What Song Would You Like At Your Funeral?

[Timmy from Thomastown]

What song would you like played at your funeral? One that will really have them bawling their eyes out?

Heres a couple of my ideas (not that I am planning my funeral for at least another 150 years or so)

 

[00Stinger]

Wish you were here - pink floyd

 

[HugeJohnson]

 

[Xtreme]

One of these:

Nine Inch Nails - Dead Souls
Something For Kate - Monsters
John Farnham - You're the Voice

 

[MC Bad Genius]

Smog - Dress Sexy At My Funeral

 

[bradrowe#32]

 

[shotgun_blues]

Rolf Harris wants this song..

Why Won't Rolf Harris F*ck Off And Die

 

[GhostofJimJess]

Something from about the year 2072.

 

[____]

Wish You Were Here, High Hopes + Shine on You Crazy Diamond - Pink Floyd
Let It Be + In My Life - The Beatles
Tears in Heaven - Eric Clapton
Stairway to Heaven - Led Zeppelin

 

[DEVO]

Last Beat Of My Heart - Siouxsie & The Banshees


Recovery - Curve.

 

[Hodge is God]

 

[JUBJUB]

I'd also like this one,just for a bit of fun

 

[Silent Alarm]

There was a thread like this somewhere else, and someone said this. I know totally agree with them...



Death doesn't scare me anymore. A human life is long enough. I'll have enough of the good and the bad that's a byproduct of living by the time I'm 70. I dunno if this song explains that, but I love how chidlike and fair-like the instrumentation is, but how adult the lyrics are.

 

[Marlowe]

 

[The Passenger]

i've been hitting this heart tugger a fair bit lately



not related to death, but a very sombre track nonetheless

 

[JimDocker]

My mam died 3 months ago. When we were sitting around choosing the music for her funeral, my dad chose this song as his song to her.

We put it on and within a minute of it starting, we were all in tears.

Beautiful song.



Loving Her Was Easier Than Anything I'll Ever Do Again - Kris Kristofferson

Wakin' in the mornin' to the feelin' of her fingers on my skin.
Wipin' out the traces of the people and the places that I've been.
Teachin' me that yesterday was something that I never thought of trying.
Talkin' of tomorrow and the money, love and time we had to spend.

Lovin' her was easier than anything I'll ever do again.

Comin' close together with a feelin' that I've never known before, in my time.
She ain't ashamed to be a woman, or afraid to be a friend.
I don't know the answer to the easy way she opened every door in my mind.
But dreamin' was as easy as believin' it was never gonna end.

 

[CLUBMEDhurst]

^^ that brought a tear to my eye, JD. Condolences, bruddah

My funeral song was always gonna be Mudhoney's "check out time" but I ain't a snotty punk these days. Would have to be one o' my fave songs and highly appropriate

 

[Mr Eagle]

Mark Seymour's cover of 'Parting Glass' comes a very distant second.

 

[Beetlebum]

I've always had that as my first choice...Failing that then Comfortably Numb by the Floyd..

 

[Timmy from Thomastown]

Watching QI the other night I discovered this famous Hungarian Suicide Song by Billie Holliday, recorded way back in 1941. If I top myself maybe they can play this. Covered by all sorts of cool acts too, Bjork, Portishead, Sinaead OConnoe and Marilyn Monroe.

 

[Roobs321]

No idea, couldnt care less honestly, they can play awful one hit wonders for all I care if they so please.

I think this depends a lot on how you die, when you die, if your parents are still alive, etc. ie. if you die young from suicide, there are lots of angst/closet songs to pick.
If you are outlived by your parents, there are plenty songs to be picked.
If you die in war, etc, many songs to pick.

The list goes on.

 

[Timmy from Thomastown]

then why reply?

 

[krisholio14]

 

[Mesc]

AC/DC - Ride on

 

[Timmy from Thomastown]

AC/DC - Ride on

And at the wake.....

Have a drink on me!!!