What should they play at your funeral?

I want The Ecstasy of Gold.

That is all.

Pop goes the weasel!

My name it is Sam Hall

Start with “Spirit In The Sky”, as loud as possible. Throw in “I Love The Dead” and “Cold Ethyl” both by Alice Cooper. Just put them into the mix kind of randomly. If I have time, I’ll record “Just For Once” by me. Play that sucker loud too. Finish up with “Stairway To Heaven” as people are leaving.
Guaranteed everyone will stay awake!

better off dead by bad religion
when the angels sing by social distortion
pet semetary by the ramones
lost in America by alice cooper
and poison by alice c
and just as a middle finger
the og and home invasion albums by ice-t also
my boot leg of copkiller by ice and body count

Hide-and-seek!

Oh, wait, did you mean music?

Since I want to annoy people and have them curse my name as they leave my funeral as quickly as possible - “Achy Breaky Heart” on a continuous loop.

The Party’s Over

Amazing Grace on bagpipes

That or Thunderstruck at full volume

Craps.

I’ve actually left instructions for my funeral (I think it takes pressure off my family) including:

  • upon entry: ‘Let there be love’ by Nat King Cole

  • halfway through: ‘Into the West’ by Annie Lennox

  • upon departure: ‘The lucky one’ by Alison Krause

I don’t want a funeral.

This version of Forever Young

Waiting for my Real Life to Begin - Colin Hay
Brothers in Arms - Dire Straits
You Can Close your Eyes - James Taylor

I don’t care what they play, but I’ve worked it out that my friends are going to scatter my remains all over Disneyland.

I’ve also decided against cremation.

Film at 11.

Oh, I like that!
I want them to play Free Bird. If I’m not actually dead, I’ll get up and run away.
If I’m really most sincerely dead, then Ding Dong the Witch is Dead from the Wizard of Oz.

ELP’s version of Copland’s “Fanfare for the Common Man”

‘I’ll Fly Away’, Allison Krauss

Come Sail Away by Styx