What song would you want played at your funeral?
To split from another thread, what final song would you like played as you are buried/cremated/floated away on a burning longboat/shot into space?
( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Thu 16 Apr 2009, 11:36, 28 replies, latest was 16 years ago)

Clapton's Layla
but the piano exit only. I don't like his wanky guitar bit...or his voice.
( fuck shit up the best you never had, Thu 16 Apr 2009, 11:37, Reply)

NIN - The Day the World Went Away
The version off 'Still'.
( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Thu 16 Apr 2009, 11:40, Reply)

Dust in the Wind by Kansas
for my resurrection I want Wall of Fire by Monster Magnet.

can't beat a song that goes "Well I'm back, I've got a cock made out of platinum"
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 16 Apr 2009, 11:41, Reply)

Good Vibrations
by the Beach Boys.
( Bert Monkeysex is waiting for the mods to delete him, Thu 16 Apr 2009, 11:45, Reply)

Depends on the mood I'm in when I'm on my deathbed
If I feel like taking some of the congregation with me, Time or Dirt in the Ground by Tom Waits.

If I'm feeling sentimental, Love, Reign O'er Me by The Who, or 'Til I Die by The Beach Boys.

If I'm feeling like my usual, immature self, I Take a Look at my Enormous Penis by Da Vinci's Notebook.

Edit: Were the latter to happen, I would also put in a request for an open-cask longboat, so that the director could invite people to take a look at my enormous penis before they set me on fire.
(LongJohnBaldry, Thu 16 Apr 2009, 11:48, Reply)

Voodoo Chile (Slight Return) by Jimi Hendrix
a) it's really loud and quite long and the thought of my relatives squirming uncomfortably for the duration makes me chuckle, and
b) for the line 'if i don't meet you no more in this world, I'll meet you in the next one and don't be late' and
c) voodoo-themed songs don't get enough airplay at funerals IMHO
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Thu 16 Apr 2009, 11:52, Reply)

I would have
Always Look on the Bright Side of Life.
(Poppet some assembly required., Thu 16 Apr 2009, 11:53, Reply)

or
My Generation by The 'Oo
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Thu 16 Apr 2009, 11:53, Reply)

Ooh, thank you Monty
If feeling immature, I could alternatively have Pictures of Lily, again by The 'Oo.

It would probably only dawn on people later on that I'd chosen rock n'roll's first masturbation anthem as my funeral song.

Having said that, My Generation,...what could be better than going out to John Entwistle's bass solo?
(LongJohnBaldry, Thu 16 Apr 2009, 11:58, Reply)

'Hope I die before I get old'
How fucking funny would that be?
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Thu 16 Apr 2009, 12:02, Reply)

Especially if you don't die til you're 90

( Bert Monkeysex is waiting for the mods to delete him, Thu 16 Apr 2009, 12:03, Reply)

Well, this is the great irony
Pete Townshend must be in his 60s now...possibly his 70s...and you can bet your bottom dollar that the day he is laid to rest, every radio station will play that song - and that line - as a representative sample of his work with The 'Orrible 'Oo.
(LongJohnBaldry, Thu 16 Apr 2009, 12:04, Reply)

Irony-tastic innit
Almost as Irony-tastic as 'The Kids are Alright'.

Poor old Towser
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Thu 16 Apr 2009, 12:07, Reply)

The Kids are Alright
Followed by Pure and Easy

Then maybe Let's See Action

I feel dirty, doing this to some of my favourite songs...
(LongJohnBaldry, Thu 16 Apr 2009, 12:10, Reply)

A medley of
With Every Light by The Smashing Pumpkins beautiful song: solemn and appropriate
If My Heart Were A Ball It Would Roll Uphill by Marillion feel good uplifting: life affirming
The Moor by Opeth 10 minute prog metal: revenge for having to listen to crappy hymms and whatnot at other people's funerals

This question has definitely been asked on Off Topic before as I think I gave the same answer then as well.
( djtrialprice, Thu 16 Apr 2009, 12:16, Reply)

Something by the Dead Kennedys
"Too drunk to fuck"

Or as DG's ex mother-in-law had, "Return to Sender"

edit/
I like yours ancrenne :o)
your choice of song, I mean.
( Tourette's ( . )( . ) has a monkey hair in her fried egg, Thu 16 Apr 2009, 12:41, Reply)

Sigur Ros Medley
Glosoli, Ara Batur, etc
(TheColonel, Thu 16 Apr 2009, 12:45, Reply)

A Johnny Cash double
God's Gonna Cut You Down
The Man Comes Around
(oneinthepink is at your cervix m'lady, Thu 16 Apr 2009, 12:46, Reply)

Top Gun Theme Tune

Naa naa naa, nananana naa, nana naa nana naa nana naaaa naaaa!

*air guitars*
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Thu 16 Apr 2009, 13:23, Reply)

2 parts
Fistly I want crying so cheesy but "the End" should do the trick...

Then as the curtains close ready for the burny time...

"Firestarter"

For the giggles
(Bonzodog29 is an unemployed sponge of the worst kind, Thu 16 Apr 2009, 16:40, Reply)

Yeah, I'd have 2 songs.
First one would be Aselin Debisons "To Say Goodbye To You" just to make everyone weep tears of weepy sadness.

Then I'd go out on Zac Brown Bands "Toes" - just for the line so do me a favour and pour me a jaeger and I'll get out my guitar and play
( Batshitmentalist is sane for once, Thu 16 Apr 2009, 17:51, Reply)

Vipros beat me to it with
'Dust in the Wind', by Kansas which would be beautiful, as would

'Don't Fear The Reaper', by the Blue Öyster Cult, or of course,

'Highway to Hell' by AC/DC which I'm surprised hasn't been said yet. I would also have, as a final request, that during the song everyone in the room had to stand up and air guitar. And headbang if possible.

I'm also tempted by 'Drawing Flies' by Soundgarden, just to remind my family how strange I really was.
(Applebite Uh! A cow!, Thu 16 Apr 2009, 18:05, Reply)

I'd be tempted with
'Voyage of The Homeless Sapien' by Cathedral. All 23 minutes of it, including the end with Lee Dorrian slurring, "Jelly Baby! Her boobies are inside out!"

For the actual cremation, 'Ashes to Ashes' by Faith No More.

or '(Noted From the Trial of) La Curandera' by Clutch.

*flash of inspiration*
Or while I'm in the coffin, 'What's He Building in There' by Tom Waits.
( Boss Keloid Got your mother's maiden name tattooed on my arm, Thu 16 Apr 2009, 19:00, Reply)

no songs
just the jingle from the end of the looney tunes cartoons

then Mel Blanc as PorkyPig saying "that's all, folks!"

as I zoom through the curtains to the crematey bit.
(happylittletulip helpless and delicious, Thu 16 Apr 2009, 20:02, Reply)

I've pondered this muchly
I can't decide. My choice is between:

The Last Will and Testament of Jake Thackray
The Ying Tong Song
Little Wing
When The Saints Go Marching In (New Orleans stylee)

Or some others I can't think of right now.

EDIT: Tulip, yours is the best. Oh, and VC, my mum went to a funeral recently where Always Look On The Bright Side Of Life was played, she said it was brilliant. I might have that one, actually.
( warmfuzzies Isn't here, Thu 16 Apr 2009, 20:06, Reply)

@ Tulip
There was an old woman who got the Countdown theme. It went; "Do do, do do, dodododo. boo!" just as the curtains closed.
( Boss Keloid Got your mother's maiden name tattooed on my arm, Thu 16 Apr 2009, 20:12, Reply)

Who Knows Where the Time Goes


Fairport Convention. No question. ETA: Sandy Denny version.
( cackers, Thu 16 Apr 2009, 23:17, Reply)