Funeral Songs

[Damp Squarie]

I dont need 'em just yet, but I was wondering the type of funeral songs/hymns you would prefer played as your curtain falls

Some services bring a tear to the eye as the solemn music filters over the masses but maybe you'd prefer something a little upbeat

Hope these help out...

"Always Look on the Bright Side of Life" - Monty Python
"Nothing Else Matters" - Metallica
"Ding Dong the Witch is Dead" - Barbra Striesand
"Another One Bites the Dust" - Queen
"Highway to Hell" -ACDC
"Stairway to Heavan" - Led Zepplin

heheh

 

[M29]

This threads been done before, but anyway...

I'm Only Sleeping - The Beatles.

 

[SonOfScray]

Forever- Dropkick Murphys
I'm On My Way- The Proclaimers

 

[aesop]

Tears in heaven - Eric Clapton

That song would bring anyone to tears.

 

[Mr Eagle]

Dreaming My Dreams - The Cranberries
I'll Be Mellow When I'm Dead - Weird Al Yankovic
Long Road, or Release - Pearl Jam
The Great Beyond - R.E.M.
Gas Hed Goes West - Live
Late Goodbye - Poets of the Fall
Island in the Sun - Weezer

 

[Portia]

"Music for the Funeral of Queen Mary - The Queen's Funeral March" by Henry Purcell
"Pyramid Song" by Radiohead

 

[JUBJUB]

Originally posted by aesop
Tears in heaven - Eric Clapton

That song would bring anyone to tears.

So does any song by Mariah Carey,but its nothing to do with the dead person.

 

[materamagic]

Hero
Let It Be
The Long And Winding Road
Candle In The Wind
Highway To Hell (for a sense of humour)
The Beat Goes On
That's The Way God Planned It
All Things Must Pass
Here Today
The Day You Went Away (Vanessa Williams)

 

[Scotty's_Girl]

The Way - Fastball
Calling All Angels - Train
Last Kiss - Pearl Jam

 

[lenny&carl]

I'm on fire - Bruce Springstein

 

[Ray Nolan]

Oasis - Live Forever
R.E.M. - Try Not To Breathe
The Charlatans - Senses (Angel On My Shoulder)
Manic Street Preachers - A Design For Life
Jeff Buckley - Last Goodbye

 

[Stevo]

Second movement from Chopin's second piano sonata.
Second movement from Beethoven's 3rd symphony.
Desprez's Missa Pange Lingua
Bach's Mass in B minor (make the bastards sit through all of it).
The "Songs and Dances of Death" by Mussorgsky.
"Lachrimae" by John Dowland (any one of his songs, really).
Rautavaara's third piano concerto.

 

[Carlos]

Originally posted by Ray Nolan
Manic Street Preachers - A Design For Life

Awesome choice mate! Brillaint song and one i've been listening to on quite high repeat of late.

Might be a bit cliche'd, but Temple of the Dog's "Say Hello to Heaven" is apt, not to mention being an amazing song.

The Police's "Tea in the Sahara" is a lovely tune.

Alice in Chains' "Down in a Hole". Lyrically not exactly entirely appropriate, but is a hugely emotionally song nonetheless.

Smashing Pumpkins' "Soma" or "Mayonaise" just coz.

 

[ozzult]

I'd want to have Better Man - Pearl Jam, played at my funeral.

But this is such a nasty topic.

 

[The Hitman]

Jeff Buckley's Last Goodbye at the start, and Pearl Jam's Release at the finish.

The Hitman

 

[Boro]

Tank Park Salute - Billy Bragg
Dream a Little Dream - Heaps of different people

 

[P_D]

Tori Amos - Your Cloud
Tori Amos - Gold Dust
Tori Amos - Her Cover of Neil Wait's "Time"

 

[Disgustipated]

H-Tool

 

[bugman5]

Start with Hells Bells - ACDC
Help Me, I'm In Hell - NIN
Digging the Grave - Faith No More
Burning Up - Alpinestars
Bury the Evidence - Tricky
Death Death Death - TISM

That should cover it for now.

 

[Squeak]

Frenzal Rhomb - All Your Friends

 

[hotpie]

Into My Arms - Nick Cave

 

[Rusty Brookes]

"Don't Fear the Reaper" - Blue Oyster Cult

"Don't Worry - If there's a Hell Below (We're All Gonna Go)" either the Curtis Mayfield original or the Antiseen cover

"I'm Gone" by the Sunnyboys.

 

[Scottroo]

Im and arseh*le....denis leary
Hero-Mariah Carey

 

[Thewlis Dish]

"Last Goodbye" - Buckley
"Kite" - U2

 

[hotpie]

Why Don't You All Get #ucked - Skyhooks