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 03/16/2005 07:48:29 PM · #1
I am looking for any suggestions for some backgound music for my Son's "retrospective" video I am making for his bar mitzvah.

He is into acting and he dressed up and danced while growing to the ripe old age of 13. So I have lots of cute moments of him I am going to show video for, and I'm looking for appropriate songs or even funny songs for the background music. (The video soundtrack itself won't be played.)

This is always tough (I've had to do this for my daughters bat mitzvah, and for crew club videos). I only found one site so far that lets me search lyrics. But of course, I don't want some of the kinds of music out there--particularly not RAP. And the song has to be generally one of positive character.

Any suggestions? There's probably about 3 segments--about 10-15 minutes, including the stills I'll stick in.

For my daughter's video, three years ago, I used "Kiss Me" by Sixpence None the Richer, and a Beatles song, "Got to get you into my life", and a few fragments from Charlie Brown.

Thanks in advance!
 03/16/2005 07:52:51 PM · #2
Try Ben Harper he has some good low key stuff. "Diamond on the inside" Comes to mind right off. May want to check the lyrics though. How long do you have to put this together?
 03/16/2005 07:57:13 PM · #3
Originally posted by rex07734:
Try Ben Harper he has some good low key stuff. "Diamond on the inside" Comes to mind right off. May want to check the lyrics though. How long do you have to put this together?


Thanks. I'll look into that. I have about a week before I have to burn the final version for the presentation.
 03/16/2005 07:58:19 PM · #4
I will look through my collection. You want country, rock, or what.
 03/16/2005 08:01:08 PM · #5
Oops Diamonds on the inside won't work for a boy. My bad I was thinking backward of what you wrote.

Message edited by author 2005-03-16 20:01:27.
 03/16/2005 08:02:11 PM · #6
What comes to mind right off for a boy is maybe Toby Keith - "Should've been a Cowboy"
 03/16/2005 08:11:32 PM · #7
Thanks again. I liked the Ben Harper stuff--but it didn't match. I probably should have excluded country from the songs too--we're not much of a country music family. (But there are certainly cross-over's we like.)

But the Toby Keith gave me an idea, or at least one possibility. "I'm so happy, I can't stop crying". I recognized that one, but I am more familiar with Sting's version. I have to check out all the words to that one.

03/16/2005 08:21:27 PM · #8
Play some Moby, "We Are Made Of Stars." :-)
 03/16/2005 08:27:01 PM · #9
Originally posted by Joey Lawrence:
Play some Moby, "We Are Made Of Stars." :-)


moby is gooooood.
 03/16/2005 08:27:13 PM · #10
If he likes acting, how about "Limelight" by Rush? It's not too hard rock, but it's not soft rock, either.
 03/16/2005 08:45:02 PM · #11
Eh Cumpari, Julius LaRosa

This song leaped to mind for some odd reason. It's different...that's for sure.

I was thinking, what could the average, everyday Bar Mitzvah use to liven things up....keep it hip, interesting....bold yet not pretentious?

Mob-appeal....of course!

Message edited by author 2005-03-16 20:46:06.
 03/16/2005 08:52:04 PM · #12
Rex, what about "Burn One Down".....I love that song!!!
 03/16/2005 08:52:59 PM · #13
Originally posted by nidan:
Rex, what about "Burn One Down".....I love that song!!!


Not sure it would work in a Bar Mitzvah. Good song anyway.
 03/16/2005 08:58:25 PM · #14
mason jenning-living in the moment
green day - time of your life (a nice acoustic thing i think would be perfect)
ben harper - There will be a light

off the top of my mind
i may browse through my collection later and see if there is anymore

Message edited by author 2005-03-16 20:59:19.
 03/16/2005 09:08:34 PM · #15
Just to let people know--I'm here and listening to all the wonderful suggestions on iTunes.

So far, green day is a really good candidate for one of the videos. But while looking for "Time of your life" (which on iTunes took some looking for, it's called "Good Riddance (Time of your life), I found a bunch of neat songs called something like "Time of your life". Randy Newman has a really good one.

I appreciate all the suggestions--it will take some time to figure out which works best!
 03/16/2005 09:09:21 PM · #16
Learning To Fly by Tom Petty
 03/16/2005 09:16:07 PM · #17
Start the Commotion. . . Wiseguys
Honey Rag. . . from "Fosse"
Yellow Submarine. . . Beatles
Whata man. . . Salt 'n Pepper
 03/16/2005 09:16:54 PM · #18
Originally posted by nshapiro:


So far, green day is a really good candidate for one of the videos. But while looking for "Time of your life" (which on iTunes took some looking for, it's called "Good Riddance (Time of your life),


Oh, my bad... :)

Sorry, glad you found what I was talking about and liked it.
 03/16/2005 09:18:26 PM · #19
Forgot;
Soolaiman/Brotherly love. . . Neil Diamond
 03/16/2005 09:49:08 PM · #20
"Dreams" off Everyone else is doing it so why can't we by the Cranberries - Irish Female voice folk/rock 4:32 minutes

or my Favorite Slide Show music which starts slow, heavy bridge, ends slow, soft outro... 8:28 minutes long is:

"Song and Emotion" by Tesla off Psychotic Supper...Tear jerker song that is a tribute to Steve Clarke guitarist from Def Leppard.

Andy
03/16/2005 09:58:00 PM · #21
Opps forgot my other favorite slide show music that 2 songs will take you 10-15 minutes...

The Cure ("Mixed-Up" album as all are extended re-mixes 7 minutes or better each song)

"Pictures of You" (the one you've heard on the HP commercial) "Lullaby" is a good beat, or "A Forest" or "Fascination Street" all have a heavy Bass riff that is great for switching slides on.
03/16/2005 10:02:36 PM · #22
Somewhere Over the Rainbow/What a Wonderful World by Israel Kamakawiwo'ole!
 03/17/2005 01:04:04 AM · #23
*bump* as I know there are more ideas out there...
 03/17/2005 01:18:05 AM · #24
There is a wonderful song by Stephen Curtis Chapman that I think about my kids whenever I hear it. It's called "I Can See the Fingerprints of God" (It might just be "Fingerprints of God")

The refrain:
"I can see the fingerprints of God, when I look at you.
I can see the fingerprings of God, and I know it's true.
You're a masterpiece that all creation quietly applauds,
And you're covered with the fingerprints of God."

One of the verses:

Never has there been, never again will there be another you.
fashioned by God's hand, perfectly planned to be just who you are.
And what He's been creating since the first beat of your heart,
is a living, breathing, priceless work of art!

It's a great song!

Edit: I forgot to add that's it's an uptempo song, so people won't fall asleep!

Message edited by author 2005-03-17 01:22:51.
 03/17/2005 01:38:27 AM · #25
How about Garth Brooks - "The night I called the old man out"

-Just kidding. Since there will be a lot of kids there, I like the suggestion for Green Day - Good Riddance. Just some nice subtle undertones there, nothing fancy, yet the kids will think it's cool.
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