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

How are you, Also Ran? Getting on all right?

Easy stuff.

Bob Marley - Three Little Birds. No funeral should be entirely sad.
Johnny Cash - Hurt. No funeral should be entirely comedic.
John Lee Hooker - Thought I Heard. No funeral should be without love.

hmm. I would also like Nothing Else Matters, by Apocalyptica, not by Metallica. Apocalyptica makes metal using for Chello's (or Chelli? idunno) It's a very nice version...

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Oh, that song is brilliant!

We used his version of U2's 'One' for my dads funeral. My dad wasn't very musical but he liked JC, so it seemed right.

A famous Dublin comedian, Danny Cummins had "Blaze Away" played at his cremation:

"We'll make a bonfire of our troubles
We'll watch them blaze away
And when they've all gone up in smoke clouds
We'll never worry should they come another day
And as the bonfire keeps on burning
Happy days will be returning
While the band keeps playing
We'll let our troubles blaze away"

I would say 'When I'm Cleaning Windows' but I am not having a funeral.

We didn't have a wedding reception, but at our very quick quicky we had about 10 seconds of 'Love Song' by Praying for the Rain.

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An excellent idea.

I have a long standing deal with a certain mate that the two songs played at my funeral should be the trad. song 'Jug of Punch', cheifly for the last verse which run "If I get drunk then me money's me own, if you don't like me leave me alone' and The Crazy World of Arthur Brown's 'Fire!' because a) it's funny b) probably highly appropriate and c) it'll delight some of my family and give the rest heart attacks.

Baz Luhrman's Sunscreen.

A mate of mine was at a cremation yesterday and they played Smoke Gets in Your Eyes as the curtains closed...

'Wipeout', with a pre-recorded maniacal laugh by me.

B

"One of those rivers" by Dodgy at the start
"Eye in the sky" by Alan Parsons Project at the end

[although I do like the idea of Arthur Brown' "Fire"]

Not sure about mine, but my husband wants me to sing 'I will always love you by Whitney Houston', of course it will be terrible and everyone will think it was a serious request and be all embarrassed at my dreadful singing. I think that would be the desired effect. In a strange way I hope I go first.

I want my funeral to conclude with "Bring Me Sunshine", at which point the minister will don a brown overcoat and skip off into the distance, raising one arm and leg alternately.

At age 17 I informed my younger sister that I wanted Tesla 'The Way It Is' played at my funeral. I found ut a few years later that she had reallly liked the song, but now couldn't listen to it ? oops!
But that defo.

We're a pretty morbib bunch aren't we? Amazing the sense of humour on this thread.
Maybe the song should relate to cause of death; heart attack by ONJfor said, Hazard for drownings, etc.
maybe too tacky?
that smoke gets in your eyes at the cremation was a little ick for me; but I suppose anything can be done with class........
(I can't believe I am talking aboutthis on agorgeous,sunny Saturday!)

According to my mate not everybody picked up on Smoke Gets in Your Eyes. He was waiting for a couple to crack up but they missed it.

I always quiet liked "In Dreams" from the credits of Fellowship of The Ring - but I'd have to be very brave to request that.

It would be good, though Clive.