# Your funeral song **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 4, 2015, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-funeral-song/711827 "2015-02-04T18:59:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Sitnam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2015, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-funeral-song/711827/1 "2015-02-04T18:59:08Z")
[Mine](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=npnY6pcB34Q) played loud by a full band. What do you want playing while they put you in the ground? ---
**Author:** ![BubbaDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bubbadog/32/333_2.png) [@BubbaDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BubbaDog)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2015, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-funeral-song/711827/2 "2015-02-04T19:04:34Z")
Sorrry for the course language but I’m serious. Probably [My Shit’s Fucked Up](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qHDdqubE7zQ) by Warren Zevon. I have a friend who wants me to learn to play this for his funeral. Of course, it’s much harder to play than Warren makes it look. ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2015, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-funeral-song/711827/3 "2015-02-04T19:12:58Z")
REM-[“Try Not to Breathe.”](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RokyGRQP0no) ---
**Author:** ![justmeetee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/898d66/32.png) [@justmeetee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/justmeetee)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2015, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-funeral-song/711827/4 "2015-02-04T19:26:48Z")
I’m not going in the ground. After the doctors have harvested everything of use to others, strike the match. And the ashes will be bagged up in little baggies, placed in a bowl at the party and I’ll go to all the places my friends and family want to take me. The music on the flash drive for the party is pieces that represent the stages of my life and will mean different things to different people. Or whatever the guy that sweeps up at the crematorium is listening to that day. ---
**Author:** ![Enlightening\_Meditation](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ecc23a/32.png) [@Enlightening\_Meditation](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enlightening_Meditation)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2015, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-funeral-song/711827/5 "2015-02-04T19:49:53Z")
“A Whiter Shade of Pale” by Procol Harem I would also want my own original music recordings to be heard. Music will likely be my only real legacy anyway. ---
**Author:** ![stillownedbysetters](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/41988e/32.png) [@stillownedbysetters](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stillownedbysetters)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2015, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-funeral-song/711827/6 "2015-02-04T19:52:34Z")
I’ve asked my son to cremate me, then take my ashes as far up in the mountains as weather will permit. Before he releases my ashes into the mountains, I’ve asked him to play “End of the Innocence” written by Bruce Hornsby. Lots of complicated reasons why, which I won’t bore the audience with here. ---
**Author:** ![elbows](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b3f665/32.png) [@elbows](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elbows)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2015, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-funeral-song/711827/7 "2015-02-04T20:17:12Z")
“I’ll Fly Away” Allison Krauss [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IGMXoWe2ztE) “Just a few more weary days and then, I’ll fly away! To a land where joys will never end, I’ll fly away!” ---
**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:** [February 4, 2015, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-funeral-song/711827/8 "2015-02-04T20:18:39Z")
I did one of those doofus surveys, it told me my dirge was written by Mr. Idle: _Always Look on the Bright Side of Life_ Personally, I prefer, _As you push off from the shore Won’t you turn your head once more And make your peace with everyone For those who choose to stay Will live just one more day To do the things they should have done_ [right]– Jethro Tull, Skating Away (on the Thin Ice of a New Day)[/right] ---
**Author:** ![purplehearingaid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7bcc69/32.png) [@purplehearingaid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehearingaid)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2015, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-funeral-song/711827/9 "2015-02-04T20:29:48Z")
I am going to cremated and my daughter can throw my ashes away if she want. I think being buried is a waste of good land. ---
**Author:** ![Dale\_Sams](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/779978/32.png) [@Dale\_Sams](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dale_Sams)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2015, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-funeral-song/711827/10 "2015-02-04T20:34:00Z")
> [@purplehearingaid](#): > > I am going to cremated and my daughter can throw my ashes away if she want. > I think being buried is a waste of good land. Preferably I would either be left to the elements ala’ Jeremiah Johnson…or I’d just head off into the desert never to be heard from again. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2015, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-funeral-song/711827/11 "2015-02-04T20:36:19Z")
Led Zeppelin - _The Rain Song_ ---
**Author:** ![Amateur\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/59ef9b/32.png) [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2015, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-funeral-song/711827/12 "2015-02-04T20:40:59Z")
Tom Waits - “Ol’ 55,” with a few slight lyric changes. (No, _not_ the Eagles’ version, which TW called “antiseptic” with good cause.) Followed by another TW song I’d have to choose on my deathbed. Right now, it’d be “Mr. Siegal.” Maybe “Big Black Mariah.” ---
**Author:** ![purplehearingaid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7bcc69/32.png) [@purplehearingaid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehearingaid)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2015, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-funeral-song/711827/13 "2015-02-04T20:41:22Z")
> [@Dale\_Sams](#): > > Preferably I would either be left to the elements ala’ Jeremiah Johnson…or I’d just head off into the desert never to be heard from again. I like that idea but I don’t want to have my daughter wondering what happen to me. If I had no child I could see going off and dying alone … ---
**Author:** ![Claverhouse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/13edae/32.png) [@Claverhouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Claverhouse)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2015, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-funeral-song/711827/14 "2015-02-04T20:47:36Z")
I **[mentioned in an old thread](https://www.google.com/search?q=Quorthon&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.gnu.gnuzilla:en-US:unofficial&client=firefox&channel=rcs)** that I had played Bathory’s _ **Hammerheart** _ ( the song, not the album ) at two funerals and that it shall be played for me. It’s based on Holst, but the late **[Quorthon](https://www.google.com/search?q=Quorthon&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.gnu.gnuzilla:en-US:unofficial&client=firefox&channel=rcs)** gives it a greater Odinic majesty. **[Vid](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pX1Swx9MJv8)** Words _Now that the wind called my name And my star had faded now hardly a glimpse up in the empty space And the wise one-eyed great father in the sky stilled my flame_ That’s official; but for myself personally, I also want my favourite song of all time, Maura O’Connell singing _**[My Irish Molly O](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XbcYQvIhcLg)**_ with Dé Danann. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2015, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-funeral-song/711827/15 "2015-02-04T20:50:11Z")
“Glad to See You Go” by the Ramones “The Parting Glass” by Liam Clancy ---
**Author:** ![Lo-Slung\_Denim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f6c823/32.png) [@Lo-Slung\_Denim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lo-Slung_Denim)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2015, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-funeral-song/711827/16 "2015-02-04T20:52:06Z")
I feel very tempted to have Wave Of Mutilation by Pixies, but I might not have any say in the matter. ---
**Author:** ![Baron\_Greenback](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baron_greenback/32/48_2.png) [@Baron\_Greenback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baron_Greenback)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2015, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-funeral-song/711827/17 "2015-02-04T20:56:47Z")
The attendees at my funeral are getting Ligeti’s _[Requiem](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aL5lnAQ2b68)_ at full volume, in a dark room. The old goths among them will like it, if no-one else. ---
**Author:** ![Living\_Well\_Is\_Best\_Revenge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/6bbea6/32.png) [@Living\_Well\_Is\_Best\_Revenge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Living_Well_Is_Best_Revenge)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2015, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-funeral-song/711827/18 "2015-02-04T21:39:55Z")
> [@John\_DiFool](#): > > REM-[“Try Not to Breathe.”](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RokyGRQP0no) Great choice. One of my all-time favorite songs off one of my all-time favorite records. ---
**Author:** ![CoastalMaineiac](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e8c25b/32.png) [@CoastalMaineiac](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CoastalMaineiac)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2015, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-funeral-song/711827/19 "2015-02-04T21:45:21Z")
Either [Tim Finnegan’s Wake](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6S5UTbUSiLM) or [The Night Pat Murphy Died](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q7Bsb-8pxG8). ---
**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:** [February 4, 2015, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-funeral-song/711827/20 "2015-02-04T21:51:09Z")
> [@Amateur\_Barbarian](#): > > Tom Waits - “Ol’ 55,” with a few slight lyric changes. > (No, _not_ the Eagles’ version, which TW called “antiseptic” with good cause.) > > Followed by another TW song I’d have to choose on my deathbed. Right now, it’d be “Mr. Siegal.” Maybe “Big Black Mariah.” Not _The Earth Died Screaming_ ? “Heaven don’t want us And Hell is full We’re chained to this earth And we gotta pull” [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-funeral-song/711827.md?page=2)