h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

Just remembered one I want at my funeral:

I'll build a Stairway to Paradise, by George Gershwin.

A song about the joys of dancing

"Robbie's Angels, Sinatra's My Way and Queen's Who Wants to Live Forever are among the top choices of songs played at funerals. Putting aside what it says about the nation's musical tastes, is this the dumbing down of death?"

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/4335857.stm



az

Must've been no news if we managed to influence both Magazine and Radio Five Live's late night show last Thursday.

Indeed!

The Title Music From A Clockwork Orange.
Followed by either
System Of A down > 'Chop Suey'
or
Disturbed > 'Down With The Sickness'
depended on wether I'd killed my self or died of illness/age.
And then
Queen > 'Bicycle'
to finish off.

Id want our HS jazzband to play for me...
Tbone boogie
500 Miles High.. (How appropriate)
Garden of Babalon
uh....
OH! Pick up the Pieces!!!
Spain
And anything from Seal!
Im a Jazz nut...
Cheers
ford

When my time comes I want to make sure that all who attend my funeral will be properly confused. I'll start by getting them depressed with Mozart's Requiem in D minor (K626 - yes, the famous unfinished one) and Philip Glass' 'Window of Appearances' from his opera Akhenaten. Then I'll get everybody confused with Canadian Brass' 'The Saints' Hallelujah' (which is an upbeat mishmash of 'When the Saints Come Marching In' and Handel's 'Hallelujah Chorus', and is my #1 favourite brass quintet piece. I'd love it for my quintet to play for me, but they'd have to find a substitute trombonist, so a CB recording will suffice). The service will close with a Pet Shop Boys song, since I'm a huge fan of their music, although I haven't decided if I want 'Shameless' or 'A Red Letter Day' yet. Ah well, there's still time...

Someone earlier in this thread suggested 'Atmosphere'. Excellent choice only I wouldn't have the Joy Division one, mine would be the Russ Abbott song of the same name.

Ideally there would also be free helium balloons and novelty pirate hats.

Ideally, I'd like the Russ Abbot song sung in the style of Joy Division.

The Largo from the Second Movement of Dvorák's New World Symphony - Going Home.

Donald

I want a great song by a little known Scots punk band called Nerve. It's called "F**k off and Die"

Patti Smith's version of Gloria - couldn't agree more! Excellent choice. Probably combined with Mariam Mwapu by Remmy Ongala or MacBrides by Moving Hearts both of which I have seen played live so many times I can not even begin to think exactly how many!

Last funeral I went to (friend of MANY years standing, died tragically young) we started with the music that was the theme to the Hitchhiker's Guide which was absolutely perfect for him!

I just heard a nice tune on the radio that I might want to hear at my funeral: The Eels - Hey man, now you're really living.

Y.

Well, the wind up would have to be Billy Joel's 'Summer Highland falls', and it would have to end with the Cat Empier's 'Protons, Neutrons, Electrons' (i don't know if anyone outside of Australia , or even Melbourne, knows of them, but if you don't go find them I reccomend 'Sly', 'two shoes' and 'Sol Y Sombra' to get your taste in).

"Annie's Song" by John Denver
"Flying Without Wings" by Westlife

and finally

"Fly" by Celine Dion

G B

John Denver
Westlife
Celine Dion

That's because you wouldn't have to listen to them, right?

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Just as an observation, has anyone else in this thread taken the p*ss out of someone's funeral song choices?

or am I being a tad sensitive?

G B,

Sorry if I offended your sensibilities.

I took my lead from postings 2, 3, & 4. They seemed to set the tone nicely but it's not always easy to tell who's joking.
I missed the removed posting, as always seems to be the case. Rats!
My own contribution at post 54 is a serious choice but with a frivolous rider.
There are a few things which I take seriously, but the disposal of my body once I've finished with it (or vice versa) is not one such.

May I invite you to dance on my grave?
No, I'm not being buried at sea.

I just saw Cat Empire on Rove on Friday. Brilliant!