Every single wedding I've ever been to has had nothing but instrumental and/or elevator music playing during the cocktail hour and, to be honest, I find that it just sucks the wind out of my sails as a guest because I'm there eating, talking, and drinking (all of which get me into party mode), but all I hear in the background is music that puts me to sleep.
I understand that it's more elegant and classy to have the instrumental music playing, but can you think of any reasons why it'd be a bad idea for us to request songs with vocals/lyrics or just more upbeat music in general to be played during the CH? We're thinking about songs like "Everything" by Michael Buble and "Burbujas de Amor" by Jose Luis Guerra (for anyone who knows Spanish music)... just love-related and/or romantic songs that aren't party songs, but also aren't going to put people to sleep. And, of course, it's not like the music would be overpowering to the guests... it would still just be background noise during the CH.
Thoughts? Has anyone done this?
