# What song or songs do you want played at your funeral?

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Tags:** music\
**Created:** [November 26, 2021, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-or-songs-do-you-want-played-at-your-funeral/954993 "2021-11-26T22:24:57Z")\
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**Author:** ![eunoia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eunoia/32/97_2.png) [@eunoia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eunoia)\
**Post date:** [March 6, 2022, 7:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-or-songs-do-you-want-played-at-your-funeral/954993/81 "2022-03-06T07:24:05Z")

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Preshow -  
Alessandro Cortini - Scappa  
Gridlock - Chrometaphor

Main Event -  
Henry Purcell - March from Music for the Funeral of Queen Mary (not the Moog versions, please)  
Galaxie 500 - Ceremony  
Antony and the Johnsons - Mysteries of Love  
This Mortal Coil - Song To The Siren

Shooting for “not a dry eye in the house”.

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**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\
**Post date:** [March 6, 2022, 8:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-or-songs-do-you-want-played-at-your-funeral/954993/82 "2022-03-06T08:22:57Z")

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I believe I would insist that the eulogy be exactly 10 minutes 25 seconds long so that it would nest perfectly starting at the :50 mark and finishing dramatically with twenty seconds left on The End.

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**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\
**Post date:** [March 25, 2023, 12:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-or-songs-do-you-want-played-at-your-funeral/954993/83 "2023-03-25T12:16:58Z")

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nm  
nm  
nm.

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