# When \*this\* celebrity dies, \*that\* song will be played endlessly **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 12, 2012, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-this-celebrity-dies-that-song-will-be-played-endlessly/612616 "2012-02-12T18:34:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2012, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-this-celebrity-dies-that-song-will-be-played-endlessly/612616/21 "2012-02-12T19:55:27Z")
[QUOTE=missred;14766543\*Coal Miner’s Daughter for Loretta Lynn [/QUOTE] And Sissy Spacek. ---
**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2012, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-this-celebrity-dies-that-song-will-be-played-endlessly/612616/22 "2012-02-12T20:05:57Z")
_Wind Beneath My Wings_ for Bette Midler ---
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2012, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-this-celebrity-dies-that-song-will-be-played-endlessly/612616/23 "2012-02-12T20:06:59Z")
John Mellencamp - Pink Houses Ozzy Osbourne - Iron Man ---
**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2012, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-this-celebrity-dies-that-song-will-be-played-endlessly/612616/24 "2012-02-12T20:11:48Z")
[Never Say Goodbye](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tRgCoPhj3ek) for Jon Bon Jovi ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2012, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-this-celebrity-dies-that-song-will-be-played-endlessly/612616/25 "2012-02-12T20:14:32Z")
> [@PandaBear77](#): > > When either Simon or Garfunkel go, it’ll be either The Boxer or, more likely, Homeward Bound. No - my bet is “Bridge Over Troubled Water” for Art, “Sounds of Silence” for Paul. Bruce Springsteen - “Born to Run”. ---
**Author:** ![Peanuthead](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peanuthead/32/360_2.png) [@Peanuthead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peanuthead)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2012, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-this-celebrity-dies-that-song-will-be-played-endlessly/612616/26 "2012-02-12T20:28:08Z")
B.B. King - The Thrill Is Gone Elvis Costello - The Angels Wanna Wear My Red Shoes (and I bet all the pallbearers wear red shoes) ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2012, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-this-celebrity-dies-that-song-will-be-played-endlessly/612616/27 "2012-02-12T22:08:03Z")
Billy Joel - “Piano Man.” Or probably, “Just The Way You Are,” to his eternal chagrin. Eric Clapton - “Layla.” ---
**Author:** ![nivlac](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/3bc359/32.png) [@nivlac](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nivlac)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2012, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-this-celebrity-dies-that-song-will-be-played-endlessly/612616/28 "2012-02-12T22:19:05Z")
Tony Bennett (85 years young) - I Left My Heart in San Francisco ---
**Author:** ![Drain\_Bead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e47774/32.png) [@Drain\_Bead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drain_Bead)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2012, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-this-celebrity-dies-that-song-will-be-played-endlessly/612616/29 "2012-02-12T22:19:46Z")
Eddie Vedder probably WON’T get “Alive”. ---
**Author:** ![enomaj](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/59ef9b/32.png) [@enomaj](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enomaj)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2012, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-this-celebrity-dies-that-song-will-be-played-endlessly/612616/30 "2012-02-12T22:22:33Z")
Prince - Purple Rain El Debarge - Rhythm of the Night Lionel Ritchie - All Night Long Derrick May - Strings of Life (Techno artist) Patti Labelle - Lady Marmalade Anita Baker - Rapture ---
**Author:** ![mkecane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9e8a1a/32.png) [@mkecane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mkecane)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2012, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-this-celebrity-dies-that-song-will-be-played-endlessly/612616/31 "2012-02-12T22:45:03Z")
> [@Drain\_Bead](#): > > Eddie Vedder probably WON’T get “Alive”. It should be “Immortality,” except no one knows it if they’re not a big fan. ---
**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:** [February 12, 2012, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-this-celebrity-dies-that-song-will-be-played-endlessly/612616/32 "2012-02-12T22:45:28Z")
> [@PandaBear77](#): > > When either Simon or Garfunkel go, it’ll be either The Boxer or, more likely, Homeward Bound. More likely, **Mrs. Robinson** Pete Townsend: Won’t Get Fooled Again Ray Davies: Lola Eric Burdon: House of the Rising Sun Susan Boyle: I Dreamed a Dream (with the clip of her on **Britain’s Got Talent** ) ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2012, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-this-celebrity-dies-that-song-will-be-played-endlessly/612616/33 "2012-02-12T22:53:13Z")
> [@RealityChuck](#): > > Ray Davies: Lola I hope not. It may be his best known song, but there are more elegaic-sounding choices, like “Waterloo Sunset,” “Days,” or “Don’t Forget to Dance.” ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2012, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-this-celebrity-dies-that-song-will-be-played-endlessly/612616/34 "2012-02-12T22:55:11Z")
Sarah McLaughlin - I Will Remember You…that damn song was used for every damn sad scene for a few years, so I doubt anyone will be able to resist when the sad moment is her death. ---
**Author:** ![Argent\_Towers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e8c25b/32.png) [@Argent\_Towers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Argent_Towers)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2012, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-this-celebrity-dies-that-song-will-be-played-endlessly/612616/35 "2012-02-12T22:59:42Z")
> [@JRDelirious](#): > > John Mellencamp - Pink Houses No way. It’ll be Jack and Diane. ---
**Author:** ![koeeoaddi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/koeeoaddi/32/408_2.png) [@koeeoaddi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/koeeoaddi)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2012, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-this-celebrity-dies-that-song-will-be-played-endlessly/612616/36 "2012-02-12T23:35:20Z")
> [@Argent\_Towers](#): > > No way. It’ll be Jack and Diane. May the man live forever. 😛 I think when Leonard Cohen kicks, we’ll hear _Suzanne_, when Joni buys the farm, it’ll be \* Big Yellow Taxi\* and when Mr. Taylor goes, we’ll all be singing goodnight to _Sweet Baby James_. ---
**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2012, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-this-celebrity-dies-that-song-will-be-played-endlessly/612616/37 "2012-02-12T23:37:02Z")
> [@Thudlow\_Boink](#): > > I hope not. It may be his best known song, but there are more elegaic-sounding choices, like “Waterloo Sunset,” “Days,” or “Don’t Forget to Dance.” “Well Respected Man”, and they’ll mention how he was, indeed, well respected. ---
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2012, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-this-celebrity-dies-that-song-will-be-played-endlessly/612616/38 "2012-02-12T23:40:26Z")
> [@Argent\_Towers](#): > > No way. It’ll be Jack and Diane. I was tempted to propose them A-side/B-side, but the thread had mostly been single track type so I had to make a cut. Besides _his_ life ain’t going on. As to S&G, if Art goes it’s almost certain we will hear the Bridge Over and over and over and over Troubled Waters. Simon is a little harder to nail down. Oh, BTW: Kenny Rogers -\* The Gambler\* ---
**Author:** ![MeanOldLady](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/meanoldlady/32/10737_2.png) [@MeanOldLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MeanOldLady)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2012, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-this-celebrity-dies-that-song-will-be-played-endlessly/612616/39 "2012-02-12T23:56:48Z")
> [@Zeldar](#): > > [Stevie Wonder - Superstition](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lsy_p2nKA0E&feature=related) Oh, how I hope not. If his death has any saving grace, it’ll be that I get to hear “For Once in My Life” and “As” repeatedly. If I’m very lucky, which I won’t be, I’ll hear a lot of “You Haven’t Done Nothing.” > [@Peanuthead](#): > > B.B. King - The Thrill Is Gone I would be all right with this. ---
**Author:** ![Tom\_Scud](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f08c70/32.png) [@Tom\_Scud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Scud)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2012, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-this-celebrity-dies-that-song-will-be-played-endlessly/612616/40 "2012-02-12T23:58:21Z")
For Simon and/or Garfunkel, I’d say “Sound of Silence” with a mention of how much the fact that their voice has been silenced forever is analogous to having 10,000 spoons when all you need is a knife. Speaking of which, Alanis Morisette, “Isn’t It Ironic”. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-this-celebrity-dies-that-song-will-be-played-endlessly/612616.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-this-celebrity-dies-that-song-will-be-played-endlessly/612616.md?page=3)