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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The Man Who Sold the World-- Nirvana Version
Hallelujah-- Jeff Buckley Version
Hurt-- Johnny Cash
Your Legs Grow-- Nada Surf
Time-- Pink Floyd
Roll on thunder, Shine on Lightening - Paul Williams
Midnight Radio - John Cameron Mitchell
Surgery - Scott Matthew
The Ballad if Maxwell Demon - Shudder to Think
Hang on to yourself - David Bowie
(I'd also secretly love to have the 22 minute version of Autobahn by Kraftwerk, just to torture)
Mine would be:
1) Soundgarden - Black Hole Sun
2) Aerosmith - Dream on (live version with orchestra)
3) Prince - When Doves Cry
4) Nirvana - Man Who Sold the World
5) Stevie Wonder - Free
Last Night- The Strokes
Wonderwall- Oasis
On Call- Kings of Leon
In the Morning- Razorlight
Hallelujah- Leonard Cohen
All of those songs have has some significance in my life
Oh, and I'd finish with
Bittersweet Symphony- The Verve
1. Free Bird- Lynyrd Skynyrd
2. Fade to Black- Metallica
3. Oy Coma Va- Santana
4. Hotel California- Eagles
5. Stairway to Heaven- Led Zeppelin
thats what i would have :D
5. The Only Living Boy In New York-Simon & Garfunkel
4. The Heart of LIfe-John Mayer
3. Under the Weather-KT Tunstall
2. 3X5 by John Mayer
1. Somewhere Only We Know-Keane
You're a teacher?
Part time...
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just one
Motion Picture Soundtrack - Radiohead
add...
do you realize -- flaming lips.
I Can Only Imagine - Mercyme
I Still Miss Someone - Johnny Cash
Keep Me In Your Hear - Warren Zevon
Oceans - Pearl Jam
Arms Of Angels - Sarah McLaughlin
1.Change- Blind Melon
2.Only Living Boy in New York - Simon and Garfunkel
3.Indoor Living- Motion City Soundtrack
4.Mistakes we knew we were making -Staylight run
5. A million Miles away- either the plimsouls or the goo goo dolls version
Atmosphere- Joy Division
Debt- Black Tie Dynasty
Don't Change- INXS
Who Wants to Live Forever- Queen
Volare- Sang By Robert Wuhl from the movie The Hollywood Knights
just one comes to mind ...
Iron and Wine - Trapeze Swinger
In no particular order:
"I Will Follow You Into the Dark" Death Cab For Cutie
"Casimir Pulaski Day" Sufjan Stevens
"I'll Fly Away" Allison Krauss
"Grave Digger" Dave Matthews
"We Will Become Silhouettes" The Postal Service version, though The Shins version kicks ass as well
A fish can't whistle and niether can I
-Winnie the Pooh
"Hallelujah" Jeff Buckley
"Time" Pink Floyd
"All Apologies" Nirvana
"The Great Gig In The Sky" Pink Floyd
"Sweet Home Alabama" Lynyrd Skynyrd
1. Wish You Were Here- Pink Floyd
2. Wild Horses- The Rolling Stones
3. Blowing in the Wind- Bob Dylan
4. Old Man- Neil Young
5. Amsterdam- Coldplay
Where Is My Mind by the Pixies
Really? Worst movie you've ever seen? Well, my next one will be better! Hello? Hello?
You Can't Put your arms around a memory-Johnny Thunders
Time-Tom Waits
Tonight, Tonight-Smashing Pumpkins
Rock N Roll Suicide-David Bowie
I'm Your Man-Richard Hell and The Voidoids
So long Marianne - Leonard Cohen
Slide Away- Oasis
Cemetry Gates - The Smiths
Gypsy - Fleetwood Mac
Most Likely You Go Your Way and I'll Go Mine- Bob Dylan
Stealing Jeff Buckley's "Last Goodbye" , and Jimmy Cliff's "Many Rivers to Cross" from above....others are
Swinging Party--The Replacments
Birds--Neil Young
Lark Ascending--Ralph Vaughn Williams