Hey - question.

Since there are so many accomplished mix/comp CD/tape makers here in this thread, could I ask the advice of some of y'all? Z & I have picked all of the songs for our reception, and I'm now obsessively tweaking the order. Does helping me figure that out sound like fun to anyone? If not, cool.

Angus - so you like the Scissor Sisters? I grabbed their CD in Friday, and quite enjoy it.

Does helping me figure that out sound like fun to anyone?

Let's play!

I'm now obsessively tweaking the order.

My $.02: Don't obsess over the order. There may be wrong orders, but there is no single right order. Play the mix in the background while working on something else & if nothing jumps out as being really wrong then it's fine. Concentrate on a few areas (e.g., beginning: start strong, but don't play the best stuff before people are really paying attention; if you have an event or events pegged to specific songs make the two or three songs surrounding it fit with the theme/mood you want), but other than that 1) just make sure that any jarring transitions are there because you want them there and 2) spend your time worrying about more important stuff. Or better yet don't spend your time worrying.

2a) However, if it is in your nature to worry and you're going to be doing it anyhow no matter what, worrying over the order of the music is by far the preferable option, as it is infinitely more creative and interesting and less tear-inducing than worrying over who sits at what table, which cranky relatives need to be appeased in what way, and who must be separated, by entire rooms if possible.

Need hivemind help: Song lyric "wrap it up, i'll take it." My co-worker and I are at odds: I say this is The Fabulous Thunderbirds (who did do a cover of it). He says there was a version in the late 70s that was sung by a woman. Is he right? If so, who sang it?

ETA: Now he says it's not the same song. It was a punk song ("You could slam dance to it - What? I was a slave to the New Wave!"). My co-worker kills me. Please someone solve this for us!

Song lyric "wrap it up, i'll take it." My co-worker and I are at odds: I say this is The Fabulous Thunderbirds (who did do a cover of it). He says there was a version in the late 70s that was sung by a woman. Is he right? If so, who sang it?

The song you're talking about is definitely by The Fabulous Thunderbirds. I don't know what in hell song your co-worker is on about.

Mystery solved. The song was by Romeo Void and it was called Wrap it Up. On an album called Benefactor that was released in 1982.

JZ - perzactly. I'll obsess over something because it's in my nature, so it may as well be something Z & I have total control over.

Okay, here's the list - feel free to ignore, mock, suggest, or tweak.

(The various bride/groom/family dances aren't listed, because that's been set in stone for ages.)

Friday I'm in love - cure
end of the world - r.e.m.
shake your groove thing
dixie the tiny dog -
some fantastic - bnl
comfortably numb - scissor sisters
a kiss to build a dream on
city love - mayer
come on eileen
you an me - bbvd
got to give it up - marvin gaye
volare - gipsy kings
I'll take you there
damn I wish - sophie b.
babylon - david gray
lady marmalade - moulin
pyt - michael jackson
freedom 90 - g. michael
I wanna be your lover - prince
you sexy thing
you'll accompany me - seger
cakewalk - taj mahal
wanna be like you - big bad voodoo daddy
Kiss - Prince
rock your body - justin
what is love
brick house
come back to bed - mayer
what a good boy - bnl
smooth - santana
linus and lucy
I will survive
Push it
Gett Off - Prince
downtown train - waits
your song - e. john
go daddy o - bbvd
modern love - bowie
lady marmalade - moulin
love man - otis
ain't no woman like the one I got - lang
goody 2 shoes
let's get it on - marvin gaye

I am not well-versed in the art of the mix, and the order of songs, etc., so I have no comment on that. However:

I will survive

I've had many arguments with friends as to whether this is a good song to play at a wedding. I'm of the opinion that it is, because it's a song everyone loves to dance to.

lady marmalade - moulin

You have this twice -- on purpose?

The Fabulous Thunderbirds? Romeo Void? Steve Cropper's crying on Duck Dunn's shoulder; Booker T. is too stunned to move. Isaac Hayes is chuckling, but that's 'cause he's got a piece of the action -- and I'm not talking about his South Park gig. Long before he wrote "Shaft" or did a day long version of "By the Time I Get to Phoenix" Hayes & his partner David Porter made the charts (and a whole lotta money, although apparently not history) with a series of songs written & produced for Sam and Dave: "Hold On, I'm Comin'," "Soul Man," "I Thank You" and yes, "Wrap It Up".