Music at your funeral

arybvtcw0eolkf

The Fureys - The Old Man.

An absolutely beautiful song.

Xavi6

Maniac 2000

Just to hear the congregation go "Oooah oooah ooooooo"

arybvtcw0eolkf

Xavi6 wrote: »

Maniac 2000

Just to hear the congregation go "Oooah oooah ooooooo"

You'll be dead.

Xavi6

Mairt wrote: »

You'll be dead.

I'll be listening from above

Pighead

Mairt wrote: »

The Fureys - The Old Man.

An absolutely beautiful song.

Great song alright. There's an old lad that sings this in Pigheads local back home. When he sings the couplet
"I thought he’d live forever
He seemed so big and strong"
Pighead has to pretend he's got dust in his eye.

Silenceisbliss

why would i want music at my funeral actually???....i'll be dead! what differance is it going to make eh? play hanson for all i care

shoelaceface

we are :eek:

hmmmm.... well i think a bit of rage against the machine...


you know when they end the ceremony and leave the church to go to the burial... well just as they end it and say whatever they say.... play the song 'f**k you, i wont do what you tell me' and il get up and dance my socks off..... not that il be wearing any..... not that il be in a position to dance either.... dam!

god my funeral is going to suck... no socks and no dancing.... how morbid

or pink.... get the party started
queen.... dont stop me now
the jumbo breakfast roll song
sex on the beach! <

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thats the one that will get them all talking!

shoelaceface

Xavi6 wrote: »

Maniac 2000

Just to hear the congregation go "Oooah oooah ooooooo"

uggy uggy uggy.. OIII OIII OIII!

starflake

mobby wrote: »

Have to be "Jumbo Breakfast Roll"

Thats brilliant I actually cried laughing when i read it!!!

Sherifu

The Sunscreen Song or the green fields of France maybe. Or a Dubliners tune.

starflake

Sherifu wrote: »

The Sunscreen Song or the green fields of France maybe. Or a Dubliners tune.

Oh God that sunscreen song was painful!!!! what a way to go out!?

robby^5

oh actually I must have Little Girls by Oingo Boingo played just to creep people out.

Sherifu

starflake wrote: »

Oh God that sunscreen song was painful!!!! what a way to go out!?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sTJ7AzBIJoI

sunstar

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ZFCeiVEEcc

COLPPLAY Til Kingdom Come (X&Y album)

Steal my heart and hold my tongue
I feel my time
My time has come
Let me in
Unlock the door
I never felt this way before

And the wheels just keep on turning
The drummer begins to drum
I don’t know which way I’m going
I don’t know which way I’ve come

Hold my head inside your hands
I need someone who understands
I need someone, someone who hears
For you I’ve waited all these years

For you I’d wait 'til kingdom come
Until my day, my day is done
And say you'll come and set me free
Just say you'll wait, you'll wait for me

In your tears and in your blood
In your fire and in your flood
I hear you laugh, I heard you sing
I wouldn’t change a single thing
And the wheels just keep on turning
The drummers begin to drum
I don’t know which way I’m going
I don’t know what I’ve become

For you I’d wait 'til kingdom come
Until my days, my days are done
And say you'll come and set me free
Just say you'll wait, you'll wait for me
Just say you'll wait, you'll wait for me
Just say you'll wait, you'll wait for me

KnifeWRENCH

Rather than selecting music beforehand, I want everyone at my funeral to spontaneously break out into song, like in a musical. With perfect dance routine, of course.

However, when I'm being carried out of the church, I want THIS to be played:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SJwCk7PzNBo

The mourners walking behind the coffin must brandish samurai swords and look triumphant.

Dartz

My father's getting on in years, getting to the point where he's written out his will, and generally dictated what sort of funeral he'd like... just in case. Of course, Bob Dillon's Knocking on Heaven's door was present.

But it got me thinking... What sort of 'alternative soundtrack' could we have for an entertaining funeral. Because by Christ death is boring, and if I ever snuff it, the last thing I want is a church full of bored people.

So then, I propose preparing a Cd with the label, 'Play at service please. And only at service. It's a surprise'. And on it...

Well, I'm sort of torn between:
"Ding dong the Witch is dead"
"Ghostbuster theme"

Something to leave a church full of people nonplussed... or laughing their assess off.

Any suggestions?

Sherifu

Brewing up a storm - The Stunning

Get 'em rocking...

Xavi6

Maniac 2000

Get the crowd involved.

oeb

"So What?" by Anti-Nowhere League, it's pretty much sums up my life experiences. I want to be remembered for the violated goats and stuff.

Biggins

Hasn't the Catholic church said that most types of modern music is banned from funnerals and such?
I know at local level a lot of priests (to their credit) look the other way.
Just... its something to be aware of in case someone gets a right stickler in the mud for rules handed down from Rome!

petes

Living in a box.

Zadkiel

Ludacris - Get Back

Persiancowboy

Slightly off topic but here goes. I work in HR and some years back I read of a dismissal case in England where two guys who worked in a crematorium were sacked when instead of playing the deceased and his family's selected music as his coffin slid in to the oven they played a recording of The Platters classic hit - "Smoke gets in your eyes".

I still piss myself laughing at the thought of it!!!

Turd Ferguson

I'm gonna get Right Said Fred to play live at my funeral and sing "He's too sexy for this life"

CreepingDeath

Well, if I was being cremated I'd want a recording of someone screaming.

princess-sprkle

Flaming lips- do you realize? is a perfect funeral song.

Professey Chin

Im gonna be frozen till a time they can cure death so im thinkin the theme to Futurama

Snowie

Orbital hylacon
kleft feild song of life
crosby stills and nash - Mr Fantassy
and as im getting berried

deeper under ground - jamerqui...

country_gurl

Persiancowboy wrote: »

Slightly off topic but here goes. I work in HR and some years back I read of a dismissal case in England where two guys who worked in a crematorium were sacked when instead of playing the deceased and his family's selected music as his coffin slid in to the oven they played a recording of The Platters classic hit - "Smoke gets in your eyes".

I still piss myself laughing at the thought of it!!!

they could play burn baby burn...

auditek923

let it be .................................the beatles
knocking on heavens door...........guns n roses
youll never walk alone.................gerry and the pacemakers