onnut Posted October 15, 2010 Share Posted October 15, 2010 in the car not so long ago and Frank Sinatra (I did it my way) came on the radio, well I wacked the volume right up and started singing to it! I then told my wife that I want this one played at my funeral or cremation whatever its going to be, and carried on singing. I turned and looked at her with a big grin on my face only to see the poor girl crying her eyes out I apoligised for my singing but she said it had nothing to do with it, she just does not want to talk about my death! Anyway, what would you want played at your funeral wake? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thaddeus Posted October 15, 2010 Share Posted October 15, 2010 For the guests arriving - Welcome to the Cheap Seats, Wonder Stuff. Going in to the smoker - Fire, Crazy World of Arthur Brown. If Burial - Going Underground, The Jam. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bifftastic Posted October 15, 2010 Share Posted October 15, 2010 Hmm, not sure Well, of course, I'd want everyone to cry and feel melancholy so I reckon this one first This Iggy Pop tune reminds me of my youth and good times with great friends and the title is kind of ironic to be played at a funeral so I reckon I'd like that to be played at the end. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pOTq37pUU6c&feature=related Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilHarries Posted October 15, 2010 Share Posted October 15, 2010 Anything they want, it's not like I'm going to be singing along is it? First : Comfortably Numb, Pink Floyd. As they light the gas : Hurry up harry, Sham 69, Lyrics:- Hurry up Harry come on Come on come on Hurry up Harry come on We're going down the pub We're going down the pub Now listen here Harry If we're going down the pub You'd better tell your mum and dad And finish up your grub I wish you'd listen to me No, I don't want a cup of tea Come on come on Hurry up Harry come on Come on come on Hurry up Harry come on We're going down the pub We're going down the pub You're telling me to grow up But Harry don't you see If I tried to act my age I wouldn't be me We never do anything So now's the time to begin Come on come on Hurry up Harry come on Come on come on Hurry up Harry come on We're going down the pub We're going down the pub You don't have to tell me That the thing's I do are wrong But everything I do in life Is with us right or wrong Now I think I understand How to have some fun Come on come on Hurry up Harry come on Come on come on Hurry up Harry come on We're going down the pub as I sincerely hope they will be going down the pub. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bangkokcitylimits Posted October 15, 2010 Share Posted October 15, 2010 hahahaha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bangkokcitylimits Posted October 15, 2010 Share Posted October 15, 2010 (edited) Anything they want, it's not like I'm going to be singing along is it? First : Comfortably Numb, Pink Floyd. As they light the gas : Hurry up harry, Sham 69, Lyrics:- Hurry up Harry come on Come on come on Hurry up Harry come on We're going down the pub We're going down the pub Now listen here Harry If we're going down the pub You'd better tell your mum and dad And finish up your grub I wish you'd listen to me No, I don't want a cup of tea Come on come on Hurry up Harry come on Come on come on Hurry up Harry come on We're going down the pub We're going down the pub You're telling me to grow up But Harry don't you see If I tried to act my age I wouldn't be me We never do anything So now's the time to begin Come on come on Hurry up Harry come on Come on come on Hurry up Harry come on We're going down the pub We're going down the pub You don't have to tell me That the thing's I do are wrong But everything I do in life Is with us right or wrong Now I think I understand How to have some fun Come on come on Hurry up Harry come on Come on come on Hurry up Harry come on We're going down the pub as I sincerely hope they will be going down the pub. this one ???? Edited October 15, 2010 by bangkokcitylimits Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vertigotogo Posted October 15, 2010 Share Posted October 15, 2010 I'd have two..... As they arrive, Monty Python's 'Always Look On The Bright Side of Life' (as sung at the end of the film Life of Brian). Later (and in complete contrast)....... 'To Build A Home' by The Cinematic Orchestra And as they all leave......... Bach's Toccata & Fugue in D Minor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vertigotogo Posted October 15, 2010 Share Posted October 15, 2010 As they light the gas : Hurry up harry, Sham 69, Lyrics:- Now you're talking; remember 'When the Kids Are United'???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
somtampet Posted October 15, 2010 Share Posted October 15, 2010 My song will be Delilah but the stokie version not Tom Jones lol,just hope the thais dont understand it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goshawk Posted October 15, 2010 Share Posted October 15, 2010 Anything they want, it's not like I'm going to be singing along is it? agree.. it should be 'ask the audience' what they feel best fits and with that in mind.. this one would be kinda sad, but cool too in an honest type way - would be surreal to hear this one played.. hauntingly beautiful ode to some that choose to go.. (albeit in a very specific way ) . as for me, don't really mind what the clan revs up.. but something like this would be ok.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eureka Posted October 15, 2010 Share Posted October 15, 2010 What about Karaoke? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
surayu Posted October 15, 2010 Share Posted October 15, 2010 Someone can't refrain to be an annoyance even after passing away.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
surayu Posted October 15, 2010 Share Posted October 15, 2010 Someone can't refrain to be an annoyance even after passing away.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Traxster Posted October 16, 2010 Share Posted October 16, 2010 'Joey Boy'......Van Morrison...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johntou Posted October 16, 2010 Share Posted October 16, 2010 (edited) Skunk Anansie - You'll Follow Me Down. Edited October 16, 2010 by johntou Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Theo007 Posted October 16, 2010 Share Posted October 16, 2010 I certainly want : " I did it my way" ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teatree Posted October 16, 2010 Share Posted October 16, 2010 Rocking All Over The World - Status Quo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tutsiwarrior Posted October 16, 2010 Share Posted October 16, 2010 (edited) for the commemorative service in the US (for I shall surely die and be cremated in Thailand) I want the funeral hall to resound with howls of grief and cries of despair and for this purpose select the adagio from one of the Bach violin conciertos; maybe the one in A flat whatever, those that know these conciertos know which one I'm talking about...sounds like a dirge but with tender passages and you expect the sun to come out and to shine on the casket/urn or whatever...a guaranteed tear jerker... when I buried me mum many years ago in Bolivia there was no music so I whistled the adagio in the limo on the way to the cementario general...the local relatives in the car were startled and disapproving...I looked back with a glare that said: 'she was my mum and I'm the oldest son and I'll whistle whatever the <deleted> I want, goddamit...' stinkin' 'evangelical Christians' think that music comes from the devil... Edited October 16, 2010 by tutsiwarrior Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GuestHouse Posted October 16, 2010 Share Posted October 16, 2010 If those I leave behind can manage to get the Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge to perform Eia, Mater from Dvorak - Stabat Mater and Mozart's Requiem Ave Verum Corpus, that would do nicely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ulysses G. Posted October 16, 2010 Share Posted October 16, 2010 I could care less what music they play after I am dead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onnut Posted October 16, 2010 Author Share Posted October 16, 2010 There are some great tracks here that will bring some smiles and some tears. I dont agree with letting the "guests" choose the music as I reckon the music played should represent the dead person in a way the dead person wants to be remembered. I would choose I did it my way because I am a selfish fecker and think the people who were close to me would get that. so I think it suits me to a tee! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chacker Posted October 17, 2010 Share Posted October 17, 2010 I actually began telling those close to me many years ago, when I was still a teenager, that I wanted Somebody (Depeche Mode) played @ the funeral... Pretty much sums it all up for me! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slapout Posted October 17, 2010 Share Posted October 17, 2010 Doubt if any of those concerned will respect my wish list but here it is.. El Paso, accompanied by multiple shot aerial bombs Thunder road, Dixie as the grand final. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
a10ams Posted October 17, 2010 Share Posted October 17, 2010 Kite .... U2 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hrdAcJEPb4o&feature=related Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IanForbes Posted October 17, 2010 Share Posted October 17, 2010 Considering I'm a lot closer to passing on then the rest of you here I'lm like Ulysses. They can play anything they dam_n well feel like. How about... "I'm glad to see you've gone cause I just won't miss your snoring" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xerostar Posted October 17, 2010 Share Posted October 17, 2010 How about these: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7tnt4LBsZ-I Where dreams are born or http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U51lO2H0Yzk&p=F592F43A4E177469&playnext=1&index=90 23rd Psalm from Merry Xmas Mr Lawrence followed by: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NkWjsT_SJNI&feature=related (to add a little Asian flavour) or http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XsKE64xA0Rc Time to say goodbye .................. Anyway - as Marty Feldman once sang: "I'd just die, if I died .." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johntou Posted October 19, 2010 Share Posted October 19, 2010 When An Old Cricketer Leaves The Crease - Roy Harper. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BangkokHank Posted October 22, 2010 Share Posted October 22, 2010 It's funny you should ask that because when I heard , my first thought was "That's what I want to be listening to when I'm on my death bed." So I suppose it would be just as suitable for my funeral. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
surayu Posted December 31, 2010 Share Posted December 31, 2010 Happy New Year ! http://www.andvinyly.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panhandler007 Posted March 17, 2011 Share Posted March 17, 2011 Sid Vicious` version of MY WAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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