Looking back: Laili (and Friends)

Aside from foods, another thing you won't notice in your own wedding is the music. I had been warned by dozens of people about this, but I didn't care. I wanted the songs in my wedding to match what I like, not some random cheesy love songs or pretentious jazz tunes.

And with Laili and Friends, I got exactly what I wanted.

I'm not even sure the name of the band is Laili and Friends, but that's what Laili the vocalist told me to put on the MC script. Laili is a high-school friend of mine, and has the voice of dewi dari surga. Bagus amat.

Before we get to the reception, let's see the songlist I chose:

1.Tonight, Tonight – Smashing Pumpkins
2.I Love You More Today Than Yesterday
3.A Whole New World - Aladdin
4.Nobody Does It Better – Carly Simon
5.Mushaboom – Feist
6.Here Comes Your Man – Meaghan Smith/Pixies
7.Digital Love – Daft Punk
8.Everything's Not Lost – Coldplay
9.Lost In Your Eyes – Debbie Gibson
10.If You Leave – OMD

11.Waters of March
12.Especially For You
13.I Don't Wanna Miss A Thing
14.LOVE
15.Save The Last Dance
16.Somewhere Beyond The Sea
17.Waiting In Vain
18.We Could Be In Love
19.When You Tell Me That You Love Me
20.My Cherie Amor

The first ten were our own choice, and the last half were the songs we had to pick from Laili's play list. I had a doubt that Laili (or any band) would want to play the songs we picked, but she didn't say anything, so I assumed everything was good. And if anything did not go well, I just kept praying they'd play Tonight, Tonight 'cos it had been my dream wedding song since years ago.

Fast forward to the reception. I was on the dressing room, getting my makeup retouched when I heard Laili and the band rehearsing Tonight, Tonight from the auditorium. I and Bangun grinned at each other and knew then this band would not disappoint.

Throughout the night, to be honest, those people were right. I didn't pay much attention to the songs the band played. I tried to listen and managed to catch a few songs, but then the guests kept walking up and congratulating us on the stage, and the songs vanished from my ears again.

I did, however, caught the song Everything's Not Lost sung by the band with Ingga, a dear friend of ours and also a kick-ass singer, on the vocals. Ah-may-zing. Up to this day, some people still come up to me and say the band was awesome and ditto for the songs. Laili and Friends were not too loud for a wedding reception, yet you can hear the songs playing as the background to the festivity.

This is also a plus point;  Laili is one pretty woman and she dressed very elegantly for the reception, with her long black dress. Oh yeah, and she sings hell good. I'm giving them 5 out of 5 stars. Laili is available at laili.fauziah99@gmail.com.