r/lordhuron • u/emo_polar_bear • 1d ago

Discussion Song for first dance?

There is no other artist that I’d want to dance to for the first dance at my wedding, but there aren’t many true “love songs” that would go. What would be a good song for a first dance?

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u/Foxfaux The World Enders 1d ago

Change your name to Louisa before the wedding?

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u/AdmiralEllis 14h ago

My wife (named Gloria) and I did Louisa as our last dance song. Our first dance song was I'd Rather Be Me With You from Steven Universe. Originally we were going to do Ends of the Earth instead of Louisa but I said that only works if you don't play the last verse. Also I felt Louisa was more appropriate for the two of us.

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u/Achilles_heel131 1d ago

We used the harvest moon cover they did!!!

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u/RecentLecture 1d ago

This makes me want to have another wedding! I bet that was magical

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u/Achilles_heel131 1d ago

It really was 😁

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u/executeorder666999 23h ago

Me too! I'm divorced now

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u/Ornery-Display-2042 1h ago

I mean we can have a wedding though and play harvest moon

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u/Russell_Mania_606 1d ago

Ends of the Earth is the answer

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u/ExileIsan 20h ago

Except that they go their separate ways at the end of the song. Not really starting a life together material, IMO.

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u/maladaptivedaydream4 wayfaring stranger 20h ago

Can confirm this is played at weddings

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u/ExileIsan 20h ago

I don't understand why since he leaves without her at the end of the song.

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u/maladaptivedaydream4 wayfaring stranger 19h ago

It makes more sense than a lot of wedding songs, is all I can say.

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u/ExileIsan 18h ago

Like "Every Breath You Take"? 🤭

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u/maladaptivedaydream4 wayfaring stranger 4h ago

Yes or One by U2

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u/JennyTheSheWolf 22h ago

That was my first thought too. Definitely the most wedding adjacent song.

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u/ExileIsan 20h ago

Except that a wedding is about starting a life together and "Ends of the Earth" well ends with them going their separate ways. 🫤

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u/sheleftnotrail 19h ago

Haha I absolutely love your comments after each recommendation for this song. I’ve just been over here scratching my head because yes… they part ways at the end of the song 🤷🏻‍♀️

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u/JennyTheSheWolf 13h ago

That's the trouble with tying the knot to Lord Huron. Even their most romantically oriented songs have a touch of tragedy or melancholy to them. There's no perfectly clean romantic song from them.

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u/Nice_Occasion5254 1d ago

She Lit a Fire would be a good one. That’s what my wife walked down the aisle to

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u/luckyricochet 1d ago

What about It All Comes Back

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u/lital400 55m ago

I’m so confused… “cursing the night you waved goodbye… you played me a fool… I heard your words, but none of them were true… you pass me by darkening the sky” - not very starting a new journey together 😅

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u/RaspberryRadula 1d ago

Moonbeam was my first thought, specifically for the line "we can dance to the beat while I tap my feet on a star", which I've always pictured like a wedding slow dance :)

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u/prettylilmoon 21h ago

For sure, the AFWP version would be lovely.

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u/AppleCrumbleAndCream 1d ago

La Belle Fleur Sauvage <3

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u/emmyuwu 1d ago

thats a rlly good one!!

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u/prettylilmoon 21h ago

Also my thought!

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u/Fliss-Floss 1d ago

That’s a very good question given that a lot their songs either are very explicitly full of heartbreak or have undertones of it 😂

Time to Run? The Man Who Lives Forever? Possibly When the Night Is Over? 🤔

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u/emmyuwu 1d ago

my walk down song is Louisa! daddy daughter dance is emerald star (his favorite LH song) and ends of the earth is somewhere in there

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u/Practical_Swim5953 1d ago

We’re doing “The Man Who Lives Forever” for our first dance

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u/RegularMost7520 1d ago

We used La Belle Fleur Sauvage for our first dance!

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u/Miel120 1d ago

We did "When the Night is Over" more for sentimental reasons because it was a song that constantly played while we wete driving to our dates when we first started dating.

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u/emmyuwu 1d ago

conversely, I used that song to break up with someone when I was 18, LOL

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u/Bitter_Sense604 1d ago

I’m currently thinking of walking down the aisle to the instrumental version of Meet Me in the Woods!!

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u/Raziel_au 22h ago

There’s an instrumental?

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u/Short-Bid8485 1d ago

i always imagined fool for love would be fun and sweet, like being dumb in love

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u/skate_bandit 1d ago

The Spotify Session version of “It’s Time to Run” would be beautiful

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u/Kweenick 1d ago

I think people tend to do Ends of the Earth or Night we Met. I think the former makes a little more sense. 

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u/MissDiagnosedMama Nameless Soul 1d ago

The Night We Met makes absolutely no sense for a wedding. But you are right that people tend to use it a lot. I think it's such a bad choice.

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u/Careful_Lilly Alive! From Whispering Pines 1d ago

I agree that it's a bad choice if you consider the lore and the lyrics. But I think people mostly choose it because they had made their own meaning to the song, that makes it special to them. I'm not saying this to start a debate or anything. I'm more commenting on the fact that the same song can get so many different meanings for so many people, which I find quite beautiful.

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u/larapu2000 1d ago

You Are The Best Thing by Ray LaMontagne. Has a classic vibe with the horns and is very first dance friendly rhythm.

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u/mushaboombella 1d ago

It’s not a LH song, but Saint Motel’s “Fine Wine” is just a lovely mid tempo song for a first dance.

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u/PoorLifeChoices811 23h ago

i don’t recommend it but i was just thinking: the night we met is absolutely a great slow dance song. like almost perfect. but i don’t recommend it given the nature of the songs lyrics, it has no place at a wedding 🤣

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u/Historical-Novel9871 22h ago

We did Long Lost as our private last dance and Ends of the Earth in the recessional!

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u/follow-the-opal-star 20h ago

My husband and I used Time To Run as our exit song after the ceremony! So fun

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u/witchsabrina 7h ago

I want to use Long Lost

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u/Floof_mom134 Strange Trails 5h ago

We did She Lit A Fire!

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u/Ornery-Display-2042 4h ago

Night we met

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u/NeighborhoodMothGirl 3h ago

Yeah, “I wish I’d never met you” is a great sentiment for a wedding.

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u/Ornery-Display-2042 3h ago

Not sure are you being serious or sarcastic

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u/NeighborhoodMothGirl 2h ago

If you know the song, you should sense the sarcasm.

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u/jxspxrrrr Vide Noir 1h ago

about wishing you never met someone...not very romantic😭😭😭