And what song would you like played at your funeral?

[Dannyboy]

The only reason I can see for playing 'I've had the time of my life' at your funeral is if you're going to get a Patrick Swayze-alike to do that lift with the coffin and carry it out to the applause of the mourners. I can't quite see this working for my corpse, though, unless I die from a really bad wasting disease or the lifter is more Capes than Swayze.

What about the mighty

?

[giggirl]

WILD HORSES - Rolling Stones

[dulwichmum]

Diamonds are a girls best friend - Marilyn Monroe... Actually no, that could be a good first song at a wedding, just to upset the mother in law.

[bob]

Bridge over Troubled waters

Simon Garfunkel

[Mark]

Orbital ? Belfast

(the full 12" version, not just that 29 second clip)

[SeanMacGabhann]

interesting choice Mark - but like it

[Ondine]

Some ancient Pogues song - maybe Navigator. Or N17 by the Saw Doctors - that one never wears thin

[Annasfield]

Who wants to live forever - Queen

[Rolo Tomasi]

Redemption Song - Bob Marley

[Bleep]

Kraftwerk - Neon Lights

[SeanMacGabhann]

I love Neon Lights - but it does go on.. there is a danger of others popping their clogs at some point during the playback ;-)

[Jah Lush]

Last Orders Please - The Faces

[giggirl]

Have just asked the question of my gay colleague who sits opposite me - he wants the Barbie song.... COME ON BARBIE LET'S GO PARTY.....

[Keef]

giggirl Wrote:

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> WILD HORSES - Rolling Stones

Oh my God, that's one of my all time fave songs!!!! Slightly concerned now that I'm planning to play it at my wedding as opposed to funeral :-S

Going back to Rage against the machine, I wander if anyone's ever been shot, and had "Bullet in your head" played... That's what I want if I should meet my maker at the hands of a gunman >:D<

[TillieTrotter]

Going Underground - Jam

[spadetownboy]

Ondine Wrote:

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> Some ancient Pogues song - maybe Navigator. Or

> N17 by the Saw Doctors - that one never wears thin

what about billys bones.

[dulwichmum]

I love Tillie's suggestion. That is the one for me; "Going underground"...

[Keef]

Bn Jovi "Blaze of glory" B)

[Jah Lush]

I suppose you could have The End by The Doors, it would seem somewhat appropriate.

[LuvPeckham]

If I may add what was actually played at my Fathers funeral a few years ago, we managed to get the crem people to allow us a good old fashioned Jazz Funeral, with a Humanist service (much less depressing I have to say then some priest / rabbi / stranger spouting off about the person he/she/it didn't know)

I was lucky (??) enough to speak for the the last 10 minuts of the service and we got them to pump the Jazz funeral music from the Bond film "Dr No" over the pa system whilst I pressed the button to lower the coffin. It was interesting to see peoples reactions as his coffin vanished from view just as the slow bit finished and the fast bit of muisc started.

He actually requested that piece of music many years ago and I have to say, I would too as it was quite a magical moment and lifted a lot of peoples spirits ... (I promise you we didn't toast him until after he was toasted himself)

Got to say - it was one of the more lively funerals I have been to, jazz playing in the background and everyone randomly standing up and telling good stories about him (it was one of the things we asked people to do and it worked well)

[Jah Lush]

My dad passed away last year and we had The Dubliners doing The Wild Rover for him, on CD I hasten to add. It was a song he loved to sing and was more or less his theme tune. I got everyone to sing it in the pub afterwards as well with yours truly leading from the front. We celebrated his life not his death and everyone had a good time. It's what he would have wanted.

[JoeChuff]

theme to Match Of The Day

[SeanMacGabhann]

Jah. . . For some reason that story really touched me. . Lets sing it when next we bump into each other

[Alan Dale]

Agreed. Very moving.

Will I play the wild rover? No, never, no more.

[bob]

weel meet again don't no where don't no when.

Bob S