Loud Music at Weddings - What's the Point?

I know that I am going to be labeled as old-fashioned but having recently attended a wedding, I was bothered by the incredibly loud music. I have never understood loud music at bars; but, at a social gathering, like a wedding, why must we be subjected to sound at a level that makes any social interaction impossible? If you cannot be heard when you speak or are unable to hear the person talking to you, what is the point?

I would imagine that the answer lies in the fact that a lot of volume is needed for dancing. Why? Can you not dance just as well if the decibel level is somewhat lower? This is not a complaint about the X or the Y Generations because it was the Baby Boomers who started this trend.

What the loud music does is tire the listeners. Fighting to be heard or straining to hear takes work. It takes energy. And, after several hours of being bombarded with a volume level that is more than uncomfortable, you will have a sore throat from yelling, ears that are in pain, and quite possibly a headache.

The problem with loud music over an extended period of time is that it damages the ears. Those fine hairs in your ears, known as cilia, do not grow back. Once they are gone, they are gone. Without the cilia, you have no hearing. Of course, you can resort to hearing aids once the damage is done. Rest assured, with hearing aids, the voice you are hoping to hear sitting next to you will be heard as well as the amplification of every other incidental sound or noise in your surroundings.

Those who work in loud environments wear headphones to cut out the noise, be it at airports, factories, or out in the street. The decibel level for a jackhammer, for example, is 100 while the decibel level for a rock concert is 120. If those in our streets working with jackhammers wear headphones for 100 decibels in order to preserve their hearing, why must we be subjected to deafening music at decibel levels beyond that?

Common sense is becoming less and less common in our society today. To be subjected to deafening music for several hours at a time is certainly one of those situations where common sense does not rule.
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