# what song do you want played at your funeral? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [March 27, 2001, 5:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-do-you-want-played-at-your-funeral/59650 "2001-03-27T05:56:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![strangecurrencies](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e79b87/32.png) [@strangecurrencies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/strangecurrencies)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2001, 5:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-do-you-want-played-at-your-funeral/59650/1 "2001-03-27T05:56:31Z")
I’m sure this question has been posted before, I just feel slightly morbid and it’s what has come to mind. Mine are Dylan’s ‘Every Grain of Sand’ and the Pogues version of ‘The Parting Glass’ By the way, I haven’t posted here but have enjoyed the hell out of these boards. Some of you guys/gals are funny funny people. Thanks … ---
**Author:** ![beckwall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b487fb/32.png) [@beckwall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beckwall)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2001, 6:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-do-you-want-played-at-your-funeral/59650/2 "2001-03-27T06:12:34Z")
I suppose “Girlfriend in a Coma” would be in bad taste. OK, I know the answer! It’s “Time Has Told Me” by Nick Drake. And for quiet background music, something by Ralph Vaughn Williams. Or Beck. Hmmmm, let’s just have a party instead. ---
**Author:** ![gypsy\_gurl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a183cd/32.png) [@gypsy\_gurl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gypsy_gurl)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2001, 6:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-do-you-want-played-at-your-funeral/59650/3 "2001-03-27T06:19:10Z")
hmmmmmmmm … 1. The Police “Don’t Stand So Close to Me” 2. Corrs “Leave Me Breathless” hehehe sorry…couldn’t resist 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Jeremy\_s\_Evil\_Twin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Jeremy\_s\_Evil\_Twin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jeremy_s_Evil_Twin)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2001, 6:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-do-you-want-played-at-your-funeral/59650/4 "2001-03-27T06:29:33Z")
Anything by [Carcass](http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=Bfud0yl2jxpzb) or [Six Feet Under](http://www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/Studio/5666/) would suffice. JET ---
**Author:** ![MsWhatsit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/eb8c5e/32.png) [@MsWhatsit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsWhatsit)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2001, 7:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-do-you-want-played-at-your-funeral/59650/5 "2001-03-27T07:07:50Z")
“Everybody knows he was just a gigolo! Life goes on without him! And IIIIIIIIIIIII ain’t got no BOOOOOOODY! (nobody!) Nobody! (nobody!) Nobody!” etc. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Booker57](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Booker57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Booker57)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2001, 7:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-do-you-want-played-at-your-funeral/59650/6 "2001-03-27T07:25:28Z")
I have a list!! 1. "Weird Al Yankovic: “I’ll be mellow when I’m dead” 2. Dave Brubeck: “Take Five” 3. Steelers Wheels: “Stuck in the middle with you” There are more but the list is with my Funeral Director. One important point, no way, no how “Amazing Grace” on the bagpipes. Any other 'pipe music, just not that ---
**Author:** ![SPOOFE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c5a1d2/32.png) [@SPOOFE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SPOOFE)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2001, 7:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-do-you-want-played-at-your-funeral/59650/7 "2001-03-27T07:33:46Z")
Pink Floyd’s _Wish You Were Here_, except sung by one of my best friend’s, Chris Benton. ---
**Author:** ![dook](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/cdc98d/32.png) [@dook](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dook)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2001, 7:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-do-you-want-played-at-your-funeral/59650/8 "2001-03-27T07:55:05Z")
Bad company… (till the day I die). By Bad company. nuff said. ---
**Author:** ![Drastic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Drastic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drastic)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2001, 8:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-do-you-want-played-at-your-funeral/59650/9 "2001-03-27T08:52:04Z")
Hmmm. I wlll second Weird Al’s “I’ll Be Mellow When I’m Dead”. I wouldn’t really want anything terribly weepy or dirgeish. I do know lines that I want in my eulogy, dammit, or will probably use should I ever be called on to write someone else’s. From Kahlil Gibran’s “the Prophet” (possibly mungled thru memory): Always remember that I will come back to you. A little while, and my longing shall gather dust and foam for a new body; A little while, a moment of rest on the wind, and another woman shall bear me. Guess on my personal preference of eschatology. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![blur](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/dbc845/32.png) [@blur](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blur)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2001, 9:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-do-you-want-played-at-your-funeral/59650/10 "2001-03-27T09:09:11Z")
Dude, Carcass? Nah, to loud for a funeral. All though last time I saw them, you’d have thought the place was a funeral. The crowd was dead at least. Ouch, that was bad, huh? Anyway, I would probably want some Sinatra playing. You know, some nice conversational music while everyone walked around the funeral home trying to figure out what to say to relatives you haven’t seen in 25 years. From the hearse to the grave, something with bagpipes. If I can find someone who can play Carcass on bagpipes. ---
**Author:** ![Muffin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muffin/32/4341_2.png) [@Muffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muffin)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2001, 11:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-do-you-want-played-at-your-funeral/59650/11 "2001-03-27T11:46:05Z")
Nighttime funeral. Someone with a good set of pipes singing Bach-Ground’s Ave while I’m set off in my burning canoe onto Superior. ---
**Author:** ![Jenericho](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d26b3c/32.png) [@Jenericho](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jenericho)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2001, 11:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-do-you-want-played-at-your-funeral/59650/12 "2001-03-27T11:53:08Z")
Exquisite Dead Guy by They Might Be Giants ---
**Author:** ![Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e36b37/32.png) [@Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Airman_Doors_USAF)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2001, 11:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-do-you-want-played-at-your-funeral/59650/13 "2001-03-27T11:59:03Z")
When The Music’s Over. 'Nuff said. ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan43](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9de0a6/32.png) [@Jonathan43](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan43)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2001, 12:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-do-you-want-played-at-your-funeral/59650/14 "2001-03-27T12:21:32Z")
I remember reading that Peter Sellers was cremated to the starins of “In the Mood” by Glenn Miller. So the casket was solemnly sent on its way down the conveyor belt towards the velvet curtains - accompanied by the rousing brass of the great wartime bandleader (ba da da dat da da da derdaddada! ) Not a dry eye in the house… ---
**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:** [March 27, 2001, 12:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-do-you-want-played-at-your-funeral/59650/15 "2001-03-27T12:48:01Z")
**Dancing Queen** by **Abba**. I just think it would be fun. Of course, I have also requested a faris wheel for my funeral. ---
**Author:** ![jharding](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e480ec/32.png) [@jharding](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jharding)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2001, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-do-you-want-played-at-your-funeral/59650/16 "2001-03-27T13:43:12Z")
Well… anything by the Grateful Dead would be just lovely. ---
**Author:** ![Kayeby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9de0a6/32.png) [@Kayeby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kayeby)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2001, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-do-you-want-played-at-your-funeral/59650/17 "2001-03-27T13:52:24Z")
Chopin’s **“Nocturne”** would be nice for the solemn bits. Then with just family and friends, I’d like Frankie Valli’s **“Can’t Take My Eyes Off You”** , substituting “kayeby” for “baby”. > [@](#): > > I love you kayeby, and if it’s quite alright, > I need you kayeby to warm the lonely night. I love you kayeby. > Trust in me when I say: Oh pretty kayeby, don’t bring me down, I pray. > Oh pretty kayeby, now that I found you. Stay. ---
**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:** [March 27, 2001, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-do-you-want-played-at-your-funeral/59650/18 "2001-03-27T13:58:26Z")
“Yes, We Have No Bananas.” Carl Reiner and Ingmar Bergman can’t be both wrong. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![HeyHomie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heyhomie/32/207_2.png) [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2001, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-do-you-want-played-at-your-funeral/59650/19 "2001-03-27T14:09:59Z")
SCHMALTZ ALERT SCHMALTZ ALERT SCHMALTZ ALERT _Another Time, Another Place_ by Sandi Patti and Wayne Watson. _Dust in the Wind_ by Kansas. _How Beautiful_ by Twila Paris. By the time those three songs are sung, there won’t be a dry eye in the room. And in my concept of Heaven, God gives me a house on the beach, a Waverunner®, a PlayStationII®, and a Cessna®. So while everybody down on earth is crying their eyes out, I’ll be enjoying my new toys. ---
**Author:** ![PolishSausage](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a9a28c/32.png) [@PolishSausage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PolishSausage)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2001, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-do-you-want-played-at-your-funeral/59650/20 "2001-03-27T14:10:58Z")
I have to think about songs for a tick, but I would like someone to be moved to reading aloud the poem (I forget the title and author) that was read durring the funeral scene in ‘Four Weddings and a Funeral’. I love that part of the movie. ~t [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-do-you-want-played-at-your-funeral/59650.md?page=2)