Listen "Leave Work Now! Episode 21: Slow dance songs for middle school, proms and weddings"
Episode Synopsis
Rick and Peter reminisce about slow dance songs from their past, and read through the list of favorites sent in by friends and listeners.
RICK'S HIGH SCHOOL
Bread – “Make It with You”
Chicago – “Colour My World”
Led Zeppelin – “Stairway to Heaven”
Moody Blues – “Nights in White Satin”
PETER'S MIDDLE SCHOOL
Extreme - "More Than Words"
Richard Marx - "Right Here Waiting"
Bryan Adams - "(Everything I Do) I Do It For You"
Damn Yankees - "High Enough"
Boyz II Men - "It's So Hard To Say Goodbye To Yesterday"
RICK'S WEDDING
Neil Young – “Harvest Moon”
SLOW DANCES FOR COUNTRY PEOPLE
Willie Nelson – “Always On My Mind”
Garth Brooks – “The Dance”
Dwight Yoakam – “Ain’t That Lonely Yet”
EVERY WEDDING I’VE EVER ATTENDED
Elvis – “I Can’t Help Falling in Love”
The Righteous Brothers – “You’ve Lost That Loving Feeling”
Journey – “Faithfully”
Percy Sledge – “When a Man Loves a Woman”
Eric Clapton – “Wonderful Tonight”
REO Speedwagon – “Can’t Fight This Feeling”
SONGS THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN SLOW-DANCE CLASSICS BUT, AS USUAL, THANKS TO THE IDIOCY OF THE MUSIC INDUSTRY, NO ONE’S EVER HEARD OF THEM
Hawks – “Let Me In”
John Anderson – “1959”
Talk Talk – “Renee”
Too Smooth – “Where Has All the Magic Gone?”
Kayak – “Life of Gold”
10 SONGS BY THE MOODY BLUES NOT CALLED “NIGHTS IN WHITE SATIN” THAT KICK A LOT OF SLOW-DANCE ASS
“The Actor”
“Out and In”
“Watching and Waiting”
“Candle of Life”
“Are You Sitting Comfortably?”
“New Horizons”
“Isn’t Life Strange”
“Driftwood”
“Have You Heard” suite
SONG TITLES BY CARCASS THAT PROBABLY DON’T SUGGEST THEY’D BE GOOD PROM BALLADS
“Crepitating Bowel Erosion”
“Cadaveric Incubator of Endo-parasites”
“Lavaging Expectorate of Lysergide Composition”
RICK'S HIGH SCHOOL
Bread – “Make It with You”
Chicago – “Colour My World”
Led Zeppelin – “Stairway to Heaven”
Moody Blues – “Nights in White Satin”
PETER'S MIDDLE SCHOOL
Extreme - "More Than Words"
Richard Marx - "Right Here Waiting"
Bryan Adams - "(Everything I Do) I Do It For You"
Damn Yankees - "High Enough"
Boyz II Men - "It's So Hard To Say Goodbye To Yesterday"
RICK'S WEDDING
Neil Young – “Harvest Moon”
SLOW DANCES FOR COUNTRY PEOPLE
Willie Nelson – “Always On My Mind”
Garth Brooks – “The Dance”
Dwight Yoakam – “Ain’t That Lonely Yet”
EVERY WEDDING I’VE EVER ATTENDED
Elvis – “I Can’t Help Falling in Love”
The Righteous Brothers – “You’ve Lost That Loving Feeling”
Journey – “Faithfully”
Percy Sledge – “When a Man Loves a Woman”
Eric Clapton – “Wonderful Tonight”
REO Speedwagon – “Can’t Fight This Feeling”
SONGS THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN SLOW-DANCE CLASSICS BUT, AS USUAL, THANKS TO THE IDIOCY OF THE MUSIC INDUSTRY, NO ONE’S EVER HEARD OF THEM
Hawks – “Let Me In”
John Anderson – “1959”
Talk Talk – “Renee”
Too Smooth – “Where Has All the Magic Gone?”
Kayak – “Life of Gold”
10 SONGS BY THE MOODY BLUES NOT CALLED “NIGHTS IN WHITE SATIN” THAT KICK A LOT OF SLOW-DANCE ASS
“The Actor”
“Out and In”
“Watching and Waiting”
“Candle of Life”
“Are You Sitting Comfortably?”
“New Horizons”
“Isn’t Life Strange”
“Driftwood”
“Have You Heard” suite
SONG TITLES BY CARCASS THAT PROBABLY DON’T SUGGEST THEY’D BE GOOD PROM BALLADS
“Crepitating Bowel Erosion”
“Cadaveric Incubator of Endo-parasites”
“Lavaging Expectorate of Lysergide Composition”
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