# What Song will They Play When the Queen Dies? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** music\ **Created:** [September 3, 2021, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-will-they-play-when-the-queen-dies/950062 "2021-09-03T21:41:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2021, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-will-they-play-when-the-queen-dies/950062/21 "2021-09-04T14:06:03Z")
It’s so obvious… 😉 The Queen deserves a rock n roll farewell. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/I_2D8Eo15wE/maxresdefault.jpg "Ram Jam - Black Betty") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I_2D8Eo15wE) ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2021, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-will-they-play-when-the-queen-dies/950062/22 "2021-09-04T14:06:44Z")
_Hanoverian Rhapsody_. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2021, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-will-they-play-when-the-queen-dies/950062/23 "2021-09-04T14:40:18Z")
I wonder if Lizzie herself has ever offered an opinion on what she would like? I mean, it’s not uncommon for us commoners to talk about what music we’d like played at our funeral. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2021, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-will-they-play-when-the-queen-dies/950062/24 "2021-09-04T14:46:25Z")
Note that the question wasn’t about the music for the funeral, which she probably does have an opinion on. (I’m sure that they have discussed all of the funeral arrangements with her.) Instead the question is about what music radio stations will play after the announcement of her death. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2021, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-will-they-play-when-the-queen-dies/950062/25 "2021-09-04T14:52:06Z")
Oh, and it occurs to me that this thread is a better fit for Cafe Society. Moving. ---
**Author:** ![bob\_2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bob_2/32/3341_2.png) [@bob\_2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bob_2)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2021, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-will-they-play-when-the-queen-dies/950062/26 "2021-09-04T17:01:15Z")
> [@The\_Stafford\_Cripps](#): > > Tens of millions of UK citizens will actually not give a shit. When an elderly member of a family dies, most people are sad, but few will be sobbing and rending their garments. I remember that when Kennedy was assassinated, my young brother was most put out because all the mainstream TV channels were broadcasting sombre music and recycling the scanty news. Much the same when Diana died, although we weren’t at home that day. What we will get is an extended obituary. I have no doubt that the three main channels will already have most of it prepared. Other channels may well show films etc for the republicans and those of us who will be sad, but not want it wall to wall ---
**Author:** ![bob\_2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bob_2/32/3341_2.png) [@bob\_2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bob_2)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2021, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-will-they-play-when-the-queen-dies/950062/27 "2021-09-04T17:02:10Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > what music radio stations will play after the announcement of her death. Undoubtedly the National Anthem. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2021, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-will-they-play-when-the-queen-dies/950062/28 "2021-09-04T17:07:04Z")
> [@bob\_2](#): > > What we will get is an extended obituary. I have no doubt that the three main channels will already have most of it prepared. Other channels may well show films etc for the republicans and those of us who will be sad, but not want it wall to wall Whatever your feelings on the royals, she is, I think, the last remaining world leader from the World War II generation. (Even though she was only a princess during the war.) ---
**Author:** ![madsircool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madsircool/32/3432_2.png) [@madsircool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madsircool)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2021, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-will-they-play-when-the-queen-dies/950062/29 "2021-09-04T17:09:15Z")
[![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/eubgWMwSD0k/hqdefault.jpg?sqp=-oaymwEmCOADEOgC8quKqQMa8AEB-AH-BIAC4AOKAgwIABABGFUgZShMMA8=&rs=AOn4CLBom_uKMZXeX86abD-B6UJ7SEndxA "The Smiths - The Queen Is Dead") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eubgWMwSD0k) ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2021, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-will-they-play-when-the-queen-dies/950062/30 "2021-09-04T19:19:38Z")
She’s too cute to be a minute over 17. [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fJh3I5XFNH4) I think the Queen would be fine having that as part of her musical tribute. After all, she likes beer cheese. ---
**Author:** ![sciurophobic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cab0a1/32.png) [@sciurophobic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sciurophobic)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2021, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-will-they-play-when-the-queen-dies/950062/31 "2021-09-05T15:55:03Z")
[This is the song that will be played when the Queen dies.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WvoTRhtGeWo) ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2021, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-will-they-play-when-the-queen-dies/950062/32 "2021-09-05T16:29:27Z")
When I hear the news I’ll queue up the Pistols- [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/cBojbjoMttI/hqdefault.jpg "The Sex Pistols - Anarchy In The U.K (official video)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cBojbjoMttI) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-will-they-play-when-the-queen-dies/950062.md?page=1)