What Song Would You Like Played at Your Funeral?

[TimeChaser]

This came up in a conversation with several friends a while ago, and I just thought I'd post it here.

Personally, being a geek, I'd love "Into the West" from Return of the King, any variation of Aeris' Theme from Final Fantasy VII.

[Texasgal]

1. " One step beyond"

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

[Drifter]

128. Frank Zappa - Broken Hearts are for Assholes

Cheers
Drifter

[Crazy Guggenheim]

2. Welcome to DU! Mine is "Time to Say Goodbye" with

Andrea Boccelli and Sarah Brightman. Done in Italian of course.

[Catchawave]

79. Mine too! Maybe just a Sarah solo for me though....

...she sings it at the end of her concert and it's fabulous!

[GiovanniC]

98. I Love That

I heard it playing that the Bellagio at the dancing fountains and it became a personal quest of mine to discover the name of it, who sang it, et cetera. It took me four months to find it. (I didn't say I was much of a detective).

[bridgit]

110. 'time to say good bye'...

is among the most beautiful songs ever recorded,
have you heard brightman's version from her 'one night in eden'? it is stunnignly beautiful :thumbsup:

[maveric]

3. "Sweet Baby James" by James Taylor.

Seeing that "James" is my first name.

[saltpoint]

10. maveric, we posted at exactly the same minute. 8:20 p.m.

And we both posted a James Taylor song.

Let's save our families and friends some dough and die together!

[maveric]

18. Wanna share an urn?

Why burden our loved ones with expensive funeral arraingements and accesories??

[saltpoint]

: )

By the way, James Taylor is on tour this summer. It's a fairly extensive schedule. I was giving it some thought -- I have heard him in concert several times and have never been disappointed.

[maveric]

24. Saw him last in 1972. Orpheum Theater in Boston.

What a great show!

[saltpoint]

30. Oh god I would love to hear him at a place like the Orpheum.

I went to one of his concerts at Tanglewood. Phoebe Snow was supposed to open, but she was pregnant and the baby picked that evening to make a grand entrance into the world, so the record company sent Emmylou Harris.

Let me tell you -- it was NOT an unpleasant evening of music.

[Joey Liberal]

58. I've been there too

I saw Iggy Pop and BeBop Deluxe there.

[maveric]

61. That old place had some great acoustics.

I saw hundreds of concerts there from 1971-79.
Saw Joni Mitchell there too!

[Joey Liberal]

66. Lucky you

I remember the "Combat Zone" quite well:)............Don't know how I survived:)...........

[grace0418]

167. I sing that song to myself when I can't sleep or when I am scared

I don't know why it's always comforted me. I've sung it to my nephew when he was a baby, too. I think he liked it, he fell asleep. One of my all-time favorite JT songs.

[saltpoint]

4. I'd be happy with "Carolina in my Mind" by James Taylor

I'm not a Carolina resident past or present, but that tune holds a very high place in my ear.

[maveric]

20. I love that song! And pretty much anything by JT.

[arwalden]

40. Very Nice.

:hi:

[KittyWampus]

5. The Wheel By Jerry Garcia

[Burma Jones]

22. Fine Choice

I would add Black Muddy River

[markus]

26. See below re: I Know You Rider/China

I wish I was a headlight on a northbound train.
I wish I was a headlight on a northbound train.
I'd shine my light through the cool Colorado rain.

[sniffa]

6. 'jim, i wore a tie today'

[auntAgonist]

97. wb sniffa! great song choice btw.

(Jim Jim) Jim I did everything I could do but your fever just wouldn't die down
So I tied your horse to the wagon and last night I brought you to town
When I got you there Jim you's gone and there was nothin' nobody could do
So I bought you a suit and a tie Jim and today I wore one too
Jim I wore a tie today the first one that I ever wore
And you'd've said that I looked like a dummy out of a dry goods store
Jim they said a lot of things but I couldn't tell you one thing they said
Somehow my mind kept wanderin'
Wanderin' down back that trail back to the times that we've had
One thing bout you old friend is side by side sun or rain
How many times pannin' gold on the cuff
We did about everything in the book I guess
And prob'ly some things that they never read or thought up
Well Jim you're ridin' on ahead and I I guess that's the way that's gotta be
But Jim when you reach them streets paved with gold nobody stake a claim out for me
(Jim hmm Jim) Jim I wore a tie today

[sniffa]

120. thank you

:D

i Love that song.

[Evergreen Emerald]

7. Fleetwood Mac

"Lay me down in the tall grass and let the good times roll."

Oh wait, I wanted that at my wedding.

[datasuspect]

8. dancing queen

and maybe nights on broadway

[bertha katzenengel]

9. a song for my beloved and a song for my sisters, from me to them

For Mrs. V.: "I Know How the River Feels"*

For my sisters: "Wind Beneath My Wings"

* lyrics:

V1
They say for everyone, there’s that certain one
Out there, somewhere
I’d been looking hard, searching every heart
Getting nowhere
Didn’t know I was making my way to you

V2
Miles of loneliness, now make perfect sense
Here beside you
Tears like water fall, it was worth it all
Just to find you
And yours are the last arms I’ll run to

CHORUS
Now I know how the river feels
When it reaches the sea
And finally finds the place
It was always meant to be
Holding fast, home at last
Knowing the journey’s through
Lying here with you
I know how the river feels

[Dudley_DUright]

11. "The Sky Is Crying"

(SRV version)

[MrSandman]

12. Free Bird...

Or at least the Guitar Instrumental.

[jobycom]

34. Nice choice! nt

[sasquatch]

71. Will the whole trailer park show up?

:evilgrin:

[MrSandman]

82. Especially when God is going to visit...

An elderly resident of an Appalachian trailer park wakes up one morning with a vision that God will visit the park later that evening and grant all the tenants a wish. The love-hate relationship this memorable group of wonderful characters have with their impoverished existence surfaces, in funny, often bittersweet ways, as the effects of floods, unemployment and family strife trigger fantasies of love, wealth, elaborate song and dance numbers and dreams of what's yet to be. Does God make it to the trailer park? Well, one thing's for sure, Life will never be the same in Paradise Park.

http://danielboyd.com/paradisepark.html

Or was it just the Governor?

[Lannes]

13. Heart of Gold

Neil Young

[Arugula Latte]

164. Love that song.

Love it. Love it. Love it.

[ContraBass Black]

14. The King's Motorcade

From Coming to America.

If anyone can find me a copy, I'll be eternally grateful.

[Carni]

15. Whiter Shade of Pale

Annie Lennox or Procol Harem (sp?) doesn't matter which...oh hell,why not play both?

[asjr]

16. "At Last."

[latebloomer]

74. That was one of my wedding songs!

Lou Rawls version. Smooth and creamy--mmm. . .

[Pool Hall Ace]

17. "Rock On" David Essex

:headbang:

[DS1]

19. name not needed is going to bang out his interpretation of

Metallica's Sad but True with too much distortion on a 1000 watt amp with a torn speaker cone.

[Rabrrrrrr]

133. And a lot of reverb! It has to have reverb for days!

[DS1]

141. I want a BASS system so loud people will crap their pants for miles

Consider it a parting gift

[Swede]

21. Danny Boy

A tenor sang it at my dad's funeral,I'd kinda like it at mine.

Oh Danny boy, the pipes, the pipes are calling
From glen to glen, and down the mountain side
The summer's gone, and all the flowers are dying
'Tis you, 'tis you must go and I must bide.
But come ye back when summer's in the meadow
Or when the valley's hushed and white with snow
'Tis I'll be here in sunshine or in shadow
Oh Danny boy, oh Danny boy, I love you so.

And if you come, when all the flowers are dying
And I am dead, as dead I well may be
You'll come and find the place where I am lying
And kneel and say an "Ave" there for me.

And I shall hear, tho' soft you tread above me
And all my dreams will warm and sweeter be
If you'll not fail to tell me that you love me
I'll simply sleep in peace until you come to me.

I'll simply sleep in peace until you come to me

[saltpoint]

29. Swede, what an affecting post. Thank you.

The song is beautiful -- one of the truly splendid melodies of all time.

As a much younger person, I was playing Joan Baez's DIAMONDS AND RUST album, which features a recording of "Danny Boy" and my grandfather, who never seemed to praise things very much, stopped in his tracks and listened to her sing on my stereo.

"Who is that woman singing?" he asked me. I told him. He thought for a long time and then said, "That's the most perfect version of that song I've ever heard."

Anyway, I think he hadn't heard it in decades, and then suddenly there itg was coming out of my bedroom door, and it just hit him like a ton of bricks.

I sure do like your choice, Swede. Yes.

[bettyellen]

83. that's my mom's favorite.

what a sad song.

[enigmatic]

112. Johnny Cash's version on American IV is heartbreaking..

His cracking, weathered voice backed by a pump organ...

[hlthe2b]

198. Nice. was your Dad Irish?

Sorta surprised if you are actually Swedish, that's all (although I'm sure I shouldn't be)

It is a wonderful song.

[Swede]

203. He was a Swede,but he loved that song.

I think it was his favorite.

[markus]

23. Tough choice: I'd have to pick from one of: Love is Everywhere

by Pharoah Sanders.

Or the Monk/Coltrane (recording of course) of Ruby My Dear.

Or Biloxi by Jimmy Buffett.

Oh, and I Know You Rider/China Cat from Europe '72.

Damn, it's going to be a long funeral.

I do know what I want read: Sunday Morning, by Wallace Stevens.

[tigereye]

192. wow!

very cool! I'd like some Sarah Vaughn at mine. Not sure which tune. Hopefully I will have many years to figure it out.

[Tikki]

25. "Dancing In Heaven (Orbital Be-bop)".....Q-feel...

....(Are you Ready? Here We Go)
Slow-Slow- Quick Quick Slow
Slow-Slow- Quick Quick Slow....


Tikki

[Left Is Write]

32. I just love that song.

[Burma Jones]

27. The Third Movement of Brahms' Requiem

Oh Hell, the whole thing....

And the spiritual, "Soon I Will Be Done"

[SmileyBoy]

28. "At Your Funeral" by Saves The Day

This song will become
the anthem of
your underground

You're two floors down
getting high in the back room

If I flooded out your house
do you think you'd make it out
or would you give up before the water filled your lungs?

And at your funeral
I will sing the requiem

This song will become
the anthem of
your underground

You're two floors down
getting high in the back room

If I flooded out your house
do you think you'd make it out
or would you give up before the water filled your lungs?

And at your funeral
I will sing the requiem

I'd offer you my hand
it would hurt to much to watch you die

And you can bet
when we mourn the death of you that night
(of you that night)

They'll lay me on the dinner table
I will be the pig
with the apple in my mouth
the food that celebrates your end

And at your funeral
I will sing the requiem
I'd offer you my hand
it would hurt to much to watch you die

And at your funeral
I will sing the requiem
I'd offer you my hand
it would hurt to much to watch you die

[Left Is Write]

31. 100 Years by Five For Fighting.

[arwalden]

38. I Do Like That One!

Nice choice.

-- Allen

PS: Chase bank is using it as the theme for one of their credit card commercials though. :sigh:

[Left Is Write]

45. Yeah. I saw that.

I try to push that image out of my head, because it's really a lovely song.

[Mrs_Beastman]

33. The Gambler by Kenny Rogers

My grandma always said a lady knows when to leave.:D

[Midnight Rambler]

35. "Castles Made of Sand," by Jimi Hendrix

With John Goodman talking about Vietnamn before he dumps my ashes out of a coffee can.

[sasquatch]

76. "WHAT'S THAT SHIT ABOUT VIETNAM!!"

:rofl:

[arwalden]

36. Everybody Have Fun Tonight! (Everybody Wang Chung Tonight!)

[ThoughtCriminal]

37. Amazing Grace

Cliche, but hey, it was good enough for Spock.

[renegade000]

60. now...

if only you could be shot into space in a photon torpedo...THAT would be cool.

:P

heck, maybe you'd land on the genesis planet

[grace0418]

191. I suppose I should choose that one

but it always reminds me of my mother elbowing me in church when they'd play the song, as if it was such a hilarious coincidence.

[jobycom]

39. Beethoven's 9th, or at least Ode to Joy.

[Radical Activist]

101. They performed that at Senator Paul Simon's funeral.

It was very moving and appropriate.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

104. You have excellent taste in music, jobycom!

I LOVE all Beethoven's symphonies...

:pals:

[kwassa]

137. I'll take the 2nd movement, thank you very much

I always like that theme. Good tune, you can dance to it.

[Dukkha]

41. "The Great Gig in the Sky" - Pink Floyd

after the eulogy

Before it:
Vivaldi - Guitar Concerto in D
Delerium - Window To Your Soul
Brian Eno - Under Stars II
The Cure - Homesick

[KittyWampus]

52. Brian Eno's Ambient Stuff Is Kinda Like Being In The Bardo Anyway

;)

[Guy Fawkes]

42. Finnigan's Wake done by The Clancy Bros.

[UrbScotty]

43. Three songs

"Hey Jude" by McCartney

"Come Sail Away" by STYX

"Auld Lang Syne" (it's not just a New Year's song, you know ;-) )

[hyphenate]

44. They did a survey on this subject

in England, and the song most popular for the funeral was "Angels" by Robbie Williams. Way behind was "Amazing Grace."

I always thought that Amazing Grace would be right for me, but after hearing "Angels" I changed my mind. It's a beautiful song.

[tjwmason]

125. I get the impression that Amazing Grace is more an American thing

I've never heard it at a funeral over here.

[mikita]

46. Dust in the Wind..

but right now I can't think who sang it. Guess I'd better not die just yet...

:hi:

[hyphenate]

48. Kansas

the group, not the state. :)

[mikita]

50. Thank you, I guess I can

"Go Now" by the Moody Blues, another one I'd have...

:hi:

[u4ic]

63. Score 2 for Dust in the Wind

[fortyfeetunder]

85. Another vote for Dust in the wind

I hope my final services as planned have a variety of music, including some recordings, and some other stuff. No words, except risque jokes.

[bbernardini]

47. "Bang The Drum All Day" by Todd Rundgren

Screw that crying crap. Have a good time! :)

[enigmatic]

49. "Closing Time"- Tom Waits

That's the only one..

[Turn CO Blue]

51. "Funeral for a Friend: Love Lies Bleeding" Sir Elton John n/t

[Redstone]

53. Ashokan Farewell, and Newfoundland from the

Brendan's Voyage CD. The latter is the best four minutes in the history of music, ever.

Redstone

[SCDem]

130. Ahokan Farewell was playing in the car when we brought our son home

for the first time from the hospital after he was born.... I think I would love it played at my funeral as well

[Patiod]

145. Gave me shivers the first time I heard it on "The Civil War"

[KittyWampus]

54. Can't Believe No One Mentioned "My Way" By Sex Pistols... Or Sinatra

:D

[candy]

55. Darn---you just beat me to it----My choice would be Sinatra.

[Bok_Tukalo]

56. "Baby Got Back" by Sir Mix-A-Lot

I like big butts and I can not lie
You other brothers can’t deny
That when a girl walks in with an itty bitty waist
And a round thing in your face
You get sprung, wanna pull up tough
’cause you notice that butt was stuffed

[Mad_Dem_X]

181. LOL!

That would be funny.

[jandrok]

57. Metallica's "Sanitarium", followed by Slayer's "Raining Blood"

I wanna shake it up a little. All that quiet funeral music is a bunch of crap. I say leave 'em with a lasting impression.

[CanuckAmok]

109. LOL--I was going to say "Raining Blood"!

Ory maybe "War Ensemble", with that "duhnuhnuh, duhnuhnuh, duhnuhnuh" riff, because it's a natural headbangin rhythm.

[jandrok]

144. Good call.

That would definitely make it a funeral to remember!

[evlbstrd]

59. Heaven,

Talking Heads, for just one. Zappa, Hendrix, lots of tradutional Irish, and a grand drunken wake. Rock out and drink, dance and laugh me away.

[Joey Liberal]

62. TNT by AC/DC

Got to go out with a rockin' tune:)...........And what heck, I'm just another hellbound Liberal anyway:)..........

[Joey Liberal]

64. Followed up with Take Your Mama Out All Night

By the Scissor Sisters. Also love "How Far is Heaven" by the Los Lonely Boys.

[Atlas Mugged]

140. I love that song

Actually, I like the entire Scissor Sisters cd.

[Joey Liberal]

194. I'd love to see them live

Must be a great show.

[Tektonik]

65. Decades by Joy Division

[enigmatic]

68. Great song!

I'll add that to my list after my choice; it would fit perfectly..

[chaska]

67. I have this song that I wrote (instrumental) called 'Necrotopia' fromerly

called 'Ghost Flowers'.

[countmyvote4real]

69. I have two, both presumptuous on my part…

“Now Let the Weeping Cease” from the Gospel At Colonus and
“Someday We’ll Be Together.”

Of course, Sam Cook's "Having A Party" would be fun, too.

[kid a]

70. Street Spirit (Fade Away) - Radiohead

Rows of houses all bearing down on me
I can feel their blue hands touching me
All these things in all positions
All these things will one day take control
And fade out again and fade out

This machine will will not communicate these thoughts
And the strain I am under
Be a world child form a circle before we all go under
And fade out again and fade out again

Cracked eggs dead birds
Scream as they fight for life
I can feel death can see it’s beady eyes
All these things into frution
All these things we’ll one day swallow whole
And fade out again and fade out again.

[Mojambo]

72. When I'm Gone by Phil Ochs

I don't know that it should be played at my funeral, but it is a hauntingly beautiful song.

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 out 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

[mikita]

78. beautiful lyrics...

I wish I knew the melody...

[mac56]

73. I've actually thought about this.

"Shower The People", "Wings Of A Dove", "We'll Meet Again".

[leftofthedial]

75. you know. that one.

"leftofthedial was the greatest one of all"

[Hard_Work]

188. hmmmm,

"Fight the Power" by, of course, Public Enemy.

[sasquatch]

77. Probably "Thank You" by Led Zepplin or "Some Sunny day" by Johnny Cash

[BikeWriter]

80. I'd love to hear: Rock of... Oh shit, he's still alive!

[name not needed]

81. numa numa song

:P

[TimeChaser]

157. Numa Numa!

That would be an... interesting funeral to say the least

[GardeningGal]

84. Imagine by John Lennon n/t

[ScreamingMeemie]

86. AlphaVille..."Forever Young"...Forever young, oh I want to be forever

young.


FOREVER YOUNG
lyrics: Gold
music: Gold-Lloyd-Mertens

Let's dance in style, lets dance for a while
Heaven can wait we're 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 don't have the power but we never say never
Sitting in a sandpit, life is a short trip
The music's for the sad men
Can you imagine when this race is won
Turn our golden faces into the sun
Praising our leaders we're getting in tune
The music's 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 don't they stay young
It's so hard to get old without a cause
I don't want to perish like a fading horse
Youth is like diamonds in the sun
And diamonds are forever
So many adventures couldn't happen today
So many songs we forgot to play
So many dreams are swinging out of the blue
We let them come true

[BiggJawn]

87. What funeral?

No viewing, no ceremony.

[The Flaming Red Head]

93. No one can afford them anymore

Everybody I know just gets cremated and the ashes are spread among friends and family. Most of them couldn't even afford living, much less dying.

[BiggJawn]

132. I hear ya!

That's why. No embalming, cardboard box to slide me into the furnace, No $2,000 imitation Ming vase...
Have a party instead, no tears.

[bixente]

88. Mizu no Madoromi

Beautiful Russian song by Origa. It is fantastic stuff.

[Theres-a]

89. Fragile by Sting

One of the acoustic versions.And "Since the last time" by Lyle Lovett.

[hlthe2b]

199. "Fragile" in acoustic version.... very very nice...

[elshiva]

90. "Flamingoes Fly" by Van Morrison

[PittPoliSci]

91. isn't it grand boys?

it's a traditional irish song.

[auntAgonist]

99. thinking that was done by the Clancy Brothers and maybe a few others too .

Look at the coffin, with golden handles
Isn't it grand, boys, to be bloody-well dead?

Let's not have a sniffle, let's have a bloody-good cry
And always remember: The longer you live
The sooner you'll bloody-well die

Look at the flowers, all bloody withered
Isn't it grand, boys, to be bloody-well dead?

Let's not have a sniffle, let's have a bloody-good cry
And always remember: The longer you live
The sooner you'll bloody-well die

Look at the mourners, bloody-great hypocrites
Isn't it grand, boys, to be bloody-well dead?

Let's not have a sniffle, let's have a bloody-good cry
And always remember: The longer you live
The sooner you'll bloody-well die

Look at the preacher, a bloody-nice fellow
Isn't it grand, boys, to be bloody-well dead?

Let's not have a sniffle, let's have a bloody-good cry
And always remember: The longer you live
The sooner you'll bloody-well die

Look at the widow, bloody-great female
Isn't it grand, boys, to be bloody-well dead?

Let's not have a sniffle, let's have a bloody-good cry
And always remember: The longer you live
The sooner you'll bloody-well die

[PittPoliSci]

102. in the version i've heard it goes like this...

Look at the coffin, with bloody brass handles...

and the other difference is

Look at the preacher, sanctimonious bastard...

either way, it's still a damn good funeral tune!

[tigereye]

193. yup

that sounds about right! ;)

[EstimatedProphet]

92. Ive thought about this a lot: Brain Damage/Eclipse, and Ripple

I think those three would make the most sense for those staying behind.
I want a Viking funeral too. Put me in a boat with one of my favorite swords, kick it out into the water and shoot flaming arrows into it.

[PartyPooper]

94. "Amazing Grace"

O8)

[Seabiscuit]

95. "One Toke Over The Line"

[SouthoftheBorderPaul]

96. The funky chicken - n/t

[warrens]

100. I think Rock of Ages by Bryan Ferry

I sang that at my best friend's funeral a long time ago. Although Search and Destroy or Personality Crisis would be cool.

[Kire]

103. I have an iTunes playlist I call "Funeral Mix"

Here's the thread I started a while back in the Bereavement forum.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=323x25

[bridgit]

105. deep forest - forest hymm...

live (made in japan), studio & world mix in a loop until my wake participants are hugging/kissing, drunk on their asses & floating back to their lives here in the land of the living ~

[CanuckAmok]

106. "Wish You Were Here"

n/t

[alittlelark]

107. 'What a Beautiful World' I don't know who sings it...

[Patiod]

147. If you're thkg "what a wonderful world" Israel Kamakawiwo'ole

if you're thinking of the "Over the Rainbow/What a wonderful world" medely, sung in a high tenor with just a ukelele, then that's Izzy (the original was Louis Armstrong).

If you're thinking "What a beautiful world this would be, what a glorious time to be free", then it's Donald Fagen

I know next to nothing about music, but Izzy and Steely Dan are two of my favorites...

[crimson333]

108. Fade to Black by Metallica

[ThomWV]

111. The Tennessee Waltz

Go figure.

[JVS]

113. A lamb goes uncomplaining forth!

[swag]

114. I don't care.

[Qanisqineq]

115. Ding Dong the Witch is Dead

from the Wizard of Oz. It'd be perfect!

[Nailzberg]

116. Pearl Jam's "Light Years"

I’ve used hammers made out of wood.
I have played games with pieces and rules.
I undeciphered tricks at the bar, but now you’re gone.
I haven’t figured out why.
I’ve come up with riddles and jokes about war.
I figured out numbers and what they’re for.
I’ve understood feelings and I’ve understood words but how could you be taken away?

And wherever you’ve gone and wherever we might go.
It don’t seem fair. today just disappeared.
Your light reflected now. reflected from afar.
We were but stones. your light made of stars.

With heavy breath awakened regrets.
Back pages and days that could have been spent together but we were miles apart.
Every inch between us becomes light years now.
No time to be void or save up on life.
Oh, you got to spend it all.

And wherever you’ve gone and wherever we might go.
It don’t seem fair. you seam to like it here.
Your light reflected now. reflected from afar.
We were but stones. your light made of stars.

And wherever you’ve gone and wherever we might go.
It don’t seem fair. today just disappeared.
Your lights reflected now. reflected from afar.
We were but stones. your light made of stars.

[enigmatic]

117. Another one for me: "Peace In The Valley"- Red Foley

Beautiful, beautiful song..

[UdoKier]

118. I don't care if I'm 130 and died of my sleep of natural causes.

I want the electric paddles. I want to be resuscitated! I will never be ready to die.

If I had to pick a song it would be "Is That All There Is?" by Peggy Lee.

[SKKY]

119. "Life's Been Good" by Joe Walsh

[tsakshaug]

121. three of them

Keep me in Your Heart for Awhile-Zevon
Paradise-John Prine
Will the circle be unbroken

Already spoken to my kids about this, they will sing and play the fiddle on Paradise, it was the song I sung to them at bedtime when they were young.

[Cooley Hurd]

122. "Fake Plastic Trees" by Radiohead

...just because it sooooo haunting.

[Hugin]

123. "Heading for the Light" by the Traveling Wilburys.

Among other songs.

Song: Heading For The Light
Written by: Traveling Wilburys

I've wandered around with nothing more than time on my hands
I was lost in the night with no sight of you
And at times it was so blue and lonely
Heading for the light

Been close to the edge, hanging by my fingernails
I've rolled and I've tumbled through the roses and the thorns
And I couldn't see the sign that warned me, I'm
Heading for the light

(Bridge 1)
Ooh - I didn't see that big black cloud hanging over me
And when the rain came down I was nearly drowned
I didn't know the mess I was in

More here...

http://www.indiana-girl.se/tw/lyrics/vol1/heading.html

[freein NC]

124. Songs

Twist and Shout and Yesterday by the Beatles

[tjwmason]

126. Loads of them

I want a long long long ceremony, ideally full-blown Latin Mass with hoards of Priests in black and ethereal chants gently floating over the congregation, the air so thick with incense that nobody can really see anything. No damn eulogy by the way, complete waste of time.

Then the burial service at the graveside, and as soon as the formal liturgy is over "He is an Englishman" from H.M.S. Pinafore - followed by a bloody good piss-up at the wake.

[hickman1937]

155. I like yours. Can I borrow it?

Throw in Mozart's Requiem (I don't care that he didn't write the last 15 minutes), and this would be perfect. Well almost perfect. I don't like that I'm lying in a box in center aisle, but the rest is great.

[In_The_Wind]

127. My Way

[Phentex]

129. The same one played at my wedding....

"The Rainbow Connection"

However, I don't really plan on having a funeral.

[YankeyMCC]

131. Imagine

But really whatever song the people there wish to hear after all I'll be dead so I wont hear the song. ;)

[Rabrrrrrr]

134. Mahler Symphony No. 2

[ProfessorGAC]

135. Sorry. No Funeral For Me

Give my empty shell to science, or if i'm not interesting enough for that, burn me, and dump my ashes into the sandtrap on the 8th hole of my golf course. (I've been in that bunker so much when i'm alive, i'm might as well spend eternity there.)

No ceremonies, no expenses. Nothing. Just dump me. It's just a carcass at that point.
The Professor

[kwassa]

136. When the Saints Go Marching In, complete with brass band

[MsAnthropy]

138. "Already Gone" by The Eagles

and "We Got to Get Out of This Place" by the Animals

[Richardo]

139. "Angel Band" by the Stanley Brothers

...as heard at the end of "O Brother Where Art Thou"

The latest sun is sinking fast, my race is nearly run
My strongest trials now are past, my triumph is begun
O come Angel Band, come & around me stand
O bear me away on your snowy wings to my immortal home
O bear me away on your snowy wings to my immortal home

I know I'm near the holy ranks of friends & kindred dear
I've brushed the dew on Jordan's banks, the crossing must be near
I've almost gained my Heavenly home, my spirit loudly sings
The Holy ones, behold they come, I hear the noise of wings
O bear my longing heart to Him who bled & died for me
Whose blood now cleanses from all sin & gives me victory

O come Angel Band, come & around me stand
O bear me away on your snowy wings to my immortal home
O bear me away on your snowy wings to my immortal home

[Atlas Mugged]

142. 'Sympathy For The Devil'

I wanna' die the way I've lived - pissing people off.

[blondeatlast]

143. "Summertime, and the Livin' is Easy," by a New Orleans jazz band. nt

[Sugar Smack]

146. I don't know...surprise me.

[Magrittes Pipe]

148. "Wind Beneath My Wings"

[haroldgiowa]

149. Landlocked Blues

Landlocked Blues by Bright Eyes

If you walk away, I’ll walk away
First tell me which road you will take
I don’t want to risk our paths crossing some day
So you walk that way, I’ll walk this way

And the future hangs over our heads
And it moves with each current event
Until it falls all around like a cold steady rain
Just stay in when it’s looking this way

And the moon’s laying low in the sky
Forcing everything metal to shine
And the sidewalk holds diamonds like the jewelry store case
They argue walk this way, now walk this way

And Laura’s asleep in my bed
As I’m leaving she wakes up and says
“I dreamed you were carried away on the crest of a wave
Baby don’t go away, come here”

And there’s kids playing guns in the street
And ones pointing his tree branch at me
So I put my hands up I say “enough is enough,
If you walk away, I’ll walk away”

And he shot me dead

I found a liquid cure
From my landlocked blues
It’ll pass away like a slow parade
It’s leaving but I don’t know how soon

And the world’s got me dizzy again
You think after XX years I’d be used to the spin
And it only feels worse when I stay in one place
So I’m always pacing around or walking away

I keep drinking the ink from my pen
And I’m balancing history books up on my head
But it all boils down to one quotable phrase
If you love something, give it away

A good woman will pick you apart
A box full of suggestions for your possible heart
But you may be offended and you may be afraid
But don’t walk away, don’t walk away

We made love on the living room floor
With the noise in background of a televised war
And in the deafening pleasure I thought I heard someone say
“If we walk away, they’ll walk away”

But greed is a bottomless pit
And our freedom’s a joke We’re just taking a piss
And the whole world must watch the sad comic display
If you’re still free start running away
Cause we’re coming for you!

I’ve grown tired of holding this post
I feel more like a stranger each time I come home
So I’m making a deal with the devils of fame
Saying “let me walk away, please”

You’ll be free child once you have died
From the shackles of language and immeasurable time
And then we can trade places, play musical graves
Till then walk away, walk away

So I’m up at dawn
Putting on my shoes
I just want to make a clean escape
I’m leaving but I don’t know where to
I know I’m leaving but I don’t know where to

[haroldgiowa]

150. oops

i was just thinkin about funeral songs a couple days ago so i automatically responded. i'm not haroldgiowa, he left this screen up and it caught my eye. this is an interesting forum so maybe i'll join.

peace

rossitron

[jswordy]

151. "Drop Kick Me Jesus" by Bobby Bare

Drop kick me Jesus through the goal posts of life
End over end neither left nor to right
Straight through the heart of them righteous uprights
Drop kick me Jesus through the goal posts of life.

Make me, oh make me, Lord more than I am
Make me a piece in your master game plan
Free from the earthly tempestion below
I’ve got the will, Lord if you’ve got the toe.

Drop kick me Jesus through the goal posts of life
End over end neither left nor to right
Straight through the heart of them righteous uprights
Drop kick me Jesus through the goal posts of life.

Take all the brothers who’ve gone on before
And all of the sisters who’ve knocked on your door
All the departed dear loved ones of mine
Stick’em up front in the offensive line.

Drop kick me Jesus through the goal posts of life
End over end neither left nor to right
Straight through the heart of them righteous uprights
Drop kick me Jesus through the goal posts of life.

Yeah, Drop kick me Jesus through the goal posts of life
End over end neither left nor to right
Straight through the heart of them righteous uprights
Drop kick me Jesus through the goal posts of life.


Go here and you can play it! http://bertc.com/dropkick.htm

[MN ChimpH8R]

152. To Be Over by Yes

No weeping and wailing, just a memorial after my ashes are scattered, then a party. This lyric always seemed very Tao/Zen to me.


We go sailing down the calming streams
Drifting endlessly by the bridge
To be over
We will see
To be over
Do not suffer through the game of chance that: plays
Always doors to lock away your dreams
Think it over
Time will heal your fear
Think it over
Balance the thoughts that release within you
Childlike soul dreamer one journey
One to seek and see in every light do open
True pathways away
Carrying closer go gently
Holding doors will open everyway
You wander true pathways away
After all your soul will still surrender
After all don't doubt your part
Be ready to be loved

-Jon Anderson

[ernstbass]

153. The Pretender - Jackson Browne

[Spacemom]

154. This is the song list

I came up with for my mom. She asked me to plan the music for her service.

Imagine - John Lennon
Amazing Grace - Faith Hill
Time After Time - Cindy Lauper (this is "our" song)
You can't Always get what you want/I shall be released - Bette Midler
Black Muddy River - Grateful Dead
What a Wonderful World - Louis Armstrong

It may seem sad, but it was actually a sweet time for us together.

[Parche]

156. songs

Learning to fly
The long and winding road

We said hello/goodbye
Heathaze
Memories/ the way we were

[bamacrat]

158. Man in the box

One of Alice in Chains best

[no name no slogan]

159. "Monkeyland" by the Chameleons

I shake my head and shiver
They smile
And then stab my back as they shake my hand
Send out an SOS plea
Come quickly
I'm marooned in monkeyland.
Is there anyone there
Who understands me
Anyone at all

I'm idly staring at the sky
Did anybody hear me sigh
A million stars are a moving sight
To all you out there
Reading this tonight
It's just a trick of the light

I have to know what is real
And what is illusion
Tell me how does it feel
Beyond this confusion
Is there anyone there

Do I dismiss this with a sigh
Suppose I must from time to time
And let the answers pass me by
To questions set to bend the mind
Is my creator a God or a man
Does someone somewhere
Care or understand
It's just a trick of the light

I have to know what is real
And what is illusion
Tell me how does it feel
Beyond this confusion
Is there anyone there

Life's an optical illusion
Like other optical illusions
Beware
If there's anyone there

[RubyDuby in GA]

160. I can't believe no one has said this: Another One Bites The Dust

:)

[jus_the_facts]

161. Fly To The Angels ~ Slaughter

Pictures of you
Ohh they're still on my mind
You had this smile
That could light up the world
Now when it rains it seems
The sun never shines

And I drive
Down this lonely, lonely road
Oooh I got this feelin'
Girl I gotta let you go

Cause now you've to fly (fly high)
Fly to the angels
Heaven awaits your heart
And flowers bloom in your name
Woahh ohh
You've got to fly (fly high),
Fly to the angels
All the stars in the night
Shine in your name

Though it hurts me way deep inside
When I turn and look and find
That your not there
I try to convince myself
But the pain,
The pain is still not gone

Still I drive
Down this lonely, lonely road
Oooh I got this feelin,
Girl I've got to let you go

But now you've got to fly (fly high)
Fly to the angels
Heaven awaits your heart
And flowers bloom in your name

Whoa
You've got to fly (fly high)
Fly to the angels
All the stars in the night
Shine in your name

Flyyy

And still I drive down
This lonely, lonely road
Oooh I got this feelin
Oh, I can't let you go

But I know
That you've got to fly (fly high)
Fly to the angels
Heaven awaits your heart
And flowers bloom in your name
Whoa oh ohh oh
You've got fly (fly high)
Fly to the angels
All the stars in the sky
Shine in your name,yeah

Ow

oooh oooh oooh oooh oooh oooh

baby, oh

oooh ooooh oooh oooh oooh oooh

oohh yea

oooh oooh oooh oooh oooh oooh

I'm gonna miss you
miss you girl

[Rooktoven]

162. No one said my obvious one (and I do want this one)

"Always Look on the Bright Side of Life" by Monty Python

[Rambis]

163. Was Helplessly Hoping CSNY

Now it is Cannan's Land by Kate Rusby Live Version from the DVD

[MrSlayer]

165. "Hell Awaits" from Slayer.

Seems appropriate.

[neuvocat]

189. Dude...

that's just crazy. ROFL!!!!

[Lumily]

166. "Don't Fence Me In."

"Give me land, lots of land, and the starry skies above..."

[grace0418]

168. "She Goes On" by Crowded House

Or maybe Lullaby Requiem by Neil Finn.

Here are the words to She Goes On, you'll see why I chose it:

"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"

[Shadowen]

169. In Time, by Mark Collie.

Not quite right, based on the lyrics, but still appropriate.

[blindpig]

170. Pindar's Revenge by Ed Sanders n/t

[GalleryGod]

171. Somewhere Over the Rainbow by Bill Frisell

:applause: excellent, ma' man! EXcellent:woohoo:

[Initech]

172. I would have: Depeche Mode - Personal Jesus

That would be sure to confuse everyone there!

[mopaul]

173. LOUIE LOUIE by the Kingsmen

[HEyHEY]

174. That's my line

I guess I'll go with "Blue Suede Shoes"

[mopaul]

175. louie louie belongs to the ages, so it's kewl

[Aiptasia]

176. Fluffy by WEEEEN!!!

[tinfoilinfor2005]

177. a catchy little tune that will be written fifty years from now...

[ComerPerro]

178. "Send Me to Glory in a Glad Bag"

People tell me that I ought to save my money *
So that I could be laid away in style,
In a walnut box with all the fancy trimmin's
Vacuum sealed to keep me fresh a while.

cho. But Send me to Glory in a glad bag.
Don't waste a fancy coffin on my bones.
Just put me out on the curb next Tuesday
Let the city sanitation bear me home.

I don't need a fancy funeral *
Flowers and tears and all that jive
When I'm dead that won't impress me
Just buy me a beer while I'm alive.

There's trouble at the sanitary landfill *
It's filling up with permanent debris,
So make my glad bag out of corn not plastic
So it will decompose along with me.

(chorus)

If I should die upon the eve of Christmas *
Place my glad bag by the Chistmas tree;
And when the children open all their presents,
The big surprise will be the death of me.

Sell all my worldly possessions
And buy yourself a case or two of Pabst.
Let the empties be my memorial tombstone.
Engrave them with this epitath:

(chorus)

My wife and I went out to buy some glad bags *
Sh winked as we were driving back;
She said that paradise awaits me
As soon as she gets me in the sack.

Now it may be that I am not bound for Glory, *
But to another place I would not choose;
So if it seems that I'm headed that direction,
An oven bag would be the thing to use.

Swing low, sweet sanitation vehicle
or (sweet vehicle)
Comin' for to carry me home



http://sniff.numachi.com/~rickheit/dtrad/pages/tiGLADBAG.html

[musette_sf]

179. "Into The Mystic" by Van Morrison

So far this has been my choice for this occasion for the last 35 years. Don't see any reason to change now.

[LynneSin]

180. "Ramble On" and "What is and What Should Never Be" by....

[Jara sang]

182. What ever it is, it must have more cowbell.

[Mad_Dem_X]

183. "Let It Be"

Because I always try to be an optimist, thinking no matter what the problem is, "there will be an answer.":)

[Lowell]

184. House of the Rising Sun

At one time I thought it was our national anthem.

[MrBenchley]

185. Box of Rain

Look out of any window
any morning, any evening, any day
Maybe the sun is shining
birds are winging or
rain is falling from a heavy sky -
What do you want me to do,
to do for you to see you through?
this is all a dream we dreamed
one afternoon long ago

Walk out of any doorway
feel your way, feel your way
like the day before
Maybe you'll find direction
around some corner
where it's been waiting to meet you -
What do you want me to do,
to watch for you while you're sleeping?
Well please don't be surprised
when you find me dreaming too

Look into any eyes
you find by you, you can see
clear through to another day
I know it's been seen before
through other eyes on other days
while going home --
What do you want me to do,
to do for you to see you through?
It's all a dream we dreamed
one afternoon long ago

Walk into splintered sunlight
Inch your way through dead dreams
to another land
Maybe you're tired and broken
Your tongue is twisted
with words half spoken
and thoughts unclear
What do you want me to do
to do for you to see you through
A box of rain will ease the pain
and love will see you through

Just a box of rain -
wind and water -
Believe it if you need it,
if you don't just pass it on
Sun and shower -
Wind and rain -
in and out the window
like a moth before a flame

It's just a box of rain
I don't know who put it there
Believe it if you need it
or leave it if you dare
But it's just a box of rain
or a ribbon for your hair
Such a long long time to be gone
and a short time to be there

[StaggerLee]

186. Any tinny circus music will do

:P

[JohnnyBoots]

187. "Curse of a Fallen Soul", or "Memories Remain" by DK Murphys

[progressoid]

190. Monty Python, "Always Look on the Bright Side of Life"

Some things in life are bad
They can really make you mad
Other things just make you swear and curse.
When you're chewing on life's gristle
Don't grumble, give a whistle
And this'll help things turn out for the best...

And...always look on the bright side of life...
Always look on the light side of life...

If life seems jolly rotten
There's something you've forgotten
And that's to laugh and smile and dance and sing.
When you're feeling in the dumps
Don't be silly chumps
Just purse your lips and whistle - that's the thing.

And...always look on the bright side of life...
Always look on the light side of life...

For life is quite absurd
And death's the final word
You must always face the curtain with a bow.
Forget about your sin - give the audience a grin
Enjoy it - it's your last chance anyhow.

So always look on the bright side of death
Just before you draw your terminal breath

Life's a piece of shit
When you look at it
Life's a laugh and death's a joke, it's true.
You'll see it's all a show
Keep 'em laughing as you go
Just remember that the last laugh is on you.

And always look on the bright side of life...
Always look on the right side of life...
(Come on guys, cheer up!)
Always look on the bright side of life...
Always look on the bright side of life...
(Worse things happen at sea, you know.)
Always look on the bright side of life...
(I mean - what have you got to lose?)
(You know, you come from nothing - you're going back to nothing.
What have you lost? Nothing!)
Always look on the right side of life...

[Joey Liberal]

195. Scissor Sisters

Take your mama out all night!

[Shrubhater]

196. As of right now,

any song from the "Saturday Night Fever" soundtrack. Preferrably "Disco Inferno"(by The Trammps), or "You Should Be Dancing"(by The Bee Gees), or any other by the Bee Gees.

[Taxloss]

197. "Teardrop" by Massive Attack.

It would be "No Surprises" by Radiohead, but I don't want to be too depressing.

[Zorro]

200. Nature Boy

Nat King Cole.

It's a beautiful song to exit this plane of existence.

[Strawman]

201. "Start Me Up" by the Folksmen

Changed my vote.

[AlienGirl]

202. "Lightning Crashes" by Live

lightning crashes, a new mother cries
her placenta falls to the floor
the angel opens her eyes
the confusion sets in
before the doctor can even close the door
.
lightning crashes, an old mother dies
her intentions fall to the floor
the angel closes her eyes
the confusion that was hers
belongs now to the baby down the hall
.
oh now feel it comin' back again
like a rollin' thunder chasing the wind
forces pullin' from the center of the earth again
I can feel it.
.
lightning crashes, a new mother cries
this moment she's been waiting for
the angel opens her eyes
pale blue colored iris,
presents the circle
and puts the glory out to hide, hide...


My friends will know what I mean.

Tucker

[Dervill Crow]

204. I'll Fly Away.

[efhmc]

205. "I hate republicans."