# What should they play at your funeral? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 15, 2019, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-they-play-at-your-funeral/829572 "2019-02-15T04:37:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Scumpup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce73a5/32.png) [@Scumpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scumpup)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2019, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-they-play-at-your-funeral/829572/1 "2019-02-15T04:37:30Z")
I want [The Ecstasy of Gold.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ubVc2MQwMkg) That is all. ---
**Author:** ![GaryM](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garym/32/241_2.png) [@GaryM](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GaryM)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2019, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-they-play-at-your-funeral/829572/2 "2019-02-15T04:52:19Z")
Pop goes the weasel! ---
**Author:** ![Tatterdemalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/43a26b/32.png) [@Tatterdemalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tatterdemalion)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2019, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-they-play-at-your-funeral/829572/3 "2019-02-15T05:05:19Z")
My name it is Sam Hall ---
**Author:** ![zoogirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b9bd4f/32.png) [@zoogirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoogirl)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2019, 5:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-they-play-at-your-funeral/829572/4 "2019-02-15T05:15:44Z")
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! ---
**Author:** ![nightshadea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7ba0ec/32.png) [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2019, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-they-play-at-your-funeral/829572/5 "2019-02-15T05:16:36Z")
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 ---
**Author:** ![nelliebly](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nelliebly/32/5422_2.png) [@nelliebly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nelliebly)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2019, 7:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-they-play-at-your-funeral/829572/6 "2019-02-15T07:20:44Z")
Hide-and-seek! Oh, wait, did you mean music? ---
**Author:** ![Alpha\_Twit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alpha_twit/32/265_2.png) [@Alpha\_Twit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alpha_Twit)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2019, 8:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-they-play-at-your-funeral/829572/7 "2019-02-15T08:01:33Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![Musicat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/musicat/32/20189_2.png) [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2019, 8:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-they-play-at-your-funeral/829572/8 "2019-02-15T08:38:50Z")
The Party’s Over ---
**Author:** ![DorkVader](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/73ab20/32.png) [@DorkVader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DorkVader)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2019, 10:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-they-play-at-your-funeral/829572/9 "2019-02-15T10:14:26Z")
Amazing Grace on bagpipes That or Thunderstruck at full volume ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2019, 12:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-they-play-at-your-funeral/829572/10 "2019-02-15T12:00:16Z")
Craps. ---
**Author:** ![glee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b5a626/32.png) [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2019, 12:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-they-play-at-your-funeral/829572/11 "2019-02-15T12:05:53Z")
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 ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2019, 12:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-they-play-at-your-funeral/829572/12 "2019-02-15T12:06:03Z")
I don’t want a funeral. ---
**Author:** ![K364](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/k364/32/5_2.png) [@K364](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/K364)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2019, 12:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-they-play-at-your-funeral/829572/13 "2019-02-15T12:11:11Z")
This version of [Forever Young](https://youtu.be/rAD-4XKBcmA) ---
**Author:** ![Sparky812](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Sparky812](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sparky812)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2019, 12:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-they-play-at-your-funeral/829572/14 "2019-02-15T12:12:36Z")
Waiting for my Real Life to Begin - Colin Hay Brothers in Arms - Dire Straits You Can Close your Eyes - James Taylor ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2019, 12:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-they-play-at-your-funeral/829572/15 "2019-02-15T12:46:45Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2019, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-they-play-at-your-funeral/829572/16 "2019-02-15T13:43:42Z")
Film at 11. ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2019, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-they-play-at-your-funeral/829572/17 "2019-02-15T13:46:41Z")
> [@GaryM](#): > > Pop goes the weasel! 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. ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2019, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-they-play-at-your-funeral/829572/18 "2019-02-15T13:59:04Z")
ELP’s version of Copland’s “Fanfare for the Common Man” ---
**Author:** ![elbows](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b3f665/32.png) [@elbows](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elbows)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2019, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-they-play-at-your-funeral/829572/19 "2019-02-15T14:25:37Z")
‘I’ll Fly Away’, Allison Krauss [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/1BPoMIQHwpo/hqdefault.jpg?sqp=-oaymwEmCOADEOgC8quKqQMa8AEB-AH-BIAC4AOKAgwIABABGCIgSih_MA8=&rs=AOn4CLB_FrGmbnfr1v6f-uYR3g-xpuOlJg "Alison Krauss - I'll fly away") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1BPoMIQHwpo) ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2019, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-they-play-at-your-funeral/829572/20 "2019-02-15T14:26:20Z")
Come Sail Away by Styx [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-they-play-at-your-funeral/829572.md?page=2)