given that laura's dad dies, and this topic comes up, i was wondering what everyone thinks would be their top 5 funeral songs-
any medium- band, sung by your widow- whatever.
here are mine-
1. the end- the doors
2. alone i break- korn
3. imagine- a perfect circle
4. lost cause- beck
5. suspended in dusk- type o negative
i am looking foreward to reading yours...
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Grace - Jeff Buckley
Californication - RHCP
The Only Living Boy in New York - Simon + Garfunkel
Counting Down the Hours - Ted Leo and the Pharmacists
Teenage Dirtbag - Wheatus
I Agree with all songs here from h0peless.
but what about "Always look on the bright side of life"...
Mr E's beautiful blues - eels
On a Ragga Tip - SL2
Eye Level (from Van der Valk) - Simon Park Orchestra
Stand Up and Fight - Carmen Jones soundtrack
Voices - Dario G
Winter - Joshua Radin
Milk and Honey - Million Billion
Free Bird - Lynard Skynard
How Long Will They Mourn Me- 2Pac
Let It Be - The Beatles
Another One Bites the Dust- Queen
BEST FUNERAL EVER
1 Both sides now- Joni Mitchell 2000 version
2 Fade into You Mazzy Star
3 This year's love- David Grey
4 Wild Horses- The Rolling stone OR/ The Sundays
5 God Only Knows- Beach Boys
'Pearls are for tears'
Just watching this great film gain
Funeral five ;
Jimmy Cliff , Many rivers to cross
Kansas , Dust in the wind
Van Morrison , Sweet thing
Mott the hoople , The debt
The band , Rocking chair
MAC
wow - Dust in the bloody wind is my least fav song of all time and Sweet Thing is my all time favourite. Wow.
shareI love that song "Fade into You". Excellent choice.
shareAll Apologies-Nirvana
Amazing-Aerosmith
One Chance-Modest Mouse
Nothing Lasts Forever-Echo & The Bunnymen
Simple Man-Lynyrd Skynyrd
one chance by modest mouse would be awesome.
Im totally stealing that ;-)
on my way to ignoring the entire population of imdb
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All apologies and One chance are common in our list.
Stop and stare by one republic
Naked as we came by Iron & Wine
42 - Coldplay
Bonus tracks
Creature fear by Bon Iver
Far from me by Nick Cave
Come sail away by Styx
1. Pinball Wizard - The Who
2. Good Vibrations - The Beach Boys
3. Live And Let Die - Paul McCartney
4. Otherside - Red Hot Chili Peppers
5. Jesus Ranch - Tenacious D
And, as an added bonus, I would have MIMS perform This Is Why I'm Hot, but I would have "Hot" replaced with "Rot" and he would say "I rot cause I'm dead, you don't cuz you not" OR, if I got shot dead, he would say "I rot cuz I'm dead, in the head, I got shot"
I heart your choices. Your funeral seems like it would be fun. I mean that in a good way.
share5. In My Time of Dying - Led Zeppelin
4. The Sky is Crying - Stevie Ray Vaughan
3. I'll Sleep When I'm Dead - Warren Zevon
2. Whenever God Shines His Light - Van Morrison
1. Ave Maria - Luciano Pavarotti
1:Asleep by the Smiths
2:I'm only sleeping by the Beatles
3:Both sides now by Joni Mitchell (2000 version)
4:My way by the sex pistols
5:Mariella by Kate Nash
And if the guy who broke my heart turns up, I'll play wonderwall by Oasis, or white flag by dido. Just for him.
Those are my principals. If you don't like them I have others.~Groucho Marx
"I'm Only Sleeping" is such an apropos choice!
My five:
"Funeral Tango" by Scott Walker
"Lord Only Knows" by Beck
"Sleep the Clock Around" by Belle and Sebastian
"The Past and Pending" by The Shins
"All Things Must Pass" by George Harrison
Honorable mentions:
"Stage Fright" by The Band
"Seagull" by Bad Company
"Watching the Wheels" by John Lennon
"Graceland" by Paul Simon
"Into the Mystic' by Van Morrison
All of human history can be seen as the realization that we are part of a larger group.
just 1 greenday - good riddence
"Benjamin is nobody's friend. If Benjamin were an ice cream flavor, he'd be pralines and dick"
another one bites the dust.
yesssss
the velvet underground - pale blue eyes
cat stevens - miles from nowhere
bob dylan - i shall be released
the beatles - in my life
pulp - im a man
actually, yeah, definitely that pulp track. that be would fuc*king epic with the pallbearers carrying me out and that.
i also believe greenday - good riddance would be my first choice for worst songs ever to play at a funeral. sorry to whoever up there said that.
incase its a cremation.
disco inferno by the trammps
"burn baby burn"
Red Money
Don't Look Back in Anger- Oasis
The Great Gig in the Sky - Pink Floyyd
Imagine - JOHN LENNON VERSION
High Tide or Low Tide - Bob Marley
Don't Worry Be Happy - Jimmy Cliff
Holy ****, this man is a GENIUS! Anybody reading this thread, just stop now, this list is perfect.
shareHoly ****, this man is a GENIUS! Anybody reading this thread, just stop now, this list is perfect.
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1. hallelujah - jeff buckley's version
2. let it be - beatles
3. most of the time - dylan
4. asleep - the smiths
5. san diego serenade - tom waits
1. Only In Dreams-Weezer
2. Under The Bridge-Red Hot Chilli Peppers
3. Here In Pleasentville-The Wallflowers
4. Hurt-Nine Inch Nails
5. A Better Place, A Better Time-Streetlight Manifesto
5. The Ren and Stimpy Theme Song
4. Home - Michael Buble
3. Captain Crash and the Beauty Queen from Mars - Bon Jovi
2. Smile - Charlie Chaplin
and finally
1. The Spirit Carries On - Dream Theater
Slide Away - Oasis
Fade Out(street spirit) - Radiohead
So Young - Suede
Motorcycle Emptiness - Manic Street Preachers
Love Will Tear Us Apart - Joy Division
"Smoke me a kipper i'll be back for breakfast"
changed my mind
1. Weezer-Only In Dreams
2. Iggy Pop-The Passenger
3. Tom Petty and the Heartbrakers-Swingin'
4. The Wallflowers-Heroes
5. Minus The Bear-Get Me Naked 2
sorry, made a mistake
1. Weezer-Only In Dreams
2. Nine Inch Nails-Right Where It Belongs
3. Tom Petty and the Heartbrakers-Swingin'
4. The Wallflowers-Heroes
5. Minus The Bear-Get Me Naked 2
Coldplay - The Scientist
Oasis - Don't Look Back in Anger
Lostprophets - A Million miles
Feeder - Just the way I'm Feeling
Feeder - Just a Day
Minus the Bear? You've got my OK.
shareI Won't Back Down- Johnny Cash Version
Have You Ever Seen The Rain- CCR
Let It Be- The Beatles
All Apologies- Nirvana
Dream A Little Dream Of Me- The Mommas And The Papas
1. Blue Oyster Cult - Don't Fear the Reaper
2. Kansas - Dust in the Wind
3. Bob Marley - Johnny Was
4. The Cure - Love Song
5. Nine Inch Nails - Hurt
coldplay - the scientist
the beatles - the long and winding road
u2 - one
guns n roses - november rain
sigur ros - hoppipolla
No one mentioned Electric Funeral by Black Sabbath!
I only have 3 songs that come to my mind:
Goodbye Cruel World - Pink Floyd
Babe I Gonna Leave You - Led Zeppelin
The End - The Doors
5. "Do Re Mi" - Nirvana
4. "Crystal Japan" - David Bowie
3. "These Days" - Nico
2. "All Tommorrow's Parties" - Velvet Underground
And without a doubt:
1. "Watermelon In Easter Hay" - Frank Zappa
"I wish I hadn't of seen Ricky on the sidewalk!" - R.I.P. Mitch Hedberg
5) I Remember - Damien Rice
4) Up All Night - Counting Crows
3) Find The River - REM
2) I Grieve - Peter Gabriel
And the ultimate song that HAS to be played
1) Man of the Hour - Pearl Jam
Honourable Mentions:
Set Me Free - The Kinks
Hurt - Johnny Cash (the problem with this is it sounds way too personal for him, and it would seem wrong in some way to have it played while I was going out)
Win One For The Reaper - Michael Giacchino (From the Lost soundtrack)
And I just dug out Joe's Garage and listened to Watermelon again... damn, that's a good choice too.
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this is really tough buttt
1. Let it Be-The Beatles
2. My Sweet Lord-George Harrison (as the uplifting song)
3. Shelter from the Storm-Bob Dylan (Or Knockin' on Heaven's Door...but it seems a bit cliché)
4. Til Kingdom Come-Coldplay
5. Rain City-Turin Brakes
6. The Only Living Boy in New York-Simon and Garfunkel
( i cant narrow it down to 5)
Casper the friendly ghost, he sits on my finger and smokes.
Blue Oyster Cult - Dont fear the reaper, absolutly fantastic choice, i only have one other that is
Burning inside - Ministry
since im gonna be cremated
1. In My Life - The Beatles
2. Nothing Else Matters - Metallica
3. Something in the Way - Nirvana
4. Under The Bridge - Red Hot Chili Peppers
5. No Distance Left To Run - Blur
Amos McElhone