Funeral songs...

[badkitty]

Thinking of Tony Hart and how he should have the Gallery music played at his funeral got me thinking.

I want "Come up and see me, make me smile" by Steve Harley and Cockney Rebel played at mine.(hopefully not imminent, but is good to plan..)

Which songs would you folk like at your last shindig?


("Shine on you crazy diamond" is not allowed either...)

 

[JimmyMacK]

Good Riddance (Time of your life) by Green Day

That should bring a smile to the ironic minds and a tear to the sad ones!

 

[beanzontoast]

I'd like a jukebox with a selection from my cd collection and 100 voting pads in the congregation whereby they could select the next track.

 

[snakehips]

Going Underground , played as I go up in smoke

 

[HeartAttack]

I've already got my choice included into my will plus all my family know what I want too, its Queen 'Who wants to live forever' and is to be played loud so I can hear it, well it is going to be my day so I want to pick

 

[cchapman]

"My God is Real" by Mahalia Jackson.

(If you haven't heard it, don't knock it.)
PS I'm probably an agnostic.

 

[Dave5N]

Cremation: 'Fire' by The Crazy World of Arthur Brown

('I am the God of Hellfire' etc as the coffin starts to move)

Burial: 'Living in a box' by Living in a Box.

 

[alecstilleyedye]

dead - the pixies

 

[Dayvo]

I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For - U2

 

[Auntie Helen]

I chose all my funeral songs aged 22 when it looked like I might be heading that way through illness. I can't actually remember all of them now, 15 years later, but one of them is still my choice (and my husband knows it), it's a hymn "We rest on Thee, our shield and our defender" which has the most fantastically rousing tune and is incredibly uplifting, if perhaps slightly more militant than I need.

No modern pop songs at all at my funeral, I want it to be solely hymns and good ones at that - ones chock-full of meaning that have stood the test of time.

 

[Aperitif]

Bye Bye!

 

[ChrisKH]

Still choosing mine. As Helen says, I will probably opt for Hymns which become more important to me as I get older. Not sure 'Always look on the bright side of life' would go down well with dem Catholics in my family.

 

[Cranky]

I'd probably want my daughter to decide, but 'Didn't Matter Anyway' by Hatfield and the North might be my choice.

 

[papercorn2000]

I'd probably want my daughter to decide, but 'Didn't Matter Anyway' by Hatfield and the North might be my choice.

I wouldn't want MY daughter to decide as her current favourite is Womaniser by La Spears!

 

[Melvil]

Just for a laugh, perhaps Stevie Wonder's "Heaven is 10 zillion light years away" would be quite fun.

But I'd probably plump for something soppy and sentimental like 'lullabies' by Kate Rusby.