Detachable Penis by King Missile.
I prefer to go out in the same way as I live…giving everyone a smile.
Steve
During the funeral, glorious hymns like “Sing with All the Saints in Glory” and “Love Divine, All Loves Excelling” and the beautiful “How Can I keep From Singing?”
When the Mass is over, “Blow Gabriel Blow” from De-Lovely.
ETA: justification: Death is about hope for heaven and those hymns say it all for me. And Blow Gabriel Blow is fun and will give people a smile as they leave.
Hmmm…without turning it into a concert, either Prospero’s Speech by Loreena McKennitt, or the Rondo to Beethoven’s Piano Concerto #5. If you hear the latter, that’s me laughing.
Although I am not a top-ten type guy, I would like whatever song is the hit of the year in 2098 to be played.
I’d go with *There Are Places I Remember *by the Beatles and *Highway to Hell *by AC/DC.
If I get married again, I want to walk down the aisle to the second one.
Bill Douglas’ “Deep Peace”
and maybe a little “Spirit in the Sky”…
The Parting Glass- Clancy Brothers
Me too! And, “Take Me Out to the Ballgame”, the full version, not just the chorus. Most people don’t know that the lyrics to the first verse go like this:
Katie Casey was base ball mad.
Had the fever and had it bad;
Just to root for the home town crew,
Ev’ry sou Katie blew.
On a Saturday, her young beau
Called to see if she’d like to go,
To see a show but Miss Kate said,
“No, I’ll tell you what you can do.”
Take me out etc, etc.
You beat me to it, dammit! I like the High Kings’ version better, though.
Plus, I’ll have an open bar! With blackjack, and hookers!
Rani Arbo did a great version of “Crossing the Bar” when she was with Salamander Crossing. That would be my choice.
Another vote for Python’s “Always Look On The Bright Side Of Life”.
Having been a blues guitarist for most of my adult life I’ll also go with Blind Willie Johnson’s “Dark Was The Night, Cold Was The Ground”.
-Mitch
I had a conversation with my brother about this recently.
Me: "I want that song from the movie Highlander played at my funeral.
My Brother: “You mean ‘Who wants to live forever?’ I guess that’s sort of appropriate.”
Me: “No not that one! ‘Princes of the Universe!’ That song totally sums me up.”
Change “Jones Road” (I wish, that’s a very high end part of my town) to “Jane St” and “Detroit” to “Austin” and the song sums up my life.
John Denver
Renaissance
Gordon Lightfoot
Acoustic Alchemy
Michael Hedges
Just put the CDs on shuffle and let 'em rip!
A friend once told me she wanted “If you don’t know me by now (you will never never never know me)” by Simple Red played at her funeral.
She wasn’t known for her humor and when she told me that I nearly died laughing. To this day that’s all I can think of when someone mentions funeral music and I still laugh out loud.
Mozart’s Requiem.
Funeral for a Friend and stop it before it segues into Love Lies Bleeding.