# Morbid I know \[funeral music\] **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 23, 2008, 12:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/morbid-i-know-funeral-music/438840 "2008-02-23T12:05:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Cicero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cicero/32/3594_2.png) [@Cicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cicero)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2008, 12:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/morbid-i-know-funeral-music/438840/1 "2008-02-23T12:05:33Z")
What music would you like at your funeral? I have opted for " By Yon Bonnie Banks" ---
**Author:** ![pprgrl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f6c823/32.png) [@pprgrl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pprgrl)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2008, 12:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/morbid-i-know-funeral-music/438840/2 "2008-02-23T12:11:59Z")
May the Circle Be Unbroken 1000 Oceans There may be others, but these are the first two that spring to mind. I’ll have to think about this… ---
**Author:** ![Ice\_Wolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/dfb087/32.png) [@Ice\_Wolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ice_Wolf)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2008, 12:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/morbid-i-know-funeral-music/438840/3 "2008-02-23T12:15:33Z")
If there’s a funeral for me, I really hope someone remembers to play “Funeral for a Friend/ Loves Lies Bleeding”. Or “Who Wants to Live Forever.” If they play anything hymnal or cheesy, I’ll come back t’ haunt 'em. ---
**Author:** ![lobotomyboy63](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobotomyboy63/32/2900_2.png) [@lobotomyboy63](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lobotomyboy63)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2008, 12:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/morbid-i-know-funeral-music/438840/4 "2008-02-23T12:31:33Z")
Well, I thought “Amazing Grace” would be nice. But reading these boards, I think “Bitch I stole yo purse” might be better. Cleese giving the eulogy for Graham Chapman: [http://youtube.com/watch?v=CkxCHybM6Ek](http://youtube.com/watch?v=CkxCHybM6Ek) ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2008, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/morbid-i-know-funeral-music/438840/5 "2008-02-23T12:45:50Z")
[Sailing By](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kpJEtnpd2dM) by Ronald Binge. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2008, 12:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/morbid-i-know-funeral-music/438840/6 "2008-02-23T12:47:30Z")
None. I opt for quick cremation, with 24 hours of death, no service. ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2008, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/morbid-i-know-funeral-music/438840/7 "2008-02-23T13:27:55Z")
My best friend is adamant that when she dies, we have ‘‘Amazing Grace’’ played on the bagpipes for her. She is not religious. Her name is Grace. The bagpipes element just makes it even more absurd. I would probably have to laugh at her. It’s not traditional, but I’d probably want something by _Live_, the band I think is closest to getting at what god is, if god in fact exists. Contender: [QUOTE=Live, ‘‘The Ride’’] you don’t need no money to fly to truly fly away you don’t need no car to truly, truly ride to truly ride away as you ascend in silence all doubt behind thee you reach the summit my friend and find your destiny [/QUOTE] ---
**Author:** ![j666](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9de0a6/32.png) [@j666](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/j666)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2008, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/morbid-i-know-funeral-music/438840/8 "2008-02-23T15:03:45Z")
It has to be **Amazing Grace** on the bagpipes. How else do you scare away the demons come for your soul? And _The Mutineer_. Definitely. ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Griffin-Kentzel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/larry_griffin-kentzel/32/14787_2.png) [@Larry\_Griffin-Kentzel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Griffin-Kentzel)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2008, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/morbid-i-know-funeral-music/438840/9 "2008-02-23T15:25:16Z")
Since this is basically a poll, I’ll move it to **IMHO** for you. **Cajun Man** for the SDMB ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2008, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/morbid-i-know-funeral-music/438840/10 "2008-02-23T15:51:54Z")
Copland’s **Fanfare for the Common Man**. But not on the bagpipe. Also a few chanted phrases in Quenya: “_Et Eärello Endorenna utúlie’n. Sinome maruvan tenn’ Ambar-metta! Utúlie’n lomë ar ilyë tier undulávë lumbulë. Auta nán i lomë! Aurë Entuluva!_” I won’t obligate my heirs to stick around after. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![chowder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/977dab/32.png) [@chowder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chowder)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2008, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/morbid-i-know-funeral-music/438840/11 "2008-02-23T15:59:49Z")
As I intend to be cremated I think “Great Balls of Fire” would go down admirably ---
**Author:** ![picunurse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7bcc69/32.png) [@picunurse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picunurse)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2008, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/morbid-i-know-funeral-music/438840/12 "2008-02-23T16:01:17Z")
[QUOTE=Bosda Di’Chi of Tricor] None. I opt for quick cremation, with 24 hours of death, no service. [/QUOTE] Dear, the service isn’t _for_ you. It’s for those who love you. It doesn’t have to have any religious overtones, just a meeting of friends who remember you fondly. It helps to bring closure to those who remember you. ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2008, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/morbid-i-know-funeral-music/438840/13 "2008-02-23T16:14:05Z")
[QUOTE=Cicero] What music would you like at your funeral? [/QUOTE] I don’t plan on a funeral. I plan on a wake. Mostly Prince, the Who, and Stevie Ray Vaughan, I expect. ---
**Author:** ![Speaker\_for\_the\_Dead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c77e96/32.png) [@Speaker\_for\_the\_Dead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Speaker_for_the_Dead)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2008, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/morbid-i-know-funeral-music/438840/14 "2008-02-23T16:28:44Z")
_Ashokan Farewell_. I want people crying! ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2008, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/morbid-i-know-funeral-music/438840/15 "2008-02-23T16:30:48Z")
Possibly **Bicycle** , by Queen, or maybe **Purple Haze** , by Hendryx. ---
**Author:** ![Orual](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/779978/32.png) [@Orual](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Orual)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2008, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/morbid-i-know-funeral-music/438840/16 "2008-02-23T16:35:15Z")
**(Don’t Fear) The Reaper** ---
**Author:** ![Savannah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b3f665/32.png) [@Savannah](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Savannah)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2008, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/morbid-i-know-funeral-music/438840/17 "2008-02-23T16:35:32Z")
What? Amazing Grace, played on the bagpipes, is poignant and moving. This is not a whoosh. I was going to say, Amazing Grace, played on the bagpipes for me, but it might be a bit of a cliche. I’m Scots, but not religious. The Crossing, by Sheila Jordan, then. ---
**Author:** ![Moriarty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/moriarty/32/49_2.png) [@Moriarty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moriarty)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2008, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/morbid-i-know-funeral-music/438840/18 "2008-02-23T16:38:10Z")
Dark Side of the Moon, by Pink Floyd. ---
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2008, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/morbid-i-know-funeral-music/438840/19 "2008-02-23T16:48:06Z")
I’ve edited the title for descriptiveness. Moved from IMHO to CS. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2008, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/morbid-i-know-funeral-music/438840/20 "2008-02-23T17:20:10Z")
Memory from CATS _I must wait for a new life, and I mustn’t give in. When the dawn comes this night will be a memory too. And a new day will begin._ [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/morbid-i-know-funeral-music/438840.md?page=2)