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fhoubi · Mar 3, 2004, 06:58 PM

Well.. it's getting more and more a commodity over here to have a/your favourite song being played on your funeral, esp. when you're getting "burned".

I would pick (at this moment):

1) The Host Of Seraphim - Dead Can Dance - A Serpent's Egg, or
2) Spiritual - Johnny Cash - Unchained.

As a Wailers/BM&W fan, "Get Up, Stand Up" from the Burnin' Album would be to obvious

.

What would you choose?

philzilla · Mar 3, 2004, 07:08 PM

been a week or two since we last had this thread. i'll stay with whatever i've said every other time

ghost_flash · Mar 3, 2004, 07:10 PM

Originally posted by fhoubi:
Well.. it's getting more and more a commodity over here to have a/your favourite song being played on your funeral, esp. when you're getting "burned".

I would pick (at this moment):

1) The Host Of Seraphim - Dead Can Dance - A Serpent's Egg, or
2) Spiritual - Johnny Cash - Unchained.

As a Wailers/BM&W fan, "Get Up, Stand Up" from the Burnin' Album would be to obvious .

What would you choose?

Whoa. Depressing, yet I'm inspired by your selections. Johny Cash was the man!
I hate that his song was used in that commercial for hotels... He was on a Columbo Episode and was phenominal.

Anyway, sorry for drifting on your thread here.

Oingo Boingo : Dead man's party

Seriously now:

I really love violin music so I'd say the Godfather theme and then the fanfare musice to Rocky (Violin version at the end of the disc). Beautiful. Time; by Triumph live.
As people walk out, the theme from "BIG COUNTRY".

fhoubi · Mar 3, 2004, 07:13 PM

Phil, sorry for that. The search is not functioning at this time, I tried...

keekeeree · Mar 3, 2004, 07:48 PM

Originally posted by philzilla:
been a week or two since we last had this thread. i'll stay with whatever i've said every other time

Funny, I don't ever remember a favorite-song-for-your-funeral thread...ever.

Nothing in the search either. S'pose I could be wrong, and searching the keywords funeral and song just failed to find the thread.

But, to answer the question at hand, I'd have to pick one of the following:

� Miles From Nowhere - Cat Stevens
or
� Seasons in the Sun - Terry Jacks (although the punk cover by Me First & The Gimme Gimmes would be a fun substitute

)
followed by:
� Rim of Hell - D.A.D.

And this would be at a cremation and scattering my ashes wherever. Flush 'em for all I care. I just don't want this body stuck in the ground somewhere where people will think they can come and "visit" me. Sorry...I won't be there.

MacsGalor · Mar 3, 2004, 08:00 PM

I don't know about that, I have been to about 800 funerals here and othere than the playing of TAPS (which is at everyone I go to) I seldom hear songs sung . If anything bagpipes are more common. Now I am just speaking about the gravesite service so if your talking about elewhere I can't say.

ironknee · Mar 3, 2004, 09:21 PM

school's out--alice cooper...because it would be a celebration/separation thing,

celebration: finally, i made it

separation: leaving friends behind

wdlove · Mar 3, 2004, 09:49 PM

I ahven't really given it any thoughts. Taps is one that will be played.

dampeoples · Mar 3, 2004, 10:23 PM

I could care less, not that I'm going to be able to hear it.

saranwarp · Mar 3, 2004, 10:34 PM

The Beatles, "A Day in the Life"
Frank Sinatra, "That's Life"

gorickey · Mar 3, 2004, 10:36 PM

United States Of Whatever - Liam Lynch

Cipher13 · Mar 4, 2004, 01:24 AM

Depends. I dunno whether I want a sad song, or an uplifting song, or what.

Everlong, by the Foo Fighters would be my first choice... I think.

Morning Star, by AFI would be another close one.

Harvest of Sorrow, by Blind Guardian, but that's a bit too serious maybe.

There are so many possibilities.

I always joke that I'll have The Odyssey, by Symphony X played at my funeral, just because it goes for half an hour... so all who can attend can sit there for a whole half hour, listening to my music of choice

ghost_flash · Mar 4, 2004, 01:26 AM

I just had a funny thought, in the middle of the funeral I would pay someone to yell, freebird!!!! freebird!!! and then they would of course have Skinard in the wings to come-in on cue and play some FREEBIRD!!!! EXTENDED VERSION.

CharlesS · Mar 4, 2004, 01:48 AM

Originally posted by Cipher13:
I always joke that I'll have The Odyssey, by Symphony X played at my funeral, just because it goes for half an hour... so all who can attend can sit there for a whole half hour, listening to my music of choice

Only a half hour? Meh... bring in an opera company and have them do Wagner's complete Ring cycle. That'll keep 'em around for a while...

(now where's that evil smiley?)

Agasthya · Mar 4, 2004, 01:56 AM

Farewell and Goodnight by the Smashing Pumpkins.

Jansar · Mar 4, 2004, 01:59 AM

Today by the Smashing Pumpkins

Cipher13 · Mar 4, 2004, 01:59 AM

Originally posted by CharlesS:
Only a half hour? Meh... bring in an opera company and have them do Wagner's complete Ring cycle. That'll keep 'em around for a while...

(now where's that evil smiley?)

I considered a classical piece, but there's no classical out there that does as much for me as The Odyssey does (though I do love classical).

- - e r i k - - · Mar 4, 2004, 06:10 AM

Frank Sinatra's "My Way". Strangely enought also my mother's choice.

Nicko · Mar 4, 2004, 06:24 AM

Entire lord of the rings soundtrack at my cryo-stasis party.

paully dub · Mar 4, 2004, 07:21 AM

Marika by Bonga, or Higher than High by Steel Pulse

Injecting some color into to this shisnit...

residentEvil · Mar 4, 2004, 09:59 AM

Queens's: Another one Bites the Dust.

Fozz_uk · Mar 4, 2004, 09:59 AM

Green Day - Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)

d4nth3m4n · Mar 4, 2004, 10:31 AM

Originally posted by gorickey:
United States Of Whatever - Liam Lynch

snortinated

memento · Mar 4, 2004, 10:37 AM

I want to go out with a bang.

Get everyone into the church, then suddenly kill the lights and fire up the fog machines. Enter the lasers and strobe lights on cue with some techno-heavy metal. Have me drop from the ceiling on wires and swinging ("dancing") around over everyone's head.

I'd also like to reserve like $10k so that my estate lawyer can hire someone like John Stamos to come to my funeral and just cry. No words, just act like he's grieving.

gorickey · Mar 4, 2004, 10:43 AM

Originally posted by memento:
I want to go out with a bang.

Not sure what kind of bang you were wanting; however, this dawg is for hire:

d4nth3m4n · Mar 4, 2004, 10:58 AM

Originally posted by gorickey:
Not sure what kind of bang you were wanting; however, this dawg is for hire:

SNIP!

hes damn expensive tho. hell turn down a 25,000 contract. just a heads up.

MacGorilla · Mar 4, 2004, 01:39 PM

I want "Born to be Wild" played at my funeral.

Kenneth · Mar 4, 2004, 02:30 PM

The Only Constant Is Change - BT
My Immortal - Evanescence
(This Is) A Song For The Lonely - Cher

mrfrost · Mar 4, 2004, 03:23 PM

"Sleeping in the fire" by W.A.S.P.

Powaqqatsi · Mar 4, 2004, 03:29 PM

Ne Me Quitte Pas - Jacques Brel

That'll make everyone cry

medmuse · Mar 4, 2004, 03:40 PM

So Happy....Innocence Mission
No Survivors....Hillyer/Fore

mac-kerouac · Mar 4, 2004, 11:17 PM

PJ

Black.

(Maybe Tool, Aenima)

Sage · Mar 5, 2004, 12:14 AM

They Might Be Giants' Dead or Birdhouse in Your Soul. I'm not exactly up for somber funerals.

Superchicken · Mar 5, 2004, 12:33 AM

Jeremy Camp's walk by faith, for sale on the iTunes Music Store.

CharlesS · Mar 5, 2004, 03:23 AM

Originally posted by Cipher13:
I considered a classical piece, but there's no classical out there that does as much for me as The Odyssey does (though I do love classical).

I'm not sure you got the joke.

ShortcutToMoncton · Mar 5, 2004, 04:04 AM

The Rolling Stones � Moonlight Mile

gadster · Mar 5, 2004, 08:25 AM

Um, Talking Heads: Burning Down The House?

Tulkas · Mar 5, 2004, 10:52 AM

Depends how I died. Could be anything from I Fought the Law by Greenday, Sink to the Botton by Fountains of Wayne, Going under by Evanescence.

Most likely something by Gaelic storm, perhaps The Ferryman.

fizzlemynizzle · Mar 5, 2004, 11:55 AM

My best friend once said that when he died he wanted Pink Floyd's "The Great Gig in the Sky" played at his funeral.

So when he died of cancer in 2002, that's exactly what we did.

I also played "I Wanna Thank You" by Maze for him.

As for me, maybe "****ed With a Knife" by Cannibal Corpse.