If you were to die tomorrow, what would you want played at your funeral?

[Cassa]

I've narrowed it down to:

Curve - Cuckoo
New Order - Elegia
This Mortal Coil - Carolyn's Song


So...if you kicked it tomorrow, what song would you want people to forever associate with you?

[sagit]

lets see now...

"sit on my face" - monty python
some trancey stuff might be good. shame i won't hear it.
the 1996 theme to "The Bill"

run out of ideas now..and the panel will be starting soon.

[boozer]

"Every rose has its thorn
Just like every night has its dawn
Just like every cowboy sings his sad, sad song
Every rose has its thorn"

:D

ooh yeah.....listen to that guitar solo!

[huwbacca]

Rancid - Old friend (get every one skanking at the funeral)
Primus - Fish On
The start to the title theme for the Shawshank redemption (to make everyone feel sad and guilty hehe)

[Something Fast]

I will survive!

Actually, I think
Berlioz - Symphony Fantastique
failing that We're in this together now - Nin

[Cassa]

I was going to pick We're in this together, but I figure that would only scare the hell out of my parents.

[]-[Å®ÐRøçK]

I would like the Kronos Quartet (http://www.kronosquartet.org/) to play at mine...

[Bostonmess]

Counterstrike.

Oh, sorry, a song. Errr...The Frail/The Wretched by NIN
Or Angel of Death by Slayer, no scrub that. Reign in Blood the whole album (it only lasts 1/2 hour) by Slayer.
But I would probably settle for something mellow to please me ma n pa. Open Up by Leftfield.

[Shaneus]

The "mellow" song: Olive - You're Not Alone
The "really sad, make everyone ball their eyes out" song: Joy Division - Atmosphere
The "uplifting" song: New Order - Regret


I think I'd want ppl to be happy at my funeral, so I figured it best i whack that last one in there :)

[angel_b]

My family and friends have firm instruction ....

"Lover, you should have come over" - Jeff Buckley

[kré]

mr oizo - electro shit non stop ( which is the b-side for 'last night a dj killed my dog')

[pleed]

I would like everyone to play football and pinball and have a good time. Then at my wake, I will have a whole spit roasted pig!!!

[Cassa]

Good old fashioned Aussie funeral then :p

[geggle]

They can play any old crap, I won't be there to see it; and even if I was somehow etherally present, what difference does it make?

You can toss my rotting corpse at the dump for all I care.

I agree with pleed - stuff the funeral, have a massive wake.

[kaneonite]

Im pretty impressed at the amount of nin responses and apologise by being predictable with another...

I have said for quite some time that I would like "piggy" played at mine. I know there is near no chance that it will be played, but id like to turn some heads from beyond the grave.

So... If any of you have the displeasure of turning up at at mine.. be ready.

[Bostonmess]

One of my mates (he was only 26) had Highway to Hell by AC/DC. The vicar's face was a classic.

[huwbacca]

i would also like to have Daniel Lanois - Messenger

http://www.zgeek.com/uploads/daniel.jpg
Click Here (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000002MFM/qid=1030609321/sr=2-1/ref=sr_2_1/104-9147998-6429566) and listen to some samples at Amazon.

This guy is pretty dam awesome.
He produced alot of U2's stuff, gave them their echoy sound.
He also produced Bob Dylans - Time Out of Mind, just to name one.

[hazza]

the verve - bitter sweet symphony

edit

Counting crows - color blind

or

Dune - so beautiful

[a|A]

Originally posted by ]-[Å®ÐRøçK
I would like the Kronos Quartet (http://www.kronosquartet.org/) to play at mine...

Nice Choice!

hmm, whta would I like ? well, I said it in the last thread, but I think now that I've realyl thought about it, I'd have to say -

NiN - Hurt
The Choral Arangement of Barbers Adagio for strings
Pavanne from the Capriol Suite
And
Foo Fighters - Feburary stars

A nice list if I do say so myself.

Either that, or just some tom waits.

[LauraleeBug]

I would pick only one song, "Imagine" by John Lennon...

Yeah, I know it's old, but besides being a great song - I always felt that the lyrics reflected my own personal philosophy on life and the way I've always tried to live it.

For those of you who don't know the lyrics:

Imagine there's no heaven
It's easy if you try
No hell below us,
above us only sky
Imagine all the people
Living for the day...

Imagine there's no countries
It isn't hard to do
Nothing to kill or die for
And no religion, too
Imagine all the people
Living life in peace...

You may say I'm a dreamer
But I'm not the only one
I hope someday you'll join us
And the world can be as one

Imagine no possesions
I wonder if you can
No need for greed or hunger
A brotherhood of man
Imagine all the people
Sharing all the world...

You may say I'm a dreamer
But I'm not the only one
I hope someday you'll join us
And the world will live as one ...

[morgues]

Originally posted by ]-[Å®ÐRøçK
I would like the Kronos Quartet (http://www.kronosquartet.org/) to play at mine...

awesome :)

i love the soundtrack clint mansel and them did for Requiem for a Dream...awesome stuff

i dunno what other stuff theyve done, i should check it out

at my funeral id get :


Metallica - Fade To Black
Metallica - Mama Said
Steve Vai - tender surrender

all i can think of at the moment

[angel_b]

Originally posted by gaLdaB
I'd like the Benny Hill theme music.

On my tombstone it would say 'Game Over' and underneath that would be my final score. (worked out by a total dollar value of all my liquidised assets minus debts)

Hehe ... nice. :)

[dollopx]

Well, considering there'd really be no one at my funeral to care what music I picked, I suppose, if I was somehow at my own funeral, I'd like to hear:

1. Shine On You Crazy Diamond (Parts I - V) - Pink Floyd

2. Eclipse - Pink Floyd

3. Any Colour You Like (it's an instrumental) - Pink Floyd.

And whatever hard pumping rock they find in my CD collection for the wake (heh, like that'd happen).

[gingermeatboy]

Here Comes The Sun - Beatles
Change the world - Eric Clapton

[getwiththeprogr]

If I died tommorrow I Would like you all to play Charades at my Funeral

[Asmodeus]

"Dreaming" - Morbid Angel
"Slowly we rot" - Obituary
"Game Over" - Nuclear Assault
The Entire "Elegy" ablumn from Amorphis
"Into the Depths" - Empyrean Sky

[Lina]

Speaking of death and music. Does anyone know the name of the Dead Can Dance song that goes like this:

I am stretched on your grave and will lie there forever
With your hands held in mine i'm sure we'll not sever
My apple tree, my brightness, tis time we were together
For i smell of the earth and lay slain by the weather
When my family thinks that i'm safe in my bed
From night until morning I am stretched at your head
Calling out to the air with tears both hot and wild
Oh I grieve for the girl I loved as a child
The priests and the friars behold me in dread
because i still love you my love and you're dead
and would still be your shelter from rain and from storm
but with you in the cold grave i cannot sleep warm

I know the words but not the name :confused:

[a|A]

isnt it called "I am stretched on your grave" ?

[Lina]

I believe you may be right. It couldn't have been more obvious if it had donned boots and kicked me in the head. Thanks a|A :cool:

[a|A]

Originally posted by Lina
I believe you may be right. It couldn't have been more obvious if it had donned boots and kicked me in the head. Thanks a|A :cool:

hehe thats alright !
anytime.

[MisterBishi]

Originally posted by a|A
isnt it called "I am stretched on your grave" ?

Yep, and it's by Phillip King and Frank O'Connor!

[MisterBishi]

Originally posted by a|A
isnt it called "I am stretched on your grave" ?

Yep, and it's by Phillip King and Frank O'Connor!

[a|A]

Originally posted by MisterBishi


Yep, and it's by Phillip King and Frank O'Connor!
cha ching.

[MisterBishi]

Originally posted by a|A

cha ching.

Ph33r my g00g13 5ki11z!!!!!!111``

[utopian]

utopienne - calm cloud
radiohead - how to disappear completely (and i'd make sure everyone read the words)

[Movius]

Soilent Green - Her Unsober Ways

[Nandragon]

Ding Dong the Witch is dead.

She's a Very Freaky Girl....(Rick James)

The Sun'l come out tomorrow....

Somewhere over the rainbow

And anything by Patsy Cline.

Not necessarily in that order

[Cassa]

The most annoying song in the world. Looped 99 times. And then perhaps a selection of nokia ringtones

[Movius]

Hmmmm only one of the long list of 'loud Incoherent songs i would want to scare people at my funeral with' appeared in my last post. Here are some more:

Enbilulugugal - NecroDemonMoon Winter HellGoat Genocide
Impaled Northern Moon Forest - Forlorned Invocations Of Blasphemous Congregations Of Lusting Goat Sodomizing Sathanis
Blood Duster - TheCorpseSong
Carcass - Vomited Anal Tract

[a|A]

Originally posted by Cassa
The most annoying song in the world. Looped 99 times. And then perhaps a selection of nokia ringtones

cruel

[Farbs]

Speedball 2 (Amiga version).

The funeral doesn't end 'till someone beats the first division league.

[utopian]

i'd want them to loop "calm cloud" over and over again, until everyone in the room was crying

[LauraleeBug]

... How about a funeral where they do "99 Bottles of Beer on the wall" and actually *provide* the singing material???

... okay... it's just a suggestion!! :p

[katana]

Depending on how I go out.

Tism.. "I'm on the drug" or "Greg The stop sign"

Rolling Stones.."You can't always get what you want"

New Order... "Blue Monday"

"Ode to joy"

Then at the wake,All my music collection so someone else will finally have to work the music system.

[Colonel Kurtz]

'These days' - Powder finger

'The Show must go on' & 'Who wants to live for ever' - Queen

'Local hero' & 'Brothers in Arms' - Mark Knopfler/Dire Straits

[Shaneus]

Some additional ones:

The Cure - Just Like Heaven
The Beatles - Let It Be
Primal Scream - Movin' On Up
BDB - Something To Talk About/Silent Sigh/The Shining

[utopian]

refused - voodoo people

awesome cover

[elgrego]

I'm suprised no one has said Closer by NIN.
But how about No more shall we part - Nick Cave

[utopian]

a friend of mine wants closer (further away) played from 0:48 specifically... cos of the drums or some shit

[Chronic]

Hybrid - Finished Symphony
Massive Attack - Unfinished Sympathy
Massive Attack - Hym of the Big Wheel

[LangostaNinja]

Blade Rave song
Some orchestrated Final Fantasy VI stuff

[Shaneus]

Originally posted by LangostaNinja
Blade Rave songThat would be New Order - Confusion (Pump Panel Reconstruction Mix) :D

[coreageek]

Either "Shave and a Haircut" (that two second diddy), or the music that plays when mario dies. (it will be a short funeral)

[Nandragon]

For some reason, unknown, I think that the theme song to the Sopranos might make a farwell song!

[Jen]

I was thinking either Dr. Hook's - I was stoned and I missed it or something like that... I'm the kind of person that doesn't want people to cry when I die... I want them to throw a big party in rememberance of me and just remember all the good times.

[imp]

I'm tossing up between NIN Downward Spiral and the Oompa Loompa song


Both good. The important thing is I'm meeting new people

:D

I love quoting Dr Zoidberg

[utopian]

zoidburg is cool :)

so many good lines.

[Salted_Chipmunk]

I forget the song name but its off Aphex Twin - Drukqs - CD1 - Track 9 (the one before Mt St Helen)

That track is awesome.

Or Mc Hammer - U Can't Touch This

[Sambellina]

The Chauffer - Duran Duran
So - Pink Floyd
Flame Trees - Cold Chisel

and just for the family....

...Crew Slut - Frank Zappa

Instructions for my funeral are in my will so the bastards better follow them :p

[geggle]

Originally posted by Sambellina
Instructions for my funeral are in my will so the bastards better follow them :p On a purely practical note, the will is generally not read until after the funeral, so maybe you'd better put a copy elsewhere!

[Sambellina]

Originally posted by geggle
On a purely practical note, the will is generally not read until after the funeral, so maybe you'd better put a copy elsewhere!

Thanks for your concern but the relevent people have been told to read the Will before the funeral. Maybe it'll help people decide whether or not to come along :p

[utopian]

Originally posted by Salted_Chipmunk
I forget the song name but its off Aphex Twin - Drukqs - CD1 - Track 9
that's one of the piano tracks isn't it?

i prefer nannou 2. last track on cd2

[Salted_Chipmunk]

Originally posted by Utopienne
that's one of the piano tracks isn't it?

i prefer nannou 2. last track on cd2

Yeah, the piano tracks are awesome, just that one takes my fancy, such a nice melody.

[utopian]

i agree. i think i might put that cd on for bedtime tonight

[sperm]

Heh, what a thread to practise necromancy.

But I just thought the other day a perfect fit for me:

Queen - Who wants to live forever.

[sciwra]

Ok I'll have a go.

U2 - Dirty Day, probably the junkyard remix.

Quite fond of the cliche lyrics.


Otherwise perhaps
I fuck dogs - DAAS

Or just play a collection of their necrophilliac jokes and hand out necrophilliac business cards in case anyone gets hit by a car on the way out.

Necros, the greek word for dead
and philliac, the verb
To Fill.

[The Black Dog]

Theme from Local Hero - Mark Knopfler.

or maybe ...

One Bourbon, One Scotch and One Beer - George Thorogood.

or maybe

Die Yuppie Die .. Painters and Dockers.

[rascuache]

If i die will i'm overseas, avenge my death

It sounds cheesy but i want
The Great Below - NIN
A warm place - NIN

And someone find my "Start break my heart" Manitoba album and play the first five songs from that.

And finish off with Gerling, Phazer kids in the windy city

[Skouboe]

"Moment of Truth" by Gangstarr and "Copacabana" by Barry Manilow.

[Fuzzy Dice]

John rzeznik - I'm Still here.

[StygiaN]

Wind Beneath my Wings - Bette Midler

[That Bloke]

Originally posted by Shaneus
: Joy Division - Atmosphere


I was sure I replied to this last year but yeah, that song'd be my choice too.

[Necron]

My Quote answers that question!

Fade to Black - Metallica

[DarkMaTTer]

My girlfriends wants Dream - Things can only get better, which is amusing.

I would prolly go for something melodromatic and cliched like Lamb - Goreki personally :)

[r0p3 g1rl]

Nothing

I wouldn’t have a funeral, I hate going to them and wouldn’t subject my family and friends to such a stupid event.

[ShadowNemesis]

Don't Worry, Be Happy - Bobby McFerrin

Don't Dream It's Over - Crowded House

[dogwomble]

Green Day - Good Riddance (Time Of Your Life)

[rosamund]

Strip Poker and Spin the Bottle.

[peril]

No More Fucking Soul - Nasenbluten.

[Girl.]

Augie March - Owen's Lament

[KoinBahd]

Originally posted by dollopx
Shine On You Crazy Diamond (Parts I - V) - Pink Floyd Nice choice... I love that phrase but the song is a bit haunting though

Originally posted by angel_b
"Lover, you should have come over" - Jeff Buckley angel_b you already know my fondness for this song - one of my all time favourites... probably not entirely appropriate for a funeral but still a great song

Originally posted by ShadowNemesis
Don't Worry, Be Happy - Bobby McFerrin
Don't Dream It's Over - Crowded House That's gold. Very nice.

As for myself, after a very brief flick through my CDs the following would be considered:
Ben Harper - #3
Jeff Buckley - Hallelujah
Ted Hawkins - Long As I Can See The Light
Colin Hay - Beautiful World
Jeff Lang - Big Feeling
Lior - This Old Love
Dave Matthews Band - #34

This is an interesting topic indeed. Why is it that we care what happens after we go? Is it the desire to leave some sort of legacy behind? To add some sort of comfort to the situation? What do you guys think?

[MsKara]

I decided a while back on what I wanted...

First and formost Gimme Head - The Radiators

then in no particular order
Dumb - Nirvana
The Trick Is To Keep Breathing - Garbage
Nothing Else Matters - Metallica
Stuck In The Middle With You - Stealers Wheel
Vincent - Don McLean

and a few more that I can't think of in my tired hungover state

[Springer]

cage - ballad of worms..

dont knock it till uve listened to it! :P

[Peach]

Itsy bitsy teeny weeny yellow polka dot bikini - Bombalarina

[krisbot4000]

Fly me to the Moon- ol blue eyes, Frank Sinatra
Dont Fear the Reaper- Blue Oyster Cult
Cannon- Pachebel
Ode to joy - Bach (i think =p)
all songs that i liked and perked me up when i heard em ^_^

[7sean2]

Pink Floyd, Dark Side of the Moon
Time and Great Gig in the Sky........