Strange as it may seem, I get enthused trying to arrange songs for my day. Anyways, everyone of us will die & there will probably be a funeral service with family and friends to celebrate your life & people's memories of you.  Some funerals have slide shows with music accompaniment. Lady Di was asked to sing Ava Maria at a funeral service a couple of years ago.                                                   
   So what music would you want them to hear?

I think I'd like a hymn or 2, but mostly songs from movie soundtracks and a slide show with pictures on a big screen of me and Diane & Julie, and the rest of family and friends that were dear to me. I would like Cast Away composed by Alan Silvestri, it's very soothing and beautiful.
I'd like May It Be - Enya, and then for my many years of playing softball, perhaps a sound bite from The Natural composed by Randy Newman and I think I'd like it to end with the theme from The Lord Of The Rings, The Fellowship Of The Ring

I just noticed there isn't any Classic Rock... I need to rethink this  8)

I've got mine all figured out.

Morning Has Broken - Cat Stevens

Drum and Fife - the Gettysburg soundtrack

Spirit In The Sky - Norman Greenbaum

Shades Of Gray - The Monkees

Gregorian Chants just in case of awkward silence.

I don't even know.  :( ???

Some obvious ones :D

"Another One Bites the Dust" and "Who Wants To Live Forever" -Queen
"Forever Young" -Alphaville

I'll probably think of more later.

I asked my friend at work and he said he would want *Free Bird* played at his funeral. I like that choice  8)

The only songs that I know right now is Ava Maria,Angel -Sarah McLachlan.  Pachelbel's canon in D Major Henry Purcell - Funeral March,..O Come O Come Emmanuel.

Let's see.....

Some potential ones I'm thinking of:

1. Melanie- Weird Al
2. Hairspray Queen- Nirvana
3. Moving Out- Aerosmith
4. For All The Cows- Foo Fighters
5. Wet My Bed- Stone Temple Pilots

Most of these don't make any sense(Moving Out would be the closest to making sense), but wouldn't it be ammusing to play some of these at the surprise of the everyone there?

Let's see.....

Some potential ones I'm thinking of:

5. Wet My Bed- Stone Temple Pilots

Most of these don't make any sense, but wouldn't it be ammusing to play some of these at the surprise of the everyone there?
dare i ask why? 

"Babybird" - The Wallflowers

"If We Hold On Together" - Diana Ross (from The Land Before Time)

"Time Of Your Life" - Green Day

Jump & The Saddle Band: The Curly Shuffle

What do I care? I'm not gonna be home.  As soon as I shed this carcass I'm outta here! So long suckers!

Posterity? They'll just believe the lies my grandchildren tell about me anyway! 
:)

"Highway To Hell" -  I don't want anything soppy. It makes me uncomfortable in real life, so I'd prefer my funeral to be lighthearted  :)

Dust In The Wind - Kansas.

Kill 'em all with
"Shannon" by Henry Gross

Cast Your Fate to the Wind - Sounds Orchestral

Daydream Believer - John Stewart

In My Life - Beatles

Jump & The Saddle Band: The Curly Shuffle

What do I care? I'm not gonna be home.  As soon as I shed this carcass I'm outta here! So long suckers!

Posterity? They'll just believe the lies my grandchildren tell about me anyway! 
:)
that's cool Max,  but I'm dedicating this one for you...      And When I Die - Blood Sweat & Tears



In My Life - Beatles
I want this one too.  with a video of me and the family and friends, and everyone there will be tearing up  ;D

dare i ask why? 


It would be funny.

Plus, I mentioned that most of them don't make any sense.

Beth Neilson Chapman - Say Goodnight Not Goodbye

Say goodnight, not goodbye
You will never leave my heart behind
Like the path of a star
I'll be anywhere you are
In the spark that lies beneath the coals
In the secret place inside your soul
Keep my light, in your eyes
Say goodnight, not goodbye
Don't you fear, when you dream
Waking up is never what it seems
Like a jewel, burried deep
Like a promise meant to keep
You are everything you want to be
So just let your heart reach out to me
Keep my light, in your eyes
Say goodnight, not goodbye

Say goodnight, not goodbye



I will Remember You by Sarah McLachlan

I will remember you
Will you remember me?
Dont let your life pass you by
Weep not for the memories

Remember the good times that we had?
I let them slip away from us when things got bad
How clearly I first saw you smilin in the sun
Wanna feel your warmth upon me, I wanna be the one

I will remember you
Will you remember me?
Dont let your life pass you by
Weep not for the memories

Im so tired but I cant sleep
Standin on the edge of something much too deep
Its funny how we feel so much but we cannot say a word
We are screaming inside, but we cant be heard

But I will remember you
Will you remember me?
Dont let your life pass you by
Weep not for the memories

Im so afraid to love you, but more afraid to loose
Clinging to a past that doesnt let me choose
Once there was a darkness, deep and endless night
You gave me everything you had, oh you gave me light

And I will remember you
Will you remember me?
Dont let your life pass you by
Weep not for the memories

And I will remember you
Will you remember me?
Dont let your life pass you by
Weep not for the memories
Weep not for the memories

As I read through these I find some interesting choices in songs. Some Happy, some sad, some a
little of both. As for me, I don't plan on having a funeral. No obituary, no service, nothing, I just want
to fade away. If I did have a funeral, the only song I would want to be play will be...

John 19:41......from the Jesus Christ Superstar Soundtrack

"I Die: You Die" by Gary Numan because if I'm going, I'm taking all y'alls with me.  MWAHAHAHAHA!!! :D ;D

As I read through these I find some interesting choices in songs. Some Happy, some sad, some a
little of both. As for me, I don't plan on having a funeral. No obituary, no service, nothing, I just want
to fade away. If I did have a funeral, the only song I would want to be play will be...

John 19:41......from the Jesus Christ Superstar Soundtrack


Very powerful..........I might go more for this one (Could We Start Again Please? - also from JCS).

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2LQioQ75408&feature=related

I'm not sure whether to make it a happy or sad day... I'm kinda feeling like "hey, I'm gone, but nothing is lost", while I'm sure my family and friends (or what's left of it by then) will be sad.

Still... I definitely want this one to be played (or sung). (There's probably better versions of it, btw.) It's very special to me, as this was the first work I learned entirely when I joined the choir I'm singing in.

Who's gonna ride your wild horses - U2.

"Beautiful World" - DEVO
"Dare to be Stupid - Weird Al Yankovic

...either of which could qualify as guiding principles of my life.


"Highway To Hell" -  I don't want anything soppy. It makes me uncomfortable in real life, so I'd prefer my funeral to be lighthearted  :)


I'll split the difference with ya.  I don't want to freak out any fundies, but I'd like it to be known that if I went to hell in the proverbial bucket, at least I was enjoying the ride.

"Hell in a Bucket" - Grateful Dead 

Should I meet my demise while doing something sufficiently stupid to earn an Darwin Award, I also have standing orders with friends to make sure that "Adventures in Failure" (MC 900 Foot Jesus) is played, and I've updated that request to include an accompanying slideshow of appropriately-styled "FAIL" pictures from the Intarwebs. 

Bottom line:  If there's no drinking, carousing, dancing, and most importantly, laughing, it's not a proper wake.  No matter what the funeral hall guy says, funerals aren't for the living, funerals are for the dead.  Wakes, on the other hand, are for the living. 

Oh, I forgot one....


Don't Worry About Me
~Joey Ramone

    I like... ;D...


   In other news - Mike, some of these recent threads you've started are worrying me a little...
now now Davester, curiousity can be dangerous http://bestsmileys.com/cats2/3.gif

I don't want to be any more expense to anyone after I'm dead.  I don't want a funeral, don't want buried in a casket, don't want cremated.  So I guess that leaves donating my body to science or the body farm.  That would be kinda cool, to help someone even after I'm gone.

If they have a wake in rememberence...well just play something that everyone likes.  I'm not gonna be there anyways, so what do I care?

I actually told my wife the other day, that I don't want any music at my funeral at all. She told me that I would get whatever she deemed appropriate.... :o

some funky disco so that way no one would be somber,they'd be dancing at a funeral. ;D

some funky disco so that way no one would be somber,they'd be dancing at a funeral. ;D


Yeah!  I would put in a lot of goodtime music    ;)

Yeah!  I would put in a lot of goodtime music    ;)


We could all dance on the casket. ;D

everyone has to practice and sing along ..



Picasso's Last Words
By Paul McCartney

The Grand Old Painter Died Last Night
His Paintings On The Wall
Before He Went He Bade Us Well
And Said Goodnight To Us All.
Drink To Me, Drink To My Health
You Know I Can't Drink Any More
Drink To Me, Drink To My Health
You Know I Can't Drink Any More

3 O'clock In The Morning
I'm Getting Ready For Bed
It Came Without A Warning
But I'll Be Waiting For You There
I'll Be Waiting For You There

So Drink To Me Drink To My Health
You Know I Can't Drink Any More
Drink To Me Drink To My Health
You Know I Can't Drink Any More

Kayleigh - Marillion

Take It To The Limit - The Eagles

and then....because I'm me.... chuck something like Tribute by tenacious D on the end to stop anyone getting too emotional!

I Miss You -Klymaxx. :(

everyone has to practice and sing along ..



Picasso's Last Words
By Paul McCartney

The Grand Old Painter Died Last Night
His Paintings On The Wall
Before He Went He Bade Us Well
And Said Goodnight To Us All.
Drink To Me, Drink To My Health
You Know I Can't Drink Any More
Drink To Me, Drink To My Health
You Know I Can't Drink Any More

3 O'clock In The Morning
I'm Getting Ready For Bed
It Came Without A Warning
But I'll Be Waiting For You There
I'll Be Waiting For You There

So Drink To Me Drink To My Health
You Know I Can't Drink Any More
Drink To Me Drink To My Health
You Know I Can't Drink Any More



Sweet choice....hadn't thought of that song in many years... :)

something disco-ish.

I don't want a funeral; not that it matters 'cuz I'll be dead and won't have much say in that decision...

I hope they have a party for me.  And someone finds that CD I labeled DMID.  Onnit will be a remix of L.A.Style's "James Brown Is Dead", but remixed by yours truly so that the song states "DJ Midas Is Dead".  BOMP BOMP BOMP DA-NA-NA...Everyone will be sad on the inside due to my demise yet dancing happily hopefully with glowsticks because it sounds like a happy song is playing and they should dance to it and the light show looks nifty.

something by KC And The Sunshine Band.

Well I thought about songs like 'Living in a box' by Living in a box or 'Knock on wood' by Amii Stewart, lol . . .

Like Maxwell Smart, at this point in time, I really couldn't give a monkey's what they play at my funeral. I might make a will saying they should play; 'They're coming to take me away, ha haaa!!!' by Napolean XIV.  ;D

'They're coming to take me away, ha haaa!!!' by Napolean XIV.  ;D



Great song  :)

Well I thought about songs like 'Living in a box' by Living in a box or 'Knock on wood' by Amii Stewart, lol . . .

Like Maxwell Smart, at this point in time, I really couldn't give a monkey's what they play at my funeral. I might make a will saying they should play; 'They're coming to take me away, ha haaa!!!' by Napolean XIV.  ;D


Why would you want something crazy played at your funeral? ???

Great song  :)


Yep, it certainly is. :)

Why would you want something crazy played at your funeral? ???


Why not?  ;D

Why not?  ;D


You wouldn't want people dancing around your own casket. ::)

You wouldn't want people dancing around your own casket. ::)


Well . . . If there is such a thing as an afterlife, I want to be laughing from a distance while it's happening, lol.

Well . . . If there is such a thing as an afterlife, I want to be laughing from a distance while it's happening, lol.


So there'd be no crying? ???

So there'd be no crying? ???


Lol.

Who knows. I'll be too dead to care.   ;D

Lol.

Who knows. I'll be too dead to care.   ;D


There's no crying at a funeral,only laughing.

There's no crying at a funeral,only laughing.


In that case I also want a Monty Python montage done and the Smurf Theme song done in acapela.  ;D

i would like soon we'll be dead or born to die both are done by one of my fav. bands Leftover Crack

In that case I also want a Monty Python montage done and the Smurf Theme song done in acapela.  ;D


"La la la-la la la - Sing a happy song!" . . . That might just work, lol.

As long as The Monty Python montage features The Four Yorkshiremen sketch, I'd be pretty happy dead.  ;D

The Night Chicago whistledog Died - Paper Lace

In that case I also want a Monty Python montage done and the Smurf Theme song done in acapela.  ;D



Would you want the smurfs there too?  ;D

something by KC And The Sunshine Band.
Please Don't Go ?

Please Don't Go ?


Oh,That's a Good Idea.

In that case I also want a Monty Python montage done and the Smurf Theme song done in acapela.  ;D


I think it would awesome to have a Graham Chapman type of funeral...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fsHk9WC7fnQ

Unfortunately I doubt my family would appreciate or understand it.  What a bummer.  ;D

Peter Sellers had In The Mood played at his funeral for he knew that everyone hated it.

Lou Rawls.

I think it would awesome to have a Graham Chapman type of funeral...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fsHk9WC7fnQ

Unfortunately I doubt my family would appreciate or understand it.  What a bummer.  ;D


Thanks for that one...I hadn't seen it before.  :)