I designed our playlist to help our guests get wrecked and start tearing up the dance floor. I mean, I slipped some Janis Joplin and Miles Davis in there here ‘n’ there, but I mostly used songs that I know lift the energy in the average room, regardless of how much I liked them.
You don’t want your guests looking up at the speakers all puzzled and groaning at each other. You want them singing along with glasses held high, or throwing down moves that they really shouldn’t.