A Friday wedding! The wedding took place at the U.C. Berkeley Botanical Garden, a lovely site, but a very difficult one from a DJ’s standpoint. Setup involved carrying a sound system 100 yards into a forest, then down into an amphitheatre for the ceremony, then back out again, across a parking lot, down a street, and down a long path into the garden for the cocktail hour. Meanwhile I’d set up sound system no. 2 on a patio, and sound system no. 3 in an adjacent dining room. All in all, I provided sound in 4 different areas. It was a lot of moving, setting up, and breaking down sound systems, but well worth it to make the wedding a wonderful affair.
Pre-Ceremony
Don’t Know Why – Norah Jones
Do It Again [Wag on Christ Remix] – April Stevens
History Repeating [feat. Miss Shirley Bassey] – Propellerheads
Lebanese Blonde [Instrumental Mix] – Thievery Corporation
Club Montepulciano – Hooverphonic
The Guns of Brixton – The Clash
Ghost Town – The Specials
Crystal Frontier [widescreen version] – Calexico
Help the Aged – Pulp
Picture In a Frame – Tom Waits
The Ceremony
Procession: Your Song- Romantic Wedding Music Masters
Bride Walking: Fade Into You- Vitamin String Quartet
Recession: I Found A Reason- The Velvet Underground
Cocktail Time
Jungalero – Les Baxter
Best Day of My Life – American Authors
I Will – The Beatles
Speak to Me/ Breathe – Pink Floyd
St. Thomas – Sonny Rollins
If I Were a Bell – Miles Davis
Book of Love – Magnetic Fields
Minnesota, WI – Bon Iver
Let’s Stay Together – Al Green
“T” Plays it Cool – Marvin Gaye
Harlem River Drive – Bobbi Humphrey
Dinner Time
Do Ya – The Move
Simplest Love – Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros
Oh Honey – Delegation
Close Encounters – Mogwai
More Than a Woman – Bee Gees
Okay – Panda
To Sing for You – Donovan
Las Vegas Tango – Gary Burton Quartet
I Wanna Get Next To You – Rose Royce
Love (Makes Me Do Foolish Things) – Martha Reeves and the Vandellas
Happiness is Me and You – Gilbert O’Sullivan
Knife – Grizzly Bear
Natural High – Bloodstone
Pusherman – Curtis Mayfield
Always and Forever – Heatwave
Atlantis – Donovan
Ain’t No Mountain High Enough – Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell
Dancing
First Dance: You & Me – Penny & the Quarters
Father and Bride Dance: God Only Knows – The Beach Boys
Superstition – Stevie Wonder
Jungle Boogie – Kool & The Gang
Brick House – The Commodores
Wannabe – Spice Girls
This Is How We Do It – Montell Jordan
Turn Down For What – DJ Snake & Lil Jon
Bootylicious – Destiny’s Child
Girls Just Wanna’ Have Fun – Cyndi Lauper
Waiting For Tonight – Jennifer Lopez
D.A.N.C.E. [MSTRKRFT Remix] – Justice
I Want You Back – The Jackson Five
Hypnotize – Notorious B.I.G.
Wobble Baby – V.I.C.
Can I Kick It? – A Tribe Called Quest
Shoop – Salt N’ Pepa
Chapel of Love – The Dixie Cups
My Girl – The Temptations
Wishin’ and Hopin’ – Dusty Springfield
You Dropped a Bomb On Me – The Gap Band
Jenny From the Block – Jennifer Lopez
Hip Hop Junkies – Nice ‘N Smooth
I Ain’t No Joke – Eric B. & Rakim
Lollipop [Static Major] – Lil Wayne
Hot Shit (Country Grammar) – Nelly
Single Ladies (Put a Ring On It) – Beyoncé
Back That Azz Up – Juvenile
September – Earth Wind & Fire
Ignition (Remix) – R. Kelly
No Scrubs – TLC
Return of the Mack – Mark Morrison
Thrift Shop [feat. Wanz] – Macklemore & Ryan Lewis
Toxic – Britney Spears
That’s Not My Name – The Ting Tings
Such Great Heights – The Postal Service
Bounce It [feat. Wale, Trey Songz] – Juicy J
On The Hotline – Pretty Ricky
Talk Dirty [feat. 2 Chainz] – Jason Derulo
Marvin Gaye [feat. Meghan Trainor] – Charlie Puth
Can’t Feel My Face – The Weeknd
Uptown Funk [feat. Bruno Mars] – Mark Ronson
Purple Lamborghini – Skrillex & Rick Ross
Rack City – Tyga
Goin’ Back to Cali – Notorious B.I.G.
Video Killed the Radio Star – The Buggles
Differences – Ginuwine
Just the Two of Us – Grover Washington, Jr. & Bill Withers