# 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:** 3
**Author:** ![IWLN](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b5ac83/32.png) [@IWLN](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IWLN)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2003, 9:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-for-a-dopers-funeral/219154/41 "2003-12-17T09:02:02Z")
It’s probably going to have to be “Take This Job and Shove It”. I’m sure I’ll still be working and I’d hate to leave without quiting. If I win the lottery or something maybe “Driftwood” by the Moody Blues or “Diamonds & Rust” by Joan Baez. ---
**Author:** ![Mhernan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d2c977/32.png) [@Mhernan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mhernan)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2003, 9:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-for-a-dopers-funeral/219154/42 "2003-12-17T09:13:03Z")
> [@](#): > > Mhernan > [@](#): > > \*\* > > The Beatles’ > “Get back Jo Jo, get back to where you once belonged” > > Hey, maybe I’ll be there to back up my own song. > \*\* ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2003, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-for-a-dopers-funeral/219154/43 "2003-12-17T13:07:08Z")
Oh and I want to add A Whiter Shade of Pale by Procol harem ---
**Author:** ![js\_africanus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/87869e/32.png) [@js\_africanus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/js_africanus)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2003, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-for-a-dopers-funeral/219154/44 "2003-12-17T14:09:33Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by vunderbob \* > **Inspired by the thread on wedding music, What do you want played at your funeral?** _Thunderkiss '69_ by the White Zombies. ---
**Author:** ![phraser](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a88e4f/32.png) [@phraser](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phraser)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2003, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-for-a-dopers-funeral/219154/45 "2003-12-17T15:12:33Z")
The Navy Hymn. “Forgotten Years” - Midnight Oil Barber’s Adagio for strings “In Paridisum” from the Faure requiem “In My Life” - The Beatles Lakme flower duet (can never remember what the actual name of it is) “In the depths of the Temple” from the Pearl Fishers. ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2003, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-for-a-dopers-funeral/219154/46 "2003-12-17T18:19:29Z")
It amuses me to think they’ll play Terry Jacks’ Season’s in the Sun ---
**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2003, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-for-a-dopers-funeral/219154/47 "2003-12-17T20:27:55Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Khadaji \* > \*\*It amuses me to think they’ll play Terry Jacks’ Season’s in the Sun \*\* _We had joy, we had fun, we had seasons in the sun; But the cops had the guns, and they shot us in the buns…_ ---
**Author:** ![Fretful\_Porpentine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fretful_porpentine/32/2873_2.png) [@Fretful\_Porpentine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fretful_Porpentine)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2003, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-for-a-dopers-funeral/219154/48 "2003-12-17T20:53:10Z")
Hmm, I’ve never really thought about this before. 1980s Dylan, I think. Maybe “Every Grain of Sand” or “Dark Eyes” or “Ring them Bells.” Not that it’ll happen, since nobody knows this and funerals in my family tend to be very sedate, Catholic, and proper, and in any case I will probably have changed my mind long before I plan on dying. ---
**Author:** ![Chance\_the\_Gardener](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@Chance\_the\_Gardener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chance_the_Gardener)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2003, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-for-a-dopers-funeral/219154/49 "2003-12-17T22:40:30Z")
_Dead_ by **They Might Be Giants** _The Spiraling Shape_ by **They Might Be Giants** _Put Your Hand Inside the Puppet Head_ by **They Might Be Giants** _Ana Ng_ by **They Might Be Giants** _Birdhouse in Your Soul_ by… um… some band. I can’t remember who. All survivors are invited to make suggestions and bring tapes. Funerals are for those who haven’t died, after all, so I’d feel funny trying to exert too much control. If my survivors decide to forego They Might Be Giants and just put on something tasteful—you know, like a Rick Wakeman album—I’d have no problem. Have fun, survivors! ---
**Author:** ![Avarie537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/48db29/32.png) [@Avarie537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Avarie537)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2003, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-for-a-dopers-funeral/219154/50 "2003-12-18T00:28:07Z")
At my uncle’s recent memorial service, my mentally handicapped aunt and my mom sang “This is My Story.” Then we ALL sang “Puff the Magic Dragon” and the first verse from the Navy Hymn. Some of his friends put together a video montage with “You Can’t Always Get What You Want” (his favorite Stones song) and, I believe, “We’ll Meet Again.” At the end of the service, they played the Stones again. And I blew his conch shell, Bocephus. My other uncle also sang a song that I was not familiar with, and my mom sang another gospel tune. Very eclectic mix. ---
**Author:** ![vl\_mungo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/bc8723/32.png) [@vl\_mungo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vl_mungo)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2003, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-for-a-dopers-funeral/219154/51 "2003-12-18T00:42:06Z")
I’ll also go with **Dead** by They Might Be Giants I also want **Lookin’ Out My Back Door** by CCR ---
**Author:** ![Dizzy\_Fingers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@Dizzy\_Fingers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dizzy_Fingers)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2003, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-for-a-dopers-funeral/219154/52 "2003-12-18T01:19:47Z")
I’d request some 1920s-style “death songs.” ---
**Author:** ![Cosmopolitan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/94ad74/32.png) [@Cosmopolitan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cosmopolitan)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2003, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-for-a-dopers-funeral/219154/53 "2003-12-18T01:46:35Z")
_One_ - Metallica _I Wanna Be Sedated_ - The Ramones _It’s the End of the World As We Know It (and I Feel Fine)_ - R.E.M. _Girls Just Wanna Have Fun_ - Cyndi Lauper If my best friends are alive & in attendance, _Brown Eyed Girl_ - Van Morrison (I almost typed JimMorrison!) Perhaps some Rancid, some Joan Osborne, some Depeche Mode, etc. ---
**Author:** ![feppytweed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/feppytweed/32/4280_2.png) [@feppytweed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/feppytweed)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2003, 8:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-for-a-dopers-funeral/219154/54 "2003-12-18T08:09:23Z")
Restless and alone A weary soul has traveled home What am I to do In a world without you I don’t want to believe I turned around and you’re gone All the sweet memories Of loving you for so long Sometimes it’s hard Most times I cry But God holds this heart of mine He feels the pain inside Broken and undone You were the one we counted on You taught us how to say I love you Then you showed us how to pray I don’t want to believe I turned around and you’re gone All of the sweet memories Of loving you for so long Sometimes it’s hard Most times I cry But God holds this heart of mine And He heals the pain I hide Sometimes it’s hard Most times I cry But God knows this heart of mine He feels the pain inside –Unglued-by Michael Tait ---
**Author:** ![TeaElle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8491ac/32.png) [@TeaElle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TeaElle)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2003, 8:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-for-a-dopers-funeral/219154/55 "2003-12-18T08:30:38Z")
_Joyful Joyful We Adore Thee Hallelujah_ (Handel) and to be a little bit perverse [_Joy Unspeakable_](http://www.angelfire.com/tn/robertmetzgar/arrangements/joyunspeakable.html) ---
**Author:** ![katiekilldare](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/838e76/32.png) [@katiekilldare](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/katiekilldare)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2003, 12:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-for-a-dopers-funeral/219154/56 "2003-12-18T12:35:01Z")
_She Goes On_ by Crowded House. A little sad, but mostly comforting. Plus, it’s only appropriate Neil Finn have something to do at my funeral, one way or another. ---
**Author:** ![FriarTed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/friarted/32/1052_2.png) [@FriarTed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FriarTed)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2003, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-for-a-dopers-funeral/219154/57 "2003-12-18T17:10:02Z")
Avarie, by “This is My Story”, do you mean “Blessed Assurance”? (Chorus- “This is my story, this is my song, Praising my Savior All the day long.”) ---
**Author:** ![NurseCarmen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5daacb/32.png) [@NurseCarmen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NurseCarmen)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2003, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-for-a-dopers-funeral/219154/58 "2003-12-18T17:56:14Z")
Oooh, I remembered another. Shawn Na Na - The Princess and the Pony. (with the awesome line:_Shake your ass around my casket_) ---
**Author:** ![Ranchoth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranchoth/32/1066_2.png) [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2003, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-for-a-dopers-funeral/219154/59 "2003-12-18T23:42:29Z")
_O Fortuna_ from _Carmina Burana_. _My Weakness_ by Moby. _Orinocco Flow_ and _Shepard Moons_ by Enya. _Saturn, Bringer of Old Age_ from _The Planets_. _If I didn’t Care_ by the Ink Spots _I Can’t Stop Loving You_ by Ray Charles ---
**Author:** ![Marvel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/779978/32.png) [@Marvel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marvel)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2003, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-for-a-dopers-funeral/219154/60 "2003-12-19T02:06:54Z")
I’m a Sci-Fi geek and my ten-year-old nephew is a bagpiper, so I’d have him play “Amazing Grace,” just like Scotty did at the end of “Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan.” Just Shoot Me Out a Torpedo Hole, Patty [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-for-a-dopers-funeral/219154.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-for-a-dopers-funeral/219154.md?page=4)