Soundtrack to your own death?

[Lancemc]

Nah, that's not right...and way too depressing.

But the question is, and it's been asked a ton of times before, but I'm really interested lately,

What one song do you want played at your own funeral?





I've been thinking about this all day, and currently I think I'd like "Do You Realize??" but I'm still deliberating.

 

[LMP]

This is a morbid question, but I love it. Do You Realize?? is a good choice, but I'd have to go with Life on Mars? by David Bowie.

The piano/organ fits perfectly and I just see everyone standing up in unison waving and singing along to the chorus, maybe a disco ball descends, I don't know, I'm not a psychic.

Life on Mars? just one of those few truly cinematic songs, I really don't know how else to describe it. It starts with a whimper, reaches a crescendo in the middle and does not let up, then finally ending on a whimper, much like life itself. Fitting.

 

[Lancemc]

Fine choice indeed, friend.

I'm also thinking about

Theologians - Wilco

or

The Promised Land - Brucy Bruce

 

[xaviMF22]

Motion Picture Soundtrack FTW


I will see you in the next life....bitches

 

[pepokiss]

Exitlude - The Killers









it could be U2's Walk On... or Kite... or WOWY...

or Nino Bravo's "Al Partir"... if you understand spanish you should REALLY listen to that.. is gorgeous (is that right spelled?)


I really think now that Exitlude could be a valid option

 

[Lancemc]

I wouldn't want to play anything too depressing at my funeral. I mean, everyone's already going to be crying their balls off that they'll never get to hang out with me again.

They might as well be able to dance on my grave instead....literally. Something funky.

 

[Screwtape2]

I'd want Jupiter by Gustav Holst played at my funeral as to say that it's not the end rather the start of a new journey through the cosmos and beyond.

 

[MrBrau1]

Will The Circle Be Unbroken?-The Wonder Stuff & The Spirit Of The West.

 

[intedomine]

Chewing Gum - Annie (seriously...it'd go off)

Motion Picture Soundtrack - Radiohead

 

[If you shout...]

"Landslide"

 

[If you shout...]

Oh, and while it isn't my own choice, my girl is always saying that Waits's "Anywhere I Lay My Head" will be the song of choice at her funeral. I think that that one's a pretty good call, personally.

 

[HeartlandGirl]

For me, it's a song called "Uhuru" by Rachel Portman and the African Children's Choir. It's from the movie Beloved, and it's just about the most beautiful song I've ever heard.

My sister mentioned she was thinking of playing "Kite" at my funeral.

A friend of mine's choice? Paradise City by Guns N Roses. And no, I'm not kidding.

 

[cobl04]

Kite.

With ATYCLB playing throughout the waike.

 

[Bonochick]

"Easy/Lucky/Free" - Bright Eyes

 

[snowbunny00774]

Seasons in the Sun - Terry Jacks at some point during the wake/celebration (my funeral is going to be spectacular )

Escape (The Pina Colada Song) - Rupert Holmes
Don't let the sun go down on me - Elton John
Closing Time - Leonard Cohen

will all get some air time during the event too....

 

[DrTeeth]

Over the Rhine - Happy and Free

 

[XHendrix24]

Weezer - Haunt You Every Day

 

[UberBeaver]

Salisbury Hill - Peter Gabriel.

Also, maybe Pink Floyd's Echoes cause it's 23 minutes long and FUCK YOU if you want to leave my funeral.

 

[Lancemc]

Salisbury Hill - Peter Gabriel.

Also, maybe Pink Floyd's Echoes cause it's 23 minutes long and FUCK YOU if you want to leave my funeral.

 

[impy13]

There are places I'll remember
All my life though some have changed
Some forever not for better
Some have gone and some remain
All these places have their moments
With lovers and friends I still can recall
Some are dead and some are living
In my life I've loved them all

But of all these friends and lovers
There is no one compares with you
And these memories lose their meaning
When I think of love as something new
Though I know I'll never lose affection
For people and things that went before
I know I'll often stop and think about them
In my life I love you more

Though I know I'll never lose affection
For people and things that went before
I know I'll often stop and think about them
In my life I love you more
In my life I love you more

There can be no other answer.


But I also liked BC's choice of Easy/Lucky/Free.

 

[JCOSTER]

Kite

or

Flower Child; I love this obscure song.

"Flower Child"
On the fifth day of May
She was breaking away
When the moon came and sat on your shoulder
She was still young
Not yet high-strung
Which you need to be when you get older
George was the street
When you first faced defeat
You put money on the colour of her sky
Well the cold of her voice
Left you there with no choice
But to drink the Liffey dry

The seeds that you sew
You want to watch them grow
Wild, you grow wild
You grow wild in my heart
Wild, you grow wild
You grow wild in my heart

Here comes Holy Joe
Now, how would he know
How laughter can make a man cruel
There’s fire on fire
When lovers conspire
To either a duet or duel
When it’s fire on fire
The flames just get higher
The harder you work to put them out
Well, you know that you’re similar
Sugar and weak
In a boat heading north facing south

The seeds that you sew
You want to watch them grow
Wild, you grow wild
You grow wild in my heart
Wild, you grow wild
You grow wild in my heart

Wild

What’s on your breath
Is it fear of death
That makes such a man promiscuous
Your mouth was dry
Like when you’re about to lie
And her lips are so lucous
You’ve seen it before
You’re hurled at her door
Like a dog when she needed a man
Now she aches and she breaks
And she takes all the weight
Of your world, she almost can

The seeds that you sew
Well, you want to watch them growing
The wind, where will it blow
My flower child
Wild, you grow wild
You grow wild in my heart
Wild, you grow wild
You grow wild in my heart

Wild

The sky was still gray
Up on Albion way
As the yellow hats took up the road
Didn’t hear what she said
As the lights turned red
On a love that should have stayed gold
Gold

Wild, you grow wild
You grow wild in my heart
Wild, you grow wild
You grow wild in my heart
Wild, you grow wild
You grow wild in my heart
Wild, you grow wild
You grow wild in my heart

 

[Jack In The Box]

"The Final Countdown"

nah... that's a joke

probably "Epitaph" by King Crimson

but better "Moya" by Godspeed You! Black Emperor, yeah, that's my choice

 

[HeartlandGirl]

"The Final Countdown"

 

[corianderstem]

Find the River - REM

And Ring of Fire, if I happen to die a horrible, flaming death.

 

[xaviMF22]

if I happen to die a horrible, flaming death.

 

[corianderstem]

If you're planning my demise, I'm totally reporting you to the mods.

 

[LMP]

not the demise, but the funeral service.

it can't be an aquatic theme if you burn in a fire, that just wouldn't be right.

 

[xaviMF22]

If you're planning my demise, I'm totally reporting you to the mods.

I don't want to kill you.........yet

 

[Lemonchick]

I ask myself this question all the time...I guess I have some kind of morbid thing with thinking about life without me.

This is probably mine too:

There are places I'll remember
All my life though some have changed
Some forever not for better
Some have gone and some remain
All these places have their moments
With lovers and friends I still can recall
Some are dead and some are living
In my life I've loved them all

But of all these friends and lovers
There is no one compares with you
And these memories lose their meaning
When I think of love as something new
Though I know I'll never lose affection
For people and things that went before
I know I'll often stop and think about them
In my life I love you more

Though I know I'll never lose affection
For people and things that went before
I know I'll often stop and think about them
In my life I love you more
In my life I love you more

I also agree with Find the River and Kite, those are great choices as well.

 

[Axver]

Also, maybe Pink Floyd's Echoes cause it's 23 minutes long and FUCK YOU if you want to leave my funeral.

Why not just go all the way and use Green Carnation's 60:06 epic, Light Of Day, Day Of Darkness? Then you'll find out how many people actually cared a lot about you.

Returning to the land of seriousness, Transatlantic's Bridge Across Forever might be a good one.