Funeral Songs

**RadioMaster** · 19 Aug 2006, 18:23

Found this on the BBC site.

JanT · 19 Aug 2006, 18:30

I think I would like Disco Duck - Rick Dees and his cast of Idiots to be played as my coffin went through the curtains and I would like everyone to waddle out the door past the vicar when the curtains closed. I'd be gone but certainly not forgotten.

**RadioMaster** · 19 Aug 2006, 20:12

I kinda wondered that Highway to hell made #3!
Imagine the reverends reaction to that!

mszee · 19 Aug 2006, 22:13

My funeral song is going to be...Blind Before I Stop...

Chris · 19 Aug 2006, 22:18

If i die and I am cremated then i want Johnny Cash "ring of fire" as i slip through the curtain.

One of my friends has the best idea. She works in film and knows loads of special effects guys so she is having a regular funeral with a big bouquet of flowers on the coffin and her final song will be bat out of hell.

As Meat sings "the last thing I see is my heart, still beating, breaking out of my body adn flying away...." The flowers will explode to reveal an animatronic heart hurtling up to the top of the church!

Ma.Ra · 19 Aug 2006, 22:22

Quote:

Originally Posted by Chris

If i die and I am cremated then i want Johnny Cash "ring of fire" as i slip through the curtain.

One of my friends has the best idea. She works in film and knows loads of special effects guys so she is having a regular funeral with a big bouquet of flowers on the coffin and her final song will be bat out of hell.

As Meat sings "the last thing I see is my heart, still beating, breaking out of my body adn flying away...." The flowers will explode to reveal an animatronic heart hurtling up to the top of the church!

MeatGrl1 · 19 Aug 2006, 22:50

I'd want Honkey Tonk Angel by Elvis Presley!

Pudding · 20 Aug 2006, 02:40

Good choice. At what point in the funeral would you like it played?

Pud

samurai7 · 20 Aug 2006, 04:54

I want 'Going Underground' by The Jam.

Skeleton · 21 Aug 2006, 10:42

In my own funeral I would like to hear Meat´s Where Angels Sing

LucyK! · 21 Aug 2006, 11:21

I want Rock and Roll Dreams at mine

*AndyK* · 21 Aug 2006, 11:27

I'm not having a funeral ... I'm going to live forever, or at least die trying

Deb · 21 Aug 2006, 11:29

Richie Sambora's - The Answer and Father Time which will be sang by my very dear freind who's the Richie singer in the best Bon Jovi tribute band. He thinks i'm never going to die and that he wont have to do it, but he will

and while I'm at it I may get Steve Steinman to sing Bat out of Hell as well lol

**RadioMaster** · 21 Aug 2006, 11:31

Definitely Tears in Heaven

Jayd · 21 Aug 2006, 11:32

I want Heaven Can Wait, even though it won't be waiting much longer.

LucyK! · 21 Aug 2006, 11:33

Tears In Heaven was sang at my friend's funeral and that was extremely moving, I just think some songs are too predictable for funerals...I'd like to think at mine they'll play R&R Dreams and everyone will go out with a smile!

Ageing Bat · 21 Aug 2006, 15:09

I still can't make my mind up for when the final curtain falls as my coffin glides it's way to the furnace...... it's either Bat out of Hell, or Out of the Frying Pan.

And I only want flowers at my funeral from people who were bothered to buy them for me when I was alive.

LucyK! · 21 Aug 2006, 15:14

I don't want flowers, I'll have some pink lilies to go with me but I'd rather the money go to a charity I choose

Eddie's Teddy · 21 Aug 2006, 15:17

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ageing Bat

I still can't make my mind up for when the final curtain falls as my coffin glides it's way to the furnace...... it's either Bat out of Hell, or Out of the Frying Pan.

LOL!! Brilliant.

Ageing Bat · 21 Aug 2006, 15:39

I'm serious (for once!). Those who know me well really wouldn't be surprised by my choice..... anyone shocked or offended by my choice wouldn't really be there to pay their final respects, would they?

I rather like the idea of my kids going up in a hot air balloon and tipping my ashes over the side above my house too! Or being fired out of a firework. Or having my ashes made into a diamond. The jury's still out on deciding that bit.

Eddie's Teddy · 21 Aug 2006, 15:57

You may well be serious AB, but it still made me laugh.

mszee · 21 Aug 2006, 17:16

Reading this thread just made me want to live...

**RadioMaster** · 21 Aug 2006, 17:53

Quote:

Originally Posted by mszee

Reading this thread just made me want to live...

I´m shocked myself, which way this thread went!
I just wanted to talk about the fact that people play songs like Highway to Hell or Always look on the bright side of life at their Funeral...and now it became nearly a suicide thread

Chris · 21 Aug 2006, 20:20

I want quite a few songs played at my funeral.

Definitely Garth brooks singing The Dance - Video
Mainly because it is a sad song. You can forget a lot of this happy clappy stuff, at my funeral I want floods of tears adn weeping women dressed in black hurling themselves on the coffin

Purely because I like these songs:

Keith urban - Days Go By - Video

Dolly Parton - I Will Always Love You -
Video

Cliff Richard - Wired For Sound - Video

Everyone is to sing along to Alan jackson & Jimmy Buffett singing Five o clock somewhere - Video

And just to finish on ahappy note, everyone is to leave the service doing the full dance and singing along to one of the greatest songs ever - Morecambe & Wise - Bring Me Sunshine - no video of that but i a sure ou all know the dance with the waving hands!!!

mszee · 21 Aug 2006, 20:38

Quote:

Originally Posted by Chris

I want quite a few songs played at my funeral.

Definitely Garth brooks singing The Dance - Video
Mainly because it is a sad song. You can forget a lot of this happy clappy stuff, at my funeral I want floods of tears adn weeping women dressed in black hurling themselves on the coffin

Purely because I like these songs:

Keith urban - Days Go By - Video

Dolly Parton - I Will Always Love You -
Video

Cliff Richard - Wired For Sound - Video

Everyone is to sing along to Alan jackson & Jimmy Buffett singing Five o clock somewhere - Video

And just to finish on ahappy note, everyone is to leave the service doing the full dance and singing along to one of the greatest songs ever - Morecambe & Wise - Bring Me Sunshine - no video of that but i a sure ou all know the dance with the waving hands!!!

I am confused...you want a lot of weeping women in black throwing themselves at your coffin while doing a happy dance and a song...sounds like an Indian movie to me???

19 Aug 2006, 18:23	#1
RadioMaster The German Join Date: 11.03.2006 Location: some kind of hunting lodge for rich weirdos... Posts: 15,778	Funeral Songs Found this on the BBC site.

19 Aug 2006, 18:30	#2
JanT Mega Loafer Join Date: 22.06.2006 Location: Blackpool Posts: 2,232	I think I would like Disco Duck - Rick Dees and his cast of Idiots to be played as my coffin went through the curtains and I would like everyone to waddle out the door past the vicar when the curtains closed. I'd be gone but certainly not forgotten.

19 Aug 2006, 20:12	#3
RadioMaster The German Join Date: 11.03.2006 Location: some kind of hunting lodge for rich weirdos... Posts: 15,778	I kinda wondered that Highway to hell made #3! Imagine the reverends reaction to that!

19 Aug 2006, 22:13	#4
mszee Mega Loafer Join Date: 28.03.2006 Location: And you think you're down under??? Posts: 26,252	My funeral song is going to be...Blind Before I Stop...

19 Aug 2006, 22:18	#5
Chris Mega Loafer Join Date: 14.04.2002 Location: Somewhere in the real world. Posts: 7,527	If i die and I am cremated then i want Johnny Cash "ring of fire" as i slip through the curtain. One of my friends has the best idea. She works in film and knows loads of special effects guys so she is having a regular funeral with a big bouquet of flowers on the coffin and her final song will be bat out of hell. As Meat sings "the last thing I see is my heart, still beating, breaking out of my body adn flying away...." The flowers will explode to reveal an animatronic heart hurtling up to the top of the church!

19 Aug 2006, 22:50	#7
MeatGrl1 No Day But Today Join Date: 29.05.2006 Location: Sitting on the steps outside looking so restless and reckless and lost! Posts: 9,089	I'd want Honkey Tonk Angel by Elvis Presley!

20 Aug 2006, 02:40	#8
Pudding I'm A Prize Fight Lover... Join Date: 22.10.2003 Location: New Zealand Posts: 5,532	Good choice. At what point in the funeral would you like it played? Pud

20 Aug 2006, 04:54	#9
samurai7 Rock Star Join Date: 09.05.2005 Location: The future... Posts: 2,928	I want 'Going Underground' by The Jam.

21 Aug 2006, 10:42	#10
Skeleton Mega Loafer Join Date: 13.10.2003 Location: Grinning, Ducking & Running Posts: 3,668	In my own funeral I would like to hear Meat´s Where Angels Sing

21 Aug 2006, 11:21	#11
LucyK! The Monster Is Luce Join Date: 14.04.2002 Location: Posts: 7,547	I want Rock and Roll Dreams at mine

21 Aug 2006, 11:27	#12
AndyK Relentless Join Date: 21.11.2003 Location: Over the top..... seeing what's on the other side Posts: 18,694	I'm not having a funeral ... I'm going to live forever, or at least die trying

21 Aug 2006, 11:29	#13
Deb Mega Loafer Join Date: 26.04.2003 Location: Did I say that?... Posts: 4,162	Richie Sambora's - The Answer and Father Time which will be sang by my very dear freind who's the Richie singer in the best Bon Jovi tribute band. He thinks i'm never going to die and that he wont have to do it, but he will and while I'm at it I may get Steve Steinman to sing Bat out of Hell as well lol

21 Aug 2006, 11:31	#14
RadioMaster The German Join Date: 11.03.2006 Location: some kind of hunting lodge for rich weirdos... Posts: 15,778	Definitely Tears in Heaven

21 Aug 2006, 11:32	#15
Jayd If I could bust into hell....... I would Join Date: 13.06.2003 Location: Montclair, New Jersey Posts: 1,312	I want Heaven Can Wait, even though it won't be waiting much longer.

21 Aug 2006, 11:33	#16
LucyK! The Monster Is Luce Join Date: 14.04.2002 Location: Posts: 7,547	Tears In Heaven was sang at my friend's funeral and that was extremely moving, I just think some songs are too predictable for funerals...I'd like to think at mine they'll play R&R Dreams and everyone will go out with a smile!

21 Aug 2006, 15:09	#17
Ageing Bat Young at heart. Slightly older in other places. Join Date: 20.11.2003 Location: Here! Posts: 1,311	I still can't make my mind up for when the final curtain falls as my coffin glides it's way to the furnace...... it's either Bat out of Hell, or Out of the Frying Pan. And I only want flowers at my funeral from people who were bothered to buy them for me when I was alive.

21 Aug 2006, 15:14	#18
LucyK! The Monster Is Luce Join Date: 14.04.2002 Location: Posts: 7,547	I don't want flowers, I'll have some pink lilies to go with me but I'd rather the money go to a charity I choose

21 Aug 2006, 15:39	#20
Ageing Bat Young at heart. Slightly older in other places. Join Date: 20.11.2003 Location: Here! Posts: 1,311	I'm serious (for once!). Those who know me well really wouldn't be surprised by my choice..... anyone shocked or offended by my choice wouldn't really be there to pay their final respects, would they? I rather like the idea of my kids going up in a hot air balloon and tipping my ashes over the side above my house too! Or being fired out of a firework. Or having my ashes made into a diamond. The jury's still out on deciding that bit.

21 Aug 2006, 15:57	#21
Eddie's Teddy Super Loafer Join Date: 17.08.2006 Location: scotland Posts: 235	You may well be serious AB, but it still made me laugh.

21 Aug 2006, 17:16	#22
mszee Mega Loafer Join Date: 28.03.2006 Location: And you think you're down under??? Posts: 26,252	Reading this thread just made me want to live...

21 Aug 2006, 20:20	#24
Chris Mega Loafer Join Date: 14.04.2002 Location: Somewhere in the real world. Posts: 7,527	I want quite a few songs played at my funeral. Definitely Garth brooks singing The Dance - Video Mainly because it is a sad song. You can forget a lot of this happy clappy stuff, at my funeral I want floods of tears adn weeping women dressed in black hurling themselves on the coffin Purely because I like these songs: Keith urban - Days Go By - Video Dolly Parton - I Will Always Love You - Video Cliff Richard - Wired For Sound - Video Everyone is to sing along to Alan jackson & Jimmy Buffett singing Five o clock somewhere - Video And just to finish on ahappy note, everyone is to leave the service doing the full dance and singing along to one of the greatest songs ever - Morecambe & Wise - Bring Me Sunshine - no video of that but i a sure ou all know the dance with the waving hands!!!