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...
1. Motion Picture Soundtrack - Radiohead (I think you're crazy, maybe... I will see you, in the next life)
2. Andvari - Sigur Ros (Yu sow de lo, yu sow de lo lon fau lo)
3. Last Goodbye - Jeff Buckley (You gave me more to live for, more than you'll ever know)
4. What a Wondeful World - Louis Armstrong (I see skies of blue, clouds of white, Bright blessed days, dark sacred nights)
5. Walking After You [X-Files version] - Foo Fighters (Things just wont do without you, matter of fact)
Others:
The Scientist - Coldplay (It’s such a shame for us to part)
Colorblind - Counting Crows
Bittersweet Symphony - The Verve
Untitled #2 - Sigur Ros
Untitled #4 (Njosnavelin) - Sigur Ros (Final Scene in Vanilla Sky)
The Porpoise Song - The Monkees (The Porpoise is waiting... Good-bye, good-bye, good-bye)
Brain Damage - Pink Floyd (I'll see you on the Dark Side of the Moon)
Sweetness Follows - R.E.M.
Heaven - Rolling Stones
Row (Eternal Sunshine Soundtrack) - Jon Brion
Spirit in the Sky - Norman Greenbaum (Never been a sinner I never sinned, I got a friend in Jesus, So you know that when I die, He's gonna set me up with The spirit in the sky) [surprised this one hasn't been mentioned]
I can't decide, so I've listed the main contenders
Time to say goodbye - Sarah Brightman
State of independance - Donna Summer
Mr Big (live) - Free
Human Touch - Bruce Springsteen
Time (The Revelator) - Gillian Welch
Dead Things - Emiliana Torrini
Rise - Gabrielle
What difference does it make - The Smiths
Bleading Roses - Tito and Tarantula
Play Dead - Bjork
Six Blade Knife - Dire Straits
The longest day - A man called Adam
CasMas
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Let Down - Radiohead
Asleep - The Smiths
Last Goodbye - Jeff Buckley
Something - The Beatles
The Biggest Lie - Elliott Smith
Iris - Goo Goo Dolls
Stop Crying Your Heart out - Oasis
Live Forever - Oasis
Wish You Were Here - Pink Floyd
Dont Dream Its Over or Better Be Home Soon - Crowded House
Easy/Lucky/Free - Bright Eyes
Street Spirit (fade out) - Radiohead
Hallelujah - Jeff Buckley
Chinese Translation - M. Ward
The Only Moment We Were Alone - Explosions in the Sky
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Man of the Hour - Pearl Jam
Freebird - Lynyrd Skynyrd
Stairway to Heaven - Led Zeppelin
Only in Dreams - Weezer
Dead Mans Party - Oingo Boingo ( chose this because im not having a funeral.. just a dead mans party :) )
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1. Invincible - Muse
2. Everybody's Hurt - REM
3. The Spirit Carries On - Dream Theater
4. In My Life - The Beatles
5. Don't Look Back in Anger - Oasis
My top 20
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Mona Lisas and Mad Hatters - Elton John
In My Life - The Beatles
Doin Time - Sublime
In Between Days - The Cure
Sittin' on the Dock of the Bay - Otis Redding
1) The Eagles - Hotel California.
2) Pixies - Where is My Mind?
3) David Bowie - Life on Mars?
4) Brett Dennen - Aint No Reason.
5) Avenged Sevenfold - A Little Piece of Heaven.
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1) Angel - Sarah McLachlan
2) Bridge Over Troubled Water - Simon and Garfunkel
3) Videotape - Radiohead
4) Let It Be - The Beatles
5) Is It Wicked Not To Care? - Belle and Sebastian
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1. I Will Go Sailing No More- Randy Newman (From the Toy Story soundtrack)
2. Halleiluah (sorry about spelling)
3. Bye Bye Birdie- from the movie
4. In Your Eyes - Peter Gabriel (and from another John Cusack classic)
5. Don't You Forget About Me - Simple Minds
El Manana -Gorillaz
Put your lights on -Everlast
on and on- Erykah Badu
Shape of my Heart-Sting
Curacion-Santana
1. Cemetery Gates - Pantera
2. Praise You - Fatboy Slim
3. Far Behind - Candlebox
4. Yellow Ledbetter - Pearl Jam
5. Have A Drink On Me - AC/DC (during the wake)