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Songs to play as you're wheeled down to wards the furnace / hole in the ground...

I think I heard these on Mock the Week, and they made me chuckle...

Living in a box

If you don't know me by now...




Any others spring to mind?

In reply to ThunderCat:
Going Underground.... The Jam.

In reply to ThunderCat: The ones you mention are more ironic... Mine would be 'always look on the bright side of life', corny... Don't know which is better... :0)

In reply to ThunderCat:
My nan had Eleanor Rigby played at her funeral... Slightly warped sense of humour that I reckon!

In reply to ThunderCat:

My brother, and his girlfriend, both work in a care home, and so attend a relatively large number of funerals. Recently, she was at a cremation service, and at the point of the commital (sp?), someone's phone rang. The ringtone was the Kings of Leon's 'Sex on Fire'. Ooops!

In reply to ThunderCat:

My mate Crissy wants Ding Dong, The Witch Is Dead at her funeral.

In reply to ThunderCat:

Smoke gets in your eyes.

Burn, baby, burn, disco inferno.

In reply to ThunderCat:

I Just Died In Your Arms Tonight

Especially as I always sing the line following that as "It must have been something I ate".

In reply to ThunderCat: I've always planned on 'Goodbye Cruel World' from the end of disc 1 of Pink Floyd's The Wall.

In reply to ThunderCat: Christo Redentor by Donald Byrd and Love Is The Answer by Todd Rungren and Utopia

In reply to David Hooper:
Seems like you have (with good reason) put a bit of thought in there. Nice choices though!
Love is indeed, the answer.

In reply to ThunderCat:

For me, it will definitely be this:

youtube.com/watch?v=X2aQIyz8B7Q&

In reply to ThunderCat:
I'm strangely drawn to this: youtube.com/watch?v=DrWureyryhQ&

In reply to ThunderCat:

just in case id go with the last minuite of this

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B1T8xgHdMEM&feature=player_detailpage#t=...

In reply to ThunderCat: My friends dad's body was carried into the Cremmy to the song You're in the Jailhouse Now.

In reply to ThunderCat:

Return to sender?

In reply to ThunderCat:

I'm having Buster Poindexter - Feelin' hot hot hot! just as the curtains close...

In reply to ThunderCat: Wake up it's a beautiful morning...

In reply to ThunderCat:

Definitely gonna have this..

youtube.com/watch?v=j7oQEPfe-O8&

Proper tear jerker

In reply to ThunderCat:

Friend of mine had 'For Those About To Rock' for his funeral which I thought was great

In reply to ThunderCat:
I'll be having 'Highway to Hell' at mine.

In reply to ThunderCat:
I think it has to be http://tinyurl.com/p2tm

In reply to ThunderCat:
Surprised no-one's said 'Meet on the Ledge' by Fairport Convention

In reply to Reach>Talent: youtube.com/watch?v=lEnaTVKWg74&
My friend had this played at his funeral. It was rather bizarre.

In reply to ThunderCat:

I want this sung with this lyric...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nIwrgAnx6Q8&feature=player_embedded

In reply to ThunderCat: youtube.com/watch?v=MH6TJU0qWoY&

In reply to ThunderCat: like a bat outa hell..

In reply to snaresman:

"A simple prop, to occupy my time"

In reply to Clarence: Brilliant!!!! you just made me cry

In reply to ThunderCat:

"When will see you again" The Three Degrees

"Road to Nowhere" by Talking Heads,

In reply to ThunderCat: At my Gran's funeral we played Guns'n'Roses Knocking on Heaven's Door.

In reply to ThunderCat: I rather fancy Queen with I want to break free. Just as my coffin is lowered into the ground perhaps.

In reply to ThunderCat: Queen - "don't stop me now"

In reply to ThunderCat: Stairway to Heaven or Knocking on heavens door.

In reply to ThunderCat:

Evanescence - Bring me to life.
Darkness - one way ticket
Steve Harley - come up and see me (make me smile)

More sensibly - because I love 'em:
Police - Every breath you take
Eagles - Hotel California
T'Pau - Bridge of Spies
T'Pau - Love Song
Nelly Furtado - All Good Things (come to an end)

In reply to ThunderCat:

It's my time - Dolly Parton
Say hello, wave goodbye - David Gray
Never say die - Dixie chicks
Going Under - Evanescence
Bring me to life - Evanescence
Walk of Life - Dire Straits

Some that I really would like played are:

Chi Mai - Ennio Morricone
Bright Eyes - Art Garfunkle
Send in the clowns - Frank Sinatra
Always look on the bright side of life - The Monty Python crew

In reply to mack: Down Down, Status Quo...

Andy F

In reply to andy farnell: or this... youtube.com/watch?v=X_hMZYDMps4&



Andy F

In reply to ThunderCat: Comfortably numb, Pink Floyd

In reply to ThunderCat:
Can't believe no one has mentioned this yet.
Arthur Brown classic
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aY1APSk0SS0&feature=related

In reply to Andrew Lodge:

seconded =)

In reply to Duncan Bourne:
Hell have to include this totally weird acoustic version
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B1mxZXyIlh8&feature=related

In reply to ThunderCat:
Bomber - Motorhead, Love Song & Looking at you - Damned, Ying Tong Song - Goons, In The Mood - Glenn Miller.

In reply to ThunderCat:
Don't quite know why, but Dead Kennedys - Moon Over Marin,.
'There'll always be a moon over Marin'
youtube.com/watch?v=A4SQqPSdJUU&


Though not the line " I squish dead fish between my toes / try not to step on any bones"

In reply to ThunderCat:

If I Should Fall From Grace With God - The Pogues
And maybe...
Who Knows Where The Time Goes - Sandy Denny, or a nice version of The Wild Mountain Thyme.

In reply to Miss Piggy:

My dad had the instrumental version of "always look on the bright side of life" playing as the guests left at his funeral. Less corny, but popint was made...

In reply to ThunderCat:

"Hell Yeah" by Neil Diamond

In reply to ThunderCat:


Well after a lifetimes consideration, it comes down to

" You Gotta move..." Mississippi Fred McDowell
" Nowhere to go" Allen Toussaint
" I am the light of the World" Rev Gary Davies

If you can't make the funeral, then
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mtlVSedpIRU&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mtlVSedpIRU&feature=related

In reply to ThunderCat: At band practice a couple of years ago, we had a phone call requesting could we play at someone's wake for his cremation later that week.

We were very apprehensive before playing Fire by kasabian and Old till I die but it turned out to be one of the best gigs we've done!

Ben

In reply to BenTiffin: This would seem appropriate: youtube.com/watch?v=f8hT3oDDf6c&

Andy F

In reply to ThunderCat:
youtube.com/watch?v=XZkIkTxgu4k&
Neon Knights - Black Sabbath

youtube.com/watch?v=08e9k-c91E8&
man of constant sorrow

youtube.com/watch?v=ryXCGm0YP_E&
Boom Boom - John Lee Hooker..."Boogie Chillen"

In reply to ThunderCat: and this- youtube.com/watch?v=5BjhJLhSbYg&

In reply to ThunderCat:
have we had 'Firestarter' and 'Breathe', yet?

youtube.com/watch?v=6_PAHbqq-o4&

and 'The Wheels On The Bus Go Round'. should keep the kids amused & raise a smile...

In reply to ThunderCat:

Don't fear the reaper - Blue Oyster Cult

In reply to ThunderCat: Ha Ha your dead by green day

In reply to ThunderCat:

Aint No Grave Can Hold My Body Down - Johnny Cash

In reply to aquazepp:

Good call!
Is 'Ring Of Fire' too inappropriate for a cremation
(i rather this k I shall write it into my will) ?

In reply to ThunderCat:

Hallowed be thy name - Iron Maiden
Nothing else matters - Metallica
Hell ain't a bad place to be - AC/DC

In reply to ThunderCat: how about the theme from the film Halloween?

In reply to ThunderCat:

I'm on fire - Bruce Springsteen
Life is a Lemon and I want my money back - Meatloaf

In reply to ThunderCat:

Machines by Biffy Clyro


I would dig a thousand holes to lay next to you
I would dig a thousand more if I needed to
I look around the grave for an escape route of old routines
There doesn’t seem to be any other way

Cause I’ve started falling apart I’m not savouring life
I’ve forgotten how good it could be to feel alive


A sad tear jerker song but some good black humour if you read the lyrics!

In reply to ThunderCat:

The heat is on.

In reply to ThunderCat:

'Can I go to heaven now?' - Charge

In reply to ThunderCat:

Queen - Another One Bites the Dust whilst being carried in, 3 steps forward 1 step back!

In reply to ThunderCat: Deep by east17. fire starter by prodigy.

In reply to Landy_Dom: More Cowbell!

In reply to ThunderCat:

I have asked for "Who wants to live forever", so loud that the windows rattle

In reply to ThunderCat: this thread is brilliant....just what I needed on a horrid rainy day....don't know what I would choose but anything has got to be better than dreary hymns. Wish this thread was started in January when I needed it....

In reply to ThunderCat:

If I should fall behind : Bruce Springsteen

In reply to ThunderCat: Great Gig in the Sky for me...

In reply to ThunderCat:

When I was younger I wanted The Smiths' Asleep played at my funeral.
Bit morose and self-indulgent I reckon these days.

In reply to ThunderCat:

Good riddance (time of your life) by Greenday.

In reply to ThunderCat:

I've always fancied curse of a fallen soul by the Dropkick Murphys....

In reply to ThunderCat: I'd like the following, in now particular order, and everyone has to sing.

Highway to Hell (AC/DC), Spirit in the Sky (Can't remember...), Accidents Will Happen (Elvis Costello), It's All Over Now (Stones), With or Without You (U2) and Fire (Crazy World of Arthur Brown).

Either that or Pink Floyd's Wish You Were Here...

In reply to alooker: no* particular order...

In reply to ThunderCat:
theres a six cd "box" set (get it) out at the moment "funeral classics" may be worth a listen.

In reply to ThunderCat:
I'd have "see you later alligator" by Bobby Charles

In reply to ThunderCat:

This one:

youtube.com/watch?v=EPrSVkTRb24&

In reply to Double Knee Bar:

No, not bizarre, really cool. Those of us of a certain age will appreciate that. It certainly made me chuckle.

In reply to ThunderCat:

Nothing beats Bobby 'Boris' Pickett and the cryptkickers - The Monster Mash

youtube.com/watch?v=0thH3qnHTbI&

In reply to ThunderCat:

In a Lonely Place - Joy Division

How about "close to you"