Apologies to anyone recently going through a bereavement. Even the mention of death and funerals can tweak emotions.

I'm sure you've all thought about what you'd like played at your funeral. I know I have since I was a moody young kid. When I was 14/15 I would have wanted either Nirvana's 'Something in the Way' or Marilyn Manson's 'Man that you Fear'. How things have changed. Without sounding like I'm being patronizing to anyone still listening to that music but I'm just glad I'm long past that stage of my life.

But funerals don't have to be all morbid. Especially not mine. I'm approaching mine with an angle. How about Elton Johns 'I'm Still Standing'? Or Madness's 'One Step Beyond'?

Sinatra's 'That's Life' also deserves an honourable mention. Mind you I've promised everyone I know I've got to sing it at a kareoke before I die.

Here's your time to shine people, what are yours. Be truthful, creative, funny whatever. I'll still give you a hug and rub your little shiny faces.

I've given this a lot of thought. Why? I don't know.

I'd like to have, of course, my favorite song, "Mr. Tambourine Man" by Bob Dylan played.

Other songs I'd like to have played are "My Back Pages" by Dylan, "Instant Karma" by John Lennon, and the Unplugged version of "Helpless" by Neil Young.

The Doc

P.S. Sinatra's "My Way" would be great too.

Don't want a ceremony, but if there is going to be one I wish for the The Requiem Mass to be played. That pretty much runs the people I don't like off.

I assume most people have. Even though your dead it's your last impression you can make. To me that's important.

My dad has chose a good one. Cat Stevens' 'Morning has Broken'.

But you are not in charge of anything, so the outcome is not exactly your impression. I don't much care for funerals. I wish people would've cared for each other when they were alive, but unfortunately we are better at caring for people after they die.

But you are not in charge of anything, so the outcome is not exactly your impression. I don't much care for funerals. I wish people would've cared for each other when they were alive, but unfortunately we are better at caring for people after they die. [/b][/quote]That's because we're guilty we never saw them as much as we should have done or we've bitched about them whilst they were alive.

That's my point. A funeral is not for the deceased, it is for the rest of people. So in general, I don't care for it, unless I care for those who have lost someone.

Nice one, yours shouldn't be too expensive then. I'll roll you up in a carpet and throw you in the dump. :p

I will listen to your choice of Mozart though.

Incinerate, dump or bury my body, however you want. But please give me a kiss before I die. Mozart is always nice to listen to as well.

Eric Clapton's "Tears in Heaven", for sure. I also would want my daughter to sing "Amazing Grace". She sang it for a state competition last year and she was so lovely that it blew me away.

As for the actual funeral, I want TONS of flowers and lots of Kleenex being used, and everyone had better wear black.

SB we can have your funerals together. They can play "Tears in heaven" for you and "highway to hell" for me

Something beautiful, not too sad

either

Goodnight by The Beatles

or

Your Move by Yes

Pietro Mascagni`s Cavalleria Rusticana, Intermezzo. Every mafioso would like that, and so would I.

I would like to hear:

"Sitting on the dock of the bay..." Otis Redding

and

"Dreamer" Ozzy Osbourne

I assume most people have. Even though your dead it's your last impression you can make. To me that's important.
[/b][/quote]I don't want a funeral. I want some public display though. I would prefer a Viking burial by having my body put on a boat and have a flaming arrow sent to the boat and watching it sink. With Tambourine Man playing that would be surreal. Perhaps to burn me and shoot my remains into the eye of a hurricaine would be best. I'd really like that.

Other songs to consider:

~Sad Eyed Lad of the Lowlands - Dylan
~One More Cup of Coffee - Dylan
~Forever Young - Dylan
~Ripple - The Grateful Dead
~Keep Me In Your Heart - Warren Zevon

and of course: Knocking on Heaven's Door - Dylan (or Warren Zevon)

The Doc

Excitable Boy - Warren Zevon
The Great Gig in The Sky - Pink Floyd
Into the Mystic - Van Morrison
Straight To Hell - The Clash
Little Ol' Wine Drinker Me - Dean Martin
King of the Road - Roger Miller

In my Time of Dying - Led Zeppelin

Hard thought. Mostly I I seem to be thinking of music that has a funereal feeling rather then the actual meaning.

Led Zeppelin - "In My Time of Dying"
Black Label Society - "Just Killing Time" or "Rust"
Neil Young - "When God Made Me"
The Beatles - In My Life
Nirvana or The Vaselines - "Jesus Doesn't Want Me For A Sunbeam"
The Doors - "End of the Night" or "The End"
Radiohead - How to Disappear Completely
The Velvet Underground - "Venus in Furs" (I know it's far from funereal, but still I find it to be one of the most relaxing songs ever)
Tangerine Dream - Confrontation ('Thief' end score)

2Pac - I Wonder If Heaven Got a Ghetto
2Pac - Life Goes On
2Pac - The Good Die Young
2Pac - Until the End of Time
A.F.I. - ...But Home Is Nowhere
Akon - Lonely
Blink 182 - Adam's Song
Boston - A Man I'll Never Be
Breaking Benjamin - Forget It
Bright Eyes - Easy/Lucky/Free
Bright Eyes - First Day of my Life
Eminem - Sing For the Moment
Fall Out Boy - Grand Theft Autumn (Where is your Boy?)
Giorgio Moroder - Tony Montana's Theme
Green Day - Boulevard of Broken Dreams
Howie Day - Collide
John Lennon - Imagine
John Lennon - Watching the Wheels
The Killers - Everything Will Be Alright
The Killers - Smile Like You Mean It
Matchbook Romance - The Greatest Fall (of All Time)
Nirvana - Something in the Way
Relient K - Who I Am Hates Who I've Been
Senses Fail - Rum Is For Drinking, Not For Burning (Acoustic)
Simple Plan - Untitled
Staind - Outside
System of a Down - Lonely Day
The Used - All That I've Got
The Verve - Bittersweet Symphony
Weezer - Island in the Sun
Weezer - Only In Dreams

Hey you, don't watch that,
Watch this!
This is the heavy heavy monster sound,
The nuttiest sound around.
So if you've come in off the street,
And you're beginning to feel the heat,
Well listen, buster,
You better start, to move your feet,
To the rockiest, rock-steady beat,
Of Madness.

One step beyond!

Mine would be "God Moving Over the Face of the Waters" by Moby.

"Unchained Melody" - The Righteous Brothers
"Hurt" - Johnny Cash
"With A Little Help From My Friends" - Joe Cocker
"Drive" - The Cars
"Spirit in the Sky" - Norman Greenbaum

There are so many. "Imagine" (Lennon) would be especially nice, among countless others, such as Pink Floyd's "Comfortably Numb".

Now that you have brought this subject up, I'll have to remember to write a life-soundtrack into my will. :p

Imagine - John Lennon
Harvest Moon - Neil Young
Requiem Mass - Mozart
9th symphony - Beethoven

Lost of An ancient breen by Desmond Child. A truly emotional song, id recomend it to anyone.(My sig. is A line from that song)

L.Fanucci

If I was to choose soundtracks, I'd choose these:
-Breaking of the Fellowship, Samwise the Brave, The Black Gate Opens or Forth Eorlingas by Howard Shore
-The Birth of the Twins, Anakin vs Obi Wan or Star Wars End Title
-The Godfather Part II End Title or The Immigrant

As for the others:
-The Scientist by Coldplay
-Beautiful Day by U2
-Just Like Heaven by The Cure or Boys Don't Cry
If I wanted a really deppressing funeral, I'd go for "This year's love" by David Grey.

The Crying Game- Culture Club
Forgiveness- Don Henley

i'd definatly have to say do you realize by the flaming lips

oddly enough, i've actually had discussions about this quite recently more a few times, & i've decided i would like "in my time of need" by ryan adams played - which is a country-tinged song by one of alt. country's (& music in general's) greatest artists. it's a somber, but quite beautiful, song about staying with someone through hard times & until death, & since i doubt anyone here really listens to ryan adams, i'm going to go ahead & post an excerpt:

cause it ain't like it was back in those days
when everyone would offer up a hand
these old bones are worn, i've grown tired some
& i know my time is surely gonna come

lord, we married young & stayed where we came from
& gave those children everything we had
will you stay with me in my time of need
though it seems we had such little time for us

will you say to me "a little rain's gonna come"
when the sky can't offer none to me
cause i will come for you when my days are through
& i'll let your smile just off & carry me

Alot of people have listed Sinatra' interpretation of that gret Paul Anka lyric, "My Way" but I look alot deepper in Sinatra's repetoir to find a song of the calibur that I'd really want played at my funeral: Either "One for My Baby (And One More for the Road)" which is indeed Harold Arlen and Johnny Mercer's masterpiece of a song or a Jerry Lieber-Mike Stoller collaboration that Sinatra would record later in his days called, "The Girls I've Never Kissed". Just read the lyrics:

The old wolf sniffs the summer breeze, and dreams about his youth,
For the sight of skirts above the knees turns his hardboiled brain to tears.
And the scent of honey in the tree whets an old sweet tooth.

The pretty girls go strolling by, I smile at them, and heave a sigh.
And think of all the things I've missed, and all the pretty girls I've never kissed.

They smile from field of daffodils, they wave from high and windy hills,
In secret places by the sea, the girls I've never kissed still wait for me.

All the girls whose names I can't recall, their faces haunt me still,
All the pretty girls I've never kissed and never will.

The girls of spring, the girls of fall, the girls of summer most of all,
If only time did not exist, if only I could catch that boat I always missed,
I'd go back and kiss all the pretty girls I've never kissed.


Lyrics to, "One for My Baby":

It's quarter to three, there's no one in the place except you and me.
So, set 'em up, Joe, I got a little story I think you should know
We're drinkin', my friend, to the end of a brief episode
Make it one for my baby and one more for the road

I got the routine, so drop another nickel in the machine
I'm feelin' so bad, can't you make the music easy and sad
I Could tell you a lot, but you've got to be true to your code
So, make it one for my baby and one more for the road



You'd never know it but buddy, I'm a kind of poet
And I got a lot of things to say
And when I'm gloomy, won't you listen to me
Till it's all talked away...

Well that's how it goes and Joe, I know your gettin' anxious to close
So, thanks for the cheer, I hope you didn't mind my bendin' your ear
This torch that I found must be drowned or it soon might explode
So, make it one for my baby and one more for the road
That long, long road

I'd like them to play Cesar Franck's organ Chorales: Nos. 1 and 2. Just the right mood: somewhat funereal, but with exquisite keyboard work and an overall Art Nouveau theme. After that, they'll all be saying, "Turnbull is [was] a good man for having introduced me to those works."

I'm dead so I really would not care but for fun I SAY
so many tears by tupac.

I dont know. Ive thought about it a lot recently,but havent really settled on anything. I like the Boys Night Out song (dont know the name) but the chorus is : "its all about, the song in my head, one where the audience is all dead" or Green Day's Good Riddiance, or maybe 53rd and 3rd by The Ramones

Famous Last Words - Billy Joel

I've Loved These Days - Billy Joel

Welcome To My World - Dean Martin

(Remember Me) I'm the One Who Loves You - Dean Martin

House of Stone and Light - Martin Page

Bryan Adams - Summer Of `69

The Beatles - Free As A Bird, Here Comes The Sun, In My Life, Revoloution, While My Guitar Gently Weeps

Eric Clapton - Tears In Heaven

Crowded House - Hey Now (The Dream Is Over)

Bobby Darin - Beyond The Sea

The Eagles - Life In The Fast Lane

Foo Fighters - Everlong, Learn To Fly

Green Day - Good Riddance (Time Of Your Life)

John Lennon - Imagine, Stand By Me (Cover)

Lynard Skynard - That Smell

Bob Marley - Could You Be Loved

Sarah McLachlan - Building A Mystery

Nirvana - Come As You Are (Live In New York), Lake Of Fire (Live In N.Y.)

Pearl Jam - Alive

The Police - Every Breath You Take

Nino Rota - selections from The Godfather soundtrack

Three Doors Down - When I`m Gone

U2 - One

Wow, worked out to nearly 30 songs. Look`s like my funeral is gonna take at least a day with food and drink and everything. Better clear your schedule.

I'll Fly Away-gospel standard

Angel From Montgomery-Bonnie Raight

Reach-the Replacemnts

The 'Example'cd by For Squirrels, a band who was unfortunately decimated by a car accident immediately after this cd's release in 1995.

i believe the correct title for the song is "within your reach" - but it's never-the-less an excellent pick & a great song

you want a song about wild sex & sadomasochism played at your funeral because it's relaxing?

I'd pick the same Mozart piece, obviously. I played that over and over and over (and over again) all the time in college... it was one of my favorites...

As for The Replacements... anyone's who's even heard of them gets points in my book!

"Louie, Louie" (by the Kingsmen). I don't want anyone standing around feeling sad after I buy the farm.... I want them to enjoy themselves remembering me.

you want a song about wild sex & sadomasochism played at your funeral because it's relaxing? [/QB][/QUOTE]

I probably wouldn't pick it in real life for that reason, but it has a relaxing, fatigued feeling about it that I have an odd obsession with. But you are right in that it would be a stupid choice and probably leave people scratching their heads.

Mine would probably be one of these above all.
"The Beatles - In My Life"
Neil Young - "When God Made Me"
The Doors - "End of the Night" or "The End."
Radiohead - How to Disappear Completely

When Pat and Jasani are brutally murdered to death I'm not going to their funerals. I'll be knackered from bludgeoning them and can't be arsed with all them songs.

Lol! Lol!

What makes you think they'd let a bloke like you go to their funeral?

j/k

Here's my two cents, for what it's worth:

"Way Over Yonder" - Carole King

"Lontano Degli Occhi" (Far From My Eyes) - Mary Hopkin

"In My Life" - the Judy Collins version


Signor V.

Oh how creepy would it be seeing my coffin on that conveyor belt thing going to get toasted whilst Ghost Town by The Specials plays?

Sully - I'm going to your funeral now and reading out my obituary about you. I'll tell everyone about the time we snuck to Cancun and played lightsaber battles with illuminous condoms. Ok it was like to glow worms mating but it's my story to exaggerate.

"I Touch Myself" by the Divinyls :p

Now that's the spirit I like!

All of Tubular Bells.

I want my loved ones to suffer.

More:

"Brokedown Palace" by The Grateful Dead

"Friend of the Devil" by The Grateful Dead

"Die Moldau" as done by the Cleveland Orchestra

The Doc

Why wait 'till you die??? You're young, live is beautiful. So make them suffer now!

That wasn't our finest hour...

Yeah it's only two tracks for 50 minutes. Imagine the creepy exorcism bit though?

My girlfriend keeps saying she wants good riddance by green day played at hers. Me on the other hand, I'm kind of partial to photograph by nickleback.


Look at this photograph
Everytime I do it makes me laugh
How did our eyes get so red
And what the hell is on Joey's head

And this is where I grew up
I think the present outa fix it up
I never knew we'd ever went without
The second floor is hard for sneaking out

And this is where I went to school
Most of the time I had better things to do
Criminal records said I've broken twice
I must have done it half a dozen times

I wonder if its too late
Should i go back and try to graduate
Lifes better now that it was back then
If I was them I wouldn't let me in

Oh oh oh
Oh god I

Every memory of looking out the back door
I have the photo album spread out on my bedroom floor
Its time to say, time to say it
Goodbye, goodbye

Every memory of walking out the front door
I found the photo of the friend that I was looking for
Its time to say, time to say it
Goodbye, goodbye

Goodbye

We used to listen to the radio
And sing along with every song we know
We said someday we'd find out how if feels
To sing to more than just the steering wheel

Kim's the first girl I kissed
I was so nervous that I nearly missed
She's had a couple of kids since then
I haven't seen her since god knows when

Oh oh oh
Oh god I

Every memory of looking out the back door
I have the photo album spread out on my bedroom floor
Its time to say, time to say it
Goodbye, goodbye

Every memory of walking out the front door
I found the photo of the friend that I was looking for
Its time to say, time to say it
Goodbye, goodbye

I miss that town
I cannot believe it
So hard to stay
So hard to leave it

If I could I relive those days
I know the one that would never change

Every memory of looking out the back door
I have the photo album spread on my bedroom floor
Its time to say, time to say it
Goodbye, goodbye

Every memory of walking out the front door
I found the photo of the friend that I was looking for
Its time to say, time to say it
Goodbye, goodbye

Look at this photograph
Everytime I do it makes me laugh
Everytime I do it makes me...

I can think of 3 songs I'd like played at my funeral. They are in order.


1. Anthem to the Estranged-Metal Church

2. Turn me Loose-Loverboy(this pretty much sums up how I have lived my life, by doing things my way, or no way at all. )

3. Me Against the World-Lizzy Borden


Plus I have one request, that is to be be buried upside down. So the whole world can kiss my A**.

IF I had to sum my whole life up in a single musical moment, it would be on DJ Shadow's Mutual Slump (track 10 on Endtroducing), when the frantic drums stop, and a girl's voice says, "Came to America, saw Xanadu, and that's all I wanted to do; rollerskate."

Those words, the way she says it, and the music over the top, evokes feelings I can't describe with words in me. A kind of nostalgic reminiscence of something I haven't yet experienced.

Venus in Furs is one of the greatest songs ever. I love it.

"Taste the WHIP...in love not given lightly

Taste the WHIP...now PLEEEEEEEEEAD for me."

I would like RELEASE by Pearl Jam.

DS

Sunshine of Your Love by Cream

Waaaw. You just said with words what I feel. What I think about it is; when will that future nostalgic reminiscence actually be? But then again, do I really want to know when it'll be?

So many difficult questions, so little answers... It sucks being smart

I have a friend who wants "Brick House" played at her funeral. She also told us that if she catches something, and knows she will die soon, she wants people to meet her at her bedside for a final word. The person on the top of her list is somebody she works with, who she cannot stand.

She's a unique individual!

Some I forgot in my initial list...

A.T.B. - 9 p.m. (Till I Cum)

Blue Oyster Cult - Don't Fear The Reaper

Eric Clapton - Layla (Unplugged)

Bob Dylan - It Ain't Me Babe, Like A Rolling Stone

The Eagles - Hotel California

Fatboy Slim - Praise You

Foo Fighters - All My Life, Times Like These

Green Day - Blvd. Of Broken Dreams

Guns 'N Roses - Welcome To The Jungle

Billie Joel - We Didn't Start The Fire

Khalid - Aisha

John Lennon - (Just Like) Starting Over

Dean Martin - Ain't That A Kick In The Head

Robert Miles - Children

Queen - I Want To Break Free

Carlos Santana - Smooth

System Of A Down - B.Y.O.B.

Three Dog Night - One Is The Loneliest Number

Tom Petty - I Won't Back Down

P.O.D. - I Feel So Alive

Bruce Springsteen - Dancing In The Dark

2Pac w./The Notorious B.I.G. - Runnin (Dyin To Live)

and.......The Canadian National Anthem.

That's close to 55 songs in total. Hey maybe one my family members or friends could get some bands to play all the songs and charge like $250 a head to attend my funeral. The money could go to The Canadian Diabetes Foundation, The Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada, The Canadian Cancer Society, Little League Canada, North York General Hospital, Sunnybrook & Women's College Health Sciences Centre and York University.

Spice Girls - Wannabe

Ah, give me the good ol' fashioned hymns, particularly, "Old Rugged Cross" and "It is Well with My Soul."

If I chose a non-hymn, I suppose it'd be something like "Dog & Butterfly" by Heart, or something equally as cheesy.

Wannabe Dead?

Or maybe "Pretty Fly for a White Guy".

In all seriousness though, I'm not too sure what song I'd choose. Maybe "The Ballad of Curtis Lowe" by Lynyrd Skynyrd. Perhaps "Wish You Were Here" by Pink Floyd.

I'm gonna be cremated after my death, but I still plan on having a wake and a service. I want it set up so everybody is waiting at the site for a half hour, and I'm still not there. They always said I'd be late for my own funeral, so why disappoint?

c'mon Afi, how can you be so desperate? :p

c'mon Afi, how can you be so desperate? :p [/b][/quote]I might be desperate, but I'm man enough to admit it. :p

Living in a box - by Living in a box.

Wooden it be Nice - The Beach Boys

Whispering Pine (Overcoat) - The Band

"Man in the Box" by Alice in Chains

Seriously, it would probably have to be "Promised Land" by Bruce Springsteen. The key lines, for me, from the song are:

"I've done my best to live the right way" and "Mister I ain't no boy, no I'm a man, and I believe in a Promised Land"

New song added to my list: "I've Gotta Be Me" by Sammy Davis Jr.

That makes my list three.

When people are walking in, I want "That's Life" by Frank Sinatra to be played, as they're seated "I've Gotta Be Me", and as they're leaving: "Famous Last Words" by Billy Joel.

Stand By Me-John Lennon
Imagine-John Lennon

For my mother-in-law...Ding Dong the Witch is Dead.

OMG

The "mother-in-law" song of choice!

BEHIND BLUE EYES - THE WHO

I side with you there, it is a great song.

The anthem of my life would be Oasis' Live Forever, but I don't think that the theme of it ("maybe I will never be all the things that I wanna be, now is not the time to cry, now's the time to find out why") suits the funeral (when it's already over) as much as the "you and I are gonna live forever" line.

Other candidates:
Radiohead - Bulletproof... I wish I was
Kent - Mannen i den vita hatten (16 år senare)
Oasis - (You've got the) Heart of a Star
Oasis - Stop Crying Your Heart Out
Bruce Springsteen - Independence Day
Bruce Springsteen - Bobby Jean
Bruce Springsteen - The Promised Land
Muse - Endlessly
John Lennon - Imagine
Suede - The Next Life

na na na na, na na na na, hey hey hey, good-bye!

Two new "must-haves":

Renegade (Live Version) ~ Warren Zevon

Peaches En Regalia ~ Frank Zappa

The Doc

Great choice, though I'd take "Zoot Allures" from Zappa. Definitely an off-beat funeral.

Here's another one I'd like.

"There's a Place For Us" - Tom Waits

Planning to off youself?

For me- Its All Over Now Baby Blue. My favorite song

Tiny Dancer- Elton JOhn

Funeral Song?

I'll NEVER Die! Bahahaha...


Wait, whats this lump in my breast?

Because - The Beatles

When they are lowering my coffin..

great song lmao


mine would be Rick Ross-The Boss or N'Sync - Bye Bye Bye

Seeing as i choose those two six years ago, i would keep Imagine and add American Trilogy by Elvis..

For me it would be these six:

1. Live Forever- Oasis
2. Time of Your Life- Green Day
3. What's My Age Again- blink 182
4. Come As You Are- Nirvana
5. Fire and Rain- James Taylor
6. Over the Hills and Far Away- Led Zeppelin

Good choice of Oasis song Joe..If i had to choose an oasis song i would go for Whatever

Bone crusher- Neva Scared


Then at my wake Fuck you im drunk by the dropkick murphys. With bagpipes. Pretend im a mick.

Geto Boys- Feels Good to be a Gansta

Mad World - Gary Jules
Friend of a Friend - Foo Fighters
From Can to Can't - Corey Taylor, Dave Grohl, Rick Nielsen, Scott Reeder
Wild Horses - The Rolling Stones
Wish You Were Here - Pink Floyd

And maybe to be a smartass, but no one would get my oddball humor
Wynona's Big Brown Beaver - Primus

Love Train - O'Jays

I'd like Cesar Franck's Chorale #1--it's got an Art Nouveau quality that's just this side of being really funerial.

Mad World from Donny Darko....erie song ..I've heard Wish you were here more than once at a funeral so it has little effect on me use to like playing the solo's in that song when I was in a band ...

#9 Dream by John Lennon

I quite like the theme tune from Raging Bull.

Something dramatic and pompous, a bit like myself

U2 - "Pride (In The Name Of Love)"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1NBJ_xIMMjw

Always look on the bright side of life by Monty Python.

Ennio Morricone - Once upon a time in the West

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2s0-wbXC3pQ