# Music for a Doper's funeral **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [December 15, 2003, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-for-a-dopers-funeral/219154 "2003-12-15T17:39:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![JackaRoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b5e925/32.png) [@JackaRoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JackaRoe)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2003, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-for-a-dopers-funeral/219154/21 "2003-12-16T18:00:12Z")
The Grateful Dead’s “To Lay Me Down” ---
**Author:** ![Kizarvexius](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/da6949/32.png) [@Kizarvexius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kizarvexius)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2003, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-for-a-dopers-funeral/219154/22 "2003-12-16T18:12:03Z")
Borodin’s _Requiem_. He composed it as a joke. The melody is the Russian version of “Chopsticks”. _There Was A Time_ from _The Gondoliers_, by Gilbert and Sullivan. The prettiest song they ever wrote. ---
**Author:** ![Infovore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/infovore/32/420_2.png) [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2003, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-for-a-dopers-funeral/219154/23 "2003-12-16T18:57:08Z")
I’m with **FriarTed** : _Old and Wise_ is my choice also. ---
**Author:** ![Edward\_The\_Head](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ce73a5/32.png) [@Edward\_The\_Head](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Edward_The_Head)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2003, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-for-a-dopers-funeral/219154/24 "2003-12-16T19:08:54Z")
I want some Motorhead, Iron Maiden, Virgin Steele, Savatage and maybe some Golden Earring. I thought about putting together a CD of stuff incase I die young, maybe I should. But in **NO** way do I want the crap they play. ---
**Author:** ![Infovore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/infovore/32/420_2.png) [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2003, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-for-a-dopers-funeral/219154/25 "2003-12-16T19:18:06Z")
I’m with **FriarTed** : _Old and Wise_ is my choice also. ---
**Author:** ![NurseCarmen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5daacb/32.png) [@NurseCarmen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NurseCarmen)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2003, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-for-a-dopers-funeral/219154/26 "2003-12-16T21:12:07Z")
**NinjaChick** , Can I add your selections to my list? Cept for Soul Asylum, even though I like those local boys. “Rainbow Connection” – the Kermit the Frog version. “Dear God” – XTC “Forever Young” – Alphaville “Brown Eyed Girl” – Van Morrison “Country Roads” – John Denver “At my funeral” Crash Test Dummies I need bagpipes too. So something traditional followed by the Drop Kick Murphys would suffice. ---
**Author:** ![Polycarp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/82dd89/32.png) [@Polycarp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polycarp)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2003, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-for-a-dopers-funeral/219154/27 "2003-12-16T22:53:43Z")
For me, two things, and Barb knows what they are, but it would be helpful if Dopers who are personal friends were to remind her of them, because I’m sure she’ll fall apart. 1. [The Strife Is Over, the Battle Done](http://www.oremus.org/hymnal/t/t368.html). Combines the sorrow and grief of a death with the hope of the Resurrection in a poignant way: Alleluias in a minor key. 2. [Can You Feel the Love Tonight](http://www.lyrics007.com/Elton%20John%20Lyrics/Can%20You%20Feel%20The%20Love%20Tonight%20Lyrics.html). If I have to explain this one, I should go back to playing spider solitaire instead of posting! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![odd-socks](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/c67d28/32.png) [@odd-socks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/odd-socks)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2003, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-for-a-dopers-funeral/219154/28 "2003-12-16T23:45:10Z")
“Bat Out of Hell” by Meatloaf “Sweet Child of Mine” by Guns & Roses “I Am A Rock” by Simon & Garfunkle. “Atlantic City” and “Human Touch” by Bruce Springsteen. heh, funeral?! ---
**Author:** ![Krisfer\_the\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Krisfer\_the\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Krisfer_the_Cat)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2003, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-for-a-dopers-funeral/219154/29 "2003-12-17T01:35:33Z")
**Alexander’s Ragtime Band** **I Wanna be Sedated** What kind of service would it be without Joey Ramone? ---
**Author:** ![vanilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/f19dbf/32.png) [@vanilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vanilla)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2003, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-for-a-dopers-funeral/219154/30 "2003-12-17T01:40:53Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Krisfer the Cat \* > **I Wanna be Sedated** What kind of service would it be without Joey Ramone? \*\* Gabba gabba Hey! That song would wake the dead! (they’d want to dance!) ---
**Author:** ![vanilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/f19dbf/32.png) [@vanilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vanilla)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2003, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-for-a-dopers-funeral/219154/31 "2003-12-17T01:43:51Z")
The same answer as the wedding thread of course! Ice Ice Baby! ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2003, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-for-a-dopers-funeral/219154/32 "2003-12-17T01:55:40Z")
When my old man died two years ago, I played “Box of Rain” on the church’s pipe organ as an intrada to the memorial service. Since Phil Lesh wrote it back in 1969 after HIS father died, I thought it was appropriate, and my siblings agreed to it. I really don’t want a funeral, or a memorial either, but I’ve always been fond of the final movement of Gustav Mahler’s Ninth Symphony, which depicts Death as Lover. ---
**Author:** ![captainQwark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e68b1a/32.png) [@captainQwark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/captainQwark)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2003, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-for-a-dopers-funeral/219154/33 "2003-12-17T02:06:14Z")
The first movement of Haydn’s “passion” symphony. It is an almost hellishly dark piece that would suit the occasion fine. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2003, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-for-a-dopers-funeral/219154/34 "2003-12-17T02:31:09Z")
[_Jesus H. Christ_ or _That Which Does Not Smash_](http://www.vonhummer.com/download/download.html) by [Pontifex VonHummer](http://www.vonhummer.com) . ---
**Author:** ![Abbynormalguy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Abbynormalguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Abbynormalguy)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2003, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-for-a-dopers-funeral/219154/35 "2003-12-17T02:57:53Z")
1. “Kineret”- Written by Rachel (I like the Orfa Hava version) 2. “Wind Up” - Jethro Tull 3. “Amsterdam” - Guster 4. “Battle” - Gladiator Soundtrack 5. Something with either Scottish or Irish bagpipes (there is a difference, actually) 6. “Crazy Game of Poker” - OAR 7. “La Deploration de la Mort de Johanes Ockeghem” - Josquin Desprez 8. Kaddish. 'nuff said. ---
**Author:** ![Zoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a4c791/32.png) [@Zoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zoe)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2003, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-for-a-dopers-funeral/219154/36 "2003-12-17T03:50:55Z")
No funeral. Just a gatherin’. \*Now the Day Is Over Simple Gifts\* – I love this little piece, but it is kind of a joke for me. I’m a packrat. \*Aire on an Irish Tune from County Derry (Note what I didn’t call it.) _Intermezzo_ from **Cavalleria Rusticana** (never could spell it) The Humming Chorus\* from **Madame Butterfly** _Waltz for Sonya_ (I wrote it for my Danish mor.) \*Shall We Gather at the River Happy Trails Great Gig in the Sky\* from **DSOTM** _Joyful, Joyful We Adore Thee_ (from Beethoven’s **Ninth Symphony** Then end with pieces that my grandchildren like. (Hey, I’m sixty and I’m really getting into this…) ---
**Author:** ![brianjedi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3be4f8/32.png) [@brianjedi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brianjedi)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2003, 5:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-for-a-dopers-funeral/219154/37 "2003-12-17T05:45:46Z")
**Metallica** - Nothing Else Matters **Jerry Cantrell** - Gone **Stevie Ray Vaughan** - The Sky is Crying & Little Wing ---
**Author:** ![brianjedi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3be4f8/32.png) [@brianjedi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brianjedi)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2003, 5:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-for-a-dopers-funeral/219154/38 "2003-12-17T05:47:35Z")
Forgot to mention: I’ve always joked about this, but I think it would be cool: **Alice in Chains** - Man in the Box ---
**Author:** ![Nvme77](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c89c15/32.png) [@Nvme77](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nvme77)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2003, 7:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-for-a-dopers-funeral/219154/39 "2003-12-17T07:54:47Z")
Zebra, wow our funerals may sound alike! I would add by the Beatles, In My Life and for a good laugh, I’m only sleeping. ---
**Author:** ![Already\_in\_Use](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a9adbd/32.png) [@Already\_in\_Use](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Already_in_Use)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2003, 8:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-for-a-dopers-funeral/219154/40 "2003-12-17T08:00:49Z")
I wanted this song to be playing when they lower my coffin, but then I remembered I want a ship-burning Viking funeral (legality issues be damned), so they can play it when they set the boat on fire: the Spike Jones version of “Holiday for Strings.” What better song for a funeral than one with tuned cowbells and maniacal laughter forming the melody? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-for-a-dopers-funeral/219154.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-for-a-dopers-funeral/219154.md?page=3)