Funeral Songs - Page 2

duke knooby · 22 Dec 2008, 01:05

cool thread

Heli · 22 Dec 2008, 01:19

I love talking about funeral songs etc. I think they're very moving ceremonies and although sad a great way to celebrate peoples lives.

Since 2005 i've said that two songs I want playing at my funeral are Bad Company's "Seagull" and Brian May's "Last Horizon" (the live version I saw in Manchester 2005). Both so so beautiful.

But i've always said that i'd rather have everyone sit and listen to a collection of my favourite music than have someone just talk about me. lol I'd happily make a lovely compliation medly for the occasion

For crying out loud · 22 Dec 2008, 01:41

my plans to have; if im cremated "burn baby burn" or "great balls of fire" but if im buried its gotta be "going under". i also want "going home" and "time warp" from rocky horror, it appeals to my sense of humour, a church full of people at a funeral doing the time warp!!! like my boyfriend just said cant spell funeral without fun!

Wario · 22 Dec 2008, 11:25

My funeral song would probably be some sort of sad song

~Helen~ · 22 Dec 2008, 17:13

Is it really bad that I don't really mind, seeing as I'll by then be dead...at least hopefully at my funeral I'll be dead (worst nightmare is being presumed dead when I'm not, and being put in a wooden box and buried...argh!). My mother is quite keen she wants a gospel choir at her funeral...but I don't know for me - whatever those who loved & cared about me want will be fine for me, seeing as it's them has to sit through the funeral...it would be maybe a little harsh to inflict something particularly sad on them...so whatever cheers them up (unless they're cheering already, in which case bring on the sad song!

)

Spider · 27 Dec 2008, 21:53

Haven't decided, but the best song I've ever heard at any funeral was one of my son's friends last month: they took him out of the church with "Not a dry eye in the house" ... and needless to say, there wasn't one!!! I think that was brilliant!!!

samurai7 · 28 Dec 2008, 03:36

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Originally Posted by samurai7

I want 'Going Underground' by The Jam.

changed my mind. Now I want "Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps" by Splodgenessabounds.

Hypnobabe · 28 Dec 2008, 10:06

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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!

Slightly off topic since there's no song involved, but my mate Lynda is in the local amateur dramatics group, and at her funeral she wants to arrange for the coffin to go through the curtains, for them to close behind her, then re-open, and the coffin to come back out for an encore... I quite like the idea of that one...

**The Flying Mouse** · 28 Dec 2008, 14:46

Wouldn't recomend that one myself

I believe one of the most upsetting moments on the day of a cremation is when the curtains finally close behind the coffin.
Hey, it's her funeral (dum dum dum dum tsh, thank you, i'm here all week

) but I personally doubt the wisdom of putting her family and friends through that twice

For me, the last song has got to be Bat, the Storytellers version.
Not only is it the song of my life, I love what Meat says at the end of the song, and it's basically what i'd like to say to everyone if I was there

Wario · 28 Dec 2008, 23:26

Actually I told my mo mIf i'm to die an unusual death i want my ashes spread in RJ's living room and my figure nails donated to McDonalds, as they need more mcnugget filler.

The song of my choice would be "Masculine" in hopes that when i reach heaven I'd be a sexy stud muffin.

Or if I go to hell, the demons will fear me as I will have a six pack and muscles the size of beach balls.

I also arranged with Andy that when I die everyone will be banned from the forum for two months in my honor

Hypnobabe · 28 Dec 2008, 23:41

Quote:

Originally Posted by The Flying Mouse

Wouldn't recomend that one myself

I believe one of the most upsetting moments on the day of a cremation is when the curtains finally close behind the coffin.
Hey, it's her funeral (dum dum dum dum tsh, thank you, i'm here all week

) but I personally doubt the wisdom of putting her family and friends through that twice

You have to know her and what she's like in life to understand, personally I think it'd be perfect for her, and I suspect her family would too!

**The Flying Mouse** · 29 Dec 2008, 13:01

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Originally Posted by WarioLoaf

I also arranged with Andy that when I die everyone will be banned from the forum for two months in my honor

Fraid not.
We're going to hold a poll instead

sexyeyes_jo · 29 Dec 2008, 13:18

i want two songs played at my funeral i want bat out of hell and its my life by bon jovi it would have been living on a prayer but i decided to change my mind

**allrevvedup** · 29 Dec 2008, 14:06

I know my Dad has always wanted You'll Never Walk Alone played at his funeral.

I'm kind of torn by it because in some ways i wouldn't want anything and would just want it to be something of a happier occasion ("Thank christ he's gone" and some might want to open the coffin and check)

Other then that I think The End by the Doors (minus the "Father I want to...") and Two Steps Behind by Def Leppard

rabblerouser · 29 Dec 2008, 14:47

Angels Sing for the curtian and music that desribes me and my life. Still working on which ones are me and hoefully there is still plenty of time to dither but I want people to remember good times.

belladonna-took · 08 Jan 2009, 18:51

Quote:

Originally Posted by rabblerouser

Angels Sing for the curtian and music that desribes me and my life. Still working on which ones are me and hoefully there is still plenty of time to dither but I want people to remember good times.

Not planning to have a funeral at the mo...but if i do i might well have Where Angels Sing. I love it. And Surf's Up and Frying Pan aren't quite right for the occasion maybe!

mszee · 08 Jan 2009, 19:30

I would say...currently it's...

Who Wants To Live Forever

samurai7 · 08 Jan 2009, 19:44

Ding Dong the Witch is Dead?

mszee · 08 Jan 2009, 19:46

Quote:

Originally Posted by samurai7

Ding Dong the Witch is Dead?

Are you talking to ME????????

samurai7 · 08 Jan 2009, 19:48

no, just throwing out a random suggestion for a funeral song

mszee · 08 Jan 2009, 20:16

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Originally Posted by samurai7

no, just throwing out a random suggestion for a funeral song

Well, since you can't possibly be a witch...but at best a warlock...ummm...your suggestion is accepted with greatest grattitude...

Wario · 08 Jan 2009, 20:44

Quote:

Originally Posted by mszee

Well, since you can't possibly be a witch...but at best a warlock...ummm...your suggestion is accepted with greatest grattitude...

Or mabey "The Lion Sleeps Tonight"

mszee · 08 Jan 2009, 21:08

Quote:

Originally Posted by WarioLoaf

Or mabey "The Lion Sleeps Tonight"

NO

**RadioMaster** · 08 Jan 2009, 21:14

Quote:

Originally Posted by WarioLoaf

Or mabey "The Lion Sleeps Tonight"

but only when it's this version.

22 Dec 2008, 01:05	#26
duke knooby Mega Loafer Join Date: 24.06.2005 Location: belfast Posts: 17,888	cool thread

22 Dec 2008, 01:19	#27
Heli Daddy's little internet junkie Join Date: 29.01.2004 Location: Grimsby Posts: 4,596	I love talking about funeral songs etc. I think they're very moving ceremonies and although sad a great way to celebrate peoples lives. Since 2005 i've said that two songs I want playing at my funeral are Bad Company's "Seagull" and Brian May's "Last Horizon" (the live version I saw in Manchester 2005). Both so so beautiful. But i've always said that i'd rather have everyone sit and listen to a collection of my favourite music than have someone just talk about me. lol I'd happily make a lovely compliation medly for the occasion

22 Dec 2008, 01:41	#28
For crying out loud Senior Loafer Join Date: 25.08.2008 Location: Birmingham Posts: 182	my plans to have; if im cremated "burn baby burn" or "great balls of fire" but if im buried its gotta be "going under". i also want "going home" and "time warp" from rocky horror, it appeals to my sense of humour, a church full of people at a funeral doing the time warp!!! like my boyfriend just said cant spell funeral without fun!

22 Dec 2008, 11:25	#29
Wario Monstro helps me spell things... Join Date: 05.01.2007 Location: Masculine, Pennsylvania Posts: 9,105	My funeral song would probably be some sort of sad song

22 Dec 2008, 17:13	#30
~Helen~ Mega Loafer Join Date: 01.11.2007 Location: Manchester Posts: 1,958	Is it really bad that I don't really mind, seeing as I'll by then be dead...at least hopefully at my funeral I'll be dead (worst nightmare is being presumed dead when I'm not, and being put in a wooden box and buried...argh!). My mother is quite keen she wants a gospel choir at her funeral...but I don't know for me - whatever those who loved & cared about me want will be fine for me, seeing as it's them has to sit through the funeral...it would be maybe a little harsh to inflict something particularly sad on them...so whatever cheers them up (unless they're cheering already, in which case bring on the sad song! )

27 Dec 2008, 21:53	#31
Spider Super Loafer Join Date: 04.04.2007 Location: Cape Town Posts: 621	Haven't decided, but the best song I've ever heard at any funeral was one of my son's friends last month: they took him out of the church with "Not a dry eye in the house" ... and needless to say, there wasn't one!!! I think that was brilliant!!!

28 Dec 2008, 14:46	#34
The Flying Mouse Armed ba$tard and Jo's other half. Join Date: 06.08.2002 Location: In the middle of nowhere near the end of the line. Posts: 16,104	Wouldn't recomend that one myself I believe one of the most upsetting moments on the day of a cremation is when the curtains finally close behind the coffin. Hey, it's her funeral (dum dum dum dum tsh, thank you, i'm here all week ) but I personally doubt the wisdom of putting her family and friends through that twice For me, the last song has got to be Bat, the Storytellers version. Not only is it the song of my life, I love what Meat says at the end of the song, and it's basically what i'd like to say to everyone if I was there

28 Dec 2008, 23:26	#35
Wario Monstro helps me spell things... Join Date: 05.01.2007 Location: Masculine, Pennsylvania Posts: 9,105	Actually I told my mo mIf i'm to die an unusual death i want my ashes spread in RJ's living room and my figure nails donated to McDonalds, as they need more mcnugget filler. The song of my choice would be "Masculine" in hopes that when i reach heaven I'd be a sexy stud muffin. Or if I go to hell, the demons will fear me as I will have a six pack and muscles the size of beach balls. I also arranged with Andy that when I die everyone will be banned from the forum for two months in my honor

29 Dec 2008, 13:18	#38
sexyeyes_jo Mrs Mouse Join Date: 17.05.2005 Location: Liverpool Posts: 4,633	i want two songs played at my funeral i want bat out of hell and its my life by bon jovi it would have been living on a prayer but i decided to change my mind

29 Dec 2008, 14:06	#39
allrevvedup "Most things that i worry about, never happen anyway" Join Date: 29.11.2003 Location: Liverpool Posts: 5,354	I know my Dad has always wanted You'll Never Walk Alone played at his funeral. I'm kind of torn by it because in some ways i wouldn't want anything and would just want it to be something of a happier occasion ("Thank christ he's gone" and some might want to open the coffin and check) Other then that I think The End by the Doors (minus the "Father I want to...") and Two Steps Behind by Def Leppard

29 Dec 2008, 14:47	#40
rabblerouser Loafer Join Date: 12.03.2008 Location: some place, somewhere Posts: 63	Angels Sing for the curtian and music that desribes me and my life. Still working on which ones are me and hoefully there is still plenty of time to dither but I want people to remember good times.

08 Jan 2009, 19:30	#42
mszee Mega Loafer Join Date: 28.03.2006 Location: And you think you're down under??? Posts: 26,252	I would say...currently it's... Who Wants To Live Forever

08 Jan 2009, 19:44	#43
samurai7 Rock Star Join Date: 09.05.2005 Location: The future... Posts: 2,928	Ding Dong the Witch is Dead?

08 Jan 2009, 19:48	#45
samurai7 Rock Star Join Date: 09.05.2005 Location: The future... Posts: 2,928	no, just throwing out a random suggestion for a funeral song