What 1 song to be played at your funeral?

[twilight_sailing]

[Left Is Write]

1. 100 Years.

(I just opened myself up for a TON of ridicule)

[Lyric]

2. Hallelujah - Rufus Wainwright's version

I have a few others too, but you only asked for 1. ;)

[Silver Swan]

3. Cabaret

I don't want a funeral. Instead, after my death, I would like my friends and family to go to a karaoke bar, get a little drunk and sing "Cabaret" (the long version with the Elsie verse)as loud as they can.

[terrya]

8. I like your thinking.

That's a nice idea. Just stipulate in my will no funeral...instead a night out for family and friends. I'll save a sum in my will for a few rounds on me. :-)

[XemaSab]

14. The mongols used to put up as grave markers

A little stone statue of the person holding a cup, so friends could come and drink with the person. :D

[terrya]

15. Well, how can you argue with the mongols?

:-)

Seriously...I don't want to have some ceremony where people are sitting around sad. It's hard to explain.

[XemaSab]

89. I totally understand

I think a service should be a celebration of the life of the person, and not a big mopey sob-fest.

[tigereye]

130. ya know though, often they are sad and happy at the same time

and then the drinking begins. So it all works out.

[SteppingRazor]

4. Depends. If I want people to sob...

"Keep Me in Your Heart for Awhile" by Warren Zevon

If I want to be more celebratory, "Finnegan's Wake"

[tigereye]

131. Warren Zevon!

great idea, SR. Sad songs and extremely cynical. I like it. :thumbsup:

And for silly, Werewolves of London!

[tigereye]

132. Warren Zevon!

great idea, SR. Sad songs and extremely cynical. I like it. :thumbsup:

And for silly, Werewolves of London!

[RetroLounge]

5. My Immortal - Evanescence...

Not a dry eye in the house...

:cry:

RL

[Lyric]

16. I thought about that one, but

I couldn't do that to my partner. If something really did happen to me, and they played *that* song at my funeral, I'm honestly afraid she'd try to kill herself. It's *too* intensely heartbreaking.

If I thought I could do it without breaking down or choking up, I'd like to *sing* that song at my partner's funeral, though.

[BarenakedLady]

6. A couple

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DwEuXkeuEk8

"Thanks, That Was Fun" - BNL. Well actually I just want that line etched onto my ashes urn.

"Let There Be Morning" - The Perishers (http://www.myspace.com/theperishers ): lyrics

Now the end is drawing near
I can’t believe it’s finally here
Take some time to pray for me
For what will be

Let the sun rise
Let the birds sing
Let there be light
Let there be morning
I don’t know how
I made it till now
Let there be light
Let there be morning

Hello future goodbye past
Now each breath can be my last
Will I see another dawn?
Will I be reborn?

Let the sun rise
Let the birds sing
Let there be light
Let there be morning
I don’t know how
I made it till now
Let there be light
Let there be morning
(x2)

[Rambis]

7. Canaan's Land- Kate Rusby

http://www.mystrands.com/track/2415853

[GoddessOfGuinness]

58. I love Kate Rusby...

and I love that album!

[Rambis]

126. I have everything she has ever released

She has one of the sweetest voices I have ever heard. I didn't discover her until after she had been to American on a small club tour. According to her father Steve she will not fly hence the name of the new album.
I have to see her in concert preferably at one of the festivals. Have you seen the extra on Live at Leeds where she does Our town with Laura Cantrell? I would have given anything to have been there with a pint of Guinness in hand then I could die a happy man.

[Broken_Hero]

9. Fade to Black, Metallica....nt

[Phillycat]

10. The Bitch Is Back by Elton John

Nope, I'm not kidding. :D

[XemaSab]

11. Closer

:evilgrin:

[LeftyMom]

38. You are one sick woman.

:highfive:

[Mad_Dem_X]

116. The Nine Inch Nails song?

You sick puppy! LOL

[Elidor]

12. In my current mood, I'd pick Deguello

Dimitri Tiomkin's version. Beautiful, evocative, haunting, slightly sarcastic, somewhat sorrowful, but never sentimental.

Ask me tomorrow and I'll pick something like Midnight Special.

[zanne]

13. The immortal "Truckin'" by the Grateful Dead

"Sometimes the light's all shining on me,
Other times I can barely see.
Lately it occurs to me
What a long, strange trip it's been".

[NewWaveChick1981]

17. Blitzkrieg Bop by the Ramones.

:hi: One of the greatest songs ever. :woohoo: :bounce:

[Blue-Jay]

18. "Piper at the Gates of Dawn" - Van Morrison

Probably something by The Chieftains as well.

[LynneSin]

19. "Ramble On" and "What is and What Should Never Be" by Led Zeppelin

and close it out with side 3 from ELO's "Out of the Blue"

[Dyedinthewoolliberal]

34. Ohhhhhhhhhhhh!

yes, "Ramble On" a powerful little ditty! I'd choose the same one. :)

[taterguy]

20. Something that hasn't been written yet

I'd like it if my funeral didn't take place until far in the future and that I'll still be enjoying new music until the day I die.

[Spacemom]

21. The Grateful Dead

Black, Muddy River

[zanne]

44. oooooooooooooh......

That's excellent.

[Spacemom]

49. I had it played at my mom's funeral

She was a big Dead fan and I grew up on their music.

[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

110. Aces High by Iron Maiden

[lizziegrace]

22. Louis Armstrong

What a Wonderful World

[SPKrazy]

35. Wonderful song

my mother had that played at her service

[lizziegrace]

40. That must be very hard

now that it's being used to sell allergy meds. :(

[SPKrazy]

42. It Gets Easier

it was hard when we were putting her memorial together and getting the music and all.

yeah, it is still hard, but better- time healing and all I guess. Been a little over a year.

thanks

:pals:

[KitchenWitch]

45. Kirby Puckett had that at his public funeral

:cry:

I love that song.

[MrSlayer]

23. "Hell Awaits" by Slayer

Seems appropriate or it would if there actually was a Hell.

[seemunkee]

24. My Sweet Lord

[u4ic]

25. Turn Turn Turn by the Byrds

and The Circle Game by Joni Mitchell.

[lizziegrace]

27. Those are both wonderful!

:hug:

[u4ic]

88. Thanks!

As is yours, my dear. A beautiful song indeed.:hug:


I had thought of perhaps having the longest funeral in history with my request being "this is the song that never ends"...you wouldn't up and leave a funeral, would you? :P

[Missy Vixen]

26. "Lust for Life", Iggy Pop

I'm sure it'll end up being "In My Life," though.

Julie

[jmowreader]

28. Life Sucks Then You Die by The Fools

I figure this should be a good soul-enlightening tune for such a dire day...

My house burned down in a flash of thunder.
My wife ran off with a one-legged plumber.
My crops fell dead when the riverbed went dry.
My dog got squashed by a pickup truck.
My son ran away and got hooked on drugs.
My daughter's knocked up by the class of '85.

People say that life is good;
It don't seem good to me.
I'm lost without a paddle,
And I'm headed up shit creek.
People say that life is fun,
But I don't know why.
As far as I can tell,
LIFE SUCKS then you die.

The government dumps its toxic waste
Right on top of my mother's grave.
A team of experts say it won't do her no harm.
But my sheep went crazy and killed my mule.
I cut off my dick with a power tool
Fixin' the hole where the meteor hit the barn.
(And it hurt, too!)

People say that life is good,
But I just piss and moan.
I got one foot on a banana peel,
The other in the Twilight Zone.
People say that life is fun,
But I don't know why.
As far as I can tell,
LIFE SUCKS then you die.

Let me hear some "yee-hah"s out there!

I went to the store to buy some shells.
My gun went off and blew the owner to hell.
Now I'm sittin' here in jail, singin' this song.
One guy wants to take my life.
Another guy wants me to be his wife.
Hey, I wish they'd hang me before somethin' really goes wrong!

People say that life is good,
Give thanks for what you have.
When all you have is nothin',
Nothin' makes you glad.
People say that life is fun,
But I don't know why.
As far as I can tell,
LIFE SUCKS, then you die.
I said, people say that life is fun,
But I don't know why.
As far as I can tell,
LIFE SUCKS,
LIFE SUCKS
LIFE SUCKS, then you die.

[Guaranteed]

29. Hello, Goodbye- the Beatles.

Of course.

I think I stole the idea from someone long ago, but for the life of me can't remember who it was now.

[lizziegrace]

39. "All Things Must Pass" George Harrison

and "I'll See You In My Dreams", performed at the Concert for George

[Mad_Dem_X]

117. Let It Be

My fave Beatles song.

[datasuspect]

30. "dancing queen" - abba

[kwassa]

31. MacArthur Park

Someone left my cake out in the rain.

[Mad_Dem_X]

118. LOL! n/t

[enigmatic]

32. The J & H Productions Guy

http://www.timharrod.com/jhhome.html

[DixieBlue]

33. Innocent When You Dream -- Tom Waits

[Danger Mouse]

90. I love that song...and Tom Waits in general...which version though?

:)

[Tikki]

36. "Dancing In Heaven".....Q-Feel and....

you never know, but someone might play Cyndi Lauper's "Time After Time".




Tikki

[RedStateShame]

37. "Always Look on the Bright Side of Life"

And everybody has to sing along, curse word included, and the children attending have to sing it extra loud.

[Okiojira]

108. YESSSSS!!!!

:headbang: :headbang: :headbang: :headbang: :headbang: :headbang: :headbang: :headbang: :headbang: :headbang:

[Burma Jones]

41. Walkin Home - Iris DeMent

[Skittles]

43. Learning to Fly - Pink Floyd

IF I had a funeral, which I will not :)

[SKKY]

46. "Life's been good" by Joe Walsh...

[bbernardini]

47. "Bang The Drum All Day" - Todd Rundgren; "Watermelon In Easter Hay" - Frank Zappa nt

[evlbstrd]

48. Willie the Pimp-Zappa.

Just cuz.

[crim son]

50. Samuel Barber's Adagio for Strings.

I'm hoping that everybody will envision Willem Dafoe running through the jungle and faltering as he is riddled with bullets. That ought to make 'em cry! :P

[EstimatedProphet]

51. Pink Floyd: Brain Damage/Eclipse, and Grateful Dead: Ripple

[liberal renegade]

52. knockin on heavens door

the Guns $ Roses version. And I want the volume cranked up.

[Book Lover]

53. Theology/Civilization

from the Conan the Barbarian soundtrack.

[GoddessOfGuinness]

54. Air for Violin and Orchestra

By Aaron Jay Kernis

Sublime.

[mikeargo]

55. Take Me Out to the Ballgame nt

[hyphenate]

56. I dunno

Besides the usual ones, perhaps "Every breath you take" by Police. I like the idea of being a ghostly presence haunting everyone I used to know.

I also like Robbie Williams singing "Angel" as well because I'm so into a maudlin atmosphere, or just about anything by David Lanz, like "Beloved."

[Brewman_Jax]

57. "Love, Thy Will Be Done" by Martika

add "Three Little Birds" by Bob Marley, "I am Somebody" by Glenn Jones, and "Get the Party Started" by Pink.

[Mojambo]

59. Seaweed by the Fruit Bats

http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendID=83089222

[youthere]

60. That song from "Shrek"-I don't give a damn about my reputation!

I don't know who sings it, but I want it played.

[twilight_sailing]

62. Joan Jett?

I don't give a damn 'bout my reputation
You're living in the past it's a new generation
A girl can do what she wants to do and that's
What I'm gonna do
An' I don't give a damn ' bout my bad reputation

Oh no not me


etc.

[leftofthedial]

61. why don't we get drunk and screw

[jobycom]

67. Dammit. That was my choice!

And I thought it was clever, too! :rofl:

[leftofthedial]

94. given the circumstances,

i can't really, in good faith, say "great minds . . ."

[Shell Beau]

63. So weird because I was just talking about this today...

I just really love Amazing Grace on the bagpipes, so I would like that. My aunt said she really wanted Bye Bye Miss American Pie to be played at hers.

[CanuckAmok]

64. Bicarbonate of Chicken - Ivor Cuttler

[Little Wing]

65. Nothing

I always get creeped out being forced to listen to music with people I don't know in a non-concert environment.

[Lumily]

66. Cole Porter's song, "Don't Fence Me In."

I particularly like The Talking Heads' version.

[sakabatou]

68. "Farewell" by Yoko Kanno

[Ms_Dem_Meanor]

69. Choice between...

Anthe of Praise- Richard Smallwood

Praise is what I do- Shekinah Glory Ministry

Bless Me (Prayer of Jabez)- Donald Lawrence and The Tri-City Singers

[Tyo]

70. God Save the Queen n/t

[Deja Q]

71. Shambala

Wash away my troubles, wash away my pain
With the rain in Shambala
Wash away my sorrow, wash away my shame
With the rain in Shambala

(chorus)
Ah, ooh, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

Everyone is helpful, everyone is kind
On the road to Shambala
Everyone is lucky, everyone is so kind
On the road to Shambala

(repeat chorus)

How does your light shine, in the halls of Shambala

I can tell my sister by the flowers in her eyes
On the road to Shambala
I can tell my brother by the flowers in his eyes
On the road to Shambala

(repeat chorus)

How does your light shine, in the halls of Shambala

[hopein08]

72. Sarah Brightman's "Who Wants To Live Forever"

[av8rdave]

73. Happy Trails

[Redstone]

74. "Where I'm bound" by Patty Loveless.

Redstone

[doc03]

75. Don't worry be Happy"

[Dinger]

76. Will The Circle Be Unbroken (nt)

[wain]

77. The Amen Chorus from The Messiah

Sung slow, not fast. It's beautiful, a perfect ending.

:)

[Texasgal]

78. "one step beyond"

By madness... ala' High fidelity! :)

[Fleshdancer]

79. "Is that all there is?" by Peggy Lee

I love that song :)

I know what you must be saying to yourselves.
If that's the way she feels about it why doesn't she just end it all?
Oh, no. Not me. I'm in no hurry for that final disappointment.
For I know just as well as I'm standing here talking to you,
when that final moment comes and I'm breathing my lst breath, I'll be saying to myself,


Is that all there is, is that all there is
If that's all there is my friends, then let's keep dancing
Let's break out the booze and have a ball
If that's all there is

[Mad_Dem_X]

119. Good choice!

I'd forgotten about that song.

[gr8dane_daddy]

80. Either Sanatorium by Metallica or Cementary Gates by Pantera...

nm

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

81. "Bullet with Butterfly Wings."

Just to freak out the people who come to my funeral, assuming anybody does...

[RFKHumphreyObama]

82. The Finale "Tomorrow Comes" from Les Miserables

I've always found this to be profoundly moving and inspiring

[NNadir]

83. "Lost in the Ozone Again." Commander Cody and the Lost Planet Airmen.

[CactusJock]

84. some pertinent cautionary tale...

...
sung by oompa loompas!

[donco]

85. Take It To The Limit Lyrics/eagles

And when you’re looking for your freedom
(nobody seems to care)
And you can’t find the door
(can’t find it anywhere)
When there’s nothing to believe in
Still you’re coming back, you’re running back
You’re coming back for more

So put me on a highway
And show me a sign
And take it to the limit one more time

[gemdem]

86. Two Songs -- "Simple Gifts" and "I'll Fly Away"

I haven't asked for much in life, and have gotten damned less than what I've asked. So if there's any justice, if my soul is to have any peace, these will be played at my memorial. (Presuming anyone cares enough to conduct a memorial. I'm in a foul mood. Sorry.)

[johnnie]

87. Nothing sappy

I try to make people smile, I would hate for people to remember some sad song they heard for my death as their last thing about me.

I would pick "The Wonderer" by Dion because I heard that song when I was 4 and was hooked on rock and roll. It was to shape my whole life.

[Cobalt-60]

91. Hot Rails to Hell

I know the devil so well I call him by his first name: Hey Lou!

[Danger Mouse]

92. Either 'Motion Picture Soundtrack' by Radiohead or perhaps...

'Echoes' by Pink Floyd...yes, all of it.

but most likely 'motion picture soundtrack'...it's one of the most beautiful things i've ever heard put to music...
'i will see you in the next life...'

[Glorfindel]

93. "In My Life," by the Beatles

also "You Can't Always Get What You Want," by the Rolling Stones. Unless I can manage to get the Berlioz Requiem performed, that is. At least the "Dies Ire" portion. :evilgrin:

[Manifestor_of_Light]

98. the "Dies Irae" definitely has a sizzling choir sound!!!

I dig Berlioz. He was strange but brilliant!!!!

[jschurchin]

95. Funeral for a Friend

by Sir Elton John.

[ironflange]

96. Hit the Road, Jack

That's me. Jack.

Well, not really.

What I actually want, if I have to choose, is the third movement Adagio from Haydn's Symphony #44 (Trauersymphonie). Serene and consoling, Haydn had it done at his own funeral. That, and "Happy Trails." That I heard played at the end of a funeral once, it was really cool in the context. The guest of honor had requested it.

[jobycom]

97. Highway to Hell--AC/DC

[amitten]

99. Blues in the Night. n/t

[hickman]

100. Mozart's requiem.

Good enough for Beethoven, good enough for Bach, good enough for me.

[SeattleGirl]

102. Amazing Grace, played by bagpipes.

That is a beautiful, haunting, and yet uplifting song.

[hickman]

103. Sea, it's almost become trite.

First time I ever heard it was in the early 80's for Spock. Everyone did it after that. The fact is is someone who really knows how to play the bagpipes plays anything, we cry. They are the pipes of war and death. Country Roads by John Denver would sound like a dirge on the bagpipes.

[silverlib]

101. Phil Ochs - When I'm Gone

There's no place in this world where I'll belong when I'm gone

And I won't know the right from the wrong when I'm gone

And you won't find me singin' on this song when I'm gone

So I guess I'll have to do it while I'm here

And I won't feel the flowing of the time when I'm gone

All the pleasures of love will not be mine when I'm gone

My pen won't pour a lyric line when I'm gone

So I guess I'll have to do it while I'm here

And I won't breathe the bracing air when I'm gone

And I can't even worry 'bout my cares when I'm gone

Won't be asked to do my share when I'm gone

So I guess I'll have to do it while I'm here

And I won't be running from the rain when I'm gone

And I can't even suffer from the pain when I'm gone

Can't say who's to praise and who's to blame when I'm gone

So I guess I'll have to do it while I'm here

Won't see the golden of the sun when I'm gone

And the evenings and the mornings will be one when I'm gone

Can't be singing louder than the guns when I'm gone

So I guess I'll have to do it while I'm here

All my days won't be dances of delight when I'm gone

And the sands will be shifting from my sight when I'm gone

Can't add my name into the fight while I'm gone

So I guess I'll have to do it while I'm here

And I won't be laughing at the lies when I'm gone

And I can't question how or when or why when I'm gone

Can't live proud enough to die when I'm gone

So I guess I'll have to do it while I'm here

There's no place in this world where I'll belong when I'm gone

And I won't know the right from the wrong when I'm gone

And you won't find me singin' on this song when I'm gone while I'm here

So I guess I'll have to do it

I guess I'll have to do it

Guess I'll have to do it while I'm here

[tkmorris]

104. "After You're Gone" Iris DeMent

[Va Lefty]

"Learning to Fly" - Tom Petty and "Time" - Pink Floyd

[MissHoneychurch]

105. "Ave Maria" by Franz Schubert n/t

[Heidi]

106. No funeral for me.

However, I think a progressive last call at the favorite bars of my youth might be fun. Sing whatever ya want. :D

[Alexander]

107. Focus - Eruption.

22 minutes of classically-inspired Dutch prog rock bliss.

Maybe if I'm famous enough, Focus will actually show up.

[Okiojira]

109. "Stripsearch" by Faith No More

It's over today
The heat is gone
Time is gone
F for fake
I feel no wrong
Hide no wrong
I love this place
The lights
Under this face
So dry

Only way to change
Give yourself away
Don't be ashamed
Next in line
Close one eye
Just walk by

In these days
I'm breathing stone
Crying alone
I'll win this race
I'll leave alone
Arrive alone.

Love this place
The lights
Under this face
So dry

Stripped to the bone
I did no wrong
Truth is my name
Give yourself away

F for fake
F for fake
F for fake
F for fake
Give yourself away
Give yourself away
Give yourself away

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lEb7csPrhHA

[hotforteacher]

111. Hmm...probably a toss-up between

Dante's Prayer by Loreena McKennit and maybe Astral Weeks by Van Morrison.

I'm fully on board with the Always Look on the Bright Side of Life chorus, however. :)

[Allenberg]

112. Taps.

What with military honors and all. :D

[hedgehog]

113. Please - not Irish Eyes are Smiling

For a while, it seemed to be de rigeur at the funeral of anyone with an Irish name.

[Phentex]

114. This Frog...

sung by Kermit, R.I.P.

[ScreamingMeemie]

115. "Forever Young" Alphaville.

Lets dance in style, lets dance for a while
Heaven can wait were only watching the skies
Hoping for the best but expecting the worst
Are you going to drop the bomb or not?

Let us die young or let us live forever
We dont have the power but we never say never
Sitting in a sandpit, life is a short trip
The musics for the sad men

Can you imagine when this race is won
Turn our golden faces into the sun
Praising our leaders were getting in tune
The musics played by the madmen

Forever young, I want to be forever young
Do you really want to live forever, forever and ever

Some are like water, some are like the heat
Some are a melody and some are the beat
Sooner or later they all will be gone
Why dont they stay young

Its so hard to get old without a cause
I dont want to perish like a fading horse
Youth is like diamonds in the sun
And dimonds are forever

So many adventures couldnt happen today
So many songs we forgot to play
So many dreams are swinging out of the blue
We let them come true

[raccoon]

120. "Don't Worry Baby." nt

[mulsh]

121. you need a doctor to take the wrinkles out your birthday suit

no one says it quite like Jimmy Cheatham

[AirmensMom]

122. Bach's Come Sweet Death (Komm Susser Tod)

It's absolutely gorgeous.

[Zavulon]

123. Van Halen's version of Happy Trails

It's short and to the point.

[meegbear]

124. Actually 2 but ... Brain Damage/Eclipse ...

I want that played at my burial ceremony.

At the line "All that is gone" during Eclipse, I want my ashes put in the ground, scrattered, whatever I decide to do with 'em.

[merh]

125. only one I can think of ...

"I can only imagine"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N3LUc78vbDk

[bif]

127. "Aurora" by Bjork

If I could choose more than one I'd choose "Four Last Songs" by Strauss. Sung by Dame Kiri Te Kanawa.

[bif]

128. "Always look on the bright side of life"

I forgot that one by Python

[grace0418]

129. "She Goes On" by Crowded House. A beautiful song written by a beautiful

man with lovely lyrics perfect to immortalize a woman...

She Goes On

Pretty soon you'll be able to remember her
Lying in the garden singing
Right where she'll always be
The door is always open

This is the place that I loved her
And these are the friends that she had
Long may the mountain ring
To the sound of her laughter
And she goes on and on

In her soft wind I will whisper
In her warm sun I will glisten
till we see her once again
In a world without end

We owe it all to frank sinatra
The song was playing a she walked into the room
After the long weekend
They were a lifetime together

Appearing in the eyes of children
In the clear blue mountain view
The colouring in the sky
And painting ladders to heaven
And she goes on

In her soft wind I will whisper
In her warm sun I will glisten
till we see her once again
In a world without end

In her soft wind I will whisper
In her warm sun I will glisten
And I always will remember
In a world without end
She goes on
She goes on
She goes on

[WritingIsMyReligion]

133. Bill Evans--Waltz for Debby (nt)

[Beer Snob-50]

134. I think it is called picasso's last words

by paul maccartney

"drink to me, drink to my health, you know i cann't drink any more"

[idgiehkt]

135. Na Laetha Geal M'Oige by Enya

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UXTAQKLFaWk

tough question, for sure

[Magrittes Pipe]

136. See yoooo in HEEEELLLLLLLLLLLLLL!

[Redneck Socialist]

137. I Am Ready by Dolly Parton and...

Down to the River to Pray by Alison Krauss. I'm not particularly christian but both those songs kill me, as do both singers.

After that, turn up the bluegrass and serve the drinks!