Back when Maria and I were getting married last year, I was-- how shall I put it?-- obsessive over the music. We could skimp on anything else. But I was gonna make sure we had the best music--both as background cocktail/eating music and for the dancing later on-- of any wedding any of the guests had been to.
And I think we largely succeeded, after I gave the DJ a strict list of songs to play-- and what NOT to play under any circumstances. No "Celebration" by Kool and the Gang. No "Macarena." No "Chicken Dance." Nothing by Whitney, Celine or Shania-- or any diva, for that matter.
Of course, the DJ still snuck a couple of unapproved songs into the mix. But otherwise, it was great. Yes, I'm nuts, but I notice the music at parties and events, and so I definitely was paying attention to the music at our big day.
Turns out, I recently learned, our DJ indeed agrees with the notion that I'm nuts. A friend of a friend who checked him out for her wedding dropped my name-- and the guy freaked out.
Anyway, I still think I was in the right. Otherwise, this might have happened. A pretty good list of horrible songs that should never show up again at any wedding. But they will. (And yes, Celine and Whitney make the list.)
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