# 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:** 2
**Author:** ![sk8rixtx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/858c86/32.png) [@sk8rixtx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sk8rixtx)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2000, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-do-you-want-played-at-your-funeral/37548/21 "2000-10-19T19:14:42Z")
“Barbie Girl” by Aqua… oh wait! That’s my guilty pleasure song… Hmmmmm, I’ll be dead, soooooooooo, I pick “What Do You Think of Me Now” By Relative Ash ---
**Author:** ![Dinsdale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/97f17d/32.png) [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2000, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-do-you-want-played-at-your-funeral/37548/22 "2000-10-19T19:25:07Z")
My first choice would be whatever was the hottest new release of the second week of June, 2112. Absent that, maybe John Prine’s “Please Don’t Bury Me” ("I’d rather have them cut me up, pass me all around…) Or maybe, who was it?, Pure Prairie League’s “Why Don’t We Get Drunk and Screw” and Little Feat’s “Don’t Bogart That Joint.” I expect there to be one hell of a party going on. ---
**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, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-do-you-want-played-at-your-funeral/37548/23 "2000-10-19T19:30:41Z")
Hijack—This just reminded me. About a week after my grandmother’s funeral, I got a sympathy card that said, “She is not dead. She is only sleeping.” My first thought was, “Jesus Christ, and we BURIED her!!!” ---
**Author:** ![Lemming](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ccd318/32.png) [@Lemming](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lemming)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2000, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-do-you-want-played-at-your-funeral/37548/24 "2000-10-19T19:38:39Z")
Jethro Tull’s “Lick Your Fingers Clean”. Just because. ---
**Author:** ![Zumba\_The\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/779978/32.png) [@Zumba\_The\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zumba_The_Cat)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2000, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-do-you-want-played-at-your-funeral/37548/25 "2000-10-19T19:44:38Z")
Definatly Dancing Queen by Abba. I just think it would be fun. I would also like to have a ferris wheel and funnel cakes at my funeral. And fireworks! There has to be fireworks. ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2000, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-do-you-want-played-at-your-funeral/37548/26 "2000-10-19T19:45:14Z")
“Laugh and Be Happy”, by [Sheriff John](http://www1.50megs.com/partigirl/SheriffJohn/sheriffjohn.html) “[Daydream](http://gunther.simplenet.com/v/data/daydream.htm)”, by Lovin’ Spoonful ---
**Author:** ![Gazoo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ce73a5/32.png) [@Gazoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gazoo)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2000, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-do-you-want-played-at-your-funeral/37548/27 "2000-10-19T20:33:46Z")
“Ain’t No Grave Gonna Hold My Body Down” ---
**Author:** ![CnoteChris](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/278dde/32.png) [@CnoteChris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CnoteChris)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2000, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-do-you-want-played-at-your-funeral/37548/28 "2000-10-19T20:42:44Z")
No one has said the obvious? **Wish you were here** - Pink Floyd. Presumably this would be directed to those that precipitated my demise. And the idiot drivers in front of me who have always driven too slow. ---
**Author:** ![Geek\_Mecha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ecae2f/32.png) [@Geek\_Mecha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Geek_Mecha)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2000, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-do-you-want-played-at-your-funeral/37548/29 "2000-10-19T20:53:44Z")
The Theme from Schindler’s List… followed by BNL’s cover of “Gin and Juice”, because it’s a fun song. ---
**Author:** ![poohpah\_chalupa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/91b2a8/32.png) [@poohpah\_chalupa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/poohpah_chalupa)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2000, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-do-you-want-played-at-your-funeral/37548/30 "2000-10-19T21:00:40Z")
I’d hijack “Where You Are” by Gypsy Soul, which was written for another individual’s passing, but is so damn beautiful, I’d want it as my own as well (and hope that Cilette and Roman wouldn’t mind). ---
**Author:** ![John\_Bredin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/96bed5/32.png) [@John\_Bredin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Bredin)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2000, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-do-you-want-played-at-your-funeral/37548/31 "2000-10-19T22:37:13Z")
“amazing grace… with bagpipes, of course.” Oh my God! I have to second that one. A funeral with “Amazing Grace” on the bagpipes has to be just about the most emotionally powerful thing known to mankind. It’s just so damned mournful, like the dead person themselves is moaning. I cry when I see funerals in bad movies if they play “Amazing Grace” on the bagpipes! With that song playing, people who can’t stand me would cry if they attended my funeral. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Mauve\_Dog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ad7895/32.png) [@Mauve\_Dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mauve_Dog)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2000, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-do-you-want-played-at-your-funeral/37548/32 "2000-10-19T22:43:32Z")
Any of these choices: 1. Gymnopédie, No. 1, by Erik Satie 2. Funeral March for a Marionette, by Gounod 3. Siegfried’s Funeral Music, by Wagner 4. Adagio, by Albinoni I would go for either #1 or #4 (or both) if I really wanted to depress the hell out of my mourners (well, damnit, I sure don’t want them to be _happy_ to see me go!). ---
**Author:** ![Grendel69](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/7bcc69/32.png) [@Grendel69](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grendel69)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2000, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-do-you-want-played-at-your-funeral/37548/33 "2000-10-19T22:44:09Z")
“Staying Alive” \ ---
**Author:** ![Welfy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e56c9b/32.png) [@Welfy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Welfy)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2000, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-do-you-want-played-at-your-funeral/37548/34 "2000-10-19T22:50:24Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by uberDave \* > \*\*amazing grace… with bagpipes, of course. > > Dave \*\* Amen to that! Or “Danny Boy” on the bagpipes. Either one would be gorgeous. My choices: “Going To Your Funeral” – Eels “The Parting Glass” – Celtic Nots “Fly Away” – John Denver ---
**Author:** ![Coldfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2000, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-do-you-want-played-at-your-funeral/37548/35 "2000-10-20T00:02:41Z")
OK, I’m going to be a nit-picker for a bit. But it’s funeral music, so we HAVE to take it seriously! Crunchy Frog: the correct spelling is Denis Leary. One “n”. RealityChuck: Beethoven, not -van. And it’s “Ode to Joy”. Cisco: your post sent shivers down my spine. Eerie. ZeGirl: “Whiter Shade of Pale” is about getting extremely drunk. CNoteChris: “Wish you were here” is about Sid Barret’s insanity. There. I’m all done now 😉 ---
**Author:** ![waterj2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/858c86/32.png) [@waterj2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/waterj2)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2000, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-do-you-want-played-at-your-funeral/37548/36 "2000-10-20T00:09:19Z")
Well, I’ve always loved the idea of having _Amazing Grace_ playing on the bagpipes. Also, _Shine on You Crazy Diamond_ by Pink Floyd by byaSFsghas a certain sadness to it that would be appropriate. ---
**Author:** ![rowrrbazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rowrrbazzle/32/414_2.png) [@rowrrbazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rowrrbazzle)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2000, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-do-you-want-played-at-your-funeral/37548/37 "2000-10-20T00:29:26Z")
For sure: “The Lost Chord” by Sir Arthur Sullivan Optional: “In Paradisum” from the Gregorian chant requiem mass “In Paradisum” from Faure’s Requiem “The Last Words of David” by Randall Thompson As for “Amazing Grace”, I’m just not crazy about it, so I’d rather it **not** be included. Unless it’s sung to the tune of “Gilligan’s Island.” Not that I’m crazy about “Gilligan’s Island”, either. But I think the combination is funny. ---
**Author:** ![rowrrbazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rowrrbazzle/32/414_2.png) [@rowrrbazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rowrrbazzle)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2000, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-do-you-want-played-at-your-funeral/37548/38 "2000-10-20T00:33:08Z")
Oh, and maybe just for a laugh: “Happy Trails To You” (Roy Rogers) ---
**Author:** ![Kat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b19c9b/32.png) [@Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kat)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2000, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-do-you-want-played-at-your-funeral/37548/39 "2000-10-20T01:03:27Z")
_Prop Me Up Beside The Jukebox (If I Die)_. I’ve already informed my family of this. ---
**Author:** ![DigitalMuse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecccb3/32.png) [@DigitalMuse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DigitalMuse)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2000, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-do-you-want-played-at-your-funeral/37548/40 "2000-10-20T01:32:38Z")
euology by tool rain by switchblade symphony before i go by unwritten law lovesong by the cure blasphemous rumours by depeche mode [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-do-you-want-played-at-your-funeral/37548.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-do-you-want-played-at-your-funeral/37548.md?page=3)