

frankus

Timewarp
and Ballroom Blitz.

The time warp is easy -- it's just a jump to the left...

ElectroDan

Erasure's 'A little respect' awesome for unsticking arses from chairs!

Shake your tail feather. ( Imagine the afore mentioned beautiful ladies bending over and waving their finely formed buttocks in your direction).

Jackson 5 stuff is also cool. Anything that makes you tap your foot. We medley I want you back into ABC into Signed sealed delivered.

One of the keys to packed wedding dance floors is not hanging about in between songs. It's like an automatic response of the audience to turn and walk toward their chairs after a song. But if you can come staright in with a great intro, they will stay.

As someone who has DJ'd and gigged as a musician, I can honestly say the songs that work are not always interchangeable. I have no idea why. Anyway good luck with the gig.

Jetfire

So do most of you guys play with a keyboard section of horns? If not, how would you do the some of stuff like Superstition and Shake Your Tail Feather?

Gassage

I always find 'Refuse/Resist by Sepultura is of the ultimate wedding tunes.

Really gets the mind thinking.

Danny1969

Jetfire said:

So do most of you guys play with a keyboard section of horns? If not, how would you do the some of stuff like Superstition and Shake Your Tail Feather?

We've  got a  keys player playing a horns patch but I've heard loads of bands cover superstition with just guitar and it's fine. With a bit of inventiveness there's not much you can't do with 2 guitars

Jetfire

we're a single guitar band at the moment but id like a keyboard player/midi stuff

ElectroDan

Jetfire said:

So do most of you guys play with a keyboard section of horns? If not, how would you do the some of stuff like Superstition and Shake Your Tail Feather?

Yeah, Keys player, guitar, bass, drums and singist. There isn't much you cant cover with that. As the guys have said though, you don't have to do a verbatim copy of your dance floor fillers (people don't pay such close attention when they are dancing. As long as you get in the right ball park.

ESBlonde

@Jetfire if you can't do whole songs because a lack of backing singers/brass/keys etc. just do the hook line/riff and sing a verse as part of a medley. That way you did the hook and they danced, move on to the next one. It can be quite fun linking songs (many with the same tempo and or key) think stars on 45 type thing. They will love you for it.

Jetfire

Yeah, we've talked about doing mashups etc. so would be worth a look

RobDavies

Wasted Years by Iron Maiden.

One for the 25th anniversary party, anyway....

RocknRollDave

Jetfire said:

So do most of you guys play with a keyboard section of horns? If not, how would you do the some of stuff like Superstition and Shake Your Tail Feather?

On guitar, simple as that.

A good wedding band will have videos and audio samples that the client can audition before booking you. If they don't like the sound of a band that doesn't have keys or horns, they won't book them. If they do like the sound of your band, they'll book you - simple as that. Truth is most punters probably won't even put 2 and 2 together and notice that there aren't any keys/ horns.


If they wanted you to play the records, they'd have booked a DJ.

EricTheWeary

Everybody love ska! Okay, I love ska...

Stupid Marriage by the Specials.

Okay, Message To You Rudy - strumming 3 chords in a lively manner.