Funeral Songs
I was just pondering this earlier. It helps my depressed friend to talk about what song we'd have playing at our respective funerals. I have no idea why but I do it for him :)

Still. My song, I think would be Days by the Kinks.

Which song would you have played at your funeral?
(darras jeg har en grevling i hodet. Grevling, grevlang, Fri 23 Jan 2009, 14:58, 24 replies, latest was 16 years ago)

Good Vibrations
By the Beach Boys.

I've thought long and hard about this one.
( Bert Monkeysex is waiting for the mods to delete him, Fri 23 Jan 2009, 14:59, Reply)

Killed by Death
by Motorhead.

I'm not joking about this either, i've explained to my fiancee how I want to go out.
(Bazongaloid, Fri 23 Jan 2009, 15:00, Reply)

Punk Rocker
by the Teddy Bears and Iggy Pop.
(The Empress it seems you CAN polish a turd!, Fri 23 Jan 2009, 15:02, Reply)

al
does it involve a wheelbarrow?

My funeral involves a wheelbarrow and every woman I've ever touched.
( Bert Monkeysex is waiting for the mods to delete him, Fri 23 Jan 2009, 15:03, Reply)

The Jam
Going Underground.
(Tugnut Ex of this parish, Fri 23 Jan 2009, 15:03, Reply)

The choice is obvious.
"Another One Bites The Dust" by Queen.

Either that or "I'll Be Glad When You're Dead, You Rascal You".
( The Resident Loon Not a demographic. Do not measure., Fri 23 Jan 2009, 15:05, Reply)

Days by The Kinks?
Listen to the song AIDS by Akira the Don (especially the version with Mary Turner).

Eeeees good. You like? I like.
( djtrialprice, Fri 23 Jan 2009, 15:09, Reply)

I'm gonna be cremated
to the strains of Firestarter by The Prodigy.
( Noeli overtheshoulderboulderholderthingstraplatchboobs, Fri 23 Jan 2009, 15:14, Reply)

Akira the Don?
I'm not sure how you drew a connecting like to the Kinks there.

I have to admit to being an accent snob. I just can't listen to singers with that accent. Akira, Kate Nash, Lily Allen. All those. Mostly I'm not missing out on anything, but one day I'll miss out on something great because of my accent hang up!
(darras jeg har en grevling i hodet. Grevling, grevlang, Fri 23 Jan 2009, 15:16, Reply)

the song AIDS
is basically the song Days.

"Thank you for the Daaaaaaays" becomes "Thank you for the AAAAAAAIDS" etc.

It's actually a really good song with a valid political message.
( djtrialprice, Fri 23 Jan 2009, 15:19, Reply)

Hmmmm *ponders*
I think Your Funny Uncle by Pet Shop Boys is a strong contender. It's a song written about a funeral attended by Neil Tennant of a close friend. It's a truly beautiful song.

If I wanted an uplifting song I'd probably choose, If My Heart Were A Ball It Would Roll Uphill by Marillion. Very inspirational.

But I'd probably want to make use of the last chance I'd have to inflict my musical taste on family and friends. The Moor by Opeth it is. It's got all the classic elements required for torture: folk, prog and metal.
( djtrialprice, Fri 23 Jan 2009, 15:16, Reply)

I missed the connection!
Possibly because I was too busy wincing at the accent :p
(darras jeg har en grevling i hodet. Grevling, grevlang, Fri 23 Jan 2009, 15:20, Reply)

TRL
BBC Radio got a severe rollocking for that song.

They played it in memory of Freddie himself when he died.


In regards to the question:

It's My Life by Dr. Alban.
(Ethelred is watching cheese grow, Fri 23 Jan 2009, 15:21, Reply)

I want them to use my coffin like a bongo drum
and play the theme tune from the A-team
(The Archduke of South London I'm in your Girlfriend eating her organs, Fri 23 Jan 2009, 15:23, Reply)

I'm having
Monkey Gone To Heaven by The Pixies.
( t0ria has forgotten how this all works, Fri 23 Jan 2009, 15:34, Reply)

Guitar Theme song from Top gun.



*dee now now na na na naa naa, na na naa na na naa na na naa naa*

*sheds a tear of pride*
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Fri 23 Jan 2009, 15:34, Reply)

Ape
You mean Danger Zone?

That there is a sexy piece of 80s american power rock right there.

*da-nanana-now*
( Bert Monkeysex is waiting for the mods to delete him, Fri 23 Jan 2009, 15:37, Reply)

@ djtrialprice
woah! Marillion! With Hogarth! I'll come out of the closet with you there and admit to being a huge fan.

And then you say Opeth! I saw them live in Dublin in November. I'm a big fan. A good funeral song might be their version of Deep Purple's 'Soldier Of Fortune'.
(bazmorningstar efil4nat3b, Fri 23 Jan 2009, 15:49, Reply)

I saw Opeth
at the Defenders Of The Faith tour last year in Brixton Academy. They were on last and the schedule overran so they only got 50 minutes (which works out at 3 songs for them, grrrrrr)
( djtrialprice, Fri 23 Jan 2009, 16:13, Reply)

My ex mother in law
slid into the fiercy cremation furnace to the strains of 'Return to Sender' by Elvis.

Which was nice.
( Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Fri 23 Jan 2009, 15:52, Reply)

Funeral songs eh?
First post eh?

Off the top of my head?

"I'm gonna leave you"
Led zep

Awh yeah.
(p-arran-oid prolapsed here, Fri 23 Jan 2009, 17:16, Reply)

easy
ring of fire, by johnny cash
(tuqueboy has been in a medically -induced coma since, Fri 23 Jan 2009, 23:24, Reply)

ive got a lovely bunch of coconuts

(Halfy By light alone, Sat 24 Jan 2009, 10:36, Reply)

Choice of three - dependant upon how I go
1 - Smiths - "What difference does it make?" -For Marr's life altering opening bars, then Morrissey's opening line - "All men have secrets and here is mine, so let it be known."

2 - Green on Red - "Mr Morning Blue". Know the song, know the message.

3 - Focus - "Hocus Pocus". Fuck it. Why can't you go through the curtains to the sound of five stoned Dutch men yodelling?
( The Disappointed Caravanner of the year, Sat 24 Jan 2009, 21:07, Reply)