Oh damn, thought of another one, which is more likely since, for some reason, I can never hear it without wanting to cry. <No, I really don’t know why>
Dante’s Prayer, by Loreena McKennitt.
Yow…this one’s on MY top played/eerily appropriate playlist, too.
Small world, huh? Maybe we should plan a double funeral.
Sounds like a guy I would have liked to have met.
I’m chortling imagining the program to Satchmo’s Memorial Service. All very serious, but it reads:
Reflections
Rev. Smith, Mrs. Satchmo, Billy Satchmo
***Hymn: "Amazing Grace"***
*as featured in Star Trek II*
Silent Meditation
This attitude works for everyone from non-believers to ardent born-agains. I’ve told my wife, “I’ll be exploring the universe with CS Lewis, you do whatever you want. I’ll have better stuff to do than watch a funeral.”
Besides, I know if I request “Funeral for a Friend” or a favorite Clash song, she’ll just ignore that as soon as I’m (finally) quiet.
And substitute an acapella pitch-perfect canticle on the 23rd psalm that brings sobs to the assembled multitudes, or some crap like that.
I was raised conservative Lutheran, but am now Episcopalian. My funeral will be straight out of the Book of Common Prayer, and the hymns I chose are some of my favorites, plus not too hard to sing.
As a nod to my original denomination I’ll have “A Mighty Fortress”. Three others will be “Praise to the Lord, the Almighty”, “I Know That My Redeemer Lives”, and “Thine is the Glory” The latter is sung to the tune of “Hail the Conquering Hero Comes” from G.F. Handel’s Judas Maccabeus.
The instructions for my funeral state that the music played before the funeral is not to be that soft, slow, solemn stuff one usually hears. I want loud organ music, with an upbeat Easter theme. I said “I want the organist to play like they are practising for a concert.”
You want the organest organist, doncha now? 
I want them to show Warner Bros. cartoons. And free popcorn and candy and soft drinks. And everyone should dress up as their favorite WB character.
I want Nirvana’s Lithium at my funeral.
Assuming that MrWhatsit survives me, then he should get them to play “MacArthur Park” because for once he will be able to listen to it without me doubling over in laughter about how stupid the “left the cake out in the rain” line is.
I would like to have some light amusing music such as this song from The Cat Empire: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D_PcUJxY63Y
I chose Amazing Grace on bagpipes for my mom. Her best friend had planned to sing but she just couldn’t handle it so this was a spur-of-the-moment decision I regret. I loved that song but now it tears me up so bad every time I hear it, it’s ruined for me. I try to keep that in mind when thinking about what song I want to expose to grieving family and friends.
That’s easy. Dark Side of the Moon.
An audio loop from Fight Club.
“His name is Robert Paulson. His name is Robert Paulson. His name is Robert Paulson.”
I’ve always been fond of The Party’s Over.
Yea… try this for eerie. My number 1 is Necro - Beautiful Music For You To Die To
Then again… in the top 20 there’s “Alive” and “not die’n”… “so it burns”… “the worst”… and something that loosely translated from Finnish is “this is a deception”
I’m starting to reconsider the cremation idea… misdiagnosed as dead… and that playlist would get ironic pretty quickly.
I would like some kind of portentous classical thing that goes on for ages, real sturm and drang, and then there’s a record scratching sound and ‘No more heroes’ by The Strangles slam cuts in and I smash open the lid of the coffin and stand up only to fire a Tommy-gun over the heads of the audience.
By the way, who do you get to do your funeral arrangements? Apparently not your barrister, because he looked a bit tight in the eyes and got short with me when I was explaining this to him.
My first thought is John Prine’s “Please Don’t Bury Me”:
Please don’t bury me
Down in that cold cold ground
No, I’d druther have 'em cut me up
And pass me all around
Throw my brain in a hurricane
And the blind can have my eyes
And the deaf can take both of my ears
If they don’t mind the size
Give my stomach to Milwaukee
If they run out of beer
Put my socks in a cedar box
Just get 'em out of here
Venus de Milo can have my arms
Look out! I’ve got your nose
Sell my heart to the junkman
And give my love to Rose
mmm
I’ve given this a lot of thought. I’m the ripe old age of 35, so I need to start planning now. 
Far Side Bank of Jordan by The Cox Family
Will There Be Any Stars In My Crown by The Cox Family
I Am Weary Let Me Rest by The Cox Family
Rank Stranger by the Stanley Brothers
And a ton of others done the old-timey way. Love it.
Like others have said, I don’t really expect to be there, but I think this song might be oddly appropriate.
My daughter might like to hear Epitaph,
If someone insists on something “traditional”, I guess this version of Amazing Grace would work.
I fully intend to have this performed at my funeral. I’ll record it myself to be played if I know I’m dying early enough!