What song would you like played at your funeral

Dylan_James · 24-10-2006 01:00PM

DAM someone already put up my favourite Don’t Fear the Reaper, but I want my funeral to be a big musical montage at some night club and the band better play these songs:

Don’t Fear the Reaper (BOC)
Everyone has AIDS (team America soundtrack)
Pistol Slapper Blues (Rory Gallagher)
Thumbing my way back to Heaven (Pearl Jam)
Keep on rocking in the free world (neil Young)
After the goldrush (neil young again hes a legend)
Bomber (motorhead)
Immigrant Song (Led Zeppelin) ("Valhalla I am coming home")
Little Wing (Jimi Hendrix)
Castles made of Sand (Jim Hendrix)
Bold as Love (Jimi Hendrix again another legend)
Ziggy Stardust (Bowie)
Where its at (Beck)

Definitely, not under any circumstances, is Everybody Hurts by REM to be played. Great song, but if I am a watching this from heaven with Jaysus I will hit the roof.

padi89 · 24-10-2006 01:03PM

This piece of music by Danny Elfman.....just to fvck with peoples heads

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aeXAcwriid0&search=microsoft%20ipod

humanji · 24-10-2006 01:21PM

I've asked for Always Look On The Bright Side Of Life, to cheer people up. Funerals are miserable affairs, but mines' going to be great. Lots of balloons, streamers, fireworks and strippers!

muletide · 24-10-2006 01:27PM

Ace of Spades / Motorhead

Splinter · 24-10-2006 01:48PM

oh oh oh "its time to party" by Andrew WK

Max_Damage · 24-10-2006 01:51PM

Either AC/DC - Highway To Hell,

or Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky - 1812 Overture.

Go out in a bang!

Kain · 24-10-2006 01:55PM

The Call Of the Ktulu - Metallica

Probably ask for the S&M version.

Ruu_Old · 24-10-2006 02:28PM

Styx-Not dead yet

sambora · 24-10-2006 02:30PM

Celebration - KC & The Sunshine Band

.......lol

While My Guitar Gently Weeps - The Beatles

Kingsize · 24-10-2006 02:42PM

Tomorrow never knows - by the beatles
all summer long - by the beach boys
or Enjoy yourself by the specials or all them its my fooking funeral
oh yeah & Heroes by David Bowie

Dan133269 · 24-10-2006 02:43PM

it'd have to be a Morrissey song, wouldn't want to make everyone depressed more-so though

fish-head · 24-10-2006 02:52PM

Chopin's Funeral March, easy.

Scraggs · 24-10-2006 02:56PM

Bob Dylan's 'Lay down your weary tune' or any Dylan song.

The 'best' song I've heard at a funeral was 'Come Runnin Home Katy'...it was so sad and so appropriate:(

coyote6 · 24-10-2006 03:14PM

Knockin' On Heavens Door - Bob Dylan
"Air" - J.S. Bach

tensecyclist · 24-10-2006 03:19PM

My Way - Frank Sinatra

Scrotum · 24-10-2006 03:20PM

Friggin` in the riggin` - Sex Pistols.

thebaz · 24-10-2006 03:26PM

Jeff Buckley -- hallelujah
Bob Dylan -- forever young
Bob Marley -- Redemption song

P.S. A freind of mine passed on a few years ago, and at his service they played all his favorite music, lots of reggae -- it was real uplifting , rather than the more sombre affairs.

dr.bollocko · 24-10-2006 03:40PM

One step beyond by Madness.
And Dr. Love by Kiss.

Kersh · 24-10-2006 04:22PM

Darth vaders 'Imperial March' from Empire Strikes Back.

Or Black - Its a wonderful life.

thebman · 24-10-2006 05:01PM

MrJoeSoap wrote:

My mate was at his uncles funeral recently, and his uncle had wanted Metallica played at the funeral but the priest wouldn't allow it. :rolleyes:

Thats unbelievable. They should play it even if its Platypus (I hate you) by Green Day.
http://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/greenday/platypusihateyou.html

Don't get why they wouldn't play Metallica. Thats sad really.

I had one all picked out and saw the title of the thread and now I can't remember.

Feral Mutant · 24-10-2006 05:26PM

Kersh wrote:

Darth vaders 'Imperial March' from Empire Strikes Back.

I actualy have a tendency to confuse that with the funeral march.

Wacker · 24-10-2006 05:42PM

For all you AC/DC fans, picking Highway To Hell demonstrates a serious lack of imagination. If you really want to piss off the oldies in attendance and go out rockin', might I suggest playing "Hell Ain't A Bad Place To Be" off the Let There Be Rock album. That will have them proper shocked!

Seriously though, my choice would be "When The Man Comes Around" by Johnny Cash. Let the attendants read what they will into all the religious imagery in the song; I'm an atheist, but I think it is a really great, appropriate song.

frobisher · 24-10-2006 05:51PM

I've actually written a song as a message to the people I love when I die that I'd like played at my funeral. Don't worry, it's no where near as gay as it sounds!

arseagon · 24-10-2006 05:52PM

Mine would have to be Another one bites the dust by Queen

Mr.D.Leprachaun · 24-10-2006 06:05PM

Thought the Metallica story was bad? A friend of mine's uncel wanted Imagine by John Lennon and the priest said no!:mad:

I think I'd go for Pink Flotd's Waiting For the Worms

24-10-2006 06:07PM

An appropriate song to play at the funeral of someone who commited suicide would be Frank Sinatra's "I did it my way".

Erm. The Monster Mash. Yeah. That'll do.

Nightwish · 24-10-2006 06:26PM

Nightwish-Ghost Love Score. I know my bf would have something like In A Gadda Da Vida, just to wreck everyones heads

hairyfairy00 · 24-10-2006 06:32PM

I've always liked the song "Who wants to live forever" by Queen, or maybe a song by Snow Patrol.
I actually made a list out before (morbid i know) after one of my friends died (7yrs ago) but my song choices are very different now.
Have to have Johnny Cash "Hurt"

Sofaspud · 24-10-2006 06:34PM

"dead" by They Might Be Giants.
Or maybe "Walk of life" by Dire straits, that'd be innappropriately happy.

Nightwish · 24-10-2006 06:38PM

I've always been a fan of Mozarts requiem...

What song would you like played at your funeral

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