The Do-Not-Play List

Your must-play is somebody else's do-not-play. What works for some people doesn't for others. I'm not handing you a list of songs that suck and telling you your taste is wrong.

After 2,500 weddings, I know which songs cause a specific, predictable problem. You can decide for yourself whether to cut it or not. Both of those are the right answer.

The lyrics catch

Now build yours

Your actual do-not-play list

Nothing here is required and a short list beats a long one.

Never play these
Hard stops. No exceptions, no matter who asks, no matter how good the floor looks. Keep this list short so it carries weight.
Only if the floor is dying
Songs you would rather skip, but you would forgive at 10:40pm with twelve people left standing. This lane is the one couples forget, and it is the one that saves the party.
Anything else your DJ should know
Whole artists, whole genres, or a person whose requests should be politely lost.

Hand this to your DJ

This builds itself from what you typed above. Print it, or read it straight off your phone at the planning meeting.

Prints just the list, nothing else.