# Music for an anniversary party? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 25, 2008, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-for-an-anniversary-party/454222 "2008-06-25T19:52:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Mama\_Zappa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71e660/32.png) [@Mama\_Zappa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Zappa)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2008, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-for-an-anniversary-party/454222/1 "2008-06-25T19:52:57Z")
25th wedding anniversary (ours, to be specific), and we need to load up the iPods. Dan Fogelberg’s “Longer”, and Huey Lewis and the News’ “Stuck With You” are required, of course. What else must we have? We will of course have other music. It wouldn’t be “us” without a full rendition of Weird Al Yankovic’s repertoire, for example. ---
**Author:** ![freekalette](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/50afbb/32.png) [@freekalette](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/freekalette)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2008, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-for-an-anniversary-party/454222/2 "2008-06-25T20:24:29Z")
“Anniversary” by Voltaire. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PT1-B-sS\_Lc](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PT1-B-sS_Lc) ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2008, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-for-an-anniversary-party/454222/3 "2008-06-25T20:28:32Z")
Me and Mrs. Jones - Billy Paul Let’s Stay Together - Al Green ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2008, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-for-an-anniversary-party/454222/4 "2008-06-25T20:35:31Z")
[“Memories are Made of This”](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b6-E8S0sV-E) by Dean Martin ---
**Author:** ![Hazle\_Weatherfield](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Hazle\_Weatherfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hazle_Weatherfield)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2008, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-for-an-anniversary-party/454222/5 "2008-06-25T20:47:59Z")
“Follow” by Genesis “In Your Eyes” by Peter Gabriel "Right by Your Side " by Eurythymics “You’re the Inspiration” by Chicago “Endless Love” by Lionel Ritchie ---
**Author:** ![Hazle\_Weatherfield](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Hazle\_Weatherfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hazle_Weatherfield)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2008, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-for-an-anniversary-party/454222/6 "2008-06-25T20:53:15Z")
I started to compile a list from this site, but this seems easier…have at it! > **[Ultimate '80s Songs - Reliving the Best Songs of the 1980s - Lyrics](http://www.afn.org/~afn30091/80songsbytitle.html)** > > Lyrics to over 500 popular songs from the 1980s ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2008, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-for-an-anniversary-party/454222/7 "2008-06-25T20:58:32Z")
“Stuck In the Middle With You” - Stealers Wheels “Faithfully” - Journey (might be _too_ sappy tho) ---
**Author:** ![Yllaria](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yllaria/32/3452_2.png) [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2008, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-for-an-anniversary-party/454222/8 "2008-06-25T22:36:52Z")
“When I’m 64” Then I’d look for songs that played when you were dating. ---
**Author:** ![Antinor01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecae2f/32.png) [@Antinor01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antinor01)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2008, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-for-an-anniversary-party/454222/9 "2008-06-25T23:42:47Z")
Might not be fully appropriate to your situation but You’re Still The One, by Shania Twain. ---
**Author:** ![Mama\_Zappa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71e660/32.png) [@Mama\_Zappa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Zappa)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2008, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-for-an-anniversary-party/454222/10 "2008-06-26T00:03:03Z")
[QUOTE=Hazle Weatherfield] I started to compile a list from this site, but this seems easier…have at it! [http://www.afn.org/~afn30091/80songsbytitle.html](http://www.afn.org/~afn30091/80songsbytitle.html) [/QUOTE] Excellent link - thanks! AND - when I played snippets of some of them on iTunes, one of the things that came up was a link to songs of the year 1983 with even more suggestions. OK, maybe I’ll skip a few of them - not quite sure I want to explain Marvin Gaye’s “Sexual Healing” to the 9-and-unders who will be there 😉 Wonderful other suggestions, guys - thanks! (erm, lieu, “Me And Mrs. Jones”? Isn’t that about someone committing adultery? ) ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2008, 12:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-for-an-anniversary-party/454222/11 "2008-06-26T12:33:25Z")
You know, I fully expected to be able to go to Wiki or some site and show that the lyrics were just a play on emotions and words, that “Mrs. Jones” was in fact his wife and they were playing, a married couple acting as if their continued attraction for each other was almost adulterous. I thought it was just one of those songs where people usually misinterpreted the lyrics where they in fact meant the reverse. I took it to be a love song. But all I can find now suggests you’re right! Oh man, **Mama Zappa** , I’m so sorry. Heh, let me amend that to “Whatever you do, don’t play Me and Mrs. Jones!” _Let’s Stay Together_ though, I’m still hoping you find room for it. If that one means something else I’m gonna need a therapist. ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2008, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-for-an-anniversary-party/454222/12 "2008-06-26T12:55:52Z")
[QUOTE=Yllaria] Then I’d look for songs that played when you were dating. [/QUOTE] That’s what I would do…find the songs popular 25 years ago. Do you remember what song you danced to at your wedding reception for your First Dance? ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Knig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/cdc98d/32.png) [@Typo\_Knig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Knig)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2008, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-for-an-anniversary-party/454222/13 "2008-07-06T21:03:24Z")
Thought I’d post an update with what we wound up putting on the list: After the Fire, Roger Daltry All I’m Thinkin’ About, Bruce Springsteen Anniversary, Voltaire Blue, Red and Grey, The Who Enjoy The Silence, Depeche Mode Faithfully, Journey Follow You Follow Me, Genesis Gimme All Your Lovin’, ZZ Top Here Comes The Sun, The Beatles Hurts So Good, John Mellencamp I Melt With You, Modern English In Your Eyes, Peter Gabriel It’s Inevitable, Charlie Let’s Stay Together, Al Green Longer, Dan Fogelberg Love Reign O’er Me, The Who Memories Are Made Of This, Dean Martin Octopus’s Garden, The Beatles Our House, Crosby Stills and Nash Right By Your Side, Eurythmics She’s My Girl, Tom Lehrer She’s the One, Bruce Springsteen Somebody, Depeche Mode Something, The Beatles Stuck With You, Huey Lewis And The News Such Great Heights, The Postal Service Tender Is The Night, Jackson Browne Thing Called Love, Bonnie Raitt When I’m 64, Beatles (or Accidentals) White Wedding, Billy Idol Without Your Love (MacVcar), Roger Daltry Wonderful Tonight, Eric Clapton You’re The Inspiration, Chicago Your Song, Elton John You Make Me, Weird Al Yankovic Some of them are unusual choices, but then we’ve got an odd sense of humor 🙂 As y’all can see, we incorporated many suggestions from here. Also did some nosing about in published Imixes on Itunes, and the Weird Al song was accidentally added to the list (not sure how though) and we decided we liked it 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Mama\_Zappa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71e660/32.png) [@Mama\_Zappa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Zappa)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2008, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-for-an-anniversary-party/454222/14 "2008-07-06T21:05:20Z")
Note - the above was posted by _me_, not Typo Knig :smack: Though he was standing watching me post it, so I imagine his consent can be taken as given!