Music to get married to

Apart from the classical Indian trio who'll be performing sitar, tabla and violin at our wedding in, gulp, less than a month, we've been having fun deciding on which music to have playing in the background to the reception dinner. One of the first things I did when we bought my new iPod was create a Wedding Dinner playlist in iTunes. It doesn't necessarily feature many romantic songs, but it does feature music we've loved down the years. Currently the playlist is 7 hours long, but it's on shuffle! Here's a selection:

• Sweet Black Angel - The Rolling Stones
• Everyone's In Love With You - David Byrne
• Starman - David Bowie
• Californication - Red Hot Chili Peppers
• Raspberry Beret - Prince
• Bat Macumba - Os Mutantes
• Road To Nowhere - Talking Heads
• Beautiful - Carole King
• Shipbuilding - Robert Wyatt
• Tropicalia - Caetano Veloso
• Tupelo Honey - Van Morrison
• Chuva - Mariza
• Breathless - Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
• A Man And A Woman - U2
• Take This Waltz - Leonard Cohen
• Harvest Moon - Neil Young
• Aicha - Khaled
• Lágrimas Negras - Bebo Valdés & Dieguito "El Cigala"
• Perfect Day - Lou Reed (which may also be our recessional music)
• Everything - Neneh Cherry
• Yesterday Is Here - Tom Waits
• Dance Away - Bryan Ferry & Roxy Music
• Bat Macumba - Gilberto Gil
• Sabine Largam - Césaria Évora
• Naci Orishas - Orishas
• Tuareg - Gal Costa
• The Passenger - Iggy Pop
• Love Will Tear Us Apart - Joy Division
• Little Things (That Keep Us Together) - Scott Walker