May 30, 2007
I worked this weekend on a graduation video for my sister-in-law as a type of graduation gift from her Mom (who must have scanned 300+ photos) and I. I did it in iMovie and it turned out pretty good for my first one. The only problem is, I didn’t realize how long my gaps between music were until the day she watched it. So, before I burn it to a DVD (which is giving me fits) I would love to fill in those gaps. Do any of you know of any good sappy music either about friendship or love or family or something? The more current the better, but I used “Isn’t She Lovely” and that is definitely not current. So - old but recognizable is good too. Thanks!
I did a little search and found this list. Seems like a pretty good one.
Time of Your Life by Green Day
Friends by Michael W. Smith
It’s So Hard to Say Goodbye to Yesterday by Boys to Men
Please Remember by LeAnn Rimes (from Coyote Ugly)
Graduation/Friends Forever by Vitamin C
Letting Go by Suzy Boggess
26 cents by The Wilkensons
Sweetest Days by Vanessa Williams
Teach Your Children by Crosby, Stills and Nash
Forever Young by Alphaville
These Are The Moments by Edwin McCain
I Hope You Dance by Leann Womack
Holiday by The Getupkids
Hello and Goodbye The Ataris
Sunscreen Song by Quindon Tarver
I’ll stand by you is a great grad song!!
circle of friends, I think by point of grace
the graduation song, by vitamin c (came out as i graduated, circa 2000!)
I will remember you, Sarah McLachlan
how about something fun like “we are family”.
Googling “graduation music ideas” gave me these links:
http://www.musicaltheatreproduction.com/holidays/graduation.html
From this site:
http://www.evite.com/app/cms/ideas/graduation-party
Came this:
graduation party music
1. Mrs. Robinson / Simon and Garfunkel (NO WAY!!)
2. Graduation Day / Kanye West
3. Congratulations / The Rolling Stones
4. School’s Out / Alice Cooper
5. Old Friends / Willie Nelson
6. Forever Young / Alphaville
7. Goodbye / The Corrs
8. Graduation (Friends Forever) / Vitamin C
9. We Go Together / Grease Soundtrack
10. Shout / The Isley Brothers
Hope that helps.
Everything I was thinking, was already mentioned =)
But I LOVE School’s Out… I think that would be awesome.
“She” by Elvis Costello…
There You’ll Be/Faith Hill
Fly/Sugar Ray
Time For Me To Fly/REO Speedwagon
Time of Your Life/Green Day
Good Times/Tommy Lee
Celebration/Kool and the Gang
I hope there aren’t too many repeats.
“In My Daughters Eyes” Martina McBride
“Child of Mine” Carole King
So this is my last comment, I swear… Here’s a good sight for sappy songs (I know it’s a wedding list, but most of the songs are appropriate for both situations:
http://wedding-planning.suite101.com/article.cfm/father_daughter_dance_songs
*site* not *sight* ha!
This is the Time Billy Joel
Don’t You Forget About Me - from Breakfast Club
Girls Just Wanna Have Fun- Cyndi Lauper
Blessed by Martina McBride
Celine Dion does a really nice rendition of the old song “What a Wonderful World”
And “Seasons of Love” from the Rent soundtrack is a great one too.
Congrats to the graduate!
These Are Days - not sure if it’s just Natalie Merchant, or 10,000 Maniacs
Reminds Me Of You - Van Morrison
Hold You In My Arms - Ray LaMontagne (ultra sappy, possibly good for baby pictures)
My Wish - Rascal Flatts
supposed to be working, so didn’t read above comments … but must add “So Damn Lucky,” by Dave Matthews. I used it in a slideshow for my mother in law’s digital picture frame, and it seems to lend itself to slideshows pretty well … back to work …
here’s what came up in my search for Top 10 Graduation Songs - 2007:
1) Natasha Bedingfield - Unwritten
Sarah McLachlan - I Will Remember You
2) Nickelback - Photograph
3) Carrie Underwood - Whenever You Remember
4) Tom Petty - I Won’t Back Down
5) 10,000 Maniacs - These Are Days
6) The Ataris - In This Diary
7) Josh Groban - You Raise Me Up
9) Queen - We Are the Champions
10) Cyndi Lauper - True Colors
oh and Bonus hit: Diana Ross - I’m Coming Out
This one is a must:
“With My Own Two Hands” by Jack Johnson w/ Ben Harper.
Great song that makes me tear up. Every time.
We are family-Sister Sledge
(for a few clips where there are pictures of the family)
Where ever you will go-The calling
Graduation-Vitamin C
Through the Glass-Stone Sour
(Awesome Lyrics…I’m looking at you through the glass
Don’t know how much time has passed
Oh God it feels like forever
But no one ever tells you that forever feels like home)
OMG..cant believe no one’s mentioned this as yet..!!
MY GIRL-The Temptations..!!! (Thats beyond perfect..!!!)
At my brother’s graduation, way back in 1983, they had a slide show (none of this new fangled video/dvd’s in those days!) of all the grads through different years of their lives, from infancy right up to grade 12. The presentation was set to “Old and Wise” by the Alan Parsons Project - by the end, there wasn’t a dry eye in the place.
Has anyone suggested Jack Johnson yet? He has some great, happy, peppy, feel-good, lovey songs.
Ok, I am late to the party, so all mine were taken, but I am totally making that compilation tape myself and looking at old yearbook pics and crying over my big, aqua-net hair. I would add “Suddenly I See” because it has that “you can see she’s a beautiful girl, she’s a beautiful girl, and everywhere she goes she leaves a silver pool of light…” Who wouldn’t want that dedicated to them?
Bill Medley + Jennifer Warnes (I’ve Had) The Time of my Life
Patrick Swayze She’s Like the Wind
“My Girl”–The Temptations!!!!!
“This One’s for the Girls”–Martina McBride
“Time of the Season” — Blake Lewis (LOL)
OK, everyone else has offered some great songs, so I’ll stop.
Did anyone say “This is the time to remember but it will not last forever” by I don’t know who?
No suggestions that haven’t aready been said but at my Son’s graduation they played the song “Beautiful day” from U2.
It was a back up because they had an issue with the song they had actually chosen. The sentiment is nice because it truly WAS a beautiful day, but if you know the lyrics it’s actually a rather depressing song for someone heading out in the world..”Your on the road, but you’ve got no destination…”
Regardless, whatever music that is chosen the Mom will still tear up when she hears it. I do when I hear that U2 song!
That KT Tunstall song, Suddenly I See. It’s the one they always played on American Idol when the girl contestants go the boot. It always makes me a little teary but in a happy girl-power way.
I believe there is a version of John Lennon’s BEAUTIFUL BOY
out for BEAUTIFUL GIRL…
I started my sons graduation dvd with that one…
also included where….
The River- Garth Brooks
Time of your Life
and
This is your Life
Kimberly Locke has a new song out called Change, that could be good.
Also-
Butterfly Kisses
Through The Years
Wind Beneath My Wings
In My Daughter’s Eyes
You Can’t Lose Me
Haven’t visited in a long time (sorry). But… when did you get a Mac? *is happy for you*
Hi. I am normally just a lurker here…I love reading your blog. I had to break in to comment on this. I just made a slide show for my daughter who is graduating from high school next week. I used My Little Girl by Tim McGraw for the younger pics, then Happy Girl by Martina McBride and How to Say Goodbye by Michael W Smith. He wrote that for his daughter who was graduating. It is a major tear jerker!!