Being the good friend...

I realize that I haven't been posting much to this blog of late - particuarly of the musical variety - and thought I'd give a little explanation of why that is. I've been working on a CD for a friend who got married this summer. He's got a strong touch of the music obsession that I'm cursed/blessed with and thought he'd do a much better job of setting up the music for his reception than any DJ could. So, Sully put together a list of songs and gave the list to the DJ with very explicit instructions of what was a must play, a should play, and a do not play. The DJ proceeded to screw things up, playing very few of the required songs.

So, as the best man, I thought it was my duty to gather together the songs into a CD or two for Brian and Meg as a little post-wedding gift...so, here's what I've been listening to...

The must play list:

• You're My Best Friend (Queen)
• Wouldn't It Be Nice (The Beach Boys)
• Runaway (The Corrs)
• Love Theme from St. Elmo's Fire (David Foster)
• For Your Eyes Only (Sheena Easton)
• Waiting For A Girl Like You (Foreigner)
• We Are In Love (Harry Connick)
• Sea Of Love (The Honeydrippers)
• Angel Of The Morning (Juice Newton)
• The Lady In My Life (Michael Jackson)
• Angel Of Mine (Monica)
  
• Theme from Summer Place (Percy Faith)
• Magic Moments (Perry Como)
  
• When I'm With You (Sheriff)
• Through The Years (Kenny Rogers)

The should play list (upbeat):

• Come On Eileen (Dexy's Midnight Runners)
• What I Like About You (The Romantics)
• Girls Just Want To Have Fun (Cyndi Lauper)
• Footloose (Kenny Loggins)
• Hot In Herre (Nelly)
• Rock Your Body (Justin Timberlake)
• Bust A Move (Young MC)
• Jump Around (House Of Pain)
• Paradise By The Dashboard Light (Meatloaf)
• Do You Love Me (The Contours)
• The Twist (Chubby Checker)
• Rock Around The Clock (Bill Haley)
• Working For The Weekend (Loverboy)
• Hey Ya (Outkast)
• Hey Baby (Bruce Channel)
• Electric Boogie (Marcia Griffiths)

The should play list (slower):

• Longer (Dan Fogelberg)
• The Search Is Over (Survivor)
• Can't Fight This Feeling (REO Speedwagon)
• Friends and Lovers (Loring & Anderson)
• It Might Be You (Steven Bishop)
• Let My Love Open The Door (Pete Townshend)
• Woman (John Lennon)
• At Last (Etta James)
• Could It Be I'm Falling In Love (The Spinners)
• It Had To Be You (Harry Connick)

Some of the songs I like, but I would hope that it's pretty clear that it's not exactly my tastes throughout...