(10-02-2006) U2 One of Most-Requested Funeral Songs -- Reuters*

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U2 One of Most-Requested Funeral Songs

LONDON (Reuters) - James Blunt's "Goodbye My Lover" is the song most requested at funerals and remembrance services, closely followed by Robbie Williams's "Angels", according to a survey released on Monday.
Research for the Bereavement Register found just over a half (51 percent) of people ask for a specific song be played at their funeral and 79 percent have talked with family and friends about possible song choices.

The survey of 5,000 people also uncovered some unusual final choices for the final goodbye with rock songs like "I'll Sleep When I am Dead" by Bon Jovi, competing with classical tracks and soul.

"The top 20 really shows how far we have come in terms of saying goodbye. Gone are the days dirges of yore, instead we are seeing contemporary music that is easier to relate to," said Mark Roy, founder of the Bereavement Register, which removes the names and addresses of people who have died from databases to reduce junk mail.

"Everyone has a favourite song that means something very special to them, often connected to a particular time and place. When the song is played this can be a very emotive reminder of that person," he said in a statement.

Although fashions change there have been some consistent favourites over recent years like "Wind Beneath My Wings" at number four and "Candle In The Wind" -- a reworked version of which played at Princess Diana's funeral in 1997 -- which was at number six.

Many of the songs represented the different ages of the deceased.

Songs like "Danny Boy" (number 11 in the list) tended to be played at the funerals of the elderly while S Club 7's "Reach For The Stars" (number 20) was more usual at children's funerals, the survey showed.

Others in the top 20 included "Knocking On Heaven's Door" by Bob Dylan and, perhaps unexpectedly, Fame's "I Want To Live Forever".

The top 10 requested songs were:

1 - "Goodbye My Lover" - James Blunt

2 - "Angels" - Robbie Williams

3 - "I've Had The Time Of My Life" - Jennifer Warnes and Bill Medley

4 - "Wind Beneath My Wings" - Bette Midler

5 - "Pie Jesu" - Requiem

6 - "Candle In The Wind" - Elton John

7 - "With Or Without You" - U2

8 - "Tears In Heaven" - Eric Clapton

9 - "Every Breath You Take - The Police

10 -"Unchained Melody" - Righteous Brothers.
 
some of these choices are odd.
WOWY ? at a funeral :huh: Do people understand this song?
Every breath you take? I don't get it. :|
 
If it was me I would have the song from the Finale of Six Feet Under by "Sia" or Into the West by Annie Lennox from Lord of the Rings Return of the King.
 
WOWY is better than I've had the time of my Life

I think I'd laugh if I heard that at a funeral, isn't that one on a carnival cruise commercial
 
redkat said:
WOWY is better than I've had the time of my Life

I think I'd laugh if I heard that at a funeral, isn't that one on a carnival cruise commercial

LMAO!!!!!!
Friggin' hilarious.
 
thankyou said:
some of these choices are odd.
WOWY ? at a funeral :huh: Do people understand this song?
Every breath you take? I don't get it. :|

What's even worse is I've heard of both these songs being played at weddings. :|

It must proves my theory that there's a lot of people in the world who either don't listen to all the lyrics in songs or are too dim to understand them.

I'd like either A Sort of Homecoming or 40 played at my funeral.
 
I've had a long list of songs that I would want played during my wake, where people are standing around not paying much attention anyway. It's hard to think of just one or two songs at the actual funeral though.

- Kite played for my children.
- Sweetest Thing, Slow Dancing, and All I Want Is You played for my wife.
- October cuz I was born in October
- Miracle Drug because of the best three notes ever played.
- The best live version of "40" followed by MLK
- and Beautiful Day played last because I would hope that is how people remember the day they buried me.
 
"Through the storm we reach the shore/you give it all but I want more/and I'm waiting for you..."

Nice lyrics for a FUNERAL. Though I HOPE we could get to have sex in heaven...:)

I will NEVER hear WOWY the same way again.....

I thought it would be 'One"..which is FAR more fitting....:huh:
 
I can't say that I agree with most of the choices but I can see why U2 would be on the list as a lot of U2 songs due touch that certain inner chord. I was surprised that James Blunt was on the list 'cause that song isn't the greatest, but that is just my personal belief anyway.
 
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