Your Funeral

Mick · **Posted:** Thu Jan 19, 2006 2:19 am

what's the playlist gonna be?

Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - Into My Arms
Johnny Cash - Satisfied Mind
Nick Drake - Northern Sky

alongwaltz. · **Posted:** Thu Jan 19, 2006 2:23 am

Reel Big Fish - Valerie

Kit · **Joined:** Mon Oct 25, 2004 2:47 pm **Posts:** 3052

I've told many people...

"The Jig is Up" The 77s

Followed by "Who Let the Dogs Out"....

Vanlandingham · **Posted:** Thu Jan 19, 2006 2:23 am

I figure that it won't matter what gets played at mine since probably nobody will show up for it anyway.

splates · **Posted:** Thu Jan 19, 2006 2:29 am

insert 4'33" joke here

Dalen · **Posted:** Thu Jan 19, 2006 2:39 am

Lou Reed - Berlin

almost · **Posted:** Thu Jan 19, 2006 2:53 am

I want my funeral to be a New Orleans brass-band procession; at the wake the Rolling Stones and Reigning Sound will be blasted full volume. Man, I can't wait to die. :lol:

Dusty Chalk · **Posted:** Thu Jan 19, 2006 3:51 am

Haven't really given it much thought. I'm tempted to put on Robert Rich's Somnium. But then I realized -- I won't care. Besides, funerals are for the living.

EDIT: On second thought:

King Crimson, "Requiem"; also, "Dig Me"
"Summertime" -- don't know which version, probably Janis, but would prefer someone like Madeline Peyroux, Beth Gibbons, or Alison Moyet
don't know which rendition, but "Solvejg's Song" by Grieg
Swing Low, Sweet Chariot, as sung by Eric Cartman

I'll add more as I think of them.

shiv · **Posted:** Thu Jan 19, 2006 3:52 am

What do I care? I won't be able to hear it.

Flying Rabbit · **Posted:** Thu Jan 19, 2006 4:15 am

'Longshot Kick De Bucket' Specials ver.

Evil Dr. K · **Joined:** Mon Oct 25, 2004 11:51 am **Posts:** 6327

I've made something of a U turn on this lately. For a long time I wanted 'Blitzkreig Bop' played but now I've come to the conclusion that it just wouldn't be fitting to the occassion.

Now I want Beethoven's 'Piano Sonata No.8' to be aired, sonically reproducing the grief the world will feel at the loss of a great man.

gauchebag · **Posted:** Thu Jan 19, 2006 9:10 am

i think i used to say "many rivers to cross," but a nice good long version à la the live album of his we used to have at wkwz. they probably still do actually.

daystar · **Joined:** Sun Apr 17, 2005 10:14 pm **Posts:** 3298

bird song ~ the grateful dead
ripple ~ the grateful dead

DumpJack · **Posted:** Thu Jan 19, 2006 9:48 am

shiv Wrote:

What do I care? I won't be able to hear it.

Sketch · **Posted:** Thu Jan 19, 2006 10:03 am

The The - Love is Stronger Than Death
Laura Nyro - And if I Die
Beth Orton - Feel to Believe
Jimmy Eat World - Hear You Me

pinehurst · **Joined:** Fri Dec 10, 2004 1:45 am **Posts:** 1526

The Clancy Brothers - Isn't it Grand Boys
Eric Idle - Always Look On The Bright Side Of Life

PopTodd · **Posted:** Thu Jan 19, 2006 10:13 am

Probably something from the Bonzo Dog Band.
maybe "Jolity Farm"
or
Mama Told Me Not To Come (the Randy Newman version)
Something to make 'em chuckle.

pinehurst Wrote:

Eric Idle - Always Look On The Bright Side Of Life

an inspired choice, pinehurst!

Flying Rabbit · **Posted:** Thu Jan 19, 2006 10:54 am

Quote:

Barry: Top 5 songs about death. A Laura's Dad tribute list, okay? Okay. Leader of the Pack. The guy fuckin' beefs it on his motorcycle and dies, right? Dead Man's Curve. Jan & Dean.
Dick: Do you know that right after they recorded that song Jan himself crashed his car...
Barry: It was Dean you fuckin' idiot...
Rob: It was Jan. It was a long time after the song.
Barry: Okay, whatever. Tell Laura I Love Her. That would bring the house down - Laura's Mom could sing it. You know what I'd want? One Step Beyond by Madness. And, uh, You Can't Always Get What You Want.
Dick: No. Immediate disqualification because of its involvement with The Big Chill.
Barry: Oh God. You're right!
Dick: Wreck of the Edmond Fitzgerald - Gordon Lightfoot.
Barry: You bastard! That's so good - that should have been mine... The night Laura's daddy died. Sha na na na na na na na na! Brother what a night it really was. Mother what a night it really... angina's tough! Glory be!

Yail Bloor · **Posted:** Thu Jan 19, 2006 11:16 am

almost Wrote:

I want my funeral to be a New Orleans brass-band procession;

Winner. I think I'm gonna call my lawyer and ammend my will. Also, a giant low country boil.

no guru · **Posted:** Thu Jan 19, 2006 11:29 am

I say something different everytime this is asked, but

eulogy: They Might Be Giants - "Kiss Me, Son Of God"

pallbearers procession: "Mahna Mahna"

interment: Willie Dixon - "If The Sea Was Whiskey"
Poi Dog Pondering - "Bury Me Deep"

Cotton · **Joined:** Mon Oct 25, 2004 6:12 pm **Posts:** 17155

Yail Bloor Wrote:

almost Wrote:

I want my funeral to be a New Orleans brass-band procession;

Winner. I think I'm gonna call my lawyer and ammend my will. Also, a giant low country boil.

see, "Anywhere I Lay My Hat" - Tom Waits

that and maybe "Take a Trip" by the Rev. Utah Smith

paladisiac · **Posted:** Thu Jan 19, 2006 1:32 pm

"how to disappear completely" by radiohead

unless that's too depressing for those putting this bash together. then i'd just play some tracks from our wedding playlist. (unless that's too depressing for my wife.)

and if radcliffe attends, i'd play "supper's ready" by genesis

d · **Posted:** Thu Jan 19, 2006 1:49 pm

If I wanted to make people cry? Luka Bloom's "Sanctuary"
If I wanted to make people laugh? circus music

daystar · **Joined:** Sun Apr 17, 2005 10:14 pm **Posts:** 3298

would it be weird if i made a mix to be played at my funeral and kept it with my will?

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