The music at your funeral

how bout "total eclipse of the heart" by bonnie tyler.

over, and over, and over again.

what a lovely high fidelity question.
let me see.. i would definitely have to have;
1. radiohead- exit music[for a film].. over and over
some others, but not as essential..more along the lines of suggestions...
2. some inspirational/trimphant theme songs that make people cry, a la rudy, star wars, rocky, oo.. and some more somber ones like; the truman show, the hours, schindlers list, forrest gump, scent of a woman, etc
3. some good joe cocker stuff
4. moby stuff.. i'm thinking porcelain would be great.
5. coldplay..trouble
6. stevie wonder music would definitely make people cry.. like isnt she lovely or something..
how sad..i must have issues since i am demonstratably trying to make people cry at my funeral..
7. elton john's tiny dancer would be nice.
8. ben folds; the luckiest
9. billy joel billy joel billy joel
10. some bealtes would be good too, lennon doing imagine, mccartney doing yesterday, all of them doing hey jude.
10.b. ben harper does a beautiful strawberry fields forever.
11. the rolling stones; angie [obvious..cheesy..but it has a nice tone to it]
11. old school louie armstrong or sinatra stuff would be nice.
although those are things that are likely easily thought of..ill have to make a mix tape and carry it around in my shoe just in case i die randomly, they will know what to play.

some very good ones there angela! I was thinking about moby, 'The Why does my heart feel so bad' one, and porcelain. Also, nearly put Exit music for a film.Love that song.

When I was younger I always thought I'd want Goodbye by Stabbing Westward, but hmm, now I'd have to think about that....

Meh, I was gonna say Exit Music, too, haha...

But ooo, I found it. Smashing Pumpkins - Thirty Three, would have to be it.

Runners up:
2) VNV Nation - Tempest or Left Behind
3) Vast - You
4) Clann Zu - You're Listening to a Dead Man Speak.. heh Or maybe Lights Below, The Sailor Who Fell From Grace With the Sea or The First and the Last.
5) Something by Cat Stevens
6) Something by Sigur Ros
7) NIN - The Great Below
8) SDRE - Pheurton Skeurto or Song About an Angel
9) Powerman 5000 - Watch the Sky for Me
10) Something by MSI, just to piss people off, haha.

1. Helmet - Unsung
2. Ramones - Pet Cemetery
3. Alice in Chains - Dirt
4. Tool - Eulogy

Primus - Bob

I crack myself up

Putting the Damage On--Tori Amos
"Requiem" from Mozart's Requiem mass
Goodbye Blue Sky--Pink Floyd
The Great Below--NIN
"The End" by the Beatles--just the part that goes "And in the end, the love you take is equal to the love you make."

i'm getting all weepy just thinking about this...

Stayin' Alive, just for the irony value.

One funeral I was at, four friends of the lad who had died played Tonite Tonite. That was...yeah.

1. The Long and Winding Road by the Beatles
2. Danny Boy played on bagpipes (because that just makes me cry and it's one of my favorite songs)
3. Way over yonder by Carole King
4. Angle Band by the guy who did it on O Brother Where Art Thou?

My list is the odd man out, I think....*sigh* just like in real life.

amazing grace, highland bagpipes and chorus
my way, sung by frank sinatra
from rags to riches, sung by tony bennet
beyond the sea, sung by bobby darin
mama tried, sung by merle haggard
i will, sung by dean martin
con te partiro, sung by andrea bocelli
last beat of my heart, sioxsie and the banshees

i'll think on it some more . . .

I'd only want two songs:
1.) "Across the Universe" by the Beatles
2.) "A Little Help from my Friends" Joe Cocker version.

1. "The Frail" by Nine Inch Nails awe-inspiring piano peice.
2. "The Power of Love" by Huey Lewis and the News because that song deserves to live forever.
3. "Lie In Our Graves" by The Dave Matthews Band
4. Any song by the relatively unknown Christian ska band Five Iron Frenzy

GOOD ones, AC. You and I think alike.

Aheffel, relatively unknown? What kind of people do you hang out with?! FIF is the schiznatch! Have you ever heard any of the pants songs?

Aqueous Transmission by incubus
wish you were here by pink floyd

its better be Black Box Recorder, or PULP. or Elvis.

if it was BBR, perhaps they could play:

'its only the end of world
not a death.. in the family...
weve seen all the best sights
been on all the best rides
and the amusement park...

we got tongue tied....
after all the best rides...
and now every caress
i some cul-de-sac,
weve already been down'.....

- think id like that very much.

Which song is that? Don't think I've heard, but I'm lovin' those lyrics. Thanks again for the recommendation, excellent band. Gotta love the girl's voice, all sultry (well, that's the wrong word, but to rip of Choke, it's the first one that comes to mind) and foreign and such. Yey.

Sarah Nixey - bird from Black Box Recorder- is like the sexiest sounds-like-i-wish-i-was-dead-chick. yum.

im glad your digging the BBR-- erm, and that song is 'Its Only the End of the World' -- im im rather fond of-- its kind of a way to 'deal with things' - a grab from the chorus of 'Child Psychology' -where it goes [i]Life is Unfair, Kill yourself or get over it[/i], which sounds really cold and mean, from this text, but when you hear it-- for those that dont yet know it, you giggle. or smile.

honest.

Haha, yeah, that line was in my AIM info for a bit. I like that song a lot, I'll have to find the other one. Not too much on Kazaa, but I'll keep up the search.

yeah, for some reason- unbeknownst to the common Wes-- they dont seem to release albums anywhere but Britian. eg. I had to get 'the Worst of BBR' for 40$AUD and the new album 'Passionioa' for 50$AUD. its such a bitch.

i still havent got 'The Facts of Life' - but on the 'worst of' - its got a few videos-- the 'Art of Driving' has a kooky little one, with John and Sarah --who i believe are now married IRL-- as crash test dummies.

That's too bad. (The import stuff, not the marriage stuff.)

I'm poor, so I will continue my pirating, sir.

indeed, and pirate away i say.

BBR are one of the few bands i care enough about- to actually spend ridiculous wads of cash on to have the Real McCoy.

anyway, when i get home from work- yes, im still here at 7pm- ( i am the gay ), i will find some more BBR lyrics that i want to be belted out at my demise. -- just so im not guilty of subverting the purpose of this thread.

love.

c u soon.

Marvin Gaye - Let's get it on

Beck - Mixed Bizness

Maroon 5 - Harder To Breathe

Foo Fighters - Stacked Actors

Radiohead - Pull/Pulk Revolving Doors

Muse - Micro Cuts

Nine Inch Nails - Starfuckers Inc.

Rage Against the Machine - Snake Charmer

The plan is, on snakecharmer, the pyrotechnics start, and by the end of the song, I have been propelled from my coffin, complete with both hands in \m/ position, and the lights are flashing on and off, then, the strippers come onstage.

Seriously though,

Nine Inch Nails - Leaving Hope

Radiohead - Motion Picture Soundtrack

Gary Jules - Mad World

Sigur Ros - Vaka

Smashing Pumpkins - Melloncollie and the Infinite Sadness

The Innocence Mission - Moon River

Radiohead - No Surprises

Eels - Manchild

Stina Nordenstam - Little Star

Bjork - Frosti

Then, complete with disco-ball,

Thick - When I get you alone.

nice playlist- im rather impressed at the alleged pyrotechnics... and that amazing avatar.

'youre compliment was sufficient Louis.....'
' i want YOU too Patrick...'

haha, what a fop.

On second thought, I demand they play circus music at my funeral.

Aphex Twin - Come to Daddy

With marquee lights on the coffin and a big white and red target on my chest. Bucket of tomaters at the entrance, which would be a big iron gate.

if you want to really put people off kl0p. then play the Come to Daddy (Faulteroy Mix). it has some really unpleasant sounds. or Gwarek 2- where most of the track is made up of a woman screaming.

[QUOTE][i]Originally posted by imthezenmaster [/i]
[B]Aqueous Transmission by incubus
wish you were here by pink floyd [/B][/QUOTE]
Sounding good so far. Here's the rest of what I can currently think of:
-Amazing Grace played on the bagpipes (word to framstedt)
-Exit Music (For a Film) (like angelanicole, I would be content having this on loop. Of couse, I'll be dead so if it started getting annoying, I really wouldn't care. )
-Perfect Day - Lou Reed
-Moonlight Sonata - Beethoven
I'd want it to start off in a bit of a somber mood, and then have it progress into a wave despite the fact that I've not a drop of Irish blood in me. I don't really know what would be played at the party bit, but it'd be good, let me tell you.

[QUOTE][i]Originally posted by Rents [/i]
[B]
-Perfect Day - Lou Reed [/B][/QUOTE]

Perhaps made especially relevant if you kick it, with a needle in your arm.

[QUOTE][i]Originally posted by Rents [/i]
[B]-Moonlight Sonata - Beethoven[/B][/QUOTE]

All right, am completely in love with Rents now. I didn't know anyone under 40 knew about this song! Also Pathetique!

Jane- Oh my, yes. One of my favorite classical pieces. I actually started learning to play the piano just to learn that song. Never worked out unfortunately. I'm a fan of classical and opera, though people aren't so warm about the opera.
Wes-Hell yeah. I can totally picture them lowering me into my grave on a red carpet. I'd only wish I was conscious to see that. Puts a grin on my face.

Funeral music? How morbidly brilliant a suggestion! You're putting the fun back into FUNeral.

1. Whispering Pines, by The Band.
2. The love theme from Cinema Paradiso, by Ennio Morricone.
3. I wish I knew how it could be to be free, by Nina Simone.
4. Alseep, by the Smiths.
5. Let it lose, by the Rolling Stones.
6. The first part to Golden Slumbers, by the Beatles.
7. The end section of Layla, by Eric Clapton.
8. It's been a long time coming, by Sam Cooke.
9. Peace frog, by The Doors.
10. Either Cannonball by the Breeders, or if I'm cremated, Disco inferno.

i recently had this conversation with my father...it was the serious, 'when i die' conversation you never really want to have with your parents, but whatever, it's gotta be done. anyway, he told me he wants to be cremated (who knew?) and he wants us to play "great gig in the sky" by pink floyd for him. which is touching, i suppose.

Oh fuck me, I just watched the Virgin Suicides and just play the whole damn soundtrack that Air did for that... Good lord, fucking beautiful music. Good movie, too.

[QUOTE][i]Originally posted by Pooka [/i]
[B]Funeral music? How morbidly brilliant a suggestion! You're putting the fun back into FUNeral.

1. Whispering Pines, by The Band.
2. The love theme from Cinema Paradiso, by Ennio Morricone.
3. I wish I knew how it could be to be free, by Nina Simone.
4. Alseep, by the Smiths.
5. Let it lose, by the Rolling Stones.
6. The first part to Golden Slumbers, by the Beatles.
7. The end section of Layla, by Eric Clapton.
8. It's been a long time coming, by Sam Cooke.
9. Peace frog, by The Doors.
10. Either Cannonball by the Breeders, or if I'm cremated, Disco inferno. [/B][/QUOTE]

Hello Manky.

I have an avatar i think you might like.

Everyone, you know what one i mean.

There have been many great choices so far and many I agree with. But ones absence that surprises me is:

Queen - Another One Bites the Dust

I'm going to have to add

Otis Redding - Sittin' on the Dock of the Bay

[QUOTE][i]Originally posted by Wesley Sonck [/i]
[B]Hello Manky.

I have an avatar i think you might like.

Everyone, you know what one i mean. [/B][/QUOTE]

Hi Wes...

What's the score? Did'nt get what you mean't. Buzzing, nice one, get sorted... I think thats enough Manc vernacular, me thinks...

I also forgot to add, I'm the resurrection, by the Stone Roses.

The only song I find fit for this is.
At your Funeral by [B]Saves the Day.[/B]

"concerning hobbits" from the fellowship of the ring soundtrack, "gollums song" from the two towers soundtrack.
where ya nane cala
si morea lantas
where ya nane melme
melme na lau tare
ava equen namarie
ava equen ni utyarane try
si nier me niena nar lantala rosse
ten ilya i lies tye nyarane elme
i harna, i blame
ar me selma niena an ana so er
me nar vanwa
me pole never lelya mar
So mi i tyel, ni selma be mana ni selma be
lau loyal seron nane vor tar nin
si me equen namarie
me equen tye didn't try
si nier tye niena
tulanie too late
ueques i lies, i harna, i blame
ar tye nienuve
yare tye anta i tyel er
tye na vanwa
tye valelya mar
tye na vanwa, tye valelya mar

oh screw it, just play the whole damn soundtrack.
yes, i am obsessed.

[QUOTE][i]Originally posted by imthezenmaster [/i]
[B]I'm going to have to add

Otis Redding - Sittin' on the Dock of the Bay [/B][/QUOTE]
Damn, dude, kick ass taste in funeral music. I'm adding this too.

I would have no music, nor any people. I would have not funeral at all.

why?

My family does not belive in funerals. Death is natural, why mourn over it? (this isn't an actual question for anybody, but how my family thinks. Some think Why?, we think Why bother?)

wow. Intense. I know you weren't directing the question for answer, but I guess the reason people mourn is because a someone significant in their life is now gone and isn't ever coming back. I could argue that mourning is just as natural as death.

more:
The Doors-Riders on the storm
Hole-Doll Parts (sue me. hah, get it?)
Badly Drawn Boy-Pissing in the wind
Something in the way-Nirvana

elgar's pomp and circumstance

[QUOTE][i]Originally posted by framstedt [/i]
[B]elgar's pomp and circumstance [/B][/QUOTE]

Classic.

it was that or the prince of denmark's march. my middle name means half dane in german. fascinating fact, ain't it?

Not really How 'about opening the funeral with John Phillip Souza's 'The Liberty Bell' (known, perhaps best, as The Theme to Monty Python's Flying Circus) Then you could close with P & C.

That would be a fun funeral!