Funeral Music.

[Landsurfer]

Me and my sister where discussing music we would like at our funerals ... as you do ... lots of funnies occurred to us both, but i’ve settled on;

Nimrod, by Elgar .. as people are filing in.
The Minstrel Boy, Joe Strummer and the Mescalero's version .. 1st Hymn.
Brothers in Arms, Dire Straits .. 2nd Hymn, curtains close on casket.
Above and beyond, Out Of The Totem Matrix (Above & Beyond Mashup) .. All leave.

No ones singing at my funeral, just enjoy ( or hate ) the music.

 

[Oldhippy]

I am hoping to be picked up and taken home to my own planet and report what I've discovered.

 

[glasgowcyclist]

When my cardboard box waits to disappear through the curtains I've left instructions for them to play Push the Button by The Sugababes.

 

[Julia9054]

Don’t care as I won’t know anything about it.
Whatever makes everyone else feel better.
It’s likely to involve a brass band though as that is who I mostly hang out with

 

[HMS_Dave]

I'd ensure my kids are forced to listen to all of Black Sabbaths albums. Then just when they think their ordeal is over I'd ensure they listen to all Iron Maidens albums too...

 

[cheshirerob]

View: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=VScSEXRwUqQ

 

[Oldhippy]

Sabbath every time. Awesome band!

 

[byegad]

Entrance to Fanfare for the Common Man, which will make the beggars jump.
After a few words from the celebrant*. Louis Armstrong singing 'What a Wonderful World. Then exit to La Mer Charles Trenet 1968 version.

*Humanist and not any of that sky pixie rubbish.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

View: https://youtu.be/KLVq0IAzh1A

 

[CanucksTraveller]

Taking a tip from Malcolm Hardee, I'd like the man reading the eulogy to clench a three-stage roman candle between his buttocks and light it to a recording of Ethel Merman singing "There's no business like showbusiness".

 

[HMS_Dave]

Entrance to Fanfare for the Common Man, which will make the beggars jump.
After a few words from the celebrant*. Louis Armstrong singing 'What a Wonderful World. Then exit to La Mer Charles Trenet 1968 version.

*Humanist and not any of that sky pixie rubbish.

My missus wants a humanist funeral also. It seems we all talk about funerals. I suppose its inevitable really...

 

[sheddy]

I think Peter Sellars wanted In the Mood by Glen Miller.

 

[Beebo]

Nimrod, by Elgar .. as people are filing in.

Probably a little cliche, but it is undoubtedly a soaring masterpiece. And a great addition to any funeral.

 

[FishFright]

My dad's sending off tune was Johnny Cash's Ring Of Fire , it was greeted by many chuckles and the odd tut , just as the old git would have wanted

 

[fossyant]

My mate had the TDF Theme as his, but it was his missus who picked it was he wasn't expecting to drop dead !

My wife went to a relatives with 'This girl is on fire' - at a cremation !

Recent funeral for a neighbour was a couple of her favourite songs - Robbie's Angels and a Take That Song, followed as, an exit song, a 90's dance track, because that's what 'nana' danced to in the kitchen. She was only 63 !