# 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:** 5
**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 14, 2012, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-this-celebrity-dies-that-song-will-be-played-endlessly/612616/81 "2012-02-14T21:33:04Z")
> [@Annie-Xmas](#): > > Two people that should have been mentioned very early on in this thread: Jimmy Buffet and (may I die before her) Celine Dion. And Joe Jackson. ---
**Author:** ![Nobody](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/94ad74/32.png) [@Nobody](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nobody)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2012, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-this-celebrity-dies-that-song-will-be-played-endlessly/612616/82 "2012-02-14T21:41:15Z")
Although it’s obvious which songs will be played for Jimmy Buffet, “Margaritaville”, and Celine Dion, “My Heart Will Go On”, what song will be played for Joe Jackson? “Steppin’ Out”? “Breaking us in Two”? “Is She Really Going Out With Him”? ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2012, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-this-celebrity-dies-that-song-will-be-played-endlessly/612616/83 "2012-02-14T22:11:17Z")
Warren Beatty will, presumably, get You’re So Vain. ---
**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 15, 2012, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-this-celebrity-dies-that-song-will-be-played-endlessly/612616/84 "2012-02-15T00:34:35Z")
What about Robert Plant? Maybe “Stairway to Heaven”? Or “Heartbreaker” for Jimmy Page? “Just A Gigolo” for David Lee Roth? ---
**Author:** ![MrSquishy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b9e5f3/32.png) [@MrSquishy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrSquishy)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2012, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-this-celebrity-dies-that-song-will-be-played-endlessly/612616/85 "2012-02-15T19:27:09Z")
Is it possible these were missed? They seem so obvious: Billie Joe Armstrong (Green Day) - Time of Your Life Tina Turner - The Best ---
**Author:** ![Simmerdown](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/simmerdown/32/14859_2.png) [@Simmerdown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Simmerdown)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2012, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-this-celebrity-dies-that-song-will-be-played-endlessly/612616/86 "2012-02-15T19:43:35Z")
CSNY in a plane crash on the way to a reunion tour date in Cleveland: “…four dead in Ohio…” ---
**Author:** ![psychonaut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/psychonaut/32/4655_2.png) [@psychonaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychonaut)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2012, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-this-celebrity-dies-that-song-will-be-played-endlessly/612616/87 "2012-02-15T21:54:30Z")
> [@florez](#): > > Tom Petty Free Falling That, or “Mary Jane’s Last Dance”, which is a goodbye love song. ---
**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 15, 2012, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-this-celebrity-dies-that-song-will-be-played-endlessly/612616/88 "2012-02-15T21:56:38Z")
If Sammy Hagar dies in a car wreck, “I Can’t Drive 55” might be appropriate. ---
**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 15, 2012, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-this-celebrity-dies-that-song-will-be-played-endlessly/612616/89 "2012-02-15T23:29:33Z")
> [@Simmerdown](#): > > CSNY in a plane crash on the way to a reunion tour date in Cleveland: > > “…four dead in Ohio…” grrrooooaaaannnn… But it would be interesting to see what gets tagged to each of the individuals as they drop - Neil will likely get from his solo material, _Heart of Gold_ or _Hey Hey My My_. Stills may get \*Suite: Judy Blue Eyes \* but he could also end up with Buffalo Springfield’s _For What It’s Worth_. Nash is closely identified with quite a few CSN(Y) hits including Marrakesh Express, Our House, Teach Your Children, and Wasted on the Way and I suppose the last two would be the frontrunners. David OTOH could have a few Byrds tracks proposed as well. ---
**Author:** ![tripthicket](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripthicket/32/297_2.png) [@tripthicket](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tripthicket)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2012, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-this-celebrity-dies-that-song-will-be-played-endlessly/612616/90 "2012-02-16T00:25:41Z")
I’d say _Morning Train_ for Sheena Easton, but it will more likely be _gag_ _Sugar Walls_. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Girlfriend](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.girlfriend/32/193_2.png) [@Dr.Girlfriend](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Girlfriend)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2012, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-this-celebrity-dies-that-song-will-be-played-endlessly/612616/91 "2012-02-16T01:49:56Z")
> [@Annie-Xmas](#): > > Garth Brooks: I got friends in low places. I bet Garth Brooks will get _The Dance_ instead. Seems like that song got played a lot whenever anyone famous died for a while there. ---
**Author:** ![Nobody](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/94ad74/32.png) [@Nobody](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nobody)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2012, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-this-celebrity-dies-that-song-will-be-played-endlessly/612616/92 "2012-02-16T02:03:52Z")
When Darius Rucker dies will he get a Hootie song or a song from his country music career? ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2012, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-this-celebrity-dies-that-song-will-be-played-endlessly/612616/93 "2012-02-16T02:08:02Z")
Stills could get “Love the One You’re With” ---
**Author:** ![Simmerdown](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/simmerdown/32/14859_2.png) [@Simmerdown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Simmerdown)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2012, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-this-celebrity-dies-that-song-will-be-played-endlessly/612616/94 "2012-02-16T02:28:54Z")
I think Crosby would get “Almost Cut My Hair”. ---
**Author:** ![joyfool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/df788c/32.png) [@joyfool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joyfool)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2012, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-this-celebrity-dies-that-song-will-be-played-endlessly/612616/95 "2012-02-16T02:44:00Z")
> [@Sudden\_Kestrel](#): > > Alice Cooper (perish the thought!) would be sent off to “School’s Out,” even though it should be “I Love the Dead.” David Bowie gets “Space Oddity.” For Alice (bite your tongue!), I was gonna go with “No More Mr. Nice Guy.” And for Steven Tyler, I’d say maybe “Dream On.” ---
**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 16, 2012, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-this-celebrity-dies-that-song-will-be-played-endlessly/612616/96 "2012-02-16T20:51:30Z")
> [@cochrane](#): > > Billy Joel - “Piano Man.” Or probably, “Just The Way You Are,” to his eternal chagrin. Considering Billy’s age, a more appropriate choice might be “Only The Good Die Young” ---
**Author:** ![Lok](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e8c25b/32.png) [@Lok](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lok)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2012, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-this-celebrity-dies-that-song-will-be-played-endlessly/612616/97 "2012-02-20T03:06:52Z")
> [@Nobody](#): > > Although it’s obvious which songs will be played for Jimmy Buffet, “Margaritaville”, I would bet a lot of “Son of a Son of a Sailor” and “A Pirate Looks At Forty” also. Going to depend on the audience. ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2012, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-this-celebrity-dies-that-song-will-be-played-endlessly/612616/98 "2012-02-20T03:52:34Z")
Ric Ocasek-“You Might Think” or “Magic” ---
**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:** [March 5, 2012, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-this-celebrity-dies-that-song-will-be-played-endlessly/612616/99 "2012-03-05T15:01:28Z")
If Murray Head dies in the same place in the same way as David Carradine, it will be so fun to watch newscasters try to keep a straight face as they read the story to the background music of “One Night in Bangkok.” ---
**Author:** ![Nobody](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/94ad74/32.png) [@Nobody](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nobody)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2012, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-this-celebrity-dies-that-song-will-be-played-endlessly/612616/100 "2012-03-05T22:56:38Z")
If Lee Majors dies, will they be playing the instrumental theme to _The Six Million Dollar Man_ or the theme to _The Fall Guy_? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-this-celebrity-dies-that-song-will-be-played-endlessly/612616.md?page=4)