# What music do you want to die to? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Tags:** beer\ **Created:** [June 4, 2025, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-music-do-you-want-to-die-to/1019204 "2025-06-04T20:44:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2025, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-music-do-you-want-to-die-to/1019204/21 "2025-06-04T22:57:42Z")
We once had a thread similar to this, something like “What music should accompany your stabbing spree?” and someone suggested Yakkety Sax. My world was whole with that suggestion. ---
**Author:** ![Johanna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johanna/32/8318_2.png) [@Johanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johanna)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2025, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-music-do-you-want-to-die-to/1019204/22 "2025-06-04T23:06:59Z")
“Samba Pa Ti” by Santana. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/timZoOs9ozo/maxresdefault.jpg "Samba Pa Ti") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=timZoOs9ozo) ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2025, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-music-do-you-want-to-die-to/1019204/23 "2025-06-04T23:35:56Z")
If I’m looking to go out with serene acceptance and a knowing look and a wry grin, I’m thinking — the STAR WARS Force Theme? ---
**Author:** ![dolphinboy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dolphinboy/32/330_2.png) [@dolphinboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dolphinboy)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2025, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-music-do-you-want-to-die-to/1019204/24 "2025-06-04T23:57:06Z")
In this order.. _Funeral for a Friend/Love Lies Bleeding_, _Tiny Dancer_, _Candle in the Wind_. Tiny Dancer from _Madman Across the Water_ (1971), and the other two from _Goodbye Yellow Brick Road_ (1973), All songs by Elton John and Bernie Taupin. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2025, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-music-do-you-want-to-die-to/1019204/25 "2025-06-04T23:58:15Z")
The Jaws soundtrack. I expire as the air tank explodes and the rest of the tune plus the final piece are a nice mellow way to drift off. Yes, you may tell me to smile, you son of a bitch! ---
**Author:** ![sjankis630](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7ea924/32.png) [@sjankis630](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sjankis630)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2025, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-music-do-you-want-to-die-to/1019204/26 "2025-06-05T00:31:25Z")
I agree with Whack-a-Mole. They have some really great albums and sometimes it sounds like people buy Aja solely to show off their system instead of actually listening to a group’s music. The age of streaming - for me at least - has made it pretty easy to sample every album/song that I could possibly think of. I would heartily recommend Can’t Buy a Thrill, The Royal Scam as well as Countdown to Ecstasy. ---
**Author:** ![Railer13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/railer13/32/9742_2.png) [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2025, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-music-do-you-want-to-die-to/1019204/27 "2025-06-05T00:34:17Z")
Casey Jones by the Dead. “Take my advice, you’d be better off dead.” I will take your advice, thanks. ---
**Author:** ![Whack-a-Mole](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/whack-a-mole/32/141_2.png) [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2025, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-music-do-you-want-to-die-to/1019204/28 "2025-06-05T00:36:57Z")
Oooh! (thanks for the reminder @Railer13 ) I forgot the Grateful Dead (I saw Jerry’s last concert…I mention it every chance I get…I saw a lot more than that one too). I’m thinking I’d go with “Ripple”. Such a nice, peaceful song. Lyrics work too. ---
**Author:** ![ZonexandScout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zonexandscout/32/544_2.png) [@ZonexandScout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZonexandScout)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2025, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-music-do-you-want-to-die-to/1019204/29 "2025-06-05T00:38:53Z")
“Like A Hurricane” by Neil Young. It’s one of those songs that could (and often seems to) go on forever. Might be a good thing. ---
**Author:** ![Whack-a-Mole](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/whack-a-mole/32/141_2.png) [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2025, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-music-do-you-want-to-die-to/1019204/30 "2025-06-05T00:41:44Z")
Reminds me of something similar I once read about (almost certainly not true): At the end of the school semester students were handed a sheet to comment on the class. Say what they thought about it. One student (supposedly) wrote: “If I was ever told I had an hour to live I’d spend it in this class because it feels like fucking forever!” 😆 So, you might be on to something. Maybe “In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida”. 🙂 Oooh…better yet, the whole Ring series by Wagner! You’ll be around a long time. ---
**Author:** ![Ellecram](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellecram/32/18948_2.png) [@Ellecram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellecram)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2025, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-music-do-you-want-to-die-to/1019204/31 "2025-06-05T00:42:39Z")
_Ashokan Farewell_ by Jay Ungar _Spiegel im Spiegel_ by Arvo Pärt Either or both could take me out on a melodic goodbye. ---
**Author:** ![Tokushizu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c67d28/32.png) [@Tokushizu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tokushizu)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2025, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-music-do-you-want-to-die-to/1019204/32 "2025-06-05T00:43:21Z")
I’ve listened to many of, but not all of their albums. “Pretzel Logic” & “Gaucho” are two of my favorites. I also like “Two Against Nature” from 2000 very much. But “Aja” is the only album by any artist that I liked EVERY song on…and that includes any groups greatest hits albums. ---
**Author:** ![Whack-a-Mole](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/whack-a-mole/32/141_2.png) [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2025, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-music-do-you-want-to-die-to/1019204/33 "2025-06-05T00:46:19Z")
Give “Can’t Buy a Thrill” a try. I think you will like it. It is often ranked as one of their best albums and often the best. The others are still great too. Really no bad choices there. ---
**Author:** ![Tokushizu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c67d28/32.png) [@Tokushizu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tokushizu)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2025, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-music-do-you-want-to-die-to/1019204/34 "2025-06-05T00:46:42Z")
I’ve never owned any high-end audio equipment, but I guess I can see what you and @Whack-a-Mole are getting at. And thank you for your recommendations…I’ll give them a listen. ---
**Author:** ![Crafter\_Man](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crafter_man/32/458_2.png) [@Crafter\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crafter_Man)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2025, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-music-do-you-want-to-die-to/1019204/35 "2025-06-05T00:48:39Z")
[I’ll Be Mellow When I’m Dead](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kAOYUTdkM-w) by Weird Al Yankovic. ---
**Author:** ![Tokushizu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c67d28/32.png) [@Tokushizu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tokushizu)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2025, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-music-do-you-want-to-die-to/1019204/36 "2025-06-05T00:48:43Z")
Thank you, that’s one of the albums recommended by @sjankis630 and I’ll be SURE to give it a listen since both of you recommend it. ---
**Author:** ![Slithy\_Tove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slithy_tove/32/18248_2.png) [@Slithy\_Tove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slithy_Tove)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2025, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-music-do-you-want-to-die-to/1019204/37 "2025-06-05T00:53:44Z")
> [@Ellecram](#): > > _Spiegel im Spiegel_ by Arvo Pärt [Tabula Rasa](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=EcinEEnul6M&pp=ygUVdGFidWxhIHJhc2EgYXJ2byBwYXJ0) will be remembered for having [comforted terminal AIDS patients.](https://www.salon.com/1999/11/18/tabula/#:~:text=In%20the%20mid%2D'80s%2C,motion%20of%20angels'%20wings.%22) ---
**Author:** ![Ellecram](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellecram/32/18948_2.png) [@Ellecram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellecram)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2025, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-music-do-you-want-to-die-to/1019204/38 "2025-06-05T00:59:44Z")
> [@Slithy\_Tove](#): > > > [@Ellecram](#): > > > > _Spiegel im Spiegel_ by Arvo Pärt > > [Tabula Rasa](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=EcinEEnul6M&pp=ygUVdGFidWxhIHJhc2EgYXJ2byBwYXJ0) will be remembered for having [comforted terminal AIDS patients.](https://www.salon.com/1999/11/18/tabula/#:~:text=In%20the%20mid%2D'80s%2C,motion%20of%20angels'%20wings.%22) Thank you for telling me that - I didn’t know. ---
**Author:** ![Wallet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e99b99/32.png) [@Wallet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wallet)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2025, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-music-do-you-want-to-die-to/1019204/39 "2025-06-05T05:08:49Z")
My husband died just a few short weeks ago. He fought the good fight, but had to go into the palliative care hospital unit. As he lay there intubated, I knew he could hear me - I put Brahms Lullaby featuring Yo-Yo Ma on loop mode, a song we both fell asleep to at home once he became ill. He passed peacefully, hopefully in the knowledge of our deep love that will never pass away. 💜 ---
**Author:** ![Whack-a-Mole](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/whack-a-mole/32/141_2.png) [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2025, 5:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-music-do-you-want-to-die-to/1019204/40 "2025-06-05T05:40:16Z")
That’s very sweet…and sad. Sorry for your loss. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-music-do-you-want-to-die-to/1019204.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-music-do-you-want-to-die-to/1019204.md?page=3)