Ryan and Adrienne's Wedding Reception Setlist

Ryan and Adrienne are a couple that live in Seattle, but met in Del Mar, California five years ago. They returned to the same city they met for an extraordinary wedding at L'Auberge.

Since they enjoyed their reception on an outdoor terrace, the hotel's ballroom was solely used for dancing. It was if they had their own nightclub for the evening. When it was time to move everyone into the "club" I introduced the bride and groom with an energetic countdown, then mixed in to Lady Gaga's, Alejandro. The party was on from there!

I'll post more about the wedding later, but here's a peek at the setlist.

	Song	Artist
	Alejandro	Lady Gaga
	Boogie Shoes	K.C. & the Sunshine Band
	Billie Jean	Michael Jackson
	Motownphilly	Boyz II Men
	Yeah	Usher
	Montel Party Break	DJ Emotion
	Old School Jump Off/Jump	House of Pain
	Bad Romance	Lady Gaga
	California Gurls	Katy Perry
	Low	Flo Rida
	You Love	The Outfield
	Jessie's Girl	Rick Springfield
	U Can't Touch This	M.C. Hammer
	P.Y.T.	Michael Jackson
	Let's Get it On	Marvin Gaye
	Let's Stay Together	Al Green
	September	Earth, Wind and Fire
	Love Shack	B-52s
	Hey Ya	Outkast
	Tik Tok	Kesha
	Funky Cold Medina	Tone Loc
	We're In Miami Trick	LMFAO
	I Gotta Feeling	Black Eyed Peas
	Don't Stop Believing	Journey
	Sweet Caroline	Neil Diamond
	Livin' On a Prayer	Bon Jovi
	Break Your Heart	Taio Cruz
	Down	Jay Sean
Last Dance	Hey Soul Sister	Train
Encore	I'm Yours	Jason Mraz

My Favorite Lyric Tuesday Airplanes, B.o.B.

If you're a sick of this song, I'm sorry. But I just wanted to give it it's due, after all it currently sits at No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100. And lyrically, it's not bad.

B.o.B, a native of Decatur, Georgia, has a great flow and I'm more than elated to finally hear a rapper from the South not spit out that horrible dribble that you hear from the likes of Soulja Boy, Young Jeezy, Lil Jon etc. The rap has some terrific angst and tells a good tale of a young boy growing up trying to get into the rap game.

The Part 2 mix with Eminem will probably be one of my favorite rap songs of 2010. Slim Shady does what he does best by talking about all that angst he had growing up in Detroit. The beauty of it is that both his lyrics and B.o.B's do any amazing job staying true to the theme of the song.

We all need to have a sense of wonder to keep challenging ourselves to achieve that next goal.

And when you’re growing up in the inner streets of Detroit or perhaps in a less than perfect inspiring atmosphere of Decatur, you need something to keep those dreams alive.

Enter Paramore’s Hayley Williams.

She belts out one of the greatest messages in music so far this year.

Can we pretend that airplanes
In the next sky are like shooting stars
I could really use a wish right now, wish right now

Maybe the night skies of Detroit and Decatur were polluted with broken dreams to see real stars. The metaphor of airplanes to stars is something that is quite poignant. A lost soul just needing something, anything to keep their hopes and dreams alive.

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My Favorite Lyric Tuesday Man in the Mirror, Michael Jackson

With the poignant one year anniversary of MJ's death, I thought it was appropriate to dedicate this weeks MFLT to one of my favorite Jackson songs, Man in the Mirror.

It was hard to pick one particular set of lyrics, because there really isn't anything too profound, each verse tells it like it is. But I love this song so much because of the melody and the climax when the choir starts to sing along. It's an inspiring song with an incredible beat.

And it's these lines that really start to pick up the emotion:

A willow deeply scarred
Somebody's broken heart
And a washed out dream
They follow the pattern of the wind ya' see
'Cause they got no place to be
That's why I'm starting with me

Did you just start tapping your toes?

On the Sunday after Michael passed away, I closed out my gig with this song. It was amazing to see everyone singing along and holding candles in the air that they had grabbed from the tables. It's one of the most memorable moments I have ever experienced as a DJ.

Here's a cover version I found from an episode of The X Factor. I like the acoustic vibe: (If you're reading this on Facebook, be sure to view the original post, since embedded videos do not import into Facebook "Notes.")

Where's All My Soul Sista's

A scan of pop radio and a peek at recent wedding videos shows that the catchy song du jour is Train's "Hey Soul Sister." It's feel good, with a nice beat and a sweet message.

For those that know my DJ'ing style, I live for a climatic end and a perfect last dance. Throughout the years I have played the obvious (Last Dance, Closing Time, Time of My Life). And over the past few years, I've had a handful of go to songs to close out an evening. By the time a gig is about to end, I've put my finger on what the crowd is really into, so based on that, I'll play the last dance accordingly.

I'm always looking to add more and I think I have found it in "Hey Soul Sister." My pre-requisites for a good last dance is that it cannot be cliche (like the ones above), it generally should be upbeat (no "Unchained Melody") and it's nice to have a long instrumental ending (so I can talk over it and give one last shout out to the bride and groom).

This track seems to have all of those and I can't wait to use it soon. Check out this lip dub of the song at the Universitat de Vic in Spain.

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A Nickleback Song Worth Listening Too

Maybe it hasn't been in this space, but certainly among my friends I've made no secret that Nickelback isn't one of my favorite bands. But I gotta tell you, their latest cut, "This Afternoon," is pretty catchy.

I grew up in the Midwest and spent some time in Texas. And as much as I beleive "California Gurls" is the perfect sound for San Diego, I imagine that "This Afternoon" fits quite well for a backyard, Missouri barbecue.

And the video for that song ... wow. Now that must have been a interesting casting call.

My Favorite Lyric Tuesday You and I Both - Jason Mraz

Jason Mraz is an amazing lyricist and I have a feeling he will make his way onto many, My Favorite Lyric Tuesday entries. I have so many favorite lines of his, but I thought I'd pick this line from You and I Both, a cut that Mraz had been singing in San Diego coffee houses many years before his 2002 debut album was released.

See I'm all about them words
Over numbers, unencumbered numbered words
Hundreds of pages, pages, pages forwards
More words then I had ever heard and I feel so alive

I selected this not only because it really is one of my favorite Mraz songs, but I recently was watching his "Tonight Not Again" DVD, and he talked about writing the song. I was always intrigued by the pattern and how he managed to romanticize the word "words." And the word "unencumbered" also always struck me.

Mraz explained that he wrote the song for an ex-girlfriend, someone who inspired his path to songwriting. She loved the word "unencumbered" and he tossed it in there as a salute to her; so she would know the song was for her.

And as sweet as the song is, it has its bittersweet ending.

And it's okay if you have go away Oh just remember the telephone works both ways And if I never ever hear them ring If nothing else I'll think the bells inside Have finally found you someone else and that's okay Cause I'll remember everything you sang

Great song ... enjoy the video; one of my favorite live version of the song. The "unencumbered" line is at 1:10.

Coming Soon - My Favorite Lyric Tuesday

I'm pretty proud of my blogging habit lately. I've blogged more this month than I did all of last year. Actually, I think I've blogged more this week than all of last year.

A few new tools have given me a reason and purpose to blog and I know my wife is happy that I'm finally putting my thoughts to paper, er, digital paper at least.

So I thought to myself, what else could inspire me to sit down at the computer each week and spit out 200 words? While I have plenty of commentaries on my own pet peeves, the latest episode of the Bachelorette and food, it only makes sense to keep this strictly about music.

I've always been intrigued by song lyrics. The nice thing about this is that even bad songs can have good lyrics. Case in point:

My anaconda don't want none unless you got buns hun

Great lyric, bad song.

So starting tomorrow, or June 22 (depending on when you read this), I'll be starting a weekly feature called "My Favorite Lyric Tuesday." MFLT if you're nasty. All songs, good and bad, are fair game. I will explore the sweet, weird, romantic, dirty, interesting and just about any adjective you can throw at the world of song lyrics.

I'll present -- yep you guessed it -- some of my favorite lyrics ... on Tuesdays. And I'll tell you why and you'll think, "wow, that Justin is much more insightful than I thought." I look forward to sharing with you, starting tomorrow with some Jason Mraz.