Prog Rock for a Wedding

i feel like prog rock and wedding's have come up before

BUT, my sister is actually letting me be the "DJ" at her wedding because she doesnt want to hire one.  She doesn't actually like prog rock, but i have pushed the idea in letting me choose the music, and she caved, so good things right? we shall see

what this thread is about is suggesting some prog rock songs for her wedding, needs to be danceable, upbeat, celabratory, accesible, you know what i mean

so start suggesting, anything goes, krautrock, symphonic, jazz fusion, italian, anything

and the first person that makes the joke of Supper's Ready or Gates of Delirium or any other epic gets a foot up the ass

i will keep this list updated to let you know what i have playing

also, if anyone has any experience with prog and wedding's, what works, what doesn't, please let me know

peace,

Aaron

In all seriousness, I don't think prog is the music for a wedding, but GG has some very danceable songs, like Playing the Game or Time to Kill would be a hit.

Can't go wrong with  as well, some of their more concise stuff, liek Long Distance Runaround.

Some later Rush and Genesis may also work.  Same for Peter Gabriel, circa So.

And can you think of a better slow dance than Afterglow by Genesis!?!?  I can't!

 

No VdGG or KC!!!!

Edited by NetsNJFan

i think there is plenty of prog that will work, the only problem is that nobody will know it, but if it's loud enough and people are intoxicated, maybe it can work

what i will probably do is half prog half regular wedding music (focusing on funk)

and NO BALLADS

Aaron

Sleepless (King Crimson). The best dance song ever!

 

magma de futura should be appropriate.  i dont know why not let her pick cause after all it is her wedding along with her future spouse. 

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My girlfriend and I will need a ProgDJ to our wedding I'M NOT JOKING... We love prog and we really want to play our favourite songs during our wedding...

Well, my suggestions: Maybe some songs of Porcupine Tree like Blackest Eyes or The Sound of Muzak... Pink Floyd's Us and Them, Bike and Another Brick in the Wall Part II... King Crimson Sleepless, Model Man and Thela Hun Ginjeet... Rush's Time Stand Still and Big Money... Queen (almost every album)... Yes: You have many "pop" song on 90125 and Big Generator... You can prove with Asia and GTR too... Peter Gabriel: So and Us... Genesis: almost everything of the 80's and 90's (but please NO Phil Collins solo albums)... Jethro Tull: Locomotive Breath and Fat Man... Maybe some songs of Tool and Dead Soul Tribe... ELP: Ces't la Vie, Still You Turn me On, From the Beginning... John Paul Jones with Diamanda Galas: SPort Life (full album)...

 Laugh if you want, but for my wedding, we had the church organist play the Yes song, 'Wonderous Stories' on piano as a 'prelude' song, while people where being seated...and for the clincher, for our '1st dance' at the reception, we had the d.j. play the King Crimson song 'Walking on Air' from the album 'Thrak'......top that, folks!!!!

Rush "Madrigal"

 

I'd suggest Closer to the Heart.

And You and I might be nice too, though a bit long.

prog is not wedding music if you ask me