# What song do you want played at your funeral? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [October 19, 2000, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-do-you-want-played-at-your-funeral/37548 "2000-10-19T16:42:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![KarlGauss](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/karlgauss/32/3713_2.png) [@KarlGauss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KarlGauss)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2000, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-do-you-want-played-at-your-funeral/37548/1 "2000-10-19T16:42:21Z")
What song should be playing as they lower your casket into the ground (or light the match for those of you who prefer cremation)? Not necessarily your favorite song. No, not that. Just the song that you want everyone to hear as the credits roll by. For me, there’s no doubt - " **My Way** …but only by the _ **Sex Pistols** _ ---
**Author:** ![Poysyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Poysyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Poysyn)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2000, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-do-you-want-played-at-your-funeral/37548/2 "2000-10-19T16:54:25Z")
Can I have more than one? Well screw it I will anyway - Good Riddance - (I think that’s what it’s called) Green Day The Dance - Garth Brooks I Have a Dream - ABBA Iris - The Goo-goo Dolls ---
**Author:** ![Gunslinger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/4491bb/32.png) [@Gunslinger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gunslinger)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2000, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-do-you-want-played-at-your-funeral/37548/3 "2000-10-19T16:57:38Z")
_Friends in Low Places_–Garth Brooks _Highway to Hell_–AC/DC [sub]That was meant as a joke, BTW.[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![Coldfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2000, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-do-you-want-played-at-your-funeral/37548/4 "2000-10-19T16:57:45Z")
[li]_Believe_ by **Savatage** [/li][li]_Bravado_ by **Rush** [/li][li]_Afterimage_ by **Rush** [/li][li]_9th Symphony_ by **Beethoven** [/li] _“Alle Menschen werden Brüder sein”_ ---
**Author:** ![JustAnotherGuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/278dde/32.png) [@JustAnotherGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JustAnotherGuy)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2000, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-do-you-want-played-at-your-funeral/37548/5 "2000-10-19T17:07:39Z")
“Your an asshole” by Dennis Miller ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2000, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-do-you-want-played-at-your-funeral/37548/6 "2000-10-19T17:07:54Z")
“Going Down Slow” by Aretha Franklin. ---
**Author:** ![Maeglin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8baadc/32.png) [@Maeglin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maeglin)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2000, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-do-you-want-played-at-your-funeral/37548/7 "2000-10-19T17:08:14Z")
The **Dies Irae** and the **Tuba Mirum** from **Verdi’s Requiem** , since there is good chance that if I heard it live, I would come back from the dead. MR ---
**Author:** ![Falcon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/49beb7/32.png) [@Falcon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Falcon)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2000, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-do-you-want-played-at-your-funeral/37548/8 "2000-10-19T17:22:40Z")
“Bravado,” by Rush. “The Quest,” from _Man of La Mancha_ “#34,” by the Dave Matthews Band “Girl With the Weight of the World In Her Hands,” by the Indigo Girls ---
**Author:** ![Arnold\_Winkelried](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Arnold\_Winkelried](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arnold_Winkelried)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2000, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-do-you-want-played-at-your-funeral/37548/9 "2000-10-19T17:33:14Z")
I’m not sure what the title is, but it goes like this: Did you ever think As the hearse rolls by, That sooner or later You’re goin’ to die, The men with shovels All stand around They shovel you in To that cold, wet ground They shovel in dirt Then they throw in rocks They don’t give a hoot If they break the box. Oh, the worms crawl in, And the worms crawl out, They all play pinochle On your snout etc… ---
**Author:** ![Crunchy\_Frog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ebca7d/32.png) [@Crunchy\_Frog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crunchy_Frog)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2000, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-do-you-want-played-at-your-funeral/37548/10 "2000-10-19T17:38:06Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by JustAnotherGuy \* > \*\*“Your an asshole” by Dennis Miller \*\* I think that was Dennis Leary. I’d like them to play _Always Look on the Bright Side of Life_ from Monty Python’s Life of Brian. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2000, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-do-you-want-played-at-your-funeral/37548/11 "2000-10-19T17:44:35Z")
“Yes, We Have no Bananas.” If it’s good enough for Ingmar Bergman, it’s good enough for me.\* 😉 Other than that: “Rhapsody in Blue” “Song of Joy” from Beethovan’s 9th (nice choice, Coldfire) “Doctor Jazz” by the Bonzo Dog Band “Teen Angel” by Mark Dinning “People That Died” by Jim Carroll \*Bonus points if you know what I’m talking about. ---
**Author:** ![Initial\_Entry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/e9a140/32.png) [@Initial\_Entry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Initial_Entry)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2000, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-do-you-want-played-at-your-funeral/37548/12 "2000-10-19T18:11:11Z")
_Another One Bites The Dust_, by Queen, of course. What other song could compare? ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2000, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-do-you-want-played-at-your-funeral/37548/13 "2000-10-19T18:19:12Z")
Some songs I would like… I’ll be seeing you We’ll meet again Bye Bye Love Nobis te Dominae (not sure of the spelling but it is from the Henry V soundtrack ken braunagh version) Adagio for Strings (Barber) The Parting Glass “And I hope some large breasted woman will insist on ‘You’re the best thing to ever happen to me’.” (line from High Fidelity) ---
**Author:** ![Cisco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2000, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-do-you-want-played-at-your-funeral/37548/14 "2000-10-19T18:23:31Z")
“Funeral for a Friend” - Elton John “Freak Out” - 311 (…death i just say fuck you/the void unknown were thrown through…) “Going Down to Die” - Danzig All these would be good funeral songs but its hard to disagree with the guy that said Another One Bites the Dust… ---
**Author:** ![Cisco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2000, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-do-you-want-played-at-your-funeral/37548/15 "2000-10-19T18:27:04Z")
My dad and a friend of his were listening to the song “Funeral for a Friend” one time and the guy mentioned that he would like that song played at his funeral. He wrecked his motorcycle and died later that day. My dad made sure they played it at his funeral ---
**Author:** ![Sunglasses](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5fc32e/32.png) [@Sunglasses](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunglasses)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2000, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-do-you-want-played-at-your-funeral/37548/16 "2000-10-19T18:31:37Z")
Whiter Shade of Pale ---
**Author:** ![uberDave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/f04885/32.png) [@uberDave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/uberDave)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2000, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-do-you-want-played-at-your-funeral/37548/17 "2000-10-19T18:33:06Z")
amazing grace… with bagpipes, of course. Dave ---
**Author:** ![Skelji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b38774/32.png) [@Skelji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skelji)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2000, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-do-you-want-played-at-your-funeral/37548/18 "2000-10-19T19:00:46Z")
I can’t think of a particular song, but someone once said: When I die, bury me deep Put some speakers at my feet Another pair up by my head And always play the Grateful Dead Sounds good to me. ---
**Author:** ![racinchikki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/eada6e/32.png) [@racinchikki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racinchikki)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2000, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-do-you-want-played-at-your-funeral/37548/19 "2000-10-19T19:08:40Z")
The Dance, by Garth Brooks … or Sin Wagon by the Dixie Chicks, to be a bit facetious… _when it’s my turn to march up to glory, I’m gonna have one hell of a story – that’s if He forgives me, oh Lord please forgive me! Praise the Lord and pass the ammunition, need a little bit more of that sweet salvation, they may take me with my feet a-draggin’ but I’ll fly away on a Sin Wagon_ ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2000, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-do-you-want-played-at-your-funeral/37548/20 "2000-10-19T19:08:42Z")
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